Explaining The Berzerker

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[@jen0v4]

My love for you is like a truck, BERZERKER Would you like some making fuck, BERZERKER My love for you is like a rock, BERZERKER The Berserker is just so obscene Likes evil people you know what I mean He takes your soul and then just rips you apart He'll steal your heart Would you like to smoke some pot, BERZERKER My love for you is ticking clock, BERZERKER Would you like to suck my cock, BERZERKER Would you like some making fuck, BERZERKER

[@NeroAngelo616]

ber-zer-kerrr

[@patrickbertlein4626]

Poetry!

[@THICCTHICCTHICC]

Did you just say 'making fuck'?

[@DrMurdercock]

wrong berzerker lol

[@gutbucket6184]

What is this from?

[@brownpaste]

"do it again". "do it again.". "yeah, that one was perfect, but do it again [deletes perfect take]"

[@eskimopi8617]

Luke Kenny aka the berzerker was a drummer for a death metal band. He was in a car accident and banged up his back. He couldn’t drum anymore because of it, and got onto programming drums with industrial hardcore techno. A few years later he gets the idea to bring in what he knew from that genre and mixed it into death metal. Creating a fusion of some of the most extreme genres there are. He went into photography and video production after 2010 or so. Also his girlfriend is in the TATU cover, probably for her for a laugh. It’s all true.

[@fabriziogarreta7400]

"forever" is one of the best metal songs of all time .the Berzerker are honestly one of the most legendary extreme metal bands ever and they deserve the upmost respect.

[@FlyboyHelosim]

That iconic intro riff.

[@l0nlym1lk17]

The bezerker Is such a brutal and underrated band. Thanks for doing this video.

[@superiormusic]

One of the most underappreciated bands of the early 2000s

[@patrickbertlein4626]

Not at the time. Everyone I talked to about metal brought them up.

[@superiormusic]

@@patrickbertlein4626 I don't have much personal perspective on the scene back then, so you very well be right. They don't seem to pop up much now however. Just crossing my fingers they'll complete the new album soon!

[@patrickbertlein4626]

​@@superiormusic I know this is the ultimate "boomer" comment, but I don't think this generation of metal fans is as concerned over discovering bands from before their time. Could be wrong but its been my impression talking to people today and seeing comments/what bands get followed. All that being said, regarding Berzerker I was talking to a lot of Aussie metal fans at the time, so could be my bias. Still though they definitely were getting some borderline mainstream press, keep in mind another masked band came out right before so they were definitely talked about.

[@jaged314]

The

[@ashemocha]

@@patrickbertlein4626 must be that they were big in australia, sometimes i feel like i'm the only mf who listens to them where i live sidenote but australia should be recognised for never making bad music

[@Thesenseiformerlyknownas]

I remember buying "Dissimulate" on CD years back and was blown away by the intensity. The drums on No-one Wins were just annihilating.

[@destinybennett666]

I discovered The Bezerker from their cover of Carcass Corporal Jigsore Quandary. I've been a Carcass fan for years so when I heard their cover I was instantly hooked

[@DJTheMetalheadMercenary]

"No one ever wins..." Fvcking love the Berzerker, leave it to the Aussies to make to make a project like that successful.

[@cheshirecynic3061]

One of my favorite bands of all time, easily. I own their "Principles and Practices" DVD, and have watched it more times than I'd like to admit. Luke's commitment to getting that first album done was absolutely insane, basically bankrupted himself to make it happen. I'm so fucking glad he's finally making music again :)

[@NeroAngelo616]

yolo

[@linesinwax4996]

Damn! Been working on my own Berzerker video over the last few weeks - so was shocked to see this pop up on my feed. Love ‘em or hate ‘em nobody really seems to talk about them anymore, especially over in the USA - so I’m stoked you made this.

[@lewisb85]

They are still very much active in music sam and matt have werewolves and they recently dropped the new antichrist imperium record with david gray and sam loynes from akercocke/voices.

