I think death metal can change and people can bring there own touch, but at the sametime there has to be limits because a genre is called something for a reason. 'death metal' should still sound like death metal. The first albums in a genre define a genre not newer generations of musicians and bands so why should a genre be tarnished just because people are idiots.
Now a days people think in flames,etc.. are death metal bands. Everyone is praising all these shitty new brutal death metal acts. I have come across people that honestly don't know what death metal is before 1998,etc... I have come across brutal death metal musicians that discredit the entire european death metal scene and say it sucks, but they like some shitty brutal death metal band like devourment. I have seen people think NYC death metal is better than old florida death metal bands or like some shitty brutal death metal bands and no older scene. There is nothing more retarded than that. Go on death metal forums and notice all the people into all these newer death metal and notice they know jackshit.
and screw bands like waking the cadaver,devourment.
I cant't wait till this stupid scene just withers. There is generally nothing coming out that is even classic or nearly as good as old albums. I am a huge death metal fan and can't even expect anything from the genre.