Metal Evolution - Extreme Metal | FULL EPISODE

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For many metal fans, Extreme Metal is heavy metal. Death, Morbid Angel, Carcass, Entombed, Darkthrone, Dimmu Borgir, Opeth, guttural vocals, blast beats, lyrics about death and the occult …. we couldn’t tell the story of metal without it. And so Banger Films presents Extreme Metal, the latest chapter in Metal Evolution, the biggest-ever TV series on the history of heavy metal and hard rock. Hosted by Sam Dunn and based on Banger’s groundbreaking “Heavy Metal Family Tree”, Extreme Metal features new interviews with Death Metal, Grindcore and Black Metal’s most influential sonic architects and a global journey from Tampa to the UK, Norway and France's Hellfest to investigate the history, myths and intricacies of this most innovative and transgressive subgenre. How extreme is it? Too extreme for some TV networks! Which is why Banger Films turned to crowdfunding-it was support from the metal community around the world through an IndieGogo campaign which made Metal Evolution: Extreme Metal a reality.

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[@MRSludgedude]

Im going to use that bob speech as an intro in our doom metal band lol.

[@josealejandroalvaradobotei8584]

Very good 🇨🇱👌🤘🤘

[@christophermitchell1827]

How about doing an episode about folk metal?

[@PRHILL9696]

I will always be grateful to heavy Metal for not only being great music. But also for getting me into Satanism many years ago which also changed my life in a great way! King Diamond especially

[@robertpreston2220]

@@PRHILL9696 Hail King Diamond! Hail Metal! Hail Satan!

[@TacoBellFan_420]

"Yeah, looking back, (Venom was) a bit hocus-pocus and decidedly cheesy," says the vocalist of Cradle of Filth, wearing the contacts i bought at Hot Topic when i was sixteen.

[@jimm7346]

best fucking comment ever. you win the internet, sir.

[@BlixTheGoblin]

so true , Cradle of Filth is probably the most cheesy band in extreme metal

[@naruto199797]

Jesse Gmitro if hot topic had clothing like that I would only go there

[@joshhale9355]

Jesse Gmitro I think what he meant was that it was kinda on the cheaper side, CoF spend a lot of time and money (too much in my opinion) into theatrics. I don't like them, they're like off brand black metal, but they are extremely theatrical to the point that the music takes a backseat.

[@blucu001]

Patrick William The cheesiness of extreme metal (the over the top lyrical violence and technical wankery and over produced sounds of death metal, the corpse paint and overly satanic and occult lyricism and intentionally subpar production of black metal) is part of the fun, and anyone who can't see that is missing that enjoyment.

[@adamhajnal4758]

You got it wrong, Fenriz isn't just the multi-instrumentalist of Darkthrone. He is a walking metal encyclopedia!

[@afrog2666]

Love Fenriz, he`s a fun loving, passionate, walking talking, like you say; metal encyclopedia ;)

[@nipulkradmsinatagras8293]

Check out his very own podcast on Soundcloud.

[@spacebutt5029]

He is a walking music encyclopedia. He listens to many different genres

[@kurtludwig5214]

Fenriz is someone I'd love to sit down and just talk whatever he wants. Seems like a really cool dude

[@Ecclesiastes11718]

He's like a teenager that never grew up

[@TheCount-y7e]

*hears Freezing Moon live* *sees Norway flag* "Oh boy, here we go..."

[@ochoarobert1]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAD THE SAME REACTION!!!

[@TisTheDamnStickSeason]

Fuckin same

[@krzysztofburek9038]

For me, polish black metal (ie. Mgła, Kły, Gruzja) is better

[@mrn234]

@@krzysztofburek9038 you forgot Infernal War.

[@sean1419]

@@krzysztofburek9038 for me it's 1. Icelandic Scene 2. Polish Scene 3. Norwegian Scene

[@59250em]

I had been blessed to meet Chuck Schuldiner during a concert of Death in Belgium, just a few months before "The sound of Perseverance album coming. I saw that chuck was not also a great guitarist but also a very smart and kind person. I will never forget this meeting.

[@jaketaylor8176]

Literally one of the best rhythm guitarists ever ur just dumb

[@tommcgee8437]

I love everything Sam has ever done with Banger Films. His explorations of metal are the shit.

[@BangerTV]

Thanks Ben!

[@richarddunk5140]

Definitely!

[@IanF5]

Great questions and space for the artists to fully lament and finish thoughts.

[@robertpreston2220]

