Top 10 Best Slam Death Metal Bands

Slam death metal doesn't hold back. It's loud, brutal, and packed with some of the heaviest riffs and most crushing breakdowns in metal. Slam death metal brings together the raw aggression of death metal and the relentless groove of hardcore, creating a sound that's all about thick, chugging riffs, guttural vocals, and intense blast beats.

The bands in this list have earned their place by delivering track after track of some of the most relentless, bone-crushing tunes out there.

The Top Ten

  1. Devourment

    Devourment is an American brutal and slam death metal band from Dallas, Texas. Formed in 1995, the band has split up and reunited multiple times over the years. Drummer Brad Fincher is the only original member who has remained active with the group through all of its incarnations.

    The true creators of slam. They took the original brutal death metal style and tweaked it into the rhythm-focused, guttural sound that was their own back in their day. Today, this sound is heard in every other band on this list.

    Abominable Putridity, Ingested, Kraanium... all great bands who would NOT exist without Devourment. 'Molesting the Decapitated' and 'Butcher the Weak' are easily the two greatest slam albums ever made. Every band that followed them is doing exactly what Devourment started, but they still don't come close to the extreme brutality and depravity of these slam gods.

    Devourment is one of the few metal bands who truly created an entire subgenre single-handedly. There's no denying that they are one of the most influential and important extreme metal bands of all time.

  2. Abominable Putridity

    Abominable Putridity is a Russian slam death metal band originally formed in Moscow in 2003. The band has released two albums: In the End of Human Existence and The Anomalies of Artificial Origin.

    They are considered one of the most popular brutal death metal bands today. Abominable Putridity... read more

    Abominable Putridity is amazing! These guys really know how to make some awesome slam death metal!

    These Russians know what real slam death metal is. Much respect from Sweden.

    Indisputably the best band. Amazing gutturals and great tone.

  3. Katalepsy

    Katalepsy is a slam death metal band from Moscow, Russia, known for their intense musical style and technical brutality. Their discography includes two split albums, one EP, two full-length albums, and a demo. Katalepsy has become one of the leading acts in the Russian metal scene and maintains a strong... read more

    With songs like Carpet Wounding and Post Apocalyptic Segregation, this is one of the best bands not just in the slam category but also in the whole of metal. The coordination is just orgasmic!

    Great band, love it. And I hope someday I can make their art for T-shirt design. Tani Art's.

  4. Extermination Dismemberment

    Made slam more brutal with their breakdowns, vocals, and of course the bass drops! I recommend Omnivore and Disemboweled Engorgement.

    The bass drops are very heavy. Definitely check them out if you haven't listened to them yet.

    This band is insane! For me, they are the best.

  5. Kraanium

    Kraanium is a Norwegian slam death metal band formed in 2001. The band was started by twin brothers Martin and Mats Funderud, who had previously worked together on hardcore and black metal projects. They created Kraanium to pursue a heavier and more brutal musical direction.

    Kraanium was one of the best slam bands ever in my opinion. What a pity Martin died.

  6. Ingested

    Ingested is a British slam death metal and deathcore band from Manchester. They formed in 2007 and have developed a reputation as one of the most intense death metal acts to emerge from the UK in recent years.

    The band has built a large international fanbase, with significant followings in the... read more

    These guys are awesome. They deserve the respect.

    Filthy and brutally disgusting!

    Great vocals and amazing performances from the instruments. It all flows and fits together perfectly.

  7. Disentomb

    Disentomb is an Australian death metal band from Brisbane. The group was founded after the disbanding of the Brisbane death metal act Cadaverine by three of its five members. Jordan Phillip, Henri Sison, and Jake Wilkes formed Disentomb along with bassist Tom Joice.

  8. Pathology

    Pathology is an American brutal and slam death metal band from San Diego, California. The group was formed in 2006 by drummer Dave Astor, who had previously played with Cattle Decapitation and The Locust, along with vocalist Matti Way, known for his work with Abominable Putridity.... read more

    Simply incredible! They can be incredibly brutal even without being as morbid as other slam bands. They were especially great when they were fronted by Jonathan Huber.

    Listen to their Purification album. It's one of the best out there.

  9. Acranius

    Acranius is a German slam death metal band from Rostock, formed in 2009. The band incorporates elements of beatdown hardcore into their music. Their aggressive and rhythmic sound has helped them develop a distinctive style within the death metal genre.

