I think I'll chime in on this subject. Has to be said, I love death metal and I love Cannibal Corpse, I don't see how people look at the lyrics and jump to the conclusion "oh. the band sucks, no talent there" if you're making this kind of comment then you are seriously misguided. As far as talent goes, fine I will concede, Necropedophile isn't all that great, however this is earlier Cannibal Corpse material, the band weren't as proficient, but if we come up to date with CC I'd point you in the direction of a song called "Frantic Disembowelment" not pretty lyrics (aww what a shame for you fucking MTV poncers) but the music is INSANE, I can tell you as a a musician myself that some of what CC writes is straight up REALLY hard to play, but again im sure some of you, being the virtuoso musicians that you clearly must be to make such comements, will still say its easy and that death metal on the whole is easy, so let me give you some examples of bands that might just fulfill your need for technical supremacy, for a start Necrophagist and Nile, incredible speed and accuracy in playing, for non death metal technicality, Between the Buried and Me, Sikth, and a band called Psyopus (find the song "Insects") any musicians in the aforementioned bands would be hard to beat by a lot of players in their fields, not only is the drumming fast but due to Death Metal's often progressive leanings complex time signiature changes and polyrhythms come into play, the guitar and bass playing is often virtuoso level or very close to that. The vocals I can't defend as such, but thats a matter of preference, I for one was never able to stand death vocals but I grew accustomed to it after prolonged listening, and NOT all DM bands write just gore lyrics, CC do so because they feel totally without and argument that brutal music needs brutal and unforgiving lyrics, end of. It is not the be all and end all of DM, for example, Nile base their lyrics solely on Egyptian mythology and history (occasionally with a slightly Lovecraftian stance), Decapitated deal with Nihilism, insanity etc, Behemoth take a slightly more "spiritual" approach (after having originally been a black metal band). I just hope that this will make you think twice about reading some unpleasant lyrics (and yes I would say these are unpleasant, in fact, probably the worst CC has written, the vast majority of the material is nowhere near this edgy in subject matter) but it seems sometimes that people look at one set of disgusting lyrics and make blanket statements about the genre as a whole, sorry but to anyone who really knows anything about extreme music you come off as an idiot, because there are plenty of bands out there who make this music, in fact more extreme music than this without ever touching the gore-fest side of the lyrics. I hope this may have been a little enlightening for you.
I think I'll chime in on this subject. Has to be said, I love death metal and I love Cannibal Corpse, I don't see how people look at the lyrics and jump to the conclusion "oh. the band sucks, no talent there" if you're making this kind of comment then you are seriously misguided. As far as talent goes, fine I will concede, Necropedophile isn't all that great, however this is earlier Cannibal Corpse material, the band weren't as proficient, but if we come up to date with CC I'd point you in the direction of a song called "Frantic Disembowelment" not pretty lyrics (aww what a shame for you fucking MTV poncers) but the music is INSANE, I can tell you as a a musician myself that some of what CC writes is straight up REALLY hard to play, but again im sure some of you, being the virtuoso musicians that you clearly must be to make such comements, will still say its easy and that death metal on the whole is easy, so let me give you some examples of bands that might just fulfill your need for technical supremacy, for a start Necrophagist and Nile, incredible speed and accuracy in playing, for non death metal technicality, Between the Buried and Me, Sikth, and a band called Psyopus (find the song "Insects") any musicians in the aforementioned bands would be hard to beat by a lot of players in their fields, not only is the drumming fast but due to Death Metal's often progressive leanings complex time signiature changes and polyrhythms come into play, the guitar and bass playing is often virtuoso level or very close to that. The vocals I can't defend as such, but thats a matter of preference, I for one was never able to stand death vocals but I grew accustomed to it after prolonged listening, and NOT all DM bands write just gore lyrics, CC do so because they feel totally without and argument that brutal music needs brutal and unforgiving lyrics, end of. It is not the be all and end all of DM, for example, Nile base their lyrics solely on Egyptian mythology and history (occasionally with a slightly Lovecraftian stance), Decapitated deal with Nihilism, insanity etc, Behemoth take a slightly more "spiritual" approach (after having originally been a black metal band). I just hope that this will make you think twice about reading some unpleasant lyrics (and yes I would say these are unpleasant, in fact, probably the worst CC has written, the vast majority of the material is nowhere near this edgy in subject matter) but it seems sometimes that people look at one set of disgusting lyrics and make blanket statements about the genre as a whole, sorry but to anyone who really knows anything about extreme music you come off as an idiot, because there are plenty of bands out there who make this music, in fact more extreme music than this without ever touching the gore-fest side of the lyrics. I hope this may have been a little enlightening for you.
Your Comment is one of the finest and well though out comments i have ever read
Your Comment is one of the finest and well though out comments i have ever read
Hats off to you sir!
Hats off to you sir!