Death metal misconceptions, any thoughts? Why is the genre judged so unfairly ?

Most folks don't have a critical enough ear to be able to tell what's going on. To them, what may be a beautifully written and performed death metal composition is just incoherent noise to them.

Okay well, ill just give you my reasons for disliking death metal, I know very little about metal to be honest. I know tons of punk bands, have every notable punk bands albums and know all the words by heart to every song by a lot of my favorites. I started listening to poppy Ramones, then clash, dead Kennedys, ext. Ext. and I liked it so much I never bothered getting into metal. Then I liked this guy a lot and we had a mutual interest in punk but he also liked a lot more different stuff so since he was so openinded about listening to punk I asked him what songs by what bands in what genre should I check out. He said metal-black veil brides, pierce the veil, asking Alexander, death metal-design the skyline, I forget the other twos name, he said fake metal was stuff like metallica cause they're poser sell outs. So I went and listened to this stuff and really hated it. And since I was told that's what metal was, and it was very much so about sex and drugs, I never gave it another chance. That's why I wasn't into death metal really, I'm ignorant of metal and I just never bothered after that to listen to it. As for the vocals and harsh playing I have gotten into that more.., but not so much as death metal, its a very hard transition to popish ramones to yelling and alllllll anyway i went to a metal influenced hardcore show and I think I liked the whole loud, angry, moshing, fastness about it. So now I'm more open to the concept of death metal but I haven't really ever bothered to look it up because idk what to listen to.You said "have you ever given bands like these a chance?" well no, because I never knew of such bands (I'm quite bad at utilizing the Internet :P) If there was a death metal band with energetic, non-stupid/creepy/drug/sex lyrics, shortish songs (less than 5 minutes) without long intros than I would listen to them and give them a chance. However all I know about death metal is from a guy I once had a crush on and the creepy guy with a pentagram tattoo on his forehead, illuminati on his cheek, talking to someone loudly about death metal and how he can relate to the mutilation and gore of it all. I realize I probably sound like an idiot but keep in my mind I'm more into punk, hc and rock n roll. But there, that's why I'm judgmental toasted death metal and think it's all satany violentness.

Couldn't agree more! Chuck publicly spoke out against bands like CC for giving death metal a bad name. People are quick to judge and assume that music is just for goths or serial killers or whatever.