![]() A punchline made by the fact that no recorded deaths have been attributed solely to the use of marijuana. They’re here to write 1990’s Florida death metal with a death-by-marijuana punchline. Despite their obsession with the obscene, the overall comedic intentions of Cannabis Corpse are clear. GWAR prefers over-the-top humor, while Dethklok is generally lighter in tone, though not necessarily in concept. Before dying at the hands of an evil bong, the protagonist in the song Dead by Bong screams: “This is less a house than a raw meat grinder / We'd better call for backup / The pure amount of gore I've never seen before / Excuse me while I vomit." Grotesque lyrics like this are common in death metal, but rare for GWAR or Dethklok. What Cannabis Corpse lacks in variety compared to GWAR or Dethklok, they make up for with intense descriptions of carnage. Dethklok are still clearly intended to exist mainly as a form of metal-loving parody music. Though the real-life members of Dethklok perform in regular metal-dude garb instead of costumes, they are accompanied by a backing screen of the Metalocalypse cartoon characters throughout their live shows. With the exception of 2013’s The Doomstar Requiem, which functions as a soundtrack to a Metalocalypse special instead of a true Dethklok album, the band forgoes the musical hokeyness GWAR has embraced throughout their career. Though their song titles and lyrics are every bit as absurd as GWAR’s, the music itself is especially catchy and heavy. ![]() In a Monty Python and the Holy Grail-type scenario, the vikings ignore the advice of a witch - who points them in the right direction with her map - and remain lost for the duration of the tune. “The Lost Vikings," for example, is about a band of roving vikings who ride out to a battle that they can’t seem to find. ![]() There is no mistaking the comedic elements of the band if you read the song lyrics. The band’s first three albums each became the highest charting death metal albums in the history of the Billboard 200 (at the time of their respective releases). The group’s music gained mainstream notoriety through the popular Cartoon Network show Metalocalypse. Like GWAR, Dethklok is another metal group that is firmly rooted in the parody camp. Subtlety, however, was never meant to be GWAR’s game. Both metal fans and critics recognize the necessity of artists like GWAR to not only point out the ridiculous hyper-violent elements of metal, but the destructive tendencies inherent within human society itself. GWAR is a great band that have the balls to never back down from a controversy (looking at you Kathy Griffin). Combined with their misanthropic PR techniques and plastic war suits complete with working phalluses, only a delusional fool could miss the overt humor of GWAR. Even the music itself in songs like “Slaughterama" and “Fuckin’ an Animal" sounds comical. Sure, they’ve got some serious tracks, especially on recent albums, like the political “Bring Back the Bomb" and the thrashing “Madness at the Core of Time," but GWAR’s songs titles and lyrics are blatantly humorous. Shock-rock antics - like decapitating dolls in the likeness of American presidents, threatening Jesus with crucifixion (again), and spraying concert goers with all manner of fake bodily fluids - put the two-time Grammy nominated band on the frontlines of the battle against music censorship. Raised on Heavy Radio (covers album) ĭistance Over Time Demos (2018) (compilation album) Īegis of London.The mighty GWAR may not have been the first parody metal band, but they were the first to crack the mainstream. February 16 – Michael "Majk Moti" Kupper, former guitarist of Running Wild, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 65.February 14 – Tim Aymar, vocalist of Pharaoh and former vocalist of Control Denied, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 59.January 18 – TJ de Blois, former drummer of A Life Once Lost, died from undisclosed reasons.January 9 – Justin Bartlett, artist who created album cover art for Sunn O))), Trap Them, Cadaver, and Hooded Menace, died from stage 4 colorectal cancer at the age of 45.January 1 – Sebastian Marino, former guitarist of Overkill and Anvil, died from a heart attack at the age of 57. ![]() It was the band's first live performance since disbanding in 2016. ![]()
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