![]() The distinctly violent themes and lyrical focus on the most sadistic acts imaginable, along with textbook references to Satanism, ruffled a few feathers in the US. In the late eighties, bands like Death and Obituary had suddenly emerged out of the darker end of thrash metal, influenced most notably by bands like Slayer and Venom. That was quite something for a kid who’d never heard anything heavier than Reign in Blood. ![]() I distinctly remember discovering how huge metal really was in my early adolescence, retching and cackling my way through lyrics from The Wretched Spawn. Although the first death metal bands were before my time, they’ve always been impossible to ignore. We all have metal bands we love and despise for various reasons, although outside of my specific tastes, I’ve always been interested in following threads of influence through the years, and seeing how they change and manifest in different eras.ĭeath metal is one of the broader niches in terms of its artistic influence. Since then, the single, isolated style people used to call “heavy metal” has expanded into a rich and fascinating tree of different genres, more varied and immense than anyone in the seventies would have expected. Looking at the fast, feverish development of it all over past decades, it’s hard to believe that metal as we know it is almost half a century old! It’s been a long time since Sabbath were first picketed by swarms of outraged American mothers. By Connor Glaze ( The 13th of February marked the 46th anniversary of Black Sabbath’s self-titled debut album.
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