Best lyrics in death metal?

[V.V.V.V.V.]

What is it about them you dont like? I rekon they're bloody well done.

Amazing use of metaphors, yes. A few of the songs are cheesy as fuck though.

 

[R.I.P.2]

Death, Martyr.

 

[Focusphere]

FFTTF from Morbid Angel.

 

[polarity]

Note to people who mentioned stuff: We're talking death metal here.

I'm an idiot.

 

[[0hr]Sunlapse]

At the Gates, especially "With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness"

greatest lyrics ever imo

 

[Nico]

Amazing use of metaphors, yes. A few of the songs are cheesy as fuck though.

They supply something of disclaimer anyway. They describe themselves as death and power metal. I wouldnt say power metal has any relevance apart from some lyrics though.

 

[Funeral Portrait]

Death, Martyr.

OMG MARTYR

 

[Dusk]

What is it about them you dont like? I rekon they're bloody well done.

Well, i might be missing something but to me they just sound stupid. cruelty incarnate for example...stupid stupid lyrics. of dull eyes borne....stupid lyrics.
Maybe part of it is because i prefer a more poetic style of lyric as opposed to the story kind of lyric. it's just a personal thing in the end i suppose.

 

[Spirit In Black]

Cryptopsy...only the ones written by Lord Worm are the best I've ever read
Pig Destroyer....Prowler In the Yard anyway....I know they aren't death metal

 

[Nico]

Well, i might be missing something but to me they just sound stupid. cruelty incarnate for example...stupid stupid lyrics. of dull eyes borne....stupid lyrics.
Maybe part of it is because i prefer a more poetic style of lyric as opposed to the story kind of lyric. it's just a personal thing in the end i suppose.

Alright I can see your point for a few of their songs, but the song that always stands out for me is "The Colour of Sleep". Those are some brilliant lyrics...

 

[Dusk]

yeah, those ARE really good lyrics. well, until he says we are all brothers in metal

 

[Nico]

Hah, of course.

I don't judge those who cry
We are all brothers in metal
We already rule the world now

 

[Profanity]

Carcass "Carnal Forge" - The most intellectual Death Metal lyrics

Multifarious carnage
Meretriciously internecine
Sublime enmangling steelbath
Of escheated atrocities

Enigmatic longanimity of ruminent mass graves
Meritorious victory, into body-bags now scraped...

Regnant fleshpiles
The dead regorged
Osculatory majestic wrath
This carnal forge

Desensitized - to perspicuous horror
Dehumanized - fresh cannon fodder...

(Lead - Steer)

Meritorious horror
Perspicuous onslaught
Dehumanized - cannon fodder

Killing sanitized
Slaughter sanctified
Desensitized - to genocide

Reigning corpsepiles
Death regorged

Sousing bloodbath
Carnage forged...

In the cold, callous dignity of the mass grave...

(Lead - Amott)

Multiferocious carnage
Cruel, mendacious creed
Sublime, murderous bloodbath
Of fiscal atrocities

Inexorable mettle in redolent consomme
An opprobious crucible of molten human waste...

Priapismic deathpiles
Infinitely regorged
The smelting butchery
Of the carnal forge

Desensitized - to pragmatic murder
Dehumanized - into cannon fodder...

 

[Erik]

Yeah, holy shit, owning a thesaurus and not being afraid to use it really does constitute intellect.

 

[Profanity]

Carcass "Heartwork" is a beautiful piece of writing which is one of the finest pieces of poetry ever written. It has a lot of powerful imagery and metaphors:

Works of art, painted black
Magniloquent, bleeding dark
Monotonous palate, murky spectrum, grimly unlimited
Food for thought, so prolific
In contrasting shades, forcely fed
Abstraction, so choking, so provocative

A canvas to paint, to degenerate
Dark reflections - degeneration
A canvas to paint, to denigrate
Dark reflections, of dark foul light

Profound, aesthetic beauty
Or shaded, sensary corruption
Perceptions, shattered, splintered, mirroring
In deft taints, diluted, tinted
Spelt out, in impaired colour
Denigrating, going to paints to pain - not a pretty picture

Works of heart bleeding dark
Black, magniloquent art
Monotonous palate, murky spectrum, grimly unlimited
Prolific food for thought
Contrasting, fed with force
Abstraction, so choking, so provocative

Bleeding works of art
Seething work so dark
Seering words from the heart


Without a doubt the Heartwork album contains the finest Death Metal lyrics ever written.

 

[Spirit In Black]

Cryptopsy - Slit Your Guts....my favorite lyrics ever:

Pardon, please, the narrow
Confinement of your limbs;
Unfortunately, it's necessary
For your correction;
Shriek to your heart's
Content, if you wish;
I promise you pain and
Nightmares, in that sequence.

Permit me to introduce you to
"Tuesday"...
I favor her, this pretty blade
So tall and fine;
Hatred and violence are not
Our ways, but firm we are;
Squirming is useless, so is this
Colon, cry for me.

Svelte is implement,
Its gentle caress lets you Bleed;
its subtle curvature
Dancing, deeply slit your guts.

It's for your own good;
You need guidance, I provide;
What is your pleasure? This is
Mine; A welcome change!

 

[Raumien]

I honestly don't read up on lyrics too much and when I listen to a band I usually pay attention to the drumming and the riffs and how the whole song comes together. I look at how the vocals are delivered and implemented in the song more than what they are actually saying, if that makes sense.

Anyways, I'm a fan of Death's lyrics. They kept many entertained during many classes last year when I had nothing better to do besides reads fantasy books or music lyrics. Some of Death's lyrics are things that can actually make me think. They also have some really fucking badass metaphors in them.

I don't really consider Opeth death metal, but some call them prog death, so I'll go ahead and mention them. Some of them sound like a bunch of garbled metaphors that don't even make sense to me, but the majority are pretty enjoyable to read. I usually don't care for lyrics that are emotional / about love, especially in a metal band, but these guys pull it off well.



Lyrics that are meaningful and thought provoking are so goddamn enjoyable compared to other types of lyrics, aka getting fucked with a rusty knife.

 

[Life Sucks]

Yeah, I don't pay that much attention to lyrics either. The only thing that is important to me is that they aren't about relationships or anything, I hate lyrics about relationships.

 

[Raumien]

Yeah, I don't pay that much attention to lyrics either. The only thing that is important to me is that they aren't about relationships or anything, I hate lyrics about relationships.

Yeah, I generally do too, but Opeth actually pulled it off to my liking, which made me respect them even more.

@ Profånity

Why does using uncommon words to describe something Cannibal Corpse would write about make your lyrics intellectual? A 3rd grader can read a thesarus.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

They supply something of disclaimer anyway. They describe themselves as death and power metal. I wouldnt say power metal has any relevance apart from some lyrics though.

They aren't power metal at all. That's silly.

@ Profånity

Why does using uncommon words to describe something Cannibal Corpse would write about make your lyrics intellectual? A 3rd grader can read a thesarus.

Yay for starting fights for no apparent reason.