The Satanic Panic & The History of Metal Music

[@imaKaiya]

Holy Heck! I had to reupload this a couple times for there to be an HD option for y'all. Goodness gracious. Anyway! I really hope you enjoy this video on the Satanic Panic and The History of Metal. This video took me 3 months to research, script and edit and I am so proud of it. Please share with me your stories and experiences with The Satanic Panic if you have any. I would love to hear them. Enjoy and Happy Moshtober! 💀🤘

[@squashedeyeball]

Bless you Kaiya! Will catch up on it very soon. No doubts you did an epic work! Have an amazing one :)

[@tammymorningstar4794]

Rocktober, Moshtober 19th Tam's other half

[@silvercloud1641]

Anything deemed a threat to any of their man-made book faith-based reality is something to panic about. 🔭☀🌎 Anyone on the left trying to ban straight marriage? But, they're under attack!! Religious Conservatives (some even democrat like Tipper Gore) and the Christian Coalition, the original and true cancel culture woke with likes of Jesus. They don't want anyone to burn, unless its at the stake. A woman not wearing a towel on her head can still equal death in some countries. But I blame 3 years of Biden, Hollywood, soybois, music, and video games for all the violence and worlds problems. While offering more organized religion for the solution for world peace and unity, after 2000+ years of fighting.

[@TheDarkXn]

You missed the part where Michelle Remembers was proven to be complete BS 💀

[@lobotomyscam1051]

Do you wanna make out or cuddle while watching a rom-com? No pressure.

[@sole__doubt]

Tipper Gore was a marketing genius. The Parental Advisory Label made the albums seem more rebellious and it helped sell albums. I love the irony.

[@ronin4713]

Having grown up in that era, I can personally say that that sticker only made that album more sought after by kids. Thank you Tipper for enriching my youth!🤣

[@sole__doubt]

@@ronin4713 💯

[@KentuckySunset]

I remember Stephen Tyler thanking her for the grammy for Pump. lol

[@jjrbarnett]

Sometimes, I wonder if it was all part of a plan.

[@sole__doubt]

@@jjrbarnett Tipper was a true believer. Was she used? Thats certainly possible.

[@brandieller4339]

I think that Ozzy Osborne said it best in a magazine interview that I read back in '91, and I quote, " why would I want to kill my fans? They're the ones who buy my records. " use logic here people!!!

[@AmyDaisy69]

I was born in 1985, and grew up in a conservative household. I was aware of the satanic panic and heavy metal having a reputation for being "evil", and around age 12 I fully embraced it in rebellion against my bigoted and abusive father. I got a lot of satisfaction from winding up my parents. I became a goth, and dyed my hair black and wore black. I got into so much trouble for that and my dad wanted to shave my hair, but my mum stopped him. I would listen to the most extreme music I could, even though I didn't actually like some of it. I had a lot of it confiscated. Being a goth also helped against my bullies at school, because when they think I am an actual witch, kids tended to not want to mess with me as much any more.

[@Rupert.Moloch]

Hell yeah

[@someguy2972]

Did you ever grow up?

[@Itsyrm8]

​@@someguy2972sure he did . Whats up ?

[@demayoexperience]

sad to hear you had a dysfunctional relationship with your parents, mainly with your father

[@Itsyrm8]

@@demayoexperience bollox, abusive fathr for rejecting....music?? Ffcsake people. Relax. And bullying for being....goth? How are y today people? Did y return to the light? Stop that faken drama in the name ofgod and faken baphomet, bealzibub, bael or whatever.

[@jamess3532]

I'm 54 and grew up in the 80's as a metal head and I'm still a metal head to this day. I can only imagine what my parents would have thought back then if I was listening to days black or death metal back in the 80's. My parents were so afraid of Slayer and other bands I am into that they wouldn't go in my bedroom and they actually took me to a place for troubled teens and tried to have me committed. This was despite the fact that I got decent grades, went to church and always had a job. I just liked heavy metal!

[@ElliotPickler-sg2ed]

Lol that's probably what scared em you had all applicable traits of normal then holy crap our son is being possessed..me too I'm 40 and metal head but really wish I could've experienced yall metal head era..hands down had to be best time to be into metal..😎✌️

[@cindym.9029]

Me too James, I am 54 yo. and it blows my mind when I get thumbs up when I am driving!💯🎤🎸Forever!

[@melvinmarroquin1048]

It’s crazy bc most metalheads grow up religious lol. My mom is Christian and we geee up going to church. Shit my mom was into kiss, Van Halen, rod stewart my father isn’t religious but believes in god never goes to church to this day and he grew up with those bands too. So we got it somewhere. My sister being the oldest one my brother the middle and me the youngest yet the black sheep are all into metal. My daughter who’s 11 is into metal and has been to metal shows here in Los Angeles and when we were on vacation in Spain lol. Heavy Metal is just amazing haha.

go to google and hit news tab and then type occult murder,,, then realize there is more satanic murder today then the 80's

[@theneonchimpchannel9095]

The interesting thing is that some of the nicest, kindest, sweetest and most gentle people I've ever met have been metal heads and horror fans. Yet the media of the 80s and 90s tried to convince people that these were the people to be scared of. I think now people are realizing that metal and horror are both good for relieving built up issues like anxiety, anger and depression without going out and doing violent or dangerous things. That's possibly why those genres attract people who are prone to those issues and why there have been a number of connected tragedies. No matter how good a record or a movie is, sometimes it's not enough to save someone's life. I can say from personal experience though that when I've been going through bouts of depression, heavy music and horror movies tend to help me get through it and I've spoken to several people who have similar experiences.

[@simply-living8523]

I’ve been to quite a few metal shows and yes everyone I have met at these shows are super sweet and bubbly.

[@drivinsouth651]

METALLICA`s Fade to Black made me not want to commit suicide!

they simply created a culture where they could hide in plain site,,, and im a metal head from the eighties

[@baileymoran8585]

I’m so lucky I was a 90s kid with rocker parents. I saw the tail end and went to catholic school because that was the only private school option. I think it lasted longer in those environments. My parents listened to Ozzy, Dio, Alice Cooper, etc, and they reassured me ‘no, it’s not satanic. It’s like a watching a movie about wizards and demons and what not.’ They had their posters and albums got burned and thrown out. I could listen to what I wanted and I could play with Ouija Boards and role playing games, and I could watch movies and read books about fantasy stuff. I definitely heard from friends families and the school how many ridiculous things were ‘evil’ or ‘satanic.’ They said kid cartoons were satanic! It was crazy!

[@tegantalks9612]

I’m a 90s kid who now has children of my own. My husband and I are both metalheads, but I also love a lot of music outside of metal, and my ex/father of my oldest child is a bassist in a thrash band. With that being said, mg oldest hates metal music and calls it the dying song and will cry if you put on almost anything metal including his dad’s own band. My middle child hates metal and will get mad when my music goes from Taylor Swift to anything metal and complain it hurts her ears. My youngest seems to not mind metal though.

[@DGD4Landy]

You have awesome parents! Telling it how it is.

[@funkyweapon1981]

Ouija boards are a hoax, that's why I never got to play with them. Other than that, my parents were the same.

