well... not realy, becouse the original members are long gone, so acctually... its another band. its still the same genre but the sound is way different.
@@dutchschultz3076 Diamond Head did a remake of their own song. The original Diamond Head version isnt as heavy as this. This is definitely influenced by Metallica's version though.
@@michaelmittelsdorfI was going to say. Lol. Check out the 2016 Edward Gardner & National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain version. One of the best performances and recordings of it I know of.
this song has probably the best intro in heavy metal music. it is so epic, out of this world. when i was a teenager listening original version of the song, it always sounded like soundtrack to some epic medieveal fantasy scene.
Check out the Airship theme from Super Mario, The soundtrack to Halo Reach, Star Wars, death metal band Nile etc.. Holts' Mars have inspired so much music
Diamond Head were way ahead of their time when they wrote this in 1979. The purity of the original version has not been lost, just enhanced. The Midlands is the birth place of Heavy Metal.
They were, it's just too bad they didn't know what to do with it until 40 years later. I'm very happy Metallica perfected this song and I had many years to enjoy it in its full potential.
THIS VERY INTERSTING!,... I,M BORN IN EARLY 80'S AS A TEENAGER I GROW UP WITH MANY HEAVY METAL BAND LIKE METTALICA, MEGADETH... BUT NOWADAY ITS OPEN MY MIND THAT THE SOUND IS MORE OLDER THAN I WAS KNOWN!..THANKS GOD FOR INTERNET AND WHO'S FINDING IT...🙌🙌
I remember when Diamond Head originally made this song and I loved it then Metallica put their spin on it and now full circle Diamond Head killing it again hell yeah.
YT comment section: 30% - I preferred the original version. 45% - Sounds great/Killer. 10% - I prefer Metallica's version. 5% - This is Diamond Head covering Metallica's cover of Diamond head's 'Am I Evil' 5% - Too slow, try playing at x1.25 4% - Love the Video 1% - Why is there a Samurai sword in medieval Europe?.😁
All of the above ... apart from #5 (it's just the right tempo), but this is (fucking) nice too. I love hearing new versions of my favourite songs - as long as they rock. And this one does.
I've been a rocker for 50 years, but this track always comes to mind when folks say whats your favourite song of all time! Seen this band when they first started. They are one awesome rock machine!!
@@anjaevers848 hiya Anna. Glad you enjoyed the diamond head gig. They never got the recognition they deserved in my opinion. Their early shows were awsome. They rocked!! Maybe one day soon they might get some airplay on uk radio stations.
This is what you would call a 'reboot'. The original is still awesome. This brings the same song into the present. Allows for a whole new generation to discover an amazing band. Fantastic!
Feels like the first time. Played this for my woman. She was shocked in to sweetness. So metal. Diamond Head one of the pioneers of metal. This is proof that metal keeps you young. Gives you power listening to it playing it. Power.
If Beethoven or Tchaikovsky were alive today I am sure they would appreciate this. Why bother with a fully blown orchestra when 5 working lads from Stourbridge can produce this masterpiece.
Bad Ass, can't believe the static coming from the comments. This is Great, just imagine if the old NWOBHM was recording today. One of the pioneers for sure. Great Job!
@@66bassmachine52 I know what you mean, that period when Iron Maiden came close to sounding like System Of A Down, and while music trends in terms of production values come and go they should never distract a band into changing how they sound to meet that "modern" feel.
I'm really enjoying this Diamond Head resurgence. Yes, I know they've been around the whole time but they're really fucking killing it lately. Looks like they're dropping Lightning To The Nations 2020 tomorrow, I'm all over it.
20th September 1986. Metallica and Anthrax at B'ham Odeon. I was 16 and it was my first gig. What a night. Am I Evil, for me, is one of the greatest ever metal songs. Thank you for writing a masterpiece and for being on stage with them that night.
6:15 The solo section with the tight rhythm guitar and bass surrounded with the awesome sound of drums double pedal, a pure headbanging moment (repeated at least 5 times) !!!!
