- Sep 8, 2005
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Ok Guys, im a fan of swedish death metal, but i always wondered, where it came? i mean why sound that way, so unique??
I remember when it was called "The new wave of swedish death metal" with bands like At The Gates, InFlames, Dark Tranquillity, Etc.
Maybe people in sweden can explain me this, what are their roots, Folk??
I remember when i read in the in flames website many years ago that they played folk metal (Ok, lunar strain/subterranean sounds folk, specially the acoustic guitars, but jester race?), this is when whoracle came out i think, well, their melodies, sounds weird, im from Mexico, and i dont know why but that kind of melodies sounds really strange to me. maybe im just crazy lol, but if is folk , for me is very exotic, haha.
Here, we consider At The Gates, the pionners of this genre, but maybe im wrong, and i bet that were more bands in sweden at that time that contributed but the creation of that sound, (i think on Dismember), a sound that travels around the world., the melodies, the guitar rythm tecnique, is unique, but is so common this days.
Now i listen to all new Metal Core Bands (All that remains, As i Lay Dying etc.) and i hear that swedish influence in all that bands, maybe in this time the swedish style is an standar, but is not named "swedish styled" anymore.
I would love to hear sweden´s folk music. the folk music we have here in Mexico is interesting, but donsn´t work well in Metal, well i dont like it, here we have a lot of folk bands, but the most cool prehispanic metal band i´ve ever heard, is a band from Russia Called "Tenochtitlan" ironic uh? a band overseas that plays better folk prehispanic music, than Mexican bands, lol.
I remember when it was called "The new wave of swedish death metal" with bands like At The Gates, InFlames, Dark Tranquillity, Etc.
Maybe people in sweden can explain me this, what are their roots, Folk??
I remember when i read in the in flames website many years ago that they played folk metal (Ok, lunar strain/subterranean sounds folk, specially the acoustic guitars, but jester race?), this is when whoracle came out i think, well, their melodies, sounds weird, im from Mexico, and i dont know why but that kind of melodies sounds really strange to me. maybe im just crazy lol, but if is folk , for me is very exotic, haha.
Here, we consider At The Gates, the pionners of this genre, but maybe im wrong, and i bet that were more bands in sweden at that time that contributed but the creation of that sound, (i think on Dismember), a sound that travels around the world., the melodies, the guitar rythm tecnique, is unique, but is so common this days.
Now i listen to all new Metal Core Bands (All that remains, As i Lay Dying etc.) and i hear that swedish influence in all that bands, maybe in this time the swedish style is an standar, but is not named "swedish styled" anymore.
I would love to hear sweden´s folk music. the folk music we have here in Mexico is interesting, but donsn´t work well in Metal, well i dont like it, here we have a lot of folk bands, but the most cool prehispanic metal band i´ve ever heard, is a band from Russia Called "Tenochtitlan" ironic uh? a band overseas that plays better folk prehispanic music, than Mexican bands, lol.
