One of the things I love of Cannibal Corpse is the fact that they're not the monsters that stupid people think they are because of the kind of music they play. Instead of that they're really nice persons and really nice to their fans. In my opinion those things are very respectable.
when i wasn't listening to metal yet, i've heard of cannibal corpse and judging by their album covers, i thought that they were evil or some stupid shit like that. many years later, i get into metal and eventually went back to cannibal corpse and try it. then i found out they're actually really nice, especially alex
"People who grew up with Elvis being censored for moving his hips around... what are they gonna think about a band who sings about eating people?" LMAO
I agree with you Metal can create from negative to a positive thing. I've always liked metal and this is what I feel. Metal music helps me throughout my life.
Death Metal is my life for the past 32 years. I'm happy to have seen CANNIBAL CORPSE live back in 1992 for the first time. What a gig with SINISTER, man 🍻
The spokesperson of Death Metal - Alex Webster Godfather of Death Metal - Chuck Schuldiner Satan of Death Metal - Glen Benton Slaughterer of Death Metal - Corpsegrinder
I met Alex a few times. I said once that he was the best bassist ive heard. his response was you need to listen to more than because there are guys way greater than me. what a legend I'll tell ya
I do not like Death Metal but I will never judge what other people like for music. It's hard sometimes because I just don't understand it. But I hate when people tell me the music I listen to is bad. So I will try to never judge someone for their taste in music.
KobesMind soundd like you got your head on straight homie nobody likes getting shit for the music they like but we are all incharge of our own lives and we choose what we wanna listen to all we all want is to be happy
Death metal is a genre that has a lot of flexibility. It does not have a a rigid format. There are so many variations of it that it will never die. It hits the most primal parts of our brain and really gets your chest pumping.
He is absolutely right! When people say to me (who don't have any glue about metal): "oh this angry sound and screaming, you must get so angry and depressed by this noise" no way!!! This music keeps you up on your feet! Like Alex said it helps you through hard times, when everything's shit turn on some good metal (death metal, black metal, heavy metal, thrash metal) it doesn't matter, it's just a relieve! Alex is such a nice dude. After their show this year in Stuttgart, Germany, my brother and I waited almost an hour, when everybody was already gone, except for me, my brother and 4 other guys. Then suddenly Alex came right to us and talked with us about this show and about the metal music in general. Later on we were joined by Paul and finally George Fisher, the legend himself talked to us, like we were visiting him to hang out and drink some beer, all of them were such nice, friendly down to earth guys. This made this evening even better than it already was! I took a picture with George and I will never forget this awesome day, one of the best days in my life
One good thing about music is, when it hits, you feel no pain - Bob Marley.. ...just saw Cannibal Corpse at The Observatory...on the way to the show...I was listening to The Grateful Dead...after the Show...I was still listening to Cannibal Corpse lol. 3 days later...my ears are still ringing...and I just feel...more calm.
Hes taught me so much as far as bass guitar guitar teaching myself music teaching others music being a musician in fighting for my career thank you Alex we love you
see that´s one of the reasons i love metal artists, they are always so chill and know how to see things in perspective. Metal will never die, metal is in our hearts, metal will guide us to the end, in metal we trust, to the end \M/
my feelings exactly. i always listen to death metal, and doom metal(burning witch!) , to release tons of pent up frustration and anger and despair..and it works very well. i would fucking love to be a drummer or guitarist in a brutal death metal band.
One of my favorite quotes from Alex. I remember this interview from the making of the wretched spawn. And his last statement about censorship was just hilarious to me. Elvis gyrated his hips and we sing about eating people lol.
Death Metal has and will be the only thing in this world that will always be there for me no matter what happens. It will never lie to me, tell me im wrong, judge me or try to change me. Its been the only voice that understands everything.
I met Alex in 2009 this guy is hands down the best bass player in Death Metal today. Super good guy and very humble and proud of his metal. Cannibal Corpse forever!
My mother once told me that death metal was just a phase. I said that if anything my musical taste will just expand, I'll be listening to death metal until the day I die.
The reason I like death metal is because it’s extremely Heavy and powerful, especially if I am surrounded by rappers. Death metal looks like one of the best disses against rap.
