Death (Leprosy) Kel's First Reaction 

Death, Athiest, Obituary vocals are follow able, it takes time adjusting to it.

yesssss

underrated band.. conformicide is a diamond

@@smn1085 Overrated!!!

ha - without judgment .. ;)

great recommendation^^ but it may be a bit too much at the beginning. First I'd recommend "Suffocation - Liege of Inveracity", "Internal Bleeding - Anointed in Servitude" and "Dehumanized - Fade into Obscurity" to ease them into Slam which is kind of an acquired taste ;) then Devourment and "Cephalotripsy - Uterovaginal Insertion of Extirpated Anomalies".

Yeah. A friend showed me that once, without giving any information. He only asked: "Do you find out what song that is?" I absolutely failed.

I don't know about that... Possessed released their first album by 1984, Hellhammer (who would later be known as Celtic Frost) had already been releasing music that would provide the blueprints for death metal for a couple years by then; Mantas (later known as Death) had formed and started releasing their famous demos at about the same time - they all three more or less appeared in 1983, which seems to have been the year that death metal as we know and love it was born. I know for sure that Celtic Frost points back to Venom as their inspiration, Possessed sound distinctly like they were quite familiar with Venom as well, and I've no doubt that Chuck Schuldiner and Mantas/Death were quite familiar with Venom too, suggesting that Venom (formed in 1979) might not have been the first death metal band, but at the very least helped to directly inspire that genre! On the other hand, Napalm Death had been around since 1982, introducing the distinctly hardcore punk-inspired grindcore elements that would become a familiar part of death metal over the course of their careers, while extreme thrash acts like Slayer (1981), Bathory (1983), Sodom (1981), Kreator (1982 as Tormentor), Parabellum (1983), Vulcano (1981), and Destruction (1982) also provided some of the Venom-inspired DNA that would go into the gene pool of death and black metal through the '80s. Speaking of hardcore punk, Discharge could perhaps claim the title of "first death metal band" by producing some suspiciously grindcore-like recordings as early as the late 1970s! (See especially the albums "Realities of War" (1980), "Why" (1981), and "Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing" (1982).) It was probably Discharge that really introduced crossover and thrash metal to the death-obsessed lyrics and album covers that would help to set the stage for what death metal would become later: a sort of protest music for the '80s, using the bizarre imagery of heaps of mutilated bodies piled into the sky as a metaphor for the senselessness of totalitarian violence and modern technological (especially nuclear) warfare.... Whatever the case, it's not too unfair to say there wasn't really a first, and that Possessed, Death/Mantas, and Celtic Frost/Hellhammer all started putting modern death metal as we know it together at the same time around 1983, using bits and pieces of what the likes of Motorhead, Venom, Mercyful Fate, Napalm Death, Discharge, Slayer, and others had started with between the late '70s and early '80s, while injecting their own unique contributions into the mix along the way (it would be difficult to imagine modern death metal without Chuck's vocals and Death's technical leanings and morbid lyrics inspired by Mercyful Fate, or the occult themes of Possessed and Celtic Frost, with Celtic Frost's weird riffs and aggressive speed borrowed from Venom mixed with philosophical lyrics and avant-garde noise-art soundscape intros and outros borrowed from gothic rock, or Possessed's loose, chaotic amplification of Venom's speed, distortion, and growling, or Napalm Death's blast beats, deep bellowing roars, and nihilistic, misanthropic lyrics....)

