re: The 25 Best Metal Bands of All-Time

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Cannibal Corpse being ranked so high

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should be higher

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How do you figure? Death preceded Cannibal Corpse and influenced death metal far more than Cannibal Corpse could have ever hoped to. The gore-filled lyrics were a trademark of Scream Bloody Gore. By the time Cannibal Corpse began to perfect their brutal death metal, Death had already moved on to technical/progressive death metal (e.g. Atheist).

Cannibal Corpse became a one-trick pony with their imagery and lyrical content. They are the Slayer of death metal. The reason why Slayer could never catch Metallica is because they limited themselves to a specific style and sound (e.g. the occult). Cannibal Corpse did the exact same thing (e.g. gore).

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AC/DC being ranked, but no Tool, Rush, Kiss, or Dream Theater

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none of these bands are metal

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I beg your pardon, but Dream Theater is most certainly a metal act. Care to convince me otherwise?

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Napalm Death being ranked at all

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should be higher

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I'm willing to listen to an explanation of this belief. I never have and never will understand the fascination with them or grindcore.