View Poll Results: Do you like death metal [or any of the subgenres]?

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  • Yes

    12 38.71%
  • No

    8 25.81%
  • Some bands I like & some I don't

    9 29.03%
  • I like the guitars, drums, bass, keyboard [whatever] but not the singing

    7 22.58%
  • Death metal..BAH! Just a load of noise. Back in my day we... etc.

    4 12.90%
  • Death metal.. haha. Pop, R 'n' B & rap are where the talent is at

    1 3.23%
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    Quote Originally Posted by Crushed Hope View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by Crushed Hope
    Commonly made mistake. Opeth is progressive metal with harsh vocals, hardly any other death metal influence aside from that.
    Quote Originally Posted by Wikipedia
    "Opeth is a progressive death metal band"

    "Vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt performs both clean singing and death vocals."
    Wikipedia knows <img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"> about metal. Vocals do not determine a genre, Opeth are progressive metal. Not prog. death, because the core of their music isn't death metal.
    No need for that. I was just saying. Well, I'm not going to argue it over & over. You have your opinion & I have mine. *Sits on fence*

    Quote Originally Posted by Xander
    I don't really know what "death metal" is *exactly* but it sounds scary.... xD I imagine it being quite heavy and maybe screamy/shouty although I don't really know. It seems to me like it would be angry music, and I don't often feel angry these days. But I'm just assuming, I've probably never really listened to any....
    DM was created by Death. [Not Possessed.. Although they helped a bit]
    It [was] formed / evolved from thrash metal & has influences from classical & jazz. The theme for DM is obviously suggested by the title of the genre. Most DM bands tend to sing about death, gore blah blah & this can put most people off the genre completly. But not all bands sing about that. The band Nile base their lyrics & music around Eygptian Mysticism & religion & such, & a band called Decapitated sing about very dark themes.

    You could say DM is aggressive. Most of it includes fast tempos, & heavy riffs. It is most notabable for its technicallity - Different time signatures, key changes, tempo changes, structure & the like. Which would explain why some bands have jazz, classical influences. Also a lot of DM bands downtune their instruments. Quite alot of bands tune in baritone, whereas others tune 1 step down which enables fast playing. The drumming in DM will most usually include blast beats, & some bands have drummers who include jazz beats into their music [Death, Cryptopsy, & Immolation to name a few] The vocals are sung in a deep death grunt / growl. Which is more from the stomach than from the throat. Immolation & Nile's singers show a good example of a death grunt. A good example would be "Cookie Monster" style vocals. Imagine the cookie monster singing a song.. & there you have it. They are extremely low, but still the words that are said are hearable. DM is much heavier than heavy metal. A DM band would make Metallica sound like a rock band. Listen to Nile - Sacrifice Unto Sebek, & then Metallica & you'll notice the difference.

    If you want to listen to some, listen to some late work by Death. A good reccomendation I'd say.

    Rather than me write anymore inane babble, just have a look at wikipedia & you'll find a good description.
    Last edited by Devourment; 10-09-2006 at 01:22 PM.

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