Although I was bullied, etc. I like metal just because of the joy it brings me as you were saying for yourself. I'm 29 years old and still enjoy metal. I also listen to Jazz, Big Band, Goth Rock, Industrial, Old School Country, classic rock, Thrash, etc. I pretty much like it all accept for Gospel, new pop, and new country. It is not an escape for everyone but for some it is and even for the ones that is is an escape for they usually listen to it all their lives. A select few are the exception.
As I always say, my one true constant in life is music and of that, metal. It's never betrayed me or cheated on me...It's always been there and it's always uplifted me. People getting mad and listening to Radio One chart hits whilst I'm chilling out and unwinding to some Cannibal Corpse...I love it! It eats my negative energy.
We listen to music that we can relate to. I've had many struggles in life and death metal music contains lyrics that equate to my own personal struggles. I have mental issues (PTSD and Bipolar Disorder) that cause me to think in certain ways...often times them being negative thoughts. Metal is an outlet for me. It helps me process my thoughts emotions and feelings. I also love metal music because it has a community full of people that I can relate to. I've found that many people that have the same struggles that I do are into metal and I don't think it's a coincidence. Bands I've seen live so far: ghoul, powertrip, black Dahlia murder, cannibal corpse, morbid angel, killswitch engage, parkway drive. Awesome times!
Since I got into rock/metal music in 1978 (thanks to KISS! I'm 52, by the way), rock/metal IS MY LIFE. To paraphrase Alex and others, I "use the negative to appreciate, or strengthen, or enhance the positive!"
My favorite Metal bass player, and member of one of my top ten bands of any genre of music. Alex is no bullshit and a killer musician. I love the guys in Cannibal because they do what they do so well and I know they're doing it with a smile and without taking themselves too seriously. I listened to Heavy Metal when I was a kid because I was "angry" or whatever, but as an adult it's just turned into fun music to listen to. Reading Cannibal lyrics as a 15 year old made me feel rebellious and edgy (I guess, it's been a while), now I just laugh and have fun with how entertaining it is. I get the same good feeling from my favorite Rock, Rap, Funk, or Blues music. So I guess now that I'm older I put Cannibal in the same category as Johnny Winter or Humble Pie, feel good tunes.
I love jazz,classical,Country and western,rock,Prog and I love Cannibal Corpse.Their music gets me out of a rut and feel good again when I'm in a depressed mood. Better than any medication.
Exactly how I see it too :) I have a hard time expressing my feelings and often we are just overlooked, and belittled when we try to. I write a lot and I would like to start composing music to go along with it. Sometimes it feels like it's the only relief.
death metal is the way that captures my emotions like sad, angry, pissed anything, death metal is my life and always has been, death metal says things I can't say in real life.
Metal is the ultimate form of musicianship, its (often) fast, technical, and takes years to master. One could say that Beethoven, Bach or Vivaldi are also fast and technical - and don't get me wrong, they wrote very beautiful music - but you can't really bang your head to Moonlight Sonata ( it's really more of a head bob then a bang)...
Alex thank you for stating this metal = family in my eyes. Correct me if i am Wrong, but too me family means unconditional love and respect. Cannibal corpse fan for life
There's really no other voice in death metal like Alex. I don't care what band it is, deicide, lamb of God, morbid angel, suffocation; name the band, noone else comes off the way that Alex does on anything.
I like death metal because of people like Alex Webster. Not only an incredible musician, but he has a great attitude as well, and cares about making amazing music more than getting paid.
i slanted my gun, point it at a cop, i shoot 1 shot, 2 shots 3 shots, fo', now the cop fell and hit the flo', something i just made up, in general these are the "violent" lyrics of a rap song, how about something from whitechapel, or cannibal corpse, "Veins spray blood it splashes in my eyes Impulse of my rage will dictate how he dies Chopped up while alive or killed with the first strike What's left of his life is dripping from my knife" -cannibal corpse,song savage butchery,album gore obsessed
@shred4life3 actually on the studio album that's the vocalist from 3 Inches of Blood doing guest vocals on Black Gold Reign. those power metal vocals are sick dude my heart literally dropped when i first heard that song. and i didn't know Chris Storey had a another band, thanks for the mention bro! :D
He speaks the truth...This is why I love Death Metal. It's underground, yes, but because of that the music made is fantastic...it's not mainstream so therefore to be heard you gotta be good, cant just sell sell sell. The community is awesome as well, nothing but people with similar interests. And no better way to remove negativity from your life either. Indeed...I LOVE Death Metal. :-)
I like death metal because of the guitar riffs, bass, drums and vocals. You know, just all those amazing tones and sounds. I just love tone and quality. But it's not the only music I love. I love all music actually. Just the tone and strength of music is quality entertainment.
i like death metal cause if i concentrate on it it still doesnt get boring. if i concentrate on pop i fall asleep cause of too much simplicity... and nothing else can wake me up in the morning, except for coffee. apart from that, metal is one of the few genres where you never finish with learning on guitar, there is alway something harder to try. and of course to release anger and aggression. after 5 necrophagist songs i feel calm and save as a rock.