Quotes from famous musician and High ranking Church of Satan member and very close friend to Anton LaVey - King Diamond "Satanism is about the Powers of the Unknown. I have had hundreds of strange supernatural experiences with the occult, the other side, the beyond, whatever you want to call it that proves there is a spiritual world that can cross over into our world. Satanism is a life philosophy so within it you can have your own religion, any religion you want. Or take from various religions or your own whatever makes you happy. I have my own beliefs and Religiously Satan on a spiritual level stands for the Powers of Darkness, the Powers of the Unknown which are always all around us at all times. This is the best way to talk about these Spirits and Powers. Not a god or a devil as both of them are christian god's and that has nothing to do with Satanism. Of course there are different types of satanism. And I never wear gold as that is not healthy for you! Must need something bad and use that during ritual then you might be able to get help from these powers I believe are all around us. But that is only if they like you. I do not believe in the two christians beings god or the Devil, I believe in the Powers of the Unknown, Powers of Darkness, The Powers of the Occult what ever name you want to use. . I have done Satanic Rituals and have seen and heard spirits. Some people like to call "Them" God or the Devil or whatever, but I do not believe there is all one good and one all bad power. I believe there are many, many different Spirits and Powers that exist and that they are not good or evil, like humans they have both inside of them and I always treat them with the highest amount of respect and feel that respect returned by Them. It is massive mutual respect. Not Power, but Powers, Big difference. I believe we are one and the same me and these Unknown Forces. You really have to respect them for the incredible power they have. I believe they come to those who they feel can handle it and who will be faithful believers." In the song "Welcome Princess of Hell" you hear me singing to these spirits and powers and they sing back to me. They came to me to let me know they are here for me on my journey and that they are behind me and that they wish me good luck so I see them as my protectors almost like guardian angels. We all live several lives so that our powers/souls can grow in order to reach a higher plane and join with something greater. Our powers live in a human shell several times that will enable us to go on to a new life form a higher plane of being or join one day with a larger greater force. But 99 percent of the population live by the Satanic Philosophy whether they know it or not. As Anton LaVey even told me that Satanism is simply a life philosophy and NOT a religion. Satanism is based on logic and things that are proven which is why it could never be a religion as religion is based on things that cannot be proven. And that’s why I say that these powers of darkness are always welcome in my home. It’s as if the powers of the unknown came and said ‘Hey, we will stay with you and help you.’ That’s what I feel.” When I almost died during surgery I saw my body below as a demon tried to enter my soul and I had to fight him! These things are very real! Personally I do not use electrical lighting at home and on my Satanic Altar or in the studio when I record vocals, only black candles as electrical lighting drives away the spirits and I love having them near me. People who see Satanism from the Christian view point are not treating these powers with respect and that is very dangerous. I once actually summoned a spirit in order to prove they are real to a girl who doubted and Satan came. My wife will not look in our mirror in fear something will come out. In Satanism you are your own God. LaVey felt and I agree that we are all individuals born with different needs and views and so he felt everyone should make up their own mind about what to believe in spiritually if anything at all which is why he left a huge void in the Satanic Bible when it came to spirituality or any kind of religious beliefs and so within the Satanic Philosophy a person can still be a Christian if that fulfills their spiritual needs. Satan also means the Opposite, Inverted, Reversed which is why we wear the Satanic crosses and pentagrams. Satan means the opposite of religion. Satanism is living out your feelings and instincts without feeling it is a sin, enjoy yourself while you are here now while you can and have your own individual beliefs. One thing I consider almost mandatory though is believing there are powers around us. And you can use these powers to help yourself or those you care about. Or throw these powers at people in a negative way. I am not religious at all but you can say I am spiritual due to my experiences and beliefs. The Satanic bible is not really a bible because a bible is for religion so it should be called a book of philosophy instead. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. When people see the word ‘Satan’ they see only negative. Satan is not only bad, to me. It represents both sides of everything. I don’t believe in the Christian devil. “Christianity has both God and the devil. I believe there is neither of these two. I believe in the powers of the unknown, which I have experienced many times. I know that rituals work. I don’t do them often because you can easily misuse them. They will get back at you if you don’t respect them. Rituals can channel the forces that surround us all the time but I respect the powers and will not abuse them in any way. The Satanic Bible is 70 percent Philosophy and 30 percent magic. Satan is the power of the universe. Satan to me is the Powers of Darkness, not a man with horns. Some people think Satanism is what the Christian church portrays it to be. If you are as bad and as evil as you can be and you think that’s Satanism then you have become part of the Christian religion. That is Christian Satanism which is not what I am about at all. I know these powers are good because they saved my life many times!

[@chonqmonk]

@@robertpreston2220 Playing make-believe is fun!

[@capulet6669]

The guy who did subtitles to this must have had a real fun doing them.

[@Nachtdwaler]

So I've noticed :'D

[@aynsleyjones4993]

I've just watched it with subtitles on. People are missing out on this! Hahaha

[@djchepito]

I lol when it showed birth sounds for Napalm Death growls.

[@di0__0ib]

I've been cracking up with all of the extra subtitles 🤣 If you watched or are watching without subtitles on, you are really missing out... go turn them on and start over

[@Tyler-nn8gk]

Lol 😂

[@maryvanfleet1128]

I am that housewife folding laundry listening to extreme metal!

[@andrewtrader400]

Mary Van Fleet marry me

[@fwh79FOXR6]

Mary Van Fleet: Ok... how many socks don't have a "match" this time?

[@labradorableretriever4490]

Exactly. I fucking do that shit too. German husband who happens to be a metal fan. But so am I haha

[@GooBanana]

When you say "folding laundry," do you really mean "fighting dragons in a Norwegian wasteland with a battleaxe?"

[@tort26508]

me too!

[@bbtb785]

"There are many many more shades and colors to darkness than just black." What a profound statement by Martin Eric Ain of HELLHAMMER/CELTIC FROST; that phrase, cleaned up a little, would make a fine lyric!

[@Tyler-nn8gk]

As a ex heroin addict I agree with that remark

[@centralscrutinizer1757]

What’s profound about it?

[@bbtb785]

@@centralscrutinizer1757 Your general stupidity.

[@mason3872]

In the darkness, we see more than black That could be either the most metal, or the most melancholic lyric depending on how you interpret it. I like those kind of lyrics, the ones that make you think and allow you to interpret however you’d like rather than just like death metal lyrics about murder or whatever.

[@beeemm2578]

Absolutely. Ive always preached there is more than one way to emote 'extreme' music...not just speed and downtuning distortion. Although I love and create music under the "grindcore" umbrella, trick is to do something in the vein, but different. Like horn parts against a 295 bpm beat, for example. Its limitless...and fun to experiment.

[@ella-wv7bo]

“There are many more shades of darkness than just black”

[@ellieosteen]

ella I fucking love that quote

[@ella-wv7bo]

Mykytko this quote came from a video about extreme metal i would assume it goes without saying that it is not commenting upon literal darkness

[@stormrider4727]

I am an orthopaedic surgeon and still listen death metal songs during surgery (well one or two because the nurses and other surgeons complains about the noise??) thats make happier at the moments of more stress.....

