r/Deathmetal is a subreddit with 161k members. They frequently recommend/review metal recommendations and metal album, and the most common flair used is old school, new release, death/thrash, black/death, and death/doom.
Death metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music. Descended originally from thrash, it often employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes.
Products Discussed in r/Deathmetal
Metal Recommendations
34 reviews
#1
Bolt Thrower
5.0★ from 3 reviews
#2
Death
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
Entombed
5.0★ from 2 reviews
Metal Album
25 reviews
#1
Malignant Altar
4.7★ from 3 reviews
#2
Hooded Menace
3.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
Runemagick
3.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/Deathmetal
#1
Old School
: "Ripping Corpse - Anti God (USA, 1991)"
25 posts
#2
New Release
: "Eldfödd - From the Light Into the Dark (FFO: Swedish DM)"
8 posts
#3
Death/Thrash
: "LUGUBRIOUS GARMENT - Profaned Fountain of Leaden Waters"
6 posts
#4
Black/Death
: "Tetragrammicide - Intoxicated Bees of Sekhet-Aarhu Circumambulate the Abode of Self Beheaded One Who Forever Danceth in Her Shaktisexual Ecstasy (IN, 2023)"
6 posts
#5
Death/Doom
: "Rippikoulu - Pimeyden kirous (Finland, 1992)"
5 posts
#6
Death/Grind
: "Meat Shits - All Infester Worship Tracks (1998-2002?) [Deathgrind]"
5 posts
#7
Death/Hardcore
: "Mammoth Grinder - Corpse of Divinant (USA, 2024)"
3 posts
#8
Live
: "Cryptopsy with Billy Strings - Open Face Surgery"
1 post
#9
Weekly Thread
: "Weekly Discussion / Recommendation Thread"
1 post
Member Growth in r/Deathmetal
Yearly
+13k members(9.2%)
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Last updated: September 3, 2026