Finnish band Viikate mix melodic heavy metal with so-called Rautalanka which is a Finnish version of 60s surf rock. Try them out, for example the song 'Kurjat Kurjet'.
I think a lot of people miss the throughline of surf rock in rock music in the 60s and 70s. For such a short lived and small genre it had a massive influence on the way the guitar is played.
I remember reading about how surf rock was super popular when Mick Mars from Motley Crüe first learned to play guitar, and then as soon as he started getting good it became very unpopular and he had to learn new styles of play. It might have influenced his future heavy metal guitar playing style a lot 🤔
I'm envious dude, I always wanted to see him when he was alive. Unfortunately for me whenever he did come to my part of the world (UK) the tickets were way more than I could afford. Though I can completely understand the price being so much, he was touring independently by this time (ie no backing or support from a label) and the expense of all the travel/accommodation and other tour expenses and despite his being an absolute legend, he was pretty much forgotten as far as the music industry was concerned. I wish I could have gone at least one time tho..
Absolutely! One of the best shows I've seen. I saw him 2 or 3 times in small venues. It was real cool. For those that never saw him, it was easy to get a front row "seat" in standing room shows. He played so insanely loud that most people would back away from the stage. Of course you would be deaf for a day or two afterwards!! I can still here his blistering, drenched guitar tone in my head.
For anyone interested... my surf band out of Chicago, The Aquaholics, does covers of Judas Iscariot, Mayhem, and Burzum for this exact reason (as a joke). But we figured that out like 20 years ago. Everything else is originals.
@t16205 There's a band called "The Burzums" and they do that exclusively. Burzum transfers over very well. I imagine the Bestial Black and War Metal bands wouldn't work that great.
That's quite on the level - so, picture the following : Dunkelheit adapted to a BB's ballad with crazy harmony loops in between the two distinctive parts of the track. Sung by Bruce Johnston backed by Mike Love and Al Jardine, conducted by Brian and Varg. I can almost hear it from here...
This also seems like something Tarantino would do in general. He’s synonymous for turning iconic songs on their head while having a COMPLETELY different meaning and sound to them
@@bronzin1445 Pulp fiction begins with Misirlou and ends with Surfrider. Dick Dale and (a cover of) the Ventures. Those two acts, that’s basically the bookends of surf instro. Oh and it’s perfect because it sets the tone and then reaffirms the tone of the movie. This movie is like a surf music record.
@@TheNaarcoleptik check out the song Bloom by Between the Buried and Me. Not quite what you described but it is essentially progressive metalcore surf rock lol
I find that idea feels slightly contradictory, in a way, to his point that black metal songs are literally surfer music without distortion. But on the other hand, he basically made surfer rock covers of black metal songs, so like you said the video still is awesome in its own way
It’s like something you would hear in a Scooby Doo special haha. The stage is set: “Mystery Inc explores a creepy abandoned island in the vicinity of a popular beach resort town.” I would totally watch that:).
Fun fact: Richard Anthony Monsour AKA Dick Dale - the man who basically started the Surf Rock genre - was heavily inspired by his Lebanese heritage and his uncle's own ability to play the oud. In fact, Miserlou (-the Wipeout song- Correction: this is not Wipeout, but Dick Dale is responsible for both) is a cover of an old Near Eastern folk song. So by extension, Black Metal is really just Arabic folk music with heavy distortion.
Part of Hajj consists of throwing rocks at a wall that represents the Devil. That seems pretty metal to me! There are also some Arabic metal bands I believe
@@madkhaliqfarhan Sure, but the way I see it, metal can be just as much about fighting the Devil as it can be worshipping him, as long as you make it as brutal as possible. Like Doom, you know? He fights demons, but it's in the goriest way possible in the most grotesque environments, and his slaying goes without a lick of holiness, as he doesn't use any sacred arts to fight the infernal and he kills angels too. I feel like that aesthetic and modus operandi can be applied to metal music and presentation too. I know they fight dragons and stuff in power metal at least. Not to mention there's the classic metal band Motley Crue, who have "Shout At the Devil"
It’s amazing how fast Rock music progressed. To think, Surf Rock started coming around 1960-1961. Black Sabbath recorded their first album in 1969. Imagine if Distortion was widely around 7-8 years before? Yes I know Distortion was possible 1960, but it was more of an experiment than an actual option of an electric guitar
Tony Iommi said it through : Without Hank Marvin of the Shadows his style wouldn't have been the same !! F.B.I. was the song clip that changed Sabbath history
Link Wray started the distortion sound but taking a pencil and poking holes though his amp. He was the link (pun intended) from surf to punk. Alsoz the only instrumental band from radio is 'Rumble'
Blues guys like Wolf and Muddy were cranking tubes to distortion as part of the Chicago sound from the late 50s too. It was just that they didnt use a chugging rhythm guitar behind it to get it over as an itegral part of the sound.
There's a documentary called Metal Evolution. In one of the episode's the host talks a little about surf rock and its roots in the metal music. He also mentions how people living in the 60's meant that surf music had a little aggresive and somewhat sinister sound. Im not sure if Mayhem adapted tremolo picking because it was easy to play, or because of the aggresive sound. The only thing i know is that Mayhem were more artists and pioneers of a new movement, than they were great musicians. Correct me if im wrong.
@@Chicanery_Artifice That would be Eastern European and West Asian folk traditions, Dale being the son of a Lebanese father and Polish-Belarusian mother. Misirlou, his most famous track, is a prime example, being a cover of a Greek/Ottoman folk song.
@@Existential_Tempest I remember that a version of Miserlou was performed at the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympics. The performance was definitely influenced by Dale's version, so it was almost as if the song came full circle.
