I think death/tech death is where the blues influence starts being more vestigial, and it starts borrowing more from classical. Even Polka (what is a blastbeat but a fast polka beat?) Are the diminished scales really from blues? Do the blues musicians play straight 32nd notes the way classical musicians do?
From an evolutionary standpoint, it definately does, since blues to rock to sabbath to metal, but death metal onwards really feels distinct. Especially symphonic.
yea. classical started getting folded back in to the metal music with NWOBHM. a lot of the bands i grew up listening to (cannibal, morbid, deicide) grew up listening to stuff like maiden, priest, venom etc, which i can’t stand oddly enough.
I’m not really a metal head and I’d never heard of Possessed / Seven Churches so I found it and gave it a listen.
My honest opinion is…meh. Musically it’s an interesting track, arguably better than some Iron Maiden songs, but the vocals are the same muddy mess that ruins so many other metal bands.
If you listen to Seven Churches and then immediately play “Aces High” or “Run to the Hills” you will hear exactly what I’m talking about. It boils down to this; Jeff Becerra seems to love being buried in the music so he can growl out undecipherable lyrics while Bruce Dickinson is conveying at least as much vocal power while standing out from the music and being clear enough that you can hear the message.
It’s just my opinion of course and honestly this is the same problem I’ve had with nearly every American Death Metal band. I don’t know why most of them even bother having a vocalist as they are functionally useless.
Rock out to whatever moves ya’ but I definitely wouldn’t rank Possessed ahead of Iron Maiden.
I haven’t actually listened to possessed, so I can’t comment. I just liked that guy’s statement of “I like stuff heavier than maiden” and it made me think of the Luc Lemay interview.
Ahh folk metal, that can be a fun genre of music! The one you linked isn’t too bad but if you like it a bit…eastern…you may want to check out “The HU”.
I like The Hu, though Hanggai and Nine Treasures are my true loves. But I picked Arkona specifically because the lead singer uses the ol’ death metal growl to very good effect.
IDK, Deathspell are more famous for being prog or avant garde or something. I’m pretty sure (but not 100% certain) that Luc is not a nazi, he does a lot of stuff about middle eastern and asian history
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I think death/tech death is where the blues influence starts being more vestigial, and it starts borrowing more from classical. Even Polka (what is a blastbeat but a fast polka beat?) Are the diminished scales really from blues? Do the blues musicians play straight 32nd notes the way classical musicians do?
From an evolutionary standpoint, it definately does, since blues to rock to sabbath to metal, but death metal onwards really feels distinct. Especially symphonic.
yea. classical started getting folded back in to the metal music with NWOBHM. a lot of the bands i grew up listening to (cannibal, morbid, deicide) grew up listening to stuff like maiden, priest, venom etc, which i can’t stand oddly enough.
I call that a healthy cultural mix! 🤘😁🤘
first time you hear possessed seven churches hello you can’t go back with your Iron Maiden
I’m not really a metal head and I’d never heard of Possessed / Seven Churches so I found it and gave it a listen.
My honest opinion is…meh. Musically it’s an interesting track, arguably better than some Iron Maiden songs, but the vocals are the same muddy mess that ruins so many other metal bands.
If you listen to Seven Churches and then immediately play “Aces High” or “Run to the Hills” you will hear exactly what I’m talking about. It boils down to this; Jeff Becerra seems to love being buried in the music so he can growl out undecipherable lyrics while Bruce Dickinson is conveying at least as much vocal power while standing out from the music and being clear enough that you can hear the message.
It’s just my opinion of course and honestly this is the same problem I’ve had with nearly every American Death Metal band. I don’t know why most of them even bother having a vocalist as they are functionally useless.
Rock out to whatever moves ya’ but I definitely wouldn’t rank Possessed ahead of Iron Maiden.
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I haven’t actually listened to possessed, so I can’t comment. I just liked that guy’s statement of “I like stuff heavier than maiden” and it made me think of the Luc Lemay interview.
Folk metal folk metal
Ahh folk metal, that can be a fun genre of music! The one you linked isn’t too bad but if you like it a bit…eastern…you may want to check out “The HU”.
I like The Hu, though Hanggai and Nine Treasures are my true loves. But I picked Arkona specifically because the lead singer uses the ol’ death metal growl to very good effect.
gorguts–loved none so vile but not so much the one immediately after.
he’s wearing a deathspell omega shirt–fun fact, their singer is a big name in NSBM
IDK, Deathspell are more famous for being prog or avant garde or something. I’m pretty sure (but not 100% certain) that Luc is not a nazi, he does a lot of stuff about middle eastern and asian history
“Deathspell omega”, not deathspell, and yeah the singer – Mikko Aspa – is the founder of the one-man-band"clandestine blaze" which is NSBM