From: caedmon@cats.ucsc.edu (Axeman)
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.metal.heavy
Subject: Re: "Death Metal"
Date: 17 Nov 1992 21:20:50 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz
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maf10@po.CWRU.Edu (Moses A. Fridman) writes:

>Death:  Lyrical definition mainly, about eating rotting corpses with or
>        without tobasco sauce.  

	IMHO, death metal isn't for lyrical poise or poetic music.  It's
agression in its rawest form, and "good" death metal bands are inversely
criticised as being the "worst" "anti-musicians."  You either live it or
hate it.  Death metal is a form of sound that incorporates extremely 
difficult guitar, bass, and drum lines.  Lyrics aren't really signifigant.
Deicide is considered an image-orientated band because they preach satanism..
I think they are very talented death metal musicians.  Live, they were able
to mimic the power, speed, and accuracy one will find on their two albums.
Like it or not, it takes an organized, dexterious band to accomplish the
beats found in death metal.  People who don't like it don't give it the
time of day to find this out, I've noticed.  Not that I can't blame or
scrutinize them -
I reiterate, you live it or you hate it.  

>Grindcore: From where I come from (Detroit) it refers to music that has a 
>           relatively fast beat, lots of aggressive double bass drumming,
>           and a low, grinding bass sound that makes the band a jackhammer
>           rythm section.  Thus my categorizing Sepultura as grindcore.

If you're a guitar freak like myself, you should check out Jason Becker's
solo guitar stuff.  He found the most amazing drummer, Atma Anur (something
like that).  It seems like it's a mix between grindcore and Guitar-Wizard
Scale-Master Blazing-Lead-Solo stuff.  Definately one of the best guitarists
I've ever heard:

	Jason Becker:  Perpetual Burn

Some of his earlier stuff is neat, but it is kind of glam-ish.

	Cacophony:  Speed Metal Symphony
	Cacophony:  Go Off!

On all 3 albums, marty friedman (megadeth_boy) guest solos on some stuff.

>Thrash:  Fast, angry, and often socially motivated.  A combination of 
>         lyrics and feel, bands like Pantera often spring up.  I think
>         of Anthrax, earlier Metallica, Kreator, and other speed demons.
		      -----------------
>         I think thrash is more punk based.

Too bad they're (in connotation and denotation, really) top-40 now. :(  

>The best bands (Sepultura) are the ones that can blur the boundries of 
>the genres, whatever you define them as, and come up with a powerful,
>unique sound.  And there was nothing at all wrong with my sentence:
>"(Max Cavalera sounds better than Napalm Death, and Sepultura is
>Brazilian!)" because I did not remember ND's singer's name, and not
>just Max is Brazilian but the whole band.  

Spatula has moving rhythms.  I suggest you check out Dark Angel's new one,
Time Does Not Heal.  The singing is >hidious<, but the drums and rhythms are
amazing.  And yes, I was trying to make a 'funny' with sepultura's name, for
the humor-impared.
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