The first bands to pioneer the style were thrash metal bands that formed the prototype for death metal; bands such as Slayer, Possessed and pioneer death metal bands such as Death and Morbid Angel. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, death metal gained more media attention as popular record labels like Earache Records and Roadrunner Records began to sign death metal bands at a rapid rate. Since then death metal diversified spawning a rich variety of subgenres.
Death metal has been met with considerable hostility from mainstream culture, mainly because of the violent themes, imagery and stage persona of many bands. It is typically seen as an underground form of music, in part because it does not appeal to mainstream tastes and because its musicians often choose to remain obscure.
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