Death Metal

Ancient1

Actually, John, i forgot to mention that most of Obituary's back catalogue has been reissued by Roadrunner with the Two From The Vault series.

You'll be able to pick up two albums on a single disc for the price of one (provided you avoid HMV etc of course).

Check it out:

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.co.uk/artists/Obituary/disc.aspx

John

Thanks again ancient but I had actually seen these yesterday. I didn't know where to start so I asked here. It'll probably be a couple of weeks before I get round to buying it.

Doctor J

2003 - "Slowly We Rot/Cause Of Death"
Two From the Vault
Label: Roadrunner Records


Fantastic! If I didn't have them already, that is :rolleyes:

Undergod

Atheist were also re-released recently, weren't they? What would a good album to begin listening to them on be?

Doctor J

Just get all three. Seriously, they all sound very different. Piece Of Time is the most death metal sounding. Unquestionable Presence is their best but most hard to get into and Elements is the most straightforward.

All three are top drawer.

Undergod

Doctor J wrote:

Elements is the most straightforward

As in most accessible? I'll probably start off with that then, as I'm not very well versed in death.

Aporia

My favourite DM bands would be Cryptopsy and Decapitated. I only got into Decapitated recentley but their quite a band...I would'nt consider myself a big DM fan though... more into Blackmetal.
Oh and just to add Cannibal corpse suck theres just nothing poetic about them and their very repetitive :eek:

Shiminay

Ruaidhri wrote:

it all started for me with Cryptopsy. Heard slit your huts, was hooked!

Jabba wouldn't be pleased!!! LOL The only reason I laugh so much is because that's the very same song that hooked me on Death Metal!

I love Death Metal for the pure rush of intensity it gives me. I mostly listen to the likes of Suffocation (saw them live - insane), Deicide (saw them live and seeing them again this Sunday, also class), Skinless (guess what? Saw them too), Obituary (ditto), Cryptopsy (haven't seen them, would dearly love to) and Opeth for chilling out.

I suppose I haven't really opened myself to the more progressive (ye gods I don't really like that word) sides of thing, I'll grab some tunes from some of the afore-mentioned bands - thanks for that ladies and gentlemen

I can see some people's point about Death Metal being sometimes repetitive, certainly to a casual listener (even of metal) it appears so, but I think it's fair to say the pace and intensity is as much a part of it as anything else and so if a new song from a band sounds similar to the other one on that other album, ask yourself this? "Would I punch a complete stranger in the face if I was listening to this live?"
If you can answer Yes, it's a winner

Karl Hungus

Kharn, get yourself the new Atheist re-issues, some of the most phenominal Death ever put to record. If Unquestionable Prescence doesn't frazzle your mind from the first spin, then there's some deeply wrong.

cournioni

The very first Death Metal band I got into was Morbid Angel. How did I get into them? Beavis and Butthead believe it or not, I remember seeing God of Emptiness on one of their shows and I just paused for a second and went "wow!". I'd never heard anything like it before and I gradually started getting into them from there.

I have to say I wasn't really into any of the other bands until I heard some Obituary which was a good few years later. I just loved the riffage and the slimey type of sound they had. Brilliant stuff altogether.

From there I got into a number of bands like Decapitated, Opeth, Death, Atheist, Cryptopsy, and Suffocation. I have to admit, I don't listen to it as much as I used to but I still give at least one of them a spin every week. Depending on my mood. Looking forward to seeing Obituary in the TBMC in January though!

Doctor J

If you love Obituary you owe it to yourself to check out some early Celtic Frost (Morbid Tales and To Mega Therion). If ever one band too their inspiration from another, it is Obituary from Celtic Frost. Not saying they're ripping them off, just that the influence of the early Celtic Frost stuff on Obituary is undeniable in a good way

John

Got Slowly We Rot/Cause of Death by Obituary today. It gets two thumbs up from me.

Ancient1

Good stuff, John!

Next - book tickets for January!

John

Ooh, where they playing? And how much?

Ancient1

9th January @ TBMC.

Tickets are 30, i think, and the support is Samael (i think you might like these guys actually).

John

Cool, I'll be coming along to this. I'll have to get some new stuff so I can sing along heheh.

Ancient1

Just make sure i'm tanked up before you start singing along with Mr. Tardy

John

Are ticekts on sale? I can't find them online

Ph3n0m

http://www.emeraldpromotions.8m.com/index2.html - this is who to buy tickets from.

Or if you are in Dublin, from the Sound Cellar

Ancient1

Nah, it's still early days i think.

Bookmark this and check it periodically.

Edit: Ph3n0m beat me to it!

John

Ph3n0m wrote:

http://www.emeraldpromotions.8m.com/index2.html - this is who to buy tickets from.

Or if you are in Dublin, from the Sound Cellar

Thanks for that, I presumed it was Emerald promoting but for some reason they're not appearing with google.

Ph3n0m

And remember people - the is gig is 18s and OVER, Id is required if it looks like you dont need to shave

Ph3n0m

PORNAPSTER wrote:

The very first Death Metal band I got into was Morbid Angel. How did I get into them? Beavis and Butthead believe it or not, I remember seeing God of Emptiness on one of their shows and I just paused for a second and went "wow!". I'd never heard anything like it before and I gradually started getting into them from there.

"Bow to me splendidly" - how I laughed when B & B started mocking that

Ancient1

"Bow to me splendidly" - how I laughed when B & B started mocking that

Roffle!

Imbeciles of the highest order...........:D

Doctor J

"Woah, was that a bear?"

Ph3n0m

The episode in question is called Date Bait - for those who still have it, or want to download...er I mean backup the file

Karl Hungus

I remember hearing good old Morbid Angel on B&B, but it wasn't untill years later I actually started listening to Morbid Angel, got myself Covenant, and when it got into God Of Emptiness I just went "Whoa! So that's what that song was!"

It wasn't me!

Ph3n0m wrote:

And remember people - the is gig is 18s and OVER, Id is required if it looks like you dont need to shave

How strictly will this be enforced? I've no id and wuldn't mind seeing them at all.

Ph3n0m

It wasn't me! wrote:

How strictly will this be enforced? I've no id and wuldn't mind seeing them at all.

How young do you look - if you look "babyfaced" or otherwise they will look for ID

It wasn't me!

Not that young. I look older than I am anyway, but I imagine it could go either way in the end. The Doc knows roughly how old i look, though it's been a good while since he's seen me.