[@hadara69]

I would be proud to call you my orthopedic surgeon, Doctor.

[@warwickeng5491]

Carcass must fit well with the mood ahah

[@Matthew-pn1qu]

[X] Doubt

[@GetzGoth]

Interesting grammer for someone who claims to have a medical degree.

[@atrocious_pr0xy]

may try ambient music.. like Hammock

[@ihghost]

I've literally seen this episode 100 times and I never get tired of it. I wish there were more documentaries dealing with these bands.

[@chocolatewheelchair]

Have you seen Until the Light Takes Us?

[@ihghost]

About a million times!@@chocolatewheelchair

[@chocolatewheelchair]

@@ihghost Very nice! Same!

[@ihghost]

I'm thinking about watching it again, right now!@@chocolatewheelchair

[@Steveo3332]

​@@chocolatewheelchairno what is about?

[@UlfhedinnNorsk]

I grew up on CARCASS and DEATH. Such amazing music!

[@mylovesongs2429]

Carcass, Death, Obituary, Gorguts, Malevolent Creation, Autopsy, Napalm Death, etc.!! The heaviest, fastest metal ever!!!!

[@APPEALtoFEAR]

How are you still alive? I didn’t know that people could subsist only on carcasses and death for so long

[@deselmsgroup]

Thank you to Sam Dunn for this whole series and this episode in particular. The series should be required watching for every metalhead.

[@Derbstaff76]

How could he not mention (insert band name here).

[@corpsie666]

Cephalic Carnage! **rabble rabble**

[@blackcathedral3271]

I love this

[@caron1873]

Philip Dearborn The Wu Tang Clan

[@beavishighonvoltcola5287]

Deicide!

[@charliecobb3581]

Slapnuts the heaviest death metal band ever

[@bikerluke182]

How can someone who calls himself Dani Filth sit there in fake contacts and say Venom looked decidedly hocus pocus and cheesey

[@johnzackarias11]

By having generous amounts of self-distance and the ability to laugh at himself.

[@galvawave8403]

Because they did, how does COF being cheesey mean Venom wasn't?

[@PRHILL9696]

venom did look cheesy and COF have been successful beyond belief

[@bikerluke182]

To be fair to the guy, I'm sure his comment had more context to it before being edited. It still amuses me though after seeing them get gobstopper'ed off stage in 10 minutes at Bloodstock

[@shanebarge8195]

Sketchy Luke no fucking kidding, that little puke vampire dink saying shit about venom,what the fuck.

[@enlightenedrogue3871]

Carcass - best ever melodic brutally heavy riffs of all time!

[@MetalDad62]

57 yr old husband, father, grandfather & metalhead... no regrets, no apologies. 🤘👍

[@TheLokisrevenge]

Same here ...everything you said

[@heathkelly7163]

Hell yes brother!

[@brandonmaddox4862]

🤘🏻

[@Grimeyhoob]

Dale Wells I remember we made love in a Birmingham bar back in the 90s. I’m that big muscular metalhead guy from the countryside bar we both visited.

[@HeadNtheClouds]

I’m 54

[@EdwinLap]

Hellhammer and Celtic Frost were so far ahead of its time.

[@jeremyscout3464]

Thrash tempo. Some doom tone. Avante Garde elements splashed in for good measure. They were extremely daring and bold to do what they did

[@edwinfields9379]

I don't particularly enjoy grindcore, but I understand where the artists are coming from and how they've influenced metal and I have come to respect it.

[@edwinfields9379]

***** I'm not a fan of black metal, either.

[@isaackatularu5125]

I am not a black metal fan neither, but I don't hate it I just respect it because it was one of those genres that saved metal music from going down to being nothing.

[@humblestalin8811]

I am a huge fan of Grindcore/Goregrind/Noisegrind, Death/Slam/Deathgrind...etc. But Black metal is still my top top favorite haha.

[@erickmazur807]

You guys are the true defenition of metal.

[@iwanttoforceavegantoeatmea7596]

Erick Mazur A metal (from Greek μέταλλον métallon, "mine, quarry, metal"[1][2]) is a material (an element, compound, or alloy) that is typically hard when in solid state, opaque, shiny, and has good electrical and thermal conductivity. Metals are generally malleable-that is, they can be hammered or pressed permanently out of shape without breaking or cracking-as well as fusible (able to be fused or melted) and ductile (able to be drawn out into a thin wire).[3] About 91 of the 118 elements in the periodic table are metals; the others are nonmetals or metalloids. Some elements appear in both metallic and non-metallic forms. No, they're not.

[@PaulWildstar]

The Metal Evolution series is full-on killer!

[@goatthulu6662]

"There are many many more shades and colors to darkness than just black..." Fucking brilliant.

[@CarlHH777]

This series was created to give a general idea of what Metal and its subgenres are and where they come from. It wasn't done for people who already enjoy Metal but for a broader audience. Obviously, it'll only scratch the surface. You can't expect Sam to cover in depth Norwegian Black Metal, English Death and Grind, American Death Metal, Swedish Death Metal and everything in between in 50 minutes. Come on people!

[@BramKaandorp]

+CarlHH777 Totally agree. As much as I was hoping for a mention of Atheist and maybe some other technical death metal, I realise that it's maybe too niche to discuss. Also, it was touched on in the progressive metal episode, so there you go.

[@musicman1977]

Exactly he went for the basic stuff, come on peeps. Give him a break, Sam did a great job! Love the series bro! Too bad they’re no longer on tv....MTV and VH1 are no longer music channels, they’re polluted with garbage unfortunately.

