Top 10 Worst Death Metal Stereotypes

Come on, people. I respect everyone's opinions as always, but some are acting like their religion or nationality is the target of these stereotypes. These are opinions about a certain type of music. People need to calm down.

Unlike black metal, death metal usually isn't Satanic. There are exceptions, but they don't define the genre.

Hell no. 98% of rock music in general isn't Satanic. Excluding black metal, of course, but that's a whole different can of worms.

All genres of metal (not just death metal) are technically challenging. Just look at prog bands or classical metal bands like Uli Jon Roth, Dream Theater, and Yngwie Malmsteen. You can even include Iron Maiden and Metallica in that list.

And as if pop music takes any talent to play. Most of it is just synths and a singer with autotune in their voice.

This is SO wrong. Currently, the most musical talent can be found in death metal - particularly in progressive and technical death metal. Guitarists, drummers, and bassists who will blow your mind are all in these two subgenres of death metal. Not in Nu metal, you know.

This is the dumbest thing I've ever heard someone say about death metal when you can do the same thing the rest of the world does when the music is too loud: Turn it down!

What do you do if a pop song is too loud? You turn it down. You should do the same with a metal song. Was that too hard to understand?

In my opinion, music can be too loud. For example, if I have to turn it down to almost zero to make it sound normal, there's a problem.

Of course it doesn't. There's a big difference between the sound of technical death metal and melodic death metal. There's also a significant difference even between bands from the same death metal subgenre.

If you're interested, I made a list about the differences within a death metal subgenre (melodic death metal) titled Top 10 Differences Between Children of Bodom and Amon Amarth.

Death metal has many subgenres: blackened, symphonic, doom, death 'n' roll, progressive, and others.

Opera fans don't understand the lyrics either, because they are usually in Italian, but opera fans don't complain about it. They enjoy the music and its performance, with vocals serving as a musical instrument and not as someone reading the text for you. It's absolutely the same in metal.

DarkMatter1997 said it very well: "death metal vocals are meant to be an instrument." Yes, like a musical instrument that creates sounds.

I'm a death metal fan for the music, not for the lyrics. I would listen to death metal no matter what lyrics you put in the songs.

Death metal is an extreme music genre, and it does sound aggressive or scary, but it's not always angry. Thrash metal is a more typical genre that sounds angry.

I'm not a death metal fan, but I've encountered some who are, and they've been much more supportive of my opinion than a lot of pop fans I've met.

Death metal is currently my favorite metal subgenre, but I'm a very friendly, intelligent, and balanced person. Oh, and I'm not depressed or aggressive.

Maybe due to the elitists, but most of the fanbase is not like that. Some of them are actually nice.

So do horror movies, but many people love them.

To non-death metal fans, or metal fans in general, if it's not your type of music, then don't listen to it.

Cannibal Corpse - enough said. But some death metal album covers don't look disgusting.

Have you seen paintings labeled as "classic art" or "masterpieces"? Half of them are more disgusting and violent-looking.

Any kind of music can be considered "edgy," so why does it have to be death metal? Why not emo music?

Death metal fans agree with this one. Growling is a defining characteristic of death metal.