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HOW TO MAKE IT BIG AS A DEATHCORE YOUTUBE VOCAL COVER ARTIST

 Friday, November 20th, 2009 at 11:30am by

Sometimes we get so caught caught up in minutae inside our little metal Internet bubble that we lose perspective on the bigger picture. Take this lampoon video from Current.com that highlights deathcore YouTube vocal covers (including our favorite, Señor Bivins) and mocks the differences between deathcore, death metal and metalcore. I’m pretty sure the guy in the video “gets” it and is playing dumb to make a point… but let’s be honest with ourselves; while the minutae between these micro-genres may seem important to us now, 200 years from now people aren’t going to give a flying fuck. By then it’ll all just be called “early 21st century metal” or some equally all-inclusive blanket term that disregards all the differences we argue about on a daily basis. It’s all just dudes screaming over loud guitars and fast drums in the end.

Anyway, this video is pretty funny. If there’s one thing we and the presumably indie rock-centric audience this video is geared towards can agree on, it’s that deathcore scene kids are fucking stupid.

-VN

[Thanks: Pablo]

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  • Facebook User

    oh man that is fucking great

  • Double D

    By the way, that infomania show is probably one of the funniest shows on television that people don’t watch. There’s also a segment on that show called “Sergio’s white hot top 5″ that’s funny, too.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jesse-Menard/502061034 Jesse Menard

    Instead of doing all these stupid fucking covers, why don’t they get into a band and put out some songs of their own?

    • msv81

      Because none of them has any genuine talent, maybe?

      (That Bivins idiot is the sole exception, cause he’s actually pretty decent, but after seeing his rant about how no good metal comes out of the U.K., he’s lost all credibility)

      • John

        What good bands are coming out of the UK right now? I know the obvious ones but I honestly can’t think of any in the last five years.

        • fasshole

          Anaal Nathrakh
          Trigger The Bloodshed
          Dyscarnate
          Sylosis
          Man Must Die

        • msv81

          I wasn’t even necessarily talking about today (though there are some, see post below); the moron said something along the lines of, “Nothing good has ever come out of the U.K.” Well, actually, the first metal band ever came from there, making the U.K. responsible for ALL metal. And let’s not forget Iron Maiden, etc. It bugs the shit out of me when kids today think they’ll all br00tal and kvlt but don’t know shit about metal’s history or roots (kind of like Born of Osiris not knowing who Glenn Danzig is, or, to a lesser extent, who Dino is….like, are you fucking kidding me here?).

          • loganarchy

            Is Glenn Danzig part of metal history? I dunno, MIsfits? Not very metal to me…

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-Gavin/1396340262 Mark Gavin

            @Ioganarchy Misfits might not be metal themselves, but punk has played a huge role in influencing metal.

    • anthony

      Oh fuck no!

    • Lol@thiswebsite

      Kevin Bivins IS in a band, What Lies Beneath from Niagara Falls, NY. And he does the “stupid fucking covers” for fun and entertainment. Something to kill time and entertain others, which he appears to certainly be doing by all the attention he’s grabbing. Also, he is recording his own songs for his solo project. Actually pretty good. Good day to you all.

  • timmah

    AND I FLUSHHHHHHHHHH!!!

  • Blackgrind

    Porcelaincore FTW!

  • Chimp-O-Neg

    “It’s all just dudes screaming over loud guitars and fast drums in the end.”

    Ha haa! I loved that.

  • The Rev’Rend

    What argh YOU doing tonight?!? AAARHARHHHGHGHGHRHGH!
    (I almost choked on my breakfast. Ha! I almost literally died laughing!) (Would that be metal, or metal core? IDK.)

  • brandog

    Sittin on tha toilet! Sittin on tha toilet! Sittin on tha toilet! Sittin on tha toilet!

  • jonowev

    Can’t view in the UK

  • myke

    classic i love how they rip into tooo

  • http://www.last.fm/user/groverXIII groverXIII

    Heh… that was pretty funny.

  • nicos12

    O, this guy, the same guy that said nothing metal came from the UK, what a retardcore kid

  • nicos12

    oK that shit was funny, Arrrgggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh LMAO

  • Nate L.

    honestly really funny.

    the guy who hosted is seems pretty cool

  • SHOCKTROOP

    man. i need to practice my moves. especially the hippo giving birth to a motorcycle. that is a tough one to perfect.

  • aud10ph1le44

    “If there’s one thing we and the presumably indie rock-centric audience this video is geared towards can agree on, it’s that deathcore scene kids are fucking stupid.”

    Amen, Vinny. Amen.

  • JJBeback

    hilarious

  • orbital

    ROFL

  • FuckYourGayEmoHaircut

    Was that one guy singing psychosocial into a remote?
    No wonder people think maggots are idiots…

    • Nick

      People that call themselves maggots probably aren’t too bright in the first place.. just sayin’

      • Alex_P

        Self-deprecation is a rite of passage in nu-metal. It justifies the angst, and also the lack of ability to spell (Staind, Korn, Limp Bizkit, etc.).

  • SeanN

    Fucking hilarious! Metal is way too fucking serious.

  • andy morales

    i like deathcore and i thought that was funny as shit

  • Sandwiches

    Ha ha I lost my shit when he said “a hippo giving birth to a motorcycle”

  • Frank

    HIppo giving birth to a motorcyle made me chuckle, but the Sitting on the toilet song made me choke on my own saliva from laughing so hard