Death Metal

[LesMTS]

I recently spied one of my esteemed colleagues on another message board making light of "Death metal and comedy rappers". I think this person, you know who you are, should immediately check out 'Heartwork' by Carcass and 'The Ethereal Mirror' by Cathedral before writing off an entire genre.
Also, if you want a bit of comic-book, techni-colour death metal to listen to with your tongue in your cheek you can't go wrong with a bit of Cannibal Corpse. I'd recommend starting with "Tomb of the Mutilated". This album contains epic, fragile and breathtaking soundscapes such as "Necropaedophile" and "Entrails ripped from a virgin's cunt" and the Radio 4 favourite, "Hammer Smashed Face".
I'm with you on Comedy rap, however, it is a joke wearing very thin very fast.

[Dyno]

*whisper* Cathedral aren't death metal.
Whoever said something about death metal and comedy rappers may have been talking about Six Feet Unders collaberation with Ice T, called "One Bullet Left", which is a beast of a song. Not comedy though.

[LesMTS]

"*whisper* Cathedral aren't death metal."

I suppose not, "Doom Metal" then. Cathedral often get squeezed into the death metal journalistically though and they certainly move in death metal circles as far as I know. That said, I don't know a great deal about death metal. Regardless of whether it's death metal or not, people should still check out 'The Ethereal Mirror" anyway because it's a great record. Perhaps some others with greater knowledge of the genre can recommend some good albums then.

[Dyno]

Stoner doom, aye.
If yer reccomending detah metal albums/bands, get the following listed...
Malevolent Creation - Envenomed
Death (any album)
At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul
Bloodbath - Nightmares Made Flesh
Decapitated - Nihility
Evil Incarnate - Waiting For His Return
Nile
Kataklysm

Fuck, I could go on.

[John Spartan]

i'll go on a bit


cryptopsy,aborted,berzerker,vader,deicide,insision ,immolation,origin,mordbid angel,hate eternal,suffocation,vomit remnants,brodequin,prostitute disfigurement,gorerotted,trauma,

[LesMTS]

"prostitute disfigurement"

Hahahahaha, is that serious? I'm going to need to expand my death metal repertoire I think.
I've got a Moribid Angel album somewhere, can't remember what it's called right now. It's pretty good though if I remember correctly. Never liked Deicide, Glen Benton always struck me as a bit of a knobend.

[John Spartan]

aye prostitute disfigurement are indeed real. Some deicide is amazin old school death metal, Benton is a bit of a fanny but. Oh aye deeds of flesh are pretty brilliant anaw.

[LesMTS]

Did he end up killing himself at 32 or what? Surely in 2005 his 32nd birthday has been and gone.

[John Spartan]

nono he played the cathouse with deicide last year and are touring europe agaibn soon. it's safe to say, as we all suspected he's full of shite.

When asked about that recently he said i was misquoted i said "the way i live i'll probably be dead by..."

the spanner in those works is that the age changed 3 times at least.

[Dyno]

Originally Posted by John Spartan

i'll go on a bit


cryptopsy,aborted,vader,immolation,suffocation,

I was gonny mention these, but didn't.
Looking forward to the new Cryptopsy, 'mon the Lord Worm. New Aborted and Immolation albums are fucking awesome.
I actually despise Deicide, as much as I love the Florida style I hate them, they bore me. And Benton's a wank.

[petpiranha]

***whoosh***

...the sound of all this going over my head...

...goes back to singing along to 'Shiny Happy People'...

[Tomm]

Benton is a junkie. He should have killed himself.

Old Deicide is fucking excellent though.

Cathedral is doom metal. Not Death, as stated above.

Check out Cryptopsy, Wormed, Martyr, Decapitated, Lykathea Aflame (weird melodic but brutal death metal. ), Devourment, Nile and Yattering.

Aborted and Avulsed are fucking good too.

[Dyno]

-Lykathea Aflame + Lykathe
they changed their name, apparently.

[Tomm]

Very true actually.

Think they've got a new album out with that name some point at the end of this year.