The top death metal bands by nation:
https://www.thetoptens.com/countries-with-death-metal-bands/
Germany ranks SEVENTH.
I’ve seen 3 of the Finnish bands in the last year.
It’s a subjective list, and I’m stuck in the 80s and 90s, but I’d put the order as 1. US, 2. Sweden, 3. UK and after that, most of those bands came out after I was in the navy and lost my connection to the scene. Don’t know any German death metal, and the only Finnish death metal I know is Children of Bodom...which is too happy sounding for my tastes.
I love that Dethklok is listed there. If you haven’t seen any of the Metalocalypse episodes on Adult Swim, you probably ought to.
Thanks-that is interesting-like I said in another post, it is pretty obvious that my skinhead co-worker is not listening to mainstream stuff-the CDs he likes are from Germany and have German lyrics. The American Death Metal he listens to is mainstream, but I really still can’t get into it-one of the few genres of music I don’t like-but it doesn’t make me want to run out into the road screaming-only rap crap does that...