In the Darkest Shadows of Black Metal - One Man Metal - Part 2/3
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Here's part two of our all new, three-part documentary, on Metal's most infamous fringe artists. We interviewed Leviathan, Striborg, and Xasthur, three solo artists who produce Black Metal on the margins of society.
Watch Part One here: • Black Metal's Unexplor...
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Wow. I had no idea that Jeff from Leviathan was the skater on the cover of the Skate or Die 2 video game. You learn something new every day.
I know right, I'm pretty sure I played skate or die 2 as a kid, so it's quite interesting to me to learn that it was him who was on the cover.
Robanz ZZ I also played that game a lot as a kid too. My favorite part of the game was the huge half pipe. I'd play that part for hours, just trying to do all the different tricks and stunts.
And the fact that the thunder trucks logo originally came from a tattoo he had and only got $50 for kt
Man that is fukn awesome...I miss that game
🤘🏻🤘🏻
Scott of Xasthur seems to have some serious issues, but at the same time he is such a great musician.
Often the most twisted minds are the most creative and interesting ones.
Duke the meister he isnt fucking autistic. Where are people getting that from? He is just strange, unlike other people, and has issues. It doesent mean hes autistic.
Duke the meister not relating to anyone or just not wanting to talk to them isn’t autism. Sure, those can be symptoms of it, but they’re also symptoms of many other mental issues.
most of artists from the past have the same condition! in black metal is just more showing . solitary , sadness , anxiety , etc.. it was always the sorce of creativity. nowadays you have too much shioty artists which make money like that whole pop and rap or hiphop shit. even in metal.. . in any orther time those guys would be walking on war to end thair live ... as many before them coz they have noting to loose.
@Patrick William It's really obvious in Scott if you know what to look for. The rocking motion he makes as he speaks. The way he speaks of other people--as if they were a different species entirely.
The saddest thing about Scott is that his lifestyle isn't that far off from your average autistic. The adult world is unforgivably brutal when you live with this condition: there's a good reason the suicide rate is 7x higher for autistic people.
If you go to his insta now, he still has a gf. He looks happy tho.
Now THIS is a damn documentary. Amazing research, respectful and dedicated interviewer. Not the same "burning churches muh Varg" like 30 other documentaries with disinterested managers.
Seriously dude. Black metal goes so much further than trve kvlt goat blood and edgy skulls because lVcifer. This music makes that stuff look like Kiss.
12:43
"what appeals to you about coming here?"
"it's close to absolute quiet."
*children screaming and hitting each other with sticks*
aaaaaahhaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
lol
yeah because kids are at parks at night...
Xasthur scares the shit outta me. Striborg seems like the average Aussie and whitehead seems like a stoner (a chill stoner) but xasthur is fucking giving me chills. He's just like his music in a way I guess you can say
You should check out and then emit He makes Pantera sound like the wiggles
The best music is a reflection of somebodies mind
@@Luv90716 Pantera is softer than the wiggles mate
@@aldxbaran Sorry man but you’re right
Jef whitehead is a domestic abuser
"I don't see any worth in a lot of people. I find human beings most of the time to be very arrogant with nothing to be arrogant about. In the back of my mind, I'm always trying to think of ways to knock them off their high high horse if I could."
That was beautifully well put.
omg so edgy
@@DigitalBath306 omg deftones song as your username so cool and left field you're the true edge lord here my bro
Brummie Bakhtiari lol what? whats edgy about liking a band and using my fav song as my youtube name lmao try again
@@DigitalBath306 oh lil peep guitar cover master teach me your ways of ridicule
Brummie Bakhtiari
😂😂
I was on a soccer team called the Darth Vaders
TRVE KVLT
Mistweaver that sounds like the name an electronic punk band would be called.
Literally i scrolled onto this comment just as he said that
It's football not soccer 🙄🙄
Loving that Xasthur is walking around with a backwards Kings hat. Bucking that stigma within circles that if you're into metal you HAVE to look the part 24/7.
Fucks with Xasthur
Slaveternal it's probably just to blend in.
That's all bullshit...you have to look the part_ and what wear black corpse paint(not that anyone uses corpse paint nemor)to ur job?? Kids.
By the looks of me, you wouldn't have a FUCKIN CLUE that black metal was my shit. Most people assume I'm into hip-hop solely based on my wearing of flat billed hats. If I dressed "metal" I would feel like a power whose cosplaying..
Most people I've met that are heavily into black metal dressed like absolute goobers so idk that there's much of a "part". Maybe it's the benefit of being a less popular subgenre, that anyone who isn't a choad just isn't worried about appearance.
