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Dead is a Death metal act. Their sound grew out of Black Sabbath, Kiss, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and AC/DC. Those roots explain a lot about how Dead arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as General Surgery, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Vyacheslav Butusov, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 13 connections around Dead, reaching back through Black Sabbath and forward to Vyacheslav Butusov. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Per Yngve "Pelle" Ohlin, known professionally as Dead, was a Swedish musician, best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem from 1988 until his suicide in 1991. Prior to Mayhem, he performed as the vocalist in the Swedish death/thrash band Morbid. Roadrunner Records ranked him No. 48 out of 50 of The Greatest Metal Front-Men of All Time.
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Dead grew out of Black Sabbath, Kiss, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, shares an orbit with General Surgery, went on to shape Vyacheslav Butusov. 13 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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