Band Names

As most of the obvious band names (all the Slaughter, Possessed, Destruction type names) seem to have been taken up, it seems bands are having to go for more complicated ones - you'll need to dig out your Latin dictionary to understand a few of them!

But is there a lack of the nice simple names these days? If there was another Razor say, who did a great demo, would this be ok? (like Pentagram from Chile, the US doom one, and that Turkish one as well...) Or maybe try and join up some of the old names?

It occurs some newer bands use names that were already taken, but they play another kind of metal so it's kinda Ok... For exemple from heavy metal to death it's ok... Or when the bands are from very distant countries I guess it's also Ok... (For exemple, today I received a tape from the South american Dementor)...
But it's a kidna problematic bullshit this bands' name matter!

Maybe it's not so desperate... I found GLAUKOM SYNOD and I'm happy with this name, and it's not too complicated...
I have other possible names for subprojects, like KATAPLASM, GUTTURALIA and others, which are quite cool... It wasn't sooo hard to find, and I'm not a genius... So peoples simply need to move their lazy ass and search!

Maybe they there's a need to speak in your own fucking language and even old as time dialects!! (In this case americans and english are kinda FUCKED! héhé)

Peoples need to search in other, more personal directions to find something good... That can finally sound very old school and simple...

CRUCIFIXXX SODOMY

Not just band names but song titles too. (I wonder how many bands have made a song called Tormentor? Enough to make a whole album of Tormentors!)

christkum wrote:

Not just band names but song titles too. (I wonder how many bands have made a song called Tormentor? Enough to make a whole album of Tormentors!)

It's not so hard either for song titles... Even a bit easier, because a song name should have fewer importance than your band's name, in theory...

Well, one possibility is "Torment her or torment him" :thrash:

the only sort of bands that don't have this problem are the Carcass clones i.m.o

well i think actually could be hard to find a name without two words by example... it is because simples names were taken a lot of years ago, as: destruction, death, possessed, sepultura, etc...

the most actually are using two words or mixing something...

but well, i think the most important is that a band's moniker, or a song title has a real meaning...

if the moniker or title means something for the band, or maybe means something about some personal thoughts, ideas, or feling could be ok...

i think the important is to make things but with a real meaning in the background

I recently found out it would be a possible "decent" idea to add a number behind the band name, so that it becomes "new"...

What about POSSESSED 3 or AUTOPSY 24?

Well, AUTOPSY 24 would sound like 80's electro indus, but why nohohohohoht? It might not be dumber than "AUTOPSY POSSESSED" or "PESTILENCE DEATH" for exemple...

-Hailz! What's your band name?

-My band is called "MORBID ANGEL CORPSE"! Totally ravaging Peruvian Black death metal from Friburg... And you?

-Oh, interesing, my own band is called "ENTOMBED CARNAGE", pure Swedish death metal from S-pain, I also use to play in "UNLEASHED SINISTER CARNAGE" and "CARCASS SUFFOCATION" when I don't feel too necro...

- Ah, it's total necro man, I would die to hear it!

- Yes, no problem, ENTOMBED CARNAGE has just released a demo entitled "Nihilist grave", pure swedish Death metal worship, you will dig it I'm sure!

- Killer! It sounds so swedish and necro, how can I get a copy of this demo?

- Just send me something good and old school in trade, but I like only Entombed, Carnage, Grave and Nihilist... So try to offer me some killer limited release in trade and that will work!

- Hmmm, I just thought I could send you some copies of my MORBID ANGEL CORPSE first demo entitled "Altar of hammer", it has so great 3 songs entitled "Dark side from the visions", "Ghouls of the chapel" and "Torments in the maze"!

- Nah, sorry but I don't like peruvian influenced Death metal, only Swedish is real as far as I'm concerned! So, try to find me some good ultra limited releases and I'll send you one cop of my killer ENTOMBED CARNAGE "Nihilist grave" (Already total cult in S-pain!). You won't regret it!

- Hmm, I'm not sure if I have something swedish... You know Friburg is located in Germany and we have many problems to find out European releases, it's much easier to get our hands on South American bands from Brazil or Peru... Would you like some "MORTEM KRISIUN"? It's a great Krisiun worship metal from Stuttgart, with ex members of REBALLIUM PENIS GOAT!

- Nah! As I said before, we're already kult and we deserve better! We're strictly into Swedish Dodensmetal, and we can't hear something with Asian, or vaguely European influences... We're strictly in the Scandinavian restrictive Kult!

- You're not very easy, but if you say ENTOMBED CARNAGE is Kvlt, I can believe your (necro) words... I'll try to contact some of my peruvian or brazilian contacts if they have some occult Swedish bands, since they live in very far countries they might get it more easily!

- Hum, ok... But don't be too slow because our 66 copies limited demo is already sold out, even if it's not released yet... We receive so many pre-orders and my-hell-space requests that it won't last for days...
If you find me something kvlt and friendly enough, I might give you an ENTOMBED CARNAGE sticker for free! After all you will make few little efforts to find me something that could be vaguely decent to hear... This is only a computer printed grey logo on white background, but it's hand numbered and already so cult! You won't regret it...

- Ok, thanx from advance, it's great you're so cool with us!
I'll make my best to find you these great stuff you're looking for...

- Ok. Did you read about this new occult brutal death metal band with wicked riffs? It's called "ASPHYX INCANTATION", and sounds quite promising... I always trust the words of METAL METAL zine, he's so clever...

-Yes, I might have heard about it... Wasn't his band formed from the ashed of "POSSESSED NILE IMMOLATION"?

-No, it's basically previous members of "MORGOTH GRAVE" who were tired with the Israelian influence, and decided to get more extreme and egyptian influenced...