Yeah, I'm also going to agree w/ @BrimstoneLandscapes. You can be a death metal band and sing about any topic you like as long as the music is unaffected. But I understand where Alex was going at.
That is so true!!! Narrow minded people don't get it. That's why quite a few of them explain death metal is bad only because they don't like it. When I first time saw a short live piece Cannibal Corpse performing in Germany - I think the year was 1994 or so- in the MTVs Headbanger's ball, then I was like:'what the hell!!! No one plays or sings like this 😶😃 This is so fucking awesome!!!'.
If you take a piece of music such as Vivaldi's "Four Seasons", it contains a lot of complicated movements, as well as simple ones. If you add distortion to any of them - you get metal, the same can be said for any genre. For example, Victor Wooten is a very tallented Jazz (fusion?) musician, and I would by no-means discredit his ability to play any genre because he is a very tallented person and is a master of his instrument.
and theres another point...I love cc and alex is one of my biggest idol! i listen cc when i go to bed and it helps me to get sleep! and it helps me in other situations too! ALEX WEBSTER IS A DAMN GOOD BASSPLAYER!!!
Death Metal is a great way i express my feelings and all the hate that i have. but to have over 200,000 ish people by our album sooo yea man i agree with u fully
Menfluence and Alex Walsh...if you have ever studied music you will know that it is an art and is defined by the listener/producer/viewer. Just like the old saying "beauty is in the eye of the beholder". Music can be and is defined as any combination of sound (or even lack of sound/silence) No one can claim that one music is better than another and no one can say that a certain genre isn't music. If you consider it music that so it is. I personally don't enjoy listening to death metal but every style feeds the artistic side of someone out there, so I accept it as good music.
did i say my life was shit? no. I couldn't be any happier right now. I'm starting bands with my friends, going to concerts, studying and working hard at school and my family is closer than ever. But there is still so much bullshit in the world. Not to me in particular, but things i see around me. i should have been clearer.
@slay3r43v3r I see what your saying but mainstream and popular are two different things. CC are perhaps one of the most popular Death metal bands and a lot of people wanna know what it's about. Plus, the metal fraternity is larger than you think. Their 5 million views is what keeps them alive and they respect each and every one of us. Their music hasn't changed and as such, will never be played on the likes of Radio One and as such, can never be mainstream. Either way, we love em still. :-)
@Kundji12 while this is true to an extent of many people there are also alot of people who genuinely like pop and rap because of their personal taste no matter how bad you find it. i think this opinion originates because of ones personal distaste for rap and pop but also mixed in with the fact that pop and rap are so commercial and most pop and rap artists because recognized icons while there are alot of heavy metal bands that work hard and create good music but become nothing more than obscure
Death metal doesn't always have to be about evil things either. You don't even need lyrics like that to get your "rage fix". It can be about epic, powerful and dangerous things too. Such as a song about black holes, supernovas, planets colliding, some large dinosaurs doing whatever or about large carriers. The carrier for example doesn't even need to be in battle. Just describing it is epic too. Anything though and "manly", really. Maybe even about beauty that has a powerful effect on you. Such as a the journey of a photon from the core of the sun to your retina to your visual cortex.
Alex is seriously the fucking spokesperson for death metal. Well spoken, intellectual, courteous, on point with what he says.
MrBibbityBop Not to mention incredibly versatile on bass.
Fuck RUclips He is indeed a bass god.
MrBibbityBop Death metal GOD!
he´s the best!
late to this but him and chuck schuldiner man
why I like Alex Webster
Why I like this comment
Alex has always been a smart person, always polite in interviews. He gives Death Metal a good name.
And he’s also an incredible bass player! Also, love your profile pic, that album is awesome
Death metal saved my life. I sincerely mean that.
Mine too got me out of deep depression in my life
Cannibal Corpse is my antidepressant.
