old school death metal
old school death metal is a genre. old school death metal grew out of Death metal. It sits close to symphonic death metal, Scandinavian death metal, deathgrind, atmospheric death metal and Christian death metal, scenes that trade players, venues and ideas with it. Its influence carried into Grindcore, technical death metal, blackened death metal, death-doom and melodic death metal, which took the template somewhere else. The chart currently maps 14 connections around old school death metal. Open any neighbouring band or genre to trace where old school death metal came from and where it led.
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old school death metal connections
old school death metal grew out of Death metal, shares an orbit with symphonic death metal, Scandinavian death metal, deathgrind and atmospheric death metal, went on to shape Grindcore, technical death metal, blackened death metal and death-doom. 14 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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