  10. Vomit Remnants

    Vomit Remnants is a brutal death metal band from Tokyo, Japan, formed in 1997. They are currently signed to Unique Leader Records and are known for their heavy and aggressive sound... read more

    11. The Newcomers
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    Mental Cruelty

    I would look these guys up purely for the fast-paced guitar riffs and the insanely heavy vocals.

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    Carnivorous Eyaculation

    Super epic and underrated I highly encourage you to look it up!

    The top three songs by these guys, in my opinion, are:

    1. Bleeding Castration

    2. Anomaly Amputation

    3. Cerebral Executions

    13. The Contenders

  13. Vulvodynia

    Vulvodynia is the best brutal slam band I've ever heard. Their vocals are amazing, and how they present their lyrics is also great. They do a great job and are very nice to their fans. They called my little brother awesome because he was wearing my Finis Omnium Ignorantium hat.

    Best slam band in my opinion. The lyrics are amazingly wild and the instrumentals are great as well. Honestly, it's one of the only slam bands where I find their songs to be catchy. I hear one song, and it's stuck in my head the rest of the day.

  14. Malodorous

    Find something heavier than Armathine Redolance.

    I need to make more slam metal, maybe with some jazz influence. If you want to see this, check me out on YouTube as Lopyt *Sir_Guy*. If you don't, go listen to Malodorous. Have a great day everyone!

  15. Cephalotripsy

    Cephalotripsy is an American death metal band from California, formed in 2003. They have released one full-length album, three demos and promos, and appeared on a split with Membro Genitali Befurcator. The band is noted for their brutal death metal sound and guttural vocal style.

  16. Disgorge

    Disgorge is a death metal band from San Diego, California, formed in 1992. Although the band ceased activity in 2006, they never issued an official statement announcing their breakup. Disgorge is known for their brutal sound and influence on the extreme metal scene.

  17. Soils of Fate

    Soils of Fate is a Swedish slam death metal band from Stockholm, formed in 1995. They are known for their distinctive "Ultra Groovy Slam Death Metal" style. The band is often credited with helping to shape the slam and brutal death metal underground scenes during the late 1990s and early 2000s.

  18. Internal Bleeding

    Internal Bleeding is without a doubt a major part of the NY DeathSlam scene. Along with Suffocation, Skinless, and Repudilation, they used to destroy venues in the '90s and still kill it today.

    This band has been through just about every adversity known to man, and they're so badass they're still putting out new records. I've been in this scene for damn near 30 years, and there would be no Devourment if it weren't for Internal Bleeding. That's a FACT.

    R.I.P. Bill Tolley.

    THE slam band. Should be number 1.

  19. Walking the Cadaver

    WtC is a very talented slam band with very unique vocals that will leave you on edge throughout the whole song. Love throwing down to Cadaver.

  20. Guttural Slug

    Megalodon has roughly twenty minutes of groovy slam complemented with some of the best cricket vocals, and a change in tempo at the halfway mark for the song Hacksaw Surgery, which is not slam but rather brutal death.

    Heaps of people don't even know about Intracranial Purgatory.

  21. Vulvectomy

  22. Gorgasm

    Gorgasm is a death metal band that was founded in Chicago in 1994. The band disbanded in December 2008 but reunited in 2010. They released their third studio album, Orgy of Murder, in 2011 following their reunion.

  23. Visceral Disgorge

    Brutal death from the murder capital of the East Coast, Baltimore, Maryland.

    My friend knows these guys personally. Such a great band!

    Should be way higher on the list.

  24. Infant Annihilator

    Infant Annihilator is an English deathcore band from Hull, East Yorkshire. The band was formed in 2012 by drummer Aaron Kitcher and guitarist Eddie Pickard. Their music is known for its technical brutality and controversial lyrics.

    Even though they can't play their own music live, they're still one of the best bands I have ever heard.

  25. Analepsy

    Check out their songs Genetic Mutations and Eons in Vacuum if you've never heard them. They're a good band!

  26. Veiyadra

    Veiyadra is a brutal death metal band based in the Tokyo/Kanto region of Japan. The band released one EP and one full-length album in 2014. Their music is known for its intense speed, technical riffs, and aggressive vocals.

  27. Epicardiectomy

    Putreseminal Morphodysplastic Virulency - Best album ever made.

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