FINNISH Black Metal vs. GREEK Black Metal

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Two things before you tear me a new one. Firstly: yes, I know the correct name is HELLENIC Black Metal. I just think that there’s a lot of people not aware of that, so I just named it like this so the most amount of people know what’s up. Second: I don’t know if you can actually watch this video in HD or 4k. I recorded it on 4k so it should be good, but I think it got messed up during exporting. Hope it’s good.

[@nergalshagrath6667]

I love Finnish metal but Finnish Black is not my type but Greek black only septicflesh are my favourite rotting christ just play standard tuning and I prefer d tuning in black or c#

[@Kapitan_Pazur]

@@nergalshagrath6667 Isn’t Septicflesh death metal though?

[@nergalshagrath6667]

@@Kapitan_Pazur do be honest I thought they play black but I got confused from their album covers so they are death metal but they play symphonic death metal where you hear symphonies. My favourite black metal band is going to be nightfall they play blackened death metal but I love their style there was an album that kollias from nile played for nightfall

[@dion.exarchos]

It's ok. Unfortunately, "hellenic" has been associated with greek nsbm, so even we avoid the term sometimes, even though we shouldn't.

[@RytkösenJussi]

What was necromantias singer and impaled nazarenes odd project. Satanas lead us through.. 😈

[@fullmetalguy8357]

Fun fact, Necromantia wrote most of their music on 2 bass guitars; one 4 string and one 8 string bass. Very innovative for the genre at the time. R.I.P. Baron Blood.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Yeah I’m aware. Pretty interesting, that’s why it was a bit weird to figure out by ear.

[@Zofos2212]

I'm So glad that finally someone mentioned our precious Hellenic black metal scene! But it makes me sad that non Greek black metal fans glorifies the Hellenic scene more than we do here in Greece! I love my country but sometimes im a bit dissapointed because we don't promote our selfs as much as we must and as much as other countries do... Not only in black metal...we don't have to be jealous of the Norwegians or the Finish even the Swedish...although i respect them all Hails to all black metal brothers around the world!!!🤘🔥

[@jojoplaysmusic]

You do have some fantastic bands!

[@phorz1463]

Probably, this is a common thing for most countries that don't have giant worldwide promotion. Like "we can't do this like them. They are good, we aren't" or something like that. But the internet i think solved this problem.

[@phorz1463]

Ok, not really solved. But the situation has improved

[@Zofos2212]

@@phorz1463 Sure internet helped artists promote their music in every corner of the world...but even this sometimes is a problem because selling your music became something like posing your self or something

[@sohndesheimdallr3202]

Here in Germany we enjoy the stuff from Greece!

[@Empireoftime]

Macabre Omen riff solid S in a top tier list

[@jojoplaysmusic]

I love Macabre Omen.

[@Empireoftime]

@@jojoplaysmusic i fuck*ng worship them too

[@shemsu-hor1782]

I chose Greeks, for a bit of ancient atmosphere in some of their riffs. Good job. I'll be waiting for Polish BM vs Ukrainian BM. It's gonna be interesting.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Expect it some day, but not super soon.

[@Thunderfistboxing]

I guess you are fan of Varathron and Thu art lord my friend!

[@mordechaifrizis7231]

Hail from a Greek black metalhead

[@satanicpuppyoverlord9054]

Can we just appreciate that Sargeist, behexen and horna all share the same main guitarist.

[@Angelcorpse6668]

I was waiting for this ..so good hail to both Greek and Finish black metal 🇬🇷🤘🇫🇮

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thanks man! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Thunderfistboxing]

I will speak not like Greek but as a guy that lived the atmosphere of late 90's being a member of black metal bands in Greece.It was amazing times with really occult feeling we were some of the first bands getting on stage with corpse paint here at 1996-97. My band was 'Mortem examination' and our brother band 'Carpathian lords' many lives on stages here Athens. There was times watching the head bands of Greece Rotting, Deviser, Kawir, Naer Mataron, Varathron, Thu art lord. I will remmber all these years always with love and nostalgia.

