How COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS changed DEATHCORE Forever

[@420NEWYcod]

i still occasionally binge listen this album. this era of deathcore holds a special place in my heart.

[@Bubbles10181]

No one ever agrees with me, but I think oli had the best highs, and phil had easily the best lows. Good times.

[@hevy_metal]

I agree fr

[@DEATHMETALPITBULL]

Mitch lucker had the best highs no doubt

[@Didierrulezd00d]

I disagree but I will agree that Oli’s highs were very good and unique.

[@QlockworkOrange]

​@DEATHCOREPITBULL ehhh Mitch was not very consistent live, sounded like a spent cat a lot, granted Oli wasn't much better but he had the excuse of being addicted to Ketamine

[@btmnwhitworth6753]

What bout Dickie for king of highs as far as the core scene? And definitely Mitch for king of looows Js

[@radamtv4779]

I'm saying it over and over again. BMTH is one of the most influential Bands of the current generation. They influenced the whole "Deathcore" movement. Sempiternal became the most influential Metal record of the past 11 years and now they are just totally doing their thing and show that you Shouldn't be afraid to change your style and stuff. Very Inspirational in my opinion 💪

[@xtheyan]

100%

[@hunterwilliams8923]

As far as the convergence of the scene, that had been a thing way before the era of ADTR/Prada/BMTH haha it’s why so many hardcore guys love Taking Back Sunday and why Thursday got to headline This is Hardcore. It was very common to see a lineup like Poison the Well, Every Time I Die, Saosin, Coheed and Cambria, and Bane on one show. Look up the old Hellfest lineups.

[@ikbenricha]

Legends say Yan's still putting his cup of coffee down.

[@xtheyan]

I am actually

[@ICANSEEDEADHORIZONS]

And it is still full and hot

[@kalvingato7]

Black and blue is by far my favorite song on CYB, the riff is badass, the guitar solo is crazy, and the drums are super fun to play

[@xtheyan]

awesome song!

[@KatherineMedina-wj7pl]

Black and blue has been my fav too!

[@jodiecoronado6180]

Medusa is mine, but Black and Blue is Second

[@jcblain88]

Good job 👌, ton accent est bon t'inquiète et merci de parler du 1ier album de BMTH toujours trop garoché dans les autres vidéos youtube. Belle découverte 👌

[@xtheyan]

@@jcblain88 merci 🙏🏻

[@lobes117]

I was there when this album dropped and can confirm it changed EVERYTHING. The meta was never the same

[@theangelbelow88]

Read the title and Pray For Plagues instantly started playing in my head

[@michaelcrighter]

I fully agree. The album cover artwork is great. Stands out and memorable. My favorite song is medusa, and always was

[@Wuacamalo]

Def brought the horizon

[@joshuamccaulley7040]

That Pray for Plagues breakdown still kills

[@xtheyan]

it really does

[@Mitchluckerfan1984]

Mitch lucker and oli sykes are the greatest of all time

[@michaelcrighter]

When this album dropped at I wad at the art institute in Pittsburgh. I was in love

[@Mitchluckerfan1984]

I hope oli sykes sees this and asks brutality podcast for a an interview

[@xtheyan]

that'd be awesome haha

[@TheNerdyFather]

Listen to this album all the time in my car. Such an amazing album front to back!!!

[@craigoryjones9684]

PLEASEEE do a vid on Arsonists Get All The Girls, one of my all time favorite bands 🔥🔥

[@ChillSwitch-14]

Yes! One of the best!

[@ericchin739]

I love anything BMTH does. Old, new, and everything in between Love them and have loved them since 2006

[@Broimsatan]

@ericchin739 Dude, that's awesome. That's being open-minded and loyal. For me, it was anything Mean Pete R.I.P. did. Remembering Never most knkwn for but xBishopx Until The End and i finally met hilm before he passed while in his newest project, Ethet Coven. I'm 45 and still cherish every song from every album.

[@aleccthorne]

@@Broimsatanand Mean Pete was a hell of a nice dude. I’m vegan solely because of him. We had extremely deep intellectual talks about God plenty of times on Instagram and it was nothing but love and respect. I’m actually upset how little people mention his bands so HUGE up for this❤❤❤

[@Broimsatan]

@aleccthorne Brother, i can't tell you just how much your comment warmed my heart. Im honestly in tears. Im a bit of loss for words. I never met anyone in over 25 years who was inspired by Mean Pete as much as I have. I'm going to come back and reoly but your words really are so positive. I just am struck right now

[@Broimsatan]

@aleccthorne i remember at 17 neing so vivid with nostalgia. I first was introduced to Hardcore by a band named Vision Of Disorder. A song called Viola, it was everything I had ever looked for. Then I was recommended She Looks So Good In Red. Man when I first heard Big Jim's Mistake. I found a reason to believe in something so much bigger than me. I wad so struck by every word and every song.