That dude from Xasthur is heavily depressed and has evident social anxiety.
Feel bad for him in a sense, but then again. Grateful. Some of his music s dope
TheObscuredSurveyor Agreed, he is the most haggard of them all. As a self appointed expert in depression I can say haggardness is a major indication. I also have social anxiety and depression myself lol And he has Asperger´s too. I admire that he creates though, many autistics in our situation just implode silently, even while we are all creative and shit.
TheObscuredSurveyor he feels like a kindred spirit. I think I will go buy his LPs
TheObscuredSurveyor scott is a legend lml
🤓
I've seen this video like 3 times and i just noticed that it looks likes he has scars on his arm. I hope he doin alright.
Love how this series is filmed in black and white. Brings a real feel to it.
13:35 “human beings are arrogant with nothing to be arrogant about.”
Hits the nail on the head
The trve source of all the despair - 10:48
I wonder if Scott got Kansas from his smoking? In that case, Jeff must have it too...
haha
Lol...
baphomick Agreed
Trve!
they should make a movie about the life of Xasthur
Idk actually
It'd be tragic
They did
@@lyricus89 when?
Look up one man metal documentary xasthur
the interviewer makes me laugh.
"so like, whats wrong with you?"
😆
What part is that in
@@edpatch2778 Part 4.
love to see a 10 year on follow up , but still showing that can thro down and record an album on your own
Armchair psychologists below, scroll at your own risk.
true true
I scrolled, I regret
@@schizoid6673 medicalisation
BEST FXXXXXXG CMMT
@JIM JONES there are black metal artists who are gay. Gaahl is gay man that I can only name of but that doesnt stop there. So to answer your question, yes.
Thanks! We do this for you!
Both Leviathan and Xasthur did vocals on Sunn O))`s Black One
@@JRPrestonIL as if your reply matters
@@norwaydude96 Fuckin right? Just being an unnecessary force of the same thing that makes everything more miserable for everyone. That dude is either a child or some old edgelord.
@@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245 He's one of those kids that claim to be a nihilist but when I run over they cat they suddenly start caring for things.
Scott Connor in public looks like he's about to bust out a freestyle rap
Fascinating yes, but Scott is a rare beast man, he is everything that makes a perfect artist, haunted, tortured, misunderstood, incapable of understanding society or even his surroundings, hyper-intelligent, incredibly musically gifted, and his arms bear the marks of the pain he has inside... it's rare for an artist to be SO 'hardcore' and yet being unable to identify with his own credibility.
In my honest opinion, he is the ONE artist that understands what true black metal is about....
Dude listen to yourself. Fucking delusional
I can relate to xasthur too much
we keep seeing all of these shots of how many albums these three guys own, i wish the interviewer would have at least asked them which albums they thought most important for us fellow enthusiasts and/or artists to hear, amirate??
Well Scott obviously gets inspired by lycia kansas and if you're active on his Nocturnal poisoning stuff you'd notice he's into other stuff as well.
If anyone is reading this, go listen to Xasthur's "To Violate The Oblivious", I think it was even one of the ones whose covers they showed
It’s kinda sad the camera guy keeps going for these shots of the scars on Scott’s arms, but cause of the lighting and B&W film, can’t get them in high contrast till the end when he’s lighting a smoke in the park in daylight.
But they included like, the 4 close-up attempts at the shot anyway in editing.
The host got that Charles Manson look on point.
"I don't remember how to play half the shit I write" I figured that's the main reason why these bands don't play live
Not the fact that one man cannot play drums, guitar and bass all at the same time?
Yeah, I am sure it's not all the people they would have to deal with in order to play live.
Guys, this is called a joke
@@YannickTMessiah good for them to be taught by you.
I love black metal and although I don't agree with a lot of views that these people have I do have to say that I do admire them for being so open about how they think and feel. I think being a musician in this genre is one of the most unappreciative jobs you can have in this industry and its a nice change to see the people behind this awesome and emotional music.
So open that you have to spend a couple of months tracking them down?
I like you Swedish fool
@@MartinJohnZ your obviously not born pre 90
We don't mind getting off our ass to track people down...it's what you did before the internet made youth lazy for the most part. Sadness." Oh my God two days tracking him down....gosh you must be exhausted!!" Fucklazyfuck.
@@shelbylioness_ not all of us are like that though. Spend a lot of time walking and talking in nature
Basically what Scott is trying to say is:
“We live in a society”
It's hard for Xasthur to even say a positive word like "glad"
I noticed that too
Bro was gonna say happy then switched to glad istg
Striborg's album collection is amazing. I'd love to see what kind of gems are in it.