[@hekateon.ioannis.lasorsa]

I'm checking out your band as I write this. The Greek bm scene is one of my top favorite metal scenes and it had a part in helping me embrace my roots as someone of Greek descent who never really fit in with the overall Greek-American community \m/

[@Thunderfistboxing]

@@hekateon.ioannis.lasorsa Let me know if you like it my friend. You can find our Demo here at youtube.. Check Carpathian lords too.

[@oakmonolithband9000]

the way i see it Greek and Finish black metal have the same vibe that Norwegian and Swedish black metal have. ones more melodic in this case Greek/Swedish bm. the other is aggressive and or colder, Finish/Norwegian bm.

[@busmaniaMAN]

My favourite Finnish black metal band is Beherit and Impaled Nazarene, what I know our local metalhead says in their channel videos that Beherit has some influenced from our local Death Black Metal bands ,Rator band

[@Vasilis_Metalhead]

Firstly, I'm Greek. Secondly, I wasn't aware Sargeist or Nocternity, gonna research them both, sounded Emperor-ish as fuck. Thirdly awesome video bro!

[@xristospats2180]

So much knowledge and music and bands,i admire you my friend! Hail from Hellas! Nice cloak btw...

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thank you so much!

[@erkkiriekkola3305]

0:49 Good job! Ugra Karma is incredible album! The Horny And The Horned is great song and Impaled Nazarene is incredible band

[@TheSuffocater]

Hell Yeahhhh ! Great video , last riff is killer !

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thanks man! Havukruunu is my favorite Finnish band. Definitely worth a listen through their whole discography.

[@ThanosDimDO]

Kawir also must have!!!

[@tzitzifiogkos2971]

greek black metal uses more unique scales sometimes, however finnish and scandinavian black metal, always have a cold feel i love accompanied with awesome rhythms and melodies. awesome guitar plays btw

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Hey thank you so much!

[@eleutherioszogkas546]

( News ) Metalheads are evil, violent, etc. This is the most respectful comment section i've seen in quite a while. Nice vid \m/

[@brianhunt4335]

Second part of that Sargeist riff looked wild!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

It’s easy to understand what you’re doing, but you really have to figure out what is the most efficient way to play it.

[@animadverte]

My favourite black metal countries. they just compose gold music.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Finland has an insane amount of great bands

[@uniservicemann3186]

Dude you and The Suffocater should totally do a video together. Black Metal or Death Metal, either one would be dope as fuck. Love your content and love this video!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

You should go tell him that

[@forever_alonis]

Man honestly great video, great skills. I am Greek but I am not gonna go into who is better ( not that you did as well ). I honestly like all the bands and to be honest I learned some new Finnish bands that I didn't knew and I will start listening from now on. For me all the riffs were ducking blasphemous and great. Cheers from Greece bro!

[@FlabbyPigLegs]

8:15 I see a cut! You’re telling me this isn’t a one take old school webcam vids!?? Jk, great job as always dude

[@jojoplaysmusic]

There’s cuts, but that particular one was a glitch because the video file got corrupted lmao (that’s also why it isn’t available to watch in HD). Thanks!

[@megadronGR]

Mannnn epic video. Very nice song selection always top performance by you.you rock dude

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Hey thank you so much!

[@nikvret9544]

Finnland has a lot of history at black metal, but at this video Greek black metal is like a winner at my ears. Very nice idea such a video. Good work!!!!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thank you so much! To me is a tough choice. So many good bands from both countries.

[@eeyorehaferbock7870]

Kinda surprised that you used a song with a faster tempo to represent Varathron; in my opinion, their best songs are the ones with the slower, more traditional doom-esque tempos. Think “Under the Sight of Horus” from Walpurgisnacht or “Kabalistic Invocation of Solomon” from Untrodden Corridors of Hades.

[@megadronGR]

Man I can’t believe how great you cover these songs. Is there any case you might have tabed macabre omen rodian pride intro

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Man I already forgot how to play it hahaha

[@megadronGR]

😢😢😢 never mind awesome covers

[@HLBNZ]

Making it look easy but it isn't I know this . Excellent job!👍👍You got skills bro! If you ever heard Greek rap it sounds a little like Spanish (to me anyway) Check out Niku Bossi "Naqeta" it's in Greek but it's an Albanian (my race) collaboration.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thank you so much! I’ll check that out

[@ChildOfTheGrave]

Great playing man

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thanks!

