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Swedish death metal

Swedish death metal is a music genre that emerged in Sweden. It is usually classed as a form of death metal and music of Sweden. Explore key artists and related styles.

About Swedish death metal

Swedish death metal is a music genre that emerged in Sweden. It is usually classed as a form of death metal and music of Sweden.

From Wikipedia

Swedish death metal originated in the late 1980s and developed further in the 1990s. Many Swedish death metal bands are associated with the melodic death metal movement, thus giving Swedish death metal a different sound from other variations of death metal. Unlike American death metal groups, the first Swedish bands were rooted in hardcore punk. Gothenburg has a large melodic death metal scene while Stockholm is known for its more raw death metal scene.

Phil Freeman of AllMusic described Swedish death metal as "grinding," and as more focused on "getting heads banging and mosh pits exploding [and] less fixated on technical achievement" than the Floridan style of death metal.

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What is Swedish death metal?

Swedish death metal is a music genre that emerged in Sweden. It is usually classed as a form of death metal and music of Sweden.

Where and when did Swedish death metal originate?

Swedish death metal originated in Sweden.

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