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Death n Roll emerged in the early 1990s when Swedish death metal bands—most notably Entombed with their landmark album Wolverine Blues—began infusing the brutality of death metal with the swagger and groove of classic rock and roll. This hybrid sound retains the down-tuned guitars, guttural vocals, and aggression of death metal while incorporating bluesy riffs, head-nodding grooves, and a raw, punk-influenced attitude. The result is a visceral, less technically obsessive style than melodic death metal, favoring crushing, mid-tempo hooks over blastbeats and shredding. Bands like Gorefest, Grave, and Dismember adopted this approach, creating music that could make mosh pits move with both savage intensity and infectious rhythm.

What sets death n roll apart from traditional death metal is its willingness to embrace rock's accessibility without sacrificing extremity. Where groove metal leans toward thrash's precision and melodic death metal emphasizes harmonized leads, death n roll thrives on gritty simplicity—think Motörhead's raw energy channeled through a Swedish death metal buzzsaw tone. It's less about technical wizardry and more about raw power and memorable riffs that stick in your skull.

This genre is essential listening for anyone who craves the heaviness of extreme metal but wants music that breathes, swings, and doesn't take itself too seriously. Death n roll proves brutality can groove.

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Top Releases

#50
But Life Goes On
ByEntombedReleased:1989
#29
Torn Arteries
ByCarcassReleased:1990
#8
Clandestine
ByEntombedReleased:1991-11-12
#65
Yeah
ByXysmaReleased:1992-01-01
#19
Hollowman
ByEntombedReleased:1993-03-21
death metaldeath n rollmetal
#28
Hammer Smashed Face
ByCannibal CorpseReleased:1993-03-22
#1
Wolverine Blues
ByEntombedReleased:1993-10-01
#66
Buried Dreams
ByCarcassReleased:1993
#37
The Heartwork EP
ByCarcassReleased:1994-01-13
#25
Reflections
ByConvulseReleased:1994-06-28
death n rolldeath metal
#14
Erase
ByGorefestReleased:1994
#70
club mondo bizarre - for members only
ByPungent StenchReleased:1994
death n rollgroove metal
#57
Full of Hell
ByEntombedReleased:1994
#74
Yeest
ByBlood DusterReleased:1995-08-01
#10
Massive Killing Capacity
ByDismemberReleased:1995-08-04
#18
Haunted
BySix Feet UnderReleased:1995-09-26
#2
Swansong
ByCarcassReleased:1995
#100
Blood Is Life
ByCrack UpReleased:1996-04-01
death metaldeath n roll
#9
Soul Survivor
ByGorefestReleased:1996-06-18
#52
Swallow the Snake
ByDesultoryReleased:1996-10-08
death metaldeath n rollmetal
#90
Crush the Weak
ByBerserkrReleased:1996
death metalmetaldeath n roll
#41
Infernal
ByEdge of SanityReleased:1997-02-05
#7
To Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth
ByEntombedReleased:1997-03-03
#43
Entombed
ByEntombedReleased:1997-03-25
death metalmetaldeath n roll
#31
Warpath
BySix Feet UnderReleased:1997-09-09
#94
Vol. Beat
ByDominusReleased:1997-11-10
#48
Cryptic
ByEdge of SanityReleased:1997-11-11
#49
Wreckage
ByEntombedReleased:1997
death metaldeath n roll
#38
Chapter 13
ByGorefestReleased:1998-02-23
death metaldeath n roll
#87
Heads will roll
ByCrack UpReleased:1998-10-12
metaldeath metaldeath n roll
#16
Same Difference
ByEntombedReleased:1998
#21
Maximum Violence
BySix Feet UnderReleased:1999-07-13
#96
Gravehead
ByGrenouerReleased:1999-07-13
death n roll
#60
Horny Like Hell
ByMucupurulentReleased:1999
goregrinddeath n roll
#4
Uprising
ByEntombedReleased:2000-03-06
death n rolldeath metalmetal
#86
13 Jahre lang dagegen
BySamsas TraumReleased:2000
#5
Morning Star
ByEntombedReleased:2001-05-05
death metaldeath n rollmetal
#85
The Unholy Mother of Fuck
ByRevolverReleased:2002-02-25
hardcoredeath n rollpunk metal
#88
Buttoxin' Bloom