Word.
I believe you. Metal is music of The Life!
Metal saves my life every day, if I'm angry, sad, defeated... I crank some Metal and I feel better instantly and it's something to look forward to 😊🤘
One of the things I love of Cannibal Corpse is the fact that they're not the monsters that stupid people think they are because of the kind of music they play. Instead of that they're really nice persons and really nice to their fans. In my opinion those things are very respectable.
Jean Franco chuck schuldiner docet
when i wasn't listening to metal yet, i've heard of cannibal corpse and judging by their album covers, i thought that they were evil or some stupid shit like that. many years later, i get into metal and eventually went back to cannibal corpse and try it. then i found out they're actually really nice, especially alex
only negative people think of metal negatively.
Metal is awesome. I don't know why metal haters are talkin trash when there are far worse than metal. Like K-Pop, And techno bullshit.
@Thee Trashman are you sure about that?
@Thee Trashman I collect the skulls of humans.
@@XanderMetalHead not telling about country or lullaby gospel(Simon and Garfunkel goes somehow🤭)
Love metal, but the metal communuty is really toxic dude, the most toxic i have to say
The guy's a genius.
Such a smart, kind, and musically talented guy
20 seconds into this video and its clear that Alex Webster is one of the realest motherfuckers in death metal
Alex Webster is so badass he won't even admit to being a badass :)
+Aaron Gentry but he does have a badass bridge;)
"People who grew up with Elvis being censored for moving his hips around... what are they gonna think about a band who sings about eating people?" LMAO
Alex Webster is God
Alex Webster is the most original death metal bass player ever.
I Agree.
Steve Digiorgio, Sean Malone, Jeroen Paul Thoesseling, Mike Flores,
Alex Webster is awesome but this superlative is a bit exaggerated
Dead Man 456 you meant Alex is the demon... haha
I agree with you Metal can create from negative to a positive thing. I've always liked metal and this is what I feel. Metal music helps me throughout my life.
Death Metal is my life for the past 32 years. I'm happy to have seen CANNIBAL CORPSE live back in 1992 for the first time. What a gig with SINISTER, man 🍻
The spokesperson of Death Metal - Alex Webster
Godfather of Death Metal - Chuck Schuldiner
Satan of Death Metal - Glen Benton
Slaughterer of Death Metal - Corpsegrinder
Graveyard necrophiliac - Chris Barnes
I met Alex a few times. I said once that he was the best bassist ive heard. his response was you need to listen to more than because there are guys way greater than me. what a legend I'll tell ya
That's awesome epic
I do not like Death Metal but I will never judge what other people like for music. It's hard sometimes because I just don't understand it. But I hate when people tell me the music I listen to is bad. So I will try to never judge someone for their taste in music.
KobesMind Respect :)
KobesMind so what do you listen to
KobesMind soundd like you got your head on straight homie nobody likes getting shit for the music they like but we are all incharge of our own lives and we choose what we wanna listen to all we all want is to be happy
Thank you
Fellow metalheads ignore this man he plays fortnite
"What are they gonna think about a band that sings about eating people" is my senior quote
Death metal is a genre that has a lot of flexibility. It does not have a a rigid format. There are so many variations of it that it will never die. It hits the most primal parts of our brain and really gets your chest pumping.
Metal definitely helps me get through negative things and there's nothing evil about that. LONG LIVE METAL! \m/
He is absolutely right! When people say to me (who don't have any glue about metal): "oh this angry sound and screaming, you must get so angry and depressed by this noise" no way!!! This music keeps you up on your feet! Like Alex said it helps you through hard times, when everything's shit turn on some good metal (death metal, black metal, heavy metal, thrash metal) it doesn't matter, it's just a relieve!
Alex is such a nice dude. After their show this year in Stuttgart, Germany, my brother and I waited almost an hour, when everybody was already gone, except for me, my brother and 4 other guys. Then suddenly Alex came right to us and talked with us about this show and about the metal music in general. Later on we were joined by Paul and finally George Fisher, the legend himself talked to us, like we were visiting him to hang out and drink some beer, all of them were such nice, friendly down to earth guys. This made this evening even better than it already was! I took a picture with George and I will never forget this awesome day, one of the best days in my life
Class act all the way! Alex does a fantastic job of explaining this music to outsiders of the genre
One good thing about music is, when it hits, you feel no pain - Bob Marley..
