![]() But as the ultimate outsiders' music, death metal united legions of otherwise misanthropic headbangers, many of whom were more than willing to risk life and limb-Benton's spiked armor was only one of the many perils-for their adopted brotherhood.ĭeath metal had its roots in not-so-extreme influences such as Slayer and Metallica, and in faster, more severe thrash acts like Dark Angel and Possessed (who actually recorded a 1984 demo called Death Metal). The genre's lyrics were no less savage, conjuring violent and/or sacrilegious imagery that would offend just about any right-standing member of society. Relentlessly aggressive and armed with concussive blast beats, bone-scraping guitars, and demonic grunts, the music was a destructive musical force that could not be contained. Human meatgrinder wouldn't be a bad description of Benton's band itself, not to mention the other similarly punishing groups that emerged from the Florida death-metal scene of the late '80s. With all the armor, spikes, and nails, I was a human meatgrinder." I had a three-second rule: You turn around, you jump back off, otherwise your ass is mine. "If you came up on the stage, I'd be the first one kicking the shit out of you. "There's a lot of motherfuckers in this world walking around with teeth missing because of me," says Deicide frontman Glen Benton, who was known for playing shows back in the late '80s while wearing homemade armor covered in spikes. This story was originally published in January 2009.
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