I don't know about that... Possessed released their first album by 1984, Hellhammer (who would later be known as Celtic Frost) had already been releasing music that would provide the blueprints for death metal for a couple years by then; Mantas (later known as Death) had formed and started releasing their famous demos at about the same time - they all three more or less appeared in 1983, which seems to have been the year that death metal as we know and love it was born. I know for sure that Celtic Frost points back to Venom as their inspiration, Possessed sound distinctly like they were quite familiar with Venom as well, and I've no doubt that Chuck Schuldiner and Mantas/Death were quite familiar with Venom too, suggesting that Venom (formed in 1979) might not have been the first death metal band, but at the very least helped to directly inspire that genre! On the other hand, Napalm Death had been around since 1982, introducing the distinctly hardcore punk-inspired grindcore elements that would become a familiar part of death metal over the course of their careers, while extreme thrash acts like Slayer (1981), Bathory (1983), Sodom (1981), Kreator (1982 as Tormentor), Parabellum (1983), Vulcano (1981), and Destruction (1982) also provided some of the Venom-inspired DNA that would go into the gene pool of death and black metal through the '80s. Speaking of hardcore punk, Discharge could perhaps claim the title of "first death metal band" by producing some suspiciously grindcore-like recordings as early as the late 1970s! (See especially the albums "Realities of War" (1980), "Why" (1981), and "Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing" (1982).) It was probably Discharge that really introduced crossover and thrash metal to the death-obsessed lyrics and album covers that would help to set the stage for what death metal would become later: a sort of protest music for the '80s, using the bizarre imagery of heaps of mutilated bodies piled into the sky as a metaphor for the senselessness of totalitarian violence and modern technological (especially nuclear) warfare.... Whatever the case, it's not too unfair to say there wasn't really a first, and that Possessed, Death/Mantas, and Celtic Frost/Hellhammer all started putting modern death metal as we know it together at the same time around 1983, using bits and pieces of what the likes of Motorhead, Venom, Mercyful Fate, Napalm Death, Discharge, Slayer, and others had started with between the late '70s and early '80s, while injecting their own unique contributions into the mix along the way (it would be difficult to imagine modern death metal without Chuck's vocals and Death's technical leanings and morbid lyrics inspired by Mercyful Fate, or the occult themes of Possessed and Celtic Frost, with Celtic Frost's weird riffs and aggressive speed borrowed from Venom mixed with philosophical lyrics and avant-garde noise-art soundscape intros and outros borrowed from gothic rock, or Possessed's loose, chaotic amplification of Venom's speed, distortion, and growling, or Napalm Death's blast beats, deep bellowing roars, and nihilistic, misanthropic lyrics....)

I don't know about that... Possessed released their first album by 1984, Hellhammer (who would later be known as Celtic Frost) had already been releasing music that would provide the blueprints for death metal for a couple years by then; Mantas (later known as Death) had formed and started releasing their famous demos at about the same time - they all three more or less appeared in 1983, which seems to have been the year that death metal as we know and love it was born. I know for sure that Celtic Frost points back to Venom as their inspiration, Possessed sound distinctly like they were quite familiar with Venom as well, and I've no doubt that Chuck Schuldiner and Mantas/Death were quite familiar with Venom too, suggesting that Venom (formed in 1979) might not have been the first death metal band, but at the very least helped to directly inspire that genre! On the other hand, Napalm Death had been around since 1982, introducing the distinctly hardcore punk-inspired grindcore elements that would become a familiar part of death metal over the course of their careers, while extreme thrash acts like Slayer (1981), Bathory (1983), Sodom (1981), Kreator (1982 as Tormentor), Parabellum (1983), Vulcano (1981), and Destruction (1982) also provided some of the Venom-inspired DNA that would go into the gene pool of death and black metal through the '80s. Speaking of hardcore punk, Discharge could perhaps claim the title of "first death metal band" by producing some suspiciously grindcore-like recordings as early as the late 1970s! (See especially the albums "Realities of War" (1980), "Why" (1981), and "Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing" (1982).) It was probably Discharge that really introduced crossover and thrash metal to the death-obsessed lyrics and album covers that would help to set the stage for what death metal would become later: a sort of protest music for the '80s, using the bizarre imagery of heaps of mutilated bodies piled into the sky as a metaphor for the senselessness of totalitarian violence and modern technological (especially nuclear) warfare.... Whatever the case, it's not too unfair to say there wasn't really a first, and that Possessed, Death/Mantas, and Celtic Frost/Hellhammer all started putting modern death metal as we know it together at the same time around 1983, using bits and pieces of what the likes of Motorhead, Venom, Mercyful Fate, Napalm Death, Discharge, Slayer, and others had started with between the late '70s and early '80s, while injecting their own unique contributions into the mix along the way (it would be difficult to imagine modern death metal without Chuck's vocals and Death's technical leanings and morbid lyrics inspired by Mercyful Fate, or the occult themes of Possessed and Celtic Frost, with Celtic Frost's weird riffs and aggressive speed borrowed from Venom mixed with philosophical lyrics and avant-garde noise-art soundscape intros and outros borrowed from gothic rock, or Possessed's loose, chaotic amplification of Venom's speed, distortion, and growling, or Napalm Death's blast beats, deep bellowing roars, and nihilistic, misanthropic lyrics....)

