Death metal band name generator
Death metal names are clinical and gruesome: Death, Morbid Angel, Obituary, Cannibal Corpse, Carcass, Autopsy, Entombed. Many read like a pathology textbook.
Generate death metal names
12 names · screened against 120,000+ notable artists
How death metal bands name themselves
This generator uses decay, crypts, anatomy and medical words, plus guttural invented words and Latin. It deliberately excludes sexual violence, slurs and references to real murders.
Patterns you'll see
- Clinical noun. Obituary, Autopsy, Carcass, Suffocation: a medical or forensic word as the name.
- Gore + noun. Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel: an adjective that makes a noun horrible.
- Past participle. Entombed, Dismember, Decapitated: something done to a body.
Tips
- Long "-ation" words look great in an unreadable logo, but fans still have to search for them.
- Check one-word names in the Encyclopaedia Metallum as well as our checker; underground bands are not all in our index.
- Distinct beats extreme.
Avoid: Avoid names referencing real serial killers, real victims or sexual violence. Many festivals and platforms ban them.
What real death metal names look like
| One-word names | 65% | |
| Two-word names | 23% | |
| Three words or more | 12% | |
| Start with "The" | 4% | |
| Median length | 9 chars |
Most-used words: dawn (5), death (5), dark (4), hate (4), blood (3), dead (3), suffocation (2), immortal (2), eyes (2), chaos (2).
Groups (not solo artists) with 4+ Wikipedia language editions. Full study and method.
What you'll get
- Single word
- Descriptor + noun
- Noun pairing
- Compound word
- Invented word
- Latin phrase
Imagery: decay, body, occult, war.
36 death metal band name ideas
None of these matches a notable artist in our 120,000-act index as of this build. That does not make them free to use: run your favourites through the name checker.
- KremothulCheck
- Grave TombCheck
- WolfboundCheck
- VonaxCheck
- Skull RotCheck
- VugorokCheck
- GrimbornCheck
- Nervous TongueCheck
- DrothCheck
- SteelstormCheck
- Thunder GrimoireCheck
- SkegodrunCheck
- Storm CarrionCheck
- Skeletal SepulcherCheck
- Buried CasketsCheck
- OssuaryCheck
- Nox Antiqua — “Ancient night”Check
- Rust LeechCheck
- Decayed ChasmCheck
- BlackreaperCheck
- Septic DissectionCheck
- Armored CannonCheck
- PutrefactionsCheck
- HeartbeatCheck
- VoidheartCheck
- Wolf NerveCheck
- DrekugorCheck
- KavudrunCheck
- Necrotic Charnel HouseCheck
- Mangled CesspoolCheck
- BonesawsCheck
- VoidbornCheck
- GrimmouthCheck
- EviscerationCheck
- Putrid PustuleCheck
- Ashen CryptsCheck
Famous death metal band names
The best-known death metal acts on Wikidata, ranked by the number of Wikipedia language editions about them. These names are taken; study the shapes, then make your own above. More in our band name lists.
- Children of Bodom 1993 · Finland
- Cannibal Corpse 1988 · US
- Arch Enemy 1996 · Sweden
- Opeth 1990 · Sweden
- In Flames 1990 · Sweden
- Death 1983 · US
- Dark Tranquillity 1989 · Sweden
- Amon Amarth 1992 · Sweden
- Gojira 1996 · France
- Immortal 1990 · Norway
- Napalm Death 1981 · UK
- Ensiferum 1995 · Finland
- Carcass 1985 · UK
- Vader 1983 · Poland
- Celtic Frost 1984 · Switzerland
- Obituary 1984 · US
- Soilwork 1996 · Sweden
- Deicide 1987 · US
- Fear Factory 1989 · US
- At the Gates 1990 · Sweden
- Six Feet Under 1995 · US
- Nile 1993 · US
- Entombed 1987 · Sweden
- Heaven Shall Burn 1996 · Germany
Death metal naming questions
Where can I check if a death metal name is taken?
Run it through our checker (MusicBrainz, Apple Music, Wikipedia), then search the Encyclopaedia Metallum, which lists many underground metal bands that general databases miss.
Why are so many death metal names one word?
One clinical word looks brutal in a logo and is easy to chant. The downside is that the best ones are taken, so expect to check a lot of them.