-Oh, it sounds so cool now... Have you got some "PESTILENCE BRUTALITY"? It's a nice patch you have here...

-No, I never heard them... But their name sounds so necro and original that I had to support them. Try to listen to "CANNIBAL CORPSE DISMEMBER" when you have time, it's quite decent Swedish slam gore

-Ok. I will... Right now I'm very much into "IMMORTAL BATHORY" 's third CD "Under the sign of the battles in the north"... BLACK OSMOSE records had a so great ide to sign them... It's incredible how they have improved since their second album "Pure return"... The first one "Mystic fullmoon diabolical" was only common satanic harsh noise... But now they're so killer, it's incredible!

-Do you mean they learnt to play riffs or something?

-They didn't only learn to play riffs, they also learnt to replay them!

-Hum, ok it's not a bad concept at all... Quite original band as I can imagine... Even if I didn't hear them nor read anything about them, they already have my respect.

-Tonight I will go at a gig, it's said to be "SODOM DESTRUCTION", it's so great, I will be able to show my new "KORONER KREATOR" shirt; and "SODOM DESTRUCTION" 's first album "Sentence of persecution" is said to be so killer, METAL METAL said so much honey about it that it could only Kill!

-I think I heard their "Infernal way of live" demo, wasn't it recordd during their first killer gig? Wait, "KORONER KREATION", I already heard this name, didn't they release a limited floppy disk under the "Punishment for endless pain" title?

-No, I think you're wrong... But did you hear the "DARK ANGEL TESTAMENT" first album? It's "We have practiced what you preached" and it's so much better than their first "Live at the darkness descension" micro player...

-To be honnest, as far as blasting doom is concerned, I can only hear "SUDOXE REYALS"! The one and only decent blasting doom band.

-"SUDOXE REYALS"? Rtfvl! Isn't it this group of bald chinese sumo who play hair guitar?

-Shut your smelly mouth, they're nothing chinese of sumo at all!
It's real energetic doom with killer blast moments!
I think you were referring to MY DYING CATHEDRAL or ANATHEMA SLEEP?

-Hum, no I never read about these bands... Do they have a my-hell cavern?

-No, they only release micro-players... You need a special players to read them...

-Hu, so it's more limited than limited...

-Yeah, even half of those who own their demos can't listen to their tunes... The player is sooo rare, there are fewer players than actual copies of the demo, so it's more than cult... It's... It's... Ugra cult!

-Incredible... I think everyone in the country to be the farest from theirs respect them very much for this reason!

-Yes, of course! You even need to travel out of earth to find real supporters who got the deal! Some psychedelic pizza eaters from Mars and Acid smokers from Venus kinda got the idea...

-Argh!

-Yeah. They should even play a show in there, it's sheduled for 2058, but there's a little problem...

-Little problem? What could it be if some bands want to see them...?

-These planets are so far than it would take decades for them to arrive in there... I guess they could even be dead once they arrive for the gig AhAh

-Dude! It's total necro! I need a ticket for this gig!

-Really? Well, if your spaceship runs fast enough you could arrive just after the first song... In 25 years...

-Oh...

-But they didn't take this opportunity... This wasn't a sales, nor a money problem... But they have side projects they have to deal with... In the spaceships, it's not very easy to record guitars so tight, because the ships move a little bit too much... So they decided to play the show in Guatemala instead, and the video will be transfered real-to-real... It will only take few months to arrive, but they could say they played a gig for them...

-Cool.
Well it's tea time, I will leave for now... Please don't forget to give me back my "MERCYFUL DIAMOND" Long player!

-Ok, you're always so sleepy as I can see... I'll give you back this long player when I'll get back my "KING FATE" micro vid! You fucking looser!

-Don't talk of posers when you have a "POISON JOVI" poster in your water closets(?!)... And what about these JON MAL JOVI CDs in your rest-room?

-What the fuck are you blabbing? You already knew I used to love-paint my face with SIX FEET UNDER THE BENTON love backgrounds. Die!

:lol!:

But you need to get a listen to THE BLACK SCORPIONS' MOTORMAIDEN! As their members have such high alcohol levels in their blood, they have become pickled and mummified, making them immortal! This means they are going to play a gig for the next 2000 years non stop, but you'll need to bring a telescope to see them, the crowds can reach a total of 2 million, so you might be quite far away.....

Or maybe MORBID BATHORY ASPHYX PROTECTOR! They have taken the body parts from all their dead members, and sewn them together to make the ultimate band member! They should be going on their 'Re-animator' tour in the next few months!

christkum wrote:

But you need to get a listen to THE BLACK SCORPIONS' MOTORMAIDEN! As their members have such high alcohol levels in their blood, they have become pickled and mummified, making them immortal! This means they are going to play a gig for the next 2000 years non stop, but you'll need to bring a telescope to see them, the crowds can reach a total of 2 million, so you might be quite far away.....

Or maybe MORBID BATHORY ASPHYX PROTECTOR! They have taken the body parts from all their dead members, and sewn them together to make the ultimate band member! They should be going on their 'Re-animator' tour in the next few months!

The problem is those band names sound too cliché...

If there wasn't an ENTOMBED or a CARNAGE, I think it might be possible to have an ENTOMBED CARNAGE since the name sounds quite ok... Huh, no?

I can't wait to see a band, label or zine called "METAL METAL"...
It's more metal than metal... It's METAL METAL!!! :hailz:

worshipsatanzine wrote:

Or METAL ON METAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wait.... Isn't that an Anvil song?
I hate Anvil!!!
Why does everyone in Canada love them so much?


I wonder which band has the most bands named after their songs?
Just for example, Nihilist has:
Drowned
Face of Evil (+ the Nunslaughter EP)

ANVIL is allright, but defintally better live in a small venue.