The Evolution of Death Metal (1985 - 2021 Guitar Riff Compilation)

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Hold your horses ladder. Before you comment “no cannibal corpse/ morbid angel/ deicide? Wtf?!” I’ll let you know that I didn’t include them because I already made dedicated videos for all those bands before. Check them out. Cannibal Corpse video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2SZgmCZnNSZeNU Morbid Angel video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6jGcnivfL9-aJo Deicide video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5-unXhqdqaKraM

[@Chaos_Smoker]

here, a man of culture

[@blackandredbrian3515]

Glad you pointed that out…I was about to comment. This was cool stuff, dude!

[@АндрейИванов-т5ъ9ы]

where Behemoth

[@qbas14]

I really like that you don't pick the most obvious songs for your riff compilations. Very refreshing

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thanks! I do pride myself in my good taste.

[@DavidStines]

But ... Necrophagia? Death? I like possessed but why not start in 83 when it really happened?

[@DavidStines]

​@@jojoplaysmusicnone the less still very excited for your yt career but I'm a death metal junkie and have been a long time, start with 83' that's where this shit comes from.

[@codywhite1995]

Crazy that the guitarist from Primus played the first death metal song

[@james6167]

what

[@diabeticmonkey]

@@james6167Larry Lalonde was in Possessed

[@nestalgeek3991]

It's always nice to see young guys playing metal classics (and newer stuff!). Keep up the good work, liked and subscribed to encourage you ;)

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thank you so much!

[@ChristopherHernandez-ko8ju]

Holy shiiieeeet this is so sick, you're such a monster, I dream to play like that someday, perfect choices, thanks a lot for this content, brutaaaal 🤘🤘♥🔥

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thank you so much! And thank YOU for watching!

[@andreneves2355]

Sepultura, simplicidade no riff, mas com muita energia. Orgulho Nacional

[@H3lioBarros]

E pensar que nessa época era tudo uns pivetes punheteiros, mas fazendo um death metal de qualidade.

[@LocustStar21]

Best Death Metal compilation ever published in YT. Congrats! 🤘🏼

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Hey thank you so much man!

[@ckoegl]

Man, seriously correct selection. Massive thumbs up for recognizing Venom Prison as a relevant Death Metal combo, they rock!

[@Trollmann85]

Nocturnus :O You get my thumbs up!

[@12breacher82]

THAT was one wicked walkthrough of death metal history. Sits well with the individual band journey’s you already covered. Absolute hails for getting Sarpanitum and Blood Incantation in there. Awesome awesome job and playing all around!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thank you so much man! Yeah, that Sarpanitum album is one of my favorite death metal albums of all time.

[@datnillavondizzle]

Thank you to the young ones STILL holding that old fort down! Cheers my man!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Cheers man!

[@titomartinez9421]

This video serves as a great reference gate for some killer death metal. Good work! 🤟

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thanks man! That was mostly my intention here.

[@patrickruizrodriguez5217]

This made me so fckn happy...I knew most of the bands featured here. Thank you very much dude.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Hey no problem man! Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@altnap]

This is sick you deserve more views and subs!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Hey thank you so much! Any form of sharing the videos and support helps me a lot.

[@robertmessham3175]

Leviathan rules

[@altnap]

ong!! best bm band in my opinion

[@robertmessham3175]

@@altnap can’t get much better

[@Dseraph1808]

You have been killing it in these compilations lately, amazing stuff!! Would you consider doing one of these for thrash?

[@konosmar8719]

Wow awesome work! Also I found Sarpanitum bc of this so thanks

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Sarpanitum is so good

[@kylewest3095]

This is an insane set list

[@jojoplaysmusic]

What was your favorite?

[@ChristianFlores-yf2py]

@@jojoplaysmusic spheres of madness

[@kaoko111]

Love your Evilheart T shirt, i'm actually from the same city and watched them live several times, they are amazing.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Cln represent!

[@the_malefactor]

Representing with Suffocation AND Sarpanitum? Legit, dude!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Blessed Be My Brothers is one of my favorite Death Metal albums of all time. I HAD to include them.

[@XX-mx4jt]

I'm thankful to see a video that comprises of riffs from bands that aren't frontline mainstream death metal.