As strange as it sounds with DH being the original band who wrote this song. You can really hear where they took influence from Metallica's version. What an honor it must be to Metallica to hear these guys pay tribute to them with their No Remorse cover it was great! Really love this rerecording!
@@williamberry8895 I was talking about Diamond head covering Metallica's No Remorse. My comment clearly mentions that Diamond Head was the original writer for AM I Evil which Metallica covered. All I was saying about Am.I Evil is that in this updated version it sounded like they took a little bit of Metallicas flavor and put on it. Legends paying tribute to Legends on both songs.
@@charleshill5093 Lol, Metallica perfected this song and are the biggest metal band in history. These guys as influential as they were in the 80s simply couldn't make it. So not only do Metallica "got" shit on these guys, but they're better in every way. It took DH 40 years to put out a good version of this song.
@@boltyanskiy nah, this diamond head is literally 1/3rd of the original diamond head. This version is amazing, but the original is better... if we ignore how much 40 more years of experience thats in this version kills!
These guys wrote this. It’s their right to do whatever they want with it. I’m really glad to see that they’re still at it. Metallica made it popular, but these guys wrote it.
I never thought you could beat perfection... until I heard this. Utterly breathtaking. How it's not smashed 1m views is beyond me. One of the very few songs that gives me chills. I'm speechless. One of the greatest metal classics of all time, undoubtedly.
Was introduced to Am I Evil? from Metallica’s cover. And preferred the “heavier” guitar tone that James and Kirk brought to the song. This version I feel captures the essence of the orignal with the influence of the Metallica cover. Badass 🤘🏻
Gracias Brian y Diamond por está super rola y definir por mucho en su momento lo que era el puro y auténtico Heavy Metal...........un antes y después para todos!!!
When I was a kid 13-14 yo, with my mouth opened i listened solo in this song for the first time (In fact it was Metallica's cover). This was unforgetable moment and best music expirience in my life. Since this moment I love metal.
For all the people who think Metallica wrote this song, they only covered it. Yes, Diamond Head wrote the song, and this is the remake, which is totally killer.
Am I Evil is one of my favourite songs ever but I never got into the original Lightning to the Nations album because I knew Metallica's version first and LTTN actually doesn't sound that good to be honest. But THIS here is how I wanted to sound it in the first place. :) Just amazing!
It's a demo recording, it's not suppose to. The official album version is on the Borrowed Time album, but brain dead Metallica fans wouldn't know that.
Diamond Head....should have expected the same as the big "M" in terms of career success. Everything has a time and place these men were just ahead of the curve.
Priviliged to have seen Diamond Head at Kidderminster Town Hall of all places. As the band are from Stourbridge this was literally down the road for them. I would have been 13 or 14 at the time. First ever metal gig for me. I can remember it was very loud and I managed to get a plectrum at the end of the gig. God knows where that is now. Great memories 🤟
David mustaine said in interview Metallica played diamond heads music and let people think it was written by them but never explicitly stated it wasn’t and it benefited them
I'm blown away! This sounds like a brand new band! You have re-recorded your own song and somehow made it better than the original. A song that was already a timeless masterpiece! Did you guys take a dip in the fountain of youth or something? I mean seriously. How can you sound this good over 40 yrs later? I'm speechless.🤘
This shows how heavy influence Diamond Head has had on Metallica. What a great classic.
Influence? It’s robbery. Metallica stole their sound.
Literally a classical tune they covered by Heist. So rad. 🤘🏻
MiketheYung God don’t forget about venom
@@miketheyunggod2534 no metallica did a cover
@@miketheyunggod2534 They even stole their looks, guitars models, hair style, voice sound, every fucking thing Diamond Head had.
hard to believe this band has been rocking like this for 45 years.
well... not realy, becouse the original members are long gone, so acctually... its another band. its still the same genre but the sound is way different.
@@sirhoward6853 well, the lead guitarist is one of the founders and was there all the time, but yeah, I know what you mean
@@sirhoward6853 The band of Theseus.
Metallica done an okay cover..
@@sirhoward6853 diamondhead remains in our memories... Metallica..
