A hypothesis...

[Life Sucks]

hate, doom, corpse, grave, necro, etc. are pretty common, too

 

[cookiecutter]

As Strongbad so eloquently put it, any word that begins with "de" is pretty good for metal. I myself have a large amount of "de" bands' records.

 

[Zephyrus]

Deli-style (chugga-jigga-wugga)

 

[Mr_Haze]

my girlfriend used to say that all the time

 

[Saparmurat_Niyazov]

1903 search results for "the"
2007 search results for "of"

I prefer one word bandnames myself, unless it happens to just be super uber awesome.

How could I have overlooked those words?

 

[The Bringer]

I prefer one word bandnames myself, unless it happens to just be super uber awesome.

I agree. I find a one word band name is more defined and bold then a long three or more word name.