Black Metal VS Death Metal (WITHOUT DISTORTION)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- Hey Guys
I hope you'll enjoy this video, it was really fun making it. I always enjoy myself making these riff battles, so comment down below if you'd like to see more of those.
Unfortunately, I'm so stupid, I forgot to check the resolution of the camera before recording and I made the video with the lowest resolution available on my phone 🤦♂️
Yes I know, dumb as f*ck. But still I hope the song will make it up to it, though.
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0:41 - 1. Death Metal
1:13 - 2. Black Metal
1:32 - 3. Death Metal
1:54 - 4. Black Metal
2:13 - 5. Death Metal
2:44 - 6. Black Metal
3:31 - 7. Death Metal
4:05 - 8. Black Metal
4:32 - 9. Death Metal
4:51 - 10. Black Metal
Guys, ALL the Riffs in this video were composed by ME! A lot of you are asking for the bands, but I made these riffs specifically for this video. Big chance I'll release them as full songs in the future 🤘
Looking forward to that.
I'm not a big death metal guy,but what you were playing ,man had some serious feelings
Why its sound more like some classic music,but not extrim metal?
I try play death metal on acoustic and that not be like this
Man, I could listen to you for endless hours. Definitely the best composing I've heard in a very long time. Looking forward to anything you release.
These riffs are just soo great....i love them
“Hello sweet metalheads”, I’ll never get tired of that.
🤘 All Metalheads are sweet deep inside. It's a fact 😂
Thats brutal af
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Frick yea
Without distortion you are really able to hear the classical music aspect thats so common in metal music
Folk even, I have always thought black metal sounded a lot like the older 'Romani' style picking you hear in Slavic countries.
I am able to hear that death is more advanced.
Black sounds like a jizzed up harpsichord now.
even With distortion :)
@Kozmonaut mwhaha :D
Happy to hear my thoughts by you, i love classic parts in metal, thats really epic and beautiful
I love how the death metal riffs sound like they were written by Death themselves. That's real death metal right there
Also death has tremolo picking parts which sound a lot like the Black metal parts
it ain't hard to write like death because chuck was writing stuff wayyyy ahead of his time. trust me on that. It's like he knew all a long. They do take the best musicians away from us fairly early too..
@@williamdavid380 what do you mean by that?
@@williamdavid380 I miss chuck! And lots of Death influence in this video
hahahahaha ... black metal darkness riff ... death metal brutal riff .. i love black metal ...
After watching this video for a second time I can say that this sounds like classical/baroque/renaissance music a lot. Its pretty crazy how the dna of those scales are still present in metal.
@LilMan 3x Yeah, especially the solos
Yeah man... Vivaldi, Bach, Beethoven, Paganini, Liszt are basically metal without electricity...
Yeah, but on the other hand also not. You would never find something like Dm - B♭m - Dm - C♯m in any of those composers' works, especially not with all the parallel movement. Renaissance, perhaps, early modern classical music, perhaps. But really, those approaches owe much more to blues and its descendant genres than to the classical lineage, although the æsthetics have moved completely away from blues.
Heavy metal is a direct descendant of Baroque Classical.
@@leftaroundaboutToccata is in D minor ahahah
Listening to this without distortion, I feel like I am all alone in the desert and watching the sun set behind the pyramids. Very atmospherical writing and playing, bro.
Or playing Gwent...
I love how these clean black metal songs sound so mysterious and serene, especially that last one. I'd love to see more of that.
Thank you. I confess I can't stop playing that last riff 🤘
it
sounds like 'Prosperity and beauty" to me
@@eugenebogma8342 I think it's Prayer by Gorgoroth. One of my favourite riffs by them!
it's literally just dsbm
i would like this but it has 420 likes and i dont wanna change it
It is confirmed: Black Metal is Surf rock with distortion and screetchy vocals.
😂🤣
And phrygian
Original
Surf rock hahahahahahaha
surf rock but Cthulhu grabbed you with his tentacle and is trying to kill you while you were surfing
i like how your cat was trying to turn up the volume knob lol!
Yeah, even my cat is a Metalhead 😂
@@LeonardoLux96 Cat POV "I'm you guitar engineer, fixing your tone"
@@kelainefes 😅
Swear I thought I was the only one that saw this I was like wtf 😂😂
The cat knows the metal way
I'm now convinced that metal without distortion is classical music.
