(04-08-2016, 06:23 PM)Godflesh Wrote: I think J said that he's not swooping in to snatch established bands, so it would be safe to assume that they would be rather newcomers.
Ha... J's a cradle-snatcher... :-p
DarcX Wrote:
Death metal in its purest form is one of my under-discovered subgenres of metal for me; most of the "death metal" I'm into is usually dubbed "progressive death metal."
Yeah, I'm a sucker for old school death metal (CC, Death, Obituary, Deicide, MA et al), but I'm very much into progression and moving on. So whilst I kind of appreciate what bands like Gruesome are doing, it's not for me. If I want to listen to a band that sound like late 80's Death, I'll put on "Leprosy".
It was interesting to see the directions that bands like Decapitated, Nile and Behemoth pushed DM through during the late nineties into the new millenium, to the point now that boundaries between traditional genres are blurred as fuck. Bands like River Of Nihil and Black Crown Inititate are pushing the prog-death angle very well without dabbling too much into breakdowns and 'core-isms, whilst others like Sulphur Aeon (and indeed, Behemoth) straddle that line between death/black metal.
I'm not sure that too many bands have that old school death metal aesthetic whilst maintaining a relevant contemporary edge? Only Ex Deo and The Grotesquery spring to mind immediately, though it's noteworthy that Cannibal Corpse have never rested on their laurels and continue to push out solid albums.