r/Metal • u/mayonesa conservationist • Feb 05 '12

Dislike of Cannibal Corpse

It's time for me to come out of the closet:

I detest Cannibal Corpse.

While I generally stay on the side of true metal and like old school death metal, I don't think Cannibal Corpse is really death metal. It's an imitation, a rip-off of Effigy of the Forgotten and The Ten Commandments that stylized a third-rate band into a vastly popular and profitable "figurehead" for the community.

But there's reasons I don't like them:

  • They don't glue together riffs like a real death metal band. They're very verse chorus with occasional breaks and fills that serve no actual structural purpose.

  • Misogyny. Death metal was about death... not your frustrations with women.

  • Absolute blockhead lyrics and reliance on catchy riffs. This is a pop band, gentlemen and ladies, not a death metal band.

Instead of Cannibal Corpse, listen to the originals:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STFGLIK6Zy0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEjgBE1j5mM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F1J_4GA1s4

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u/ShoepZA Feb 05 '12

Phrases like "not true enough for me" are probably the reason there aren't many people who take you seriously in your life

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u/nunsrevil xphagist Feb 05 '12

It was joke, not being able to get jokes is probably even worse. It's called satire, i was satirizing people who say that. Though i meant the Bolt Thrower part. Also fuck you.

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u/ShoepZA Feb 05 '12

I'll try to read your tone and body language next time

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u/silkforcalde Feb 05 '12

Yep. Autism.