BEST Black METAL Band | Dissection

[@ShredmasterScott]

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[@Chekanchik]

'Storm of the Light's Bane' is an overwhelming album. If one takes Harmonic minor to make a black metal album, trust me it's not possible to make anything at least a little better than Dissection's work.

[@goldengoat1737]

Wrong Somberlin is perfect..... Sorry I know music is subjective but not with this. Somberlin is true musical perfection. Storm of the Lights bane is close but rougher for sure

[@BreathingTheory]

Such a great band, obv the first two albums were incredible but i feel like Reinkaos doesn't get the love it deserves.

[@tornekarchived7483]

reinkaos gets dogged on because it's different and no-life elitists cant accept that so they just say that it sounds like "pop" even though it's a great album, Jon's genius really shines in it and ye can't deny it!

[@hnorrstrom]

I think Reinkaos is the best. I did never listen to it back in the days because everyone hated it, and the first two did not really fit my taste back in the 90's. But then I did listen to Reinkaos a few years ago and got hooked on Dissection and came back to the first albums also.

[@teegee613]

I can see why people don’t like Reinkaos tbh. It is very different from the first two and is more on the melodic death metal side. I love it though, each song is like a ritual in song form.

[@y_magaming9798]

I feel like reinkaos is the unsung hero of modern black metal. Reinkaos predicted what black metal would be in ten to fifteen years later. Incredible vision on Jon's part.

[@CouncilofOneElectronic]

I love reinkaos. The songs are spiritual, inspiring, melodic but very satanic at the same time. A combo that is very difficult to pull off. By Satanic I mean in an educated and very sophisticated way rather than a stroppy teen in rebellion way like many "satanic bands" are. However, I feel the mix of the album let's it down quite badly. Hard to describe but it has a very digital over high end sound, bass is hard to hear and the drums particularly on Starless Aeon sound really terrible. Overall it lacks the atmosphere of SOTLB and Somberlain. Oddly enough, I actaully prefer the sound of the "Hall recordings" record which is a bootlegged demo tape of the reinkaos songs produced by Jon when he was in prison. The sound is more aligned to old Dissection even though all the drums are programmed. I always tell Reinkaos haters to listen to that before jumping to conclusions because it really is an epic record. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIjFdWB5npKCbLs

[@malteadotas4]

An incredible mix of black and melodic death metal.These guys also killed it live. Super tight band

[@malteadotas4]

BTW you really need to check the band Necrophobic, another great Swedish Blackened Death Metal band. The song "Pesta" has a very cool video and the riffs are great. BWAHAHAHAHA!

[@sorkeror]

Jon and Vlad also killed

[@AreUHappyNowChat]

@@sorkeror it sad it happend it kinda destroyed a part of the enjoyment for me when i found out

[@sorkeror]

@@AreUHappyNowChat HA! GAAAAAY!

[@EM-zj1xm]

Dissection is the pinnacle of black metal evolution for me. They're not too old school, nor too modern, they're something in between. And they always kept their music interesting, exciting, true to their heavy and thrash metal roots. And their music is beautifully sad. SAD, S A D D E S T otherworldly BM riffing out there, and beautifully melodic and horrifyingly brutal and fierce. Natural minor tremolo riffs and harmonies make you think about the frailty of being, and flat fifths, crucial power chords progressions, chromatic elements here and there can make you go for a walk in the forest on a cold autumn evening and never return from there...

[@YankYldz]

Great comment bro 👌 İn my opinion, Dissection's music çomes from another dimension.He was not only a great musician,he was a true believer.He made "music of beliefs" with his musical mastery.Hail to the mighty dead Jon Nòdtveidt 🤘

[@peterziegen3738]

They were by far the most interesting black metal band in the 90s... the first two albums are milestones in the genre. Jon really was a great songwriter!

[@fcamiola]

Taake's 1st album from 1999....the best BM artist imo. Love Dissection as well.

[@peterziegen3738]

@@fcamiola that record is a masterpiece! I remeber the opening track blowing my mind by instant.

[@Qliphirot]

Not by far. Emperor was up there.