Pariah X me too. I have my encyclopaedia metallum page filled with my stuff.. right now trying completely get the 1st album of most 2nd wave BM bands. Also want to get into the french scene. At the end ill try american
Lot of Barry Manilow
LISTENING TO SCOTT CONNER JUST BREAKS MY HEART
I think the atmosphere of forests together with Black Metal will never pass...
I like this heavily overgrown Tasmanian forest where Sin Nanna walks...
I have a lot of respect for these people. I don't honestly know a ton about black metal, but I have an appreciation for it. The more I listen and observe, I recognize it as a viable art form . I am glad for these guys that they have this outlet for their angst. They each seem very intelligent, which, as an outsider to much of black metal, I can really appreciate. In watching this, I wish I had some musical ability to express my own dismay in living in this day and age.This deserves my attention.
This is very interesting. All these Artists extol, misanthropy and solitude in their work. Striborg has a ecological perspective, as to me his hatred of mankind is justified by how people don't respect nature.
Xasthur seems to be extremely focused on music, and so he does not care what he wears-he just wants to be a solo artist. Simular Leviathan is angry, but he appears to be the most normal, he once was a social person and has a job-but he is tired of being around people.
Leviathans girl friend died a while before the documentary
You can be addicted to a certain kind of sadness
Whatever -depression is one of the worst emotions . I was severely depressed for 2 or 3 years . Black metal doesn't depress me . If it did I wouldn't listen .
Leviathans girlfriend died that’s why his is deep and Xasthur is highly autistic
Very true. Sometimes when I'm alone I want to feel as I did many years ago. Filled with melancholic energy and freedom, rage and isolation.
Indeed!
If you’ve been depressed for a long time sadness feels more comfortable because at least it’s something you know. Being happy is nice but it doesn’t feel like you’re being yourself. Idk if that makes sense. It’s like if you switch an old ratty T-shirt you wear all the time for a fancy Tom Ford suit.
Fascinating how life turn normal person into a shadow. Jeff's story really hits me. Scott's background is probably the most terrifying, but he refused to share it, which was a smart thing.
I need to start listening to these guys
Listen to Leviathan's "Tenth Sublevel of Suicide." It's my favorite BM album.
Facts
verison9.5 oh yeah yeah
The self harm scars on Scott Conner's arms are pretty rough, guy's gone/going through some serious mental health related shit
+IsdudeMe try hard black metal posers have scars like nu metal douche bags have tribal tatts lol its just a fashion statement ;-)
It's really not, not like that. Theres a difference between a few scars and scars ontop of scars over the entire body. My best friend was like that, the most social, outgoing, loved by women, etc, he was an army ranger, a real badass guy, great shape, etc. But his whole body was scar tissue from deep cuts overlapping each other in a patchwork, because he had severe mental illness. Notice I said had, he's passed over
IsdudeMe scarring is common in the black metal scene. taake did it too, if I can recall correctly.
Loki Hoest did not self harm due to depression, he did it on stage as an act.
yeah, he's a total depressed waffle.
Xasthur is a symbol For real depression and loneliness
Isolation more so than loneliness
It's pretty depressing when you don't fool yourself with a fucked up marriage, with children that you can't get rid of, with so-called friends you become like Leviathan, Striborg and Scott...
Children are the best part in life, the bad part comes from the Wife
ud know and all
Basically what I'm understanding here, is that if you want to play deep and meaningful black metal, especially metal that means the most to you.. well, you gotta be introverted. You have to have some sense of anti-social personality disorder. We're not talking about full-blown psychopathy, but more of a brooding mind that folds in on itself too much. Where loneliness and suffering is some sort of cause of itself, but it's also borne of the human mind. It's insanely complex, and that's probably the hardest thing to understand about black metal. It's not just Satan this or anti-religion that. It can be a truly dark, isolating genre of music. It's atmospheric and emotional and despairing. I think this becomes more clear when listening to bands like Xathrites of Happy Days. Where black metal becomes depressing suicidal black metal, you know? And these bands aren't exactly in that vein, but they truly capture what black metal is about. It's at the heart of the plight of humanity, and it represents some of the darker parts of the human psyche. I can definitely understand the level these guys are on, and I can bet you they have an infinite amount of passion for their music. Because without their music, they're nothing. It's their vehicle in a world that is crumbling, broken, and dying. This documentary is giving me a newfound respect for the black metal genre. For that, I've got to thank you.
