On July 21 2009 13:08 zazen wrote: I would just like to add in that Death Metal is a Opeth dominated genre and most other bands are technically much inferior, and defnitely way more childish in lyrics and approach (costumes, lol).
Opeth is a great band...but death metal is not dominated by Opeth.
I cringe when I hear people say "I like the instrumental element of Death Metal but I don't like the vox." When it comes to non-Melodic DM, especially BDM or TDM, i cant imagine clean vox even being used, it would sound completely out of context. Just gotta man up and listen to Anaal Nathrakh vox until you can tolerate harsh vox :p.
well clean singing probably wouldnt suit it but that doesnt mean you should cringe when people like dm music and not vocals. some people just dont like the vocals, thats understandable
Expect Opeth, In Flames anr Arch Enemy, I really dont like any of the band mention in OP but then i'm not to much in Death metal, it's just not my style of Metal.
Question: In which type of metal would you class those groups? Mastodon, CoB and Slayer?
I listen metal music for about 15 years but I never knew which "type" of metal it was
On July 21 2009 17:04 Carnation[NeoN] wrote: I cringe when I hear people say "I like the instrumental element of Death Metal but I don't like the vox." When it comes to non-Melodic DM, especially BDM or TDM, i cant imagine clean vox even being used, it would sound completely out of context. Just gotta man up and listen to Anaal Nathrakh vox until you can tolerate harsh vox :p.
I can definately understand you feeling that way, but for me the vox just interfere with me appreciating the awesome music, I guess I'll just have to man up and deal with it. As for the whole clean vox bit not fitting, I also understand that, it'd be nice even to hear just some instrumental stuff maybe, though I imagine that would detract from half the point of the genre
I saw IF live too and although i don't really like Sense of Purpose, it was better live imho but not even remotely close to their old works, which were damn awesome Dark Tranquillity has so many solid albums, really good1 and for Arch Enemy, I prefer the old singer even if the girl is hot as hell also check finnish melodeath like MPE, maybe you will like it
Hmm, what about Cynic? Most people group them under Tech Death, but the vocals are really clean, if a little weird.
And yes, thank you for mentioning Kataklysm, Kizlyk. A couple more REALLY GOOD DM bands that haven't been mentioned yet are Gorod and Disavowed. These guys have really catchy riffs.
On July 21 2009 20:58 St3MoR wrote: I saw IF live too and although i don't really like Sense of Purpose, it was better live imho but not even remotely close to their old works, which were damn awesome Dark Tranquillity has so many solid albums, really good1 and for Arch Enemy, I prefer the old singer even if the girl is hot as hell also check finnish melodeath like MPE, maybe you will like it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKuzhIQ_wNE
MPE is awesome, but if you want to get back to Gothenburg roots you have to listen to Insomnium!
On July 21 2009 12:29 .Ix wrote: Good stuff guys. Someone make a TDM writeup. Origin / Necrophagist / Decapitated / Nile should really be somewhere in this thread.
I'd do a write up on Tech Death, but beyond the four bands you've mentioned, and Gorguts/Old Cryptopsy, all the bands in that genre are overly redundant, and get boring fast. --
This is all too true. The main problem with Tech Death bands is that there's way too much wankery. Necrophagist is a perfect example. That said, there are some interesting newer bands coming out of Tech Death, like The Faceless and Obscura. They're not really doing anything new, but if you're looking to get into the genre, check them out.
On July 21 2009 19:14 FaCE_1 wrote: Question: In which type of metal would you class those groups? Mastodon, CoB and Slayer?
I listen metal music for about 15 years but I never knew which "type" of metal it was
Mastodon started out as a sludgy/prog-ish hybrid, but now they're closer to hard rock.
I can't comment on CoB, but from what I've heard, they're boring.
Slayer is Thrash Metal. They were one of the early Thrash bands hailing from California.
I don't listen to much straight Death Metal besides Death and a few others. I mostly listen to Tech and Prog Death with bands in the latter like Augury.
On July 21 2009 19:38 Kizlyk wrote: Kataklysm is worth mentioning in this thread - great death band imo.
As for melodic death metal, I personally like Dark Tranquillity more than In Flames (especially if you compare their late albums)
I don't know men, Sense of Purpose is really good. I saw In Flames live when they was playing lots of song from this CD and it was really good.
wat.
In Flames stopped being good for me after Clayman/Colony (can't remember which came after). The rest of their discography is pretty much all miss, with a few good songs littered in between. It was not enough melo-death, they've changed their styles.
I can't really choose between favourite melo-death bands, Slaughter, Jester Race, The Gallery are all so good, but each with their own style.
However, Death is still my favourite metal band ever. Chuck did so much good work for metal. RIP.
One band I listen to (they've broken up) is Mephistopheles. Not really sure where they would be in the genre scene (probably more black metal, because of the vocals I'd guess, but very good nonetheless), but one album was amazing to me, I think it was called Modern Instinct's Purity.
On July 21 2009 13:31 FragKrag wrote: I've heard Children of Bodom described as Power metal, epic power metal, thrash metal, powerthrash (wut?), melodeath, black, blackened thrash, and some others, but I never heard the death.
WAT? read the lyrics to some of their older songs, on hatebreeder etc. CoB is the only thing missing in this post!!! fuck!
On July 21 2009 13:31 FragKrag wrote: I've heard Children of Bodom described as Power metal, epic power metal, thrash metal, powerthrash (wut?), melodeath, black, blackened thrash, and some others, but I never heard the death.
WAT? read the lyrics to some of their older songs, on hatebreeder etc. CoB is the only thing missing in this post!!! fuck!
great OP tho
They were never anywhere near death. They were neoclassical power metal with harsh vocals, then evolved into the mainstream bullshit they are today. -_-
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but then i'm not to much in Death metal, it's just not my style of Metal.
