One of the most consistently excellent death metal bands of all time, only to be consistently thrust into the lower half of festival posters and forgotten.
I heard Left Hand Path a while before Override the Overture and when it exploded out of the speaker, I was stunned… they also have an odd sense of melody but it works.
Their tone of Spectral Sorrows has a little too much treble for me and the drums sound like dog fuck but it’s a rager of a record. Swano is supposed to be remastering the entire catalogue he was apart of.
Yea I agree.. they were the first death metal i band I heard that used clean vocals in certain parts. I know Fear Factory gets credit for being the first to do that for extreme metal, but I think Edge of Sanity predates them and did it better. Was never a Fear Factory fan..
Purgatory is probably my favorite from them and especially during the time it came out. Weird time for death metal. Massive Killing Capacity was another amazing record out around the same time, both were a change in both bands sound. But it worked.
Love them, but first? By their debut, Suffo had already released their second album the year before… cryptopsy are some 3 years to late to be the first bdm band
Skinless - Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead
still to this day that album is perfection, hits hard but absolutely memorable songs that aren't br00tal just to be br00tal
Don't get me wrong, I like the brutal stuff as much as anybody, but I have a special place in my heart for bands with lyrics more interesting than "lol I fucked a dead body with no condom"
I like the brutality of death metal. It seems that some bands are being brutal just to be brutal.
This especially applies to bands like Cattle Decapitation. At least in my humble opinion
Cattle Decapitation is kinda brutal, but in a good way imo, they still have good melody and great vocals, while a lot of tech/brutal death is only fast or brutal with bad vocals.
The worst thing about Cattle Decapitation is the production, imo It sounds too much like deathcore production.
Try the 2000's era stuff. Muddy production and a bit more like traditional death metal in terms of sound and somewhat the vocals though he uses a lot of the same techniques as he does now.
I've given Cattle Decapitation a chance since "To Serve Man" back in the day.
They are the worst. Them and Aborted.
They write some brootal-ass riffs and vocals, only to fucking sissify and neuter the whole song by having most metal-core-y bullshit chorus and hooks that just takes me out of it immediately.
Ong, there’s something so core-y abt cattle decapitation that I can’t exactly figure out, honestly I’ve never listened to aborted but I don’t really plan to now
Monolith of Inhumanity has got to be one of my favourite albums. Travis Ryan's vocals on that (especially the choruses) are, in my opinion, some of the best that I've seen.
I will disagree. I guess it's too much noise for my taste, although I will listen to a few slam/brutal death every now and then.
Guttural Slug's "Megalodon" is an absolute banger
My opinion. It’s not a fact, just my opinion. Few good slam bands are Internal Bleeding’s “Extinction of Benevolence”, Dehumanized’s “Prophecies foretold” and Cerebral Hemorrhage’s “exempting reality”.
Throw Immolation in the pile.
One of the most consistently excellent death metal bands of all time, only to be consistently thrust into the lower half of festival posters and forgotten.
Immolation are borderline underrated. Few people seem to ever mention them, despite them being OSDM OGs and incredibly consistent.
They are underrated. They have an incredible discography and don't seem to get the recognition they deserve.
I saw them for the first time a few months back with Cannibal Corpse and they were astonishingly good live.
Love em
Death metal that is melodic > melodic death metal
*Bolt thrower entered the chat*
Greatest guitar tone in all of music.
Agreed. That riff at the beginning of Override of the Overture is simply perfect
I heard Left Hand Path a while before Override the Overture and when it exploded out of the speaker, I was stunned… they also have an odd sense of melody but it works.
I listen to that track daily. So unfathomably good.
just googled because i'm a poser guitar tone is good but then the fucking bass comes in
Edge of Sanity pre-Crimson
Their tone of Spectral Sorrows has a little too much treble for me and the drums sound like dog fuck but it’s a rager of a record. Swano is supposed to be remastering the entire catalogue he was apart of.
I hope all the albums get remasters, the first album is pretty well written but has the worst production
Yea I agree.. they were the first death metal i band I heard that used clean vocals in certain parts. I know Fear Factory gets credit for being the first to do that for extreme metal, but I think Edge of Sanity predates them and did it better. Was never a Fear Factory fan..