It's actually not surprising to hear that surf rock has had an influence on punk and metal. I mean Anthrax covered "Pipeline," and the Dead Kennedys' original song "Holiday In Cambodia" had a definite surf rock vibe to it.
The Dead Milkmen had many songs with a solid beach vibe like "Beach Party Vietnam" and "Blood Orgy of the Atomic Fern", etc. Most of the "Eat Your Paisley" album was basically punk surf.
Honestly there's something so beautiful and chilling about I Am the Black Wizards that even in the surf style it still manages to maintain that feeling of mystery
Holy shit, as a huge black metal and surf rock fan I feel like you put the puzzle pieces together for me in a way I'd never figure out. This is an eye opener!
there are a few puzzle pieces in play here, the one the video is mainly pointing out that the guitar riffs are very similar between surf rock and black metal. - the big thing a lot of non musicians seem to be missing here though is also the drums were changed as well. and its because of the change of the drums that your actually feeling the change in Genre.
To everyone saying "we need surf rock with distortion": Finnish band Viikate mix melodic heavy metal with so-called Rautalanka which is a Finnish version of 60s surf rock. Try them out, for example the song 'Kurjat Kurjet'.
Man, I'm a big fan of Viikate since 2000s. IMHO, most of the Finnish-speaking bands (Verjnuarmu, Ruoska, Turmion Kätilöt, Kotiteollisuus, Kivimetsän Druidi etc.) are amazing.
@@rickydo6572 it's not everyone's cup of tea, but aside from the music you gotta pay attention to the lyrics. DK's songs are probably the smartest songs I've heard, you can tell that they were more than a punk band, they were very smart and aware on the events, politics and social environment of that era both in the US and in the rest of the world
@@alanmogliani6944 Yea, their lyrics were some of the best punk lyrics at the time and still today. Well, nowdays they're just a Shadow of their former selves without Jello Biafra.
@@rickydo6572 definitely. I wish they would have just split up and buried the DK name altogether. Keeping the name without the original formation made them fall in the rock and roll cliche of fighting over a name, over a song, over anything like a couple that just got divorced
Genius enough to get two of his alleged friends to hate him enough that both of them planned to murder him while one of them did. Fuck around and find out.
I unironically enjoyed this. I realized as a ten year old learning the guitar that surf rock was Metal. I would love whole cover albums of the classic BM albums made all wholesome for the beach. That is exactly what I want in summer. Might even kick hair metal out of the way for my summer soundtrack.
@@Discrimination_is_not_a_right No. I do not mean that at all. I mean that Surf Rock is form of Metal. Metal was named by Sandy Perlman in 1966. It has existed since the creation of the world.
@@dashtheautoman Metal came out of London. Zeppelin created it. They're widely acknowledged as the first metal band. And surf rock started in the early sixties. BTW, if you think discrimination is a moral duty, you must be a republican.
As amazing as this is (which is truly is), it is not just distortion it is also the drumming.... if this were blast beats it would have slightly different vibe
I find the beauty comes from the sublime clash between the moving melodies and the harshness and aggressiveness of presentation. The anguish/hatred pushes the beauty of BM's melodic sensibilities even further through the juxtaposition. While fun and interesting, I don't get any of the original's beauty from these experiments. Dedicated pop and rock does clean melody better; imo knowing the original music makes this clean version sound toothless and pointless! To each their own though. You'd probably enjoy The Botanist if you don't know 'em.
Very nice. A lot of goth music is just slow surf music as well. I put on Sisters of Mercy when my kid was like 6 or 7 and they said "This is just spooky surf music."
One note, at least where Dick Dale is concerned, the picking isn't just up/down, it has a rhythm based on his Middle Eastern heritage, from his Dad using a drum called a Darbuka. He's damn fast so either you listen intently or slow it down, but you'll hear it! Very cool examples here.
It's neat how that influence informed the music with the minor and diminished runs that lend the feelings of uncertainty and peril which is so appropriate for surfing, and that is now the sound because if how well it fit along with the timing of the musicians. Like if Dick Dale never made his way to the West Coast would 'surf music' sound different?
Listened to a lot of black metal when younger. Often got a feeling of it sounding lslughtly simmiliar to something else i couldnt put my finger on. So it was surf rock.
The drums also have a little to do with it, in fact probably more so than the lack of distortion. i don't knwo these songs, but I assume they have super fast drums with blast beats.
Historically, Dick Dale, the famous surf guitarist, is probably the main inspiration for metal due to his right (or in his case left) hand technique and composition.
This is awesome, one of the many reasons I love metal. I'd always wondered about this in my head, being able to hear it played so well is very satisfying!
I mean, being able to sound good either way and provide 2 different vibes by changing distortion and drumming is also a sign of brilliance haha. But I agree, Transylvanian Hunger is the only one that didn't lose any bleakness at all - a testament to how bleak it is even amongst some of the bleakest music out there
@@grantog123 Not exactly the same, but Blind Guardian recorded a cover of Surfin USA where the song gets more metal as it goes on, especially with the drums.
I think maybe it's that well written music sounds good no matter what effects you run them through. Just a hypothesis. Kinda want to make a ridiculous pedal chain now. For science.
I like and as a guitar teacher i teach both styles, but it never crossed my mind that the two styles are basically the same.It was a real eye-opener.Thanks.😊
@@Nightwalk444 Nobody ever said it was hard. He just did it at the right time, with the right knowledge, with the right equipment, with the right people. You know, like all pioneers in history.
Oh no! A wild Satanic proselytite appeared! Leviathan, who was cast into the sea and now rules it as the Devil of Envy, would like to have a word with you on the upcoming surfing competition...