[@andrewkeen3129]

You're quite the monster player my dude, I'd even call you a riff master haha. Enjoying all of your videos here man thank you.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thank you so much! Glad you’re enjoying them! And yes, I might be the riff master.

[@wandring1]

Yo this rips. It's gonna be nuts to see what the death metal scene is gonna be like 30 years from now.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thank you! Yeah I think death metal is gonna get weirder.

[@drunkduck9854]

It will be dead, there will be far less death metal than today

[@tylerbrubaker2331]

@@drunkduck9854 idk, death metal's still kickin and being innovated, despite already being a 35 year old genre

[@drunkduck9854]

@@tylerbrubaker2331 name an innovative death metal band and tell me what is so innovative about them. Also death metal is not "still kickin" there hasn't been any death metal bands since 2000as well known as death, CC, entombed, morbid angel, etc. Also 37 years because death metal started in '85 and we in 2022

[@tylerbrubaker2331]

@@drunkduck9854 I genuinely can't tell if you're a boomer or a 14 year old who just picked up their first cannibal cd, but there's plenty of stuff. Of course there aren't any bands as big as Death or Morbid Angel, because they were literally the biggest bands in the genre, but that doesn't mean modern stuff isn't successful. Tech death bands like Inferi and Archspire are doing plenty well for themselves carving out their own unique niche for themselves simply because they're some of the most technically proficient musicians out there. Then there's stuff like Ingested which takes brutal death metal we all know and love like Dying Fetus and Suffocation, down tuning it and giving it clearer production. There's also a million and one underground bands that are keeping the old spirit alive with raw production, cheesy lyrics and caveman riffs, just like there always has been. Plus the greats like Cannibal Corpse are still putting out unique music, selling out venues and getting a fuck ton of articles written about them. There's also the slam and goregrind bands/influences which have been steadily mixing and infusing themselves with a whole bunch of genres that all still fall under the umbrella term of "death metal" No matter which way you slice it, death metal is still alive and still bringing in new audiences whether it's on their own merit or people are discovering them through deathcore, which is a whole other topic unto itself.

[@baldyhead]

Excellent. It must have been hard to choose what to put in. Nice to see Anaal Nathrakh in there. Would have been nice to see Cancer; Benediction; Gorerotted or Akercocke. I know you have done Napalm Death, Carcass and the mighty Bolt Thrower but maybe you could do a British Death Metal compilation, or is that too specialised? Cheers!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Yeah I could do something about british death Metal in the future. I made sure to include Akercocke here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aomvnHSZi6mDetE

[@paulphoenix1669]

Amazing video man some of my all time favs here: Gorguts, Dying Fetus, Demilich, Cryptopsy,Blood Incantation. Can't believe you didn't include and Deicide or Cannibal Corpse though, that seems sacrilege! You also showed me some badass new tracks and bands. Killer playing man \m/ in awe tbh. Subscribed

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thank you so much man! Really appreciate it! Welcome aboard! Yeah I didn’t include deicide and CC Bc I already include them in other videos and also made dedicated videos to their discographies. So instead I included bands I hadn’t before.

[@paulphoenix1669]

@@jojoplaysmusic yeah I've since seen those videos so makes sense haha

[@RoRo-vr6wx]

@@jojoplaysmusic in a dm riff journey vid I think u should've included them

[@jojoplaysmusic]

@@RoRo-vr6wx yea in the iconic dm riffs video and in dedicated videos for all of them.

[@RoRo-vr6wx]

@@jojoplaysmusic oh yea yea man great stuff I've watched it;) keep it up!

[@Jay-pi7gf]

Excellent work, bud! This is for the true Death Metal crew.

[@BoarandTenia]

I really liked the vibe. Like "the more things change, the more they stay the same," or something. It was also a bit relieving to see the inclusion of black metal that influenced the way riffs are approached and arranged. Keep it up!

[@madmickometal5205]

Excellent guitar work brother 🤘 I'm mostly a thrash guitarist, I've been adding death metal into thrash and creating some great songs, I love the old school thrash and death metal, great work mate 🤘 Rock on brother 🤘 metal for life 🤘

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Hey thank you so much man!