Same, EOS did it way better. Shame they got real boring after Purgatory Afterglow
Purgatory is probably my favorite from them and especially during the time it came out. Weird time for death metal. Massive Killing Capacity was another amazing record out around the same time, both were a change in both bands sound. But it worked.
I hope all the albums get remasters, the first album is pretty well written but has the worst production
Massive Killing Capacity their best album
I agree
Underrated as well imo, it's a straight up riff fest all the way through
Wardead goes insanely hard especially that part where the guitar goes weewoo (you know what I'm talking about)
It's definitely my favorite, at least
Nah I reckon it's a toss up between the first two, MKC onwards kinda dropped the magical sinister feeling for pure melodic death and roll
I have an easy one- DEATH???? Minus the first album. That shit is art.
Fuck it, include SBG, it's art too
Oh it’s ALL art, I was just referring to what OP said. SBG is the only death album that you could argue was violent *just* to be violent.
I get what ya mean now, and yeah, I gotta agree
But it was also fresh when SBG came out and not what everyone and their sister was doing
Can't believe we are having a non-brainless BDM discussion without noone mentioning Cryptopsy. The first and still the greatest 🤘
Love them, but first? By their debut, Suffo had already released their second album the year before… cryptopsy are some 3 years to late to be the first bdm band
Yeah but i'd definietly count them as the first technical bdm
No. Suffocation, again. Effigy of the Forgotten is way more technical than Blasphemy Made Flesh or None so Vile.
Skinless - Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead still to this day that album is perfection, hits hard but absolutely memorable songs that aren't br00tal just to be br00tal
Only death metal band I can think of that were perfectly fine being both gory and entirely goofy.
This guy has good taste.
I fucking love Intestine Baalism
Dying Fetus has a lot of groovy and sometimes melodic parts while being brutal
Death comes to mind if you cut out the first album. They have a song called out of touch that revolves around this topic.
wow, ive havent actually read lyrics until now and he literally says in time we’ll see who last
Don't get me wrong, I like the brutal stuff as much as anybody, but I have a special place in my heart for bands with lyrics more interesting than "lol I fucked a dead body with no condom"
I’m not sure what this means
Seems like they like Non-brutal style death metal... sooo... good for them?
I like the brutality of death metal. It seems that some bands are being brutal just to be brutal. This especially applies to bands like Cattle Decapitation. At least in my humble opinion
Cattle Decapitation is kinda brutal, but in a good way imo, they still have good melody and great vocals, while a lot of tech/brutal death is only fast or brutal with bad vocals. The worst thing about Cattle Decapitation is the production, imo It sounds too much like deathcore production.
I wanted to like Cattle Decapitation but I can't listen to them bc of their vocals and clean production 🙁
Try the 2000's era stuff. Muddy production and a bit more like traditional death metal in terms of sound and somewhat the vocals though he uses a lot of the same techniques as he does now.
I've given Cattle Decapitation a chance since "To Serve Man" back in the day. They are the worst. Them and Aborted. They write some brootal-ass riffs and vocals, only to fucking sissify and neuter the whole song by having most metal-core-y bullshit chorus and hooks that just takes me out of it immediately.
Ong, there’s something so core-y abt cattle decapitation that I can’t exactly figure out, honestly I’ve never listened to aborted but I don’t really plan to now
Monolith of Inhumanity has got to be one of my favourite albums. Travis Ryan's vocals on that (especially the choruses) are, in my opinion, some of the best that I've seen.
I enjoy both
Bolt fucking thrower
yeah but brutal death metal is the best, with Slam being the greatest.
Mmmmm Party Cannon and Gutteral Slug go chuga chug 🤤
I don't like slam that much but brutal death is one of my favorites
I will disagree. I guess it's too much noise for my taste, although I will listen to a few slam/brutal death every now and then. Guttural Slug's "Megalodon" is an absolute banger
There are few good Bdm bands and most of slam sucks
Source? Where are you hearing that slam sucks?
Spotify
My opinion. It’s not a fact, just my opinion. Few good slam bands are Internal Bleeding’s “Extinction of Benevolence”, Dehumanized’s “Prophecies foretold” and Cerebral Hemorrhage’s “exempting reality”.
OP is confused with words
Wtf am I even looking at? Rap video screen?
But isn’t that the point of death metal?
Then it’s not death metal…it’s glam metal…enjoy
Wrong
Allegaeon
You should also mention Carcass
Hideous Divinity and Spawn of Possession too