I don't know about that... Possessed released their first album by 1984, Hellhammer (who would later be known as Celtic Frost) had already been releasing music that would provide the blueprints for death metal for a couple years by then; Mantas (later known as Death) had formed and started releasing their famous demos at about the same time - they all three more or less appeared in 1983, which seems to have been the year that death metal as we know and love it was born. I know for sure that Celtic Frost points back to Venom as their inspiration, Possessed sound distinctly like they were quite familiar with Venom as well, and I've no doubt that Chuck Schuldiner and Mantas/Death were quite familiar with Venom too, suggesting that Venom (formed in 1979) might not have been the first death metal band, but at the very least helped to directly inspire that genre! On the other hand, Napalm Death had been around since 1982, introducing the distinctly hardcore punk-inspired grindcore elements that would become a familiar part of death metal over the course of their careers, while extreme thrash acts like Slayer (1981), Bathory (1983), Sodom (1981), Kreator (1982 as Tormentor), Parabellum (1983), Vulcano (1981), and Destruction (1982) also provided some of the Venom-inspired DNA that would go into the gene pool of death and black metal through the '80s. Speaking of hardcore punk, Discharge could perhaps claim the title of "first death metal band" by producing some suspiciously grindcore-like recordings as early as the late 1970s! (See especially the albums "Realities of War" (1980), "Why" (1981), and "Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing" (1982).) It was probably Discharge that really introduced crossover and thrash metal to the death-obsessed lyrics and album covers that would help to set the stage for what death metal would become later: a sort of protest music for the '80s, using the bizarre imagery of heaps of mutilated bodies piled into the sky as a metaphor for the senselessness of totalitarian violence and modern technological (especially nuclear) warfare.... Whatever the case, it's not too unfair to say there wasn't really a first, and that Possessed, Death/Mantas, and Celtic Frost/Hellhammer all started putting modern death metal as we know it together at the same time around 1983, using bits and pieces of what the likes of Motorhead, Venom, Mercyful Fate, Napalm Death, Discharge, Slayer, and others had started with between the late '70s and early '80s, while injecting their own unique contributions into the mix along the way (it would be difficult to imagine modern death metal without Chuck's vocals and Death's technical leanings and morbid lyrics inspired by Mercyful Fate, or the occult themes of Possessed and Celtic Frost, with Celtic Frost's weird riffs and aggressive speed borrowed from Venom mixed with philosophical lyrics and avant-garde noise-art soundscape intros and outros borrowed from gothic rock, or Possessed's loose, chaotic amplification of Venom's speed, distortion, and growling, or Napalm Death's blast beats, deep bellowing roars, and nihilistic, misanthropic lyrics....)

there is no definite answer

It was an acquired taste for me. At first I didn't like any extreme vocals, but I liked the extremely heavy musicianship so much that I kept trying. Finally I got into deathcore, and once I was enjoying that I was like "what was it I didn't like about death metal?" so I went back and finally liked the whole package. Once I was into modern DM it still took me awhile to get into OSDM (though I liked Death from the first time I listened, but Morbid Angel, Autopsy, and others took awhile). Now I love it all. Honestly being angry helps, because this is the kind of music that's an excellent release for that. That was what drew me to very heavy music in the first place. Now that I'm past that part of my life, I still kept my love for heavy music.

