I think you chose two great bands to highlight your message. The tension between spectacle and delivering a message is something I see in pretty much every death or black metal band I listen to. I’m a big Deicide fan. Songs like Slave to the Cross feel pretty relevant to me right now, but at the same time the lyrics of something like Dead by Dawn or even Carnage in the Temple of the Damned (to some extent) don’t carry the same weight.
It’s also interesting that I think a subset of these thoughtful death metal songs often downplay the graphic imagery in contrast to Carcass. A few death metal songs I like that actually say something (with out a ton of gross imagery) are:
Oh for sure! And especially newer death metal groups veer deeper into political territory than some of these earlier artists. Also, IV crusade is a terrific album.
I think you chose two great bands to highlight your message. The tension between spectacle and delivering a message is something I see in pretty much every death or black metal band I listen to. I’m a big Deicide fan. Songs like Slave to the Cross feel pretty relevant to me right now, but at the same time the lyrics of something like Dead by Dawn or even Carnage in the Temple of the Damned (to some extent) don’t carry the same weight.
It’s also interesting that I think a subset of these thoughtful death metal songs often downplay the graphic imagery in contrast to Carcass. A few death metal songs I like that actually say something (with out a ton of gross imagery) are:
The aforementioned Slave to the Cross
The IVth Crusade by Bolt Thrower
Father You’re Not a Father by Immolation
My Ending Quest by Gorement
Get A Life by Gorefest
Puritan Masochism by Konvent
Oh for sure! And especially newer death metal groups veer deeper into political territory than some of these earlier artists. Also, IV crusade is a terrific album.