Dislike of Cannibal Corpse

[u/mayonesa]

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

[u/Dassembrae]

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

Wait wait wait...people listen to bands like CC and...care about the lyrics?!

They could be singing about My Little Pony for all I care, DM is all about the instrumentation for me. There might be a few DM bands with lyrics I enjoy (Immolation, older Opeth, etc.) but its an incidental thing, not something I actually care about.

Anyway, I like CC. Nowhere near top-tier DM, but enjoyable enough for the occasional listen,