[@Broimsatan]

@aleccthorne I really had my struggles in life as well all have. I first met Pete about 4 years ago and I literally was in tears. I remember in treatment I would sing his lyrics. I was so takin back to know they worked in the treatment field. Dude Mean Peye deserves so much more, but like he said, " I have a pocket full dirt and in my hand a thank you note. I'll never see a penny from this record sale' i don't know if I had that 100 percent but I don't know if he would want the attention, but dude as you know he sure deserves it. How did you first heae of all the artists ?

[@Chelseagrinkittycat]

I started with Sempiternal and decided to listen to their first album right after and keep in mind sempiternal was the heaviest album I heard since I was a prog rock guy so like early muse and dream theatre and Count your blessings blew me away as much as sempiternal did. I never liked deathcore before this and since then I’ve been keeping up with the space and what not.

[@jensvintland760]

One album we have to talk about is "Of love and lunacy" by "Still Remains". One pillar of an metalcore album. And it being produced in 2005 is insane, it could have been released today and people wouldnt even question it. If you haven listened to it, do it. You wont regret it. This album was my gateway to heavier music 🖤

[@DoctorPerc]

Same thing for The Serpent. Both of those albums aged so well :,)

[@jensvintland760]

@@DoctorPerc FAX

[@DoctorPerc]

@@jensvintland760 Listen to the Lost Boy album by MyChildren MyBride that album came out in 2010 but I feel like it’s another album that aged extremely well

[@darthvader9173]

You uploaded this exactly the day after i just listened to BMTH's entire discography

[@xtheyan]

that's awesome

[@Synchrostatic]

Such a fantastic album. The breakdown on A Lot Like Vegas stuck in my mind a long time after I forgot about this album. Then took me right back in when I found this album again.

[@jakedemolisher5032]

I've been loving all your content the past couple weeks. Keep it coming, I'll watch just about anything you put out at this point.

[@xtheyan]

thanks a lot!

[@nomusicgenres]

Dude I really enjoyed this video. It reminded me of the first time I listened to that album, which has become one of my favorites. I have the physical album, thanks to an ex-girlfriend who bought it for me when she went to Texas. She also got me other albums like "Plagues" by TDWP, "Miasma" by TBDM, and "Dying is Your Latest Fashion" by ETF. I still have all of them back in Mexico, those are my relics haha what a lovely era, thanks for this video and for bringing back those memories!

[@xtheyan]

Of course , That's why I love doing it ! Going back in time and re-living great memories

[@niccvince6105]

“I was looking for the breakdown” I knew TheYan was a man of culture 🫡

[@dennisfarina9806]

I'm not the biggest fan of the sound and the lyrics make my eyes roll every time i read them, but I still bump Braille in thegym and I once tried to recreate the artwork for my Art class.

[@justinshockley5684]

Another sick video bro!! ❤ BMTH was the band that got me into heavy music back in 2008. They’ll always hold a special place on my playlists lol😂

[@xtheyan]

There's nothing to understand.. Everytime someone does something new and different, and they're successful at it, some people get jealous and mad because it makes them insecure unfortunately.

[@KatherineMedina-wj7pl]

The sun goes down, and so does she 🤘🏼 Quick edit after watching the whole video. To be a scene kid at the time this dropped, I remember the older metal community hating this new sound - which I loved. Always wished they would’ve released something heavy like this again but as I understand, Oli had a lot of vocal issues after this album. Will they be at warped 2025? 👀. Last edit: the only place I call home, is my death beeeeeeeddddddd

[@catrinasolo]

Thank you so much, we really needed this one. Whatever Bring me do now they'll always be legends

[@Kyle4OH8]

That commercial in the beginning reminds me of how they used to air vicory records promos early in the morning on i think mtv or fuse i can't remember but i would wake up and watched them religiously they are a bunch on youtube

[@embertheraccoon37]

Love the new video format! Can't wait to see more!

[@xtheyan]

thank you!

[@peternoschese9637]

I love the album deep dive format! Looking forward to more!

[@xtheyan]

awesome ! Thanks

[@SOADROGELIO7]

I would like to see a video about "Ekklesia", the first album from For Today. I think i'ts an incredible album that not so many people know. It has the perfect balance between melodic riffs, harmonies, breakdowns, different rythm patterns and brutal vocals, with the myspace feeling all over it.