[@Stigmatix666]

Sam already made an in-depth documentary about black metal

[@Wargasm644]

Lol. Like some everyday non metal head is going to watch this. This is definitely made for the metal community. He just can’t cover every band on earth.

[@runlevel0]

Why not? He could just do htat easily as he already did " Ohh, is crap, Marilyn Manson is Extreme Metal and if you say it isn't you are a genre nazi" FTFY

[@szithaanu9934]

"What did it take to make Extreme Metal relevant again?" Screen fades out and back in to the Norwegian flag with Mayhem playing. Here we go!!

[@luigizanellato2959]

"Death" and "Carcass" are two bands I've been listening to a lot to lately. Awesome bands. 🤘

[@jabrane1564]

extreme music is not only for extreme people. i listen to extreme metal and i don't consider myself an extreme person.

[@seagrey75]

Very true. I'm a living example

[@小琰-j2l]

Same

[@mikeyboy8557]

Same here, I even listen to hip hop...

[@LuisPerez-lj4pq]

same here my music taste isn´t exactly same that my personality

[@vinigunner94]

So true ... I literally wear polos and cashmere sweaters while listening to Mayhem at the tennis club

[@ytsersius]

u kno it's grindcore when you need subtitles for english

[@Jared-nu2tz]

(╭☞ ͡o ͜ʖ ͡o)╭☞

[@jasonmoore4060]

lmao

[@Svaltz]

And you know it's a extreme grindcore when it's hard to follow on the vocals even with English Subtitles on

[@meanbeanman1]

267

[@zaccorpseman7366]

Try Infant Annihilator - Blasphemian

[@Voicecolors]

"There are many more shades of colors to darkness than just black" Martin Eric Ain RIP

[@Dracula616-u5g]

Looking on KZbin at gaahl varg GGALLIN favorite rock track

[@patrickmohan2220]

Black is the absence of colour.

[@thedjentleman1662]

I like your pfp

[@peggs1]

Amen

[@colinmackinnon696]

I'm guessing you're a Bad Religion listener

[@TheWarmcoldsurfer]

When I was a child my mother introduced me to extreme metal. I was only six years old when she told my about Mayem and their story. I still get nostalgic thinking of my mother dusting at home while blasting "A skull full of maggots" by Cannibal corpse.

[@jessekeller2650]

for my high school essay I wrote the differences between metal genres. most of my research was done by watching this series and metal: a headbangers journey lol

[@TinselAndFoil]

Martin from Celtic Frost.... "Joy Division, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cure, Sisters of Mercy, Christian Death". Indeed!

[@Malegys]

Fucking Goth, that's why CF went shit after 1986.

[@balancetvi]

@@Malegys rip martin

[@ringevalley]

The Uncouth Youth that’s a terrible argument

[@kotanovakota]

Lmao their last album was their best album

[@vonjunzt4130]

They wanted that gothic sort of vibe. Not sure they ever really got it.

[@AiraLee]

"There are many more shades to darkness than just black". Profound shit right there.

[@rask906]

4:29 love how the actual picture of dead's suicide is just there without any form of blur

[@alasmario44]

This documentary has a flow similar to clicking random wikipedia links

[@darkchenpacq69]

Nailed it!

[@tengilvontronje8069]

funny cause it's true

[@Dracula616-u5g]

@@darkchenpacq69 looking on KZbin at gaahl Marilyn GGALLIN varg favorite track

[@merijnio666devilpriest5]

Ikr, thats what I thought 😂

[@GordonHeaney]

Easy to criticise when you're not the one having to pull it all together from different bands on different continents all around at the same time

[@johnniejay]

Dani Filth calling another band cheesy? oh the irony.

[@tomesilva36]

+Peanut Butter Knife Fight love that album

[@johnniejay]

Tomé Silva I love your choice too. Have it on vinyl.

[@tomesilva36]

Peanut Butter Knife Fight oh, nice

[@2000Doriyas]

+Peanut Butter Knife Fight He's right though, and he's well aware of his own bands campiness

[@reav3rtm]

+Thatmusictool Not just he's aware of it, they created that gothic cheesy image on purpose. They are true metalheads though, calling them fake is stupid. It's fake when you pretend someone you are not. CoF was never pretending to be trve kvlt black metal band. Now, talking about fake, I wonder how Gorgoroth/Gaahl trve fans are feeling now ;)

[@kurtroutley]

Whoever wrote the closed captions for this deserves an award, so funny XD

[@hendersongalbreath1072]

I've watched this I don't know how many times over the last 7 or 8 years and it took me until tonight to realize what a fucking work of art the subtitles to this video are. The "translations" are just perfect. Whoever did this, know that you have made the day of a total stranger. 🤣

[@chantalglanzmann3008]

I thought so too! There was a silent genius at work

[@steezyboi96]

i met bill steer last night at a carcass concert. such a cool and down to earth dude. can't believe he and jeff were the masterminds behind such grotesque and brutal metal!

[@jwebby85]

“Venom started to get a little cheese” he said while wearing contact lenses to make himself look like a werewolf or a vampire.

[@PRHILL9696]

Everyone says venom were cheesy

[@lodke1697]

They went cheesy after the black metal record,excluding the die hard ep

[@10072018]

"We are music lovers, we are art lovers, not genre lovers" Perfect quote.

[@arno-luyendijk4798]

By Herne, I abide with that. And I am that teacher-assistant to be, listening to both things like these extreme metal offshoots and things like Guillaume Dufay, Beatles, Nick Drake, The Association, Bach, Charlie Christian, Charlie Parker, Steeleye Span, Dream Theater, Genesis, Jethro Tull....boundaries are there to tear down, not being "true" into a genre.

