Death Metal Bands Blogs

Norther - N (2008)

Genre: Melodic Death Metal 01 - My Antichrist 02 - Frozen Angel 03 - Down 04 - To Hell 05 - Savior 06 - Black Gold 07 - We Rock 08 - Always & Never 09 - Tell Me Why 10 - If You Go 11 - Self-Righteous Fuck 12 - Forever And Ever http://www.megaupload.com/?d=P22ICN6A

I am death metal. I eat death metal, I drink death metal, I type death metal, I drywall death metal...you get the idea. In my opinion, it's the most underrated genre of music on the planet.

Death metal is an extreme heavy metal subgenre. It is typically characterized by the use of heavily-distorted guitars, harsh vocals that are low-pitched and/or growled, morbid lyrics, fast-paced rhythms and melodies, and unconventional song structures.

Building off the speed and complexity of thrash metal, and the raw extremities defined in early black metal, death metal came to true prominence by the mid 1980s. Bands like Slayer, Possessed and pioneer death metal bands such as Death and Morbid Angel are considered prime influences in the genre. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, death metal gained more media attention as popular record labels like Earache Records and Roadrunner Records began to sign death metal bands at a rapid rate. Since then, death metal has diversified, spawning a rich variety of subgenres.

Death metal has been met with considerable hostility from mainstream culture, mainly because of the violent themes, imagery and stage personae surrounding many bands. It is typically seen as an underground form of music, in part because it does not appeal to mainstream tastes and because its musicians often choose to remain obscure.