Apparently Careful with That Axe is when the Metal Scream is sudden, supposedly with the intention of scaring listeners.
A. That doesn't strike me as a meaningful distinction or tropeworthy on its own.
B. "With intention to scare" sounds impossible to verify without Word of God.
Edited by Primis on Jan 23rd 2021 at 2:41:55 AM
Oh, I always thought Careful with That Axe was just The Same, but More; something like "a metal singer screams to express emotion" vs. "a metal singer screams really loudly as though their legs were cut off", which is explicitly how CWTA describes itself.
I mostly got the "with intention to scare" distinction from Metal Scream's description:
Careful with That Axe does mention it, though:
Edited by Primis on Jan 23rd 2021 at 3:42:12 AM
Besides the opaque name of the latter, I'm having trouble seeing a distinction between them.
Edited by StarSword on Jan 23rd 2021 at 4:16:03 AM