[@dethronedemperor]

I’m so happy that Sarpanitum was included. That album is insanely underappreciated. Edit: Vampire Squid too?!?! That made my day

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Both of those bands have released some of my favorite death metal albums ever!

[@lanceschaerer6875]

That Cryptopsy riff was epic boss haven't heard that in YEARS. Keep up the great work. Can you do a bass one too?

[@jojoplaysmusic]

It’s just an old reliable and legendary album that I love from them.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Yeah I can do a bass tone

[@tbdaemon]

Really cool seeing how the genre evolved over the years. You can definitely tell what was influencing death metal artists at what time.

[@ANIML57]

Strong work! I bet your originals are just as crushing! Post ‘em! 🤘🏿

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thanks! I will soon enough.

[@Globalsourcer]

I grew up with these riffs.. well done mate! \m/ 🙂

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Hey thanks man!

[@aleksgrindhead233]

It just about brought a tear to my eye 🥲

[@NathanielBTM]

I'm primarily a metalcore, deathcore, djenty kinda guy... but damn... 3:56 that riff of Crytopsy - Defenstration was Delicious

[@jonathanrose8271]

That Gorguts riff doesn't *look* as complicated to play as some of the others but damn if it doesn't sound crazier

[@sanny8716]

I dunno, looks pretty tricky

[@TheSoullessMusic]

Great video! such a tasty selection and great execution.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thank you so much!

[@milhouse777]

0:21 Sepultura - Morbid Visions! Hell yeah, for those who enjoy oldschool death metal, check the band The Troops of Doom of Jairo Guedez, the first Sepultura's guitarrist who wrote this sick riff, the band it's a revival of this era.

[@abysswalker1111]

You surely know death metal, cheers to that. Well played

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thanks man!

[@jossessed]

awesome video, I was not expecting Ulcerate to be featured, 10/10 choices.

[@Youcifer]

EXCELLENT choices for the vid.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Hey thank you so much man!

[@Youcifer]

@@jojoplaysmusic Np! Subbed. But yeah, you have considerably better taste than other extreme metal guitarist KZbinrs. This is the only "metal guitar evolution" video I've seen that has paid homage to Incantation, Demilich, Ulcerate, and Gorguts. +1 respect lol

[@jojoplaysmusic]

@@Youcifer Thank you so much! Yeah those bands are probably the one's that represent the most my taste in the genre.

[@erickharris2769]

Esperándolo con muchas ansias, bro

[@simonh.3148]

That Demilich Riff is LOVE.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

It is!

[@johnwalter1978]

awesome,applause big respect great job

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thank you!

[@monkehitstring]

I absolutely love the fact that it shows that you actually listen to this subgenre and know all the deep cuts

[@baukedejong6381]

Well done, excellent job 🤘🤠

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Hey thank you so much!

[@MCHH-ml2qq]

LOVED seeing Malevolent Creation, Cryptopsy, and Suffocation in this video! Kind of disappointed though that most of these videos on youtube typically dont know of or mention Krisiun at all, they're easily one of the heaviest and most brutal death metal bands of all time yet seems like most death metal fans/musicians dont really know about them. Just one listen to their album Works of Carnage from 2003 and you'll see exactly why, you're welcome whoever reads this comment.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

I actually included Krisiun in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHS2d6yfoqhpmq8

[@MCHH-ml2qq]

@@jojoplaysmusic where did you find tabs for their songs? always had trouble finding good tabs for their stuff, used to always use riverofgore for tabs but their availability or Krisiun tabs was always limited.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

@@MCHH-ml2qq I try to do as much as I can by ear, but Songsterr has many good tabs.

[@LukeZuniga]

So sick that you included Ulcerate and Gorguts!! Two of the most innovative bands in metal

[@jojoplaysmusic]

They play my favorite kind of Death Metal

[@adammcjohnson5080]

Gorguts’ Obscura is the best death metal album of all time, and that is a hill I’m willing to die on

[@jojoplaysmusic]

@@adammcjohnson5080 I’m more of a Colored Sands fan these days, but yeah, Obscura was a game changer for me.

[@LukeZuniga]

I'll die on it with you brother!