It is. Black and Death metal are literally just modern distorted classical music. A lot of inspiration from classical music.
Eggnorant comment
@@mftmss7086 Not really. There's actually validity to his comment.
It sounds more like surf rock.
@@Sunshineoversham You're thinking of bands like Darkthrone. A band like Sacramentum is literally classical music with guitar distortion. That's only one band I named. There are countless others, too.
I would pay for an album of just this. Great music for writing.
This, exactly.
Without distortion they sound a lot like flamenco guitar. That's amazing! Well done, man - very cool.
Are you partially deaf?
@@davidabdollahi7906 Are you just plain rude?
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@@MRRIllustrations Should be the harmonic minor/phrygian dominant modes combined with tremolo playing.
"(...) sound a lot like flamenco (...)"
I thought of 'Arabian riff' as well.
Dude I swear with the death metal riffing I could hear fresh Death songs! You were no doubt influenced by Chuck Shuldiner and many others!
Very influenced, man 🤘 Thanks
I mean he looks like Chuck as well..
That's his son 😂
@@johannesthiele8 And Jason Becker
@@LeonardoLux96 bro do you release your own music i dead ass wanted to listen to these
Dude, I would be ecstatic if you released an instrumental album of non distortion compositions like this. It's great mood music for making art! (the cat helping at about the 4:15 mark was hilarious!)
I think this sort of thing would work WITH vocals, too: I can imagine Bathory or even King Diamond or Manowar doing just that with clear vocals, chants and choirs and that sort of thing - see the first bit of Bathory's "A Fine Day to Die" for example, or Manowar's "Bridge of Death":
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Of course, these guys usually "spoil" it by using these moodier undistorted bits as intros leading into more traditional metal songs, but I bet Therion or Ihsahn could easily have pulled something like a whole album of that sort of thing off with a label/studio blessing if they'd wanted to, and aside from label/studio support, there's no reason a more straightforward death or black metal band couldn't make it work, either.
Hell, someone supported a performance of Entombed's "Clandestine" album by an orchestra and choir with Entombed, a similar idea, why not an "unplugged" guitar-driven death or black metal album? (The introduction by the composer is cool, but the music actually starts about 16 minutes in):
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I especially loved the catty "helper" 😂 But seriously, these songs were beautiful clean.
The kitty was metal too! 🤘
Oh, my goodness, the kittycat trying to bite the volume knob at 4:22 is impeccably cute! The cuteness overload is incredible! Cool video, too.
We need more acoustic black metal. "Mayhem: Unplugged" Could be hilarious!
Yeah it would! Lmao, fuck Yeah!
Can we have blast beats on hand drums too? 😁
@@HellaKwik say some examples pls
Look up leiv reed. He has some acoustic black metal, including mayhem.
Impaled Northern Moonforest.
Death metal without distortion sounds like it should be played on a lute or something. Really remarkable.
Mid-EVIL music?
I've actually played a lot of metal songs on the lute and I confirm
I've actually played a lot of metal songs on the oud (Eastern lute) and I confirm
I've actually played a lot of metal songs on the lute and I confirm
I've actually played a lot of metal songs on the lute and I confirm
Without distortion they sounds so atmospheric, anxious and haunting 😨💀👻...
Can we get a whole album like this? Add some atmospheric shyte and I could drown in it. This is so wonderful. Absolutely showcases the beauty of metal music.
Who knew those riffs would sound THAT good without distortion, and still quite frightening and mysterious to a certain degree. Really good compositions btw!
That was (dare I say) beautiful. And people think metal is just noise. I salute you sir \m/
Keep 'em coming!
To be fair, all music is just noise
@@jewfinigan863 нет, наш мозг воспринимает её как речь, значит не шум, а шум обманувший наш мозг.
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Arent you distinghtis and well but together deep thinkker.
4:12 This sounds like something Jon (Dissection) could have written, very nice melodies!! Also I love the fact that the cat is casually munching on the volume knobs, completely disregarding the fact you are playing at the moment XD
So right about Dissection there!