[@feathers8270]

Speaking of why they abandaoned their masks, as I remember, in one of the interviews he said that those soaked in too much salt from all the sweating, they literally fell apart after a tour. Also, I believe, after the disband Luke was working as a wedding photographer of all things, stating that it was bringing far more money than he ever could doing metal.

[@vlyrch]

My brother made me listen to The Berzerker when I was like 10-12, and my mind was blown. They used to be one of my favourite bands, but it'd probably been close to ten years since I listened to them at all, so this video gave me a huge nostalgia rush. Listening to their self-titled album right now, it's still great. I had no idea they'd reunited, but that's really exciting if they actually get something done.

[@bearingthatcross5498]

Honestly best cybergrind band

[@mindful2864]

The Berzerker is definitely one of the most unique and creative grind bands of the 2000's. Very good retrospective on them.

[@merginator]

I found The Berzerker due to my love for Slipknot's IOWA and how Jordison said how Deicide's Legion was his inspiration for extreme drumming during that time, so I found out death metal due to that. I dove further into Roadrunner Records artists but it was limited. I then found Earache Records and checked out everything on their roster, including The Berzerker. I was blown away by how unique they were and how bat shit heavy they were.

[@slipknotfan_555]

Hell yeaah, Slipknotttttt

[@22tfortnitevevo]

HOLY SHIT I LOVE THIS BAND thank you so much for introducing me to them in your grindcore iceberg video. i'd already gone deep into the grindcore rabbit hole, but this band was so aggressive, i still play it when i want to blow my ears out (second to the gerogerigegege of course). also, some of their songs are just crazy in the car.

[@diabeticmonkey]

Glad you put this out, dude. I’ve been thinking about digging into their discog for a few weeks now, so I think this might be the push I needed

[@chriswyer7144]

I saw them for the world of lies tour for my 18th. It was an incredible night! That was when David Grey was working with them.

[@ryalwoods1087]

when your artistic vision sends your drummer into an existential spiral, you know you're on to something (but their loss of drummers is giving me This Is Spinal Tap vibes). jokes aside, this was really interesting, thanks!

[@4ztaroth]

What is cool is that luke kenny never forgot about his hardcore side, even before this album was released he released a record called full scale riot as kenny gee and then in 2006 another one called boom breaker in an italian label. He also played in several hardcore and speedcore parties (i think one of them was I Hate Trance) as a DJ with the berzerker stage name as solo project, i literally can't love him enough hahah.

[@HeathenMa666oT]

Sam was definitely an unsung hero. If you listen to his first solo album as The Senseless, you can hear riffs that were used in the S/T Berzerker album in their original form as Sam wrote them. Much slower and groovier but still really damn good but that first album from The Senseless also has a big influence from The Berzerker. Well worth checking out of you want a chill version of The Berzerker and to see where some of those insane riffs came from originally... Really hope that 6th album from the boys finally sees the light of day eventually

[@lewisb85]

At least we have the antichrist imperium and werewolves at the moment with sam and matt.

[@dylanjfkfif]

Man you have introduced me to so many good bands

[@sewerslidemg]

Berserker is such great n fun band I hope they make a new album at sum point, them and cephalic Carnage I've patiently waiting 🤘

[@lewisb85]

The reason for the delay in the berzerker material is because Sam and Matt currently have two beasts of projects at the moment werewolves and the Antichrist imperium who have put out multiple records. Also drummer wise not just Gary Thomas don’t forget David "blast vader" gray the only man to play in both the berzerker and anaal nathrakh.

[@lewisb85]

The antichrist imperium re recorded "compromise" forget tatu covers it's the direction the berzerker should have gone down, they made a brutal song even more brutal. Their new record 3 "satan in his original glory" is my death metal record of the year.

[@werewolvesdeathmetal]

Thanks for the kind words about Werewolves and TAI, but we're not the ones causing the delay in new Berzerker material

[@lewisb85]

@@werewolvesdeathmetal Cheers for the clarification Sam, also I saw your recent into the necrosphere interview was great stuff, the story about mayhem being anti social was coffee splutteringly funny.

[@cosmickeystomycreationandtimes]

I always saw the Tatu cover as them taking the piss. It is pretty hilarious tbh.

