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Decedent
12+ albums
death metalBrutal Death MetalUSA
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Decedent is an American death metal band from the underground metal scenes of the Midwest, delivering raw, old-school-inspired brutality with a modern edge—blending cavernous gutturals, grinding riffs, and relentless blast beats into a visceral assault that harks back to the early days of the genre while carving a niche in today's resurgence of classic death metal ferocity. Formed in the mid-2010s amid a wave of tape-trading revivalism, Decedent channels the suffocating heaviness of bands like Incantation and Autopsy, emphasizing thematic decay, existential ruin, and unyielding aggression without succumbing to trends like slam or technical excess. Decedent's sound is unapologetic old-school death metal: mid-tempo crushers laced with dissonant leads, guttural vocal barrages that shift from low-end bellows to high-pitched rasps, and production that's raw yet punchy—capturing the analog warmth of tape hiss without modern over-polish. Tracks build tension through cyclical riffs and breakdowns that demand ritualistic moshing, clocking in at 30-40 minutes of unrelenting density. Influences pulse from death metal's foundational crypt: the ritualistic dread of Incantation, Autopsy's gore-soaked grooves, and early Obituary's Southern swamp vibe, filtered through a Midwestern grit that feels like rusting factories and endless winters. Lyrics delve into themes of persistent ruin, shallow graves, and malice's world—poetic meditations on mortality and societal collapse, delivered with po