For some like me it clicked immediately, but there are definitely a lot of people that do have to "learn to like it". But I have to ask, is there anything about death metal that you like at all? Take out the harsh vocals, do you like the riffs and instrumentation? If so, I would definitely say it's worth it to keep trying and looking for that band that finally clicks with you as death metal has become one of the more prevalent subgenres of metal and has a lot to offer. If you need any recommendations I would definitely be happy to help, there are a lot of ways to approach the genre.

@@ArdensSedVirens1 Oh yes, EVERYTHING sounds totally bad ass to me aside from the vocals.

@@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism Good to hear. In that case, just try to listen to stuff until it clicks. Focus on the riffs/instruments (metal is about riffs after all!) and try to grit your teeth through the vocals if you can. Death ain't a bad band to start with too. That said, if you need help in getting eased into harsh vocals, here's some stuff I would recommend: A lot of early death metal bands (such a Death) were just following in the footsteps of bands like Venom, Slayer, Kreator, and Celtic Frost that began pushing the envelop in terms of extremity. As such, these bands utilize harsher vocals but sound more like an angry man shouting at you about evil shit than the screams and growls in later extreme metal bands. So those bands might be worth exploring if you haven't yet. I'd also say check out Ripping Corpse as well, they were a death/thrash band that instead used similar "shouty" vocals. Perhaps a band that utilizes both harsh and clean vocals might work for you as well. For a lot of people Opeth is their gateway band, so try out some of their late 90s-mid 00s stuff. Instrumental stuff might be something you'd like as well. The Chasm's last album, " A Conscious Creation from the Isolated Domain (Phase I)", is an entirely instrumental death metal album so try that and then work backwards into their discography.

As I had some huge anger inside me during my youth (which means somewhere around `83 til `91), it was definitely instant attraction. If I really can call it that way, cause I grew into it together with the evolution of the metal-scene (Steps from Motörhead to Metallica to Slayer to Celtic Frost to Possessed to Death...) But as I always had some affinity to very various styles of music, this was just one side of me. I had no problems changing from Hell awaits to The final countdown, as an example. Today I still have my "moments", when I use to listen to Death (but rather the later stuff, although I liked Leprosy back then), Morbid Angel, Entombed, Obituary, Morgoth or Sepultura. But for me now that means only one or two hours at a time. But if you simply don't like growling - so what? Sure, you may focus on the instrumental side of the music (and for sure there is some insane stuff around that is worth listen to it), but why should you do that and abstract, till your ears bleed? ;-) Maybe something, that also includes other vocal styles (for relaxing moments in between), is more your cup of tea, and could also work as a form of "access in two steps". The already mentioned Opeth do really very creative stuff, which has a tasteful balance between different vocal styles (also growling). I recommend My arms, your hearse, Blackwater park, Ghost reveries. Samael from Switzerland (yeah, that cannot be called Death Metal) have some extreme vocals, deep and aggressive, but not real growling. Listen to Passage. The finnish band Waltari recorded a so-called Death Metal Symphony In Deep C with the title Yeah! Yeah! Die! Die!, which includes extreme Death Metal growling, conventional vocals and a beautiful female operatic voice. A very creative, very experimental and very complexe concept album. I recommend this, because my girlfriend - who is ABSOLUTELY NOT into Death metal at all - really loves this piece.

You’re pretty funny man.

Kel should check out old CARCASS Songs/Lyrics 3:) !

I'm the opposite, Maiden will never be heavy enough

Heavy?...hmmmm...NAPALM DEATH,BOLTTHROWER,MORBID ANGEL.......and so on.....

@@ingovonderluhe2174 yes

Sounds like your losing your passion for metal.

@@Volunteerfan8082 OLD SCHOOL is timeless...once Metal,4ever Metal....