Melodic Death Metal

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) An American metal / black metal band that was formed in the late winter of 1997. Founding members Hellspawn (Lead Guitar/Vocals), Talon (Percussion), and Tora (Bass/Vocals) recorded “From The Ashes” a 2 song demo featuring Sarah Gibbs on rhythm guitar. The demo was well received in the underground scene. In 2009 Lisa Holladay later joined their ranks as keyboardist.

Otep is a nu metal band formed in 2000 in Los Angeles, California by Otep Shamaya. The band originally formed as a four-piece nu metal band and were invited to play Ozzfest before they had even signed to a label after Sharon Osbourne witnessed a brief part of their live performance. They've since played Ozzfest several times. Otep have since released five full-length albums featuring many session musicians including Greg Wells, Joey Jordison of Slipknot, Koichi Fukuda of Static-X, Emilie Autumn, Tony Campos of Soulfly and Asesino (ex-Static-X), and Ulrich Wild.

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Carcass is a goregrind/death metal band formed by Napalm Death guitarist Bill Steer together with drummer Ken Owen in 1985. They were based in Liverpool. On their first demo, Sanjiv contributed vocals. In 1987, bassist and vocalist Jeffrey Walker, formerly of the Electro Hippies, joined them. Carcass are considered by many to have been one of the most influential and talented bands within the death music scene.

Dia De Los Muertos is a metal band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 2005. Founded by Andres Jaramillo and Alfonso Pinzon of Agony, and Vincent Price of Body Count, as a side project. Since they couldn't find an official singer for the band, they asked a few friends to write lyrics and record vocals over their music. That's how the band created a 'brotherhood' around their music and the bilingual Latino concept of the band's name, meaning and background.