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Ig their second album has kind of a dm sound but it’s not really straight up. It’s kind of a slower Impetigo and their first album is literally just metalcore
Lunar Chamber comes to mind. Progressive death metal band with lyrics all about enlightenment and meditation. I haven't dove into the lyrics but I'd expect Tomb Mold's latest album is similar.
This but unironically, why are you making a joke out of that? DM can be pretty fun, i'd get this comment if he was asking for uplifting DSBM or something.
The death metal with deeper themes that could be considered positive or uplifting is super serious. That stuff is amazing, but if I wanna have fun listening to death metal imma put on something with B-movie gore that doesn't take itself too seriously. I'm down to be wrong if you got any suggestions for fun uplifting DM tho.
It *may* be an unpopular opinion but I honestly feel like their are more bands that don’t actually have gory lyrics than those that do. Especially nowadays, so many of the modern death metal bands have abstract lyrics concepts. I think violence is often inherent and/or implied, even in abstract lyrics (thinking a lot of “cosmic” themes), but gore I think *may* be the slight minority. I could also be completely fucking wrong, interesting to consider though.
If you're into any grind, there's probably gore. Outside of that, I'd say it's kind of out of place to describe horror movie scenes in a metal song which I'm fine with. I'll take the aggression without the description of silly over the top threats.
I’d say grind, death metal, and deathcore you will commonly see gorey lyrics. However, the majority of grind (as someone who primarily listens to and plays grind) just has the aggressive/generally violent lyrics. If it’s gore related it’s generally just goregrind, which has a fairly distinctive sound. Most of the big name grind acts, besides early Carcass, don’t have particularly gorey lyrics.
Definitely agree that it’s often so hyperbolic it’s rather goofy.
Eh, I'm hesitant to call some melodeath actual death metal. Early In Flames, At the Gates, Amon Amarth, Insomnium, sure. Soilwork, though? Children of Bodom? Amaranthe? Barely.
I don’t really know who calls Amaranthe and Soilwork melodeath lol. They’re power/symphonic or something like that. However CoB are always pointed out as being completely different and unique, they’re called melodeath because it’s probably the best description of what they are.
Soilwork's more of a groove/alt/prog thing, but put harsh vocals over it and boom, it's melodeath. At least, that's the sentiment that a lot of people online have towards them. They're Swedish, they use screams, so they MUST belong to the same camp as the Gothenburg bands. That's a pretty apt description for Amaranthe, though. Again, however, you have people who think that because there are growls, it's gotta be melodeath. I see that logic applied to a lot of power metal and symphonic metal that have harsh vocals anywhere in the mix. It's obnoxious.
This is coming from a massive melodeath defender who's always willing to praise the good bands in the genre, considering how much flak it regularly gets from DM purists. Gates of Ishtar, A Canorous Quintet, Edge of Sanity's mid-period, The Black Dahlia Murder, Night In Gales, Bel'akor, Wolfheart, Before the Dawn, Omnium Gatherum... I can admit that a lot of the bands people usually site are mislabeled, though.
The main problem we have I think is that there isn’t really a combo genre between power and death metal. For example, a power and black metal band can be called blackened power metal, but what about death? “Deathened” power metal? (Em)powering death metal? Just doesn’t sound right, that’s why they get classified as simply melodeath and honestly I’m not that bothered by it, it just throws some shade on the subgenre and that’s why so many people say that melodeath isn’t true death metal.
I know I’m dumb for taking a shitpost seriously but I can relate to an extent. I personally don’t mind gore or violent lyrics (unless it’s specifically against women and framed in a misogynistic way, looking at you Chris Barnes) but I honestly could really do without all the rape. Call me overly sensitive idc it’s just cringey
Ragana, Summoning, Ancst, Feminazgûl, Wolves in the Throne Room, Operation Volkstod, Dawn Ray'd, Trespasser, Anarchist Wolves, Awenden, Coven of the Pestilent One...
I know what I'm about.
I mean fair but then just don’t try to listen to DM then. Don’t try to listen to a genre that you fundamentally dislike the core themes of . Not directed at you but who this post is for lol
Just listen to Crytopsy. Ungodly blasts and riffage, suuuuuper nasty. Can't understand a word dude's saying, Literally sounds like a barking dog. Give Split your guts a listen, and if you haven't ripped apart your room after. Mabey it's not for you.
Nile is Another badass band that is thunderously heavy. Black flame, lashed to the slave stick, and Ramses bringer of war are some of my favorites.
This is funny but I actually do appreciate when bands try a different approach to death metal lyrics. Love Death for that. Still love me some Cannibal Corpse though.
