writing death metal

[MyDecember]

ok, the stuff i write is more along the lines of heavy thrash. im gonna be joining a death metal band, and im wondering if there is any tips/advice you can give me for writing death metal? just, things to keep in mind and what not.

 

[morbid obsession]

go out and kill a few people and then fuck thier corpses while thinking about inspirational things to write about.musically listen to alot of carcass and cannibal corpse

 

[Darthlardo]

hahahah, that is a damn good idea!!!!

 

[the alumnus]

there is a video on guitar.com by gorguts you can download and watch that gives good insight into their songwriting processes.

 

[NAD]

First mistake: "I'm going to write a death metal song."

Just trying to help you out with letting your creativity flow.

 

[chaoticmanifesto]

try using lots of diminished, flattened 5ths, the harmonic minor scale and chromatics. and occasionally pick them like a nutcase

 

[MrMajs]

Its kinda difficult to write death metal if you dont listen to death metal. So go and buy som death records....

 

[Mattias the Bitch Boy]

Uh, it ain't hard. Detune your guitars and basses and play fast power chords and palm muted stuff, blast beat the drumset, growl. Do it for 5 or so minutes and you have a song. Repeat 8 - 15 times for an album.

 

[NAD]

Originally posted by Mattias of the Night
Uh, it ain't hard. Detune your guitars and basses and play fast power chords and palm muted stuff, blast beat the drumset, growl. Do it for 5 or so minutes and you have a song. Repeat 8 - 15 times for an album.

 

[Death's Shadow]

Originally posted by Mattias of the Night
Uh, it ain't hard. Detune your guitars and basses and play fast power chords and palm muted stuff, blast beat the drumset, growl. Do it for 5 or so minutes and you have a song. Repeat 8 - 15 times for an album.

you dont like death metal, do you?

 

[Metal is Religion]

fi you are gonna write lyrics, think about a really bloody murder. then describe it to the last detail. it works for me. it doesnt have to be a murder, it can be anything at all. just describe everything about it

 

[Metal is Religion]

WAHAHAHAHA. death shadow

 

[chaoticmanifesto]

people look at death metal too literally. alot of the lyrics are metaphors and most of the time have nothing to do with death. but it helps.

 

[Shai Hulud 2k1]

what REALLY makes a song death metal? is it the lyrical content or the musical style?

or is it something else.......?

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.......

 

[Mattias the Bitch Boy]

It's the length of the hair.

 

[chaoticmanifesto]

and the synchronised windmill head banging hehe

 

[Dischord]

If you want real inspiration buy the following albums
Death - The Sound of Perseverence, Symbolic, Individual Thought Patterns
Carcass - Heartwork
anything by Arch Enemy, pref. Wages of Sin
Coroner - Mental Vortex
These at a minimum should keep you from being another bland drive a flat note death metal band, and keep your lyrics on subjects less gory (nothing wrong with gory, but it's a stereotype you don;'t want to fall into) and more open

 

[Tool]

I guess it depends on what Type of Death Metal you'll be playing. It doesn't ussually take much to write lyrics you could decribe a horrible dismembered carcass or write something that sounds like a Spell of sorts. I mean, really, just read some In Flames lyrics, Lyrics don't have to make sense to be good.

... I wasn't being sarcastic.

 

[union9]

If you had to post a thread like this. Don't bother joining a Death Metal Band.

 

[plfffffft]

And you're name is a Linkin Park song. So please don't join a death metal band