Death Metal Kill Zone

I'm still only really discovering all the different aspects of death metal, but I am quite fond of symphonic DM I must say. Makes a nice change from the barrage of symphonic black metal groups. There are still very few groups I've found that play in this style though, just really Septicflesh, Hollenthon, Mayan (which isn't that symphonic despite its branding). Psypheria that I posted above is kinda symphonic, but that's more accurate as something like "progressive symphonic gothic death metal" ;) 

^Immolation

That�s cheap you lucky bastard. I�m green with envy.

I�m not much of a Deicide fan these days, but back when the first two were released I was a very big fan. I still enjoy the first two albums on occassion. I actually saw Deicide on the tour supporting "Legion" in late 1992. It was one of my first extreme metal concerts.

I�ve been listening to the two demo tapes by Danish death metal act Caustic these last couple of days: http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/caustic.aspx?ac=caustic. Really cool doomy and slightly progressive death metal. Both the tracks from the two demos and their EP are available for free download here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Caustic/162762253785471?sk=app_2405167945Highly recommendable stuff IMO. I have the "Timid Reality" demo on cassette tape. It�s probably one of the most interesting Danish death metal demos from those days.

Edited by UMUR - 02 Sep 2011 at 10:02am

These guys are from Virginia, yet they play Gothenburg melodeath better than the Gothenburg bands (in this album).  WTF?

^ I remember that artwork but I could never remember the name of that band.

No, I've listened to the band and remember that album cover before.  However, Rippikoulu isn't a name that is easily remembered.

UMUR wrote: Yeah it�s pretty interesting that the early Finnish death metal scene generally was more brutal than both the old school Swedish death metal scene (which is the one most people are familiar with) and the relatively more obscure and twisted Norwegian scene (it was also a very small scene though). The Fins would soon drown in melody though. Probably to the content of many people, but I like the more raw and brutal sound of the early scene much better.

We're on the same page, melody doesn't not rank highly on my interest list when it comes to metal. There's a slew of bands to check out in the scene, and, so I've found, most of the big names are at least worth a couple of spins. Many of the second tire bands had an unhealthy habit of releasing a handful of demo's then disappearing from site.