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| Brutal death metal | |
|---|---|
| Stylistic origins | |
| Cultural origins | Early 1990s, New York, United States |
| Typical instruments | Electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, vocals |
| Subgenres | |
| Slam death metal | |
| Other topics | |
| Beatdown hardcore, deathcore | |
Brutal death metal is a subgenre of death metal that privileges heaviness, speed and complex rhythms over other aspects, such as melody and timbres. The genre was pioneered in the early 1990s by Suffocation and other groups from New York including Mortician, Skinless and Malignancy. Its subgenre slam death metal quickly developed, played by Internal Bleeding, Devourment and Cephalotripsy, putting a greater emphasis on the genre's mid-tempo, groove sections and breakdowns. During the mid–1990s, a prominent wave of groups emphasising the genre's more technical aspects developed with Cryptopsy, Nile, Origin and Dying Fetus. During the mid–2000s, there was a revived interest in brutal death metal and slam, a period which produced Katalepsy and Ingested, and saw groups lean into cleaner production styles.