Posted by Lottie Having said that, Apex Predator sounds like a good name for a demo - providing of course that it's tuned to B and tinny -sorry, necro- as ####. God, I love over simplified generalizations :-) --Previous Message--
on August 2, 2006, 3:07 am, in reply to "Death metal rendered thrash obsolete and useless"
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And evidently the fans of DM are great at yoga. Must be to have your head so far up yer own arse.
: Thrash riffs sound so thin and powerless after
: you listen to death metal that's tuned to B
: or even A. I always found it amusing when
: thrash bands bragged about tuning down--yet
: they only tuned down to d!
: And that one-two thrash drum beat... thank
: #### that dm incorporated more involved
: drumming, much higher velocities, and
: blasting.
:
: The worst thing about thrash is the
: vocals... whining, snot-nosed snarling,
: semi-shouting, but rarely ever deep and
: powerful... sometimes thrash singers even
: sounded as though they were bored... why
: didn't they ever get it that low notes are
: heavier than high notes?
:
: The lyrical content was dire as
: well--nuclear war! World War III! #### the
: government!
: The worst, though, were the 'jokey' thrash
: bands.
:
: The bottom line: people listened to thrash
: for the speed, the intensity, the
: heaviness... yet death metal eclipses thrash
: in these respects. Why bother to listen to
: thrash when we have dm?
: It's akin to choosing to keep driving a Golf
: when your budget allows for a Ferrari.
: Death metal is the alpha male, the apex
: predator, of metal; thrash, meanwhile, is
: simply weak, slow, and outmatched. Let it
: die!
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