[@finessedmyself]

Ulcerate severely underrated

[@christophercarson7733]

Your so dope bro I'm a drummer and watching your left hand play all those cords and riffs my hand hurt you are fckn amazing

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thanks man! You should definitely join my discord server.

[@christophercarson7733]

That's would be killer bro

[@metalhurlant5408]

Excellent picks. It was cool seeing benighted and venom prison’s samsara in there

hard luck man .. you are awesome!!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thank you so much!

[@BornHeadless96]

Great! Nice to see Demilich, Immolation and Cryptopsy :D

[@trezov]

1992-1996 - Golden age death metal

[@asvegas777]

This playlist is solid!!

[@theemblemfaction3699]

The granophyre is so versatile one of my personal favorite vsts

[@fatkraken3140]

Perfect choices 👍 subbed!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thank you!

[@AlessandroScaltritti]

You always have great tastes

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thanks! You could say I’m quite the connoisseur hehe.

[@richardrondon8843]

Excelent man, thanx, about 6 bands I don't know, I'll look them up. Thanx

[@ЭльфридаЭлениэльЦиэль]

Absolutely brutal & very cool!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Hey thank you so much!

[@SimonMedia666]

Great video! and playing skills! makes me wanna play more death metal

[@Shannonhittson]

I was waiting for Bloodbath! Hell yea!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

I had to have them!

[@libertyordeath9414]

God it’s so good to see metal still alive and well, amazing pick of songs from each skull crushing band! OLD SKULL DEATH METAL ALL THE WAY!!🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾

[@johnnydeefan8807]

Awesome video man!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thank you so much!

[@andreasdeutinger7319]

very cool riffing! good channel, will drop by more often.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thanks man! Glad you enjoyed it! Feel welcomed any time.

[@aleriquelme4381]

awesome work!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thank you!

[@Chaos_Smoker]

I love this guy

[@Peppeblackmetal]

Well done, happy to see a youngster that listens to the history of death metal and not just those garbage new bands. You don't need an 8 strings to sound brutal or evil.

[@Highrollinhunter]

Yep I'm also a youngster I absolutely loathe 8 strings they just sound muddy and not heavy or brutal most metal riffs I've heard that's sounded really heavy were in Eb standard

[@xtripway]

Great Job!!!!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thanks!

[@mflambert]

damn. You are s f'n good. AND! you reminded me that I need to listen to Aborted again.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thank you so much! And yes, Aborted is sick!

[@BrianCarpenter-fv1gy]

Excellent choice with including (02:50) "Premature Burial" off of Malevolent Creation's 1991 debut album "The Ten Commandments". Such a great album that simply does not get nearly enough of the recognition it deserves.\m/,

[@R1METAL]

The first one already got a like! 🤘🏽

[@MANGRINDER_band_]

Giving some credit to possesed! 🤘 Good way to start

[@teedomeowgi7959]

good thinkn installn that AC wall unit behind the hot shred you unleashed for this video, could've burned the whole house down mang!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Exactly

[@riccardoranieri971]

Nice video🔥🔥🔥

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thank you!

[@slabathonfury3879]

Hell of a player \m/

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thanks man!

[@slabathonfury3879]

@@jojoplaysmusic found some shit ive never heard before on your black metal video, and im old!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

@@slabathonfury3879 well, you could say I'm quite the connosseur.

[@nicholasward8358]

Holy shit man, I am shocked to see someone else who knows Sarpanitum.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

I love Sarpanitum. Blessed Be My Brothers is on my top favorite Death Metal albums of all time.

[@zuKaneithor]

Felicidades, muy buen trabajo. Y que clase de lima traes. Saludos...

[@l3viar575]

This guy looks like Jason Newsted but 20 years younger.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Are you calling me handsome?

[@l3viar575]

@@jojoplaysmusic No cap, yes.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

@@l3viar575 bro 😳

[@yordanaleksandrov8443]

Did you program the drums yourself? If yes, then very impressive - one can definitely notice that a good amount of effort has been put in them as well. Cheers!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Yeah I did program the drums. Thank you so much! I did put in the time to get those velocities more realistic sounding.

[@yordanaleksandrov8443]

@@jojoplaysmusic Absolute king

[@madedharma1738]

No Morbid Angel or Entombed. 🥲

[@jojoplaysmusic]

I already did a video dedicated to Morbid Angel, and I already included Entombed in another video, so instead I decided to include bands that I hadn’t before.