ByCrack UpReleased:2002-03-01
death n rollmetaldeath metal
#77
Soul Reaver
ByMucupurulentReleased:2002
death n rollgoregrind
#91
Gregorian Moments In Brasil
ByDominusReleased:2002
#53
Kill Maim Burn
ByDebaucheryReleased:2003-07-28
death metaldeath n roll
#6
Inferno
ByEntombedReleased:2003-08-04
#82
Reality Check
ByKonkhraReleased:2003
#76
Armageddon, Mon Amour
ByHearseReleased:2004-04-06
#46
Route 666
ByHelltrainReleased:2004-10-18
#81
Optimistic Views EP
ByZX SpectrumReleased:2004
#72
Soul Survivor/Chapter 13
ByGorefestReleased:2005-08-23
#42
Norwegian Jesus
ByThe CumshotsReleased:2005-11-21
death metaldeath n roll
#75
Room 209
ByGutter DemonsReleased:2005-12-27
#11
Just Quit Trying
ByThe CumshotsReleased:2006-03-20
death n roll
#51
Bloodstained Blues
ByMucupurulentReleased:2006-05-26
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#24
When in Sodom
ByEntombedReleased:2006-06-06
#83
Weight of the Wound
ByBirds of PreyReleased:2006-07-25
#27
Stinking Up the Night
ByDeath BreathReleased:2006-09
#80
Lifeblood
ByBlackshineReleased:2006-10-09
#3
Rock The Rebel / Metal The Devil
ByVolbeatReleased:2007-02-26
#26
Back In Blood
ByDebaucheryReleased:2007-03-23
#22
Commandment
BySix Feet UnderReleased:2007-04-20
#35
Serpent Saints - The Ten Amendments
ByEntombedReleased:2007-04-28
#54
Serpent Saints: The Ten Amendments
ByEntombedReleased:2007-06-25
death metaldeath n roll
#40
Rise To Ruin
ByGorefestReleased:2007-08-03
death metalmetaldeath n roll
#30
Let It Stink
ByDeath BreathReleased:2007-08-07
#73
Amok
ByEntombedReleased:2007
#23
Scream Bloody Clit
ByCliteaterReleased:2008-03-28
#89
Among the Damned
ByKettle CadaverReleased:2008-06-07
#44
Rock 'N' Roll Devil
ByHelltrainReleased:2008-09-09
#33
Death Rituals
BySix Feet UnderReleased:2008-11-11
#45
Rockers & War
ByDebaucheryReleased:2009-04-03
#68
Single Ticket To Paradise
ByHearseReleased:2009-05-04
#84
Welcome To The Graveyard
ByFeralReleased:2009-09-03
death metaldeath n rolltechno
#36
A Life Less Necessary
ByThe CumshotsReleased:2009-10-09
#99
Screaming Machines
ByCarbonizedReleased:2009-10-20
#17
Avatar
ByAvatarReleased:2009-11-11
#55
Graveyard Classics 3
BySix Feet UnderReleased:2010-01-15
#15
Heavy Breathing
ByBlack BreathReleased:2010-03-30
#71
The Great Southern Clitkill
ByCliteaterReleased:2010-10-15
#39
Germany's Next Death Metal
ByDebaucheryReleased:2011-03-25
death metaldeath n roll
#61
Holy Beast
ByWe Are The DamnedReleased:2011-03-25
#63
Dragged To The Altar
ByFeralReleased:2011-04-26
death metaldeath n rolltechno
#97
Violentor
ByViolentorReleased:2011-05-14
#79
Vol. 2
ByDisgraceReleased:2011-11-03
death n roll
#13
Sentenced to Life
ByBlack BreathReleased:2012-03-27
#62
Death Is Сoming
ByHelltrainReleased:2012-05-15
#58
Converge / Napalm Death
ByConvergeReleased:2012-08-01
#67
When In Sodom Revisited
ByEntombedReleased:2012
#69
Cliteaten back to life
ByCliteaterReleased:2013-03-08
#34
Kings Of Carnage
ByDebaucheryReleased:2013-08-02
death metaldeath n roll
#56
Back To The Front
ByEntombed A.D.Released:2014-08-04
#59
F*ck Humanity
ByDebaucheryReleased:2015-07-10
death n roll
#98
Fuck Humanity
ByDebaucheryReleased:2015-07-10
death n roll
#32
Dead Dawn
ByEntombed A.D.Released:2016-02-26
#93
Unholy Five
BySanctimonyReleased:2016-04-06
death n roll
#64
Skallbank
BySkallbankReleased:2017-06-27
death n rollmetalrock n roll
#47
From The Mortuary
ByFeralReleased:2017-12-08
death metaldeath n rolltechno
#78
We're Gonna Need Some Bigger Riffs
ByVHSReleased:2019-07-26
death n roll
#95
Peel Sessions
ByCarcassReleased:2020-08-08
#12
Servant Of The Mind (Deluxe)
ByVolbeatReleased:2021-12-03
#20
Dark Superstition
ByGatecreeperReleased:2024-05-17
#92
25 Years of the Eagles Performed by Birds of Prey
ByBirds of PreyReleased:

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