That's hard to say since the line from thrash metal to death metal is very blurry. Kreator, Slayer and Sepultura are widely known for creating riffs in a rather death metal fashion (more alternate picking, slower note changes). Probably the first of those bands to completely disband the punk attitude from thrash metal were Possessed and Death, so they could be called the 2 first metal bands.
Death - metal band - ended in 2001.
Melodic death metal
The band Death litterally invented death metal
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"Venom" is a death metal band
Chuck Schuldiner from the band Death, considered to be the Godfather of death metal music.
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No it's not..The very First band to be called Death Metal were from Florida in the USA. They were aptly named DEATH.. Unfortunately their founder and singer Chuck Schuldiner died several years ago. This band was around about the time Metallica were first heard outside of the USA in the Mid 1980's.
The American metal band Asbestos Death got famous for their type of music. They are a heavy metal rock band that has followings mainly of teen and young people in their 20's.
George Fisher is associated with the Cannibal Corpse band. It is a death metal band from Buffalo, New York. The band was formed in 1988 and was the top selling death metal band of all time in 2003.
It's I Deal Suicidethere a death metal band
Slipknot Slipknot are not 'death metal' they are nu metal. You want a 'death metal' band look into ABACABB, Nile or Job for a Cowboy. Also try The Black Dahlia Murder they are Melodic death metal.