[@eyesofadream]

I know right???? 😂. I was born in 80, but really didn’t get into rock and metal until the early 90s. But hey, it was ok because mom owned Judas Priest and Black Sabbath albums, which is **how** I got into them hahaha.

[@Lisa-yc1mn]

Catholics are not Christians it's devil's religion . Check out Robert breaker

[@stevenrobertson3010]

Good video. My only issue is how you pronounced Geraldo. I grew up a metalhead through the Satanic Panic and my Dad was super religious. He thought Ozzy was literally gonna make me Satanist but I grew up just fine. Have grown children, I'm happily married, always held a job, own my home and I still love Metal 🤘. Overall I don't blame my Dad. He is the best Dad. He just watched to much media and followed the narrative at that time. Hell he was only in his mid 30s at the time. He was still growing up too.

[@hangingon]

The media blew this up like they do with other issues nowadays. Sadly some people actually believe the garbage they peddle.

[@hclyrics]

Geraldo Rivera doesn't deserve to even have his name pronounced correctly.

[@stevenrobertson3010]

@@hclyrics I agree

[@ronin4713]

"Jeraldo" had me cracking up!🤣

[@morticiaheisenberg9679]

​@@hclyricsexactly!! I was going to correct her then thought "Nah, that 💩deserves it" 😂😂😂

[@kennethmorningstar9966]

I can tell you from my experience that every Metal Head was accused of being a devil worshipper during the time of the Satanic Panic. I remember being accused of devil worship in the later part of the Satanic Panic just for wearing Iron Maiden and Alice Cooper T-shirts. Funny because Alice Cooper has been a born again Christian for quite a long time.

[@jaymzb.1713]

I understand, unfortunatly it's hard to argue your point when they won't listen because Satan is just talking through you. The worst time I had was in line to get inside at an Iron Maiden concert (World Slavery Tour) there was a literal bus load of bible thumpers who all had video camera's and were shouting at us, sticking cameras in our faces saying "don't go in there, son, you will go straight to hell. Stay out here with us & we'll protect you from the devil. All really rude, loud and obnoxious "Christians" there. That was just getting into the venue. It was the best Maiden show I've ever seen though. ✌️☮️

[@ЯСмерть-ф5п]

Now it's the same just replace metal with gay/drag

[@CoreDump451]

I was accused of that when I was a teen kn the 2000s. I grew up in an Arab country (Jordan), in a consecrated Christian family and attended a private Greek Orthodox Christian school all my school years Specifically when I was 13, I got into metal and was so happy about the cool music I found and so told a lot of my friends, classmates and relatives, only to get an insane backlash and start getting called a devil worshiper, f-word and all kinds of other slurs But I embraced it completely and became goth for a while (I'm still goth in my heart) It made me quite infamous. Some people thought I could actually curse them 😂

[@ElliotPickler-sg2ed]

Me too on iron maiden shirt as well..Eddie was Satan born again on a t shirt..

[@josephpchajek2685]

Technically you are, no accustation, just fact

[@fishandchipdiaries]

One of our teachers at High School warned us of the “dangers” of Heavy Metal and that there were backwards messages etc. This was in the mid 1980s. We knew it to be absurd back then. Seems even more ridiculous now. Anyway, I bought a ticket to see Ozzy when he played in our city…

[@drmidnight680-kz2le]

It's not absurd because it can have curses and a life of bad luck in it, you lose.

[@Alcofrolicchap]

@@drmidnight680-kz2le Grow up. There is no such thing as Satan and God. They are man made fairy stories, and check your spelling. I think you meant lose not “loose”.

[@dead2802]

​@@drmidnight680-kz2le The only way to 'lose' in That scenario is if anyone is dumb enought to believe it!😳😮😊😁😂😂🐒👻🎃🐔

[@sonicroachdoggjrraven3263]

​@@drmidnight680-kz2le Just stop

[@crswro1690]

@@drmidnight680-kz2le were you raised on leaded paint chips?

[@MoriahMenz]

I was at a pool party (my in laws’ coworker, they’re all retired), everyone was 65+ except for a couple of “kids”. I brought up the satanic panic to ask their perspective on living through it and NO ONE knew what I was talking about. I was kind of shocked.

[@achristinaportillo3548]

We are at oldest 57 years old. Hahaha

[@madeofwax92]

It's something that happens a lot. People conveniently forget all the shitty things they agreed with when it turns out to be bullshit. I have seen the same thing with the war in Iraq. People who absolutely supported it at the time will go "ahh yes, that was a complete blunder. how could anyone have supported that?"

[@chilibeer3912]

That’s almost impressive

[@SecondaryHomunculus]

Oof. I lived through this. Got into metal by 1983 (age 10), parents accused me of being in cults and worshipping Satan and being a drug addict (I had literally never touched anything stronger than cough drops at the time) when I was in high school. Also lived in rural Upstate NY, so I was the one kid into death metal & industrial in 1987, so I had a handful of dedicated bullies, etc. Luckily I'm a relatively large guy and was able to defend myself well enough that I was eventually left alone, at least physically. I got attacked in public a couple times by the stereotype jock/preppie college guys in town a couple times as well. Y'know, all the hits. In a lot of ways, mostly involving being the weirdo in town and in my family, I had a "storybook" childhood. 😂 And yeah, Mike Love is an absolute traitor scumbag.

[@progrockjournal]

he Occult mprinting of Black Sabbath came from Tony Iommi, as Ozzy has stated several times in interviews. He was yes attracted to the Occult but Iommi was much more into that world.

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

I'm a bit younger than you but I had some of the same experiences. In high school, there was a clique of us. All us slacker, stoner types hung out with each other. I eventually got into the Dead and started wearing a lot of tie dye. Still do, Lol. But as an adult I spent a year in this very small town and I was basically the town "hippy". No one really liked me. I'd try to talk to people at the one little local bar but no one wanted to have anything to do with me. It was weird to me because, people generally like me. I'm a very nice person. Lol. Ever since I've been drawn to more populated areas.

[@oblomurg]

You were seduced by Lucifer into the dark side. You were a disappointment to your family. You were an evil child.

[@johnkarnaghon7784]

Yeah, f@ck mike love!!

[@raymckean1035]

satanic panic = "I don't like it/I don't understand it, so it has to be satanic".

[@controlmore8618]

no, it was actually about an underground p@3do ring of weird culty rich people the cultural aspect of it was purposefully overblown to make it seem like it's a crazy idea. it was to cover up for real people being abu$ed in a ritual way.

[@AutisticVaxtard]

You know all entertainment is Masonic?

[@mykeG13]

15:37 15:37 ​@@controlmore8618

[@mykeG13]

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[@narwalxx3733]

@@controlmore8618 do you have a source for that?