kudos to whoever writes thoughtful comments on youtube
very well said
agree but Happy Days is crap
its fricken demons
dude i have the world record on the halfpipe in skate or die 2... thats fucking crazy
absolutely amazing video. ive closed the door on a lot this music, but this video was amazing to watch. i was crazed over this stuff for a very long time. Scott/Xasthur legitimately brought a tear to me eye. you can just look at some people and see sadness, its hard to look at.
i keep watching this documentary nearly every day because I find it utterly fascinating and well leviathan and xasthur are pretty much my favourite bands that i nearly listen to every day and know every part of the songs \m/
I used the same Tascam DP-01 Fx as did Scott on my "one man band" 10 years ago. A phenomenal piece of equipment for anyone who inspires to "do it yourself".
10:25 funniest way I've ever seen someone say shut up
Xasthur should link up with Mc ride
That would be so bizarre and amazing.
Gwxpx_CruzZ Well Death Grips did have that Bathory'esq riff in the first track off of Bottomless Pit. That idea isn't too far fetched considering how eclectic they are hahahaha!
yesss
BT Studio Productions Giving Bad People Good Ideas wasn't Bathory-esque, that was straight up second wave/post second wave Black Metal.
I'm not sure a guy like Scott would be able to get along with MC Ride. They seem like very different people with very different artistic concerns. Sure, they're both very private and depressed and make extreme music, but this is all surface stuff. I don't think that's enough to make this a fruitful collab on a musical or on a human-with-another-human level.
Also, thanks to the uploader for this amazing documentary. It really is a fascinating insight into some of black metal's best musicians. Xasthur has given me so much inspiration through his music, he knows the score. Thankyou so much!
Another fantastic installment! Can't wait for part three!
Russell has been clean for 10 years. Awesome.
I got clean 4 years ago and I agree, my music has gotten more varied.
Doomy.
Quite an interesting length of exposure with this interviews. Been honestly delayed in watching this in its entirety for a years time now, out of an all too personal feeling of relevance with the personalities captured herein, I suppose in some way. Many regards for the journey made and the documentation observed by the crew, of these select noted relics of the art - projects who are household names to those have enjoyed the style of music for years now. Cannot help but applaud such unique exposure. Aye.
Xasthur must have Aspergers, his mannerisms, his difficulties, his views of people in general-not being able to relate to others- is a lot like how I am. I've met and know so many people with Aspergers like me, he definitively fits with the introverted types.
Yeah, shut the fuck up. That & autism is the ADD of this generation, meaningless bullshit.
@Sebastian Rasmussen It's the same "in" disease that ADD was. Overdiagnosed and overused.
whiskeyhammer FukkU Overdiagnosed, overused, you are right. Meaningless B.S you are dead wrong. For the people who DO have these physical conditions in their brain, they live and breathe it everyday and you could never imagine what its like...as proof by your ignorant statement
inb4>typos high as fukl, don't care. inb4>check your privilege.
Lucas Patti Wikipedia rule!
Couldn't help but notice "The Best of Kansas @10:49" in Xasthur's collection.
Damn, he’s got Katatonia - Dance of December Souls CD, nice touch
I loved what he said about not wanting people to come up to him.. expecting to make a connection or something. Its tough to walk this path.. but very inspiring to watch these guys actually do it.
Really great documentary guys, Looking forward to seeing it all complete. keep up digging for interesting subjects.
this is beyond awesome. sincerely appreciate the work and effort to make this come to life. ill be honest ive never heard of Striborg till this but i like that guys outlook and have now started listening to him.
Skateboarding And Black Metal Hell Yeah!!!!
I don't dig Barrier Kult though...
I think Xasthur had a deal with Vans for the AVE Pro
@@dylanroemmele906 Really?! I didn't know that, thanks dude!!!!
the most genuine type of music out there!
Really getting into Black metal and thank you so much for making this amazing documentary!!!!
just an amazing doc! waiting for the final part
Xasthur makes this interview. How could depressive music be any more authentic than a person like that making it?
All of these guys make great music. I hope they find a way to escape from their depression
Excellent! Can't wait to see Part 3!
This is awesome.Thanks for this,well done.
Striborg and Leviathan continue to intrigue me, but the floor in the basement at the bottom of Xasthur has just collapsed into a bottomless tunnel of mystery. Very, very intriguing artist.
These are really great! When can we expect part 3? I'm looking forward to it.
Awesome series, cant wait for part 3
These are incredible. Great work.
it's really nice to hear their ideologys to the music they've created. leviathan is my fav american bm, and xasthur makes music like no other person or band in the world. so the creating of this documentary is a stroke of epic awareness :D thanks noisey. but i can't wait to see the rest.
