Good video but I can’t believe you didn’t mention the Hurrian Hymn which was discovered in the 1950s on a clay tablet inscribed with Cuneiform text and is the oldest surviving melody at over 3,400 years old. Without this there would be no metal. Unsubscribing
"The atmosphere of classical music, the musicianship of jazz, the melancholy of blues, and the flamboyancy of early rock n roll" is a great description of heavy metal
@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek Fair. Though heavy metal and hard rock were originally indistinguishable from each other until maybe the early 80s, and were originally just an extension of psychedelic rock.
@@timothyissler3815to be honest, I don’t even think it would be inaccurate to call almost all Metal genres variants of Acid Rock even to this day. The psychedelia opened the door for alternative themes in Hard Rock.
I'm 55, lived through this all, I must have been one of the few that had a foot in the underground and the mainstream in the 80s. I would go to an Exodus or Death show one night, and the next, happily head on out to see Guns n' Roses or Love/Hate.
RONNIE JAMES DIO WAS KING OF ROCK AND LEGEND UNTIL TODAY THERE'S NO ONE HAVE HIS VOCAL,..FROM RAINBOW EYES TO DONT TALK TO STRANGER,NO BODY UNTIL NOW HAS HIS VOICE AN PASSION THATS WHY HE IS A KING OF ROCK AND ROLL..!!!!!!!
why was Pantera not mentioned once?? they gave us the birth of groove metal and probably was the most influential metal band in the 90´s... it's actually sad how underappreciated they are considering how important they were to the metal scene and metal history in general. they are the reason so many of us got into metal in the first place in the 90´s and 2000´s
They aren’t under appreciated, they’re one of the biggest names in metal and could be considered main stream at this point. Maybe a lot of people into metal don’t like Panteras style ( I listened to them when I was younger but don’t like these days) but anyway, once a band is big enough to have people who know the name without ever having listened to them, I don’t think you can be considered unappreciated at that point
Sry to brake it to you, but Pantera weren't the most influential metal band in the 90's. Probably they were for you, but in the whole metal scene??? Not even close. Here are some bands i could think of who released their debut albums in the 90's. Immortal, Marduk, Darkthrone, At the gates, Decide, Benediction, Dissection, Emperor and many many many more. If the 80's were the golden era of Thrash metal, then the 90's were the golden era of Black and Death metal.
I'm 42 and have been listening to heavy metal music for 23 years now, since I was 19 and it's one of the greatest music genres, no matter what sub genre you into, heavy metal music just gets in your veins and boils your blood in a good way and you start headbanging non-stop and thrashing your body around, there are so many undiscovered metal gems with so classic albums that don't get much appreciation or attention because they're metal. Heavy metal has helped me through some difficult times with mental illnesses, it really lifts your spirit up, great video of the history of heavy metal. ❤️🤘🎸
What I'd do to be able to see young Scorpions live man... I am a 2000's kid, now at 23, and I saw them for the first time in 2013 when I was old enough to appreciate good music. Fortunately, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest are still riding the wave. Scorpions should have called it quits from concerting at least with Return to Forever, which is a very unerrated album btw.
Ayoo i actually drew those different metalhead types you used somewhere around the 31 minute mark! I've been watching your videos for a while so that's actually pretty cool haha; been a hot minute since i drew those, so glad to see they're still making the rounds. rock on!
Saw your stuff the other day, on Facebook, and went looking for you on DeviantArt. Great art, buddy, keep up the good work! Hope you have a chance to enjoy Vagos next year
Cool documentary. I've experienced most of it first hand. It's been a great trip. Looking forward to hearing more material from your project. Good luck on the recording process. 🤘
I'm 64 years old. I was there... for all of it (even stationed in Germany and going to festivals/concerts in England). I know you couldn't possibly name all the great bands of the last 55 years, even if you did another 40 minute video where you just started reading names off a list. What you have done here? This is wonderful. It is GLORIOUS. It's also... a great start. You could make a series of videos that focused on a specific era, you could make a series focusing on each genre of metal... And Asian metal, like Ningen Isu... (now, to go look at stuff you've already done...) Back to commenting on this video: \~~/ F**KING AWESOME!!!! BANG YOUR HEEEAAAD!!! \~~/
Anyone who is interested in doing an in depth deep dive analysis of the last 55 years of metal could easily find themselves with15-20 hours of material to put into a series.
I was born in 58 and got to live through the beginning of metal to awesome metal bands of today like LOVEBITES. I began playing bass in 1975 and played in a lot of local metal bands.
2000s kid, I don't think you understand what I would give to see Ozzy, Cliff Burton, or really any of Metallica in their primes. I have immense respect for folks of your time that are more relaxed about everything. I feel like your generation is known for being very uptight, but the small amount of them, like you, are some of the coolest people you'll ever meet.
I think this is pretty good crafted, probably the more accurate I've seen on YT. Let me do a couple of minor corrections that overall doesn't affect the accuracy of this: Faith No More is way older than nu metal bands by at least a decade, and was considered at the time "funk metal" and later, in the 2000's, was being called "alternative metal"; and folk metal started as such with English band Skyclad; while you can make the case for Sepultura, I think it's more accurate to put Skyclad at the beginning of the genre. Besides that, I think this is really good done.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but before the influx of multiple labels of genres of metal, there were four genres i remember mentioned Thrash, Glam, one I can't remember, and Power metal. Bands like Maiden, Priest, Dio etc were considered Power Metal, being a heavier form of hard rock vs Metallica, Megadeth etc being thrash and on and on. This would have been around '84/'85. I was in my mid teens then and remember the early 80s when metal was still considered a little underground until Slippery When Wet came out in '85 or so.
Really wanna thank you for this video. I’m only getting into metal and this video really helped me to understand the history of the genre and discover new amazing bands. Thanks
I personally love Dio, Ronnie James Dio was such a fantastic singer that never seemed to age, always taking care of himself, no drugs or alcohol. Rest In peace, absolute legend, nothing ever seemed to get him down, he never went too poppy and stuck to what he liked writing.
I have to say this is possibly the most entertaining metal doc that I’ve seen. Your sense of humor injects just the right amount of comic relief into the video to keep it from being too serious. I’d like to see a more in depth version of your video that goes further back into the musical history. But, it would require your humor and opinions because that’s what made this one so unique and enjoyable. Great job on this one!