[@madedharma1738]

@@jojoplaysmusic it’s all good man! Just messin around. Killer video as always!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

@@madedharma1738 oh thank you! :)

[@Chaos_Smoker]

the more I listen this dude playing the most I wanna be his friend

[@jojoplaysmusic]

You should join the discord server then :)

[@christophercarson7733]

It would be cool asf to jam with you I look forward to see more of you blowing my mind wit that gifted 0laying of yours thanks Jojo for sharing u are da man

[@vikingblast3582]

Came for a Suffo riff, was not let down.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

🤘😼🤘

[@thearchitect817]

Technically death metal originated in my home town of Tampa, Florida. With that in mind Obituary , Cannibal corpse and Carcass brought the drop D hardness to metal. But, Venom and Later Slayer were shredding a few years before 1985. 1981 and even 79 is more accurate but again the term Death metal came from the big three above. I’ve been in the industry for roughly fifteen years bouncing for all the major bands, I’ve met and even partied with most of them but Obituary and Cannibal Corpse band members grew up a few miles from me and we ran in the same circles. The circle of the tyrants of course. Shout out to Barney from Napalm and G man from nocturnus. I had to crack some skulls when some asshats wanted to try and steal their equipment out the back. I worked with Rich Catella the rock n roll reverend at the Newport music hall in Columbus Ohio on campus, great venue, and met Chuck Shuldiner from Death , Tom Araya, Dave Lombardo, Kerry and Jeff from Slayer, my woman at the time ran off with Gwar and became a slave for their shows. Good times

[@jojoplaysmusic]

That’s a pretty cool story man. And you got some nice pieces in your profile pic. Hope to have you on board with the channel.

[@thearchitect817]

@@jojoplaysmusic thanks brother

[@JosueAC_10]

Awesome video

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thank you so much!

[@JosueAC_10]

Teach me to play like this

[@jojoplaysmusic]

@@JosueAC_10 i definitely wouldn’t be a good teacher

[@JosueAC_10]

@@jojoplaysmusic i don’t believe that hahaha

[@splix1969]

love that video!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thank you!

[@fredrikhaugen9799]

DemonKing! 🤘🤘 Sick EP that needs more praise! 🤘🔥

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Definitely! I like the fusion of technical death metal and blackened death metal.

[@bpafzmk396]

Great choice of Hate Eternal song

[@jojoplaysmusic]

They’re my favorite death metal band.

[@VinlandAlchemist]

I LOVE THAT BASS BIT AT 10:57 !! PFPFTHTHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!! KICKASS!! 🤘😁 SUBSCRIBED! 🤘😈

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Hahaha thank you so much!

[@dustinerifmals3525]

Henceforth you shall be known as Darth Metal

[@jojoplaysmusic]

This is a burden that was placed upon me, yet I chose to carry it on my back.

[@Returnality]

Way cool man, you earned a sub! Btw, the Spheres of Madness riff is actually played using tuplets, not gallops ;)

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Oh good to know

[@Jaylamah529]

This is super raw

[@firecrash6481]

Sepultura included, automatic like and subscribe

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Let’s goo

[@andrewvirrueta6767]

Dope!!!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Yoooo!! Thank you so much for watching man! Reinventing the Eel was my favorite album of 2020 so I HAD to include something by Vampire Squid.

[@randomguylol8492]

Picking Premature Burial for 1991 was a amazing pick (i fr not expected it) Same for Demilich in 1993

[@renzcastro1602]

my neck hurts after watching this video!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Excelent!

[@RocketEightEight]

Sick

[@diabeticmonkey]

You can really hear Doug Cerrito’s riff influence on that first Hate Eternal album

[@JubaDeMetalAlumínio]

I miss Necrophagist, here... But damn, how much cool stuff we got, yet.

[@patrickfournier4557]

Excellent job on cryptopsy and suffocation almost there for some dying fetus keep on the good work

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Dying Fetus Riff Journey definitely coming in the near future!

[@juancarlossanchezsanchez456]

Wow...Excelente un gran gran Guitarrista...!!!!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Muchas gracias!!