Admittingly, I am a bit of a Death Metal purist, just slightly haha. This grinded my gears like when people call slipknot Death Metal...just, no. Hopefully I can point you in a more Brutal direction. So, the 2 bands you listed, most would say are in the Deathcore category, not true Death Metal, definitely not truly in the Brutal category of the Death Metal subgenre. The main difference is that Deathcore bands do a lot of basic, slow breakdowns that you'd expect to hear in a Hardcore band like Hatebreed, Code Orange, Kublai Khan TX, that sort of thing. Not to mention way more utilization of midrange - high sceams. Surely you've found Whitechapel by now, just start a station from them and you'll find some more new artists within the Deathcore genre you'd like. Thy Art Is Murder, Chelsea Grin, Carnifex, Slaughter to Prevail, Lorna Shore, to name a few popular ones. Brutal Death Metal on the other hand is significantly more... well, Brutal. Much faster, MUCH more technical, almost exclusively low/guttural style vocals. Try: Disgorge(US), Deeds of Flesh, Devourment, Putridity, Vomit The Soul, Suffocation, Nile. This is Brutal Death Metal. You'll hear a significant difference. Cheers from Texas
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