[@charlesromley]

I actually worked with Gary Thomas for a number of years and he was the coolest laid back nicest guys you could ever meet. He told me a few stories about the bezerker days and touring the USA. Watch this space as there will probably be a book come out in the future from one of the roadies......stuff you could make a movie out of

[@carlwilspang1039]

Love these videos. Very simple, but very effective and enjoyable

[@alexmitchell5339]

Brilliant video! I've lost count how many times I've watched the documentary lol. I never understood why after being signed by Earache, Luke was left to his own devices to record and mix the album. I thought record labels sort all that out for bands? Didn't Earache give him any money at all?

[@SeanS1995]

Was literally just checking your channel for new material

[@someweirdguy5721]

Easily one of the greatest bands of all time nobody has ever set a milestone like them and then maintain that milestone for as long as they have it's sad to see them go but I'm so grateful they did what they did

[@FlyboyHelosim]

I love The Berzerker and discovered them back around '99 after getting into Slipknot and masked bands. I think either 'Reality' or 'Forever' was on a magazine covermount CD and that's when I first heard them. A major point not mentioned in this video as to why the music video for 'Reality' was banned was also because of the still images from autopsies. Although supposedly the most extreme band on the planet, I kind of take that with a pinch of salt and see that as a bit of marketing hyperbole. There are definitely bands that have songs I would consider 'heavier' than those of The Berzerker, and although the drums initially seem super fast and impressive, really aren't once you strip away the triggers. There's footage of Gary playing drums both with and without the triggers on the DVD, and it's night and day what you hear. Sure, every note is being played but there's no power behind it and sounds nothing as monstrous as the final mix. Not to mention the fact that if they were so fast, and therefore so hard to duplicate, they wouldn't have gone through a bunch of drummers to play live. Even Luke himself played drums during some early shows and he's just the vocalist. The incompetence on display during the recording of the first album as shown on the DVD also just makes one wonder about the overall proficiency of the band. I get the feeling that much more established extreme metal musicians could have pulled off something equally as precise and brutal with far less effort and fuss. Definitely a unique and cool band, one of my first, but only to take them for what they truly are. I also wish they'd have kept the masks, even though they felt more of a gimmick than Slipknot's, as it leant a level of visualization of what the band sounded like. Once the masks came off, they really just blended into the background of the dozens of extreme metal bands at the time.

[@the_real_tay_loud2072]

Yo shoutout pitch shifter! And I discovered Berzerker in high school as well while searching for something extreme and macabre. I just re listened to them after maybe 20 years and it brings back so many memories

[@benchippy8039]

Just recently got into these since I see your grindcore iceberg. They look daft but Love their sound

[@ThePeoplesMikey]

I always saw their dvd at Tower Records and thought they seemed interesting (especially seeing the mask on the back cover). I also noticed they were on Earache, so I saw that as a good sign. When I saw the dvd on sale, I picked it up. Great band. Wished a lot of people heard them. Whenever I mention The Berzerker, people bring up the scene from CLERKS.

[@dmbellum7312]

I was lucky enough to see and interact with this band many moons back and its even more brutal live

[@3SCAPER00M13]

I love their masks, they're one of the reasons I wanna make my own costumes and masks of my own.

[@food223]

Got to see them live, amazing band

[@mikethepsych2084]

I keep the Doc in my YT playlist. Great band.

[@AllenBoseman04]

World of lies is my personal favorite of theirs

[@frysiandude]

I always was under the impressions that they were the fastest in bps, and the first band with masks. Proud i still have my berzerker sweater from the 2006 tour

[@FlyboyHelosim]

Definitely not the first band with masks. 😂

[@Giga_Ninja]

I fucking LOVE Berzerker.

[@Ghoulstille]

I have the 4 easily accessible albums I probably won't bother with the 5th because of the crazy price of it. I came across The Berzerker on Limewire or Kaazaa around 2002. I was only able to get Cannibal Rights to fully download. At that time it was impossible to find there available cd's anywhere that weren't under $50 because of the damn import fees. It wasn't until about 2015 when I was finally able to get their first two albums for a reasonable price.