Pffft Maiden hopped on the bandwagon, they are not original, they are a 10yrs after the fact copy of Judas Preist & should be jailed for influencing the morons of the world to help lron maiden become millionaires
Thanks for the video. Your sense of humor is excellent! Some of your quick comments caught me off guard and I found myself laughing a few seconds after your joke. Well done!
Really fun and informative. You throw in some really funny jokes while still keeping the focus on the music and covering all the key movements and subgenres.
I found it so funny that you talked about Metalcore for less than 30 seconds 😭 I love metalcore and bands like electric callboy, bring me the horizon and motionless in white were my gateway bands into other metal genres but I get why it was disliked by a lot of people
Great video. Your sense of humor keeps me listening even when you moved on past the eras that interest me (I'm in my 50's, so I was around when some of these genre offshoots were born). Thank you for the reverence you showed for Lemmy and Motorhead, the greatest heavy band that ever existed. I was lucky enough to meet Lemmy once, and even though he was very cool, and almost a foot shorter than me, he was still somewhat intimidating. Thanks for sharing.
I survived stage diving at a Danzig concert and I'm a better man today for it. Navigating the mosh pit while Slayer played Reign in Blood helped as well.
@@dingbatrambozo7749 Right Blah,ha,ha!!! Or, maybe the last song called Iron Maiden on the debut album called Iron Maiden by the band named Iron Maiden? We can go on & on to list bands, groups & artists who've done this also on their debut song or album. Metal Church, Iced Earth, Minor Threat, Bad Company, Murphy's Law, Bad Religion, off the top of my head. Just saying... +Peace & Rock n' Roll 4 Your Soul My Friend+. \m/(*.*)\m/
Great video, a few bands I feel worth mentioning are also The Misfits ((Danzig era) sure not technically metal but the influence is undeniable), Diamond Head, Megadeth and Entombed
It's been a wild ride so far! Starting with embarrassing my parents in 1968 as a toddler belting out Steppenwolf songs that got played on restaurant jukeboxes (accidentally knocking over a glass that ended up shattering on the floor once), learning how to play guitar in the '70s & '80s, jamming with garage bands, a Senior Skip Day '83 kegger, and more. Listened to everything from Led Zeppelin to local bands like Left End, Link, Lazarus, Zaza (NE Ohio) and Avatar (later called Savatage) and Crimson Glory (Central Florida), and all the other iconic bands of the 1960s to 2020s. Not in a band of my own since the early 2000s, but getting back into practice via karaoke and open mic nights lately in my 50s after recuperating from two surgeries.
Appreciate the fact that you call out the fact that grunge didn't kill metal. Hair metal was never going to last, and was overexposed, meanwhile, Metallica still went strong, but alot of big bands dealt with inner turmoil...... that said as you also mentioned, the underground had some major bands forming, or about to blow up. Want to add, I wouldn't consider ghost a metal band. I'm not using that as an insult, but more mentioning their sound is more of a classic hard rock sound with some metal aspects popping up. Also shout out to 3teeth, keeping industrial metal great.
Am I the only one who remembers thrash and hair metal coexisting and even feeding off each other? I mean, where did Jason newsted come from? Look at megadeth! I'm glad anthrax got some props, and I'm really glad you pointed out how metal thrived in the 90s, but as a thrasher, I'd tell the story a bit differently
I hear you man. But you have to remember kids like to live in small little worlds seeing the world from their tiny little baubles. But metal had to grow up and so did we.
What killed rock & metal in the early 90’s was the LABELS! They were signing everyone that walked the strip looking like a band! Just look at the over the top flaming “glam” bands like Enuff Znuff! It was so damn bad that Skid Row, Guns an’ Roses, Tesla, Dangerous Toys, Junkyard & some others have been called “hair or glam”!
A very interesting and fun video. I learned a lot. Btw. Speaking of Dio, there's an old Japanese game on the Famicom dedicated to him. It's called Holy Diver and is the answer to the question "What if Castlevania was metal af?". It's worth a look for a metal fan.
I am so happy to have grown up with the best metal! I love the video man, idk if you have done them yet but I would love to see a video on thrash metal and death metal! Keep kicking ass man!🤘🤙✌️
This is awesome. I can tell a crazy amount of work went into this one. Your selection of clips paired with your voiceovers really made this feel like a true documentary. And I learned some things I didn’t know! Well done 👏🤘
Same here as well a perfect documentary for heavy Metal I already watched this twice now and learning on what our folks from across the pong did for us is amazing bands like iron madian Judas priest are amazing but I wanna get more into death metal like death ministry and venom
As someone who was growing up in 1980's and 90's and started to listen to Metal in 1988 I jumped straight into Slayer, Kreator and soon after Death and other Death Metal bands. I do miss those times. Nostalgia probably.
Same. Iron Maiden Judas Priest turned to Slayer, Metallica, Megadeath Pantera….I really took notice of Slayer and Metallica as pimply faced teen washing dishes. My eyes were opened ti the drinking and , drugging and deranged antics of Chefs n Management. I really had a blast and I look back misty eyed sometimes.
Best video on Metal history. My only regret is you not mentioning Pantera. They single handedly gave birth to the 90s mainstream metal sound along with forming a new genre. Anyway, I hope all the very best for your band 🤘
I wanted to disagree with you bc I'm not a fan of 90's Phil and that metal died in the 90's. But damn thinking about what you said you're totally right lol. It was a new sound and new they did have an important role. Miss the Abbotts.
Boooo! I shudder when I think of Rush being mentioned in discussions of metal. But alas, the flamboyance of Kind Diamond style playing I guess gives them a space 😢
Krokus was more metal than Rush. Rush influenced metal maybe but was not metal. Krokus wasn't mentioned in the video. Also, Scorps tunes like Sails of Charon not mentioned.
I just saw them for the first time in Pittsburgh on the 11th. It not only was my first Gojira concert but first concert in general lmao. It was fuckin great
You should be a journalist or narrate more videos like this! Your a natural and your comedic lines are set perfectly throughout your narrative. This is awesome! This could be on TV!
🤘🏼great video🤘🏼 The 90's were a defining period of Metal for me. I really became a metalhead here, discovering the history of Sepultura and Pantera, hearing Machine Head and FF for the 1st time, and discovering hardcore like Biohazard and Sick of It All. I also got to see Slayer and FF in a 900 person club and Judas Priest and Dream Theater (diff shows) in a 400 seat bar. The 90s were the best for me.