[@skogeniswashed]

great, as always !

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thanks!

[@nikosanastasiadis2637]

Hey remember order of the ebon hand ,twilight,and kawir greek underground is very rich

[@rroobbiinn96]

you should check out "Sielunvihollinen" if you haven't yet! really nice riffs and melodies

[@jojoplaysmusic]

I have! I’m a big fan of their album “Kuolonkylväjä”.

[@TorahGonzalez]

Havukruunu and Sargeist are sooooooo good, I've been listening to them a lot this last year, glad you included them. Also, fuck, this was fucking amazing! All the riffs are insane, played amazingly, congrats man. The best part? I only knew Havukruunu and Sargeist, I have so much new music too listen to, thank you 🥲

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Hey thank you so much man! And there you go, new music to check out!

[@MrTheKamir]

if you're gonna do greek BM in the future Human Serpent would be a nice addition :)

[@jojoplaysmusic]

I love Human Serpent. I made sure to include them here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXbYgWNueKunhrc

[@mithgaur7419]

Finally someone covered Nocternity. Onyx is the best album to come out of the hellenic BM scene imo.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

I absolutely love Onyx, and it was probably the hardest song to figure out from this video just because of how rough the guitars sound in that album.

[@mithgaur7419]

@@jojoplaysmusicThe mixing is so dense on the whole album you did a great job of figuring it out. I'd love to see a full song cover from this terribly underrated masterpiece of an album.

[@rezX1234]

Love your vids

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thanks!

[@VasilisKoskinas]

Great video my friend, so many bands to choose from.I love that I saw Macabre Omen.Check out the band Wi ter Eternal if you haven't already. Great band.Also if you're interested on new bands,check out my band Mind Erasure ,the album is called Connive!!!Getting from Corfu!!!

[@finngreek]

I like this. Lían oikeía iskhús!

[@sprc155]

Im Greek. I prefer scandinavic metal in general above every other scene in every genre I like. But in BM I vote for my country.

[@Flolfywolfy]

God no matter how many times I hear it, that Sargeist riff is just pure magic. Finland it is for me.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Probably the most fun to play out of all of these.

[@rahmatsumantri6577]

What are your favorite songs by Sargeist? Top 5 or 10 if you don't mind

[@morphine02]

It would be nice to hear a comparison of the Russian black metal scene with some other country Hello from the cold latitudes of Russia)

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Maybe some day

[@CaptainFailo]

Russia - Ukraine?

[@morphine02]

@@CaptainFailo Glory to Ukraine as part of Russia

[@SeventyOneGo]

Both are Great!

[@rimmon09]

Kalmankantaja my fav Black metal band from Finland 🖤🖤

[@phorz1463]

Sargeist was intensive! Both cool for sure 👍

[@jojoplaysmusic]

It was one of my favorites for sure.

[@Chaos_Smoker]

you should make a video about why or pros to change to 7 strings, btw nice video, keep going

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Well I first need to own a 7 string guitar for that.

[@atomicknight-sl4uf]

Any chance a future video would include Fear Factory? Would love to hear you play Crash Test.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Maybe some day

[@julianwilke5373]

Good job🤙

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thanks!

[@mornedsm1241]

Hah, greel black metal without Accherontas, Thy Darkened Shade, Acrimonious, Devathorn, etc. Very strange. But maybe you compared the progenitors of the genre in each of the countries. Then there are no questions. Still great work!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thanks man! Yeah my intention was to start with the progenitors from each country, and then slowly integrate more of my personal taste.

[@Matheus-ol8jq]

Nocternity is a powerful band, nice riffs u choice at all.

[@barbarianblood2316]

Finlandia🤘

[@brockenify]

Although i am greek and i love both scenes very much, i prefer the finnish one a little more because of Impaled Nazarene

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Interesting.