[@Andrew_DC5]

Was lucky enough to see The Berzerker twice in my hometown, they were incredible live. Got to hang out with Luke and Sam at both shows, super nice guys, signed all my cd’s and dvd. Sam hung around in England for a bit and ended up playing the same venue again fronting an awesome UK death metal band called Mithras, which are Englands answer to Formaulas era Morbid Angel. Here’s a video of Sam playing at that show in 2009. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jaXKn2WvjZWJjs0

[@ATREL1X3R]

Been listening to them since they dropped the 1st album.

[@patrickr2686]

Todd is a really talented drummer

[@patrickr2686]

They posted a video years ago on MySpace on how their label was screwing them

[@immyownbestfriend9338]

i saw them once in 2003 awesome band.

[@nahbrush6077]

Hey Wyatt, thanks for the vid 🤑💕

[@lars5174]

Lol that's exactly my story but my first exposure was "No one wins"

[@ortmand11]

Burzum has to kneel .. said from a danish viking..

[@PrettyBoyFemto]

This is Guts favorite Death Metal band.

[@iqbalsinghmangang]

yeah great band

[@knen666]

sooo when will we see new GBK album review?

[@AtropalArbaal-dk8jv]

Gwar was an art school project.

[@warlich]

good content keep it up man

[@eclatshwartzbaumcybertune2063]

They are underrated .

[@ChrisPBacon710]

berzerker 1000% not my cup of tea but will comment to support :) plus my love for you is like a rock BERZERKER

[@NAT-turners-Revenge]

🤔 "back in high school" .... for me it was 6th grade in 1993--- uncle's CD collection discovered emperor/megadeth and went from there

[@steffren]

Also just to clarify, Luke mixed, mastered and produced almost all of the albums. Specifically the last two. Dissimulate is a fan favourite because it's their most brutal album, and it was also one of their only albums to feature human drumming.

[@wyattxhim]

Thanks for saying what I said in the video . Almost as if I know what I’m talking about

[@steffren]

​@wyattxhim dude I'm drunk and enjoying the good old times, what the fuck do you expect?

[@wyattxhim]

@@steffren how am I supposed to know that ?

[@neonblack211]

the rumor about him being the fastest drummer on earth is complete internet fabrication

[@OfWhatsToCome]

First time I heard them, I actually hated them, that snare drum noise bothered the fucking hell out of me. But for some reason, I just kept listening and listening, and sure enough they are still my favorite band today, and Dissimulate and the S/T are probably my favorite albums of all time.

[@BaddBadger]

I managed to see The Berzerker live. I thought ''No human can possibly play that drumming''.... I was wrong.

[@FlyboyHelosim]

To be fair though they sound pretty shit live and the drumming is simplified A LOT.

[@BaddBadger]

@@FlyboyHelosim Have to disagree with half of what you say there. Up close and personal and a tiny venue they were breathtaking. But yeah, the drum parts were probably simplified a bit so a human had any chance at all of playing them.

[@howiemandel5787]

This video deserves to have a million views it makes me sad that ur not a bigger channel but I feel like most people just only wanna watch heavily produced & edited content that feels like it’s a television level documentary because people have gotten used to expecting that amount of production value & editing from literally every type of KZbin channel & feel like it’s really fuckin lame & stupid bc it doesn’t effect what information you’re getting from a video at all but people just won’t watch something that’s not edited the way a video essay is unfortunately

[@FlyboyHelosim]

Ever heard of punctuation?

[@leonhardtbelgar2468]

Imagine if DIS/Portal appeared on that list instead of The Berzerker

[@kingink7964]

clearly what was running through their head when making that tatu cover were the things she said, wyatt

[@ac-130fan]

Where did you get your Hell Hammer shirt?? 😃

[@wyattxhim]

Hells headbangers

[@KevinEckert-wp6xm]

If you haven't already, check out Sam Beans Project The Senseless.

