Sub-genre
Brutal Death Metal
Brutal Death Metal is a metal sub-genre, formative in the early 1990s. TheMetalNet maps 635 bands and 1,103 albums under it.
Explore the Brutal Death Metal galaxyWhat it is
Brutal death metal pushes death metal toward maximum heaviness and speed, favoring downtuned guitars, machine-gun blast beats, abrupt tempo shifts, and guttural vocals so low they are often called gutturals. Suffocation and other early-90s New York bands set the blueprint, prioritizing crushing rhythm and complexity over melody. Slam is a closely related offshoot built around lurching, mosh-ready breakdown riffs. Themes run to gore, horror, and violence, delivered for pure sonic impact.
Facts
- Level
- Sub-genre
- Parent genre
- Death Metal
- Formative era
- early 1990s
- Bands
- 635
- Albums
- 1,103
- Formation span
- 1989 to 2025
Bands
The 60 most prominent of 635. The rest are in the galaxy.
- MorticianUnited States · 1989
- Disfiguring the GoddessUnited States · 2006
- IngestedUnited Kingdom · 2002
- Beneath the MassacreCanada · 2004
- PathologyUnited States · 2006
- Gorgasm1994
- KronosFrance · 1994
- BrodequinUnited States · 1998
- DisgorgeMexico · 1994
- Internal SufferingColombia · 1996
- Abominable PutridityRussia · 2003
- CenotaphTurkey · 1994
- Corpsefucking ArtItaly · 1995
- Waco Jesus1994
- Waking the Cadaver2006
- Human MincerSpain · 1996
- Inhume1994
- Resurrected1993
- DespondencyGermany · 1999
- EmethBelgium · 1997
- Aborted FetusRussia · 2000
- Amputated2002
- Cerebral EffusionSpain · 1997
- Parricide1990
- SanatoriumSlovakia · 1994
- Vomit the SoulItaly · 1999
- Corpus MortaleDenmark · 1993
- Stillbirth1999
- Mental DemiseUkraine · 1995
- The Partisan TurbineUnited States · 2003
- Inherit DiseaseUnited States · 2001
- Poppy Seed GrinderCzechia · 1997
- Purulent Jacuzzi2005
- GoratoryUnited States · 2000
- Guttural SecreteUnited States · 2002
- KataplexiaFinland · 2003
- Lust of DecayUnited States · 2000
- UnmercifulUnited States · 2001
- Begging for Incest2007
- CuntgrinderGermany · 1995
- GoretradeColombia · 1999
- JasadIndonesia · 1990
- Amputated GenitalsColombia · 2003
- Carnivore DiprosopusColombia · 2002
- SaprogenicUnited States · 2001
- VulvectomyItaly · 2007
- Animals Killing PeopleUnited States · 2003
- EnthrallmentBulgaria · 1998
- Gortuary2006
- SikfukUnited States · 2001
- CephalectomyCanada · 1997
- Human Filleted2005
- Unborn Suffer2001
- Cephalic ImpurityRussia · 2007
- FateFrance · 1994
- Necrotorture2000
- PustulatedUnited States · 2001
- Putrid PileUnited States
- VomepotroBrazil · 1996
- Cerebral BoreUnited Kingdom · 2004
Where it is played
Bands formed by decade
| Decade | Bands formed |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 1 |
| 1990s | 102 |
| 2000s | 158 |
| 2010s | 164 |
| 2020s | 92 |