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作者: bbs@vlsi1.csie.ncku.edu.tw
標題: IIE_BBS_METALMAN
時間: Fri Feb 12 19:14:04 1999
發信人: Freddy (nut), 信區: rock_and_roll
標 題: about DEATH METAL 1
前一陣子有些人在問DEATH METAL,我趁現在無聊來介紹就我
知的DEATH METAL吧....
古早古早以前有個老實的書生梁山伯...不是啦....重來.....
當人們將DEATH,OBITUARY,AND DEICIDE的音樂稱為"DEATH METAL"
時,仍沒有一個大家公認的DEATH METAL定義.然而,有一點是大家都認同的,
即DEATH METAL是HEAVY METAL最狂暴的型式,幾忽每張作品都竭盡其能發揮
獸性本能...(即人類的潛力)
CHUCK "CHARLIE" SCHULDINER 說"ONE OF THE MOST IDENIFIABLE
ELEMENTS OF A DEATH METAL BAND IS, OBVIOUSLY,A ROUGH VOCAL STYLE,
ADDITIONALLY,WE 'VE ALWAYS TUNED LOWER GUITARWISE,SO THAT DEFINITELY
ADDS THE EXTAR-HEAVY EDGE.AND THEN ALSO,DEFINITELY SOME EERINESS
WITHIN THE MUSIC" P.S.1.CHUCK是DEATH的主唱兼吉它,也是DEATH METAL
最偉大的創作者之一.
2.這段談話僅意思相同,不一定每個字都拼對,文
法也不一定對...(以下若有對話也是如此)
TREVOR PEREZ則說"AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED,THE LYRICS HAVE
NOTHING TO DO WITH WHETHER A BAND IS DEATH METAL OR NOT.IT'S THE
ACTUAL SOUND,IT'S WHAT YOU HEAR THAT DECIDES WHETHER A BAND IS
DEATH OR NOT.FIRST OFF,THE GUITARS ARE SO EXTREMELY HEAVY-IT'S
THE HEAVIEST GUITAR SOUND YOU COULD EVER IMAGE.AND THE VOCALS
HALF THE TIME YOU CAN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT IS SAYING,WHICH IS
WHY I DON'T THINK THE LYRICS MATTER ALL THAT MUCH.SO,IT'S JUST
THE SOUND OF THE VOCALS,THE SPEED,THE TEMPO CHANGES....BECAUSE
I DON'T THINK YOU CAN BE CALLED DEATH METAL BAND IF YOU DO
NOTHING BUT SPEED,IF YOU DON'T SLOW DOWN AND MAKE IT HEAVY.
BECAUSE OUR ATTITUDE,AS A BAND,HAS NEVER BEEN TO PLAY AS FAST AS
POSSIBLE,IT'S ALWAYS BEEN AS HEAVY AS POSSIBLE"
P.S.TREOR PEREZ是OBITUARY的吉它手..
我想這些應該算DEATH METAL 的定義了吧...
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發信人: Freddy (nut), 信區: rock_and_roll
標 題: about DEATH METAL 2
在來寫寫其發展過成吧.....
若要找到DEATH METAL的根,那要回溯到一二十年前的MOTOR HEAD
了....當時MOTORHEAD挾著HARDCORE PUNK精神病式的喊叫與HEAVY METAL暴
發力十足的重力出現在英國,在那時代的環境中,MOTORHEAD生存的很艱困,
終於在幾年以後,他們在英國出人頭地,而他們的成功也使其樂風普及化,一
個一個MOTORHEAD STYLE團出現.....其中最受推崇的即VENOM在1981年的第
一張ALBUM"WELCOME TO HELL",VENOM將噪音更擴張,加強吉它的刷絃,填入
地獄邪惡化的歌詞,這張ALBUM讓VENOM接著MOTORHEAD也出了名...
接著就是VENOM的第二張ALBUM,即大家最津津樂道的"BLACK METAL"
,就是VENOM的這兩張ALBUM讓在瑞士的TOM "WARRIOR" FISCHER拿起吉它組了
第一個可以算是DEATH METAL的團"HELLHAMMER"...
PEREZ說"IN MY OPINION, HELLHAMMER TOOK ALL THE ELEMENTS OF
BLACK SABBATH,VENOM AND MOTORHEAD,AND CREATED SOMETHING THAT WAS
UNIQUE AND EVEN MORE EXTREME THAN THE BANDS BEFORE THEM,THEIR
GUITAR SOUND,IT'S JUST MADE THE HAIR ON MY ARMS STAND UP,IT GAVE
ME GOOSE-BUMPS."(我倒覺得PEREZ的吉它聲更讓我爽...)
我先去尿個尿...待續.....
