Is Death condidered Death Metal???

[CF87]

Andy is a good guitarist, but could never write a proper Death riff... even if his life depended on it.

...and

 

[Alteredmindeath]

...and

...and the end.

 

[waif]

Chuck is full of win.

 

[mutantllama]

He's the maddest cunt.

 

[Vacant_Planets]

still has some power metal sound in it. Anyway I didn't say they were power metal, I said they were pioneers of it, then of course other bands shaped it into what it is today.

Odd, Painkiller seems thrash to me, just as much as the old Metal Church albums did, yet get label Power metal at times.

James > Andy when it comes to Death. TSOP > IPT TSOP is heavier, wankier (that's a good thing, because kids....too much chugga chug makes the brain go mush), and more creative than all the other albums except just maybe Symbolic.

 

[The Ozzman]

Which is why Symbolic and TSOP are the best albums Death ever did

 

[Personified Hatred]

^^The Children of Bodom arugment can be said about that aswell, i might add though on some songs CoB are more melodic Death then Power...some are just powerharsh.

I personally think the Metal Archives' definition is right: Speed/Power Metal with harsh vocals.

 

[Vitor]

I wish I could adblock childrengrinder's posts.

 

[Vacant_Planets]

I personally think the Metal Archives' definition is right: Speed/Power Metal with harsh vocals.

Really? Ever hear PM band play a riff like the one at the beginning of The Philosopher? Or the anything at all in PM like the beginning of Misanthrope? Nope.

 

[Omni]

Really? Ever hear PM band play a riff like the one at the beginning of The Philosopher? Or the anything at all in PM like the beginning of Misanthrope? Nope.

You realize that the post you're replying to was about Children of Bodom and not Death, right? No, I guess you don't actually since you just said something so retarded.

 

[VanHammersly]

early Death yes
later death no

 

[MasterOLightning]

I still can't believe anyone voted no here. Albums Human and earlier are 100% DM.

I am not sure why TSOP is discussed so much. It is similar to Emperor - Promethius in that it is neither as good or bad as most will have you believe. It's just okay, if not better than the average release from the genre. Expectations unfairly temper the results. Really, it is similar to Human, except each riff is played twice as many times, with a little more flair in the production, solos, and drums. Human is at least pretty advanced for 1991. There's a lot of content there for a fairly short album. Symbolic and TSOP are overblown in length, but Symbolic is somewhat unique in combining trad metal ideas and solos with some DM riffs. I don't get why people don't see that TSOP is just an inferior version of Symbolic, with clearer production.

 

[DarkBliss]

I still can't believe anyone voted no here. Albums Human and earlier are 100% DM.

Not everyone who voted negatively, had heard their early albums. Then there are those who simply enjoy being dicks. That's understandable.

 

[Thoth-Amon]

Which is why Symbolic and TSOP are the best albums Death ever did

um... replace that with Leprosy and Scream Bloody Gore and you'd be correct

 

[ShredHeadJHJ]

um... replace that with Leprosy and Scream Bloody Gore and you'd be correct

Come on now with that... Why do you think those are their best albums??

 

[Thoth-Amon]

Come on now with that... Why do you think those are their best albums??

simple... they have the best songs on them

 

[ShredHeadJHJ]

simple... they have the best songs on them

OK.

 

[cannibal corpse]

Scream Bloody Gore is their best, in my opinion.

 

[Satanstoenail]

Which is why Symbolic and TSOP are the best albums Death ever did

Have you even heard Spiritual Healing yet?

 

[ShredHeadJHJ]

Have you even heard Spiritual Healing yet?

Or Individual Thought Patterns?