If somebody says they are a Satanist they are attention seekng retards. If you believed Satan existed then you definitely wouldn't choose to follow him. Grow up, you're so cringe.
if you want to hear more stuff like this, i'd recommend the band Daikaiju. my personal favorite album from them is Phase 2, but their whole catalogue is pretty much this vibe
This reminds me of seeing the late great, Dick Dale, playing live the fabulous surf music. He had so much fervor even in his later years. He kick my face with his guitar tone making me cry!
Damn, dude. You sound clean as hell. It's hard to not make small mistakes with those double picking string transitions, especially when you don't have the cover of distortion to mask them. Granted, I don't know shit about shit.
It gets easier when you learn to tremolo pick to an actual note value (most commonly 1/16 notes) instead of just strumming as fast as you can like you instinctively want to.
Yeah, but that one kind of reminded me of a 60s horror film or maybe a perilous scene in in an action movie of the era. I feel like there’s some interesting similarities to 60s music as a whole here. Really cool!
@@jefff3023 If you want more evil surf rock, listen to Zombie Queen by Ghost! There's also a band I heard of called Gein and the Graverobbers that seem to fit the bill
This was one of my inspirations for making my "Doom Theme but it's Surf Rock" video. Thank you for that. I've played Dick Dale songs with distortion and can confirm some of his songs are literally just metal.
The Jesus and Mary Chain's "Psycho Candy" album was basically a collection of sweet surf rock ballads with screaming distortion. I actually wish they'd released an acoustic version.
Damn, this is making me wonder why I've never heard a modern Surf Rock. I like distorted riffs, but its very refreshing to hear something a bit more complicated with the cleaner sound of Surf Rock.
I once played Freezing Moon on my acoustic while sitting next to my family and my brother, who didn't knew the song, asked me jokingly if I'd play mexican style music now So I guess it can sound like a lot different genres
@@ciananmeagher9005 many metal guitarists are, actually. Some are more into classical music, some into flamenco. I gotta say, I'm mostly more into the flamenco stuff- it's often used in thrash metal too (Kreator and Annihilator for example)
@@MichaelHill-sg8ks I may not be a metalhead, but I like metal (heavy, thrash, power metal etc.) ...and I don't hate black metal, but i don't prefer them.
Love it. It is not a new discovery: just search for 'Original 1960s Trve Kvlt surf music' and you'll find songs from "The Darkthrones" (incl 'Californian Hunger'), "The Immortals", "The Mayhems", "The Burzums" and probably some more from a decade ago. Enjoy!
Confession: I actually learned how to tremolo pick from surf rock, long before I understood what black metal even was. Lol. I am sort of glad for it now actually. Once I got into black metal I went, “Hey wait a moment! I know this” 😂
now I want to hear surf rock with distortion and.metal vocals....
Yes, yes, yes
So you want to hear black metal.
@@slaythembeforeme yes. I would love to hear black metal covers of the beach boys and the ventures
@@mckeithenmccormick9642 so would I. That sounds amazing.
Finnish band Viikate mix melodic heavy metal with so-called Rautalanka which is a Finnish version of 60s surf rock. Try them out, for example the song 'Kurjat Kurjet'.
Black Metal = Norwegian Surf Rock. This actually makes so much sense.
Imagine vikings surfing the Scandinavian cold waters
😂😂😂😂
@@joaofranco942 that's why they be screaming
Underrated comment,@@floris812 xD
Now, after I read it...yes.
In an alternate universe, Varg's without a criminal record, chilling in a house by the beach catching some gnar waves, making surf vlogs
@@jocm99No, he'd be mocking the people who think you have to wait thirty minutes after eating before going in the water.
Christ isn't a bad representation of the spirit.
@@jocm99why because he live at the beach he can't believe in Christ ? Well goddamn 😂😂😂
Ah yes, the non racist timeline
@rabbitmane9265 no one gives a single fuck about being racist. It's not real anymore. RAAAYCISSSS
Gives me Scooby Doo vibes like running in doors just to come out of a different one
😂
Same decades is why!!
I think a lot of people miss the throughline of surf rock in rock music in the 60s and 70s. For such a short lived and small genre it had a massive influence on the way the guitar is played.
I remember reading about how surf rock was super popular when Mick Mars from Motley Crüe first learned to play guitar, and then as soon as he started getting good it became very unpopular and he had to learn new styles of play. It might have influenced his future heavy metal guitar playing style a lot 🤔
Golden Tiki in Vegas regularly has surf rockers play. It's amazing how gifted they are without suffering from carpal tunnel or messing up.
Kurt Cobain was certainly aware of it.
It's bridge between Rock 'n' Roll, Rockabilly - Pop Rock
ooh - check out The Surfrajettes 😁
As someone who got to see Dick Dale live, he absolutely had the intensity of a metal act.
I'm envious dude, I always wanted to see him when he was alive. Unfortunately for me whenever he did come to my part of the world (UK) the tickets were way more than I could afford. Though I can completely understand the price being so much, he was touring independently by this time (ie no backing or support from a label) and the expense of all the travel/accommodation and other tour expenses and despite his being an absolute legend, he was pretty much forgotten as far as the music industry was concerned.
I wish I could have gone at least one time tho..
I got to see him at a Vans Warped Tour with Sublime when Brad was stil alive.
"I saw him at "the boardwalk" in Sacramento area in 2001!
@@douglasmatheson403 lived in Cali all my life, wish I saw that
Absolutely! One of the best shows I've seen. I saw him 2 or 3 times in small venues. It was real cool. For those that never saw him, it was easy to get a front row "seat" in standing room shows. He played so insanely loud that most people would back away from the stage. Of course you would be deaf for a day or two afterwards!! I can still here his blistering, drenched guitar tone in my head.