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發信人: Freddy (nut), 信區: rock_and_roll
標 題: about DEATH METAL 3
HELLHAMMER的出現導引了許多人,而16歲 住在奧蘭多的SCHULDER
即其中之一(DEATH的吉它兼主唱),SCHULDER於是組了他最早的DEATH METAL
團"MANTAS".SCHULDINER說"WHEN I FIRST HEARD HELLHAMMER,VENOM,PLUS THE
FIRST RECORDINGS FROM METALLICA AND EXCITER,I KNEW THAT THIS WAS
WHAT I WANTED TO DO,IT WAS JUST IMPRESSIVE HEARING WHAT THOSE BANDS
WERE ABLE TO CREATE,HOW EXTREME THEY WERE,AND JUST HOW BRUTAL THEY
WERE FOR THEIR TIME.IT WAS JUST SO DIFFERENT THAT PEOPLE REJECTED
IT IN THOSE DAYS......"
SCHULDINER不顧當時DEATH METAL受一般群眾的強烈排斥,開始為
MANTAS錄DEMO帶,不久後,MANTAS改組,RICK ROZZ與KAM LEE的入團正式組成
了超級DEATH METAL團"DEATH",且先後錄製了"REIGN OF TERROR""INFERNAL
DEATH"兩張DEMO,帶領了許多DEATH團的跟進...
我要去萬年開店了.....幹!好累.....待續....
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發信人: Freddy (nut), 信區: rock_and_roll
標 題: about DEATH METAL 4
在東岸DEATH METAL發芽的同時,西岸幾個喜歡SLAYER\VENOM STYLE
的小伙子組了"POSSESSED",將SLAYER\VENOM STYLE再強化,與東岸不約而同的
走上DEATH METAL的路,1985年在POSSESSED的一張三首歌的DEMO帶推出後,他們
得到NEW YORK'S COMBAT RECORDS的合約,發行了他們第一章張ALBUM"THE SEVEN
CHURCHES".
POSSESSED與當時許多其他的團不一樣,他們不只是製造噪音,且試著
將許多音樂融入其樂風中,為其他樂團擴展樂風鋪了路,CHUCK SCHULDINER亦
不否認POSSESSED的音樂給了他靈感.而POSSESSED這張"THE SEVEN CHURCHES"
最大的影響即推動了世界DEATH METAL的腳步,德國的DESTRUCTION,SODOM,
KREATOR,瑞典的DATHORY,及瑞士的CELTIC FROST(由原HELLHAMMER等人組成)
一個個皆迎向成功....
然而86～88之間METAL的大變動--HARDCORE與METAL世紀性大融合(被
樂者稱為"CROSSOVER"時期),使METAL界的焦點從DEATH METAL轉向,原已有合約
的團(如:SODOM,CELTIC FROST...)被冷落閒置,而地下DEATH METAL團轉入市場
上的機會更形邈茫....(MASTER,MASSACRE,NECROVORE,INCUBUS,TIAMAT等團都曾
在地下熬過這時期),而PEREZ本已決定從軍.......
欲知後情,請待下回分曉.......
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發信人: Freddy (nut), 信區: rock_and_roll
標 題: about DEATH METAL 5
PEREZ本已決定從軍,在做完軍用健康檢查的幾天後,NEW RENAISSANCE
RECORDS找上他,PEREZ於是放棄從軍的打算,OBITUARY也因此與ROADRUNNER簽約.
終於,1989年OBITUARY的第一張ALBUM"SLOWLY WE ROT"推出,而
SEPULTURA的第一張專輯"BENEATH THE REMAINS"也同時發行,兩大樂團的兩大
超級專輯震撼了DEATH\THRASH METAL界,(SEPULTURA在這之前已在巴西出了三
張專輯),DEATH METAL 終於再度翻身!群眾又開使尋求最終極的聽覺享受!
"BENEATH THE REMAINS""SLOWLY WE ROT"以及DEATH 88年"LEPROSY"
的成功,再加上OBITUARY , MORBID ANGEL等團知名度的提升,DEATH METAL不
斷的注入新生命,在商業化的市場中穩定的存活著......
待續......
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發信人: Freddy (nut), 信區: rock_and_roll
標 題: about DEATH METAL 6
接著的幾年,世界各處不斷出現DEATH METAL團,而只有少數幾個團
會嘗試做些不一樣的東東,如:ENTOMBED,ATHEIST,CARCASS,AMORPHIS等,而他
們也理所當然在METAL界有了一席之地.
曾為SEPULTURA,OBITUARY,DEICIDE,NAPALM DEATH,PESTILENCE,
ATHEIST,GORGUTS,SUFFOCATION等團製作的SCOTT BURNS說:
THERE'S A FEW GOOD BANDS THAT WILL SURVIVE,BUT OTHER THAN
THAT,IT'S NOT GONNA GO ANYWHERE.IT'S HARDER AND HARDER TO BE MORE
EXTREME,AND BE EXTREME AND ORIGINAL.THERE'S NEW BANDS THAT ARE
TRYING TO BE MORE EXTREME,BUT THEY ARE NOT ORIGINAL;THEY ALL COPY
OTHER BANDS,AND IT GO REAL OLD REAL FAST.
我想這是想在DEATH METAL中闖出一番天地的團所須注意的吧....
就這樣...........
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