"Am I evil? I am man. Yes I am."
Really doesn't get much more metal than that.
UNSTOPPABLE
Satanic evilness😂
Killer remake
Diamond Head made it before Metallica...
@@dutchschultz3076 Diamond Head did a remake of their own song. The original Diamond Head version isnt as heavy as this. This is definitely influenced by Metallica's version though.
@@advanceddarkness3I agree
The OP never mentioned Metallica.
Diamond Head is been doing that since 1979
I still can not believe this was written more than 40 years ago. This track is the physical embodiment of metal perfection.
Hello! Gustav Holst wrote this in 1917! Mars the bringer of war from The Planets.
@@michaelmittelsdorfI was going to say. Lol. Check out the 2016 Edward Gardner & National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain version. One of the best performances and recordings of it I know of.
Yep definetly an inspiration to future metal bands
One of the best heavy metal songs ever written, unbelievable ✌️☠️
I agree. But the Metallica riff......
THE!!!
Evil lyrics with evil sound.
The Intro to This song is from Mars Bringer of War by Gustav Holst
I totally agree 🤘😎🤘
Second wave of covid - Hell NO!
Second wave of British Heavy Metal (even with old songs) - Hell Yeah!
@@Norbert011 I am awake, are you?
couldnt agree more
Rite on!!
Brand new wave of british heavy metal 🤣
@@Norbert011 are you delusional lol?
this song has probably the best intro in heavy metal music. it is so epic, out of this world. when i was a teenager listening original version of the song, it always sounded like soundtrack to some epic medieveal fantasy scene.
That's because it's actually from The Planets: Mars, The Bringer of War by Gustav Holst
without a doubt best intro ever
Check out the Airship theme from Super Mario, The soundtrack to Halo Reach, Star Wars, death metal band Nile etc..
Holts' Mars have inspired so much music
The intro is a cover of Mars
It's called the diminished fifth. Please read a book, ideally about the history of Western classical music.
One of the most underrated bands of all time 😢
Diamond Head were way ahead of their time when they wrote this in 1979. The purity of the original version has not been lost, just enhanced.
The Midlands is the birth place of Heavy Metal.
Fuck yeah \m/
Proud to be a Midlander!
They were, it's just too bad they didn't know what to do with it until 40 years later. I'm very happy Metallica perfected this song and I had many years to enjoy it in its full potential.
Bollocks.
Diamondhead were just ahead of their time. Metallica just caught the wave at the right time.
“Wrote” 🤣 this is mars
New version,old version,Metallica version,.i don't care..this is one of my favorite greatest metal song!!!!
I'm not one for bands re-recording their songs but this is actually surprisingly good
Singer's voice is really nice!
I really wish it was the original singer but this one is okay i guess
well, they are a completely diferent band now. more like a tribute band with Brian Tatler as a special guest
Its crunchy
@@VieiraMCG isnt that what we just listened to
THIS VERY INTERSTING!,... I,M BORN IN EARLY 80'S AS A TEENAGER I GROW UP WITH MANY HEAVY METAL BAND LIKE METTALICA, MEGADETH... BUT NOWADAY ITS OPEN MY MIND THAT THE SOUND IS MORE OLDER THAN I WAS KNOWN!..THANKS GOD FOR INTERNET AND WHO'S FINDING IT...🙌🙌
This version is better than the original they did. It's heavier.
Ce morceau a été repris part metall
Ce morceau a été repris par metallica
Diamond Head covering Metallica's cover of Diamond Head!! I love it!
The really bad one 😎
That’s exactly what it is.
@@thomasskeffington4539 I was meaning the Wolf 😂
This is the truth
Its taugh days
@@jorzgigi1735 what language are you speaking? 😎
Love Metallica's version, love the original, and love this version.
Metallicas version sucked
Which one's the original one?
@@jorgealejandroaburdenesole2167 It's originally Diamondhead's track, from 1980.
But I still prefer Metallica's take. It has more punch. Maybe due to Hetfield's voice and grunt, and Lars drumming, slightly more energetic too.
