Death really was on a whole-nother level

[Mesarthim]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9_9y9zBRVQ

RIP Chuck

[zim]

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[deckard]

When I was more into extreme metal as a youngster, this band really never clicked but the last couple of years I've really began to appreciate them, incredible band.

[Mesarthim]

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[Aðalsteinn]

Best band ever.
Symbolic > you

[Paste Human]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9_9y9zBRVQ

RIP Chuck

I still listen to Human once or twice per month, and go down a Death wormhole on youtube about as often. Still remember buying Live in L.A. on DVD at Suncoast back in '01 or so

[Aðalsteinn]

The re-issues they made a few years back were friggin awesome. I bought the Human and Individual albums in London at the time and man what a purchase. The sound is excellent, unbelieveable players all of them.

[shadowalk]

to this day, i still can't bring myself to listen to the sound of perseverance from start to finish

however, everything from scream bloody gore to symbolic = :::::::::::::

[happiness and harmony]

i used to own human, never really got into it

perhaps i was too young for their magisterial ways

[happiness and harmony]

listened to flattening of emotions just now and enjoyed it more than i did 20 years ago

[jawn galliano]

i have been meaning to re-evaluate death, i really was over them after the many-years-long BUHHH CHUCK INVENTED DEATH METAL circlejerk after he died and never really gave them another shot. i think there's been enough distance now where i can probably give them a fair shake, just need the time to devote. this will probably be a 2020 project

[shadowalk]

i really was over them after the many-years-long BUHHH CHUCK INVENTED DEATH METAL circlejerk after he died

I knew I was aware of something like this although I never really cared since I really did like Death even when Chuck was alive.

Was this similar to the 'praise' that Linkin Park is getting right now because their whiny singer killed himself?

[vO)))id]

I appreciate and understand what Chuck and Death meant to the genre, its fans and fellow bands. But I never really cared for the Death at all. Not my cup o tea.

[Paste Human]

i have been meaning to re-evaluate death, i really was over them after the many-years-long BUHHH CHUCK INVENTED DEATH METAL circlejerk after he died and never really gave them another shot. i think there's been enough distance now where i can probably give them a fair shake, just need the time to devote. this will probably be a 2020 project

I had kind of forgotten about that phenomenon, but thinking back it was a pretty annoying trend on metal forums. Same goes for the heavy handed Chuck died of AIDS (funny of an angle as it was) chorus from the opposing point of view.

The way I see it the first two albums were phenomenal for managing to achieve a sense of catchyness without sacrificing much in the way of the core grizzly death metal aesthetics. Spiritual Healing never made much sense to me, but after that point Chuck made a career out of surrounding himself with incredibly talented musicians and I think struck a pretty good balance between showcasing technical ability within compelling songs while keeping everything coherent and listenable.

I think his biggest fault was the dependence on predictable song structures. After a while I think it kind of sucks the life out of music that is otherwise exceedingly vibrant.

[Aðalsteinn]

I’m pretty much a lifelong Death listener. Human was one of the first CD’s I bought, in 93/94 and then I started working my way back. Death was huge in the dm scene over here, strangely. Got back into Death following Chuck’s demise and bought Perseverance. Flawless album tbh.
Their only misfire IMO was Spiritual, never figured that album out. Then again, the same album happens to be a favorite among many fans so...

[User]

i only got into death in the last few years but i am hella glad i did. still haven't listened to all their stuff though i got stuck on the mid and late CDs.

jammed me some death on the rooftop and in the apartment with stormy in bethnal green this summer

[zim]

jammed some deeth did ye

[User]

struth i fuckin did

[jawn galliano]

i only got into death in the last few years but i am hella glad i did. still haven't listened to all their stuff though i got stuck on the mid and late CDs.

jammed me some death on the rooftop and in the apartment with stormy in bethnal green this summer

we did and this is what has really galvanized my determination to revisit. also my determination to do a deep dive into poor quality youtube uploads of burmese copysongs

the apartment was in hackney wick though

unless you meant the rooftop because i cannot for the life of me remember what section of town that was in

[User]

yeah i think i played them at the rooftop in bethnal green as well as hackney wick

london metal

[diabolik]

wtf
I came here for this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTRI71PmgDY

[vO)))id]

[droidspawn]

meh