[@JimiMitchell]

Dude they were great. I saw them live in 1996 in Huntington WV at The Drop Shop in March of 1996. Those guys were amazing live and as people they were really interesting evil Swedes. I got to hang out with them and At The Gates together for the entire day. What a memory. I even have pictures to prove this

[@malteadotas4]

one of the best live metal bands I've seen. Tight AF!

[@JimiMitchell]

@@malteadotas4 when I saw them they only played 5 songs but holy shit it was awesome. At the Gates killed it too. Morbid Angel was the headliner that night. Great show overall.

[@ArturHedlund]

Ofcourse they are swedes

[@malteadotas4]

@@JimiMitchell man, what a killer lineup

[@mikael4751]

Dissection is one of the best of all time. The Somberlain and Storm of the Lights Bane are perfect.

[@nateg6320]

Never heard of Dissection, but kick ass!! I know I may be reprimanded here, but I’m a huge fan of immortal. They definitely have gotten a lot better with age, and now Agoth is simply amazing IMO.

[@Odie50000]

Don't know why you'd be reprimanded. Immortal imo is more iconic than Dissection. They're both some of my fav BM though.

[@GetToasty]

Immortal is killer! 🤘

[@205WILD]

That album is legendary. Super tough but very melodic. They were into some some crazy stuff, but cant deny their talent. Badass band!

[@HellNation]

Based Shred. This band is one of the greatest hidden gems of the 90's black and death metal bands. I have a Storm of the Light's Bane t shirt (the grim reaper riding a horse in the snow) which is extra based too. That's it. Great video sir

[@stevenhenderson9630]

Hidden Gems? They are like the most notorious and well known Melodic Black Metal band of all time lol.

[@Cheddar_Wizard]

@@stevenhenderson9630 Outside of BM fans, BM bands in general are underrated gems but I get what you’re saying.

[@randomstuffzofdoom]

Here in Sweden Dissection is very well known, and the first two albums are generally considered some of the best of the "modern" black metal era.

[@AreUHappyNowChat]

maha kali is IMO also one of the best melodeath records ever

[@d.n.4328]

Awesome reaction, Shred! You should also check out "Thorns of Crimson Death" by Dissection! \m/

[@sjaakvandervrande9414]

Dissection are One of the best Black-metalbands. Jon was a Genius RIP man🤘🤘🤘

[@absolutedeafness1173]

This video was sick! Actually the original studio song is in E key (as the whole album), for some reason they changed for D in 1997 up to this concert, but It still sounds great. I love It so much, a lot of melodies, very dark and emotional sound. Thanks for this video! I also did a cover of this song

[@naturalianoss]

easier to make the vocals live and sounds a bit more evil than standard tuning

[@DevilizerRemasters]

R.I.P Jon Nödtveidt

[@eliasnaetten]

rest in chaos

[@jay1334]

@@eliasnaetten indeed

[@Simonize41]

Really? He went to prison for being an accessory in the death of a gay man. Says it all really. Believe in what you want, but that doesn’t give anyone the right to murder or be involved in the murder of someone that isn’t the same as you. Dissection’s music is good, but it is tainted.

[@tfwnoyandere]

@@Simonize41 ^

[@AreUHappyNowChat]

@@Simonize41 u worded it perfectlly it really destroyed a part of the enjoymet in their music for me

[@Emcfree2084]

This is a great album, absolute classic

[@nonserviam751]

Modern BM band? This material is from the 90's (the music) and Jon killed himself in 2006, after restarting the band in 2004, after getting out of prison for a 1997 murder; it's defunct.

[@y_magaming9798]

There's nothing defunct about it. The band is literally timeless they set the gold standard by which everyone measures. This is the pinnacle of metal. Jon understood that which is why he killed himself. He felt he took it as far as he could.

[@willcrawford9251]

Crazy, this was one of my favorite bands in high school, and now as I'm getting back into them this video pops up. Also Reinkaos was a great album and I'm willing to die on that hill, it's just different than their earlier stuff and there's nothing wrong with that. But if you insist on more stuff like early Dissection go listen to this band called Stortregn.

