Best Death Metal Bands (lyrics, genre, titles, quote, song)

WeeLittleHobbit · 12-08-2008, 05:01 PM

I absolutely loathe Death Metal, and all closely related genres of Metal associated with it. But that is not why I am posting in this topic. I simply have 1 question: Why do they pick such ugly and immature/stupid names? Band names such as Dying Fetus and Carcass seem nothing more than shock value, and it just ends up being rather immature. I mean seriously, what kind of a name is Dying Fetus? That's so incredibly stupid... Couldn't these bands be a little more inventive than that?

**Janszoon** · 12-08-2008, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by WeeLittleHobbit

I absolutely loathe Death Metal, and all closely related genres of Metal associated with it. But that is not why I am posting in this topic. I simply have 1 question: Why do they pick such ugly and immature/stupid names? Band names such as Dying Fetus and Carcass seem nothing more than shock value, and it just ends up being rather immature. I mean seriously, what kind of a name is Dying Fetus? That's so incredibly stupid... Couldn't these bands be a little more inventive than that?

Let me get this straight, you are asking why a genre of music that is called Death Metal includes a lot of bands with ugly and shocking names? Does this question really need to be asked?

Next question: Why do so many gansta rappers have names that sounds like gangbangers? Hmmm... puzzling.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 12-08-2008, 05:17 PM

Carcass were on an episode of red dwarf once.

WeeLittleHobbit · 12-08-2008, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Let me get this straight, you are asking why a genre of music that is called Death Metal includes a lot of bands with ugly and shocking names? Does this question really need to be asked?

Next question: Why do so many gansta rappers have names that sounds like gangbangers? Hmmm... puzzling.

Well it's more a question of why they think it's cool to name themselves that. Like what makes them want to name themselves that?

**Janszoon** · 12-08-2008, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by WeeLittleHobbit

Well it's more a question of why they think it's cool to name themselves that. Like what makes them want to name themselves that?

I think you may have missed what I was getting at with my post. Being shocking and brutal is pretty central to what death metal is about as a genre, the names reflect that. That's all there is to it. Look at bluegrass: Why do bluegrass bands have names like the Foggy Mountain Boys? Because a name like that relates to the kind of rural, downhome image most bluegrass bands try to project. Same kind of deal with death metal except in that case they are trying to project an image of horror and brutality.

jackhammer · 12-08-2008, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Carcass were on an episode of red dwarf once.

I remember when that was aired and of course the classic:

Back on topic....

WeeLittleHobbit · 12-08-2008, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I think you may have missed what I was getting at with my post. Being shocking and brutal is pretty central to what death metal is about as a genre, the names reflect that. That's all there is to it. Look at bluegrass: Why do bluegrass bands have names like the Foggy Mountain Boys? Because a name like that relates to the kind of rural, downhome image most bluegrass bands try to project. Same kind of deal with death metal except in that case they are trying to project an image of horror and brutality.

Yeah I see what you're saying, and it makes perfect sense. I just don't see what is appealing about a genre of music that glorifies death and torture and Satanist gibberish...

**Janszoon** · 12-08-2008, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by WeeLittleHobbit

Yeah I see what you're saying, and it makes perfect sense. I just don't see what is appealing about a genre of music that glorifies death and torture and Satanist gibberish...

Do you like horror movies? It's just the musical equivalent of horror movies. I'm sure most of the musicians don't take it particularly seriously and neither do most of the fans.

Dr. Psycho · 12-08-2008, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by WeeLittleHobbit

Yeah I see what you're saying, and it makes perfect sense. I just don't see what is appealing about a genre of music that glorifies death and torture and Satanist gibberish...

You've gotta have an open mind to enjoy/understand it.

~~The Unfan~~ · 12-08-2008, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by WeeLittleHobbit

Yeah I see what you're saying, and it makes perfect sense. I just don't see what is appealing about a genre of music that glorifies death and torture and Satanist gibberish...

I just like how fast and harsh it is. It was a step up in aggressiveness from what I was listening to in my youth and the progression was more than welcome. However, death metal is capable of having very poetic lyrics with rich imagery. Check this out.

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Originally Posted by Impaled - Medical Waste

We have stared over the precipice of mortality
And death's gaping maw could not be sated
Our deviant feats could not attain immortality
In shame, we vow our flesh to be uncreated

Putrescence and filth, within our lab and within ourselves
The mocking corpses bloat and distend
This reeking rubbage will dispell
When our lives, by our own hands, we'll dutifully end

In vaporous rooms, veins swell to burst
Anasthesia is applied
Scalpels lick our forearms and wrists
Doctor assisted suicide

Caught in the act, we are red-handed
From the antibrachium, flesh is disbanded
Anti-coagulants of our invention
Will ensure no bloodflow retention

Goblets are filled with the reagent
Our work's micturation
A toast is raised to time spent
On failed experimentation

Noxious salves enkindling throats
Congealing on tongues in coats
With instruments we have fathered
We'll proceed to disembowel eachother

Fraternal dissection

Detritus of a cold cook... medical waste
Keech of those that were burked... medical waste
Sweetmeats hung from rusted hooks ... medical waste
Maladroit surgical jerks... we're medical wastes

Lacerated midsections... medical waste
Sucking wounds fillling lungs... medical waste
Our avulsed intestines... medical waste
Errorist physicians... we're medical wastes

Our characters are mortally wounded
Teetotaciously rent corporeal shells
And now our blood and grue is self-exuded
For from Icarian heights we fell

12-08-2008, 05:01 PM	#151 (permalink)
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Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Carcass were on an episode of red dwarf once. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.