r/Deathmetal↗
Death Metal - news, reviews, videos & discussion.
Death metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music. Descended originally from thrash, it often employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes.
162k subscribers238 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~2% by known bots)130 authors / mosince 2009
r/Deathmetal has 162k members (+9.0% over the last 12 months). It gets about 238 posts a month from 130 people. Top topics: Black Metal USA, US Death Metal and Scandinavian Metal.
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Black Metal USA6.5%
- US Death Metal5.2%
- Scandinavian Metal4.8%
- Blood-Infused Metal3.6%
- Death Metal Albums3.3%
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Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Spotify
- Encyclopaedia Metallum
- Rate Your Music
- SoundCloud
- Discogs
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