[@themetalgod66683]

I don't know why a lot of fans didn't like that album. I love every album/song from Dissection.

[@dan-3268]

I love the first two albums by Dissection, but I can't stand Reinkaos. It's really boring.

[@dubiousdevil9572]

@@dan-3268 Reinkaos is full of killer riffs

[@mattw4461]

Been waiting/hoping for this!!! Thanks Shred. I don't know if they're the "best" but always been one of my favorites. Next time check out Thorns of Crimson Death or The Somberlain!

[@samsara107]

Best Black Metal band, even best extreme metal band for me. Unfortunately they did only two albums in their prime, another one a few years later after Jon Nödtveidt came out of prison. And then he blew his brains out while sitting in midst of a satanic grimoire. Well, he was quite serious about the dark stuff.

[@lopolik]

Agreed. But also I think Reinkaos is perfect, some people don't like that album for some reason, I think it's perfect .

[@samsara107]

@@lopolik I also like it a lot. So much passion in it. But the first two are still a bit better for my liking.

[@lopolik]

@@samsara107 yeah I guess so, the one I most play is Storm of the Light's Bane with the bonus tracks..

[@hnorrstrom]

Reinkaos has more songs that are good, the older albums have some great tracks but a lot of fillers in my opinion .

[@lopolik]

@@hnorrstrom I think all of their albums are damn near perfect.

[@chris.mcewin]

One of my favourite, if not my absolute favourite, extreme metal band of all time. Incredible music and their albums were a true work of art.

[@jjrusy7438]

there are so many excellent BM bands now. they are from all over the world too. been subbed to the black metal promotion channel even longer than i'm subbed to shred.

[@whiskey11niner]

Dissection is a very strong choice for best melo-black/blackened death, listen to the album version in e standard, not D standard like the this live version, the album version/demo is much more chilling and biting

[@asmrmetalman1061]

They played it live in d standard instead of the album version which was e standard, I imagine due to Jon’s voice lowering due to lack of practice while in prison, it sounds better in E standard imo. I HIGHLY recommend you listen to the storm of the lights bane album beginning to end, a true classic. One of my favourite albums of all time. Swedish black metal is so good because it combines the brutality of black metal with the musically educated population of country playing the music

[@MORTIFICER]

I said it on one of your posts about chuck. Jon was a mastermind and could paint a picture many other artists fail to.

[@ShredmasterScott]

Poetic stuff

[@kingnotail3838]

Definitely one of the greatest black metal albums. Where Dead Angels Lie blew my mind when I first heard it, almost like a black metal power ballad!

[@abductedbrain4506]

Thats my favourite band…great channel man, so I glad I found it. I laughed and learned a little 👌🏻🤘🏻

[@jimbeam2299]

Jon was extremely solid live too. Unreal talent.

[@МихаилЙотов-з2ю]

One of the best bands in the genre and one of my favorite bands. Didn't expect you to review them, but here it is )) Keep up the good work!

[@Knocker420]

I used to listen to Dissection a lot in my teenage years, but the two songs that stand out to me the most are: "The Somberlain" and "Feathers Fell". Most likely because those are the only songs I learned how to play, by Dissection. Still an awesome band and I have much respect for what they do.

[@Thalka07]

You're so underrated! I love your shorts. Keep up the good work!

[@jackwhiteakajoker9394]

RIP JON🖤🖤🖤

[@DK-eu7ie]

React to Rotting Christ Shred, great melodies and music! I would suggest "The sign of evil existence" and "Transform all suffer into plugues" live in Norway.

[@needlesinmyeyes7272]

I love Rotting Christ, "Triarchy.." kills

[@Whosagoodboi]

I really like your video and the touch of humour you throw in there randomly haha If I may only point one thing out though, it would be how to tend to mispronounce the lyrics at times. It may sound like a detail but the way it was written was the way it was meant to be. Doesn’t stop me from liking your content, however lyrics are so important in music they need to be accurate For instance. I drown in the color of your eye And I drown in the color of your eyes Give off a different feel. Meh call me crazy. Thanks for the upload

[@CoolDude-uj8ob]

Dissection is the best black/death/whatever genre you wanna call it band ever imo. Perfect combination of brutality, aggression and melody. With really great (not cheesy imo) lyrics. Great video, Shred.