Leaving Blue Cheer’s first album, 67’s Vincebus Eruptum, out of the story I think leaves out the Bay Area’s early influence on heavy music. I would argue Possessed were ahead of the Florida bands by a few years as far as being a death metal band. I think one of their demos was called Death Metal. The song is on their first album, Seven Churches, released in 85. Death sounded very similar but their first album didn’t come out til 87 I think? I’ll have to look to make sure.
This was very well done. Really quite thorough for a 38 minute summary, and not hopelessly US-centric like so many similar documentaries. And if this guy only started listening in the 2000s he did a pretty job of covering the previous ~30 years fairly. I learned a few things here and am just checking out Carcass's Heartbeat.
Great job showcasing all the different genres of Heavy Metal bands! I'm from the generation X period, and agree the 80's was the blossom of true Heavy Metal. There was just one Metal band you didn't mention in this video that "saved" Metal according to Scott Ian from Anthrax, and that was Pantera!
Yeah, too many people feel entitled to that. To be fair, though, the intro to the video promises nothing less than the ENTIRE time line of heavy metal, which is setting the bar too high. So, this video had it coming...
He still should have mentioned Scorpions. They were there close to the beginning of metal. And they did become famous. It's not that hard to include them.
ive been a metalhead for 20 years now and ive watched a large number of documentaries and metal histories but this one is hands down the most accurate depiction of what i consider the most important movements within metal history to be. I think the only major subgenres you didn't talk about where sludge metal and the later post metal scenes in the 90s and 00s. bit of an omission in my opinion.
Yeah when CFH came out in 90 or 91 Pantera blew up. It was a new wave of thrash metal in America. You didn't mention Rammstein who are HUGE in industrial metal and still rocking today. Also you didn't mention Hardcore music with two bands I loved in the 90s Life of Agony and Biohazard. Another genre was goth. Type O Negative was awesome in the 90s. Aside from those items this video really was well done and entertaining. Your knowledge and love for metal is very apparent. I'm older than you but I'm glad to see your generation loves it as much as I do.
There's a handful of bands that dropped a little influence that had major impacts inadvertently,one of which is probably the best at never compromise ....The Melvins such a unique sound with one of the greatest drummers who gets overlooked constantly. The other was the Plasmatics. RIP WOW. Anyway I liked this take and looking forward to more vids.
As an official 80s Poser, I would like to show up to your thrash metal concert and start a brawl over your brushing over the impact of the genre. While the glam has die out, the music styles and lyrics didn't. And if you're going to include KISS as one of the founders of shock rock and metal (they were hard rock, always were), then you can't just gloss over glam. Influences for bands like Guns N Roses and Motley Crue were some of the same influences other "harder metal" bands of the time were citing in personal and want ads.
Definitely should’ve put a little bit more of a light on metallica at the end of the 80’s. I feel like them going into the mainstream the way they did just spawned so many bands years later. Awesome doc tho
This was made not so serious but funny. Even finnish bands was mentioned by name at folk metal part and symphonic metal mentioned Nightwish. I would have loved to seen Sentenced and/or Amorphis in this, but i cant have it all. It was nicely done and you got a follower or subscriber. Keep on doing good content. 🤘🏻🤘🏻😊
Great compact history so many memories and all The little jokes had me laughing. There were a few bands I love that didn’t get mentioned (manowar megadeth)but hey that’s life thanks for putting this together. I thoroughly enjoyed it
32:28-Thanks for covering Symphonic Metal. Female-fronted bands such as Leaves Eyes, Epica, and Nightwish are elite and unmatched. The very talented women who front these bands add a whole new dimension to the music. Everything else pales in comparison. I'm a 67-year-old guy, so I have seen and heard it all, going all the way back to Cream. Their two live albums were the true forerunners of the earliest heavy metal, even before Black Sabbath. Also, an honorable mention to the Japanese metal band Ningen Isu. True metalheads need to know about Ningen Isu.
❤️Thank You!!!❤️ That Was Fucking Awesome!!! I went to see Motorhead, Iron Maden JP, Queen Etc, back in the late 70s early 80s & Love Metal to this day! Tony UK
I'm impressed by how you were able to accurately sum up 50 years of metal history in only 37 minutes. One of the most clear and concise 'history of metal' videos I've ever seen. The only thing I would have added would be a small bit about the "Post-Metal" scene that got popular in the 2000's with bands like Neurosis, Agalloch, Isis, Deafheaven, Jesu, Cult of Luna, Boris, etc. I've met a lot of people who got into metal because of that scene, and it was one of the rare times when metal was being praised by "hipster" outlets like Pitchfork. I may not care for Pitchfork or hipsters, but it did play a role in expanding metal's fanbase.
Blue Oyster Cult; whose umlot covered O, and their symbol, which was a homage to Saturn. They turned me onto metal in ‘73. I was only 10, but it changed my life forever.
No one would argue that Priest and Maiden were among the greatest of the early metal bands -- but is Motorhead metal? Lemmy said they were rock'n'roll.
Pantera and Rage Against the Machine were both huge during the "Grunge" era. An argument can be made that Alice in Chains and Soundgarden should be included as they are both considered Alt-Metal and Sludge Metal at their core. Ozzy was also huge in the early 90's and Thrash was still at it's peak in the early 90's.
I remember reading about Soundgarden and Alice In Chains in the very late 80s and they were termed as "alternative metal". And both had albums out by 1990. The press didn't popularize the term "grunge" until after Nirvana hit big in 1991 with Nevermind.
THIS - WAS - DEEP !!!!! Great Job putting this together. I’m a child of the 70’s Loving Sabbath/Purple/Cream/Zeppelin then Priest/Maiden/Motörhead…but Not getting into the Whole Satan/Death/Blood/Gore that came about…Playing in a Garage Band (TRAINRECK) and hearing what was playing in my Car, my Son became a Shredder and then introduced Me to Bands like Deftones/Korn/Pantera (that should have been mentioned here) & he moved to Seattle at 18 to persue a career in Music with one band being Rock/Pop (RUG) and on the Other side of the Pendulum, his Death Groove band (VANISHED)…. People need to Monetarily Support ALL THESE BANDS by Buying Merch Directly from the Band so they can make a living…FUCK SPOTIFY with their $0.001 payout pet song.
