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The 10 best death metal albums of 2023
By Rich Hobson published
From old school veterans Obituary and Cannibal Corpse to newcomers Crypta and Burner, death metal was brilliantly brutal in 2023

"You’ll probably go through a lot of red." Death metal legends Cannibal Corpse are releasing an official colouring book - and it's so graphic it's already been banned in Germany
By Merlin Alderslade published
Ever thought the cover to Butchered At Birth might look nicer with a touch of magenta? You're in luck!

A death metal band got their fans to play fantasy card game Magic: The Gathering in the moshpit
By Matt Mills published
Texan death metal crew Frozen Soul got metalheads to unleash their inner geek this weekend

Brutal 90s death metal band Mortician have been blowing up on TikTok
By Rich Hobson published
Thousands of TikTok users have been sharing videos of the intro to Rabid by 90s death metal brutes Mortician

The 10 hardest death metal songs to play
By Matt Mills published
Crypta singer/bassist Fernanda Lira picks the trickiest tracks in her genre

10 up-and-coming death metal bands every self-respecting metalhead should know
By Matt Mills published
Despite its name, the genre perfected by Death, Obituary and Cannibal Corpse is still alive and kicking thanks to these new bands

Cryptopsy's first album in 11 years was worth the wait: As Gomorrah Burns is a dizzying maelstrom of technical death metal excellence
By Kevin Stewart-Panko published
We've had to wait a while for it, but the tech-death OGs have delivered in style

"It broke my heart. I wanted us to be signed to Roadrunner and support Slayer." Ghost's Tobias Forge on why it just wasn't a good idea to try and make a career from death metal in the late 90s
By Merlin Alderslade published
Tobias Forge's pre-Ghost death metal band Repugnant almost had a brush with success, but it just wasn't to be. He's done alright since, though

“Die! Death! Rot! You’re in a never-ending hooooooole!” Watch Conan O’Brien’s hilariously disastrous attempt at death metal vocals
By Matt Mills published
Conan O’Brien’s had Slipknot, Linkin Park and Lamb Of God on his late-night show, but we don’t see a stint fronting Cannibal Corpse in his future

“Fans haven’t seen something like this since the late ’80s”: Meet the new bands making Glasgow the UK’s death metal capital
By Dannii Leivers published
Upstarts like Brainbath and Coffin Mulch, plus a host of local venues and labels, are making western Scotland a hotbed for ’80s-style death metal madness
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