Now we need "Power Metal Without Double Bass Is Just Minor Key Disco."
Seriously though!
Woah
no that's too powerful
Isn't one of the key aspects of power metal the use of major modes, though?
NOOOOOOOO
For anyone interested... my surf band out of Chicago, The Aquaholics, does covers of Judas Iscariot, Mayhem, and Burzum for this exact reason (as a joke). But we figured that out like 20 years ago. Everything else is originals.
Are there videos on TH-cam?
@@RBB8SFound The aquaholics - Freezin moon
Yes
Id like to hear the surf rock version of Burzum haha Cant even imagine
@t16205 There's a band called "The Burzums" and they do that exclusively. Burzum transfers over very well. I imagine the Bestial Black and War Metal bands wouldn't work that great.
As a massive black metal fan and a lifelong beach boys lover, this is satisfying
Wow... That's... That's a quite cool comment, not gonna lie.
tell me you've taken hella acid without telling me 🤣🤣 respect my guy ✊🏾
That's quite on the level - so, picture the following : Dunkelheit adapted to a BB's ballad with crazy harmony loops in between the two distinctive parts of the track. Sung by Bruce Johnston backed by Mike Love and Al Jardine, conducted by Brian and Varg. I can almost hear it from here...
Not black metal but Melvins does a fantastic cover of I Get Around called I Fuck Around haha
Yeah, what is it about black metal fans being so large?
Perfect soundtrack for Tarantino's films
This also seems like something Tarantino would do in general. He’s synonymous for turning iconic songs on their head while having a COMPLETELY different meaning and sound to them
@@bronzin1445 What if it's not a movie but bi-monthly curated box of snacks
@@bronzin1445 Pulp fiction begins with Misirlou and ends with Surfrider. Dick Dale and (a cover of) the Ventures. Those two acts, that’s basically the bookends of surf instro. Oh and it’s perfect because it sets the tone and then reaffirms the tone of the movie. This movie is like a surf music record.
Why you say it like that 😂
for Robert Rodriguez movies with vampires and Danny Trejo
If Death N' Roll can be a thing, Surf-onic Black Metal can be a thing too.
Somebody make this happen.
Wet Lungs.
sleep terror : El Insomne. instrumental surf rock fused with tech death
@@TheNaarcoleptik check out the song Bloom by Between the Buried and Me. Not quite what you described but it is essentially progressive metalcore surf rock lol
Pretty sure Ghost already did.
Ghost isn't black metal lmao
If you put an entire album of this up, we'd buy the hell out of it.
I forget what it was called, but somebody DID make an entire album of this exact thing.
@@EingefrorenesEisenya probably talking about norwegian reggaeton by nanowar of steel?
jeg faller is so fucking awesome in the surf rock style i would pay to hear it full
@@barb3006 Norwiegen reggaeton ... I am so checking that out
We dont buy stuff
I really like how he also put in supporting surf rock instruments to go along with his guitar (drums, sfx, etc)
I find that idea feels slightly contradictory, in a way, to his point that black metal songs are literally surfer music without distortion. But on the other hand, he basically made surfer rock covers of black metal songs, so like you said the video still is awesome in its own way
Yeah it's a little contradictory to his point, but enjoyable none the less@@TyTechnics
Yeah it helps solidify his point. Unless one cannot understand the guitar playing.. but anyone with decent working ears can tell.
Also seagulls at 1:37
@@ma5ticorei didnt even notice seagulls there, holy shit lmao
It’s like something you would hear in a Scooby Doo special haha. The stage is set: “Mystery Inc explores a creepy abandoned island in the vicinity of a popular beach resort town.” I would totally watch that:).
ok, but your description has to be in voice over by Werner Herzog.
Or it's the musical equivalent of Dead Island
@@UnYin99LOL!!!
Hahahaha! I’m in.
I really love seeing metalheads who dont take themselves too seriously, especially black metalheads. Much respect.
No. I am the night
uninentionally racist
@@xXZekrotXx It took me a minute to realize what you were talking about and I'm weeping in hysterics now XD
I believe the correct term is metalheads of colour.
I'm a metalhead and I feel so confused! How can something that sounds so badass and dark suddenly sound like a typical beach movie!?! 😆
thats why all the black metal legends say beach boys was their inspiration
That is bs.
@@donquique1hahahahahahaha
@@donquique1or this thing called joke, have you heard of it?
@@ToastbrotRaverstraight up a lot of famous bands site the beach boys as an inspiration
@@donquique1no, it's beach boys
I'd throw down cash for a full album of black metal covers done like this.
Check out "The Burzums" and "The Darkthrones"
@@dayotobiusayou a hero
Just do it yourself, it's not hard to play this with spring reverb and light overdrive
Except do covers of songs I actually recognize. I thought I listened to a vide variety of everything but I couldn't ID tune in this video.
@@Psythik you're saying that like we know the music you recognize, lol
i did a “black surf thrash” band for years called Necronomikids, we had a similar revelation
Congratulations! You (re-)invented horror-surf.
That's a fantastic name for a band.
Weren’t you guys on a compilation with daikiju?
For more black metal/surf: Los Kikes, Destroy All Gondolas.. I'm sure I forgot someone
Fun fact: Richard Anthony Monsour AKA Dick Dale - the man who basically started the Surf Rock genre - was heavily inspired by his Lebanese heritage and his uncle's own ability to play the oud. In fact, Miserlou (-the Wipeout song- Correction: this is not Wipeout, but Dick Dale is responsible for both) is a cover of an old Near Eastern folk song. So by extension, Black Metal is really just Arabic folk music with heavy distortion.