[@vergolioprod]

They walked so Disfiguring the Goddess could run

[@holoceph3916]

Probably one of the few bands to start out as a gabber/speedcore act then become an extreme metal band. I'm sure they got tired of the surface-level comparison to Slipknot with the masks

[@patrickr2686]

You should cover the one man band Blood soaked

[@eclatshwartzbaumcybertune2063]

Great stuff like this - is why I question the validity of some other bands.

[@brianbowman7681]

I saw them in Ohio with IMMOLATION..... They blew my mind

[@eclatshwartzbaumcybertune2063]

I remember a video they made where it has real heads caved in . But its hard to find .

[@DisinterestedHandjob]

Pretty sure the first time I came across the Berkerker was when I heard the remix they did of Abominatios by Morbid Angel on some techno vs metal comp(called Hellspawn maybe?)

[@siebensunden]

I've never been fan of The Berzerker but if you are yourself a fan of this band and metal mixing with extreme electronics in general, you should give a spin to a French band called Lex Talionis. Their music is something like death metal was going martial and orchestral with some speedcore drumming. Their first two albums "Inhuman Violence" and "Supreme Aggression" are more metal oriented, their third and final album "Guitarscreamachine" went in a more electro way but still being extreme in its own way.

[@theGarbs]

As far as intense metal bands go I think the only band "heavier" is Mortician - but thats purely an EQ thing - I still prefer The Berzerker

[@kurtencall8343]

I wish berserker would come back make new music mask and all🤘

[@napalmslayer]

I remember being at college and blasting out "forever" in class and these two girls sat next to me were absolutely shitting themselves.

[@patrickbertlein4626]

I missed seeing them live by about half an hour. Not sure why I made it late to the show, must have been work or girlfriend, but definitely sucks.

[@MichaelLynch1]

Still to this day , i regard The Berzerker as the heaviest band ever, if any guys,here in the comments can advise on heavier, love the extrema metal 👌

[@DrMurdercock]

Everyone hated this band when they came out. The masks made everyone take them as a joke. Went to see them live in Columbus with Vader, Origin and Immolation and the crowd heckled them non stop.

[@Jacob_the_Dabbler]

I'm pretty sure Todd Hansen played drums on the demos from 98 to 2000. He's currently playing in King Parrot; another extreme aussie band you'd probably like if you haven't heard them already

[@werewolvesdeathmetal]

King Parrot and Todd are great, but he didn't join until around 2007/8

[@Jacob_the_Dabbler]

@@werewolvesdeathmetal Ah fuck I'm way off haha

[@AtropalArbaal-dk8jv]

Saw them with the masks.

[@Marius-tr9vf]

"Explaining Portal" next!

[@lary6187]

Hey can you talk about تدنيس tadnees they are my favorite band this time

[@gasmaskcollectorreview1537]

If you put The berzerker with Black metal you got Iperyt

[@donmcron3334]

Do you have a video showing your tattoos:

[@wyattxhim]

I do

[@arisebeats1851]

Berzerker...l The locust

[@J-T99]

I'm pretty sure the corpses in the video for reality is also why it was banned

[@murray9807]

Tell me if you watched this video and now YT won't stop recommending you videos of their music.

[@eclatshwartzbaumcybertune2063]

People always say Melbourne weird lol . Its “mel-bn” ( i know people that live there and i have asked about how some say it) ive also heard it as mely-born lol .

[@eclatshwartzbaumcybertune2063]

Oddly i like tatu lol

[@NeroAngelo616]

New arizmenda yo

[@Takaho31]

When they started playing live shows in baseball hats & sweat pants, I completely lost all interest and respect for the *BERZERKER* .

[@iamgoosht1734]

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[@steng4h]

thanks i was wondering when the video started

[@mattdestroyed]

Pronounce it Mel-burn.

[@wyattxhim]

Welcome to my channel

[@mattdestroyed]

@@wyattxhim thank you from 🇦🇺

[@RichardCranium.]

Tatu is a band for coomers.

[@prowlingfrost5588]

Tatu is grindcore.

[@spencergrady5501]

stop smiling.

[@HunterForsberg]

Best accidental discovery back in middle school 🥹