...just saw Cannibal Corpse at The Observatory...on the way to the show...I was listening to The Grateful Dead...after the Show...I was still listening to Cannibal Corpse lol. 3 days later...my ears are still ringing...and I just feel...more calm.
Basically he's saying that everyone needs an outlet in their life and his just happens to be Death Metal. Totally agree.
Sounds like a therapeutic way of dealing with negative things.
Hes taught me so much as far as bass guitar guitar teaching myself music teaching others music being a musician in fighting for my career thank you Alex we love you
see that´s one of the reasons i love metal artists, they are always so chill and know how to see things in perspective.
Metal will never die, metal is in our hearts, metal will guide us to the end, in metal we trust, to the end \M/
my feelings exactly. i always listen to death metal, and doom metal(burning witch!) , to release tons of pent up frustration and anger and despair..and it works very well.
i would fucking love to be a drummer or guitarist in a brutal death metal band.
One of my favorite quotes from Alex. I remember this interview from the making of the wretched spawn. And his last statement about censorship was just hilarious to me. Elvis gyrated his hips and we sing about eating people lol.
Alex, you deserve so much respect!
Death Metal has and will be the only thing in this world that will always be there for me no matter what happens. It will never lie to me, tell me im wrong, judge me or try to change me. Its been the only voice that understands everything.
I met Alex in 2009 this guy is hands down the best bass player in Death Metal today. Super good guy and very humble and proud of his metal. Cannibal Corpse forever!
Well spoken Alex.
Alex is so kind in real that it's hard to believe how brutal he can play
My mother once told me that death metal was just a phase. I said that if anything my musical taste will just expand, I'll be listening to death metal until the day I die.
The reason I like death metal is because it’s extremely Heavy and powerful, especially if I am surrounded by rappers. Death metal looks like one of the best disses against rap.
Although I was bullied, etc. I like metal just because of the joy it brings me as you were saying for yourself. I'm 29 years old and still enjoy metal. I also listen to Jazz, Big Band, Goth Rock, Industrial, Old School Country, classic rock, Thrash, etc. I pretty much like it all accept for Gospel, new pop, and new country. It is not an escape for everyone but for some it is and even for the ones that is is an escape for they usually listen to it all their lives. A select few are the exception.
As I always say, my one true constant in life is music and of that, metal.
It's never betrayed me or cheated on me...It's always been there and it's always uplifted me. People getting mad and listening to Radio One chart hits whilst I'm chilling out and unwinding to some Cannibal Corpse...I love it! It eats my negative energy.
I'm a Death Metaller for life🤘🤘🤘
alex seems like a real cool guy. very positive about what his purpose of death metal is and he's a monster bassist. \m/
We listen to music that we can relate to. I've had many struggles in life and death metal music contains lyrics that equate to my own personal struggles. I have mental issues (PTSD and Bipolar Disorder) that cause me to think in certain ways...often times them being negative thoughts. Metal is an outlet for me. It helps me process my thoughts emotions and feelings. I also love metal music because it has a community full of people that I can relate to. I've found that many people that have the same struggles that I do are into metal and I don't think it's a coincidence. Bands I've seen live so far: ghoul, powertrip, black Dahlia murder, cannibal corpse, morbid angel, killswitch engage, parkway drive. Awesome times!
You got alot going on
Wise and true words by, surely, one of the best bassist!
Since I got into rock/metal music in 1978 (thanks to KISS! I'm 52, by the way), rock/metal IS MY LIFE. To paraphrase Alex and others, I "use the negative to appreciate, or strengthen, or enhance the positive!"
My favorite Metal bass player, and member of one of my top ten bands of any genre of music. Alex is no bullshit and a killer musician. I love the guys in Cannibal because they do what they do so well and I know they're doing it with a smile and without taking themselves too seriously. I listened to Heavy Metal when I was a kid because I was "angry" or whatever, but as an adult it's just turned into fun music to listen to. Reading Cannibal lyrics as a 15 year old made me feel rebellious and edgy (I guess, it's been a while), now I just laugh and have fun with how entertaining it is. I get the same good feeling from my favorite Rock, Rap, Funk, or Blues music. So I guess now that I'm older I put Cannibal in the same category as Johnny Winter or Humble Pie, feel good tunes.
Cannibal Corpse's lyrics are meant to be serious and not 'fun'. Also CC do take themselves seriously, I think you have the wrong end of the stick.