[@christophercarson7733]

Well I never knew there was a thing called Greek black metal do the bands dress like roman gods? Once again another learning lesson from professor Jojo

[@jojoplaysmusic]

We learn something new every day.

[@ntsopoul]

good collection but you forgot kawir

[@felipeneira2526]

Greek black metal all the way, the traditional metal influences make it sound refreshing and it has a more elegant occult aura, Finnish black metal sounds too samey and 90% of the songs are in the key of D minor, overusing the same patterns

[@Γιώργος-χ4ε]

Naer Mataron vs Horna

[@einwindir7892]

Yo Necrophagist or Monstrosity next?

[@cygsun2075]

Nice video man, btw r u from Florida?

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thanks! No, I’m from Mexico hehe.

[@cygsun2075]

@@jojoplaysmusic really? me too haha from which part man? I live in Sonora

[@alexisrios9759]

It's me or it sounds like a huge instrumental song.?

[@Mantte14]

Finnish vs Swedish Deathmetal? Don't know if you made that one already.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

I have: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gn-zh2dnncdqeK8

[@Potatoonfloor]

Where is Goatmoon?

[@alexmayhem7020]

🇬🇷💪🏻🇫🇮

[@jojoplaysmusic]

🤘🤘

[@AveragePostnordHater]

Fuck yes mate Behexen made it!

[@stoikusu5084]

Rotting Christ, good choice.

[@lordofthemoonrealm2151]

No Der Stürmer or Wolfnacht?

[@SaladPizzaRestaurant]

I always found Der Stürmer to be really boring. Wolfnacht has some pretty good riffs

[@lordofthemoonrealm2151]

@@SaladPizzaRestaurant an opinion I can respect, I like Der Stürmer but they’re not he greatest thing on the planet. Wolfnacht is incredible tho I love that shit

[@SaladPizzaRestaurant]

@@lordofthemoonrealm2151 I'm excited to hear the Goatmoon/Thy Serpent/Wolfnacht split that should be released soon

[@ShadarVonHell]

Where is Acherontas? Where is Satanic Warmaster? I ask Btw, I would like to see Polish Black vs any other country

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Uhhh maybe in another video. And how about Polish vs. Ukrainian BM hmm?

[@ShadarVonHell]

@@jojoplaysmusic that's good pick. I can give some recommendations, cause I'm a part of Polish Black Metal underground scene: Besatt Christ Agony Infernal War Graveland In Twilights Embrace Cultes Des Ghoules Furia Mgła Chanid Vesania Hate Them All Odraza Plaga Proch Łza Zeschniętej Róży MasseMord Arkona Thunderbolt and from Ukraine for sure Kroda Khors Drudkh Nokturnal Mortum Morok Astrofaes Lucifugum Ygg Blood of Kingu

[@Satarnoch]

Yeah if you Make a video about finnish bm, you just have to include Satanic Warmaster.

[@SaladPizzaRestaurant]

Forgotten Tomb is from Italy

[@ShadarVonHell]

@@SaladPizzaRestaurantMy bad

[@Infernus_Darkhold]

Where did you get the robe?

[@jojoplaysmusic]

From my mom’s closet.

[@valerasanzhiev8915]

Finish BM win!

[@testadilatta701]

Finland have best nsbm

[@4130aykut]

Good Job!! Your decision Shows, that you know the good Bands of Greece. If you would have choosen Naer Mataron, i would have delete my subscription of you channel.

[@SaladPizzaRestaurant]

Naer Mataron is pretty good, at least their older albums. Not the best band from Greece but not bad at all

[@rudolfantlerofficial]

Hellas wins because of Necromantia, Varathron, Der Sturmer, and Wolfnacht. Old Nightfall and Rotting Christ are cool too but they became so awful later on.

[@Braxynglet]

I thought Greece only had one band.

[@chrisd9259]

Ηellenic black metal so emotional,perfect

[@chrisd9259]

Dead of Mayhem was big fan of Varathron

[@jojoplaysmusic]

They’re a good band

[@terrorpropagandabm]

Acherontas?

[@chrisd9259]

Greek ofcourse