[@hadara69]

For many years I've said that Metal has no boundaries because it's already broken through them all. There's nowhere it can't go now. That is ART.

[@heftyhugh9086]

That's w hy Enslaved is fucking amazing. Love that band.

[@runlevel0]

Really stupid quote: You don' t just grab a guitar and start playing whatever you fancy. Or do you think that a metal band just does that? Grab a guitar, start playing and suddenly realize " Hey dude, this sounds like death metal, jut by pure random chance, LOL, I actually wanted to play a christmas carol" So, musicians do not know what they play, right? And genres were not invented by musicians, but by the Fake News press, correct? Because, musicians know fuck all about playing music, right?

[@michaelhunziker7287]

@@runlevel0 Who pissed in your Froot Loops? Wow

[@RodneyAllanPoe]

Superb. You did a lot on 51 minutes. I watched your series on the Australian government's television station ABC. I enjoyed the episodes, but was hanging out for this episode, which of course never aired. Thanks for the upload on KZbin. \m/

[@KilianxFire27]

RIP Chuck \m/

[@jeffreygraham9553]

When you mentioned the Tampa scene,those bands are legendary to me Thanks a million.

[@Strings-jg2to]

Gojira are like the hippies of metal and they stand out and have their own sound. Arguably one of the greatest metal bands today.

[@pierredessein5568]

You think they're hippie metal? Gotta check out the Cascadian black metal scene bro. I recommend Alda. Now THAT is hippie metal!

[@TheFedeGamer99]

Strings 1043 hey! Don't insult gojira they are awesome

[@thecoderofyoutube]

Mastodon, Gojira and Opeth are keeping metal alive.

[@lucianlihaciu1916]

You mean shittiest, right?

[@Strings-jg2to]

@@lucianlihaciu1916 just an opinion right

[@j.c.jenkins9748]

Jim Carrey needs to get off his ass and front a Death Metal/Grindcore band.

[@ChristopherJames1993]

Jim Carrey and the Masked Band

[@nathanfromearth8679]

Truman and the Show

[@fionaur5933]

Yeah, and call it child mortality (he’s an antivaxxer lmao)

[@perigosu8449]

he looks the part now too with that beard lol

[@bishwadeepkirat8370]

Metal is so diverse.

[@nephimcknight5832]

Mr Pickles!

[@deadheadliving]

Yep I won't waste time trying to figure much..I just listen to all that I love

[@juliereminiec4937]

I agree

[@TheLokisrevenge]

That's why I'm always amazed when someone says they don't like metal...there's so many different types...it's a huge metal universe

[@Nissardpertugiu]

@@jackiethedetestator7342 jazz

[@alisue4426]

I love how he got Joe to be on here knowing how much he loved Gojira. Crazy to think a few years later Gojira would be as big as they are! This was a fun watch

[@infectedvoice7293]

Love everything you guys do, Sam you are good, likeable presenter with a clear love of metal, keep doing your thing. I just wish this one could of been longer, this is my fav sub-genre of metal, lifelong extreme metaller.

[@Dinobot2]

What is it with metal documentaries and interviews that just speak in such vague generalities that sound cool and expansive but really say absolutely nothing. "Takes the musical elements of traditional metal and pushes them to the extreme" "They just took it to a whole other level" "The blast beat is a whole new level of speed" Like, holy shit, be a bit more specific.

[@jahjahjag]

IKR! That shit is seriously verging on Spinal Tap-esque levels of clichè...

[@SuperTugz]

Man, your comment really took what I was thinking and pushed it to another dimension entirely.

[@josephstalin2829]

Yeah, it assumes you know a bunch of stuff already

[@scottricklaroque7428]

Taking the elements of traditional metal and pushing it to the extreme is somehow confusing to you? It makes perfect sense. It's like when Chong said he put a Black Sabbath album on 78 rpm and saw God.

[@enriqueayala2843]

I don't understand how difficult it is to understand and relate basic precepts about a culture that has been around for a long time and therefore those who taste it are supposed to have a right opinion and I mean this ... a biographical work that educates you with manzanitas what is already understood ... more specific than that would be a sarcastic apology to ignorance pretending to be cult with a criticism out of logic like this ... more sense to the questioning bro

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

I love these kind of documentaries. Sam does such a good job. His research is complemented by the fact he's a metalhead himself, that makes a very good watch and listen.

[@rickleblanc8900]

Oh ya, Sam is very well-informed and knowledgeable of the metal scene. He asks all the right questions, very respectful dude. And funny. I remember him needling Steve Harris about Maiden's first album and the album cover, something about it being kinda punkish, knowing full well that Harris hates punk lol

[@endlesspath3044]

The thing that keeps extreme metal fresh is that it has no boundaries, and how you keep it interesting is by introducing something no one has ever heard before.

[@AlexSavageArt]

early Possessed and Bolt Thrower have to be mentioned as well!

[@dubiousdevil9572]

I'm super surprised Bolt Thrower didnt get a single mention

[@svobodasimon1185]

fck yeah man minimum

[@JSG-mw4qr]

@@dubiousdevil9572 no kidding. They put out realms of chaos 1 1/2 years before eaten back to life by cannibal corpse, but everyone is ripping off cannibal corpse...right 🙄

[@Pirustae]

Bolt Thrower belongs to the good old Death Metal table, not grindcore. Sadly the band is not active anymore since the band's drummer who passed away earlier this year I think.