[@hereandnow44]

Great topic, I'm glad you are covering it! My experience with the satanic panic was likely typical of the time. I grew up in the 80's and 90's in the Midwest in a small a tight-knit, very conservative christian farming community. I went to private christian school from kindergarten through high school. I remember the stories flying around about Satan worshippers sacrificing kids and the evils of rock music, and the fervor and fear that they caused. The pastor often preached about it. My parents invited the pastor over and we viewed the film "Hell's Bells" meant to scare my siblings and I away from rock and metal music. I thought these stories and the panic were ridiculous and used the aforementioned film to find more bands to listen to. My christian high school held a cd and tape burning, which I also thought was ridiculous. I DO blame my parents and other community adults for buying into this panic- the truth was out there and discoverable. There was NO evidence that any of the stories were true. Suffice it to say that I did not burn my Megadeth, Metallica, Anthrax, Exodus, Motley Crue, and other rock and metal albums; I listened to them.

[@rickwaters3592]

The Bible itself & religion was invented to induce fear & keep people in control. It's ass backwards! That's why I love metal It's a big middle finger to that!

[@johnindigo5477]

And people say this generation is sensitive 😂

[@25756881]

Anytime I search this topic, I always have to conclude that the source of the problem is that conservatives listened to records backwards. It's much better if you listen to them as they were intended. Satan is Black Sabbath's song "Black Sabbath" is depicted negatively, while their songs "After Forever" and "Lord of This World" are practically Christian metal/rock songs. How on the Earth did they miss that?

[@dead2802]

Selective choosing!

[@AutisticVaxtard]

It's not like everyone is a drug addict homosexual now...

[@kellymckay1750]

I grew up through the whole Satanic Panic thing. I can say Charles Manson and The Rolling Stones concert at Altamont really put an end to the whole "peace and love" thing from the sixties and set the tone for a much darker time that eventually ushered in the "Panic". The early 80s were awesome though, discovering Mercyful Fate, Venom, Slayer for the first time.

[@coreylevine8095]

Coven got started back then also when the Altamont with the Rolling Stone and Charlie Mason happen as the sametime the Church of Satan and Rosemary Baby were out

[@kenharness7430]

I was born in 1965 in a fundamentalist Christian family. I was into heavy metal and punk rock. Eventually, my Mom and the church would make me feel guilty enough to smash my records, but when that feeling was over I would go out and buy more.

[@lorihoop3831]

Yes. I'd stop listening for a while but went back when the feeling was over too. Now, I don't listen anymore. The Sam Smith performance turned me off to the entire entertainment industry. It's a sick business, and I can no longer support it.

[@funkyweapon1981]

@@lorihoop3831 What a snowflake. I don't like the little fartknocker, but I won't give up all music because of him.

[@armlovesmetal1036]

I would never do that to any of my albums.

[@TheDrifteffect]

I grew up through this and remember it well. When I was a teen in high school Metal was very much a guilty pleasure and I usually listened through headphones cos my mother is very Christian.

[@TheDarkXn]

My mom was christian but didn't mind my music - even LIKED some! My dad - a borderline atheist - however, was convinced I was involved in Satan worship 🤦🏻‍♂️ School and stuff sucked 😐

[@MyVideos-fm7ug]

My grandfather I guess talked to my mother long time ago saying “he listens to that STEEL MUSIC!!!” hahaha It’s hilarious that he called heavy metal “steel music” 😂😂😂

[@Burke_Motorsports]

Born in 1971. So a child in the 70's. Teenager in the 80's. In my 20's in the 90's. What a time to be alive. It rocked.

[@TheMetalBlock380]

This is well done! Thank you for this! I was a teen in the 80s and survived the dark days of the PMRC ha ha! Thanks to Dee Snider, Frank Zappa and John Denver of course!

[@antonkovalenko364]

Same! 😆😆

[@madmaxcars9653]

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[@scottbubb2946]

Same here. Listened to metal AND played D&D. *GASP!* 🤣 True story: our school principal called me into his office one day and asked me if I was in a cult. He was completely serious and I thought it was hilarious. Here I am, nerding out, wearing my AC/DC shirt I got from the county fair, pretending to be a 7th level elf, listening to Black Sabbath sing After Forever with the lyrics, "God is the only way to love" and adults are thinking I'm a real menace to society. You can't make up stuff that funny. 😅 There was a guy in my class that was like this super jock guy that was in every sport and won all the awards and such. This guy that everyone held up as the last great bastion of hope for the American Way of Life was the guy I was buying weed from. Last I heard, he was doing seven years for cooking meth while I'm sitting here teaching my granddaughter how to play a G chord on the guitar so she can carry on the tradition of being a harmless trouble-maker at school. Be yourself and don't ever let authority take the fun out of you.

[@SecondaryHomunculus]

The PMRC hearings are a classic.

[@HELLRIDER.99]

I love John Denver music

[@joykeebler1916]

- Metal warns against evil (Ozzy Osbourne wears a silver Cross around his neck)

[@karlsmith2570]

I grow up during this period and being a Kiss fan since I was a kid, certain people, mostly devout Christians of the older generationsor or Christiansingeneral, would lose their shit whenever they'd find out that I liked Kiss, deeming them as Satanic. Which I'd immediately dismissed on the very strong likelihood that they were absolutely clueless and in pretty much every case, they were

[@SHEEPLESUCK]

You sadly are the clueless one.

[@WhatAboutThemApples]

Don't you mean Knights in Satan's Service? or is it Kids?

[@karlsmith2570]

@@WhatAboutThemApples Honestly, I'd heard both of these, but I personally never bought into that nonsense

[@WhatAboutThemApples]

@@karlsmith2570 Yeah i heard both as well and always had a good chuckle

[@karlsmith2570]

@@WhatAboutThemApples likewise, it made me chuckle because it basically told me that they'd had no clue what they were talking about

[@johnpyle1268]

The Satanic panic never ended.

[@funkyweapon1981]

Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

[@RickyIcecubes]

My grandma seriously thought that if you listened to too much metal music you would eventually become possessed by Satan. RIP grandma, love and miss you....but that was pure stupidity 😂😂😂😂

[@sole__doubt]

Same here. Im 45 and my grandma found my Slayer albums and gave me her possession theory. Slayer did change my life so she was right on some level. \m/

[@RickyIcecubes]

@@sole__doubt I'm 44 and for me it was Megadeth. I was mostly into glam metal and did one of those Columbia House 12 cassettes for a penny deal (my parents still owe them $250 lol) and after I picked all the ones I wanted I still had a few more left and picked So Far So Good So What because I thought the cover was awesome. When I put that tape in my old boom box and pressed play my life changed.

[@sole__doubt]

@@RickyIcecubes Oh yeah I remember the 12 tapes for penny thing, I think all of us did that back then. Reign In Blood was the album that changed my life. Angel of Death still gives me chills when I hear it, Tom screaming at the beginning the speed and ferocity of it blew me away. I didnt really get into Megadeth until the 90s when got I Rust In Peace and started playing guitar.

[@RickyIcecubes]

@@sole__doubt Pantera and Slayer are my top two favorite bands of all time.

[@sole__doubt]

@@RickyIcecubes Nice picks I guess if I had to pick 2 Id pick Slayer and Death

[@Apostate_Alexei]

I was born in 1981. My parents became jehovah's witnesses in 1984, so I was raised in the height of the satanic panic and the idea that Satan and his demons were around every corner and behind every stone. Now I'm an atheist who loves horror movies, metal music, and satanic imagery. It's all very cathartic for me. 🤘🖤🤘

[@stevekrasz1]

I know it’s not mentioned here, but I was a teenager in the mid 90’s when Marilyn Manson was huge. When he released his album “Antichrist Superatar” and watching the news at the time and going to his concerts at the that time, seeing lots of Christians and the media reports of him was pretty wild back then. Lots of parents and religious groups really thought he was some sort of spawn of Satan himself. And the protesters at the shows. Wild times for me that I’ll never forget.