Dude, your sense of humor is awesome! I'm laughing out loud at so much in this video! Particularly the part about bands or fans tying a demo tape to a pigeon! Can we hang out and drink sometime, bro? lol Love ya!
Great vid, the right balance of fact and humour. After getting bored sh*tless with blues rock I accidentally came across Floor Jansen era nightwish. I have worn out the cd player in my car playing their live at Waken double CD
Tarja was too operatic for me, Annette was good, a bit young, but Floor is something else, she's the singer they were always meant to have. I'd love it if she could revoice all of Imaginaeum and Dark Passion Play. probably won't happen though :(@@wyattsmetal
Great rundown of the last 50 years. One band I would have mentioned is Bolt Thrower, as their music started something more band centered and less corporate in a time when it wasn’t the norm. Anyway, your band kicks ass and this was a great video 🤘🏼
Damn I’d kill to be on the same bill as Suffocation, they’re one of my favorite bands and one of my biggest influences musically. Good for you dude I’m happy for you getting to play with such a great lineup! 👍
Saying that Swedish melodic death metal was influenced by Carcass Heartwork is a bit of a stretch considering that Gothenburg had a scene going for years before that album came out, and Arch Enemy (which was formed only because Japan wanted Michael Amott to do more albums like Heartwork) didn't arrive until later. There were also other bands in Europe mixing Death Metal with melody like Amorphis, Sentenced, and arguably My Dying Bride although they are more Doom and gothic than death metal.
Awesome video....one of my favorite metal bands personally that wasnt mentioned who have been at it since the mid 80s is Overkill....gotta give a shout out to them.
Really amazing video! Loved every second of it. The only thing is the fact that you didn’t mention Bring Me The Horizon once. They are maybe not the most traditional metal band, but have pioneered the modern metal scene the last 10 years. Other than that, an almost perfect video.🙌
Good video but I can’t believe you didn’t mention the Hurrian Hymn which was discovered in the 1950s on a clay tablet inscribed with Cuneiform text and is the oldest surviving melody at over 3,400 years old. Without this there would be no metal. Unsubscribing
I came here to say the same thing!
Dude get off the drugs.
Timmay!
Goodbye Felicia , this guy put in a lot of work into this video but oh well . Can't pleased everyone 😂😂 I just subscribed. I love Metal ❤️ 🤘✊️
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"The atmosphere of classical music, the musicianship of jazz, the melancholy of blues, and the flamboyancy of early rock n roll" is a great description of heavy metal
I'd swap early rock n roll for hard and psychedelic rock tho
@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek Fair. Though heavy metal and hard rock were originally indistinguishable from each other until maybe the early 80s, and were originally just an extension of psychedelic rock.
@@timothyissler3815to be honest, I don’t even think it would be inaccurate to call almost all Metal genres variants of Acid Rock even to this day. The psychedelia opened the door for alternative themes in Hard Rock.
Very well done documentary!
@@timothyissler3815 I'd disagree
I'm 55, lived through this all, I must have been one of the few that had a foot in the underground and the mainstream in the 80s. I would go to an Exodus or Death show one night, and the next, happily head on out to see Guns n' Roses or Love/Hate.
So glad you included dio, he's so important to metal and I feel like he doesn't always get the love he deserves
RONNIE JAMES DIO WAS KING OF ROCK AND LEGEND UNTIL TODAY THERE'S NO ONE HAVE HIS VOCAL,..FROM RAINBOW EYES TO DONT TALK TO STRANGER,NO BODY UNTIL NOW HAS HIS VOICE AN PASSION THATS WHY HE IS A KING OF ROCK AND ROLL..!!!!!!!
@@muhdsalutz4468 hell yeah buddy
not to mention its because of Dio we have \m/ he invented that hand symbol
@@DrKuryakin yeah dude, his grandma showed it too him
Dio is, in my opinion, the most iconic metal vocalist, there’s something so unique about him!
why was Pantera not mentioned once?? they gave us the birth of groove metal and probably was the most influential metal band in the 90´s... it's actually sad how underappreciated they are considering how important they were to the metal scene and metal history in general. they are the reason so many of us got into metal in the first place in the 90´s and 2000´s
he talked about Swedish Death metal and never mentioned Siebenburgen
thrash metal and no megadeth either@@Femaiden
I'm also here to wonder why Pantera was not mentioned once.
They aren’t under appreciated, they’re one of the biggest names in metal and could be considered main stream at this point. Maybe a lot of people into metal don’t like Panteras style ( I listened to them when I was younger but don’t like these days) but anyway, once a band is big enough to have people who know the name without ever having listened to them, I don’t think you can be considered unappreciated at that point
Sry to brake it to you, but Pantera weren't the most influential metal band in the 90's.
Probably they were for you, but in the whole metal scene??? Not even close.
Here are some bands i could think of who released their debut albums in the 90's.
Immortal, Marduk, Darkthrone, At the gates, Decide, Benediction, Dissection, Emperor and many many many more.
If the 80's were the golden era of Thrash metal, then the 90's were the golden era of Black and Death metal.
I'm 42 and have been listening to heavy metal music for 23 years now, since I was 19 and it's one of the greatest music genres, no matter what sub genre you into, heavy metal music just gets in your veins and boils your blood in a good way and you start headbanging non-stop and thrashing your body around, there are so many undiscovered metal gems with so classic albums that don't get much appreciation or attention because they're metal. Heavy metal has helped me through some difficult times with mental illnesses, it really lifts your spirit up, great video of the history of heavy metal. ❤️🤘🎸
As owner of a large forest in Norway, I have the responsebility to keep looking for blackmetal bands out to shoot album covers in the wintertime.
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Is that where the word "axe" came from? 😅
I had the best time ever when I was 16 and riding around with my friends listening to Scorpions, Deep Purple, iron Maiden and Judas Priest.
I was 16 in Nu Metal time and I hate it. I envy you in a good way. 😍🥰
Me too... and now our combined age is in triple digits😮
More importantly, Jesus saves sinners! God bless you fellow rocker
What I'd do to be able to see young Scorpions live man... I am a 2000's kid, now at 23, and I saw them for the first time in 2013 when I was old enough to appreciate good music. Fortunately, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest are still riding the wave. Scorpions should have called it quits from concerting at least with Return to Forever, which is a very unerrated album btw.
