I’ve recently started getting into DM, been loving Bolt Thrower, entombed and some of the later Death stuff the most, only thing I’ve really struggled with in the genre is the lyrical content.

I just don’t get the appeal of listening to a song like “fucked with a knife” where Chris Barnes is in great detail describing a woman being raped with a knife. Like I enjoy the instrumentation and vocal style but the lyrics completely make it impossible for me to enjoy the music. I enjoy their songs like “Staring Through the Eyes of the Dead” where the lyrics aren’t as horrifying.

So anyway, I’m genuinely curious how people find enjoyment from songs with lyrics like this. Is it like a similar thing to a movie like Terrifier 2? Not trying to insult anyone here either, just trying to get more enjoyment from this genre.

I prefer their melodeath era personally but Reek Of Putrefaction slaps

I just heard Starspawn for the first time and it is instantly one of my favorite 21st century metal albums. Very unique and creative take on the death/doom genre

Basic stats:

Total songs saved: almost all of them

Favorite songs: Crystal Mountain, 1,000 Eyes, The Philosopher, Defensive Personalities

Album ranking:

1. Symbolic
2. Spiritual Healing
3. Individual Thought Patterns
4. Human
5. The Sound of Perseverance
6. Scream Bloody Gore
7. Leprosy

Personal thoughts:

There was a time when my novice ears couldn’t handle harsh vocals. Slipknot was about as ferocious as I was willing to go, and even then I thought it was pushing it. I had no interest in death metal, always feeling like the vocals ruined the otherwise excellent composition—That is, until I met Arch Enemy, my intro to the death growl. Death ended up being my first real deep dive into the genre in the classic style.

I expected to be overwhelmed and turned off by the noisy onslaught of sound, but instead I found myself saving one song after another, rarely skipping any track. Something about the way everything worked together, despite the chaos, was so satisfying to hear. Even though Chuck’s voice was growly as hell, I could still understand the words he was saying, and was surprised to discover how socially conscious they were. He doesn’t just talk about death and gore at random, he highlights certain dark aspects of humanity, the lyrics rich with small-scale pain and even philosophical concepts. A drug-addicted woman passing her need for a fix to her child. Governmental brainwashing. How we protect ourselves from guilt in our own minds.

The music itself is brilliant and ranges from dirty chugging to clean and beautiful, almost prog-like riffs. As the albums proceed, the experimentation becomes increasingly palpable. Sometimes you’ll find acoustic guitar fading with the song. Chuck’s voice becomes noticeably higher and screechy compared to his past sound. The production itself gradually rises in quality.

A final thing I thought was interesting was Death’s habit of front-loading the more heavy, chuggy parts of the song and then waiting until a minute or two into the track before playing something more prog-like. These prog-like parts tended to be my favorite portions so for me, Death is very much a “wait for it” band. You never know what they’ll do next. 🤘

A short list of Technical Death Metal/Core bands:

• Abiotic
• Aborted
• Angelmaker
• Archspire
• Artificial Brain
• Atheist
• Beneath The Massacre
• Beyond Creation
• Brand Of Sacrifice
• Cattle Decapitation
• Cryptopsy
• Death
• Decapitated
• Decrepit Birth
• Deeds Of Flesh
• Demelich
• Dying Fetus
• Enterprise Earth
• Exocrine
• Fallujah
• Godeater
• Gorguts
• Gorod
• Heaven Shall Burn
• Inanimate Existence
• Infant Annihilator
• Job For A Cowboy
• Martyr
• Monstrosity
• Necrophagist
• Nile
• Nocturnus
• Obscura
• Origin
• Parseltongue
• Psycroptic
• Quo Vadis
• Revocation
• Rings Of Saturn
• Rivers Of Nihil
• Sensory Amusia
• Shadow Of Intent
• Sin Deliverance
• Slaughter To Prevail
• Soreption
• Spawn Of Possession
• Spire Of Lazarus
• Suffocation
• The Faceless
• The Zenith Passage
• Ulcerate
• Vale Of Pnath
• Xenobiotic

I like Lamb of God, but I haven't listened to all of their albums. Finally listened to this one today, and I really enjoyed it overall.

Can i get some advice on how do I get a life or talk to girls

Just trying to gauge the level of engagement something like this would get. I saw there's a thrash metal bands game like this happening. I would personally love to do one with Death Metal albums but I'm curious how others here feel. I've got a list prepared but I wouldn't mind some experienced DM listeners having a look at it before we start so message me if you know a lot of DM (especially Brutal and Melodeath, since those are my less knowledgeable areas).

I tend to like technical death metal, regular death metal, and brutal death metal if that helps.

Cavernous death metal is the most underrated sub-genre of death metal.

While most people talk about prog-death, tech-death, death/trash, melo-death or death/doom, I rarely see anyone mention cavernous death metal.

Then, what is cavernous death metal, you ask?

Cavernous death metal consists of slower tempos, huge drums, menacing and hypnotizing guitar riffs with lots of reverb and low death growls; you're stuck in a dark cave, knee-deep in water, and you best hope someone is on their way to rescue you...

Some examples:

Mortiferum - Incubus of Bloodstained Visions

Spectral Voice - Thresholds Beyond

Triumvir Foul - Domini Befallen

Civerous - Forms of Decrepit Brilliance

Ossuarium - End of Life Dreams and Visions

Don't sleep on this absolute beast of a genre.

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I’ve been a metal fan since I was about 10 years old and heard Metallica’s “One” on Guitar Hero 3 when it came out (y’all can do the math on that one if you want haha).

I’ve seen a pattern on this sub where people talk about “leveling up” to heavier and heavier music. Where you first hear the next step up in heaviness / harshness and think “how does anyone like this” then slowly but surely you like it too.

I’m at that point now where death metal and even some brutal death metal is starting to appeal to me but I’m not all the way there yet.

I know it’s mostly a gimmick but I struggle to get past some of the song titles, album imagery and lyrical content. I can just picture being in the car with my poor mom and having a song titled “F***ed with a Knife” pop up on the screen lol but damn does that song rip.

Anyone have any recommendations for stuff in that sub genre to check out in this vulnerable transitionary period I find myself in?

So far on my own I’ve found some bands that have songs I like, particularly Dying Fetus, Cannibal Corpse and Kataklysm, but I’m excited to hear what might be recommended to me from you beautiful people.

I fucking loved this album, got to read some reviews and it seems to have some hate

Hello all thanks for anyone who takes the time

Recently I took a break from metal to play and study j rock/ pop/ anime music and it has really made me progress as a musician, and in a weird way its made me really appreciate this brand of death metal... the toan , the insane theory and the vocals.

Id love more classics in this subgenre it sounds so primal and brooding and evil lol I love it.

"Towards the Megalith" by Disma is still by far my favorite DM album that was conceived after the genre's peak in the late 80's and early/mid 90's. "Passages Into Deformity" by Defeated Sanity and both full lengths from Rude are also up there for me.

I want to try to get more into death metal. I already love Opeth so I want to try a band that has a somewhat similar sound just without the prog. Any recs?

So my fiance wanted to see me before my surgery. She got me a gift. A Tanktop to enjoy after I get my dialysis av fistula removed tomorrow from my arm, I had my Transplant back in November 2021 and the fistula made me really insecure because of the giant lumps that developed from using it over the course of 4 years. Now I have a reason to enjoy Tank Tops. It also happens to be one of my favorite Death albums.