California’s Death Metal PIONEERS: From Possessed to Present Day
California Crushing Death Metal: Where Sun-Soaked Shores Meet Brutal Riffs.Forget pristine beaches and surfer dudes. California has another side: where sunshine fuels sonic savagery and killer riffs crush like ocean waves. Dive into the brutal history of California Death metal, a scene as scorching as the hellfire!
BANDS FEATURED
POSSESSED
- Genre: Death Metal-Thrash Metal
- Location: San Francisco, California
- Status: Active
- Formed in: 1983
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AUTOPSY
- Genre: Death Metal
- Location: Oakland, California
- Status: Active
- Formed in: 1987
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DEEDS OF FLESH
- Genre: Brutal Death Metal
- Location: Los Osos, California
- Status: Active
- Formed in: 1993
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EXHUMED
- Genre: Goregrind (early); Death Metal/Grindcore (later)
- Location: San Jose, California
- Status: Active
- Formed in: 1990
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CATTLE DECAPITATION
- Genre: Progressive Death Metal/Grindcore
- Location: San Diego, California
- Status: Active
- Formed in: 1996
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BRUJERIA
- Genre: Death/Groove Metal/Grindcore
- Location: Los Angeles, California
- Status: Active
- Formed in: 1989
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SADISTIC INTENT
- Genre: Death Metal
- Location: Los Angeles, California
- Status: Active
- Formed in: 1987
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TERRORIZER
- Genre: Death Metal/Grindcore
- Location: Los Angeles, California
- Status: Active
- Formed in: 1987
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