Huge difference. Death metal generally faster, aggressive, growling lyrics. Black metal. 10min songs, gay ass solos, sounds like dying goats vocals, typically Satanists, paint their faces. Asmo will correct my diagnosis for you. And that'll be the difference between a death metal fan and black metal lol.
Thank you, because I truly didn't know. I'm for just good ol regular heavy metal. The growling and all that other shit drives me fucking insane, LOL!
Bad death metal is where it's at. I didn't like it until my first death metal gig when I was like 18, just the energy blew me away. Now I love it.
Okay. I'm an asshole. You guys can all laugh at me, but I thought black metal was something else entirely. I thought...you know what, I don't even want to say it.
I thought it was black metal as in, African American metal. Like it was soul or funk infused or something.
Yeah, that's kind of thought you were thinking. That would be fuckin lovely, actually. I was under the impression that black metal was geared towards satanic ritual/demon worship, etc. I just like good ol regular heavy metal. This other stuff is nonsense.
Black metal focusses more on themes in the realm of thought, often controversial ones. But also often has cultural, philosophical and anthropological (sp?) themes. Nature is also a common theme. Black and folk metal crossovers are plenty. Death metal typically focusses more on gore and generally but not always physical nasty and controversial stuff like mutilation, torture, cannibalism, rape, etc.
I'm not a fan of Kiss but really their vocals never reminded me of dying goats. In regards to the facepaint: King Diamond/Mercyful fate was first!
I like some black metal. But you're either one or the other lol. And I guess I like death metal more. It's just so.. Smashes your face off.
I dislike the majority of black metal. Only want the good stuff. But its clear the lyrical themes, atmosphere and musical characteristics suit me far better than death metal. I guess goats are just too cool for school :-D
I just say goats because like it's what someone said to me once at school lol. That they sound like dying goats, so I just kept with that lol. Behemoth new sound is blackened death. I like it too.