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Who was the FIRST Death Metal Band?
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CrushingAnvil
Ironically enough, now in Jesus Land
Fear Not Sir Zim, I do not quote thee in spite, I quote thee in tr00th! Morbid Angel were formed in about 1983 and released Altars of Madness In 1988. Possessed were Formed in 1983 and Death was a bit after that.
OP, I think your answer is Possessed AND Morbid Angel
when most people think of Death Metal they think of Cannibal Corpse, who formed in 1988 and released 'Eaten Back To Life' in 1990. CC really just commercialised Death Metal, but they didn't ruin it - thank god.
Too bad you didn't ask who the best was cause I'd say Morbid Angel hands down
Hope I've been helpfull!
+ Technically the first Death Metal album was 'Abominations Of Desolation' from Morbid Angel in 1986.
So there you go!
I can't remember which band, Bathory or Celtic frost admitted to basically devoting the band to being faster and heavier than Venom
Tombinator
Anti
On target...
It's a bit of a melting pot, really. Trey Azagthoth always said Morbid Angel came about by him wanting to mix the aggressiveness of Slayer with the intricacy and mood of Mercyful Fate, which always made sense to me. The growly stuff evolved from stuff like Bathory, Hellhammer and Venom who were mostly just doing bad Lemmy impressions
The first release I could comfortably call "death metal" is probably the first Sodom EP. They re-recorded it with a ton of unreleased tracks from that era a year or so ago and it actually turned out quite well, check if out if you're interested
The first release I could comfortably call "death metal" is probably the first Sodom EP. They re-recorded it with a ton of unreleased tracks from that era a year or so ago and it actually turned out quite well, check if out if you're interested
Hypothermia
Random Swede
Entombed and Dismember was pretty early, right?
Wisdom
Banned
Possessed, Death, and Morbid Angel were formed in 1983, making them the originators.
EliNoPants
Well-Known Member
it's called DEATH metal for a reason...Chuck Schuldiner was pretty much the best thing to happen to guitar since like, Hendrix
i'm also drunk, but i'm pretty sure this vote will stand once i sober up, i mean, i love me some Morbid Angel and have huge respect for alot of the other bands from the era, but really, Death defined, redefinied, and then defied Death Metal all within just 11 years between official releases of Scream Bloody Gore and Sound of Perseverance
i can't think of a greater loss to the musical community in...really, like...honestly, all the way back to Hendrix choking in '70
if i'm missing another amazing guitarist dying in that time, feel free to inform me, but not even Randy Rhoads developed the kind of technique combined with pure expression that Schuldiner did IMHO
i'm also drunk, but i'm pretty sure this vote will stand once i sober up, i mean, i love me some Morbid Angel and have huge respect for alot of the other bands from the era, but really, Death defined, redefinied, and then defied Death Metal all within just 11 years between official releases of Scream Bloody Gore and Sound of Perseverance
i can't think of a greater loss to the musical community in...really, like...honestly, all the way back to Hendrix choking in '70
if i'm missing another amazing guitarist dying in that time, feel free to inform me, but not even Randy Rhoads developed the kind of technique combined with pure expression that Schuldiner did IMHO
Dusty201087
Kenyon class of 2014
I'd say Death. Chuck is considered "the father of Death Metal", so that tips me off, but honestly I don't listen to a lot of Death metal. Love Death (the band) though
shredzilla509
NWDM
although they did'nt set the trend, I think alot if the musical progressions came from Pantera, like the whole Idea of breakdowns, and painful screams,
but for sure the whole pig squeels and highs to lows vocal and whole-tone shreding came from the classic death shredder bands like Death, Venom, etc.
Hymen? maybe, I dunno.
but for sure the whole pig squeels and highs to lows vocal and whole-tone shreding came from the classic death shredder bands like Death, Venom, etc.
Hymen? maybe, I dunno.
Naren
OldschoolGhettostyle
Ohhhhhhhhkayyyyy. You clearly don't know what you're talking about. So why post?First of all, Pantera were not death metal... And had no elements of death metal whatsoever on any of their albums.
Breakdowns? Very few death metal bands use (or used) breakdowns, but I can think of some that did way before Pantera -- as well as some grindcore bands as well.
Painful screams? I love Pantera, but his screams are not "painful" at all compared to a lot of the death metal bands that came before them (and Pantera wasn't even death metal).
Shredding, pig squeals, and low to high came from Venom and Death? Venom had zero shredding, no pig squeals, and all the vocals were pretty much mid-range (have you ever even listened to Venom? They were a NWOBH/black metal band). Death had no pig squeals and no low death vocals. And while they had a lot of solos, they couldn't be considered a "shredder band."
Pantera were very influential on groove metal, crossover metal (crossover thrash, etc.), alternative metal, metalcore, a lot of mainstream metal, and so on, but you don't really see any of their influence anywhere in death metal. And, while their first album came out around the same time that death metal first started, they were playing glam rock/power metal with falsetto vocals and melodic glam riffage. By the time Cowboys From Hell came out, there were already tons of established death metal bands (none of which sounded anything like Pantera since Cowboys From Hell sounded like groovy thrash with power metal elements).
MFB
Banned
This is the one thing I disagree on, mainly because the ending of Cemetary Gates
But thats just me, everything else
I always considered that, and Phil's performance on that record, to be more Judas Priest inspired myself...
Naren
OldschoolGhettostyle
Exactly. I love Pantera, but there is really zero influence from death metal bands in there. You hear a lot of influence from thrash bands like Slayer and early Metallica and a lot of power metal, glam rock, and classic metal influence in there as well (like Judas Priest and KISS).
LadyKiller
Last Tough Guy
My first was Morbid Angel.... and they are still THE best (although heretic was the purest shit)
Panterica
Banned
technically Black Metal.
MarcoM
Member
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Warpspasm
string breaker
Mantas! (Death), Possessed, Slayer, Mortal Sin, Sadistik Exekution, Hobbs' Angel of Death, Martire... here was no single first, but a collective of bands that we're pushing boundaries of a form of music that was to evolve.
(many of these bands were called Death Metal / Thrash / Speed Metal, depended on the marketing) Some may not agree as but you weren't even born, so context is hard to consider. Think about it Reign in Blood was very heavy and fast and "deathy". What else came out then to compare to?
(many of these bands were called Death Metal / Thrash / Speed Metal, depended on the marketing) Some may not agree as but you weren't even born, so context is hard to consider. Think about it Reign in Blood was very heavy and fast and "deathy". What else came out then to compare to?
Protip: Don't bump threads...
Scar Symmetry
Ex Whiny Bitch
it's very hard to define which band was the 'first' death metal band or the 'first' black metal band as these are genres. genres are a style of music played by more than one band, making it a scene, so more than one band is required to make the genre valid.
it could be argued that Death, Venom, Morbid Angel, Possessed and Hellhammer all 'started' death metal but most of us were not alive when this happened. if forced into a choice I would say it was Death, but it was probably much more of a team effort between the bands.
it could be argued that Death, Venom, Morbid Angel, Possessed and Hellhammer all 'started' death metal but most of us were not alive when this happened. if forced into a choice I would say it was Death, but it was probably much more of a team effort between the bands.
777timesgod
Officially the unofficial Forum Censor
More grindcore than death and i dont think they are that old. Death are considered the first ''real'' death metal band but Chuck Schuldiner never liked the term "father of death metal".
He used to say that he was influenced by other death metal bands before him. The best guitarist in death metal was modest, so most idiots that play death today should use him as an example in humility...
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