Ayoo i actually drew those different metalhead types you used somewhere around the 31 minute mark! I've been watching your videos for a while so that's actually pretty cool haha; been a hot minute since i drew those, so glad to see they're still making the rounds. rock on!
Saw your stuff the other day, on Facebook, and went looking for you on DeviantArt. Great art, buddy, keep up the good work! Hope you have a chance to enjoy Vagos next year
Cool documentary. I've experienced most of it first hand. It's been a great trip. Looking forward to hearing more material from your project. Good luck on the recording process. 🤘
Wow dude congratulations, I was looking for a metal doc and within 2 secs I was invested - really great job
I'm 64 years old. I was there... for all of it (even stationed in Germany and going to festivals/concerts in England). I know you couldn't possibly name all the great bands of the last 55 years, even if you did another 40 minute video where you just started reading names off a list. What you have done here? This is wonderful. It is GLORIOUS. It's also... a great start. You could make a series of videos that focused on a specific era, you could make a series focusing on each genre of metal... And Asian metal, like Ningen Isu... (now, to go look at stuff you've already done...)
Back to commenting on this video:
\~~/ F**KING AWESOME!!!! BANG YOUR HEEEAAAD!!! \~~/
🤘 HELL YEA. IM A 80s kid. Totally got your back
Anyone who is interested in doing an in depth deep dive analysis of the last 55 years of metal could easily find themselves with15-20 hours of material to put into a series.
I am74 and I agree with you !!
I was born in 58 and got to live through the beginning of metal to awesome metal bands of today like LOVEBITES. I began playing bass in 1975 and played in a lot of local metal bands.
2000s kid, I don't think you understand what I would give to see Ozzy, Cliff Burton, or really any of Metallica in their primes. I have immense respect for folks of your time that are more relaxed about everything. I feel like your generation is known for being very uptight, but the small amount of them, like you, are some of the coolest people you'll ever meet.
“Thrash metal took the speed and aggression of punk and combined it with talent.” This made me lol.
More importantly, Jesus saves sinners! God bless you fellow thrasher!
Some bands aren't HINDERED by talent.
It's funny because it's true.
The thing I love most about this is the accuracy. I still remember tying my tapes to pigeons and waiting for new music to fly back.
Really good vid! A lot was not mentioned, but then this thing would be three hours long, so you packed it nicely.
This is interesting. But what made me watch the video twice was the hilarious humour. Very well done.
I think this is pretty good crafted, probably the more accurate I've seen on YT. Let me do a couple of minor corrections that overall doesn't affect the accuracy of this: Faith No More is way older than nu metal bands by at least a decade, and was considered at the time "funk metal" and later, in the 2000's, was being called "alternative metal"; and folk metal started as such with English band Skyclad; while you can make the case for Sepultura, I think it's more accurate to put Skyclad at the beginning of the genre. Besides that, I think this is really good done.
Your description of powermetal was on point and even had me in tears lol. This is coming from a huge powermetal fan.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but before the influx of multiple labels of genres of metal, there were four genres i remember mentioned Thrash, Glam, one I can't remember, and Power metal. Bands like Maiden, Priest, Dio etc were considered Power Metal, being a heavier form of hard rock vs Metallica, Megadeth etc being thrash and on and on. This would have been around '84/'85. I was in my mid teens then and remember the early 80s when metal was still considered a little underground until Slippery When Wet came out in '85 or so.
Really wanna thank you for this video. I’m only getting into metal and this video really helped me to understand the history of the genre and discover new amazing bands. Thanks
Dude's tape collection at 16:24 is pretty frikkin' epic...some damn good classics in there :) I wish I still had all of my old tapes.
ive never felt so jealous
I personally love Dio, Ronnie James Dio was such a fantastic singer that never seemed to age, always taking care of himself, no drugs or alcohol. Rest In peace, absolute legend, nothing ever seemed to get him down, he never went too poppy and stuck to what he liked writing.
He was a legend. I’ll never forget the day he died, I was inconsolable. A good chunk of my teenage years died.
He started out crooning, not rocking.
I love Dio but he did drink regularly, albeit not before taking the stage.
Smoking cigarettes is the worst thing and that was enough.....
I have to say this is possibly the most entertaining metal doc that I’ve seen. Your sense of humor injects just the right amount of comic relief into the video to keep it from being too serious. I’d like to see a more in depth version of your video that goes further back into the musical history. But, it would require your humor and opinions because that’s what made this one so unique and enjoyable. Great job on this one!
I'm just thankful for Iron Maiden.
Pffft Maiden hopped on the bandwagon, they are not original, they are a 10yrs after the fact copy of Judas Preist & should be jailed for influencing the morons of the world to help lron maiden become millionaires
Iron Maiden changed the game! Badasses
More importantly, Jesus saves sinners! God bless you fellow rocker
@@gregsimmons694 :D
I wouldn't say 'just'... but I too am eternally grateful for Maiden... Life changing. If metal is my religion, they are my most worshiped idols \m/
Thanks for the video. Your sense of humor is excellent! Some of your quick comments caught me off guard and I found myself laughing a few seconds after your joke. Well done!
Thank you!
Dude, this documentary is awesome! U did great with this. Rock on ✊
Btw - I lost it when u put on Jim Carrey dancing to ur example of death metal
Thank you!
Really fun and informative. You throw in some really funny jokes while still keeping the focus on the music and covering all the key movements and subgenres.
I’m so glad I lived in a time that Heavy Metal existed.
Maiden is not only touring but they sound incredible. Great video. Well thought out and produced. Subbed.
I found it so funny that you talked about Metalcore for less than 30 seconds 😭 I love metalcore and bands like electric callboy, bring me the horizon and motionless in white were my gateway bands into other metal genres but I get why it was disliked by a lot of people
Great video. Your sense of humor keeps me listening even when you moved on past the eras that interest me (I'm in my 50's, so I was around when some of these genre offshoots were born). Thank you for the reverence you showed for Lemmy and Motorhead, the greatest heavy band that ever existed. I was lucky enough to meet Lemmy once, and even though he was very cool, and almost a foot shorter than me, he was still somewhat intimidating. Thanks for sharing.
I survived stage diving at a Danzig concert and I'm a better man today for it. Navigating the mosh pit while Slayer played Reign in Blood helped as well.
