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Morbidly obeseSuffocation gets some of those unsettling palm muted harmonies in their rhythm sections by harmonizing major 3rds in chromatic patterns. Also harmonizing major 3rd (dyads) while moving up or down in minor 3rds gives off a twisted sound because you're basically using a diminished scale pattern while harmonizing the root with major 3rds. You can even try it on your guitar, and you will understand what I mean. I do it all the time because it sounds awesome. Bands like Deeds of Flesh loved using chromatic patterns with major 3rds in rhythmic or melodic patterns. Using chromatic minor 3rds can also have a very unsettling sound. It's really the chromaticism that makes everything sound so evil. You can also play major 3rd dyads and create a pattern where you move from the root major 3rd dyad up or down a major 3rd, you can get an augmented sound. In a traditional sense, major 3rds can sound happy, but it depends on the context. Sometimes using inverted major 3rds (minor 6ths) can be cool as well, or even switching between the two in the same riff. Even though it's technically the same notes, they are two different tones. Brutal Death Metal bands tend to follow Suffocation as their bible of Death Metal techniques for that very reason.