[@Stevo701]

yeah do more videos like this!

[@hexaisslow]

literally listened to all of it today, my guys right here lol PS: youre not the only one, Medusa is my favorite of that album

[@richardraymond8]

Album deep dive is great

[@xtheyan]

thanks!

[@livingNagony]

You do a really solid job at covering this history..I missed out on a ton of this era..I never quit listening to heavy music, I just kinda got out of fan girling over it as much'..I'll always be a fan girl of this shiii though...OhHhHhhH!

[@xtheyan]

thank you !! Glad you enjoyed

[@xSkyShotTheSheriffx]

this album was such a big inspiration for my bands music style had to check this video out as soon as i saw it we ❤️ yan over at Destroy All! Humans

[@xtheyan]

hell yeah, you guys are awesome

[@andresa.9391]

Great content dude, yeah! 🔥

[@TheOneTruePatriot]

We need more new Deathcore bands with the melodic death metal riffs and high pitch screams. This was a cool brand of deathcore which was very shortlived Edit: super agree on the song Medusa. That song has the best of the whole album in one song

[@massivegamer5200]

This album is really good and I like that it created something new for the time I know not everyone will like it but I like when bands do different stuff One band that I feel like is doing a similar thing but doing it different is Abbie falls One last question does anyone else consider breakdown of sanity to be death core or just me great video as always keep up the awesome work

[@dreamawakeclan]

(I Used to Make Out WIth) Medusa is my favorite song by them. Count Your Blessings will forever be one of my favorite deathcore albums.

[@slaz301]

"Off the heezay" from that same album, there is a part of the song, specifically at minute 4:25 that seems like a black metal song

[@serenaally]

Loved this video!

[@xtheyan]

thank you!

[@jackypapp6785]

Mad video man your awesome 👍🏽

[@xtheyan]

thanks!!

[@jackypapp6785]

@@xtheyan all good bro. I'm watching from Sydney, Australia. Only recently found your channel & you're one of my faves. Keep doing what you're doing man it's awesome , ya funny bugger!👍🏽👊🏽

[@neolbioldey]

I LOVE THE ALBUM. You could pick any random track and it would be an absolute hit

[@fierce8943]

great as always dude..

[@xtheyan]

Appreciate that!

[@SUB-IN-SUPER]

Seeing Oli back then and seeing Oli now and how he has grown warms my heart. Even if Oli didn't scream "correctly" back in TIWYSWMF and CYB, he really got a unique sound back then. And then with newer albums, with a kid in a Black Dahlia tank said 'he can't scream anymore'. Or 'it's not heavy metal anymore'. Let me make one thing clear. Oli and BMTH still *likes* heavy stuff, they just like to do their own thing now. And for me; it really sets appart the band.

[@Tigerbear62]

Great video! I'll be eagerly awaiting the Suicide Season one 😉

[@stevec6965]

If you want to cover another big part of the scene, then you have to talk about all those fresh Dan Mumford album art covers. He has incredible artwork and a style of his own.

[@eboychacex231]

Beautiful video

[@michaelcrighter]

Thank you for this video. I also distinctly remembering how Icky and evil medusa sounded. It conjured certain emotions still till this day, as it should.

[@michaelcooper9889]

This the first video I matched the food portion 😂 bout choked on my pizza when you said pizza lol 🤘🫶

[@reubenk7331]

Great video!

[@xtheyan]

thanks man!

[@jarredmahoney719]

This album goes down in my top 5 greatest albums of all time

[@AlexDoucet]

The solo of I use to make out with Medusa is my all time favorite solo

[@182Beachy]

Such a goat album, big fan of the band. Gateaway band for a lot of heavy music for me

[@Shreddios]

HELL YEAHH!!!

[@Billylamar]

Wow the album is almost 20. Time sure does fly. Glad to have to grown up in the time period I did. Was the last generation to experience video stores. They all disappeared right before 9th grade :/

[@churrocrudo]

Its been YEARS since I've heard that album 😭

[@neolbioldey]

Also it was clear that they had some influence on bands such as Thy Art is Murder and Here Comes the Kraken (who you should make a video on, by the way)

[@joeythecableguy]

Eeee fresh cut !!

[@xtheyan]

thank you!

[@spincycleproductions]

0:40 nailed the accent 😂

[@j3arnold]

I was just telling the dudes in my discord how game changing that album was

[@xluciferlux]

Scene era for sure haha, but this album was definitely important in Deathcore back then.