[@Pop_A_Chaderall]

No dreams breed in breathless sleep is one of my all time favorite songs. I love this album.

[@shadow7gr]

Dissection is a really pioneer of the BM sound evolution. Truly iconic band that stands out. Personal favourite of the genre.

[@KyOte13]

Dude... Yes. DISSECTION is fuckin MEGA. JON'S composition were absolutely a cut above... this guy was a MASTER. ALL of the DISSECTION albums are masterpieces. I am so happy that someone is going in & "dissecting" what he did. However I think the best modern metal band that came after this and actually that had members of Dissection is WATAIN. Would you do a video like this of "Malfeitor"? Thanx dude, your videos are so informative.

[@telleroflies4373]

Watain is garbage

[@lopolik]

Yes Dissection for me is the best black metal band, all albums, but storm of light's bane is my most favorite too, the one with bonus tracks.

[@Mark-u2b3f]

Love your Beatles cap. I was huge fan as a kid. All best from Australia 👍

[@MaliceDivine]

Awesome analysis of this classist Black Metal song! One thing I gotta point out is that even though this live performance is in D standard tuning, the official recorded version on Storm Of the Lights Bane is in E standard. They just decided to tune down a whole step for some reason.

[@borysbakowski8597]

Yoooo i was waiting for some black metal video

[@DoctorRobertBobby]

i saw this in my feed, said "oh shit" and clicked immediately!

[@Targon999]

Fun fact: in the booklet of the storm of the night's bane album, dissection themselves thank their fans and say "We hail you by the metal of death"

[@riffsfromtheabyss666]

Got shreds courses a couple years back and they have helped me greatly! Highly recommended to unlock the blackened chambers of eviiiiil music. 🤘

[@nemesis8626]

One of the only black metal bands I can fully get on board with, I think it's because they draw influence from the Scandinavian melo death scene, with them being a Swedish band, it's like they've blended that with the black metal and it makes for a cool interesting dynamic there, it adds a uniqueness to there particular sound, they aren't afraid to draw the songs back and allow for abit of breathing room, Super cool band, it's ashame they only have the 3 albums, but yet again with black metal there band have a very interesting and brutal backstory that cut them down in there prime

[@satanized666]

Dissection is hands down the greatest BM that ever stood on earth. Dissection is also one of my most favorite bands ever. You should look into "where dead angels lie". IMO its one of the most evil song ever, even tho its a slow one.

[@mihaiabrass312]

I was waiting for this didn’t think u would listen to them

[@York228]

Finally, a master approved Dissection!

[@lopolik]

Best modern black metal is Dissection and Immortal got me more into black metal as well. Also some cradle of Filth, Emperor.. but all time best is Bathory, especially "BLOOD Fire Death" album and the 2 previous albums inspired the second wave of BM..

[@ShredmasterScott]

I gotta do some bathory

[@lopolik]

@@ShredmasterScott yeah man! you should, I asked about it in some previous videos I Think.

[@Rosterized]

"modern" heh, I like how metalheads still refer to anything past 2000 modern but its been 22 years already. And the album in question came out when I was born lol, their last album was in 2006

[@lopolik]

@@Rosterized the correct term in this is actually indeed not ''modern black metal'' but Dissection would be considered the ''second wave of black metal'', the first would be the bands from the 80s such as (Bathory, Sarcófago, Celtic Frost, Hellhammer, also the bands we now called more as Thrash / Speed Metal, such as Exorcist, Mercyful Fate, Venom, Sodom, Kreator, and Sepultura - their albums in the mid 80s were definitely black metal) I also don't really consider dissection Modern, but compared to the bands I mentioned they were part of the second wave of black metal - I also don't like the term modern metal, I connect it more to bands like Slipknot, Korn, etc.. which is not my thing.