I love the song Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath off the album Black Sabbath
Werent they called something different at first tho?
then you might also love the song Angel Witch by Angel Witch off the album Angel Witch
@@dingbatrambozo7749 I’ll have to check it out I do love the song godshate by godshate off the album godshate
@@dingbatrambozo7749 Right Blah,ha,ha!!! Or, maybe the last song called Iron Maiden on the debut album called Iron Maiden by the band named Iron Maiden? We can go on & on to list bands, groups & artists who've done this also on their debut song or album. Metal Church, Iced Earth, Minor Threat, Bad Company, Murphy's Law, Bad Religion, off the top of my head. Just saying... +Peace & Rock n' Roll 4 Your Soul My Friend+. \m/(*.*)\m/
@@supercouchpotato9698Polka Tulk Blues Band and then Earth, followed by Black Sabbath.
Great video, a few bands I feel worth mentioning are also The Misfits ((Danzig era) sure not technically metal but the influence is undeniable), Diamond Head, Megadeth and Entombed
Nuclear Assault
Rammstein
Got that membership to support you dudes! Keep up the good vibe! 🤘
Pretty good outline! I know there's more sub genres and other parts of the world that didn't get mentioned, but overall I enjoyed this. Good job
It's been a wild ride so far! Starting with embarrassing my parents in 1968 as a toddler belting out Steppenwolf songs that got played on restaurant jukeboxes (accidentally knocking over a glass that ended up shattering on the floor once), learning how to play guitar in the '70s & '80s, jamming with garage bands, a Senior Skip Day '83 kegger, and more. Listened to everything from Led Zeppelin to local bands like Left End, Link, Lazarus, Zaza (NE Ohio) and Avatar (later called Savatage) and Crimson Glory (Central Florida), and all the other iconic bands of the 1960s to 2020s. Not in a band of my own since the early 2000s, but getting back into practice via karaoke and open mic nights lately in my 50s after recuperating from two surgeries.
Appreciate the fact that you call out the fact that grunge didn't kill metal. Hair metal was never going to last, and was overexposed, meanwhile, Metallica still went strong, but alot of big bands dealt with inner turmoil...... that said as you also mentioned, the underground had some major bands forming, or about to blow up. Want to add, I wouldn't consider ghost a metal band. I'm not using that as an insult, but more mentioning their sound is more of a classic hard rock sound with some metal aspects popping up. Also shout out to 3teeth, keeping industrial metal great.
Hair metal was indeed far more damaging to metal than was grunge.
F yeah 3teeth. The Browning is another good one.
Am I the only one who remembers thrash and hair metal coexisting and even feeding off each other? I mean, where did Jason newsted come from? Look at megadeth!
I'm glad anthrax got some props, and I'm really glad you pointed out how metal thrived in the 90s, but as a thrasher, I'd tell the story a bit differently
I hear you man. But you have to remember kids like to live in small little worlds seeing the world from their tiny little baubles. But metal had to grow up and so did we.
What killed rock & metal in the early 90’s was the LABELS! They were signing everyone that walked the strip looking like a band! Just look at the over the top flaming “glam” bands like Enuff Znuff! It was so damn bad that Skid Row, Guns an’ Roses, Tesla, Dangerous Toys, Junkyard & some others have been called “hair or glam”!
A very interesting and fun video. I learned a lot.
Btw. Speaking of Dio, there's an old Japanese game on the Famicom dedicated to him. It's called Holy Diver and is the answer to the question "What if Castlevania was metal af?". It's worth a look for a metal fan.
I am so happy to have grown up with the best metal! I love the video man, idk if you have done them yet but I would love to see a video on thrash metal and death metal! Keep kicking ass man!🤘🤙✌️
You describe the history of metal in such a colorful, funny and engaging way! This is better than any academic music class!
This is awesome. I can tell a crazy amount of work went into this one. Your selection of clips paired with your voiceovers really made this feel like a true documentary. And I learned some things I didn’t know! Well done 👏🤘
Same here as well a perfect documentary for heavy Metal I already watched this twice now and learning on what our folks from across the pong did for us is amazing bands like iron madian Judas priest are amazing but I wanna get more into death metal like death ministry and venom
As someone who was growing up in 1980's and 90's and started to listen to Metal in 1988 I jumped straight into Slayer, Kreator and soon after Death and other Death Metal bands.
I do miss those times. Nostalgia probably.
South of Heaven is the song that got me hooked on Slayer.
Same. Iron Maiden Judas Priest turned to Slayer, Metallica, Megadeath Pantera….I really took notice of Slayer and Metallica as pimply faced teen washing dishes. My eyes were opened ti the drinking and , drugging and deranged antics of Chefs n Management. I really had a blast and I look back misty eyed sometimes.
Best video on Metal history. My only regret is you not mentioning Pantera. They single handedly gave birth to the 90s mainstream metal sound along with forming a new genre. Anyway, I hope all the very best for your band 🤘
I wanted to disagree with you bc I'm not a fan of 90's Phil and that metal died in the 90's. But damn thinking about what you said you're totally right lol. It was a new sound and new they did have an important role. Miss the Abbotts.
The 90s weren't much of METAL as GRUNGE METAL royally SUCKS!!!+
Yeah not bringing up megadeth or pantera is slightly disappointing but its not a big deal tbh still the best one ive seen
@@homusthehamster868you clearly haven't seen much..
@@flonkplonk1649 ??? Like ok, so?
Very good. In 38 minutes you were more thorough than many 3 hour documentaries I've seen. And great sense of humor...
Ironically and awesomely, that has been my entire life thus far. (1968 to 2023). No wonder I love this music so much. 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Missing Rush from the 70-s as well. Influenced a lots of prog and metal bands.
Boooo! I shudder when I think of Rush being mentioned in discussions of metal. But alas, the flamboyance of Kind Diamond style playing I guess gives them a space 😢
@@jaimedeleon1194 2112, The Necromancer, Cygnus X-1 the voyage, Anthem. Quite heavy songs and all of them from the 70-s.
Krokus was more metal than Rush. Rush influenced metal maybe but was not metal. Krokus wasn't mentioned in the video. Also, Scorps tunes like Sails of Charon not mentioned.
@@Shazeen82can't forget Working Man
@@edwardonsax9919 Whatever they are influenced endless number of musicians who are playing metal.