[@erikmarleymusic]

@stevekrasz1 - I was there as well. The 90s were wild with the hype of Marilyn Manson and Rammstein in the wake of teen crime and whatnot.

[@TheDarkXn]

Christians thought I was the spawn of Satan just for listening to Manson and stuff - even the tamer stuff like AC/DC and Iron Maiden! 😂

[@weirdspins6315]

I don't remember who said it but some rocker when asked what they thought about Marilyn Manson and all the upset responded dismissing the shock as theatrics with "I think there's much more Marilyn than Manson about that guy". This is a paraphrase not an exact quote but it feels perfect.

[@mariarosales7837]

I remember watching 97's MTV video music awards Epic Manson's performance.

[@GredelsRage]

Have you seen the lists of his "stage behavior"? Its like 10-13 statements given by Christians about his stage show, everything from throwing live animals into the crowd to be torn apart by fans, putting children into "abortion cribs" (yes its a line from Man that you Fear thats what makes it so ridiculous.) Or him pulling girls from the crowd and raping them onstage. Check.out The Long Road to Hell (i think thats what its called. Been awhile since i read it or even thought about it.) There was debauchery, one of the reasons Twiggy left the band.

[@paulgritter7957]

Excellent video. I’m a 54 year old Metal Head, who turned out fairly well adjusted, as did my children. My son is starting his own Death Metal band, in Washington. Not my genre, but he’s got excellent vocals. I’m a Catholic, he turned out Agnostic. We share the same love and interest in playing guitar, and music in general. I’ve grown particularly fond of Scandinavian groups, they combine more classical music, and folk, with more Heavy Metal imagery. The Satanic Panic is still alive and well. Where ever there is profit to be made, there will always be “Prophets”, whom I like to refer to, as literary capitalists, exploiting people’s ignorance and superstitious fears, so they can part them fraudulently from their hard earned money.

[@teijaflink2226]

Most metal head are totally normal, well adjusted good people.This was totally ridiculous, I hate that the Qanon nutcases are trying to bring this back that thousands of children are being kidnapped, murdered and their blood is drunk.

[@TheMeJustMe75]

In the 80's Satan or Satanic Imagery was to sell records especially in Metal. Alice Cooper did an interview about Norwegian Black Metal bands and the subject matter and imagery. He laughed and said those bands don't really believe what they sing about. He said they are just kids who didn't get the attention in school that they wanted. He said sadly a few did awful things to try to convince people.

[@Celatra]

Mayhem and Behemoth would like to talk to you

[@RubyDiamond2316]

​@Celatra Many members of Mayhem themselves have admitted they were only Satanists to piss off Christians, as an outlet and for attention. They were never ddvil worshippers per se.

[@georgeallison6228]

Watch Trick or Treat. Cheesiest of chessiest movies of the time during this. Its hilarious thinking back now. We were kids having fun. Had the best music too

[@dead2802]

Emperor and Darkthrone are Still selling out and making a Blaze In The Northern Sky. Burzum, and Mortiis made a whole new black metal sub genre thats still huge called Dungeon Synth, and later Dimmu Borgir is still holding fans Spellbound! HAIL Norways Freezing Moon! 🌙

[@borisrandall666]

Tell that to Watain 😂

[@NoOneYaKnow666]

This was impressively done! As someone who had to live through that B.S. this brought back both some good, and not so good memories! For someone way too young to have been there I feel you did a good job of encapsulating that period in time.

[@dsdxtech]

I was a Teen in the latter part of the 80's and started listening to music like Kiss, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin to name a few in or around 1984 when I was just 10 years old. I grew up with only one parent, my Father and he was unaware of what I was listening to at the time. To this day I still love Thrash and Death Metal and I never believed in all the hype that went with it.

[@ghostroach4502]

Me and my step brothers were metalheads in the 80's. Kids used to cross the street instead of walk by our house, once we asked them why, and they said their parents told them we sacrificed people and animals in our backyard! We thought it was hilariously stupid, as stupid as the rest of the satanic panic. Charles Manson was really into the bible by the way.

[@jesterbons1558]

people that defend this shit like you do always have the most ridiculous comments lol you guys usually dont know anything about religion or what the bible says 😂🤦‍♂️

[@joshuamoody7729]

Manson was a big fan of the bible that he attempted to start a race war. He loved it that much. That’s something…isn’t it?

[@jesterbons1558]

@@joshuamoody7729 so your repeating what the original comment is saying just replacing the bible with it lol

[@funkyweapon1981]

I hate how this all started because of goddamn dirty hippies! That includes all the cool stuff, too.

[@njdevilsforlifewoohoo5533]

The book “Michelle Remembers” is was 100% fiction.

[@fvez_]

Fr. While I do believe Michelle really said everything that was said in the book, she was definitely manipulated and coursed to fit her thoughts for an agenda, in this case Satanism.

[@Thorsoak]

As a child of the 80’s I’ve got to say it was the satanic panic that scared the shit out of me. I could hear the music and have no clue it was what they were talking about but things people told me about the bands terrified me! I remember my kindergarten teacher telling us KISS stood for kids in satins service and that terrified me but if i heard a KISS song i wouldn’t have ever guessed it was then lol

[@mattmarkowitz8894]

This is a super well-done video. Official documentary quality. Keep metal alive \m/

[@imaKaiya]

Thank you!! I really appreciate it 🙏🏻❤ Planning on doing more vids like this in the near future.

[@HonRevPTB]

​@@imaKaiyaYou should, and it's pronounced Heraldo!

[@darrenhunt9049]

As a Metalhead in the 80s and also Australian where religion is basically irrelevant it was amusing to see what was happening in the USA. That Tipper Gore moll raised record sales and had her arse handed to her by Dee Snyder in court in that most memorable video footage. Hail Odin!

[@funkyweapon1981]

Dee Snyder and Frank Zappa roasted her ass big time.

[@TheMeJustMe75]

I was a pre teen in the 80's and the music was awesome especially Metal. What's interesting is the number of bands or specific members are born again Christians. You got Alice Cooper who is very active in the Methodist Church and teaches Sunday School when he isn't touring. Dave Mustaine has gone on mission trips to third world countries and actively helps other people in music with their addictions. There are others who are devout Christians in Metal.

[@Punkmonker]

Hysteria like this still prevails. We learned absolutely nothing from this moral panic. Edit: I actually have a relevant story here. When I was in high school, my friends and I were really interested in playing D&D after coming up with a set-up off the dome and setting it up with Monopoly pieces. One of my friends and his brother were raised in a very religious household. Their mom has often gone to Africa as a missionary. Upon hearing their interest, she was quick to say no, saying D&D is an ode to witchcraft and Satan. My friend's brother and their mom went back and forth about it on our way to the mall so we could look at some D&D books. The convo quickly stopped when she threatened to ground him. This was back in 2019.

