Controversial opinions on metal

[Satanstoenail]

+ My Own Summer (Shove It)

Off their one and only decent album.

This is why I like Mike Smith when he was in Suffocation. He's the master of the tasteful blastbeat imo.

Sandoval tbh

 

[The Ozzman]

Off their one and only decent album.


Sandoval tbh

Didn't Mike Smith pioneer it though? I thought he did..

 

[morguelord]

Blast beats are my favorite instrument.

 

[Satanstoenail]

Didn't Mike Smith pioneer it though? I thought he did..

Not sure, Sandoval played in Terrorizer from 86 but World Downfall didn't come out till 89.. regardless, he is the blast master imo.

 

[The Batlord]

Not enough blast beats in death metal as far as I'm concerned. Second DM album I ever heard and the first one I ever loved was Altars of Madness, and there were a shitload of awesome blast beats all over that. I was kind of shocked and disappointed to find out that wasn't widespread. Thank god for grindcore.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Blast beats are garbage 95% of the time when repeated for longer than a few bars. They belong in metal about as much as metalcore breakdowns do.

 

[The Batlord]

Blast beats are garbage 95% of the time when repeated for longer than a few bars. They belong in metal about as much as metalcore breakdowns do.

Fuck that. When done well, metalcore breakdowns are insanely good. You just have to ignore the scene drek.

 

[The Ozzman]

Not enough blast beats in death metal as far as I'm concerned. Second DM album I ever heard and the first one I ever loved was Altars of Madness, and there were a shitload of awesome blast beats all over that. I was kind of shocked and disappointed to find out that wasn't widespread. Thank god for grindcore.

You should check out some brutal death metal.

 

[The Batlord]

You should check out some brutal death metal.

I'm very picky with brutal death metal. Suffocation, Cryptopsy, and Dying Fetus are great, but so much of it all sounds alike and all sounds boring. Really it's the ultra-techy side of brutal death metal that makes me yawn. About the only BDM band I've discovered recently that I actually like is Benighted.

 

[The Butt]

Blast beats are garbage 95% of the time when repeated for longer than a few bars. They belong in metal about as much as metalcore breakdowns do.

HBB Facepalm Count: 10

 

[HamburgerBoy]

HBB Facepalm Count: 10

Blast beats in metal are a product of hardcore miscegenation. They represent a vile taint in the pure, noble bloodline of heavy metal.

 

[alex76]

Blast beats should accentuate, not permeate.

 

[CiG]

Speaking of drumming, I tend to find blast beat abuse fine in a lot of black metal. It tends to blend into the background and supports the song. Flashy drumming can take away from the atmosphere and can be rather distracting. Exceptions do of course exist.

I'm not a fan of constant blasting in death metal, but I'll always be a sucker for a good tremolo/blast section.

I think blast beats tends to get a lot of undeserved hate. Like all drumming techniques, they are a tool that can be used effectively.

Though I agree with this, I much prefer Fenrizian (which is derivative of Philthy Animal) drumming in black metal I think. Drum fills etc.

 

[The Batlord]

Blast beats in metal are a product of hardcore miscegenation. They represent a vile taint in the pure, noble bloodline of heavy metal.

Your avatar is appropriate. Gotta keep the metal gene pool pure.

 

[The Ozzman]

I'm very picky with brutal death metal. Suffocation, Cryptopsy, and Dying Fetus are great, but so much of it all sounds alike and all sounds boring. Really it's the ultra-techy side of brutal death metal that makes me yawn. About the only BDM band I've discovered recently that I actually like is Benighted.

Check out the New Standard Elite label. Pretty much the best BDM has to offer.

Have some more blast beats you fucking degenerates:

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Blast beats are garbage 95% of the time when repeated for longer than a few bars. They belong in metal about as much as metalcore breakdowns do.

 

[The Butt]

Blast beats in metal are a product of hardcore miscegenation. They represent a vile taint in the pure, noble bloodline of heavy metal.

You're a vile taint to the bloodline of heavy metal.

 

[The Batlord]

I think I might like this forum. Memes and tongue-in-cheek insults as a response to nonsense is a thing I support.

 

[AllShallFall]

I think I might like this forum. Memes and tongue-in-cheek insults as a response to nonsense is a thing I support.

If you like that then you will totally enjoy this forum. All that stuff is commonplace in all corners of the forum

 

[The Batlord]

Check out the New Standard Elite label. Pretty much the best BDM has to offer.

Have some more blast beats you fucking degenerates:

This is why I don't really like much brutal death metal. The technicality in that song means nothing to me, the vocals are dull as fuck, and it all combines into a mush of notes that might as well be arbitrary, even though they're not. I often like my death metal simpler, more direct, ugly, raw, and atmospheric. When I think of my perfect death metal sound, I'm pretty much thinking of shit like early Death, Obituary, and death thrash. Throw in some Swedish and Finnish death metal for good measure.