Definitely had me thinking Dissection
I was about to say, the whole thing put together sounds like a Dissection song, with the death and black elements combined.
Sounds like the intro of Ancient Spells of Darkness by Moenen Of Xezbeth
Definitely sounds like Reinkaos
The cat really seals the deal for me personally. Love the licks, and i can tell the cat does too!
My dude, you need to make a whole album with these riffs. These are legitimately some of the sickest I've ever heard.
I like all the riffs but I love the black metal examples. I probably replayed this video 6 or 7 times while I sat here playing video games. Had to pause just to enjoy. Very cool my dude.
Thank you man 🤘
Как же классно звучит на чистом звуке.
Напоминает средневековые мотивы
Думаю без без перегруза вышел бы какой-то дсбм
Согласен, мне тоже показалось, будто это испанские песни времён средневековья
Мне тоже так кажется! Похоже на вставки из атмоблэка или фолк
Блэкуха в особенности мне понравилась на чистом звуке.
а не в курсе, что это за темы? или это его
Great video. Both genres suit clean tones really well and have great atmosphere with use of it. Also cute cat :)
Thanks a lot 🤘
@@LeonardoLux96 No problem 🙂👍🤘
I love clean-tone metal! I didn't really detect a systematic difference between the two styles, but enjoyed all your riffs there.
Without distortion these riffs really do give you a classical music kinda vibe imo. And they sound mysterious and yet so epic. I love it.
Clean Black metal is so relaxing. I forget his name, but there’s a TH-camr who did a a mashup of a bunch of black metal songs on a classical guitar. It was honestly so beautiful sounding. It really gives a new appreciation for the genre. I bet if you played that for a non metal listener you wouldn’t get the typical “that’s just a bunch of noise”. Metal as a whole is such a misunderstood genre. Whenever people ask me questions about it, I always try to explain that l, yes, it’s aggressive and angry sounding, but its the musicians themselves and what they’re capable of. I try my best to explain a lot of the technicalities behind it, how much time, dedication and practice it takes to be able to play a lot of complex things. Even just for vocals (I’m a metal vocalist), they dont believe I can growl and stuff, so I demonstrate it. They ask if it hurts and, I explain the biological aspect of it what what it takes to properly train and care for your and voice and that there are certain techniques behind the sounds, they’re not just yelling their heads off. I always ask “do you know about throat singing?” Then tell them it’s kind of like a more intense version of that. Not exactly, but there are a lot of similarities. And I also go into how you need to do a lot of the same stuff as any normal singer, if not more because of the nature of what vocalists do. It doesn’t make them like the music, but a lot of people walk away intrigued and with a new perspective of the genre. I sometimes tell them it’s like therapy. It’s a healthy and artistic way of dealing with negative emotions. I forget who, but someone used the the term “controlled aggression.” I ask “would you rather your kid go commit crimes or become a mean and angry person, or hangout in a room with some people and make some noise together then leave happy?”
Is the guy bald?
If yes, he's probably Sam Smith.
Thank you for spreading the word about metal! 👍🤘
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Seems like in my experience that it's partly the reputation of metal as "just noise that makes people delete themselves", partly the "it's different so I hate it" effect, and mostly the distortion that are hard obstacles for most people to clear... when you strip away the cookie-monster vocals, double-kick drums, and guitar effects, people seem surprised that it's actually pretty complex and beautiful music after all, even if they can't dance and sing along to it. The number of times I've heard "normies" mistake the cleaner examples of symphonic, gothic, or avantgarde metal for "Mozart" or "Beethoven" kinda astounds me, and then the looks on their faces when I say "no, that's not Mozart, that's just metal..."
Sounds like classical to me.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL!!!!
This is so fascinating. Used to play such melodies when I was with my thrash (Psychotic Circle) and death metal (Punebre) bands,. My son, just under 8, said I sound like a ukelele/ mandolin player on a speed run ( he likes watching video games done in that style), as he watched me practicing unplugged. I laughed at his insight. I may not look like it now but metal is in my veins and my little boy makes his best impression of a shred or growl every time he has the chance, thanks Leonardo, love, and respect from the Philippines🤘🤘🤘
Thank you, glad to know your boy is a metalhead 🤘
Metal is snake's soul, not it's skin :D
A year later and I’m still mind blown on how fkn spicy and classically inspired these art pieces are. Chuck Vibes all thru here that feel of Egyptian yet medieval vibe is all thru this music and u displayed it so perfectly it blew me away once again
is nobody going to mention how good that corpse paint is?!
