Why melodic death?

[lord667]

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[Destroyer Of Orden]

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

I guess most people just call it melodic death metal because a melo-death album isn't 60minutes of insane noise and growls. Like Opeth's Blackwater park. Sure it has some stuff that sounds just like regular death metal but it has a lot of acoustic guitar parts. Hell harvest is entirely acoustic. Then Arch Enemy i heard was melo death as well. Which doesn't make sense.

People are just so intent with labeling genres of music to their preference. There are those hardcore death fans who will call Opeth, Nightrage, Six Feet Under, and In Flames not real metal.

I personally don't care. Metal is metal, whether it's nu-metal, black metal, death metal, melo-death, old school thrash, newer thrash, speed metal, gothic/doom metal, powermetal, rap metal. Whatever you call it. I listen to Nile, Morbid Angel, Death...then theres stuff like The Kovenant, Cradle of Filth, Darkthrone, dimmu borgir....Annihilator, Shadows Fall, Kreator, Testament....and hell look through my shared folder on kazaa or my CDs and you'll find bands like Slipknot, Tool, Deftones, Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne, AC/DC, Godsmack, Disturbed...I listen to just about every type of "metal" there is. So personally labels don't matter to me. Besides people jump on me and say "oh they're not death metal" or something if i label them death metal.

funnily enough i'm probably one of the youngest members here(13) and i feel i have more maturity and acceptance to music then most ignorant jackasses here who go "Nu-Metal sucks!!!!1111 Get lost!!! This is a metal site you fag" Nu-Metal can be called metal. Besides i'm usually here to get info on the thrash and the death metal scene or debate metal with people. I don't get much info here(where i live), only 2 magazines have ever included a lot of those types of bands. Throat Culture, and Unrestrained, Both of which are hard to find new issues all the time. So my chances of finding good bands are here.

I'm getting off topic so i'll quit this rambling for now

I'm 14, and I wholly agree with you. You also live a state away from me.

 

[nergal_S]

I think it was called melodic death metal, because unlike technical death metal like spawn of possession, it has a very pop style song structure, and simple harmonies, while brutal death metal has more complex harmonies and melodies that go along with composition, melodic death metal is simple harmonies and catchy melodies.

 

[[0hr]Sunlapse]

I think it was called melodic death metal, because unlike technical death metal like spawn of possession, it has a very pop style song structure, and simple harmonies, while brutal death metal has more complex harmonies and melodies that go along with composition, melodic death metal is simple harmonies and catchy melodies.

the problem with this statement is that melodic death certainly doesn't always have "simple harmonies" or "pop style song structures".

 

[Hammer of Might]

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[anonymousnick2001]

@ShadowOfDeath

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Same here. Way to go, man. You actually GET it.

 

[SADUDE]

I think it was called melodic death metal, because unlike technical death metal like spawn of possession, it has a very pop style song structure, and simple harmonies, while brutal death metal has more complex harmonies and melodies that go along with composition, melodic death metal is simple harmonies and catchy melodies.

Well both styles have never really advanced beyond simple 2 -part harmonies anyways. Fifths(Power chords) in both situations, as with all rock, or even heavy music is a given. Straight up death uses tritones, and melodic death uses thirds. These are simple generalizations of course. Both having exceptions but not many. I don't see death metal as a whole being more harmonic at all. If anything I would lean to the opposite argument because of the clean guitars used in melodeath. They use some full chords, as simple as the progressions tend to be. However as with regular rock there is a lack of decent counterpoint. Any of the heavy parts in most bands dont go beyond parallel 2- part. Im sick of the laziness of parallel harmony though Opeth were one of the only bands making multi part harmony heavy, but they've stopped being progressive awhile ago.
As to my original argument. I guess you've hit the nail on the head here. The melodies are more catchy. It still proves the naming to be inaccurate as a description.

 

[anonymousnick2001]

Alright. You win, SADUDE.

The style has now officlly been dubbed "More Melodic Death Metal."

 

[SADUDE]

Alright. You win, SADUDE.

The style has now officlly been dubbed "More Melodic Death Metal."

What do I win? A grammy?
I wasn't a goal of mine. Forget it. It is useless trying to talk with you morons.

I understand there isnothing death about death metal. There is nothing black about black metal, and nothing melodic about melodic metal.

 

[Destroyer Of Orden]

Heavy Metal Is Heavy Though Man!!!!!!!

 

[SADUDE]

oh yea and there is nothing powerful in power metal, well except the post-show penetration the bandmates exchange

 

[Destroyer Of Orden]

Power metal surges with power metal!!! Doom metal gives emotions of impending doom! Gothic metal is sooooooo gothic...

 

[anonymousnick2001]

New metal is soooo new, right? Stoner metal is soooo stoner. Thrash metal is sooooo...ummmm...Ozzy Rules!

You and I should have some post-show penetration sometime, SADUDE...













































































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