[@SonofSethoitae]

Crackpots are still teaching that D&D is Satanic? Yikes

[@felixandersson4710]

A really good video,you should absolutely be proud of it.We had the exact same hysteria here in Sweden and i heard about it all the time.

[@TANehls]

This is very well done. Providing the background of music, entertainment, and other social events of the 60s and 70s providing a good foundation building up to the 80s. As a teen in the 80s I witnessed all the music, movies, D&D and entertainment described.

[@Dan82W]

Dee Snider’s testimony during the PRMC hearings was legendary. Anyone interested in the subject owes it to themselves to watch that footage

[@ericv7720]

It was exactly the Satanic Panic that drove me to heavy metal and D&D back in the day. There used to be pamphlets handed out by church groups listing bands that kids should not listen to, like Mercyful Fate, Ruthless, Slayer, and of course Iron Maiden. And of course, I got into all those bands. Once death metal came around, with Morbid Angel and Nocturnus, I took to it like a duck to water!

[@christopherconard2831]

I used to find those pamphlets and Christian comics stuffed in my locker at school. I was a giant, long haired, greasy teen that walked around wearing an Iron Maiden T-shirt and D&D books in my backpack. All while living in the bible belt. It didn't help that a friend, as a joke, told people that I was a satanic priest.

[@FWDSUXARSE]

It had the Streisand Effect when they demonized heavy metal. Totally the opposite effect with kids that they thought it would. 😂

[@funkyweapon1981]

@@FWDSUXARSE They were also projecting.

[@smyhk2883]

Satanic Panic survivor here. Nice job summarizing that ridiculous period of time. I caught crap from both ends being a long-hared metal and a D&D nerd. "Rock shirts" were banned at both my middle and high school. My friend's Dad actually asked me why I was involved with Satanism after looking at the back of an Iron Maiden t-shirt I was wearing. I thought the mother of another friend was going to have an annerism after I mentioned were going to play some D&D while having a backyard camp out. I turned out just fine. Had a 22 year career in the military, raised a family, and coincidentally grew my hair out again while playing guitar in a metal band. So glad that idiocy has passed.

[@weirdspins6315]

Thank you for this. I'm 55 years old. I lived through this era I've always been a fan of the worst horror movies (as in sometimes those that are extreme and in other times those that are just genuinely poorly made and amusingly bad). Also a fan of shock rock and heavy metal. During the satanic panic and the attack on the day care and all that nonsense, Geraldo's show etc... I sat in constant awe and frustration at how anyone could possibly be taking this nonsense seriously to the point that I was (rightly) feeling positive even as a teen that this morality squad of adults and authority were attacking and literally destroying the lives of innocent people. Today I sometimes do little mentions of extreme bands on my channel. Recently covering some material by Abigor and Fit for an Autopsy. I state on the channel I don't take it seriously. Sure there are criminals, mentally ill and dangerous people in any scene. Ozzy for example has battled addiction and mental health issues in his life but if you read the lyrics to any black Sabbath or ozzy album it's pretty easy to figure out the guy was religious but polar opposite of Satanist. If anything he wrote little superstitious warning songs falling in line with Christian theology. It bothers me that today grouos like Q perpetuate even more extreme nonsense, again bringing harm to innocent people such as the pizza clerk that was shot by a follower over lies. Again there are maniacs yes. But it seems they are quick to recall people like murderer Varg from Burzum killing because "Satan" but nevermind guys like evangelical extremist Jim Jones responsible for a mass homicide because "Jesus". This isn't to say religion is bad. There are bad people. But looking at Burzum, at Jones, at twin towers, at Gaza right now I must admit a bit of me waxes poetic over John Lennon's "Imagine no religion". Bottom line... I wish everyone could just stop taking it all so seriously.

[@mortalwombat2001]

Abigor the Austrian band ?

[@weirdspins6315]

@@mortalwombat2001 yeah I show and describe a bit of the old school tone of a cd but got the titles crossed between nachthymnen and Verwustung which is the one actually showing. Should have recalled the other having the much prettier cover. Lol

[@mortalwombat2001]

@@weirdspins6315 Cool ! Liked Abigor too, own some of their cd's. I discovered them almost by accident. I downloaded one of their acoustic songs and one time I noticed the distorted guitar at the beginning (a fade from the previous song). Edit: I just checked my album collection: I own Verwüstung, Opus Iv and Supreme Immortal Art.

[@mortalwombat2001]

@@weirdspins6315 BTW you like Summoning ?

[@weirdspins6315]

@@mortalwombat2001 yes I do. Am into a lot of genres and music. Only 55 year old I know of who knows what aliencore is. Lol. Was a record vendor at flea market from childhood. My mother sold incense and little novelty gifts and I set up my own table next to her. Today collect 60s and 70s prog, horror and exploitation b movie incidental soundtracks, metal with quite a bit of death, folk and black metal, vintage and new Disneyland lps (yes really), and 78s with a special attraction to finding obscure doo wop and blues 78s and about anything pre 1930 on 78. Oldest record in the collection is 117 years. One sider on Victor just a little vaudeville ditty. Also have quite a bit of baroque and some vintage jazz. Worked in Public radio decades ago and learned a bit more about jazz and world music in my 8 years there. To be fair the only Summoning album I have is Oath Bound but I love the sysnths and wood instruments in it. Heavy on atmosphere but the vocals are a little buried in echo.

[@TanzDerSchatten]

I was a teenager in a very religious community during the days of the panic. I remember people swallowing all sorts of ridiculous stories about satanic rituals and demonic possessions and yes, we were warned frequently about the music we listened to. Now I have a teenaged son and though we're still religious, he and I enjoy a lot of the same rock and metal bands with no problem. He gave me a Metallica shirt for Father's Day.

[@natemottor8462]

Awesome video! It's interesting to see how views have changed so much over a few decades. Metal capitalized on this issue and made dozens of songs about it. Some humorous, somewhat dated examples, are the songs "Lovely" by Suicidal Tendencies, "Startin up a Posse" by Anthrax, and a warning on Motley Crues' "Shout at the Devil" that this record may contain backwards messages.

[@TheDarkXn]

Don't forget the brilliant and hilarious backtracked gibberish intro to Iron Maiden's song "Still Life", off of their 1983 album, Piece of Mind

[@funkyweapon1981]

@@TheDarkXn What ho said the t'ing with the three 'bonce', don't meddle with things you don't understand...Belch!

[@Pooh-vt2ms]

My parents are still satanic paniccing as I become more satanic. 😳 What I mean is, I started liking metal a year ago, and my parents recently talked to me about how I was listening to demonic music, which honestly just makes me want to be a satanist. I don't think I actually want to, but hearing my parents say that made me realize how impactful the satanic panic was, it wasn't merely in the past by all means.

[@SerpentineSeiđr]

Being a Satanist isn't very exciting. We don't do any kind or ritual sacrifice, animal or human, and we don't try to summon demons. We don't believe in them, for a start. 🤘

[@YourGoodness]

​@@SerpentineSeiđryou're crazy read John 3 v 16 “for God so love the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life”

[@PapaMetal47]

This is a great documentary, well done! Super fun and engaging.