Bizarre how clean death metal sounds somehow "flamencish".
You have to try to play Segovia with loads of overdrive
My thoughts exactly
i used to call death metal "fast doom metal" :)
Phrygian mode perhaps. ;-)
I was here to comment the same!
@@azerreza4770 phrygian dominant. Phrygian mode is just Cmaj with E as the root.
if I could find a 2 hour playlist of this, I would never stop listening to it.
ok that was some of the most beautiful sounds I've ever heard, like I felt it in my chest. Thank you for reminding me why I fell in love with this music in the first place!
Would love to hear all of these with distortion too, get a real feel for the differences
Just put a heap of cellophane over your speakers, or punch a hole in them with a pencil.
Agreed
Well, ask and receive!
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@@daviddanger3074 amazing!
@@TheBadBassist Hey, thanks! I haven't heard from @LeonardoLux96 about it. I hope they feel the same way. Cheers.
That is beautiful, i´ve seen this video six or seven times over severrel months but in can only give one like.
This is just an example of why Metal is best music genre ever created. If you're music sounds just as good clean as it does with distortion then you know you've done it right ✅️
This man wrote the riffs so calmingly that he didn't even realize the sabotaging attempts by his cat while playing. ^^
Awesome riffs man, I look forward to the day I can write this good riffs too. lml
Your cat gnawing on the knobs had me laughing pretty hard😂
Love it… brings back memories of the album A Blaze in the Northern Sky coming out and been torn between black and the Death I was heavily into. Wicked guitar skills pal 👌
These sound excellent! Thanks for sharing I will no doubt be back to listen multiple times. Kitty chewing on the control knob made me chuckle as I have a kitty that loves to rub against my headstock and try to lick my nose while I'm playing.
Impressive how all the riffs without distortion seem to have been taken from Ambient/Atmospheric Black Metal songs!!
Awesome !!
Definitely would buy this if this is made into an album/compilation! I'm sure others would do the same..
The caaaaat!! 🖤🖤
Amazing riffs and a cat in one video? Instant like! :D
Dude...I need more of riff 2!!!!! Great stuff!
Congrats on feeding your cat such beautiful riffs, amazing job!!
1: Sounds fantastic. 2: Sounds like surf music for surfing at night on a moonless night when the bioluminescence is happening. I would definitely recommend you doing a surf rendition of some of this stuff. Get a Twin Reverb, crank the reverb, and GO....
Regarding your point 2, look up De Mysteriis Dom Bahamas
Black metal sounds like classical middle eastern music. Gorgeous. Would love to hear on an oud.
Esse timbre tá muito gostoso de se ouvir.
Gostei do corpse paint cara.
Seu gato queria aumentar o volume ksks.
Both death metal and black metal have unique sounds love it,by the way love the corpse paint
I agree. You can truly hear the classical influences in the music. That was really awesome. I loved it.
All your Riffs were amazing but being mostly into black metal, I can't help but admire your work on this one. I'm looking forward to a full version of those riffs in the future.
Actually very melodic. I‘m very surprised. It‘s a shame that most of it gets lost thru distortion. Love the video. Thx for sharing.
Please make more of these videos! The black metal riffs sounded absolutely angelic! (Sorry I couldn't find any better word)
The fkn first riff hypnotized me. You are beast. I see inspiration by my favorite bands. Keep it up
This was awesome !! Super dope that you wrote all the riffs too
These guitar parts sound very beautiful.
Is “no distortion” death metal a genre that exists already?
You’d probably like Spanish classical guitar
@@antichrist.superstar muerto en flamenco. Olé! 🤘😎🤘
pretty much what surf rock is
Opeth
@@Indianpsychonaut kinda
Absolutely incredible!!!
You always make something great Leo!
Thank you so much, buddy 🤘
meu deus isso tá lindo demais cara, alguns riffs parecem que deram um ar meio de "ópera", muito épico
Neoclassico
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The moment I saw the corpse paint I thought you were going to speak in an abrasive voice in order to embrace the genres but I was pleasantly surprised to here your real voice. Rad video man.
