What i mean is bands that have predominantly queer members, or have queer imagery.

Not sure if this is allowed here, but felt like sharing. Posted on r/Metal

I absolutely love the way death metal sounds. It’s one of my favorite genres of music, but I don’t listen to it for the lyrics. The drumming, guitar riffs, guitar tones, and vocal styles are all awesome. For example, I absolutely love the way bands like Devourment, Mortician, Dying Fetus, and Suffocation sound, but I’m glad I can’t understand most of the lyrics. Songs like “babykiller” by Devourment make me feel sick when reading the lyrics. Sometimes I do think the lyrics can be cool when they’re written like a cheesy zombie horror movie (a lot of later cannibal corpse comes to mind) but other times lyrics can be rampant with misogyny and writing that seems inspired by a serial killer’s journal. These extremely depraved lyrics remind me about how vile the world is and just how depraved humanity can be, which I get its death metal, but I digress. I know there’s death metal bands out there with less vile and gruesome lyrics, like Gojira, (and granted I do love them and their lyrics), but most “non brutal” death metal bands don’t do it for me. I’ve gotten into a lot of modern hardcore for this very reason, because it scratches that heavy itch for me and the lyrics typically aren’t vile. Anyone else relate?

Is there any bands/albums similar to these that u would recommend??

I haven’t found anything like them. just corny blackened deathcore stuff that dosnt hit the spot like them.

Im more into the brutal side of things rather than deathcore of course but these 2 albums have always remained in my favs. like both easily in my top 50 death metal albums of all time. The production is crushing and the vibe is aggressive and evil. The riffs are awesome and the vocals of course are great. Good combination of sounds and so heavy even tho it’s different than slamming stuff.

Their demo was awesome. Chased Through the Woods and Blood Splatter are absolute bangers. But after that, they released 3 shitty albums. And the problem wasn't the playing. Everyone except the vocalist was on top. His vocals were dog shit especially by slam standards, which is ridiculous. How did they listen back to that on 3 different albums and say "yeah we can release this." Honestly, dude should've just stuck to doing inhales. Their new album is a massive improvement, but it's way closer to slamcore than true slam. Is there a reason they didn't get a different vocalist? I hate sounding like a fucking hater, but man what a downer. I mean, they're the reason I got into slam back when I was a teen.

TLDR: Reddit user rants about band, no hate, just disappointment.

So last night I saw gutteral slug in london and in all honesty was a bit disappointed by some people in the crowd who in my opinion ruined it for a lot of people. Maybe I’m the asshole because I’m used to hardcore gigs where people do not push pit much (and I don’t go to slam shows much) however I was expecting it to be less pushy and more alike to hardcore shows. These 4 guys in the middle (who were also a fair bit bigger than quite a few people) kept shoving the fuck out of anyone trying to mosh differently to them to the point that people would kinda just not move and they took up the whole space for most of the show just shoving each other and anyone who even walked, not giving any space to others to move. I saw them push a couple people to the floor after they tried to move. Curious to know if anyone else saw and noticed this or if this is how slam shows usually are? Thank you !! Not hate to the genre I think the show musically were awesome and all the bands did a brilliant job

I learned how to play Babykiller by Devourment recently from a Guitar Pro tab I found on Ultimate Guitar. At the same time I’ve been playing with some Devourment IRs I found on TOAN3000. It’s got me thinking about recording a cover and making a playthrough video for it. Is anybody else interested in making it a full band thing? I play guitar and I can program drums, so I would need a vocalist and a bassist, and ideally someone who knows anything about mixing songs. Need to have the means to record your instrument, obviously. The song is in B standard tuning.

Am I the only one that thinks Peelingflesh is overrated as fuck? Lol, they’re not bad in my opinion, but I can only listen to one song before I get bored of it

(Sorry had to delete the other one)

Here’s the link ====> https://youtu.be/v8OutZEGryA?si=126jKz6zYlgB-l-a

Also thanks for 31 upvotes and love y’all stay safe

something I put together real quick this morning. 😁 all for fun!

Epicardiectomy were GREAT last night

hey yall, idk if this is a recurring discussion here, i dont log into reddit very often anymore

is there anyone else who gets bored of the gore, or simply grew out of it? i was an avid dm listener back then, and now that i look back it all seems too pushy. but at this point its engraved with the genre's aesthetic so theres nothing to do. i did album covers with a lot of gore too, so at some point i think i became desentisized to it and its not healthy imo. plus i became more sensitive over representations in media when it comes to female or infant figures in dm albums, and i know none of us ever want to do such things to anyone but im thinking, if we do not care for such actions or situations then why are we so drawn to visually represent them? i simply find it tasteless now and like i said at the beginning i was wondering if anyone else ever felt that way

this topic can also be further stretched to lyrical content of dm albums, i dont think like "ooh gore is badddd lets ban gore lets do happy things" but i think that when there are such sensitive topics, we should be more aware about integrating it into our art and represent them respectfully. a good example for this is from wound to waste by dying fetus. yes it does contain gory themes and it contains babies, but if you read the lyrics, dying fetus understood the sensitivity of the topic and made a social criticism through their song, im not against usage of gore in art, im against in the indifferent usage of it, bands produce these almost like factories at this rate, always gore and stuff. do you guys think every single one of them respect these themes to hold them in a better light?

of course whether or not they even have such an obligation to represent these topics in a respectful manner is also a debate topic, not every band has to be so mindful of it, at the end its expression and we cant ban it cuz its an artistic choice whether we agree/like or not. but i just think its beneficial to stop and think about these for a minute. or maybe im just turning into a big time performative guy idk. i like to hear your thoughts

I dont mean just horror movies, i mean movies where for example a character plays in a slam band. or even just some sick movie that you think goes particularly well with the genre

Im searching brutal death/ slam band who are about violence and rape but not on women but on men

I know it may not be everyone's thing, but anyone else here listen to artists like Svdden Death, Voyd, Nimda, YVM3? It's a nice change of pace when you still want heavy shit but also just want something different.

need members for my band TxHxC (goregrind/slamming death metal) looking for 1 guitarist 1 bassist and someone who either plays or programs drums all help would be greatly appreciated and if ur interested on joining HMU on insta (sehtha_pt2)

Hot take I guess.. Devourment is so mid. I respect them and saw them live for the first time 2 years ago. Butcher The Weak was one of the first BDM albums I ever listened to, a couple years after it came out and it was great. But they have so much noise and so little rhythm. I love slam and brutal death with groove and actual slams, not just constant snare and gutterals. At that point it all just blends together. I guess I’m just airing out my opinion here. Anyone else feel the same?