Even I, Dave Mustaine, find this badass.
lol
ohh my god, you are the same dave mustaine, that made a coment on a megadeth video
You know the original is better Dave.
shit u look exactly like the singer of Megadeth man fr
Not as badass as your new album is going to be. Impatiently waiting!!!!
Sounds better than the original by far
this is the original metallica copied it
This song came out when I was 10 years old. My uncle bought the DH album for my birthday. I've been a thrasher since I could play a record or 8 track.
I remember when Diamond Head originally made this song and I loved it then Metallica put their spin on it and now full circle Diamond Head killing it again hell yeah.
And in return Diamondhead covered ‘No Remorse’ from ‘Kill ‘em All’ on the new album.
They pretty much wrote that whole album
YT comment section:
30% - I preferred the original version.
45% - Sounds great/Killer.
10% - I prefer Metallica's version.
5% - This is Diamond Head covering Metallica's cover of Diamond head's 'Am I Evil'
5% - Too slow, try playing at x1.25
4% - Love the Video
1% - Why is there a Samurai sword in medieval Europe?.😁
Tourists from Japan? The camera hasn't been invented yet.😂😂😂😂
@@sinisterminister6478 🤣🤣
I'm the 1%
did you hear the big4 version?
All of the above ... apart from #5 (it's just the right tempo), but this is (fucking) nice too. I love hearing new versions of my favourite songs - as long as they rock. And this one does.
Love this. Heavier than the original but still different to the Metallica cover.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
You're spot on!
It is heavier than Metallica
I've been a rocker for 50 years, but this track always comes to mind when folks say whats your favourite song of all time! Seen this band when they first started. They are one awesome rock machine!!
Hi James!Yesterday I saw Diamant 💎 head live. I'm 54 years old, love Metallica and Diamant Head. 💎 It was sooooo great. Best Opening Act for Saxon.
@@anjaevers848 hiya Anna. Glad you enjoyed the diamond head gig. They never got the recognition they deserved in my opinion. Their early shows were awsome. They rocked!! Maybe one day soon they might get some airplay on uk radio stations.
Yes me also , made me a permanent metal head🤘
THE PERFECT METAL SONG
They were a big inspiration for metalica and many bands after. Definitely one of my favorites.
Probably because it was they're song?
Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield is watching this
And so jealous
@@danieltull9583 Jealous of this Over-Compressed Slowed Down Mix? Oh yeah for sure... They can't even top their own Original!
@@ImDazzling And yet, your profile picture is kill em all
@@incognito_mode5741 Yes it would seem so? What does my Profile Picture have to do with it?
@@ImDazzling It´s rare to see a metallica fan who is able to criticize them
This is what you would call a 'reboot'. The original is still awesome. This brings the same song into the present. Allows for a whole new generation to discover an amazing band. Fantastic!
Everyone: "You don't need to do something that's already been done."
Diamond Head: "Hold our entire keg of molten dynamite!"
Sound quality much better than the 70's and still crushes timeless 🤘
Feels like the first time. Played this for my woman. She was shocked in to sweetness. So metal.
Diamond Head one of the pioneers of metal. This is proof that metal keeps you young. Gives you power listening to it playing it. Power.
Can’t go wrong with this! 😁🤘🏻
How the fuck is one of my favorite 80s bands coming back from the dead. Maybe 2020 wasn't such a bad year after all.
This song is never loud enough
Yes gutsofmud yes
Thank you GOD BLESS Always
Philadelphia USA 🇺🇸
If Beethoven or Tchaikovsky were alive today I am sure they would appreciate this. Why bother with a fully blown orchestra when 5 working lads from Stourbridge can produce this masterpiece.
Man this is great, Am I Evil is just one of those songs that's impossible to get sick of listening to
Bad Ass, can't believe the static coming from the comments. This is Great, just imagine if the old NWOBHM was recording today. One of the pioneers for sure. Great Job!
Just don't like the vocal
i prefer old recordings, modern technology often sounds to clinic if you know what i mean
@@66bassmachine52 I know what you mean, that period when Iron Maiden came close to sounding like System Of A Down, and while music trends in terms of production values come and go they should never distract a band into changing how they sound to meet that "modern" feel.