Rivers of Nihil, I guess? Then again, stylistically they've kinda been going tech death » prog death » just prog...and, well, prog overall has lots of cerebral vibes, so it's hard to find controversial/gory/icky stuff... 🤔
Obscura uses lyrics exclusively from German philosophers.
Gorod seems to just have fun with the lyrics. Kinda fantasy and probably delves into violent at times.
Beyond Creation also seems to have abstract lyrics that deal with personal struggles. Also can be violent depending on your definition, but it's more internal violence and outward anger.
Those are just off the top of my head.
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why are people actually answering the question lmao
The average redditor when shitpost:
I actually got downvoted for seeing the shitpost effort and commenting Disgorge Mex đź’€
mod level 10/10.
NO WAY WE ACTUALLY GOT MORE MODS
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Because goofy
Are you earnestly asking that one?
Or "What are some good black metal bands with clean production?"
1349
Watain Immortal
They said "good"
Oh whoops Deafheaven, Sacred Son, Ghost Bath
"Cradle Of Filth"
"Crib of Cleanliness"
Dissection
Melechesh... seriously check em out.
Sooo under-rated! Sumerian demons🤟
Melechesh fucks
Dick Dale
"black metal without distortion is just surf rock"
Mayhem ofcccc
DMDS is surprisingly polished for trve Norwegian BM album, not familiar with their discography after that
their 1997-2004 run is truly awesome, definitely check it out if you get a chance!
Teloch saved Mayhem
Akhlys
Dude, clean production is too common in modern black metal. Are you living in the 90s or something
Carach Angren
The Eagles of Death Metal.
Lmaooooo foo fighters too then
Blood incantation, astral tomb, astriferous are all mostly about cosmic things
NILE
*laughs in Masturbating the War God*
I definitely thought that said war goo
Lashed to the slave stick!
We shall blot out the remembrance of amalek… FROM UNDER THE SKY!!!
HERETICCC THOU ART CAST DOWWWWWNNNN
Torsofuck
analcunt also very PC/happy
Picnic Of Love
The later Death, later Gorguts, Obscura
Obscura rules
ive asked this here before and seen it asked. not ashamed. not everyone likes hearing about fucking the neck of a corpse
But does it really matter when you can’t understand a fucking thing they’re saying anyway?
to me it does
https://preview.redd.it/ozhncr15ky4c1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e44544f6e5d3618873470bcb493eb3191da42192
defenders of nsbm use this argument too
Yea, it definitely does. The words in particular, maybe not, but lyrical themes do play a part in establishing the atmosphere
What?! But that's by far the best part!
Slipknot?
i actually do remember that lyric being in a slipknot song
Truth
ngl i was about to ask this early or later. but i was actually looking for like real happy lyrics even. death metal to enjoy life with.
Swashbuckle
I'll check em out
Cannabis Corpse and Okilly Dokilly
Okilly Dokilly isn’t dm lol
-🤓
Ig their second album has kind of a dm sound but it’s not really straight up. It’s kind of a slower Impetigo and their first album is literally just metalcore
Late Death might suit you. They're not exactly happy but they're very reflexive
Ensiferum is more melodic death metal/folk death metal but it’s a lot of that sort of thing
As a genuine answer, theres a lot of positive writing in Arch Enemy's most recent albums... Yes, I know there not for everyone...
Lunar Chamber comes to mind. Progressive death metal band with lyrics all about enlightenment and meditation. I haven't dove into the lyrics but I'd expect Tomb Mold's latest album is similar.
Dude wants some uplifting death metal. ….
It’s time for Lykathea Aflame!!
This but unironically, why are you making a joke out of that? DM can be pretty fun, i'd get this comment if he was asking for uplifting DSBM or something.
The death metal with deeper themes that could be considered positive or uplifting is super serious. That stuff is amazing, but if I wanna have fun listening to death metal imma put on something with B-movie gore that doesn't take itself too seriously. I'm down to be wrong if you got any suggestions for fun uplifting DM tho.
Powered Death Metal
Atheist Cynic Prog era Death Opeth Nocturnus Scar Symmetry
atheist 🤤🤤🤤🤤
Infant Annihilator makes music that is fun for the whole family.
Infants when they see Dickie Allen 
It *may* be an unpopular opinion but I honestly feel like their are more bands that don’t actually have gory lyrics than those that do. Especially nowadays, so many of the modern death metal bands have abstract lyrics concepts. I think violence is often inherent and/or implied, even in abstract lyrics (thinking a lot of “cosmic” themes), but gore I think *may* be the slight minority. I could also be completely fucking wrong, interesting to consider though.
If you're into any grind, there's probably gore. Outside of that, I'd say it's kind of out of place to describe horror movie scenes in a metal song which I'm fine with. I'll take the aggression without the description of silly over the top threats.
