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Death Metal

By Chad Bowar, About.com

Definition: Genre that evolved from thrash metal. It's fast and brutal with the signature "cookie monster" growling vocals.
Examples: Death, Morbid Angel, Cannibal Corpse, Deicide, Carcass, Obituary, At The Gates, Arch Enemy, In Flames, God Dethroned, Necrophagia, Suffocation

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