Ya habibi! Why do I only about it now? Thanks...
Part of Hajj consists of throwing rocks at a wall that represents the Devil. That seems pretty metal to me! There are also some Arabic metal bands I believe
@@sylph8005 Which is pretty ironic because Black Metal is often synonymous with the devil...
@@madkhaliqfarhan Sure, but the way I see it, metal can be just as much about fighting the Devil as it can be worshipping him, as long as you make it as brutal as possible. Like Doom, you know? He fights demons, but it's in the goriest way possible in the most grotesque environments, and his slaying goes without a lick of holiness, as he doesn't use any sacred arts to fight the infernal and he kills angels too. I feel like that aesthetic and modus operandi can be applied to metal music and presentation too. I know they fight dragons and stuff in power metal at least. Not to mention there's the classic metal band Motley Crue, who have "Shout At the Devil"
@@sylph8005 not exactly metal but i have seen some arabian hardcore punk bands around. most of them are pretty political though.
Freezing moon still has a way of almost sounding black metal without distortion. Such a iconically sinister melody. That and Transylvanian Hunger
It’s amazing how fast Rock music progressed. To think, Surf Rock started coming around 1960-1961. Black Sabbath recorded their first album in 1969. Imagine if Distortion was widely around 7-8 years before?
Yes I know Distortion was possible 1960, but it was more of an experiment than an actual option of an electric guitar
Tony Iommi said it through : Without Hank Marvin of the Shadows his style wouldn't have been the same !! F.B.I. was the song clip that changed Sabbath history
Screaming Jay Hawkins?
Link Wray started the distortion sound but taking a pencil and poking holes though his amp. He was the link (pun intended) from surf to punk. Alsoz the only instrumental band from radio is 'Rumble'
@@el_spicerbeasto ?? The Shadows were on radio with the hit FBI ... in surf adjacent rock & roll ala Ventures
Blues guys like Wolf and Muddy were cranking tubes to distortion as part of the Chicago sound from the late 50s too. It was just that they didnt use a chugging rhythm guitar behind it to get it over as an itegral part of the sound.
I would love a full album of this. It's like hearing bluegrass versions of The Offspring songs.
Can’t wait for an Iron Horse tribute 😊
There are bluegrass versions of Offspring songs?! I need to check these out immediately.
@@avenger8957 It's in a series of cover albums called Pickin On The Offspring. If you're the right age it's peak nostalgia.
@@Karl_MarksmanDude, Picking On is so great. Their Metallica stuff actually made me enjoy the later Metallica albums
@@abnormalitiesinreality6649they make better music than some of the original songs they cover
It has like a Halloween surf rock vibe. I'm into it.
That’s called The Munsters
You should listen to The Cramps
Reminds me of Ghost - Zombie Queen
Scooby doo music
The minors and diminished runs lend an air of uncertainty and peril that comes with surfing that makes it seem so appropriate.
The first song gave me the urge to randomly yell 'Ha... Ha... HAAAAAAAAA!'
Now we need surf rock with distortion
Dick Dale Tribal Thunder
surf wax america fits the bill to an extent
Ghoul
Agent Orange
Listen to Anthrax's cover of the song "Pipeline", found on the "Attack of the Killer B's" album
This sounds decidedly more sinister than surf rock. But also, yes it is the same.
Sounds like queens of stone age
It ties well with the horror movies from the 50s aesthetic
Sounds a lot like coffin wheels
There's a documentary called Metal Evolution. In one of the episode's the host talks a little about surf rock and its roots in the metal music. He also mentions how people living in the 60's meant that surf music had a little aggresive and somewhat sinister sound. Im not sure if Mayhem adapted tremolo picking because it was easy to play, or because of the aggresive sound. The only thing i know is that Mayhem were more artists and pioneers of a new movement, than they were great musicians. Correct me if im wrong.
Munster’s theme
This is why many cite Dick Dale with creating the beginnings of metal. He played hard, fast and LOUD!
He was certainly an influence just can’t give him majority credit with so many others.
@@maskcollector6949🤓
have to wonder who influenced him though
@@Chicanery_Artifice That would be Eastern European and West Asian folk traditions, Dale being the son of a Lebanese father and Polish-Belarusian mother. Misirlou, his most famous track, is a prime example, being a cover of a Greek/Ottoman folk song.
@@Existential_Tempest I remember that a version of Miserlou was performed at the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympics. The performance was definitely influenced by Dale's version, so it was almost as if the song came full circle.
Black metal with no distortion = Evil surf rock with to much sunblock
It's actually not surprising to hear that surf rock has had an influence on punk and metal. I mean Anthrax covered "Pipeline," and the Dead Kennedys' original song "Holiday In Cambodia" had a definite surf rock vibe to it.
The Dead Milkmen had many songs with a solid beach vibe like "Beach Party Vietnam" and "Blood Orgy of the Atomic Fern", etc. Most of the "Eat Your Paisley" album was basically punk surf.
This has nothing to do with your comment jjjjjjaa.
You also catch it halfway through Viking Guitar's _Trail Dust and Turtle Wax._
Didn't Jello Biafra cite Dick Dale as a major inpiration for the DKs?
It hasn't had a major influence at all
Honestly there's something so beautiful and chilling about I Am the Black Wizards that even in the surf style it still manages to maintain that feeling of mystery
It sounds like post punk
Surf already sounds mysterious and dangerous, it’s the soundtrack to every dive bar in grind house movies.