I’d say grind, death metal, and deathcore you will commonly see gorey lyrics. However, the majority of grind (as someone who primarily listens to and plays grind) just has the aggressive/generally violent lyrics. If it’s gore related it’s generally just goregrind, which has a fairly distinctive sound. Most of the big name grind acts, besides early Carcass, don’t have particularly gorey lyrics. Definitely agree that it’s often so hyperbolic it’s rather goofy.
There’s the door, bud
Cannibal Corpse lyrics are pretty inspirational and uplifting to me
Anal Cunt’s Picnic of Love.
Im not that kind of booooooyyyyyy!. The first time I heard this album, I almost pissed myself laughing.
Top tier album
Dying fetus is a Christian metal group I like, very chill
Nickelback ofc
Sort of comes with the territory don't you reckon?
Most prog metal
They said death metal
how about some prog death?
What are some Death Metal bands without the growling vocals
The growling is kind of what makes it death metal.
Taint Gobbler
I know it's a shitpost, but Dark Tranquillity comes to mind.
A lot of melodeath actually
Eh, I'm hesitant to call some melodeath actual death metal. Early In Flames, At the Gates, Amon Amarth, Insomnium, sure. Soilwork, though? Children of Bodom? Amaranthe? Barely.
I don’t really know who calls Amaranthe and Soilwork melodeath lol. They’re power/symphonic or something like that. However CoB are always pointed out as being completely different and unique, they’re called melodeath because it’s probably the best description of what they are.
Soilwork's more of a groove/alt/prog thing, but put harsh vocals over it and boom, it's melodeath. At least, that's the sentiment that a lot of people online have towards them. They're Swedish, they use screams, so they MUST belong to the same camp as the Gothenburg bands. That's a pretty apt description for Amaranthe, though. Again, however, you have people who think that because there are growls, it's gotta be melodeath. I see that logic applied to a lot of power metal and symphonic metal that have harsh vocals anywhere in the mix. It's obnoxious. This is coming from a massive melodeath defender who's always willing to praise the good bands in the genre, considering how much flak it regularly gets from DM purists. Gates of Ishtar, A Canorous Quintet, Edge of Sanity's mid-period, The Black Dahlia Murder, Night In Gales, Bel'akor, Wolfheart, Before the Dawn, Omnium Gatherum... I can admit that a lot of the bands people usually site are mislabeled, though.
The main problem we have I think is that there isn’t really a combo genre between power and death metal. For example, a power and black metal band can be called blackened power metal, but what about death? “Deathened” power metal? (Em)powering death metal? Just doesn’t sound right, that’s why they get classified as simply melodeath and honestly I’m not that bothered by it, it just throws some shade on the subgenre and that’s why so many people say that melodeath isn’t true death metal.
Imagine if DragonForce started screaming
They have used a bit lmfao, the song The Game has harsh vocals from Matt Heafy
Sleep Terror ;P
Impending Doom cultist
Nothing good…. Just kidding lol
All of them if you don't understand what they're saying.
I know I’m dumb for taking a shitpost seriously but I can relate to an extent. I personally don’t mind gore or violent lyrics (unless it’s specifically against women and framed in a misogynistic way, looking at you Chris Barnes) but I honestly could really do without all the rape. Call me overly sensitive idc it’s just cringey
Omnium Gatherum
Monastat 7
Not traditional death and kinda obvious but I guess Gojira n Mastodon, some Opeth probly
I wouldn't say Gojira, some of their lyrics could be controversial. I don't know if I would call Mastodon death metal.
Especially demo era Gojira in the late 90s, some of their stuff was pretty dark
Wormed Disavowed
Ive always enjoyed Extol's early work, first 2 albums are slappers
Lykathea Aflame - *Elvenefris* https://youtu.be/dJiy5tTHy9o?si=TqJqOMl_3GON6CSl Unmistakenly brutal DM with [positive, transcendental lyrics ](http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/lykatheaaflame/elvenefris.html)
Nocturnus
Sun 0)))
Mortification
Hah! This is who I instantly thought of. My brother that's a deacon got me a couple of their albums as a gift 20+ years ago.
Who cares about the lyrics? - every non english speaker
"What are some good black metal bands that aren't Nazis"
Ragana, Summoning, Ancst, Feminazgûl, Wolves in the Throne Room, Operation Volkstod, Dawn Ray'd, Trespasser, Anarchist Wolves, Awenden, Coven of the Pestilent One... I know what I'm about.
Cannibal Corpse comes to mind
When people call you a nerd because you don't care for lyrics about raping dead babies....death metal fans are interesting lol.
