When political commentators mention extreme metal on the air it's usually in reference to something tragic like a school shooting, church burning or suicide pact. But when MSNBC liberal correspondent Rachael Maddow invoked the names of Cannibal Corpse, Six Feet Under, Obituary, Death and Deicide it was mostly to take a stab at Republicans, not [...]
When political commentators mention extreme metal on the air it's usually in reference to something tragic like a school shooting, church burning or suicide pact. But when MSNBC liberal correspondent Rachael Maddow invoked the names of Cannibal Corpse, Six Feet Under, Obituary, Death and Deicide it was mostly to take a stab at Republicans, not metal bands.
After discussing how Phoenix, Arizona and Salt Lake City, Utah have been nixed by the Republican party as the site for the 2012 Republican National Convention in favor of Tampa, Florida, Maddow credited Tampa as being the birthplace of death metal, then showed a video from Cannibal Corpse and namedropped Death, Six Feet Under and Obituary before showing a clip 'Homage For Satan' by Deicide, a band she called "Tampa's pride and joy -- kind of the deans of the Tampa death metal scene."
Okay, Maddow wasn't exactly complimenting death metal, but since she was using the music to mock the Republicans' inability to find a respectable city to host the convention, we'll go along with it. Anyway, when is the last time you saw CSNBC say anything at all about extreme death metal? The blast beats begin at about the one minute mark of this clip.
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