(April 10, 2017 at 5:44 pm)Alex K Wrote: I think you're reading your own interpretation of what they are thinking or trying to accomplish into it and are focusing on relative irrelevancies. I don't think anyone doing Death Metal in the year 2017 still thinks they are being super edgy and shocking by using a pentagram. Michael Amott was in Carcass back in the day, I highly doubt that he still thinks he needs to prove his edgyness by using the pentagram that is on one of the traditional band logos. Arch Enemy are usually projecting a political anarchist and environmental protection message. They have had a pentagram in one of their logo designs, but it's not something that has played a large role conceptually as far as I am aware.
Perhaps in this instance. But you can't deny that anti-religious themes are super prevalent in metal and used by many bands to seem dark. It just seems that it's been done to death(pun intended), and at this point bands would want to steer clear of it.
BTW, that question about the singer was serious and not meant to be an insult. I've been wondering why metal fans like some vocalists and not others. I don't know if you listen to Suicide Silence, but the big thing on YouTube now is to shit on the vocals in their song "Doris." The main objection seems to be when the vocalist actually sings some high notes instead of screaming, but I actually didn't mind it and couldn't figure out why everyone is hating on it.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