@@fajararifwicaksono5098 Why?
@@mr.echo24 James Hetfield is better
I'm really enjoying this Diamond Head resurgence. Yes, I know they've been around the whole time but they're really fucking killing it lately. Looks like they're dropping Lightning To The Nations 2020 tomorrow, I'm all over it.
My favorite version
All these years later and this song holds up and sounds modern.
20th September 1986. Metallica and Anthrax at B'ham Odeon. I was 16 and it was my first gig. What a night. Am I Evil, for me, is one of the greatest ever metal songs. Thank you for writing a masterpiece and for being on stage with them that night.
Best Halloween gift we could ever dream of :)
It sounds massive !!
Over 40 years strong and going, hails and horns to Diamond Head!
One of many bands that laid the foundation for Metal!
6:15 The solo section with the tight rhythm guitar and bass surrounded with the awesome sound of drums double pedal, a pure headbanging moment (repeated at least 5 times) !!!!
As strange as it sounds with DH being the original band who wrote this song. You can really hear where they took influence from Metallica's version. What an honor it must be to Metallica to hear these guys pay tribute to them with their No Remorse cover it was great! Really love this rerecording!
Getting better you're not paying tribute to anyone they're the ones who originally wrote it Metallica ain't got s*** on these guys.
Diamondhead wrote this. Metallica covered it on their debut album kill em all. Both versions are great but Diamondhead kick ass.
@@williamberry8895 I was talking about Diamond head covering Metallica's No Remorse. My comment clearly mentions that Diamond Head was the original writer for AM I Evil which Metallica covered. All I was saying about Am.I Evil is that in this updated version it sounded like they took a little bit of Metallicas flavor and put on it. Legends paying tribute to Legends on both songs.
@@Bray1Jay oh I see. You're right. It definitely sounds much cleaner now. Dave Mustaine agrees with me.
@@charleshill5093 Lol, Metallica perfected this song and are the biggest metal band in history. These guys as influential as they were in the 80s simply couldn't make it. So not only do Metallica "got" shit on these guys, but they're better in every way. It took DH 40 years to put out a good version of this song.
When a single song made the history of Metal
Отличная тема!Классика!Diamond Head Forever!Hi from Russia!
A hard to beat rehash, to one of the most iconic songs in metal. What a treat!
Wow. Like Black Sabbath and Metallica. Perfect.
Holy fuck these riffs are CRUNCHY!
Diamond Head covering Metallica covering Diamond Head. Each version getting better. This is just awesome.
Lol, I got 3 covers of Metallica's cover of this cover!
I still like the original, but there is a monster sound to this version.
This is the original song, Metalica copied it.
@@rickferguson2004 i meant original, as in the original diamond head recording from the 1980's.
@@rickferguson2004 the word you are looking for is covered, copying it would have been making a very similar song without giving credit
It's just modern, isn't it?
@@boltyanskiy nah, this diamond head is literally 1/3rd of the original diamond head. This version is amazing, but the original is better... if we ignore how much 40 more years of experience thats in this version kills!
Best...version...ever.
Arnulf Böckling malt meine Seele...
I saw Diamond Head in 1980, they were one of the best live acts I ever saw, and I have seen many.....
Lars Ulrich is going to sue them for re-covering their cover version....
Lmao
@Draugr lol what ?
*napster flashbacks intensify*
Its the short man attitude that he has
Haha indeed, my thoughts exactly. Well said!
These guys wrote this. It’s their right to do whatever they want with it. I’m really glad to see that they’re still at it. Metallica made it popular, but these guys wrote it.
Damn that double bass just kicking hard
Metallica should cover this song.
they have, album Garage Inc
🤣
Killer guitar work!
I never thought you could beat perfection... until I heard this. Utterly breathtaking. How it's not smashed 1m views is beyond me. One of the very few songs that gives me chills. I'm speechless. One of the greatest metal classics of all time, undoubtedly.