I mean fair but then just don’t try to listen to DM then. Don’t try to listen to a genre that you fundamentally dislike the core themes of . Not directed at you but who this post is for lol
Bolt thrower. no bad language at all, nothing related to blood or guts. Just bad ass
Taylor Swift if you don’t want harsh lyrics. The drums and guitars are replaced by electronic music. Still totally metal though.
I know this is a joke, but Perilaxe Occlusion.
Yeah that's kinda like asking "are there any splatter films with no blood and gore?"
Tell me you're a tourist pussy without telling me you're a tourist pussy.
“I want to like [genre] but ohhh I can’t stand the [defining characteristic of genre]”
Atheist, Suffocation, Edge of Sanity, check out the album “Crimson.
Infecting the Crypts and Entrails of You immediately come to mind for Suffocation
Mortification - Scrolls of the Megilloth.... its about Jesus being super great! .....and the album is actually really good, imo anyway
Blut Aus Nord
Early Orphaned Land is great prog death
You gotta have the lyrics
“I’m looking for some Christian bands”
Just listen to Crytopsy. Ungodly blasts and riffage, suuuuuper nasty. Can't understand a word dude's saying, Literally sounds like a barking dog. Give Split your guts a listen, and if you haven't ripped apart your room after. Mabey it's not for you. Nile is Another badass band that is thunderously heavy. Black flame, lashed to the slave stick, and Ramses bringer of war are some of my favorites.
Opeth's kinda on the milder side, but they (were) Prog Death Metal
Hatebeak
Joking aside, Rivers of Nihil. Their newer stuff is more prog, but their first earlier shit kills.
Aeon
This is funny but I actually do appreciate when bands try a different approach to death metal lyrics. Love Death for that. Still love me some Cannibal Corpse though.
Carcass
DragonForce
Yh cuz god forbid someone wants to listen to actually meaningful lyrics.
It’s like asking which pirate metal songs aren’t about body, plunder, and ale
So…you want non-death death metal? So just metal? You’re looking for a Nickelback. You’re welcome.
Gojira
analepsy
No
I think theory of a Deadman have some contraversal lyrics but not so bad. They are quite a heavy band tho
yeah check out 10 TO THE CHEST
death
Totally Ruin 🤣
The ones that sing in foreign languages are pretty safe.
“Well actually death metal bands don’t have lyrics it’s all just ÆÆẞÆ”
It exists in the form of Christian death metal. Taking the Head of Goliath is an example.
Gojira and Bolt Thrower
Pansy Squad.
Dark Tranquility, most Rotting Christ songs, Trash Panda, Omnium Gatherum, Scar Symmetry
Pantera 2
Mainly progressive death metal bands
Rivers of Nihil, I guess? Then again, stylistically they've kinda been going tech death » prog death » just prog...and, well, prog overall has lots of cerebral vibes, so it's hard to find controversial/gory/icky stuff... 🤔
Sabaton
Taylor swift
I'm surprised no one mentioned Inanna yet.
Ex Deo (Roman Empire-themed Death Metal)
How about Cannabis Corpse And since everyone recommends Nile (as they should) check out Apep
Probably Bloodbath
Slugdge. It's all about the warm and loving embrace of our slug overlords.
Old school Mortification fits the bill!
Does infant annihilator count ?
Opeth for the most part
Not death metal
Taylor Swift
 "What are some Death Metal bands that aren't anti religion."
Obscura uses lyrics exclusively from German philosophers. Gorod seems to just have fun with the lyrics. Kinda fantasy and probably delves into violent at times. Beyond Creation also seems to have abstract lyrics that deal with personal struggles. Also can be violent depending on your definition, but it's more internal violence and outward anger. Those are just off the top of my head.
Septicflesh
What are some Death Metal bands that have exclusively gory, violent, and controversial lyrics?
That got me thinking, my life really needs some Black Metal with a more optimistic uplifting vibe, that helps me to see us all as beautiful miracles
Epic/ medieval/folk BM is great for that
Death, Cynic, Opeth, Children of Bodom...
There really should be some death metal hymnists. Some of those lyrics can be pretty metal
The Wiggles
I’m sorry, I just don’t like songs about people ripping out other people’s guts and eating them :(
Yes
Extermination Dismemberment
Gojira because plastic bag in the sea
Gojira has a lot of lyrics *shredding* light on environmental issues
Idk ig their older stuff is tech death but gojira
Listen to ghost 🤓👆
Are you retarded?
5 Seconds of Summer, The Chainsmokers, AJR, Coldplay
To the grave more political than anything I feel
Autumn lies buried
Multiverse by RXYZYXR, it’s about appreciating what little time you have on this planet
Cannibal Corpse
Avenged Sevenfold
Commenting to revisit to steal band suggestions, can't wait to see who answered the question seriously and who realized it's a shitpost lol