What's death metally about King Diamond? I mean, of course in the early days Mercyful Fate were considered black metal (though revisionists such as myself now do not consider them anything but NWOBHM with darker lyrical scope), death metally is one thing he never was. Not even 80's death metal, which was marginally different in sound from what become modernly known as death metal.
― uh (eetface), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 15:30 (twenty years ago) link
― uh (eetface), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 15:33 (twenty years ago) link
― webcrack (music=crack), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 16:12 (twenty years ago) link
I realize I truly ruined the whole slant of the original post, but, let me sum it up in one short paragraph:
No, Testament's The Gathering isn't similar to Death's Individual Thought Patterns, Lombardo and DiGiorgio were essentially just hired guns, and it's not all that death metally as compared to the album previous :)
― uh (eetface), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 16:16 (twenty years ago) link
― M Carty (mj_c), Thursday, 6 May 2004 06:12 (twenty years ago) link
i saw their best of compilation for 10 dollars today. worth picking up?
― Charlie Howard, Friday, 13 July 2007 18:56 (sixteen years ago) link
"D.N.R." is definitely a top ten Testament song. probably their best post-Demonic tune
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 02:46 (two years ago) link
lol didn't realize James Murphy nor Dave Lombardo went on tour for this album, musta disappointed a lot of fans, even though Lombardo was clearly doing it for a paycheck
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 02:51 (two years ago) link
This is such a strange thread.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 04:17 (two years ago) link
even weirder is that I just now realized most of the OG posts are mine (I'm "eetface")
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 04:51 (two years ago) link