[@michaelscomicscorner2584]

Ever find an answer to the question about the cover art? Maybe it was someone in the band? If that was the case I’m sure someone would have taken credit for that. “Tell Slater…” was the first heavy song I ever heard - the lyrics about razors were in someone’s signature on a My Chemical Romance fan forum. Simpler times

[@TheFallOfManbearpig]

This album is #1 bmth forever

[@juicecounty714]

Siiick video

[@xtheyan]

thanks!

[@hardyTRSI]

"DC3 - It´s in the Pain!"

[@hardyTRSI]

NEVER listened to DeathCore at all... ...until i stumbled upon "Metal in Public"-KZbin-Channel and had to listen to it...while enjoying watching the people unwantedly listening and enjoying some Metal ! ;) Since this watching-experience i am more of an EMO-Metallurgician i guess...ok, i am just a straight emo-metal-gay-punk now, haha ! :D (Now that i am officially a straight gay i start to grasp some things...Depeche Mode makes sense all of a sudden...WAIT: Judas Priest all of a sudden makes real sense ! :/ (And all that Leather in my LIFE!)) :D P.S.: My favourite Song ever is "Baby, baby, baby"....i just won´t tell you which version, haha!! :P (not the original for sure!)

[@Jesussykes19]

LOVED this! Cannot fucking wait for the suicide season video 😭😭

[@xtheyan]

thanks !! :)

[@andrewgood7586]

Easily one of the best and most iconic deathcore albums ever. Aaand then it started going downhill from there.

[@giancarlobaez1538]

the photo of Oli and Mitch :,)

[@isaiahmolina1907]

The album art work is a stock photo by Michael Prince, I believe Verizon also used this same photo for some ad.

[@xtheyan]

cool , didnt know that!

[@chrissharp535]

I would kill to get album teaser trailer back 👍🏿

[@6gustavolavey9]

I was already drinking coffee xD

[@olivierbolard7365]

plz do the same video for suicide season !

[@anthonyarias4830]

I have a playlist in KZbin of the best BMTH lives from 2005 to 2010

[@hunterwilliams8923]

They get a bit too much credit for pioneering deathcore but they were undeniably influential. Despised Icon, Job For a Cowboy, and Animosity were doing what would become the deathcore sound at least a year or two before CYB came out and they didn’t tour the states until mid-07.

[@w33dsm0k3r]

The breakdown got me a bleeding eyebrown at 2007. i still have a scar. 😂😂

[@junoproful]

Hopefully more videos will come about bmth old era. Suicide season next? 😉

[@Broimsatan]

xYAN, and fellow subscribers. Do you feel that doing ZAO, HEAVEN SHALL BURN, CALIBAN, OR TONY DANZA TAP DANCE EXTRAVAGANZA would fit on your channel ??? Maybe COALESCE??? I know this was before Deathcore was a genre but do you feel covering one of these artists fits

[@TanMann23]

@@Broimsatan honestly all of those channels would be fitting for this channel imo. I also would like to say deathcore actually has roots that go back to the late 90s/early 00s with bands like Antagony and Despised Icon. Personally I love learning about neighboring genres of deathcore so I would love more deep dives.

[@TanMann23]

Bands* not channels. Sorry it’s 5 am and I’m still half asleep 😂

[@Broimsatan]

@TanMann23 Thank you so much for taking the time to give me your feedback, and you are absolutely right about Despised Icon. They were one of the first artists I thought of. I didn't mention though because I remember they didn't want to be called Deathcore. Please correct me if I'm wrong but it wasn't until after taking a hiatus a few years ago on tour which I saw them for the first time. I heard one of the vocalists say, " Thank you, Denver Deathcore." But you really made a good point because I until you mentioned them I Deathcore was a genre. Who do you feel really had started or which artist had first said we are Deathcore. I guess I'm on this hunt to know who really kicked it off. I have actually typed this same question on two other pages and you were the first to finally give me some really great insight. I just can't place where or who started it ?? My apologies I type novel replies.

[@Broimsatan]

@TanMann23 i hear ya brother its 4 a.m. in Denver and I'm playing my last games of C.O.D. havnt played multi-player in about a decade.

[@Broimsatan]

@TanMann23 gamer tag is the same but spaced all caps if you happen to play

[@miguelfournier6712]

For me parkwaydrive was the one I listen the most

[@w33dsm0k3r]

Slamming these days were different ❤😊

[@michaelscomicscorner2584]

Ever find an answer to the question about the cover art? Maybe it was someone in the band? If that was the case I’m sure someone would have taken credit for that.