Pat O'Brian just got arrested for charging a cop with a knife
Death Metal and Metal music in general has helped my mental health. anger, pain and depression. It uplifts me and is cathartic.
I love jazz,classical,Country and western,rock,Prog and I love Cannibal Corpse.Their music gets me out of a rut and feel good again when I'm in a depressed mood.
Better than any medication.
Exactly how I see it too :) I have a hard time expressing my feelings and often we are just overlooked, and belittled when we try to. I write a lot and I would like to start composing music to go along with it. Sometimes it feels like it's the only relief.
death metal is the way that captures my emotions like sad, angry, pissed anything, death metal is my life and always has been, death metal says things I can't say in real life.
I look up to this guy so much
Death metal brings me a level of comfort and hope that nothing else in this world does. Only fellow metalheads understand this.
Metal is the ultimate form of musicianship, its (often) fast, technical, and takes years to master.
One could say that Beethoven, Bach or Vivaldi are also fast and technical - and don't get me wrong, they wrote very beautiful music - but you can't really bang your head to Moonlight Sonata ( it's really more of a head bob then a bang)...
Alex thank you for stating this metal = family in my eyes. Correct me if i am Wrong, but too me family means unconditional love and respect. Cannibal corpse fan for life
There's really no other voice in death metal like Alex. I don't care what band it is, deicide, lamb of God, morbid angel, suffocation; name the band, noone else comes off the way that Alex does on anything.
I like death metal because of people like Alex Webster. Not only an incredible musician, but he has a great attitude as well, and cares about making amazing music more than getting paid.
i slanted my gun, point it at a cop, i shoot 1 shot, 2 shots 3 shots, fo', now the cop fell and hit the flo', something i just made up, in general these are the "violent" lyrics of a rap song, how about something from whitechapel, or cannibal corpse, "Veins spray blood it splashes in my eyes
Impulse of my rage will dictate how he dies
Chopped up while alive or killed with the first strike
What's left of his life is dripping from my knife" -cannibal corpse,song savage butchery,album gore obsessed
@shred4life3 actually on the studio album that's the vocalist from 3 Inches of Blood doing guest vocals on Black Gold Reign. those power metal vocals are sick dude my heart literally dropped when i first heard that song. and i didn't know Chris Storey had a another band, thanks for the mention bro! :D
this video needs more views. most people outside of extreme metal can never understand this
death metal helps me expel my negative energy via death metal concerts! thank you death metal
Alex Webster is one of the nicest most intelligent people in metal. Both in his bass playing and in general
So metal is an emotional rollercoaster, and we're in for the ride
a rational, educated gentleman is Alex Webster......and that's not even mentioning the godlike musicianship he displays.
Alex is a kickass bass player for Canibal Corpse.
Alex Webster is one of the best bassists of all time in my opinion
No one I've met really understands this. They think the worst when they hear this music. They think it's bad for you
i actually meet him before he played at House of blues last year. It was a good show. they played all of their older songs
He speaks the truth...This is why I love Death Metal. It's underground, yes, but because of that the music made is fantastic...it's not mainstream so therefore to be heard you gotta be good, cant just sell sell sell.
The community is awesome as well, nothing but people with similar interests.
And no better way to remove negativity from your life either.
Indeed...I LOVE Death Metal. :-)
I like death metal because of the guitar riffs, bass, drums and vocals. You know, just all those amazing tones and sounds. I just love tone and quality. But it's not the only music I love. I love all music actually. Just the tone and strength of music is quality entertainment.
he explains the main reasons why i love fuckind death metal
i like death metal cause if i concentrate on it it still doesnt get boring. if i concentrate on pop i fall asleep cause of too much simplicity... and nothing else can wake me up in the morning, except for coffee. apart from that, metal is one of the few genres where you never finish with learning on guitar, there is alway something harder to try. and of course to release anger and aggression. after 5 necrophagist songs i feel calm and save as a rock.
Death vocals are awesome expressing inner self inner scream
I can relate. Extreme metal like death and black and tech death etc saved my life. Depression is a bitch.
This is the most amazing fucking comment I have ever read on RUclips...No bashing, no disagreement, but a full complete compromise and understanding.
Yeah, I'm also going to agree w/ @BrimstoneLandscapes. You can be a death metal band and sing about any topic you like as long as the music is unaffected. But I understand where Alex was going at.