You did a good job with this documentary, its important to keep updating the history as the years keep passing by up to present 🤘
Just seeing Gojira live makes me feel like I am living in the right time and metal is far from done
dude fr I saw em at knotfest in 2019
I was at Gojira on the 16th in Toronto....they got to play a double set and it was amazing
Started with Godsmack and Staind, then Pantera,Lamb Of God, Child Bite...then Mastodon,Gojira, Lorna Shore lol did a 3 show in 12 day stint lol
Facts! Hail Gojira! 🤘🤘❤
I just saw them for the first time in Pittsburgh on the 11th. It not only was my first Gojira concert but first concert in general lmao. It was fuckin great
You should be a journalist or narrate more videos like this! Your a natural and your comedic lines are set perfectly throughout your narrative. This is awesome! This could be on TV!
🤘🏼great video🤘🏼
The 90's were a defining period of Metal for me. I really became a metalhead here, discovering the history of Sepultura and Pantera, hearing Machine Head and FF for the 1st time, and discovering hardcore like Biohazard and Sick of It All. I also got to see Slayer and FF in a 900 person club and Judas Priest and Dream Theater (diff shows) in a 400 seat bar. The 90s were the best for me.
Leaving Blue Cheer’s first album, 67’s Vincebus Eruptum, out of the story I think leaves out the Bay Area’s early influence on heavy music.
I would argue Possessed were ahead of the Florida bands by a few years as far as being a death metal band. I think one of their demos was called Death Metal. The song is on their first album, Seven Churches, released in 85. Death sounded very similar but their first album didn’t come out til 87 I think? I’ll have to look to make sure.
Very well made documentary! If you would have included the Hardcore Scenes influence in the 80s this would be perfect
What a FANTASTIC documentary!! Ahhh the 80's- Golden Age if Heavy Metal.
GREAT work man! Good coverage, great humor!
This was very well done. Really quite thorough for a 38 minute summary, and not hopelessly US-centric like so many similar documentaries. And if this guy only started listening in the 2000s he did a pretty job of covering the previous ~30 years fairly. I learned a few things here and am just checking out Carcass's Heartbeat.
Great job showcasing all the different genres of Heavy Metal bands! I'm from the generation X period, and agree the 80's was the blossom of true Heavy Metal. There was just one Metal band you didn't mention in this video that "saved" Metal according to Scott Ian from Anthrax, and that was Pantera!
How dare you not mention every single band that has or ever will exist😂
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Yeah, too many people feel entitled to that. To be fair, though, the intro to the video promises nothing less than the ENTIRE time line of heavy metal, which is setting the bar too high. So, this video had it coming...
Yeah but no pantera they at probably top 5 biggest metal bands of all time
He still should have mentioned Scorpions. They were there close to the beginning of metal. And they did become famous. It's not that hard to include them.
You mean like Pantera?!
Awesome job Wyatt. I know you worked your ass off on this one.
Thank you!
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Dude!!! Awesome script and narration!! 38 minutes of pure awesomeness!! 🤜💥🤛
ive been a metalhead for 20 years now and ive watched a large number of documentaries and metal histories but this one is hands down the most accurate depiction of what i consider the most important movements within metal history to be.
I think the only major subgenres you didn't talk about where sludge metal and the later post metal scenes in the 90s and 00s. bit of an omission in my opinion.
Yeah when CFH came out in 90 or 91 Pantera blew up. It was a new wave of thrash metal in America.
You didn't mention Rammstein who are HUGE in industrial metal and still rocking today.
Also you didn't mention Hardcore music with two bands I loved in the 90s Life of Agony and Biohazard.
Another genre was goth. Type O Negative was awesome in the 90s.
Aside from those items this video really was well done and entertaining. Your knowledge and love for metal is very apparent. I'm older than you but I'm glad to see your generation loves it as much as I do.
This is easily one of the best histories of metal I have encountered on the internet. Please keep making more content like this!
I appreciate that thank you!
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Thanks a lot Wyatt! This video was informative and hilarious at the same time.
AWESOME VIDEO THANKS I really enjoyed your video !!!
Guess who’s back, back again.. Wyatt’s back.. tell a friend!
More importantly, Jesus saves sinners!..God bless you fellow rocker
@@gregsimmons694idk what this supposed to mean but if you are saying we are all evil then you haven’t heard skillet
There's a handful of bands that dropped a little influence that had major impacts inadvertently,one of which is probably the best at never compromise ....The Melvins such a unique sound with one of the greatest drummers who gets overlooked constantly.
The other was the Plasmatics. RIP WOW. Anyway I liked this take and looking forward to more vids.
Great video!! But you forgot to mention Coven a band from the 70s that influenced King Diamond and which imagery had that occult vibe before Sabbath .
they also introduced the horns before Dio did
They also have a song called Black Sabbath on their first album and their drummer’s name was Oz Osborne.
REALLY enjoyed this documentary-style video!! Thanks :)
(but now I cry tears over the fact that I'll never see Motorhead at Aftershock 😭😭)
Thank you so much!
You give Motörhead the respect it deserves you're ok in my book, you've earned a like and a sub🤘
Motorhead were good but Lemmy said countless times they were not METAL!
As an official 80s Poser, I would like to show up to your thrash metal concert and start a brawl over your brushing over the impact of the genre. While the glam has die out, the music styles and lyrics didn't. And if you're going to include KISS as one of the founders of shock rock and metal (they were hard rock, always were), then you can't just gloss over glam. Influences for bands like Guns N Roses and Motley Crue were some of the same influences other "harder metal" bands of the time were citing in personal and want ads.
Definitely should’ve put a little bit more of a light on metallica at the end of the 80’s. I feel like them going into the mainstream the way they did just spawned so many bands years later. Awesome doc tho
End of the 80's? Kill em All was released in '83
This was made not so serious but funny. Even finnish bands was mentioned by name at folk metal part and symphonic metal mentioned Nightwish. I would have loved to seen Sentenced and/or Amorphis in this, but i cant have it all. It was nicely done and you got a follower or subscriber. Keep on doing good content. 🤘🏻🤘🏻😊
Great compact history so many memories and all The little jokes had me laughing. There were a few bands I love that didn’t get mentioned (manowar megadeth)but hey that’s life thanks for putting this together. I thoroughly enjoyed it
32:28-Thanks for covering Symphonic Metal. Female-fronted bands such as Leaves Eyes, Epica, and Nightwish are elite and unmatched. The very talented women who front these bands add a whole new dimension to the music. Everything else pales in comparison.
