Nothing impresses me anymore.

In a sea of technical blurrs,you fight to break the barrier to stick your head out and breathe a little. Usually,the current will pull you back under and flail you around until youve gone through the motions long enough to make you want to never step foot in her ocean again. For years and years I have been trying to escape this sea,only to find myself pulled back in by the undertow.


This sea I speak of is,yes...yes...death metal. I mean don't get me wrong,I still love some quality death metal. Exploiting Dysfunction is one of my favorite records of all time. I still appreciate the pound of a Dripping or a Wormed or something,but come on. I was driving with my sister and her boyfriend and he loves this stuff. I couldn't tell the stuff apart! I made the efforts to go watch some live death metal too,in the over-the-top ridiculousness of both Slaughterbox and Viraemia. Neither could encompass the brute force their records provide. I mean neither band sounded heavy and with this 10 string bass guy and his 18 6" tweeter cabs and his counterpart drummer that only used one tom,it's childs play to say the least. (editor's note:the only band allowed to use one tom is TORCHE.)


So,in light of all this death metal tirade,I ask this. Where has all the magic gone? I mean come on,how many of these kids have heard Exit-13? Dare I ask,how many have even heard the Corporate Death compilation?? I fail to recognize the fact that they don't know any better,cause I'm still actively pursuing the finest in music,and I'm sure it won't cease for quite some time. But then again I have been in print quoting Whitney Houston saying "I believe the children are our future",but I'm starting to think that the future is going to be a bunch of knuckleheads dancing to Crabcore at their high school reunions. At least theres videos like this one that I can put on,sit for a half an hour,and completely enjoy myself.




POST SCRIPT:

After putting this up,watching it's beauty again,and relishing in the fact that I'd love to play in a band like this,it made me laugh at something. Look at the size of the pants they're wearing!