the occasional thread for mean, nasty, ugly, evil metal that doesn't smell good and that takes itself way too seriously

my problem with death metal now is the definition of 'brutal' death has changed to this homogeneous, unimaginative glut of bands that are basically just breakdowns, pingy drums, and pig-vocals with sterile, pristine production, whereas 'brutal' death in the 90s had this wide gulf of talented bands with earthy, raw production and personality. oh, there was shit too, lots of it, but like nowadays idk who is even at the forefront of 'brutal death' that isn't just an old school band that didn't retire.

which is...why I liked Disgorge (US) a lot, tbh.

(the non-brutal wing of death metal, otoh, seems to be fine as it has always been, thriving even)

oh yah all the flavors like prog/tech/blackened/doom have so many great bands doing it now. an abundance of riches. that crunchy riffy swedish style. i love all the stuff that sounds like that now. even some people who know how to write songs! like, memorable songs.

listened to nihilist and entombed demos today too. they never get old. they could come out today and they would be my new favorite band!

my problem with death metal now is the definition of 'brutal' death has changed to this homogeneous, unimaginative glut of bands that are basically just breakdowns, pingy drums, and pig-vocals with sterile, pristine production

I love that shit, but I freely admit that it all sounds the same. I buy those albums based solely on cover art, because I know they're gonna sound indistinguishable from one another. I feel like I should put them all into a giant playlist like I do with all the Total compilations on the Kompakt label, and just shuffle it. Gurgh gurgh gurgh gurgh gurgh, ping ping ping ping ping, all day long.

a little fancy for this thread but i wanted to give some love to something new. i love the way it sounds. very digi. i like the way its edited. like it was engineered by someone with a latin freestyle background. death metal bands should start putting their records together on tape with razorblades. that would be awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cehSqvek4N0

why won't someone reissue this on cd for me? the old cd copies go for stupid money. they became something completely different later but i don't care about that stuff i am all about this album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_Oy7qO3NLg

so sikkkkkkkk!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjaV-3PLXh8

i can't keep up with all the insanity that GoatowaRex is putting out. sheesh. they don't even let a fella catch his breath!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARWFOjki3tU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n80pKUmyCUc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzcwVNjLL1M

very entertaining tribute album. good job by everyone. lots of great crunch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY6f3pqIiAo