[OA5599]

Hmm. Perhaps he is thinking of industrial music like KMFDM and Rammstein? I don’t know what they sing about, but they seem like German perverts. I’ve read that Rammstein was named after the Ramstein air disaster, but they misspelled it.

As for the Possessed vs Death debate, I’m going to let the scholars battle that out. I’m not sure how they could ever sort out the underground scene however. We might be stuck debating a while.

The central Florida being ground zero for death metal... well after years of listening to those bands, the navy put me through a year of training in Orlando. It was confusing because my first thought was, “This isn’t so bad. Why are they so disgruntled?” Whatever it was, good job central Florida!

Never listened to Absu before. Just put it on Youtube. Not bad. Sounds like a cross between black metal and Judas Priest. Nile is pretty bad ass.

Last week after I went to see Morbid Angel, back at my friend’s house, she had a band called Craft playing. Swedish black metal. It hooked me right away. She started with a song called F the Universe. I bought two of their albums off of Amazon immediately, and I bet they’re downstairs as I type now that I think about it. Excuse me while I go put some pants on and retrieve them...

[daltec]

Don't know. I've never heard of skinheads being too friendly with metalheads, at least not here in the US. Who knows in Europe!

Which is not to say those things he mentions are not present in heavy music! I've just never heard them in death metal, is all. But there is a lot I don't know about music.

Haha I hear you about Central Florida. It was a nice place to grow up. I spent a lot of time on the base in Orlando -- the father of one of my childhood friends was the head guy there in the late 70s. Afterwards, some of my friends went through training there, as well as an aunt of mine. Who could be so angry living in central Florida? :-)

I listen to black metal more than death, but I have never heard of Craft. I will check them out! Thanks! Lately I have been on an Alcest kick -- French guys playing what is whimsically termed "blackgaze." (The names they give the genres of heavy music are just hilarious.) Alcest might not be heavy enough for some, but if you are into some of the more melodic black metal, you might like them!

And as far as Absu, I think the drummer is also the singer. I do not even know how that is possible!