In September 1990, one of the first big North American festivals for this heavy-metal style was held in Waukesha, a suburb of Milwaukee, and it featured 26 bands including Autopsy and Immolation. Which music style, whose American birthplace is Tampa (home to Morbid Angel and Cannibal Corpse), was being celebrated?

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death metal. Death metal grew out of the thrash-metal scene in the mid-to-late 1980s. It uses very loud, distorted guitars, super-fast drumming and growled vocals. One of the first big North American festivals for the style was held near Milwaukee in September 1990, and the 'Florida death metal' scene centered on Morrisound Studios in Tampa produced many of the style's most famous albums.