[@imaKaiya]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! 🙏🏻❤

[@Fiendstein]

the 70s & 80s were an amazing time to be alive!

[@anthonyallen8962]

This was a great and well thought out video. Stay Metal. I grew up in the south, and was literally born on Halloween and naturally liked darker colors and themes and a very early age. Because of all that i had a shit ton of rumors about me, everything from obviously being a satanist. And shit like i had buried animals at the end of my driveway, because i had crosses that my grandmother had put up cause she cant see in the dark very well, so she had them at the end of the driveway so she could see where to turn. Of course it didnt help none when you wore band shirts like Cannibal Corpse, Incantation Mayhem. Literally when i first got into the metal and darker stuff, i was one of the only 3 metalheads at my school. Yeah shit sucked for a while.

[@dericwechter]

Great job on your video! I lived through the Satanic Panic and you have taught me more about it than I previously knew, despite being familiar with the crazy Geraldo show where he named Ozzy as the Prince of Darkness.

[@annetteslife]

I was a teen in the mid 80s and was born around the birth of the PMRC, Ozzy biting the head off of a bat and the death of teens due to subliminal messages from Judas Priest and Ozzy Osbourne as well the birth of thrash metal thanks to SLAYER, Metallica, and Megadeth

[@jsinrobbins4614]

The guy Geraldo is interviewing, Colonel Michael Aquino, was also implicated in the Johnny Gosch missing child case...

[@Rev_rider775]

If I remember correctly. Isn't he the founder of The temple of SET?

[@jsinrobbins4614]

I do believe that is correct...

[@lorihoop3831]

It is correct. He and LaVeys daughter defected from the church of Satan and founded the temple of set. Demonic, both organizations.

[@hclyrics]

As a theistic Satanist myself, I appreciate this video. Excellently put together!

[@DarkHermit-wz5or]

I am an athist dark socerer. I do not believe in devil or God but I do beileve in black magic as I would like to think that I am a specialist in hexing people. I know 4 of my hexes that have worked. I have lookied into satanic philosiphy and find that it is very sound advice. It is a shame that satanists hurt and kill children and babies. I feel this is not nessisary to tap into dark energy or subconscious entities. Heaven, Hell, entities, spirits etc are all subconscious in my opinion. I wish there was a hell I would go there so I could see all the evil nasty people suffer for all eternity, this includes murderers, violent offenders, pedophilies and gangstars, bullies etc. Your very bold putting this up into the open. I still read second hand theistic books though and learn from them. I have an astral temple in my subconscious hell which I meditation on every once in a while.

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

I lived through it. Things were just different back then. I brought my son to see Iron Maiden. His first concert. That would've been unthinkable when I was his age. Bands like Kiss who today seem just cute really were thought of as these monstrous, devil worshipping corruptors of the youth. A tattoo meant you were a lowlife or a criminal. It was just different then.

[@RiffMajestic]

Haven't watched the video yet, but the title alone reminds me of "Reefer Madness". Folks gettin' crazy over nothing back in the day. I was a teen in the mid 80's so I do remember the "all metal is satanic" mentality from a lot of people that had no clue.

[@rashedwhatley2322]

I am a music major in college and Metal is my favorite music. Death Metal is my favorite genre of extreme music. I also love Black Metal and Speed Thrash. This is a great video that educates about the world I live in. Metal rules supreme!

[@matthewmutchman6360]

I have never understood the people who burned and destroyed albums. They bought the album to do that, which only ended up supporting the bands they were trying to take down

[@tegantalks9612]

As a metal fan and someone who has seen iron maiden in concert a few times (I also met my husband at an Iron Maiden show), I think people showing up to protest them is hilarious. I can just picture me and my friends walking past these idiots and yelling, “get fucked” at them.

[@samanthalewin6210]

The drummer is a born again Christian!

[@BxLxZxBob]

Girl, Bravo! I grew up in all of this, watching skeptically due to so many chopped, crappy vids. But this is the best, most in depth video I have ever seen. You covered so much of the high points that I cannot even give you any grand points you left out. I am still a metalhead, always will be. What's funny is, if you look around, metal is not the driving force of satanic tones anymore, it's pop music, Hollywierd (it's always been Hollywood first with Satanism. Did you know that the choice wood that magic wands were made of Holly trees?) and the CIA, FBI and politicians driving it nowadays. I look back and see 80s metal as warning us what to watch out for. Anyways, you did a wonderful job on this video. Thank you for this, I will definitely share, watch again and continue to view more of your product. Save the children, this is not over, the satanic rituals are still going strong. 10th man. What a great quote! P.S. God, I hated the P.M.R.C.! Lol

[@elizabethp1262]

Holy shit. Someone learned nothing from the video

[@scottreynolds5455]

I was a victim. I broke my Led Zepplin IV over mental insecurity and stories. I had to purchase it again in maturity. That is there best album in my IMHO.

[@DeadShred9]

I lived it ! Turned 15 in 1980 so I remb. the PMRC hearings in 1984 , where Dee Snider singer for Twisted Sister Leveled Tipper the Chair person of The PMRC and her husband ( Inventor of the Internet ) Al Gore LOL . I was into Heavier Music like Venom , Coroner early Metallica ect. But also Glam Metal like Motley Crue , Ratt , Dokken , Wasp ect. I remb. Nikki Sixx Bass Player of Crue saying if they wanted to put a Violent & Explicit Lyrics Stickers on Motley Crue records he would go put the stickers on himself . Since young Kids would be curious and seek those records out boosting sales ! It was all a blast and we smoked a little pot and drank beer , had big hair and chased pretty girls . I never met any fan of these Music styles who worshipped Satan ! It's good to see a young Woman covering this Topic since all these years later WE still get a kick out of the Overreaction by the Grown ups and Media at the time . Those days were the Best and I wish that style of Music was still popular yet it always comes around again so eventually it will I think . Very thorough Job you did here Thanks We Appreciate It !!!

[@dontfearthereaper9528]

I discovered Metallica in 87. No one told me about them I was just scanning through cassettes at Target and thought damn these dudes look tough. It was the original Garage Days. So I took it home and would go to my next-door neighbors whose son had left for the Marines and would lift his weights out in their garage and listen to that cassette. Fast forward a couple years later and now I have Ride the Lightning album and killem all and Master of Puppets. I'm now working at a grocery store so I would come home many days around 11:00 or midnight go to sleep get up and go to high school the next day and when I had a day off I would come home and put on one of my cassettes and crash hard because I've been working all week and because I got into this routine of sleeping with my Metallica music my mother jumped to conclusions and thought I was doing drugs even though I explained to her I was wore out from doing school and working till midnight. Didn't matter they all got confiscated😂😂

[@UmpORama]

It was a hard time to be a fan of metal, for sure. I found your vid pretty thorough in its explanation and enjoyed it. So many memories of that time. I do have one question, the biggest fall out came at the end of this and it's the tragic story of the West Memphis 3. Why wasn't it included? Might be worth it's own video someday. Excellent work! 🤘

[@asdf9890]

I graduated in 94, so my childhood was the 80's. I remember about the time I started noticing non-kids music, this was a hot topic and being a kid I didn't know better. Later as I got older I started to see how ridiculous some of the claims were. I ended up becoming a life long Maiden fan partially because of the curiosity sparked by the crazy claims! I also bought Deicide's first album, it was too much for 14 year old me lol. Only album (cassette) I actually returned to Camelot Music haha. Among many things I heard was "demons come through the TV when you watch things like that, you'll get possessed", "no one that age would play music like that, they're your dad's age!", "bands like Stryper are to lead bad kids to Jesus, they aren't meant for Christian kids though".