[@cameronhalle1995]

🎉🎉🎉

[@loganpriest6029]

Woah, you actually looked like Dave Grohl back then haha. You're so right though, influential album, got millions of kids into the sound, right place at the right time. If you're a sound engineer nerd (I've just turned it into a job) then yes interesting mix production with broken 5150 tubes, etc, weird clicky drums, no bass, harsh and fizzy. That's not a criticism to the sound though because it sounds oddly good, which is due to a good engineer. But that just adds to what deathcore means, that filthy disgusting sound that was actually awesome. Oli sounding super pissed off with those vocals as well. Then musically taking those cool melodeath bands like "At The Gates" and Hardcore bands like "Norma Jean" adding breakdowns and fusing those 2 sounds together. Still sounds sick asf to me and I can see why a 16 year old kid who wanted something heavy would fucking love it.

[@johnmichaelbangayan242]

YES YES YES 100

[@repentXreptar]

I always play 15 Fathoms when I want to be isolated like I'm leaving the world for a while.

[@xtheyan]

I get it

[@illheart]

God Tier album

[@ptbempire]

These guys Whitechapel and Suicide Silence changed the name of the game and created a brand new genre!

[@andquin1476]

have you ever heard 'devil' by spite ? the live studio recorded version ,

[@QlockworkOrange]

Count your blessing is strictly deathcore. There are no shorter singing sections at all, which is a staple element of metalcore. Otherwise i 100% agree with Yan

[@Fel1xF7W]

yeah I was confused (but intrigued) when he said that

[@joshvexx4538]

TDWP, probably the most iconic metal core band for my generation, doesn't song in every song, metalcore isn't defined by just having a chorus with clean vocals, it's a playing style, in which I agree with Yan here BMTH brought ELEMENTS of both scenes with Count Your Blessings

[@QlockworkOrange]

@@joshvexx4538 TDWP first 4-5 releases were strictly metalcore, 75% or more of their songs were classic metalcore, just cause they had a few songs without singing doesnt mean anything. Count Your Blessing has no singing at all & is strictly Deathcore. there are no softer singing sections in it at all which IS a staple element of Metalcore.

[@Fel1xF7W]

@@joshvexx4538 would you consider old parkway meathcore or metalcore?

[@Jacobowitness]

If I get your logo tattooed on my head can I get free shirts for life? 😂

[@josuesamaniego182]

Evolve EP from Chelsea Grin!!!

[@dhanocore]

This album has passed test of time. Obv today there are better albums and obviously better deathcore bands but for that time it was revolutionary. If you see some of the performances of Pray for Plagues in recent years you can see how the band has improved and how MUCH better that song sounds.

[@Foejax]

im smoking a dang cigarette rn

[@marcelruetters]

nice

[@molotov3556]

im hiting my macros befor work and chest

[@Xenoonmobile]

​@@molotov3556 nice!

[@water_bottle4233]

Y'all know what i hate? How the eyeless cover isnt on streaming services Actually How bands will just exclude songs from streaming services Like type o negative doesnt have out of the fire on any streaming platforms

[@samholmes2098]

Oli actually made the album art on photoshop 👍🏻

[@MelaniespeckSpeck]

I never liked emos but bmth changed something and thanks oli isn't still a emo in my eyes 😂 Thanks for the new video ! Wish you make one about kublai khan tx 😉😇🍭

[@andrewgood7586]

Deathcore isnt emo. There are definitely emos who were in the scene, but deathcore/metalcore is more about brutality, aggression and rejection of authority. Its based in hardcore punk.

[@MelaniespeckSpeck]

@@andrewgood7586 you're right 👍♥️ I don't Mean that deathcore are emo's but bmth specially oli was one . Thats all i want to say! Sorry 😚

[@andrewgood7586]

@@MelaniespeckSpeck I dont agree that Oli was emo. Are you suggesting that the scene aesthetic was emo? His hair style made him emo? Like what is your reasoning?

[@MelaniespeckSpeck]

Well at this time i thought He was one....about his Look and the dark Songs, it's superfisical from me and i changed my mind ! So it's only like i saw and Feel this about this time 😅🫂

[@andrewgood7586]

@@MelaniespeckSpeck I understand. Emos are typically self-hating and feminine though. Oli was just a scene-style hardcore kid. The aesthetics kinda overlapped though at the time. Emo music was more pop punk/post punk like My Chemical Romance. Deathcore and metalcore were more about the hardcore punk shit with metal rifts. Although emos did infiltrate the scene and there was a whole controversy about it. We call that shit screemo. Some of its good, some of it is trash. I loved bands like Chiodos and Alesana and hated bands like Asking Alexandria.

[@MaisComentarios]

react : BMTH EP 2004. is this MASTERPIECE.

[@Gym_gamer1992]

I wrestled a bear once next? 👀