@@fronkmanthey2399yeah that was the magic of "Holiday in Cambodia"
@@fronkmanthey2399 and also every 60s spy movie/TV show!
I feel like the chord progression is what’s doing it
This sounds like a surfing Scoobie Doo villain theme or something
Holy shit, as a huge black metal and surf rock fan I feel like you put the puzzle pieces together for me in a way I'd never figure out. This is an eye opener!
Search for Original trve kvlt surf music
I experienced a similar situation as I found out that Joey's drumming is Jazz based
@@mckay86 its almost like musicians will take techniques from any genre aslong as they work eh
there are a few puzzle pieces in play here, the one the video is mainly pointing out that the guitar riffs are very similar between surf rock and black metal. - the big thing a lot of non musicians seem to be missing here though is also the drums were changed as well. and its because of the change of the drums that your actually feeling the change in Genre.
As a black metal fan and a lover of the 60's through 70's California beach vibe, this is amazing.
This "surf rock" version of Transylvanian Hunger is so sick. Equally as sick as the synth version! *YES!*
Dracula surfing a wave with his SPF 150+ sunscreen on
To everyone saying "we need surf rock with distortion": Finnish band Viikate mix melodic heavy metal with so-called Rautalanka which is a Finnish version of 60s surf rock. Try them out, for example the song 'Kurjat Kurjet'.
Man, I'm a big fan of Viikate since 2000s. IMHO, most of the Finnish-speaking bands (Verjnuarmu, Ruoska, Turmion Kätilöt, Kotiteollisuus, Kivimetsän Druidi etc.) are amazing.
Thank you for the tip👍🏼 sounds greate
thanks, it was terrible
thankyou !!!
@@jackthomas3842 I will. Thanks!
A Wave in the Northern Sky
Hawaiian Hunger
Sun of the Surfs Bane
In the Waveside Eclipse
Blood Fire Surf
Hawaiian hunger hahahaha XD
Blood Fire Surf is 🔥🏄🔥
Bathery - A Fine Day To Surf
De Mysteriis Dom Hawaianas
Sun of the Surfs Bane🤣🤦♂️freakn genius!!!
"The Black Beach" sounds like a badass black metal surf band
To be honest, many of these riffs could very well be Dead Kennedys riffs!
Holiday In Cambodia as Surf Rock would give me at least 10 years of my life back...
Fuck, I gotta listen to Dead Kennedys now.
@@rickydo6572 it's not everyone's cup of tea, but aside from the music you gotta pay attention to the lyrics. DK's songs are probably the smartest songs I've heard, you can tell that they were more than a punk band, they were very smart and aware on the events, politics and social environment of that era both in the US and in the rest of the world
@@alanmogliani6944
Yea, their lyrics were some of the best punk lyrics at the time and still today.
Well, nowdays they're just a Shadow of their former selves without Jello Biafra.
@@rickydo6572 definitely. I wish they would have just split up and buried the DK name altogether. Keeping the name without the original formation made them fall in the rock and roll cliche of fighting over a name, over a song, over anything like a couple that just got divorced
Freezing Moon without distortion still sounds cold asf. Euronymous was such a genius...
Same with Transilvanyian Hunger
Yeah
Genius enough to get two of his alleged friends to hate him enough that both of them planned to murder him while one of them did. Fuck around and find out.
Varg Vikernes is not convinced
yea the song is good but i still despise that ego maniac manlet
I unironically enjoyed this. I realized as a ten year old learning the guitar that surf rock was Metal.
I would love whole cover albums of the classic BM albums made all wholesome for the beach. That is exactly what I want in summer. Might even kick hair metal out of the way for my summer soundtrack.
You mean metal is surf rock. Surf rock came first.
@@Discrimination_is_not_a_right
No. I do not mean that at all.
I mean that Surf Rock is form of Metal.
Metal was named by Sandy Perlman in 1966.
It has existed since the creation of the world.
@@Discrimination_is_not_a_right
Discrimination is a moral duty.
@@dashtheautoman Metal came out of London. Zeppelin created it. They're widely acknowledged as the first metal band. And surf rock started in the early sixties. BTW, if you think discrimination is a moral duty, you must be a republican.
Metal heads are the cutest most sentimental dudes ever all about emotion, Surfers are hardcore beasts who live day by day.
This should be a real genre. Tremolo picking, dissonant chords, clean tone, surf rock beat.
Psychobilly
It kinda sounds like Agent Orange, minus the pure clean tone.
Daikaiju!
@@thewerepyrekingthe band or the sodom song?
Maybe Castlebeat? He's a mixed bag, but definitely some surf rock inspiration.
As amazing as this is (which is truly is), it is not just distortion it is also the drumming.... if this were blast beats it would have slightly different vibe
And the vocals, the general attitude and message behind black metal.
Wish pointing out the obvious could be flagged 🙄
I bet you're a blast a parties.
@@divineape Salty
@@bakerboat4572 i get it. because the oceans
Basically an extended theme for The Munsters
si suenan a ese tema musical jajaja
Wow, it's also a combat theme for every Final Fantasy OC you can dream up.
Black Metal with lower distortion and no growl is absolutely beautiful.
I find the beauty comes from the sublime clash between the moving melodies and the harshness and aggressiveness of presentation. The anguish/hatred pushes the beauty of BM's melodic sensibilities even further through the juxtaposition.
While fun and interesting, I don't get any of the original's beauty from these experiments. Dedicated pop and rock does clean melody better; imo knowing the original music makes this clean version sound toothless and pointless!
To each their own though. You'd probably enjoy The Botanist if you don't know 'em.
facts, very passionate, atmospheric and dramatic
and that's why Blackened Shoegaze/blackgaze exist
I like the distortion and growls but also the clean and the harmonies. And extra credit for all of it together.
