I'm a bit confused about most death metal, are they trying to appear (as the cockney's say) "hard men" in the way that gangsta rappers are trying to portray street-level gangs?
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Death Metal English (2013)
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#42Great read. Despite being into death metal for ages, I've never really paid attention to the lyrics. I tend to be overwhelmed by the intensity of the music itself, in a good way. I did look up the lyrics to Necrophagist many years ago, and they seemed to be really goofy. There's only so many words about mutilated stillborn babies that I want to hear. Perhaps there's also a fair amount of tongue-in-cheek involved, wri…
I saw them live once, in a small standing room only venue. The musicianship on display was insane. Watching Muhammed belt out those vocals while playing extremely technical guitar parts was unforgettable.
Lucky you! Considering that the likelihood of Necro putting out a new record or playing live is almost zero. One can hope though!
Their album Epitaph is what I like to call a "perfect" record, in the way that Aja by Steely Dan is a perfect record.
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#43I'm a bit confused about most death metal, are they trying to appear (as the cockney's say) "hard men" in the way that gangsta rappers are trying to portray street-level gangs?
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#44I like Be'lakor – An Ember's Arc
https://genius.com/Belakor-an-embers-arc-lyrics
It’s a song about a photon.
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
I gave chatGPT4 the "common traits of Death Metal English" and then asked it to translate "Commuting to work" into death metal English. The response: In the parlance of Death Metal English, "Commuting to work" might be translated as "Transversing the Dreaded Pathway to the Monolith of Enslavement." That's pretty metal...
That's pretty fascinating, as there are values inherent in the language, where a death metal flavoured AI might create different associations and have a different logic - and then reify it. Whoops. Awesome.
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#46The article hits the hammer smashed face right on the face. Great read! In more recent years I've really come to appreciate the Death Metal English of bands like Obscura. Nothing crushes your significance like song titles and lyrics of the IMMENSITY OV ORBITAL ELEMENTS TREMENDING DESOLATE SPHERES THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSE MOMENTUM VASTNESS... Yes, it's about space. And the musicianship is just bonkers.
Oh man, amazing Obscura is. If you enjoy them a lot, check Allegaeon. They’re my favourite technical extreme metal band. And very nerdy lyrics, they have a whole range of melodies and rymthms. Also with classical guitar passages.
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#47This article was written by my good friend, bandmate, and former co-worker Doug Moore! Doug is best known as the vocalist for extreme death metal noise maniacs Pyrrhon. https://pyrrhonband.bandcamp.com/album/abscess-time He is also the vocalist for the death metal band Glorious Depravity, in which I drum. This makes best use of his DME skills. https://gloriousdepravity.bandcamp.com/album/ageless-violenc... . Look at…
Who are the lyrics for and what is expected of the audience? Are they purely artistic or do fans usually read the lyrics at some point and appreciate them and do they ever understand them in the song?
People do read them, quite often, and once you're familiar with the vocal style you can usually make them out yourself with varying degrees of accuracy.
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#48WITNESSING THE CACOPHONIC LORDS OF NECROTIC IRON'S UNHOLY DESECRATION OF THE INNOCENT SAXON TONGUE.
EDIT: mild Baader-Meinhof at the word chronocration, since I only came across the term "the great chronocrator" a couple of weeks ago.
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#49I'm a bit confused about most death metal, are they trying to appear (as the cockney's say) "hard men" in the way that gangsta rappers are trying to portray street-level gangs?
You could watch interviews/conversations with them and judge for yourself.
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#50I'm a bit confused about most death metal, are they trying to appear (as the cockney's say) "hard men" in the way that gangsta rappers are trying to portray street-level gangs?
It definitely depends on the band. Some of them are while others try to portray themselves as prophets or elevated beings.