This man is why I play bass
Alex, Man Made Legend.
That is so true!!! Narrow minded people don't get it. That's why quite a few of them explain death metal is bad only because they don't like it. When I first time saw a short live piece Cannibal Corpse performing in Germany - I think the year was 1994 or so- in the MTVs Headbanger's ball, then I was like:'what the hell!!! No one plays or sings like this 😶😃 This is so fucking awesome!!!'.
I feel like my brain needs death metal everyday. Or else i get really bored.
I love death metal, but I swear one of the hardest things to do is get a friend into it.
If you take a piece of music such as Vivaldi's "Four Seasons", it contains a lot of complicated movements, as well as simple ones. If you add distortion to any of them - you get metal, the same can be said for any genre. For example, Victor Wooten is a very tallented Jazz (fusion?) musician, and I would by no-means discredit his ability to play any genre because he is a very tallented person and is a master of his instrument.
I like when he says "you know."
the last line spoken was the best
I think this video speaks for all of us metalheads when ppl ask why we listen to it. Like if you agree
Alexander Timothy Webster III is the best death metal bassist of all-time and a brilliant song-writer but I just made up that name btw.
He's talking about Death Metal but it's true for all metal and aggressive music
i fucking love this guy
Awesome. Mighty wisdom for the most humbled death metal guy on the planet. Much respect for Alex Webster. Hail Cannibal Corpse.
Hail Cannibal!!!
So glad I gotta meet him on my 16th birthday awesome guy
and theres another point...I love cc and alex is one of my biggest idol! i listen cc when i go to bed and it helps me to get sleep! and it helps me in other situations too!
ALEX WEBSTER IS A DAMN GOOD BASSPLAYER!!!
Amen brother! I love metal, rock, and classical music too. :)
Death Metal is a great way i express my feelings and all the hate that i have. but to have over 200,000 ish people by our album sooo yea man i agree with u fully
Alex Webster, you are my fucking hero. \m/
33 years later imo Butchered At Birth is still the heaviest album of all time in my opinion.
Menfluence and Alex Walsh...if you have ever studied music you will know that it is an art and is defined by the listener/producer/viewer. Just like the old saying "beauty is in the eye of the beholder". Music can be and is defined as any combination of sound (or even lack of sound/silence) No one can claim that one music is better than another and no one can say that a certain genre isn't music. If you consider it music that so it is.
I personally don't enjoy listening to death metal but every style feeds the artistic side of someone out there, so I accept it as good music.
did i say my life was shit? no. I couldn't be any happier right now. I'm starting bands with my friends, going to concerts, studying and working hard at school and my family is closer than ever. But there is still so much bullshit in the world. Not to me in particular, but things i see around me. i should have been clearer.
ive been into black/death/doom metal since the 80s . if it is a phase it is the longest phase of my life .
@slay3r43v3r I see what your saying but mainstream and popular are two different things.
CC are perhaps one of the most popular Death metal bands and a lot of people wanna know what it's about. Plus, the metal fraternity is larger than you think. Their 5 million views is what keeps them alive and they respect each and every one of us. Their music hasn't changed and as such, will never be played on the likes of Radio One and as such, can never be mainstream.
Either way, we love em still. :-)
@Kundji12 while this is true to an extent of many people there are also alot of people who genuinely like pop and rap because of their personal taste no matter how bad you find it. i think this opinion originates because of ones personal distaste for rap and pop but also mixed in with the fact that pop and rap are so commercial and most pop and rap artists because recognized icons while there are alot of heavy metal bands that work hard and create good music but become nothing more than obscure
Death metal doesn't always have to be about evil things either. You don't even need lyrics like that to get your "rage fix". It can be about epic, powerful and dangerous things too. Such as a song about black holes, supernovas, planets colliding, some large dinosaurs doing whatever or about large carriers. The carrier for example doesn't even need to be in battle. Just describing it is epic too. Anything though and "manly", really. Maybe even about beauty that has a powerful effect on you. Such as a the journey of a photon from the core of the sun to your retina to your visual cortex.
I think you're confusing two genres. Planets coliding and all of that space-y shit is more deathcore-ish than death metal-ish ;)
As a fellow Buffalonian; why does his accent sound so familiar, yet so Walken-esque at the same time?
Alex is a genius when it comes to music
I love the way he finished it off xD
Cannible Corpse forever \m/