Death Metal

[CiG]

Nobody has said shit about like, the last two Manilla Road albums really.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Yeah, it's pretty strange that no one has said a word about new The Chasm as they are worshipped around here just like Manilla Road.

Nobody has said shit about like, the last two Manilla Road albums really.

i think i might have chased the in-crowders away for a while.

 

[Krow]

Nobody has said shit about like, the last two Manilla Road albums really.

They're expensive imports and seem kinda underwhelming. Wish Manilla Road would come back to SKR. I still havent even found a copy of Dreams of Eschaton for a decent price yet.


I'm not interested in the new The Chasm 'cuz it's instrumental. I know everyone keeps acting like that doesnt matter, but the silence about the album says more, imo.

 

[CiG]

I still havent even found a copy of Dreams of Eschaton for a decent price yet.

I was about to say, buy the Postmortem Apocalypse Records cassette version but it's sold out now.

 

[no country for old wainds]

nobody has the new chasm yet guys. it's supposedly not even shipping 'til the 29th for anyone and it's not available anywhere online.

 

[EspaDa]

666 pages of death metal

I'm also not stoked for the new The Chasm release. Instrumental death metal does not sound good to my ears

 

[no country for old wainds]

historically the chasm's instrumentals are among their most jerked off over tunes, and the last album (which was half instrumental) is their most popular album, so i don't envision most people having a problem with it.

 

[Dazed and Brutal]

welp, i just listened. the album is entirely too clean for a Chasm record and doesn't justify not having vocals.

 

[morguelord]

Instrumental death metal just feels empty to me. It's a cool novelty I guess, but I have a hard time actually considering it "death metal". For me, vocals are what defines death metal, otherwise it could really be any genre. I like some instrumental songs here and there but a full album would be very difficult for me to sit through. Just my own opinion. I'll probably check it out, but I don't plan on buying it.

 

[Dazed and Brutal]

Instrumental death metal just feels empty to me. It's a cool novelty I guess, but I have a hard time actually considering it "death metal". For me, vocals are what defines death metal, otherwise it could really be any genre. I like some instrumental songs here and there but a full album would be very difficult for me to sit through. Just my own opinion. I'll probably check it out, but I don't plan on buying it.

Mos def! Especially for a band like The Chasm who have a flair for trad and progressive flourishes. It's weird though because I know almost none of the lyrics of any of my favorite death metal albums.

 

[morguelord]

Lyrics =/= vocals. As a fan primarily of brutal death metal for the past few years, lyrics mean almost nothing to me. Song titles, yeah, but I know almost zero lyrics from most of my favorite brutal death bands. With "regular" death metal, it's obviously a bit different, but you get the idea. To me, and I think to a large majority of DM fans, lyrics take a backseat to the vocals being used as another instrument.

 

[no country for old wainds]

this seems like a superficial complaint to me, just a stubborn mentality to get past in the same way casuals have to get past their disdain for growls or w/e. i can't really think of another metal band more suited to making an instrumental album than the chasm personally, but maybe i'll change my mind when i hear it lol

 

[Dazed and Brutal]

this seems like a superficial complaint to me, just a stubborn mentality to get past in the same way casuals have to get past their disdain for growls or w/e. i can't really think of another metal band more suited to making an instrumental album than the chasm personally, but maybe i'll change my mind when i hear it lol

The music itself is in full-form, but it's hard to digest the album in it's entirety for me without vocals to tether my attention to. There's no doubt in my mind that you'll love it.

 

[no country for old wainds]

i get that. i'd rather it had vocals too tbf, if only because i love corchado's vox, but i don't see the lack as a dealbreaker or anything, and i think it's a ballsy attempt to do something different. do you not think more listens will allow you to get a sense of the structure and digest it eventually?

'love' is a strong word, i wouldn't exactly say i loved the previous couple of chasm albums. still listened to and enjoyed them a ton tho

 

[Krow]

i get that. i'd rather it had vocals too tbf, if only because i love corchado's vox, but i don't see the lack as a dealbreaker or anything, and i think it's a ballsy attempt to do something different. do you not think more listens will allow you to get a sense of the structure and digest it eventually?

I don't see why I should have to listen to something I don't like to begin with enough times to start pretending that I do to justify the wasted time.

 

[no country for old wainds]

there's a difference between not liking something and not being able to digest something. if you're a member of the former camp your replying to that post was the definition of wasted time.

 

[Dazed and Brutal]

do you not think more listens will allow you to get a sense of the structure and digest it eventually?

I'll still give it a couple more looks over the next couple of weeks, but it really isn't that dense for a purely instrumental album.

 

[The Butt]

Re: new The Chasm:

Halfway through and its hit or miss... but 90% hit. I approve.

 

[CF87]

 

[Krow]

Has anyone ordered from earache "USA" lately? I've got 6 Morbid Angel albums on order from there and was wondering wtf they call it the US store for, but it's all shipped from the U.K.?