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A darkened recording studio control room at night, the analogue mixing desk and tape machine where the Florida death metal records were cut 5 chapters

Death Metal History

Torn out of thrash with the melodies cut away and the tempo left running, death metal was laid on the slab within six years and opened by six scenes into six different musics. The whole story, from a demo tape that named the genre by accident in 1984 to an album of the year in 2024: the break from thrash, Florida and M...

By Rafael Quintero · latest chapter Feb 7, 2026

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