[@skilllmatic]

when they started with the "in battle there is no law" album, they did grindcore. in later releases they switched to death metal

[@hristiqndanchev5085]

When someone ask me "what is extreme metal?" My mind - 31:50

[@jackdaniel8973]

same but with a burning church in the back

[@somethingsomething9008]

Shitty black metal besides Celtic frost shouldn't be am exmaple

[@noble.savage.1492]

I am that old guy in his Late 50s still listening to extreme metal. Excellent video thank you very much

[@andreansw6959]

respect..!!

[@alejandrovillalba3143]

Old? WTF??? Im 44 an feel younger and better than I did when I was 20. Look better than most in their twenties I know

[@loti54]

you are not alone, I am too like you: rock on

[@wilfordgrimley4339]

You're so fuckin unique

[@Hispandinavian]

I love the old Hellhammer! Just that raw grainy and noisy aspect is part of the fun. Also I grew up listening to raw demo tapes of underground and local bands.

[@zachv3351]

There are more shades and colors to darkness than just black

[@Poser_Metal_Records]

+vig Yep probably the best quote from this episode. Notice how he mentions gothic bands while some metalheads trash talk them despite a classic band like Celtic Frost citing them as an influence.

[@zachv3351]

+Robert yeh, i thought that was the best quote too.

[@somethingsomething9008]

Goths trash metal also

[@hadara69]

I really hope you guys do more of these "Metal Evolutions" about Death Metal, Swedish Death Metal, and especially Black Metal. Focusing less on the controversies and more on the ART. Love this series! Your docs on bands like ZZ top, Rush, & Alice Cooper are top tier! A Rage Against the Machine doc one day would be great too, especially since Sam hates "Nu Metal". Haha!

[@euronymous2487]

seeing at BLACK METAL TEENS HEARING PINK FLOYD

[@xLSDxUCSB]

That was really great. I asked my friend to help me understand some of the distincions and subgenres in metal; he sent me here. Great work.

[@BearSharkDude]

Drove right past my apartment by the Belleair Causeway at 25:10

[@petepetrich7828]

Now the whole world knows where you live.

[@Kinggg679]

@@petepetrich7828 Well,I guess, that huge part of the world`s population, wish to live here (Tampa Bay Florida - unofficial capital of the genre)

[@Nael6969]

Should have another episode for this series that covers Swedish Death Metal, Polish Death Metal, German Death Metal and other bands that are innovative and driving the scene today.

[@wes1hoskins]

They need more money to do so

[@lethean333]

Greek Metal too.

[@xSpooKee]

Skeptic Nerve Finnish Death metal aswell

[@RikoJAmado]

Driving the scene Today? One word : BABYf*ckingMETAL.

[@Swedishoutlaw]

I can't believe they jumped over the entire Swedish deathmetal scene

[@MoonOvIce]

Itself having other sub-genres (or micro-genres?), such as Melodic Death Metal...also, Finnish Death Metal.

[@aaroncollins6411]

It was touched on in the thrash metal episode.

[@Swedishoutlaw]

@@aaroncollins6411 What the fuck

[@hakaouf9145]

The dont know Real war metal,(at the gates, ablaze my sortis,decameron...........

[@somethingsomething9008]

The melodic swedish death metal takes influnce from thrash

[@jimmygillard]

"If they ran away screaming, GREAT!" Love that line.

[@johnny_eth]

Mentioned Dimmu but not Emperor or Bathory ? Gosh, that's a big gap.

[@HippiesFTW]

+Johnny He did mention Emperor and Bathory but he didn't talk much about them.

[@mr.olliemetalweeb6665]

+Gabe Burciaga i want to see emo music

[@ericvulgate]

+Johnny theres an awful lot of material to address i think this is pretty awesome

[@dougb737]

+Johnny the only thing they didn't do was interview them. they were definitely included in the video. I hope he does another video soon that includes all the bands that contributed to the metal evolution. \m/

[@moiseskilp]

+Johnny No sodom too

[@detertronixgunfuphoniex4338]

I’m 46 and I love extreme metal!!

[@HETFIELD19761]

Im 43 me too.

[@lordberly]

Bill Steer's growl is underrated

[@sonnymitchell1113]

Aren’t they pitch shifted (but I still like it)

[@robban668]

@@sonnymitchell1113 Some parts are, but I think those are just for effect in the songs. He does it properly for example in ''Exhume to Consume''.

[@Billigrin]

I feel like Behemoth should have been part of this. They carried the torch of extreme metal through the 2000's and the 2010's. Not to mention how they perfectly blended both black and death metal into their music. Other than that being a death metal fan since the early 90's I really enjoyed this!

[@bastardwhoreson]

No

[@AA-wu2fk]

@billy Lynn their decent but no

[@Billigrin]

@@AA-wu2fk *they're

[@AA-wu2fk]

@@Billigrin grammar nazi

[@AA-wu2fk]

@@Billigrin You know there's other ways to spell that word right?goofy

[@chantalglanzmann3008]

The closed captions on this are an artwork for themselves! Thank you!

[@sleepingturtle8888]

Awesome episode but why did they skip Doom Metal?!?!?!?!

[@sleepingturtle8888]

Thrash had it's own dedicated episode.

[@Hy-jg8ow]

Isaiah Johnson Then there is gothic metal, post metal, avantgarde-metal:)

[@dylantodd9574]

***** Don't forget boy-band metal

[@JairsonBathory]

***** You mean involution.

[@jarkenope9661]

Isaiah Johnson Not enough time to contain the sheer heaviness, I guess. You know doom- the open riff lasts 40 minutes ;)

[@Maddoxxx]

bro where's bolt thrower??

[@oatmeal710]

Maddoxx x they had it in that graph thingy, but it was under grindcore. They must have gotten their info from Wikipedia

[@ijustgotreallystoned638]

InputSilver9 their first demo was grind but the rest was death

[@coyleigh2860]

Who fucking cares. All this extreme metal is extreme garbage.

