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The long reads. Genre histories told chapter by chapter, band biographies, the essential albums, the label stories and the portraits, written by the KaosMetal editors.

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Monstrosity in a band portrait against a rock wall 3 chapters

Death History

One low building in Tampa, two brothers who were engineers before they were record makers, and a night assistant who worked out how to make a blast beat legible on tape. Between 1988 and 1993 nearly every death metal record that mattered went through the same room.

By Rafael Quintero · latest chapter Jan 17, 2026

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