Holy shit Jeff Whitehead! Remember seeing him in Thrasher when I started really getting into skating. Loved his style.
That's fuckin awesome
Jef is a legend, I’m rewatching this for the first time in years & I forgot that he used to skate. Hopefully he still does it
thanks for finding these guys to interview - it must have been hard to find them - i love black metal and some of this one man stuff is amazing - Xasthur is my fave right at this moment im finding more leviathan and striborg
lol that the heart/grenade on his chest ended up getting used by greenday
😂😂😂😂 your fucking right dude
These guys are so talented, they should be in a band !
Awaiting part three. Very interesting.
Man, you get used to following Stiborg around in his chill-ass life and then it hard cuts to Xasthur's black abyss of despair.
Look at his arm at 14:20 , really feel bad for him
Being from San Jose, I'm pretty sure I played in that same soccer league as Jeff (though I was in the mid-90s). I also really didn't expect Scott to have an LA Kings hat
Jeff has genuinely had such an insane life. Famous seemingly multiple times in completely different worlds.
I love this. Its amazing to get the point of view of the people who make this music. I've heard a lot of shit get talked about these dudes and their music.. but I had never heard their side of the story until this. Its refreshing and strikes me as true journalism... good for vice for making this series and putting this out in the world. Very good.. and very interesting.
Looking at Malefic I can feel all the darkness, its almost written all over his face
Stirborg is so fucking awesome
This series is captivating. On to part three.
Thank you! I knew it wasn't on any of the studio albums but I hadn't heard that split. That track is beautiful and nightmarish like all the best xasthur tracks
Watched this for the first time a while ago. I like how Jeff wears a Kampfar shirt.
14:20 Xasthur either cuts or he used to cut. Depression is a Bitch and cutting is a serious problem, hope he's since quit.
You can't just stop Doing that shit
Yes you can with help I've known people that used to cut then stopped.
Cuttings for pussies anyway if your gonna cut yourself mine as well die doing it
thebearstreetballs Some people cut not to kill themselves, but as a coping mechanism.
Yea I know that but that's some pussy shit dude I'd just slit my throat or kill myself then walk around with hella scars and shit
Very great performance from leviathan and us bm.and Xasthur i listen evry day thanks you are exist
so amazing hearing jef play an early version of a riff from scar sighted @ 0:36
I really feel for these guys. They put so much passion into their music and are so into it and I respect them so much for that. I'm not particularly into this type of black metal (depressing black metal really). it's just a shame all in all. theres so many genres of heavy metal and sometimes black metal just doesn't succeed as well as others.
i am not.. their musi is not goo even in bm standards.. sorry! personal problem dont matter if music is not good.
@@walsjell Such a horrific take, Xasthur is some of the best BM out there.
it being not very popular has a special value to it.
you know for sure those artists are not doing anything because of the money or the succes. it are all just people expressing themselves in the most pure way possible
Wow anyone else just absolutely consumed by these artists work? Utterly devastating but beautiful dark work..
This is a really good series
Xasthur has had a life of pure productivity. He's poured all his focus into creating rather than consuming, and he's done more in his life than 100 office workers who just drudge on a day to day basis like zombies and don't actually produce anything.
Buying a car, getting a mortgage etc., that's not being productive. That's just shifting numbers for stuff that someone else made, and that someone else was probably a robot.
the footage of tasmania goes so well with xasthur's music, i'm pleasantly confused each time they make the transition
"The Best of Kansas" lolololololol
That legit made me want to buy the Best of Kansas
Fish jumps out of the water at 8:33 is pretty effin epic
I would love to see some of this music live
Could you imagine if these 3 made a band.
In fact, Scott and Jef were formerly in the super band "Twilight", but with Blake Judd at the helm, that didn't last long.
Also they two participated in the famous band Sunn O)))
And Scott did splits with both bands separately which would be Xasthur/LEVIATHAN (2004) where in the song "Instrumental" from the album Jef played the drums.
And in 2007 with the Xasthur/Striborg split.
xasthur is cool
That's sick Leviathan ended up in some issues of Thrasher Mag & just had an interest in Skateboarding in general. Crazy he also contributed to the Thunder Truck Logo too. Fuck with Xasthur, & Striborg as well.
Guys you should be awarded for that documentary...for us fans of Leviathan, Striborg, and Xasthur it's so important to hear the opinions of those influential muscians! They have a lot to say, actually those are the people who should be speaking on TV, not those asses who are there now..