Heavy metal branch
Old school death metal
Heavy metal › Death metal › Old school death metal
- Emerged
- 1989
- Origin
- Florida / Stockholm
- Subgenres
- None
The sound of the first wave: either the Swedish HM-2 buzzsaw or the cavernous American murk, with no showy technicality.
- Heaviness
- 10
- Speed
- 8
- Melody
- 3
Key acts
- Autopsy
- Dismember
- Bolt Thrower
- Incantation