Growls and Black Metal vocals can be extremely beautiful imo.
Very nice. A lot of goth music is just slow surf music as well. I put on Sisters of Mercy when my kid was like 6 or 7 and they said "This is just spooky surf music."
damn your kid be hella educated knowing genres at that age
Surf Planet
One note, at least where Dick Dale is concerned, the picking isn't just up/down, it has a rhythm based on his Middle Eastern heritage, from his Dad using a drum called a Darbuka. He's damn fast so either you listen intently or slow it down, but you'll hear it! Very cool examples here.
It's neat how that influence informed the music with the minor and diminished runs that lend the feelings of uncertainty and peril which is so appropriate for surfing, and that is now the sound because if how well it fit along with the timing of the musicians. Like if Dick Dale never made his way to the West Coast would 'surf music' sound different?
@@foodank_atr817 Very good question.
makes it even funnier that Varg Vikernes is a piece of shit towards Muslims, he has them to thank for the genre lmao
The song titles for these Surf Metal covers are a nice touch.
i can’t believe i’m a musician / metalhead but never noticed this - this is so accurate - mind blown
Check out RIPtide then. You know it’s the right song if it’s a skeleton on a surfboard.
Now I have another influence for my avant-garde band
Listened to a lot of black metal when younger. Often got a feeling of it sounding lslughtly simmiliar to something else i couldnt put my finger on. So it was surf rock.
As a fan of both black metal and surf rock I fucking love this!
I learned about tremolo picking because of System of a Down and Dick Dale. This takes me back to my childhood.
A surf rock fan here. This is fantastic and will definitely make me listen to different genres of music for future inspiration. Thanks 🙂
Don't be a pussy. Listen to pure fucking satanic black metal.
It’s amazing how much of a difference distortion makes. These are completely different songs. Wow!
The drums also have a little to do with it, in fact probably more so than the lack of distortion. i don't knwo these songs, but I assume they have super fast drums with blast beats.
@@JayTor2112 drums add so much depth, texture, and structure to the sound of the song. Really drives the music
Historically, Dick Dale, the famous surf guitarist, is probably the main inspiration for metal due to his right (or in his case left) hand technique and composition.
Yeah, now you can actually hear the melody!
@@joelwhite2361 Main inspiration for metal, for which subgenres exactly?
This is awesome, one of the many reasons I love metal. I'd always wondered about this in my head, being able to hear it played so well is very satisfying!
Transilvanian Hunger maintained it's bleak feeling and atmosphere, which proves it's brilliance as a piece of music regardless of genre
I mean, being able to sound good either way and provide 2 different vibes by changing distortion and drumming is also a sign of brilliance haha. But I agree, Transylvanian Hunger is the only one that didn't lose any bleakness at all - a testament to how bleak it is even amongst some of the bleakest music out there
Freezing Moon stood unbreakable as well. Seagull noises had to be added for beach ambience, otherwise it would remain as dark as it gets.
I was gonna say, this just goes to show how good darkthrone was
@@Tyler-zf2gjthe riff was horrible and it being simple and shitty does not make it "cold" or "pure"
Check out The Darkthrones - Californian Hunger lol. This thing is a whole genre.
It’s really a different in the drums. The drums set the entire mood.
Exactly. The drum rhythm isnt The same
We need surf rock with metal drums!!!!
They always do
@@grantog123 Not exactly the same, but Blind Guardian recorded a cover of Surfin USA where the song gets more metal as it goes on, especially with the drums.
Night's Blood sounds so sick, think the whole melodic black metal style works really well for blackened surf rock
You mean just surf rock
Definitely the coolest for me too
Jeg faller is such a beautiful song
In other words: in the darkest music it's hidden light, freedom and ocean's waves 🌊 🖤
❤❤❤
Gotta ride those waves before Satan, bruh...
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Why does this sound so good?
right? now I want a band that only does songs like this
I think maybe it's that well written music sounds good no matter what effects you run them through. Just a hypothesis.
Kinda want to make a ridiculous pedal chain now. For science.
@@peixe33 This is not a new idea. Search black metal surf rock and you'll find an albums worth of great classic black metal played in this vane.
Beato !
Cuz its kvlt
1:35 the seagulls 💀
I like and as a guitar teacher i teach both styles, but it never crossed my mind that the two styles are basically the same.It was a real eye-opener.Thanks.😊
It’s amazing how Euronymous succeeded in making the playing in freezing moon sound evil in a way that it sounds evil even with clean guitar!
It's called harmony.
@@CuriousPassenger Cool.
You play a diminished chord on a piano and it'll sound evil. Just compose with tritones and chromatic notes. It's not that hard.
@@Nightwalk444 Nobody ever said it was hard. He just did it at the right time, with the right knowledge, with the right equipment, with the right people. You know, like all pioneers in history.
@Hooga89 “Pioneer” is a bit much. Not much was new there, unless it’s genius to merely add distortion
0% satanists
0% flashing lights
0% visual distortion
0% screaming
0% men in black
0% rock on gesture
0% darkness
100% pure talent
He's wearing shades though. Gotta be a wee bit of darkness 😎
Oh no! A wild Satanic proselytite appeared!
Leviathan, who was cast into the sea and now rules it as the Devil of Envy, would like to have a word with you on the upcoming surfing competition...
Not 0% Satanists.... I'm here!
@@Saetun. Hail!
If somebody says they are a Satanist they are attention seekng retards.
If you believed Satan existed then you definitely wouldn't choose to follow him.
Grow up, you're so cringe.
