Swedish death metal is a
death metal music scene developed in
Sweden. Many Swedish death metal bands are associated with the
melodic death metal movement, thus giving Swedish death metal a different sound from other variations of death metal. Unlike American death metal groups, the first Swedish bands were rooted in
punk rock. Although Norway is known for its quantity of
black metal,
Gothenburg in Sweden has a large melodic death metal scene, while
Stockholm is known for its more raw death metal scene.