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Voluntary Mortification
Voluntary Mortification is an American Christian deathcore band based in Lansing, Michigan, known for their "Catholic death metal" sound. The band's name came from "one of the core principles of Christian living: to voluntarily deny yourself on a daily basis, modeled after Christ and His example, is the path to redemption and salvation" and "the path of mortification, and the journey of life in general" which involves the "universal concept of suffering". It is not related to Christian death metal forerunners Mortification as none of the members had heard of that band previously. Voluntary Mortification released their debut album ''Suffer to Rise'' on July 22, 2022, via Rottweiler Records. In late 2023, the band hired a new drummer, Giulian Cardillo, and his father Dominic on bass. A new single "Death Cult" was released on January 24, 2025. Musical style and influences Voluntary Mortification and its material have been described as deathcore, death metal, Christian metal, and br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deathcore
Deathcore is an extreme metal subgenre that combines death metal with metalcore. The genre consists of death metal guitar riffs, blast beats, and metalcore Breakdown (music)#Heavy metal and punk rock, breakdowns. While there are some precursors to the concept of death metal fused with metalcore and hardcore elements seen in the 1990s, deathcore itself emerged in the early 2000s and gained prominence beginning in the mid-2000s. Some of the genre's earliest examples include Antagony, Despised Icon, and the Red Chord. Deathcore's expansion in the mid-2000s saw bands like All Shall Perish, Through the Eyes of the Dead, Bring Me the Horizon, Suicide Silence, Carnifex (band), Carnifex, Job for a Cowboy, Chelsea Grin and Whitechapel (band), Whitechapel taking off. In the 2010s, deathcore bands began experimenting with an eclectic selection of other genres. The genre is noted for its criticism from longtime heavy metal subculture, fans of heavy metal music, usually for its frequent use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Metal
Death metal is an extreme metal, extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep death growl, growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, featuring double kick and blast beat techniques; minor keys or atonality; abrupt tempo, key, and time signature changes; and Chromatic scale, chromatic chord progressions. The lyrical themes of death metal may include slasher film-style violence,Moynihan, Michael, and Dirik Søderlind (1998). Lords of Chaos (2nd ed.). Feral House. , p. 27 political conflict, religion, nature, philosophy, true crime and science fiction. Building from the musical structure of thrash metal and Black metal#First wave, early black metal, death metal emerged during the mid-1980s. Bands such as Venom (band), Venom, Celtic Frost, Slayer, and Kreator were important influences on the genre's creation. Possessed (band), Possessed, Death (metal ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Metal
Christian metal, also known as white metal, Jesus metal, or heavenly metal, is heavy metal music distinguished by its Christian-themed song lyrics and the dedication of the band-members to Christianity. Christian metal is typically performed by professed Christians, principally for Christians and is often produced and distributed through various Christian networks. List of Christian metal artists, Christian metal bands exist in most of the list of heavy metal genres, subgenres of heavy metal music, and the only common link among most Christian metal bands are the lyrics. The Christian themes are often melded with the subjects of the genre the band is rooted in, regularly providing a Christian take on the subject matter. It has been argued that the marginal yet transnational Christian metal subculture provides its core members with an alternative religious expression and Christian identity, and that the music serves the purpose of offering a positive message through lyrical conte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brutal Death Metal
Brutal death metal is a subgenre of death metal that privileges heaviness, speed and complex rhythms over other aspects, such as melody and timbres. The genre was pioneered in the early 1990s by Suffocation and other groups from New York including Mortician, Skinless and Malignancy. Its subgenre slam death metal quickly developed, played by Internal Bleeding, Devourment and Cephalotripsy, putting a greater emphasis on the genre's mid-tempo, groove sections and breakdowns. During the mid–1990s, a prominent wave of groups emphasising the genre's more technical aspects developed with Cryptopsy, Nile, Origin and Dying Fetus. During the mid–2000s, there was a revived interest in brutal death metal and slam, a period which produced Katalepsy and Ingested, and saw groups lean into cleaner production styles. Characteristics Brutal death metal is characterised by its use of death growls deeper than convention death metal vocals (usually referred to as "gutturals" to distinguish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Deathcore
Christian death metal or life metal is a subgenre that blends death metal music with Christian metal. It is defined by death metal’s musical style combined with Christian-themed lyrics, performed by bands whose members identify as Christians. Musically, it remains indistinguishable from traditional death metal, characterized by heavy guitar riffs, blast beats, and guttural vocals. However, the lyrics set it apart, often focusing on Christian concepts such as demons, sin, self and self-denial, divine judgment, and apocalypse. The imagery in Christian death metal frequently mirrors or contrasts with that found in secular death metal, which often deals with violent, gory, or anti-Christian themes. Because of this, some critics view Christian death metal as an oxymoron or a surprising juxtaposition, and it has faced resistance from both secular death metal fans and some within the Christian community. Christian death metal proper formed in the late-1980s to the mid-1990s through the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
