From: cblanc@pomona.claremont.edu (Malevolessence)
Subject: glen benton's penis:  eighteen inches, or just squat?
Organization: Multinational Corporations, Inc.
Date: 3 Jan 93 18:20:45 PST

> Simple?  Listen to the title track of _Left Hand Path_, or "Premature autopsy"
> off of the same album....there is a lot of complexity in their stuff, a lot 
> more than other Sunlight studio work as of late...

	More than death metal in general.  I'm harder on Entombed because of
some of their stuff, which is good, and then the contrast from some other stuff
of theirs, which is okay but not up to potential for them.  I agree on the
tunes you mentioned; some of their newer stuff is nowhere close.  However,
death metal in general is a fairly simple (not simplistic) genre (musically,
sometimes lyrically), so this could be a bullshit comparison.  Entombed does
get the award for being one of the most interesting-looking bands.

> 
>    I'd pick Dismember or Impaler over them...
> 
> Yeah, both are good.  It seems like there is a certain level of quality put
> out by most Swedish bands, and its just the massive number of cloned Death
> metal bands that makes that quality sound bad.  I mean, listen to a lot of 
> demos of American bands, then listen to demos of Swedish bands.  The Swedish
> bands sound better than a lot of signed bands' debut releases.  

	I agree.  There is too much cloning in general, and way too much
sloppiness, but I still think that the best of the genre -- not the clones, not
the jokers -- provide some of the most soulful music in society today.  Some
are excellent musicians, as well.  

> 
> I think Entombed, Dismember, and maybe one or two other bands are ahead in
> that they just have that extra touch to them.  its usually attitude.  its
> hard to describe, but it puts a few bands ahead of the rest.

	Dismember have a certain endearing goofiness.  I respect your opinion;
would you be so kind as to tell me those other bands, in case I _haven't_
discovered them?  

> Christian death metal, anti-death metal satanists...what is next, 
> anti-medical treatment doctors?

	anti-glove proctologists...

> 
> I think people need to get off of their anti-this, anti-that kicks.  just
> because you oppose someone else's point of view based largely on your own
> ignorance doesnt make you a tough ass.  try seeing the other side.  im 
> probably the only person really into satanic death metal that has read the
> bible (the king james bible) more than once all the way through.  not 
> because im a religious zealot, but because i realized if i really wanted to
> oppose the other side, i had to learn about what i was opposing.  now i 
> know more about Christianity than most Christians do, and if a bible-banger
> comes up to me and tells me my way of life is wrong, i can quote his own
> weapon faster than he can.

	Good point.  Or you could quote modern philosophy, which is generally a
more reputable source...the bible makes a good read, actually, if you like all
of prurient parts.  Plus it's fairly epic, and pretty exciting in areas. 
Repetitive as all hell in others.

> 
> plus if more people would realize this is true, you wouldnt have all of these
> concerned parents groups and censors telling us our lifestyle is bad.  99% of
> them dont even know what our lifestyle is.
	That is true as well.  Plus, they might understand the personal nature
of it, then, and realize that there's nothing for _them_ to fear and leave us
alone.