[@lopolik]

@@Rosterized yea I mean some people call Pantera modern Metal, and to an extent they did kind of bring that more modern metal sound since 1990 already..

[@JonMurray]

Accessible is a spot on description for me personally dude. Obviously I love metal but I’ve always struggled with black metal. These guys being more melodic definitely helped. A gateway black metal band you might say. I’ll be mainlining Mayhem in no time.

[@WTT1978]

Love the hat Shred!👍

[@justinroberts7291]

Pretty sure they tuned to D for the Rebirth of Dissection tour because their old albums were E standard, Reinkaos is in C, so live they split the diff and went with D. sounds awesome🤘☺️

[@yaschenkoyar6088]

Reinkaos isn’t fully in C, starless aeon, nexion and beyond the horizon are in D. Maha Kali, Internal fire and Xeper are in C#

[@yaschenkoyar6088]

i think they tuned to D in 97 because Jon’s voice became lower

[@ZakAndrews]

Never heard of them, but that was pretty cool! Any chance of doing a breakdown of Coming Storm by Septicflesh? Lots of great stuff going on in that track. 🤘

[@edwardcarrier4816]

This is the type of Black Metal I been waitin on. These guys kill the game excellent musicianship Check out Johns solo work later on in the concert. My only complaint is he don't do more of it.

[@kennethdutton4153]

Good choice, Shred

[@izzyalistair]

I really dig Wolves in the Throne room, but Dissection is really good too

[@lone_wolf6666]

MGLA is a very good Band too, their Drummer Darkside is such a Beast

[@ilikevideos4868]

I'd say Mgla and Dissection are almost like a different genre. Mgla is atmossheric and repeating parts a lot, where as Dissection is melodic and has a lot of different parts on their songs

[@RisingSun96]

Agreed, Mgla are great too but they’re fascists unfortunately…

[@ilikevideos4868]

@@RisingSun96 Wtf? Why do you think they're fascists?

[@grapplingbuddy2418]

@@RisingSun96 they're not... antifa is LARPing as always.

[@TiredAndBloody]

@@RisingSun96 oh my god just shut up

[@shaneboothby1311]

Dissection and Leviathan

[@needlesinmyeyes7272]

Ooooooo Leviathan is meeeeeaaan

[@sjf1981]

They are just perfect.

[@aldaaa]

I have two black metal recommendations, Malist, a one man band that released three albums. And Arctos, they released only one album on spotify but it is a masterpiece

[@Bignate2254]

Shred, I have that same skull mug! Thing kicks ass

[@abolishthesun4215]

Best band to ever do it. I believe that this song and Where Dead Angel's Lie are the greatest things heavy metal has ever produced. Really cool to see you break this song down. Thank you.

[@BlackNightYuuki]

IIRC Dissection were actually fans of At The Gates. Heck, Tomas Lindberg considers them a part of the Gothenburg scene.

[@KedaiNasi]

their final song in their final album is truly..... foreshadowing. damn.

[@caljerm]

Dissection is mighty. Emperor is as well. Also Tsjuder, Craft, Marduk, Setherial, Satyricon, Blut Aus Nord, Sacramentum, Funeral Mist, Gorgoroth, Deathspell Omega, Mork, Necrophobic, Ragnarok, Rotting Christ...just to name a few 😁

[@tfwnoyandere]

amesoeurs?

[@timothymckane6362]

Their music is very good! Really love it has those melodic theme to incorporate the black metal music.

[@GooseRider808]

Def great melodic black metal. Jon was def an over the edge type of guy. Don’t support everything he did or stood for but he definitely is a great musician. If your new to dissection do a little research on the band and Jon specifically. He live a tragic life for sure.

[@eliasnaetten]

he lived just as he wanted to.

[@brandoncook8300]

Dissection is a different untamed animal. Absolutely brutal and dark. Love it

[@antvre]

storm of the light's bane is my favourite album ever

[@kakosynapanthma3300]

There is also a really good live video for their song The somberlain back in the 90's. Would be great if you could do a video about it

[@zmetalsanctum]

Dissection is amazing, but if you love classical music so much you have to also Check out Emperor, a must see. Modern day they consistently headline big metal festivals and for good reason. Please do a watch of Live at Wacken and Live Emperial Dvd.

