List of American death metal bands

This is a list of United States Death Metal (USDM) bands that were originally formed in the United States. Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes.

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Angelcorpse performing in Paris, France, on April 28, 2008

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Between the Buried and Me at a concert at Porto-Rio in 2010

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Cannibal Corpse playing at the 9:30 Club in Washington DC on October 3, 2007

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Dååth live in New York City on February 2, 2007

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Emmure performing in Tempe, Arizona on Attack Attack!'s This Is a Family Tour

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Immolation at Metalmania in 2008

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Job for a Cowboy performing at 2008's Hellfest, France

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Morbid Angel live in 2011

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Nile performing at Santana Hall in 2010. From left to right: Karl Sanders, Dallas Toler-Wade and Chris Lollis.

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Pig Destroyer playing at Maryland Deathfest III in 2005

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Suffocation jamming in 2010

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Runhild Gammelsæter of Thorr's Hammer performing at Birmingham in 2009

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See also

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