a rebuttal

i recently read a blog post that referred to Linkin Park as a death metal band. pretty boys with gel in their hair singing melodically about teen angst hardly qualifies as death metal. to create death metal the guitars have to be tuned way down (and played much more skilfully), the beat has to be at least four times faster and the singer typically renders the lyrics with a dissonant growl.

a better example would be the aptly named Death, certainly among if not the pioneers of death metal. enjoy:



ps: no offense to the author of the other post, i just have this weird thing about music.

pps: the solo (at about 2:18) is so rad in this song.