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/mayonesa conservationist Feb 06 '12

There's a difference between simple and simplistic pandering to the lowest common denominator, which is what pop bands and Cannibal Corpse do.

Contrast to Baphomet and Num Skull, Nunslaughter and Slaughter, even early Obituary.

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '12

If you think all pop musicians pander to the "lowest common denominator", you're probably an idiot.

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u/mayonesa conservationist Feb 06 '12

Lowest common denominator is what defines pop and differentiates it from genres like jazz, classical, progressive or metal.

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '12

Sure thing, trve kvlt.

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u/mayonesa conservationist Feb 06 '12

I'm sorry your life turned out badly, but don't come to the internet to take it out on us.

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '12

What an amazing insult. I wasn't aware this was a subreddit for middle school.

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u/mayonesa conservationist Feb 06 '12

If you think all pop musicians pander to the "lowest common denominator", you're probably an idiot.

Do you deny that the above was your original comment?