Death Metal

[stefan86]

Expecting originality in Death Metal is the epitome of gayness. I want riffs and memorable songs.

 

[General Zaroff]

Graveyard sounds fucking good.

 

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

problem with a band like that its all been heard before riffs, the key is to come with something original and not predictable.

Found a great label for you to jack off to...check it:

http://www.theendrecords.com/

Enjoy your "originality"

 

[vargtimmen]

Graveyard sounds fucking good.

x2

 

[skeptik]

UNCANNY (Swe): MCMXCI-MCMXCIV Discography Official 3 LP set - TBA

Also, there's nothing wrong with seeking originality in death metal. The best bands tend to be the more original ones after all. This is why I don't have a problem with people who don't exactly get off on this recent resurgence of what essentially amounts to a bunch of rehashed early Swedeath albums. I personally am addicted to the sound, so I like quite a lot of these new bands that I've heard. Graveyard among them. I have Into the Mausoleum, which I thought was pretty good, as well as their splits with Terrorist and Deathevokation, and they come off as the better band on both splits. The song from the Deathevokation split sounds like something right off of Left Hand Path, but it's done well enough to justify its existence.

 

[no country for old wainds]

Expecting originality in Death Metal is the epitome of gayness. I want riffs and memorable songs.

ask yourself this: what causes a riff to blow you away or a song to lodge in the memory?

 

[Blind Guardian]

Is there a band that "rips off" Clandestine? If so I would dig it hard I think, there needs to be more music in that style.

 

[stefan86]

ask yourself this: what causes a riff to blow you away or a song to lodge in the memory?

In Death Metal: Good structures, grooves, hooks, fitting semi-melodies or just general aggression.

 

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

Also, there's nothing wrong with seeking originality in death metal. The best bands tend to be the more original ones after all. This is why I don't have a problem with people who don't exactly get off on this recent resurgence of what essentially amounts to a bunch of rehashed early Swedeath albums. I personally am addicted to the sound, so I like quite a lot of these new bands that I've heard. Graveyard among them. I have Into the Mausoleum, which I thought was pretty good, as well as their splits with Terrorist and Deathevokation, and they come off as the better band on both splits. The song from the Deathevokation split sounds like something right off of Left Hand Path, but it's done well enough to justify its existence.

Yeah fair enough...the new Graveyard certainly sounds a lot like old+new Dismember and Entombed...there's even a fairly melodic instrumental song like Dismember did a couple albums ago. I just think it's annoying when people like only one thing in their music. Why can't people enjoy retreading, satisfying death metal AND experimental stuff? Why is it so hard to take things at face value instead of having immediate bias against stuff just because it's nothing new, or, indeed, because it IS something new?

 

[no country for old wainds]

i find that i often like bands who only slightly change a formula (though clones of stuff i'm familiar with are almost always inferior to the originals and don't get many listens), certainly moreso than i tend to like bands who just seem to experiment for the sake of it. but when i look at the bands i love i think they tend to have originality in abundance AND a wide understanding and great love for the genre legends gone by. for me the latter seems to be pretty much necessary for quality of any sort, and the former is necessary to get right up among my favourites. i can't really fall in love with music unless it endlessly surprises me whilst still somehow making sense.

 

[Bitencourt29]

Review for Ignivomous-'Death Transmutation'. And if you don't know what that is, learn fast. One of the best releases this year.

Good review. I just went and listened to their stuff available at their Myspace and it kicks ass. I'm definitely considering to order the new one from NWN.

Yeah fair enough...the new Graveyard certainly sounds a lot like old+new Dismember and Entombed...there's even a fairly melodic instrumental song like Dismember did a couple albums ago. I just think it's annoying when people like only one thing in their music. Why can't people enjoy retreading, satisfying death metal AND experimental stuff? Why is it so hard to take things at face value instead of having immediate bias against stuff just because it's nothing new, or, indeed, because it IS something new?

They do sound great, I'm happy I checked these two bands today. I need to get the albums as soon as possible. All of the songs on Myspace are impressive.

 

[Manic Ferocity]

For some reason, death metal is the only genre of metal where I have absolutely no problem with clones.

 

[The Ozzman]

Incangaytion

 

[Manic Ferocity]

The Gayman

 

[The Ozzman]

Incantation is okay, but there are better death metal bands out there.

 

[A1a23]

Is there a band that "rips off" Clandestine? If so I would dig it hard I think, there needs to be more music in that style.

Darkthrone's "Soulside Journey" is very similar to Clandestine although isnt a rip off of.

 

[Blind Guardian]

Ah, I kinda get what you mean, but it doesn't have those playful thrash elements of Clandestine.

 

[A1a23]

Yeah true. Soulside Journey only has them for brief moments.

 

[Manic Ferocity]

Incantation is okay, but there are better death metal bands out there.

Agreed, but that doesn't discredit their relevance and the supreme awesomeness of Onward to Golgotha.

 

[Lateralus14]

And Soulside Journey kinda came before Clandestine so wtf