Never realized how beautiful death metal really was. Elaborate anger. Heartbreak is complicated. My feelings are complicated, let me tell you the only way I know how.
2:14-2:44, my new phone ring tone (after the previous which was yours too at least year or more). Brilliant! And Death Metal parts win :D
Thank you man, so glad you like it 🤘
What is the song name?
These riffs were just awesome. Thanks for inspiration.
Bro!! Those riffs are insane 😳 🤘
Ive always loved flameco but in my mind im hearing black metal. Awesome video!
This is so good I’m crying
Awesome musics ! I bought my first acoustic guitar 2 weeks ago and listening these musics sound like classical/flamenco guitar I think. Great way to learn and inspire others too. Never heard black metal music without distortion and made me think "oh that's possible" lol. Congrats for sharing with us !!!
Honestly I never noticed there was a difference in guitar work between the two. I've always loved the drumming in black metal, but the vocals do nothing for me so I don't listen to much of black metal, but I do like everything about death metal if it's done right. Thanks (again) for the education, mate.
Sounds great without distortion. I always said "Electric (distorted) guitar is controlled noize!" Of course we love it. But it's always nice to hear musical things we know, differently.
It's funny how much this sounds like traditional Spanish guitar played in minor keys when you remove the distortion.
Truth be told, I’m not a metalhead but I stumbled on this video because I respect this type of music even though I’m still trying to understand it. Beautiful music and adorable cat ❤
Listening to it played like this, it sounds like spanish guitar. This is beautiful.
Damn this is pure talent, I was really surprised. Not just because the riffs were all good, that in itself would have been impressive. But even comparing just the death metal riffs with each other, or the black metal riffs with each other, they were all completely different styles sounding like they could have come from completely different bands. That was what was most impressive to me.
Haunting and beautiful. I'd actual listen to an album of this. Lol. But I'm also curious how these riff would sound with distortion.
Not only the riffs are beautiful but you are probably the sweetest person I saw on the internet.
This really gives me a newfound appreciation for Black and Death Metal.
So evil , so dark , so perfect sounds 🤘 oh yes
Fantástico como sempre brother!
Muito obrigado meu brother 🤘🤘
The riff @3:32 would actually pair great as the main rythmn for a flamenco song. you're playing in the perfect key for it.
Well, a clean demostration of death metal superiority
Skills bro! Clean channel usually shows where the weaknesses are lol. You're a great guitarist!
Dude you're mega talented. It's my goal to play as well as you one day
Thank you sir. Happy to know I inspire you to practice. Keep shredding 🤘
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Você é muito talentoso e seu inglês é ótimo. A maquiagem também ficou incrível! Sucesso e que Deus te abençoe!
I have to admit, that guitar is one ofghe cleanest I've heard in a long time. And you're playing like a boss.
The riffs are very clean, surreal and serene. There is an eerie air of mysticism about them.
its awesome the cleanness you perform this pieces with all stripped out from gain, it sounds way less extreme metal and way more like Caifanes tho
Actually riffs REALLY GOOD. Now I want them with distortion and bass/drums.
This sort of made me wish these genres were a little more chill cos I sorta can't get past the noise but these riffs are absolutely beautiful. If they were slightly more clean and less screamy this would change my life tbh. I guess I like post punk/goth/etc so this sounds a bit like it could fuze with that to be a more shreddy version
that is not a versus, it's a Masterpiece Made by mixing riffs from both genres. Awesome
You are great guitarist. Congratulations from france
Those were some of the most magical riffs I have ever heard
Riff #5 is so light yet so punishing amazing work
Love the 2:44 - 3:32 part, could listen to it all day
Great jop🤘
its seems like finsmoonth - sightless bound
If we're being real here, that intro death metal riff sounds suspiciously like something Metallica would pull out of their trick bag for something from "Master of Puppets" through to "Black"; something clean and melodic to increase tension, played 8-10 times to build tension before the crush starts.
All those riffs would work as intros, very nice.
I loved this video because of the way you play that beautiful music.
Thank you, I understand the difference now: death metal requires a looper pedal and a harmonizer while black metal requires face paint.