The video you posted isn't even death metal by any standards.
Death metal:
Of course it's music.
I respect their musicianship and all, but I can't listen to that guy for 5 seconds without bursting out laughing. I don't know how anyone who isn't some kind of retarded douchebag could take that the least bit seriously. And the name of the song is hilarious as well: 'Surgery of Impalement'. These guys appear to be actual adult men. Who apparently didn't get a lot of hugs growing up.
I'll make you a few comparisons with funk music so that you'll understand what it's about.
The growled vocals are just another way to use the human voice as an instrument. Falsetto is at one end of the spectrum, growling is at the other. Do you consider the high-pitched vocals of Prince, Curtis Mayfield or the Bees somehow more natural and less silly? I personally don't. Some funk vocals also imitate the timbres of the other sounds used in the music (such as wah wah guitars and filtered synth sounds) and the same can be said about the vocals used in metal. It blends in with the rest of the sounds used.
Most "extreme metal" bands do not use their horror and gore imagery in a more "serious" sense than funk bands use theirs. There's a lot of irony to be found on the titles and band names ("Transilvanian Hunger", "Infecting The Crypts", "Cryptopsy", "Vader"). A lot of the stuff borders on nonsense intentionally, which is not different from what groups like Parliament / Funkadelic have been doing. So why is it okay for your favourite bands to use irony and exaggerated imagery and not okay for some others?
I've never met anyone that plays in a death metal band that would have taken the themes used in death metal too seriously. They're constantly laughing at themselves and always have a good sense of humour. I've also found them to be more polite and more knowledgeable in music than most other musicians. I've never witnessed the members of a death metal band misbehave towards studio personnel or the organizers of a music festival. I can't say the same about guys that do hiphop or dance music.
I'll make you a few comparisons with funk music so that you'll understand what it's about.
The growled vocals are just another way to use the human voice as an instrument. Falsetto is at one end of the spectrum, growling is at the other. Do you consider the high-pitched vocals of Prince, Curtis Mayfield or the Bees somehow more natural and less silly? I personally don't. Some funk vocals also imitate the timbres of the other sounds used in the music (such as wah wah guitars and filtered synth sounds) and the same can be said about the vocals used in metal. It blends in with the rest of the sounds used.
Most "extreme metal" bands do not use their horror and gore imagery in a more "serious" sense than funk bands use theirs. There's a lot of irony to be found on the titles and band names ("Transilvanian Hunger", "Infecting The Crypts", "Cryptopsy", "Vader"). A lot of the stuff borders on nonsense intentionally, which is not different from what groups like Parliament / Funkadelic have been doing. So why is it okay for your favourite bands to use irony and exaggerated imagery and not okay for some others?
I've never met anyone that plays in a death metal band that would have taken the themes used in death metal too seriously. They're constantly laughing at themselves and always have a good sense of humour. I've also found them to be more polite and more knowledgeable in music than most other musicians. I've never witnessed the members of a death metal band misbehave towards studio personnel or the organizers of a music festival. I can't say the same about guys that do hiphop or dance music.
I'll make you a few comparisons with funk music so that you'll understand what it's about.
The growled vocals are just another way to use the human voice as an instrument. Falsetto is at one end of the spectrum, growling is at the other. Do you consider the high-pitched vocals of Prince, Curtis Mayfield or the Bees somehow more natural and less silly? I personally don't. Some funk vocals also imitate the timbres of the other sounds used in the music (such as wah wah guitars and filtered synth sounds) and the same can be said about the vocals used in metal. It blends in with the rest of the sounds used.
Most "extreme metal" bands do not use their horror and gore imagery in a more "serious" sense than funk bands use theirs. There's a lot of irony to be found on the titles and band names ("Transilvanian Hunger", "Infecting The Crypts", "Cryptopsy", "Vader"). A lot of the stuff borders on nonsense intentionally, which is not different from what groups like Parliament / Funkadelic have been doing. So why is it okay for your favourite bands to use irony and exaggerated imagery and not okay for some others?
I've never met anyone that plays in a death metal band that would have taken the themes used in death metal too seriously. They're constantly laughing at themselves and always have a good sense of humour. I've also found them to be more polite and more knowledgeable in music than most other musicians. I've never witnessed the members of a death metal band misbehave towards studio personnel or the organizers of a music festival. I can't say the same about guys that do hiphop or dance music.
you seem to be a fan of the genre and I respect where you're coming from. Metal people have always been really cool to me and I appreciate their sense of humor. But still, I think the music has much more to do with a desire to alienate most everyone around you than it does enjoying the songs.
I'll make you a few comparisons with funk music so that you'll understand what it's about.
The growled vocals are just another way to use the human voice as an instrument. Falsetto is at one end of the spectrum, growling is at the other. Do you consider the high-pitched vocals of Prince, Curtis Mayfield or the Bees somehow more natural and less silly? I personally don't. Some funk vocals also imitate the timbres of the other sounds used in the music (such as wah wah guitars and filtered synth sounds) and the same can be said about the vocals used in metal. It blends in with the rest of the sounds used.
Most "extreme metal" bands do not use their horror and gore imagery in a more "serious" sense than funk bands use theirs. There's a lot of irony to be found on the titles and band names ("Transilvanian Hunger", "Infecting The Crypts", "Cryptopsy", "Vader"). A lot of the stuff borders on nonsense intentionally, which is not different from what groups like Parliament / Funkadelic have been doing. So why is it okay for your favourite bands to use irony and exaggerated imagery and not okay for some others?
I've never met anyone that plays in a death metal band that would have taken the themes used in death metal too seriously. They're constantly laughing at themselves and always have a good sense of humour. I've also found them to be more polite and more knowledgeable in music than most other musicians. I've never witnessed the members of a death metal band misbehave towards studio personnel or the organizers of a music festival. I can't say the same about guys that do hiphop or dance music.
you seem to be a fan of the genre and I respect where you're coming from. Metal people have always been really cool to me and I appreciate their sense of humor. But still, I think the music has much more to do with a desire to alienate most everyone around you than it does enjoying the songs.
Eh, Death Metal was never for me but I can see the appeal. It's all about the aggression. If you are a pissed off teenager it makes you feel better to blast aggressive music really loud.
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These guys appear to be actual adult men. Who apparently didn't get a lot of hugs growing up.
