Brutal/Slam Death Metal

[divine_torture]

Malignancy is releasing a new album called Eugenics. Always loved them, some really spastic technical shit, without being overly grindy, which I hate. Hope this lives up to its predecessors.

Intrauterine Cannibalism is their best, imo. All of their stuff is good, though.

 

[MasterpieceMesias]

been streaming this shit all goddamn week

didn't realize how great these albums really are. . .

 

[divine_torture]

I've not heard anything by Dehumanized, but that Mortician is a classic for sure.

 

[MasterpieceMesias]

you have to listen to this divine_torture

 

[SomeGuyDude]

It actually reminds me of Mortician a lot. VERY rad.

 

[malice13231]

I miss malice and his informative posts. Where you at man? Made any new Brutal/Slam death metal upcoming releases lists lately? Your last one was top-notch and I followed it last year religiously. Your work was appreciated.

Thanks bro, I'll try and do that tomorrow

 

[Leroy Lungvomit]

 

[SomeGuyDude]

I really wish MOG had more Malignancy albums.

 

[vgmaster9]

Just curious, what's the difference betweem brutal death and slam death?

 

[SomeGuyDude]

I think the general consensus is that the main difference is slam's "breakdown" style of chunky, chromatic riffs, whereas BDM is more just about stripped down and punishing song structure. It's a REALLY minor difference though and it's only obvious when a band is TOTALLY one or the other.

 

[Balls McHoolihan]

I think the general consensus is that the main difference is slam's "breakdown" style of chunky, chromatic riffs, whereas BDM is more just about stripped down and punishing song structure. It's a REALLY minor difference though and it's only obvious when a band is TOTALLY one or the other.

This seems pretty accurate. I separate it by breakdowns and often times vocals. The vocals in slam almost sound like burps...Also, there's more structure to brutal death whereas slam is just a brutal assault. But SomeGuyDude is right, it's really minor differences though so it just makes sense to sum the music up as brutal/slam. I can barely tell the differences most of the time.

To me, this is slam:


This is brutal death:

 

[MasterpieceMesias]

they don't sound significantly that much different. . but yeah I see where you're coming from.

 

[Misfit74]

Thanks for the Malignancy tip. A band I had until now overlooked...clearly I've been missing out. Fantastic stuff. Listening to Inhuman Grotesqueries now and it rules.

 

[AllShallFall]

Brutal/slam death metal is meh :|

 

[morguelord]

Barrett told me at CIM that Vulvectomy is working on a new album, and they're using A REAL FUCKING DRUMMER. I'm expecting great things.

 

[Misfit74]

Pathology headlining on the Slaughter Survivors Tour last night. Got the setlist, and a pic (below).

Pathology Setlist 7/23/2012 (I added what album each song was from. New = Time Of The Great Purification):

Imprisoned by Fear *New
Dissected by Righteousness (Awaken)
Ingestion of Cremation (Awaken)
Media Consumption (Awaken)
Tyrannical Decay *New
Hostility Towards Conformity (Awaken)
Emesis (Age)
A Bleak Future *New
Society's Desolation (Awaken)
Code Injection (Legacy)

 

[SomeGuyDude]

Actually I can separate BDM from slam with two bands I think personify the different sounds.

Brutal death:


Slam:


Slam tends to be a little slower, "chunkier". Which I prefer tends to vary with mood. When I'm feeling straight-up murderous, it's BDM. When I want to bang my head so hard my nose bleeds, it's slam all the way.

 

[AllShallFall]

Barrett told me at CIM that Vulvectomy is working on a new album, and they're using A REAL FUCKING DRUMMER. I'm expecting great things.

Vulvectomy?! What an awful band name!!

 

[AllShallFall]

Anyone else realize that brutal death slam metal spells BDSM?

 

[SomeGuyDude]

Vulvectomy?! What an awful band name!!

Well then you're gonna love the album title...