I'm a 67-year-old guy, so I have seen and heard it all, going all the way back to Cream. Their two live albums were the true forerunners of the earliest heavy metal, even before Black Sabbath. Also, an honorable mention to the Japanese metal band Ningen Isu. True metalheads need to know about Ningen Isu.
❤️Thank You!!!❤️ That Was Fucking Awesome!!! I went to see Motorhead, Iron Maden JP, Queen Etc, back in the late 70s early 80s & Love Metal to this day! Tony UK
There's a tight 4 piece called Tool you should check out that knocked Taylor Swift out of the top charts to the dismay of Swifties everywhere
I'm impressed by how you were able to accurately sum up 50 years of metal history in only 37 minutes. One of the most clear and concise 'history of metal' videos I've ever seen.
The only thing I would have added would be a small bit about the "Post-Metal" scene that got popular in the 2000's with bands like Neurosis, Agalloch, Isis, Deafheaven, Jesu, Cult of Luna, Boris, etc. I've met a lot of people who got into metal because of that scene, and it was one of the rare times when metal was being praised by "hipster" outlets like Pitchfork. I may not care for Pitchfork or hipsters, but it did play a role in expanding metal's fanbase.
Cool vid. Your description of glam, and power metal both made me LOL.
Blue Oyster Cult; whose umlot covered O, and their symbol, which was a homage to Saturn. They turned me onto metal in ‘73. I was only 10, but it changed my life forever.
Hot Rails to Hell!
You got me with the sentence: "The greatest Band ever to exist - MOTÖRHEAD".
No one would argue that Priest and Maiden were among the greatest of the early metal bands -- but is Motorhead metal? Lemmy said they were rock'n'roll.
But he is just wrong. The best band of all time is Milli Vanilli
Pantera and Rage Against the Machine were both huge during the "Grunge" era. An argument can be made that Alice in Chains and Soundgarden should be included as they are both considered Alt-Metal and Sludge Metal at their core. Ozzy was also huge in the early 90's and Thrash was still at it's peak in the early 90's.
I remember reading about Soundgarden and Alice In Chains in the very late 80s and they were termed as "alternative metal". And both had albums out by 1990. The press didn't popularize the term "grunge" until after Nirvana hit big in 1991 with Nevermind.
This was a fantastic video!! Metal will live forever! 🤘
Great video and great way to visit memory lane! Thanks!
THIS - WAS - DEEP !!!!!
Great Job putting this together. I’m a child of the 70’s Loving Sabbath/Purple/Cream/Zeppelin then Priest/Maiden/Motörhead…but Not getting into the Whole Satan/Death/Blood/Gore that came about…Playing in a Garage Band (TRAINRECK) and hearing what was playing in my Car, my Son became a Shredder and then introduced Me to Bands like Deftones/Korn/Pantera (that should have been mentioned here) & he moved to Seattle at 18 to persue a career in Music with one band being Rock/Pop (RUG) and on the Other side of the Pendulum, his Death Groove band (VANISHED)…. People need to Monetarily Support ALL THESE BANDS by Buying Merch Directly from the Band so they can make a living…FUCK SPOTIFY with their $0.001 payout pet song.
The who were a driving force in heavy metal you got John Entwistle to thank for that as early as 65 and the kinks w daves heavy guitar tone
"It wasn't called heavy metal when i invented it" -Dave Davies 🤣😂🤣
Rainbow Rising in 1976 and the follow up should not be forgotten. Their influence in Europe, along with Judas Priest, is huge
Dude, your sense of humor is awesome! I'm laughing out loud at so much in this video! Particularly the part about bands or fans tying a demo tape to a pigeon! Can we hang out and drink sometime, bro? lol Love ya!
I love your videos. Great edits, great information, and you’re fucking hilarious. Keep it up😁
The only band that Grunge produced better than any other,,Alice in Chains
The video should have also mentioned the alternative metal phenomenon of the late 80s and early 90s (JAnes Addiction, Soundgarden, Faith no More, etc)
Mother Love Bone.
Great vid, the right balance of fact and humour. After getting bored sh*tless with blues rock I accidentally came across Floor Jansen era nightwish. I have worn out the cd player in my car playing their live at Waken double CD
Man Floor is one of my favorite singers she's incredible
Tarja was too operatic for me, Annette was good, a bit young, but Floor is something else, she's the singer they were always meant to have. I'd love it if she could revoice all of Imaginaeum and Dark Passion Play. probably won't happen though :(@@wyattsmetal
Great rundown of the last 50 years. One band I would have mentioned is Bolt Thrower, as their music started something more band centered and less corporate in a time when it wasn’t the norm. Anyway, your band kicks ass and this was a great video 🤘🏼
This is the best suggestion anyone's had so far
I’m new to this genre and oh man… slaughter to hell by At the gates is amazing ! Good video bro. Also Black Sabbath is awesome
Great job! I enjoyed this! 🤘🤘
Damn I’d kill to be on the same bill as Suffocation, they’re one of my favorite bands and one of my biggest influences musically. Good for you dude I’m happy for you getting to play with such a great lineup! 👍
Derek Boyer is the most underrated bassist ever
The most on-point metal documentary I saw. Thank you for your work.
Its insane to think that dave mustaine could create all of this
I think it was Chuck Norris...
Ikr? i remember when moonlight sonata came out, epic megadeth record
Fools....everyone knows that Gene Simmons created Heavy Metal....just ask him, he'll tell you.
Saying that Swedish melodic death metal was influenced by Carcass Heartwork is a bit of a stretch considering that Gothenburg had a scene going for years before that album came out, and Arch Enemy (which was formed only because Japan wanted Michael Amott to do more albums like Heartwork) didn't arrive until later. There were also other bands in Europe mixing Death Metal with melody like Amorphis, Sentenced, and arguably My Dying Bride although they are more Doom and gothic than death metal.
Awesome video....one of my favorite metal bands personally that wasnt mentioned who have been at it since the mid 80s is Overkill....gotta give a shout out to them.
Really amazing video! Loved every second of it. The only thing is the fact that you didn’t mention Bring Me The Horizon once. They are maybe not the most traditional metal band, but have pioneered the modern metal scene the last 10 years. Other than that, an almost perfect video.🙌
bathory not getting enough love here. quorthon’s influence on black, death, viking, power and doom is undeniable
At least they were mentioned, unlike Pantera