This sounds perfect for Halloween parties
try vampire beach babes
Try Messer Chups. You might like them.
Its got kind of a "Munsters" vibe...nice !
This is the fucking greatest thing I've ever heard and now I want Dick Dale cover albums of all of it.
if you want to hear more stuff like this, i'd recommend the band Daikaiju. my personal favorite album from them is Phase 2, but their whole catalogue is pretty much this vibe
I was about to comment this! I agree
Nice, thank you
Dude those guys are incredible! I totally agree!
awesome, first recommended band in this comment section that actually feels similar enough
also, gulag tunes
This reminds me of seeing the late great, Dick Dale, playing live the fabulous surf music. He had so much fervor even in his later years. He kick my face with his guitar tone making me cry!
This is both hilarious and amazing. Thanks for the new perspective.
Damn, dude. You sound clean as hell. It's hard to not make small mistakes with those double picking string transitions, especially when you don't have the cover of distortion to mask them. Granted, I don't know shit about shit.
It gets easier when you learn to tremolo pick to an actual note value (most commonly 1/16 notes) instead of just strumming as fast as you can like you instinctively want to.
now i understand why i'm so addicted to both genres!
Dude, the concept works very well, only transilvanian hunger did still sound too grim to convince me ahah! Strong work!
I'd like to hear a full song like that! I've never heard gloomy surf rock and honestly I need more of it.
I read your comment just as I was listening to that part and thinking the same thing. "Nah, that still sounds really evil" lol
Yeah, but that one kind of reminded me of a 60s horror film or maybe a perilous scene in in an action movie of the era. I feel like there’s some interesting similarities to 60s music as a whole here. Really cool!
@@jefff3023 If you want more evil surf rock, listen to Zombie Queen by Ghost! There's also a band I heard of called Gein and the Graverobbers that seem to fit the bill
This was one of my inspirations for making my "Doom Theme but it's Surf Rock" video. Thank you for that. I've played Dick Dale songs with distortion and can confirm some of his songs are literally just metal.
I’d love to see a full album of surf versions. Crowdfunding can make it happen
Now i can imagine metalheads going to headbanding to this classic surf black metal surf songs on a surf boards while waiting for the waves
The Jesus and Mary Chain's "Psycho Candy" album was basically a collection of sweet surf rock ballads with screaming distortion.
I actually wish they'd released an acoustic version.
Damn, this is making me wonder why I've never heard a modern Surf Rock. I like distorted riffs, but its very refreshing to hear something a bit more complicated with the cleaner sound of Surf Rock.
I once played Freezing Moon on my acoustic while sitting next to my family and my brother, who didn't knew the song, asked me jokingly if I'd play mexican style music now
So I guess it can sound like a lot different genres
Haha same, my dad thought I was playing flamenco
@@I_ROT_WITHIN I guess that's why Kreator's Mille likes Flamenco so much haha
The exact same thing happened when I played feathers fell
From what I've read up on him, Varg was heavily inspired by Spanish Flamenco music in his style, so you might not be far off
@@ciananmeagher9005 many metal guitarists are, actually. Some are more into classical music, some into flamenco. I gotta say, I'm mostly more into the flamenco stuff- it's often used in thrash metal too (Kreator and Annihilator for example)
Damn this actually sounds really cool. Reminds me of the Misfits jazz/lounge album (can't remember the name) but it sounds really good in an odd way.
Fiend Club Lounge by the Nutley Brass
I want a whole album like this
Ngl, Black Metal isn't a metal subgenre that I'm really into. But this? This sounds amazing!! It's time to start the Surf Metal revolution! 🤩
@@farseer666 Man, lots of metal-heads don't like black metal.
@@farseer666 And let me guess, Black Metal is the only real metal?
What @MichaelHill-sg8ks said. lol
@@MichaelHill-sg8ks
I may not be a metalhead, but I like metal (heavy, thrash, power metal etc.)
...and I don't hate black metal, but i don't prefer them.
Need a band name? How about The Aluminum Waves?
it reminds me of some goth music. listen to midnight creature by lebanon hanover it has those surf rock drums
Dude, I want a full instrumental album of this ASAP.
These are all covers so it already exists
i'm 20 seconds into the video and already want the full album
This turned out awesome, thank you for sharing it with us. You covered many of the black metal essentials. And Dick Dale was a major pioneer.
Shouldn't be hiding that pinky, it's your secret weapon once trained.
gotta save it for the stinky
Total The Ventures vibes, loved it!!!
I would definitely listen to a whole album of this style of music
Man now we need black metal with surferrock lyrics
Surfzums
1:16 has no right sounding this good
Love it. It is not a new discovery: just search for 'Original 1960s Trve Kvlt surf music' and you'll find songs from "The Darkthrones" (incl 'Californian Hunger'), "The Immortals", "The Mayhems", "The Burzums" and probably some more from a decade ago.
Enjoy!
Thanks! 😁
Love how you roll with the Tele and the string dampeners for the crossover vibe
Great sounds. All Emperor’s songs are awesome to cover, even in acoustic.
my dad taught himself to play guitar with metal music and now he's in several surf bands, so this yt rec was perfect for me lol
Jeg Faller sounds really cool like this 😄
Transylvanian Hunger still retains it's haunting mood, love it.
Very cool 😎👍 🎸
Sounds like something Dick Dale could’ve played back in the early days of rock & roll
This is freaking amazing! I want to hear a full album of this.
Confession: I actually learned how to tremolo pick from surf rock, long before I understood what black metal even was. Lol. I am sort of glad for it now actually. Once I got into black metal I went, “Hey wait a moment! I know this” 😂