[@funkyweapon1981]

I got into music because of a non-kids band, Van Halen, when I was 3. That was back when the album 1984 came out. The song was Jump.

[@asdf9890]

@@funkyweapon1981I was a bit older, but that song was very popular then! Heard it out in public, a lot.

[@dsdxtech]

Kaiya thank you for such a great video! This is the first time I viewed any of your content and I must say you hit it out of the park with this one! I look forward to viewing more of your videos. Keep up the good work, you are doing an awesome job! You're a star. You narration skills are impeccable and your voice is perfect!

[@andrewharper1609]

One thing that gets me is the Pentagram is traditionally a protective symbol. Its supposed to ward against evil.

[@BlackieNuff]

Hey, Kaiya! Great work on this video! You have a real knack for documentary style videos! Everything you covered sounded right (takes me back!! LOL), or even brought new stuff to light for me, and this is considering "I was there", growing up during the era. Fortunately for me, the worst I experienced was just utter annoyance and nuisance of censorship and perpetuated hysteria by the "moral majority" decrying the "wickedness" of everything rock or metal. The only thing I could possibly add is a wee trivial detail, regarding that medical bill Iron Maiden producer Martin Birch received ; the actual total was £666... and 66p - but then, what's loose change worth, right? LOL Again, great job on this video! I thoroughly enjoyed it!

[@laurenfaye82]

im 18 years old and i am aa huge metal fan, so of course i never experienced that, but i think the fact that I am a blonde girl, who doesnt dress alt, and works at a fine dining restaurant, makes it obvious that metal is not some dark thing. honestly, my mental health lightened when i found metal. everyone is always so surprised when i tell them im a metalhead. Also, rn im in a 90s marilyn manson and nine inch nails phase, so watching the old interviews with them shows how much things have changed

[@Dracula616-u5g]

Try listening at: Satanic Metal Vs Pink Floyd

[@konowd]

Back on the eighties people thought you were evil if you liked metal, like it was conclusive proof you worshipped the devil. It’s all silly now, but people really believed Metal and punk were dangerous for teens to listen to. I miss those days, musics so boring today, there’s no danger in it

[@BlackieNuff]

They also equated metal with drugs and crime. I have always been staunchly opposed to drugs, and I was not very keen on tobacco and alcohol, either, so it really pissed me off when people accused me of anything related to drugs, or criminal activity (juvenile delinquency) - of which I had NO criminal history or record, save for one or two minor "five-finger-discount" episodes when I was no older than 13 (well before I even discovered metal), all based on nothing but my metal interests. The ignorance and prejudice of the time was quite remarkable, and not in any good way.

[@brianhays1797]

Best example of this was the West Memphis Three, and how HBO actually helped them in the long run.

[@TheNadzed]

As a very young lad studying for my 1st communion in 1970, we warned about a evil group who was trying to get us to accept Satan and our lord and savior The Band is Black Sabbath, the album is Black Sabbath, and the Song is Black Sabbath The unholy trio A neighbor came home from Vietnam and lent me this record Scared me silly, but I managed to survive The beginning of Heavy Metal Still a head banger

[@terrymcgee7361]

In the 80s in Sunday School we had to listen to all the talk of the very same backward masking issues that you mentioned. Of course, I was interested later in life to learn about psychology and the concept of priming. If you tell someone they are going to hear something, they will hear that something. You have to test things like that without priming the person about what they should hear. Now we know. Lol

[@AmyDaisy69]

While backmasking can be intentional, the majority of it is coincidence. There is a lot of gibberish, and you don't hear them crying about the coincidental positive messages. You are correct with the concept of priming. It doesn't have to actually say what it is, only sound similar. You can suggest what it says to someone then they will hear it as you suggest. It's hard to unhear it even with a trained ear.

[@rickwaters3592]

I listened to Stairway to Heaven backwards & heard stuff nobody told me to listen for. 1 time he says " Hollywood you will worship me or suffer sadly " ! Also " He is God & He is King. " follows " Here's to my sweet Satan.

[@terrymcgee7361]

@@rickwaters3592 That’s the right way to do it. But have someone else listen without telling them what to hear. See if they also hear what you did without you planting it in their mind.

[@MilikUrdap]

Excellent video. You just forgot one thing. Deep Purple (the other band that created Heavy Metal alongside Black Sabbath) released their famous "Made in Japan" live álbum. One of the songs there, "The Mule", openly saying that they are "Lucifer's Friends, a slave of the Mule".

[@jlobiafra]

There was a band called "Lucifers Friends" in 1970 also.

[@adamschulte4119]

Dressed up like Iron Maiden mascot Eddie for Halloween one year. A house was passing out pamphlets about satanism in rock n roll and directly mentioned Iron Maiden. Now an educated, married man and took my son to see them live last year

[@samanthalewin6210]

Well done. I hope you had a good night.

[@americanmariachi97]

There's also Vic Rattlehead from the late 80s and early 90s (Vic was most popular in 1990)

[@rascaltuff]

ricky kasso is from my hometown 😭😭😭 the murder was about drugs. not satan or whatever. and it’s heartbreaking. there was a lot of sensational content about it at the time that was use to totally smear our town and continue perpetuating the stereotype of scary metal kids. so sad😕

[@chestbuster1987]

Damn. Good job! I was not expecting a video of this length and quality! Keep'em coming!

[@AndrewJShirley]

Love that you've used synthwave style music in this, a genre that's definitely picked up and using in part the Satanic panic imagery and more in their music and live shows. Bands like Carpenter Brut, Perturbator, Dance With The Dead, Nightstalker and more.

[@eon14873]

Perturbator are especially amazing

[@funkyweapon1981]

@@eon14873 Synthwave kicks so much ass!

[@Keifus666]

Great research on everything. I'm digging you playing the Phantasm music while talking about serial killers. It goes well with the subject.

[@BBQFREAKSHOW]

Phantasm was such a great movie. Soooo creepy.

[@funkyweapon1981]

@@BBQFREAKSHOW BoooooOOOOOOOYYYY!!!

[@jlobiafra]

Fear on saturday night live in 1981 has to be the first time slam dancing was shown to a mainstream audience

[@IheartDogs55]

I grew up in an ultra conservative Christian home. The adults in my life saw "Satan" (a fictional character, btw!) around every corner. Religion, with its conspiracies & superstitions, has damaged so many people. You did a good job in putting this together. Ronald Reagan was beloved by so many Americans while he ran up our debt & our deficit. Reagan ignored the AIDS crisis. He wanted to stop the progress society was making. It's no wonder that the music reflected the backlash against his policies! I'm now 68, & I have been watching religious conservatives clutch their pearls over changes in society for decades. It's funny & it's sad at the same time. I'm glad there are people like you who challenge the status quo. 🤘

[@cody_charlesguitar]

This is amazing! I never thought about Charles Manson causing people to fear hippies. That makes so much sense now that I think about it!

