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Florida death metal | |
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Stylistic origins | Death metal, thrash metal, progressive metal |
Cultural origins | Mid-to-late 1980s |
Typical instruments | Guitar, bass, drums, vocals |
Local scenes | |
Tampa Bay area | |
Other topics | |
List of Florida death metal bands |
Florida death metal is a regional scene and stylistic subdivision of death metal centered around the US state of Florida, with some of the most significantly pioneering and best-selling death metal acts having emerged from the area. Notably, the Tampa Bay area is unofficially known by many death metal fans as the "capital of death metal."
The scene coalesced in the mid-1980s through early 1990s around the output of bands such as Death, Nasty Savage, Deicide, Monstrosity, Morbid Angel, Atheist, Obituary, and others. The producer Scott Burns and the studio Morrisound Recording were also instrumental in developing and popularizing the Florida scene. Some bands which originated outside of Florida, such as Malevolent Creation and Cannibal Corpse, relocated to the state in order to participate in this burgeoning scene.
The Florida bands featured a more technical approach to the evolving death metal sound, a style which spread beyond the confines of the state, and some were instrumental in creating the progressive death metal subgenre. The death metal genre as a whole, including the Florida scene, declined in popularity in the second half of the 1990s, but many bands within the Florida scene persisted and the scene resurged in popularity in subsequent decades. Although the scene attracted more media attention, it continued to be underground due to its extreme nature.
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