How to be Death Metal

How to be a Death Metal maniac

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Sweat Pants/Gym Shorts
• High-Top Basketball Shoes
• Cd's
• Band T-Shirts
• Sweatbands
• Lots and lots of energy!!!

1. So you want to be a death metaler. Your going to have to get some cd's to start. Start with some pre-death metal bands like Venom and Possessed, then start listening to some classic death metal like Death, Morbid Angel, and Obituary. Also check out newer bands like Nile and Behemoth to compare how death metal has progressed over the years. A good website is BNRmetal.com to get a better idea of good bands. Remember that bands like Job for a Cowboy ARE NOT metal, they're just gay posers.

2. If you want to "dress death metal" you don't have to do much. Get some sweat pants and/or gym shorts, some wrist-sweatbands and, if you want, some High-Top basketball shoes. These represent all the energy required to play and listen to death metal. Next get some band t-shirts. These shirts don't have to be death metal bands. They can also be Thrash bands like Destruction, Slayer, or Sodom. Lastly, like in all genres of metal, grow your long.

3. Finally, now that listen to and dress death metal, pick up an instrument. Learn to play guitar, bass, or drums and form a band. Death metal is often very technical, so work on your playing chops and devolpe good technique. Remember that playing death metal can be physically tiring, so it is a good idea to be in shape. Just enjoy death metal because it is intense, exciting, fun, and will make you part of a special group of people who have the same passion as you.

Tips & Warnings

• Wear comfortable clothes
• Have a good time
• Record a demo and trade it amongst your fellow death metaler if you have a band
• Death Metal often deals with issues such as death and Satanism. Remember that 99.9% of death metalers don't actually support these things, they just sing for shock value.
• Many people dislike death metal. This is because they usually have never heard it and they believe all the stories put out by right-wing nuts. Ignore these people and just remind them that it's they who are losing out.