Was introduced to Am I Evil? from Metallica’s cover. And preferred the “heavier” guitar tone that James and Kirk brought to the song. This version I feel captures the essence of the orignal with the influence of the Metallica cover. Badass 🤘🏻
Spot on...
Bloody brilliant fellas! Heavier than gravity.
If you only need this was my favorite rock and roll band❤
Gracias Brian y Diamond por está super rola y definir por mucho en su momento lo que era el puro y auténtico Heavy Metal...........un antes y después para todos!!!
Legendary
They taking care of their legacy. Great job.
The best metal song of all time
The best metal solo of all time
This song was the ultimate tribute because metallica did it out of love and then the new Diamondhead did it too.
When I was a kid 13-14 yo, with my mouth opened i listened solo in this song for the first time (In fact it was Metallica's cover). This was unforgetable moment and best music expirience in my life. Since this moment I love metal.
Excellent !!
As a long-time DH fan, I was expecting to hate this because "not the original recording" but tbf DH have done an awesome job here. This sounds great!
this is not bad at all but I am so used to the old version^^ torn. I'll just bang my head while I'm thinking about it xD
And the killer music video!
They should be in the hall of Rock for originality... 🤘
The intro is really awesome here…
This is metal in its purest form. ❤❤❤
An absolute classic saw diamond head live in the early 80s great band
Hell yeah🤘🏻🖤
😎 Up! Christine&Markku 🤘🌹
I have this for my ring tone got to love it
Still such a great song. Love the lyrics, the riff, and the epic guitar solo. Awesome video too. Great job lads!
Love the new sound... it's like a mix of the rawness from the old mix with some modern polishing.
For all the people who think Metallica wrote this song, they only covered it. Yes, Diamond Head wrote the song, and this is the remake, which is totally killer.
Wow fuck'n brilliant,I thought Metallica killed it but diamond really murdered this track.... Unbelievable!!!
Am I Evil is one of my favourite songs ever but I never got into the original Lightning to the Nations album because I knew Metallica's version first and LTTN actually doesn't sound that good to be honest. But THIS here is how I wanted to sound it in the first place. :) Just amazing!
It's a demo recording, it's not suppose to. The official album version is on the Borrowed Time album, but brain dead Metallica fans wouldn't know that.
Thank you Diamondhead ❤🎉😊
I’m so glad diamond head remade this. It’s a perfect 2020 ending
Diamond Head....should have expected the same as the big "M" in terms of career success.
Everything has a time and place these men were just ahead of the curve.
Great comment...Im surprised nobody gave you a thumbs up.
You on the board now my bro.
Les premier à produire
Am I Evil
Respect for you
Priviliged to have seen Diamond Head at Kidderminster Town Hall of all places. As the band are from Stourbridge this was literally down the road for them.
I would have been 13 or 14 at the time. First ever metal gig for me. I can remember it was very loud and I managed to get a plectrum at the end of the gig. God knows where that is now. Great memories 🤟
one of the greatest riffs... love it! 🤘
First line: My mother was a witch... she was burned alive... wow. evil kick ass from the start
Sounds and looks fresh 🤘
Metal vocals, enough said!!!!
Metal perfection!
David mustaine said in interview Metallica played diamond heads music and let people think it was written by them but never explicitly stated it wasn’t and it benefited them
I'm blown away! This sounds like a brand new band! You have re-recorded your own song and somehow made it better than the original. A song that was already a timeless masterpiece! Did you guys take a dip in the fountain of youth or something? I mean seriously. How can you sound this good over 40 yrs later? I'm speechless.🤘
His Mother was a Witch.
With a little help from the entities that are summond to enter their souls before each performance.
Got the original 'white demo' album original signed by you guys. This years later, is absolutely excellent!! Well done!!
I HAD THAT ALBUM ,BUT I LOST IT SOMEWHERE OVER TIME AND I FEEL SHIT ,BUT CANT CHANGE IT
Masterpiece.
From stourbridge amazing 😊😊😊
Damn... That's fantastic! I love how epic it is. Great job!