WHAT KILLED SLAM? Devourment, Suffocation, Ingested

What killed slam? Although slam is arguably more popular than ever, to me it died when it became something very different from its origins. - The birth of slam, from “Liege Of Inveracity“ by Suffocation - Proto-slam bands like Internal Bleeding, Pyrexia and other NYDM bands as well as Disgorge and Dying Fetus - The birth of “true slam“ with Repudilation, Deprecated and Devourment, who’s album became the template for modern slam - The golden years with bands like Disconformity, Defeated Sanity, Cep