[@SavageAudits]

Watch a Tom Oneill interview or read his book, Chaos. Manson may have been a creation of shadowy CointelPro agents, with the intent of destroying the peace and love vibe of the Hippies.

[@TheGodseye76]

I was in 5th grade the first time I heard and saw Ozzy. I was at a buddies house and his brother had a Bark At The Moon poster. Same day, heard that album and fell head over heels. It scared the shit out of me and I had to start sneaking the tapes. Ahh, what a killer time for music. Great video, btw!

[@uignireddngfiurdsgfiurdse]

This is why I love Venom and Slayer. To hear their satanic content, one needs to play them forwards.

[@christianleeabracadabraaci4526]

I was a teen during the satanic panic,,,slayer came out and that's when my parents really freaked out

[@kevinkelley3906]

Every person who says Ozzy worships the devil has never actually listened to the lyrics.

[@kirkhensley5870]

Again, with Bill Hicks; "If you're playing your records backwards, *you are Satan.* You needn't look any further. And don't go ruining my stereo to prove a point."

[@motorcitywestauto4674]

I was a teenager in the 80s, and all I can say to people that weren't around yet..... Sorry for you. There will never be a repeat of the 80s in any form. That was the last hoo-rah. I went to so many concerts I can't remember them all. Ozzy/Metallica/Megadeth/KISS/Plasmatics/Poison/Iron Maiden/and on and on. I've probably been to 200 major shows and a ton at local smaller places. Fake IDs were easy to get and were accepted, it was like Disneyland and I went on every ride. Slept with a ton of women, usually a lot older than me, and just had a blast. I wouldn't trade those years for anything. And the music from the 80s be it metal/pop/hip hop/rock/country, whatever. That music is still played regularly and daily on stations across the states. More so than any other decade. The 80s are still popular.

[@fullauto86]

Nice shirt girl! Excellant video, I was a metal head as a kid and had to deal with a mom who was enveloped by this stupid shit, I’m glad it’s being talked about regularly, finally, I’ve been waiting awhile for this to be common knowledge, a lot of years. (You said deBUted, you say it like “day beud”. Also it’s Anton levey lol sorry I’m just letting ya know, great video :) also also you’re absolutely correct about slayer being the birth of death metal, I fully agree.

[@BladeObssession]

I used to draw pictures of the demon on the Dio album The Last In Line in my art class when I was in High School and I actually had to go to the principles office for it and was accused of being a devil worshiper

[@hendersonbradshaw3098]

Well done! Nicely researched - well delivered in narrative - well supported in images. I’m 70, so I’m too old for it (though I remember it in the news) and you are too young, but I believe you have nailed it.

[@andreveach7520]

About 30ish years back; attending a Catholic Church 'youth group'; parent/Youth Minister FLIPPED when I told someone I was listening to Metallica; brought her lyrics to "Creeping Death" the next week; she recognized it as "book of Exodus"; ironically her name is/was 'Karen'......

[@Docsjeff]

Putting a “Parental Advisory” on a record cover will guarantee it will SKYROCKET in Sales. Anyone rmbr “Prohibition”? You take something away from people,it will make them want it more.

[@izzy574]

I personally grew up during the "Satanic panic," having turned 14 in 1980. It was during this time that I began to listen to rock music, which having grown up in a religious home, my father did NOT appreciate my kind of music, which BTW wasn't death metal but groups such as Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath (ALL of which I STILL love to this day!). I also read the Satanic bible out of curiosity more than anything else, and experimented with a 'Ouija board, ' omg!! Needless to say, my father did NOT appreciate any of this and he personally broke my rock albums and Ouija board!! That'll show me! Nope!! That caused me to rebel all the more!! So, in a weird way I can identify with those who were wrongly accused of being 'satanists!' And all along my father had been 'physically abusing ' my mother whom I protected as much as I able to. To this day I don't care for organized religion, having experienced what I went through, but to each their own. The 80s were definitely a crazy time to have been through. Thanks for creating this video!

[@caesthoffe]

im a relatively young metal head and i still get comments about "going to hell" and "repenting" from rock music... definitely hasn't gone completely

[@SevenStarSkyes]

For sure, I've seen whole channels almost dedicated to trying to convince people that rock/metal is satanic... still. It's crazy I myself am Christian, but wow I realize how crazy some of them can be, freaking out over the smallest of things. I'm glad I grew up with parents that were chill with things that most Christians lost their minds on Also, I'm more of a rock fan, not so much metal (mostly due to stylistic preferences), but there's still some metal bands I like, like SoaD

[@jimangel698]

I said it in the 80s and I'll say it now.... Fuck censorship.... Metalheads today should thank Dee Snider for standing up to congress and the P.M.R.C., if not for him things would be a lot different now

[@JohnKerans]

I heard about the McMartin case on a podcast and its mindblowing how insane the accusations got

[@MadHax-wt5tl]

As an 80s teen, I was right into the goriest horror movies and the loudest death metal. And the most negative thing I experienced during that entire time, was the backlash against it from people who knew absolutely nothing about it. I know all the negative press was total BS, because here I am now. Healthy happy and dedicating my time to adopting senior cats and looking after them in their retirement years. In the name of Satan of course.😸😈

[@jeannedouglas9912]

Very well done. Thanks for not being a robot and showing just how insightful and informative you and many others are.

[@drewstar412]

Thank you for posting this video. Most vids that I have seen on KZbin, when revisiting the "Satanic Panic" (I was born in the mid 60s, and grew up during this. I remember it well), are solely on Dungeons & Dragons. I never played DnD, but was deep into music. And that is the part, that I remember, where the Satanic Panic was really leery of. Thank you for covering the Procter & Gamble logo. We had a Procter & Gamble factor here, and people use to make comments about the sign that had that logo. I am considered an odd duck, so, I was always intrigued with all this. I was never scared of it, nor, were my parents. I would read a lot of books in the libary, on Bigfoot, UFO, Myth, Legends, Monsters & Cryptids, so when the Satanic Panic rolled around, it was nearly, par of my course.

[@KingRichard1013]

The Satanic panic thing was a load of horseshit. It did nothing but show just how ignorant and how clueless all those people who were against heavy-metal were and pretty much anything in pop-culture. And also when they even accuse bands like Ozzy Osbourne and even Judas Priest for hiding subliminal messages in their songs telling teenagers to kill themselves. Yeah that’s just them blaming and pointing the finger instead of taking responsibility for being shitty parents. That was there way of not being able to take responsibility for being crappy parents. Like oh gee I don’t know probably because they were not giving their kids barely any attention and that could probably explain why they killed themselves. Just looking for any reason to blame the music just because their kids listened to it.

[@drmidnight680-kz2le]

It's because they don't want the wicked to influence the eternal fate of their children's soul.

[@Geezer-yf8hv]

Pretty much the same mindset that demonized marijuana!