[@rodoxxs6134]

@@coyleigh2860 ... Fuck you... Poser of manure...

[@LesusJizard]

Coy Leigh normie spotted

[@daniellavington6392]

Great vid man, appreciate the hard work you obviously put into making this. Brings back so many memories from my younger years & a music scene I was very much into. Although over the years since then, I’m talking everything pre ‘92 ish. I’ve been through many other music scenes since. Now I’m in my mid to late 40’s and can honestly say, I’m totally glad I’ve been a part of ALL the music scenes I’ve been through. There’s been many. Always have been, and always will continue to listen to Scum by Napalm Death. I’m sure they’ve done many better ‘musically’ albums, but Scum has a particular place in my heart. I’m glad it was covered in the vid. 10/10 documentary film bro.

[@Saphirius]

Thank you very much for uploading this! Loved the rest of the series!

[@NevermoreNevermore...]

How could he not mention my metal band?

[@andreasliosatos6176]

How is called?

[@gajo1256]

my favorite episode of all metal evolution episodes!

[@gajo1256]

***** :(

[@gajo1256]

***** I liked it the most lol.

[@gajo1256]

***** because there's a higher variety of styles

[@gajo1256]

***** Well, to each his own

[@gajo1256]

***** eh, probably

[@greendog1660]

4:29 you just put Mayhem's album cover with Dead's blow head on it on YT just like that? And 2.9M people saw that? Beautiful.

[@g1g3l]

If someone isn't familliar with the stories of Mayhem or the Dawn of the Black Hearts album cover, they could easly mistaken the cover for just some gory visual effects. Once you know the stories is when it gets more shocking and gruesome

[@kennealy2148]

Mayhem have some wild stories about Dead and Euronymous...

[@Sabethist]

Thanks Sam for all your hard work and dedication. You obviously get it.

[@hioeo]

This is the episode that introduced me to Celtic Frost. And I'm so thankful for that!

[@tylerjohnson269]

I'm watching this with the closed captions on, and whoever did them deserves an award forreal!!! I can't stop laughing!! Lol amazing job.

[@evegasse6999]

* banging of heads begins *

[@tylerjohnson269]

* grimy, grundy guitars swell in... * * Enter groovy metal riff * LMAO!!! 😂 😂 😂

[@infernalskepandaen2127]

Whoever did the closed captions deserves a beer, they are hilarious

[@rheymarvinsalestre4075]

I love how Norweigan Black Metal is a genre in itself.

[@butt4765]

CELTIC FROST should sue Seinfeld for ripping off the PUFFY SHIRT.

[@jaysonlee4394]

"I don't wanna be a pirate "

[@Johnhenryguitarlessons]

I learned quite a bit from this documentary! Good work Banger! Even though extreme metal has always been a bit to much for me, this helped to appreciate its place in the heavy metal world. I have some positive associations with extreme bands which is what drew me to this video. And I was very happy to learn about Gojira and their positive message! Thanks! :)

[@GeekMick]

Memories, best period of my life, discovering and seeing those bands. Would definitely have seen ABSU in this list.

[@kvltwalter]

I'm disappointed that the segment on black metal focused so much on Dimmu and Cradle. I really like both bands, but neither band's grand, rockstar budget production values represent what black metal is truly about. There were more interesting bands to cover.

[@jadis40]

+Anthony Showalter Like Immortal? They would be one of my picks.

[@kvltwalter]

+jadis40 Yeah Immortal would be good. They talked to Ihsahn for a bit but didn't really get into Emperor that much.

[@brendenl25]

+Anthony Showalter you a mayhem fan

[@kvltwalter]

+Brenden L'estrange Yeah I like Mayhem. There's some really interesting stuff out of eastern Europe too, France and so on. But then again, good luck getting an interview with anyone from a band like Deathspell Omega or Drudkh. And those aren't the "big" names of black metal, Dimmu and Cradle are.

[@Bliced]

+Anthony Showalter burzum would be badass.

[@guitarkoala5]

I understand why people are upset that *insert band name here* wasn't mentioned, but overall I thought this was a great documentary to get people started in the genre. Like a Wikipedia page, it should be a starting point and not an ending one. Personally, I find metal history lessons among the most fascinating things in the entire metal scene. Regarding what you said about the state of death metal in the early 2000s, I'm surprised techdeath bands like Necrophagist, Decapitated, or Origin were omitted, or even the earlier influences from bands like Atheist, Cynic, and even Death themselves. Regardless, solid doc. \m/

[@urrionzaero]

came for the metal documentary, stayed for the occasionally hilarious subtitles. kudos to the guy behind the captions, bloody legend

[@Hoochypoo]

i'm just laughing at the editor in chief of revolver magazine saying "seltic"

[@kevinpainen4693]

I am not a native english speaker and dont undersant why it is pronounced keltic instead of seltic?

[@Hoochypoo]

Kevin Painen it’s actually an irish word

[@PapaEmeritus_4evr]

I know, drives me nuts. This isn't a fucking basketball team.

[@adammann4524]

@@kevinpainen4693 Just like I tell other people, you wouldn't say "Sar" when talking about a "CAR" would you? It's the same. It's the pronunciation in the Irish language.

[@GabrielGAS1201]

celt is a word from Latin and both forms are technically correct...all romance languages (AFAIK) use the s sound, German use the k and both forms are correct in english, although /k/ is more common.

[@estebansteverincon7117]

15:53 The blast beat,in metal, was _not_ brought in by Napalm Death. It was brought in by Eric Brecht, the former drummer of D.R.I. when he played on Death's demo "Back From the Dead" back in October of 1985. Eric could only play the slower "Slayer" tempo, and the faster, blast beats that he played with D.R.I.. Death accidentally invented grindcore, and to this day, barely anyone notices it. Yes, Genocide/Repulsion adopted it later, but that's because Scot Carlson was _in_ Death, briefly.