[@Trollberg]

one of the best albums ever made

[@dawnpsy6663]

Very, very good.. But waiting for Watain's music dissected by Shred

[@farqueleyou7578]

De Mysteriis + Dissection = Watain & that's coming from a Watain fan

[@themetalgod66683]

He should definitely check them out after seeing Dissection.

[@chairmankaga101]

Darkthrone. Always Darkthrone.

[@nonserviam751]

For the next thousand years

[@EduardoCruz-lg6es]

Forever DarkThrone

[@leddygee1896]

Dismember “Like An Ever Flowing Stream” 1991… If you already know, cool. If you don’t, well, have I got a treat for you!! Override of the Overture absolutely KILLS!! Hell, the whole album does…

[@Charlzhen]

The guitarsound is awesome....

[@JohnDoe-fz7hz]

Dissection was a Milestone. Combine melodic with real straight and heavy highspeed picking riffs that hop to acoustic parts and back blast. There is so much happening in just a short song. That amount of Riffs, melodies, and Ideas would last for a whole Career for others.

[@tuomasmattila283]

Yes it was it is and will be till end off the days and beyond!

[@juniorlupercio1470]

Shred, idk if you’ve heard of the band Susperia, but they’re melodic blackened thrash and it would be killer if you’d check them out. Their album Predominance is a must. I Am Pain, or Blood on My Hands is where id start

[@Guitaristmalakian]

Try "ascension" by "Regarde les hommes tomber", it's my favorite recent black metal album ("au bord du gouffre" is amazing)

[@riffsfromtheabyss666]

Another band with a similar sound that’s relatively new is The Spirit. Their album Cosmic Terror is great!

[@papacharlie5692]

THE SPIRIT CONDRA VARGRAV THANKS ME LATER hahahah HAIL

[@lyricus89]

I'm waiting for the day when shred reflects on kalmahs music

[@vanitazazas]

Dissection all the way of the modern BM for me personally. Dissection was the first BM band I discovered when I first listened to storm of the light's bane 22 years ago. I hold all 3 albums equally high as those are just that good in my ears.

[@lyricus89]

Dissection somberlain album is a must review especially where dead angel lie, the somberlain, a Lan forlorn, crimson towers

[@ZoidBorgir]

My favorite band of all time

[@JohnDAyen]

you really need to read the storie about this dude..jon

[@coryses]

I think a great song for you to do a video for would be either, Maha Kali or Black Dragon off of Dissections last album REINKAOS!

[@krisp318]

The Somberlain,Black Dragon and Maha kali are my Favs

[@silafuyang8675]

Dissection is not a modern band. "Storm of the Light's Bane" is a classical album.

[@suuuiiii]

Dissection-Maha kali

[@Adronera]

Dissection Ruled !!! When Jon was alive, before his suicide. I recommend listening to their song on piano, keyboard, violon. Very very deep and soothing.

[@eggwaffle]

Extremely surprised you’d never heard of them prior.

[@valtterikivi7164]

The genre is Anti Cosmic Metal of Death. Black Metal is something else. But nothing serious. Except Dissection, it's dead serious. I enjoy your videos, even though I'm not even a musician. You make metal-world clisches funny and you seem like an effortless entertainer. I had to comment because this song Is one of the great metal operas of all time. The section that starts at three minutes, holy shit. I find no words. Just divine music and metal madness. Keep up the good work.

[@RÅNÇIÐ]

YES

[@bruzey7786]

Imo and only because it's my favorite two BM acts, Watain carries the flag these days and Dissection did it back in the 90's.

[@arthurbromback4143]

Dissection is one my favorite bands, Storm Of the lights Bane is one of the best Metal albums of all time, all of their material was great.

[@fall-guy9]

"kekht Arakh" really stands out in the modern black metal scene!

[@silafuyang8675]

Behind every good Swedish metal bands stands the genius of Dan Swano.

[@asmrmetalman1061]

I agree.