Music of Florida - Heavy Metal

Heavy Metal

Tampa has produced extreme metal artists such as Morbid Angel, Deicide, Obituary, Hate Eternal, Monstrosity, Assück, Nocturnus, Atheist, Kamelot, Iced Earth and Acheron.

Tampa is also home to the infamous Morrisound Studios. Records such as Deicide's debut album, Deicide; Morbid Angel's debut album Altars of Madness, Scream Bloody Gore from Death, as well as many other death metal albums.

Ft. Lauderdale has produced a few metal bands as well, such as and, Hibernus Mortis.

Progressive death metal act, come from Miami

Orlando is notable for producing Death, one of the most definitive death metal acts in the scene. Trivium is also from Orlando.

Also the metal band Savatage hails from the city of Tarpon Springs. Having produced many albums back in the early '80s up to the death of co-founder and guitarist Criss Oliva in 1993, Savatage was one of the most successful underground band's to come out of Florida. Singer Jon Oliva went on to create the highly-successful Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

Nu metal act Nonpoint is from Fort Lauderdale and Limp Bizkit from Jacksonville. Skrape came from Orlando.