[@droideca88]

Listen to Milk by S.O.D. this was before that demo and has blast beats

[@diegooliveirabenjamin]

Man, seeing this now I know that if I had a doc like this when I was growing up and on Metal I would probably had memorized every frame of it, that’s what we did back then

[@garrettcarroll5808]

I watched Metal Evolution back in 2010 when I first started getting into more extreme metal like Metallica and Megadeth. I had started with Van Halen, then gradually descended into the metalhead equivalent of enlightenment. While I never normally touched extreme metal (that was a lie. I did like Lost Horizon more than Napalm Death and Carcass, though), I eventually did and found myself listening to bands along the chronology of metal I had never heard of before. Carcass, Venom, etc. This was, and still is, the most comprehensive documentary on metal out there. It's like a mix between being in a mosh pit and reading an academic paper, except with a focus on understanding the genres from a human and cultural perspective. Oh I, uh. I'm also going to college for anthropology. \m/

[@outherefilms]

Possessed was one of the pioneers of extreme metal.

[@sam.n7762]

Parabellum (Columbia?) was first. Sarcofago was early too

[@jhonatanjauregui6022]

@@sam.n7762 Colombia* My country no "Columbia"

[@sam.n7762]

@@jhonatanjauregui6022 OK 🆗

[@chrisgore8597]

I had not heard of them before, until they were one of the opening bands for Clutch, along side the Devin Townsend Project and Mike Prescott band. For my first concert it sure fucking rocked, they injected a heavy dose of metal to the show

[@kevinpatrickcarey3741]

I wish Sam Dunn would make a season ii of Metal Evolution

[@rgbjojozahau]

"We don't need to use gore or put a lot of bloods in our videos because life is brutal enough" - JOE DUPLANTIER - GOJIRA. That's brutally honestly true.

[@caiogerman4021]

the guy who did the subtitles: thank you. you are the best guy or girl out there :)

[@vonjunzt4130]

Making the jump from Venom (the 'black metal' originators) to Hellhammer is OK, but if Sodom is not mentioned (they had a demo "Witching Metal" in 1982, beating everybody to the punch) then something is wrong. In fact the whole extreme metal/thrash metal scene in early 80s Germany is skipped. Arguably, thrash metal started in Germany, not San Francisco (with Exodus and later Metallica). And Discharge is not mentioned, perhaps the band most responsible for that thrash metal beat (D-beat is even named for them). On the other hand, the attention to Death and the Florida scene and Napalm Death is very much appreciated.

[@vincentchavez2198]

Exodus is too fast and too gutural to be concidered thrash metal, it sounds more like death metal. Metalica, Sepultura, Megadeth, Pantera, Antrax, they all have the style of thrash metal, but Exodus is different, it's too fast and grotesque. I have a question, though...did Celtic Frost originated from Hellhammer? That I couldn't understand in this video.

[@BrianDropdead]

@@vincentchavez2198 yes, they basically are the same band and just changed the name and threw out all the old songs one day in 1984.

[@vincentchavez2198]

@@BrianDropdead Thanks bro, I apreciate it.

[@dubiousdevil9572]

Thrash didnt start in Germany at all

[@dubiousdevil9572]

@@vincentchavez2198 wtf are you talking about? Exodus is very much thrash

[@kohhna]

Rammstein got a bit of a mention in the shock rock episode for their elaborate stage shows, which is fair enough, but Industrial rock, industrial metal styles through to Digital Hardcore are massively influential throughout the rest of the genre and on where metal is today and I would reckon deserve their own dedicated episode.

[@kohhna]

+Kohhna Dearg I should add, I loved this episode, 10/10

[@joehorseman98]

People complaining about them not highlighting certain bands etc. seriously it's a 50 minute documentary, I they were to include everything in detail it would be at least 3 hours long. So chill out.

[@jfk-od2wy]

How did Possessed “seven churches” not make this - came out in ‘85

[@socialinsect5073]

because this guy doesn't know near as much about metal as he acts. no Bathory, no Sarcafago, no Sodom? this whole thing is honestly a joke. to go from Venom and Celtic Frost to Napalm death doesn't make any sense.

[@MultiRandomBS]

Yes he missed out on some vital bands you mentioned. I mean Possessed are supposed to have coined the Termin Death Metal. As well as Sodom and Kreator being very influential bands for the Norwegian scene. But as always, we will settle for what we can get ;)

[@NecroVoid]

@Imperium Europa both bands are great, stfu

[@metalfansavarani]

666777jfk because possessed got mixed it with thrash metal

[@franhdv1304]

@Imperium Europa Oof boy, Oof.

[@EDsavant]

Elitism is what is killing metal today. Too many people only likeing one style and shitting on everthing else.

[@1979RayDay]

+EDsavant That's why I couldn't get into certain musical styles like Grunge. There was this air of snobbery.

[@EDsavant]

Small minded much.

[@hajlender12]

+EDsavant Elitism is keeping metal alive...

[@2010deanML]

+JimsFraud Nation How?

[@hajlender12]

Neil Sackman These "elitists" that people constantly bitch about are the people who are most likely to buy the merchandise, go to the shows, buy CDs and Vinyls etc. More then that, they actually have standards beyond shitty radio-rock pop metal like A7X and Slipknot. Like they said in the episode, "The Extreme Subgenres are what's keeping the spirit of the metal underground alive."

[@christophershirley3279]

The goddamn subtitles on this video are straight up on point. Literally if I were deaf, I think I would have a better understanding of what this documentary conveys than someone just watching it.