first time listening to PROTO-DEATH METAL 💀 Death, The Possessed, Sepultura

[@kirawasareactor]

death metal video featuring more Death, Obituary, Carcass, Bolt Thrower, Morbid Angel, etc. coming soooon (already up on patreon) and then the final Death Metal video will be the 4 from Sweden :)

[@iDEATH]

Aw, yeah! Nice lineup, especially cool seeing Celtic Frost in there. I'm *really* looking forward to that next one, though. I can't wait to find out what you thought about Carcass and Bolt Thrower. The rest too, but those two most of all.

[@vierdo]

cant wait for that now u getting in to the roots of real death metal. And while you on it .. Get onto Vomitory. Entombed. At the gates.

[@dariiofernando]

@@kirawasareactor this channel needs more death metal for sure 😅

[@lanapearce9968]

You also need to watch some live shows from the 80's and see what the crowds were like. Those gigs were insane, but so much fun. I remember when stagediving was banned because a kid broke his back at a Slayer gig in Newport or Cardiff. Obituary's first 'video' that MTV recorded at a Marquee show is a fun example.

[@lanapearce9968]

@@iDEATH Carcass and Bolt Thrower are the absolute giants of the British Death Metal scene!

[@felipecampos3045]

death is an amazing band, definitely deserves its own video

[@FyreofShadow]

Huge agree!

[@OriginalWhiteTornado]

Seconded. Even if you're not a fan of a lot of their contemporary death metal bands, Human and Crystal Mountain will win anyone over. They're so good.

[@dba00]

​@@OriginalWhiteTornadoFor me Symbolic is probably their best album and one of the greatest albums ever. Everything from start to finish is just perfection

[@peroskarstorholm4196]

All their albums are worth the effort and then some.

[@cbn6635]

@@dba00 To me the pinnacle of Death's/Chuck's discography. As you say, one of the few truly perfect albums out there.. 👌

[@sputhoor96]

She said the napalm death production is good. She a real one

[@jrk10]

Surprising tbh cause that first album isn’t mixed well at all love the album but napalm death got wayyy more brutal in the 2000s

[@kirawasareactor]

i think i said 'the production's not as good.. but i love what they're doing' hahaaha 21:18

[@lanapearce9968]

@@jrk10 It's basically two albums and two bands, you can hear the difference. I personally love those very early Earache records with the cheap production. FETO is to this day one of one of my favourite albums, and my favourite ND lineup.

[@jrk10]

@@lanapearce9968 I prefer the stuff from enemy of the music business and onward but that being said they don’t really have a bad album

[@thereagauze]

​@@lanapearce9968my favorite of early earache is the Heresy side of the split with concrete sox has such muddy production but you can still hear everything going on and the vocals are less "goofy" than much of the later stuff.

[@cbn6635]

The cool thing about Celtic Frost was that they were so much more than just a 'proto-deathmetal' band, more like a 'proto-everything' kind of band, having influenced both early death metal, early black metal, avantgarde metal and everything in between. A truly seminal band. Possessed are famous for coining the phrase 'Death Metal' with their track of the same name, but they themselves were never really a death metal band as we know the genre today, more like the furthest and most extreme you could take the thrash metal genre to back in the mid 80'es, and as such they had a HUGE influence on especially Death, and Death to me, IS the first through and through death metal band. Chuck Schuldiner of Death to me is the Mozart of death metal, and the cool thing about Chuck and Death is, that he/Death never made the 'same' album twice; ALL the Death albums evolved the bands sound immensely; the track you listened to shows their gore-obsessed, primal and raw beginnings, but Chuck evolved the music and especially the lyrics from album to album to heights very few artists in the death metal genre ever reached. R.I.P. Chuck Schuldiner... The thing about Napalm Death is, that they were never really a death metal band, but one of the creators of the Grindcore genre, a genre closely related to hardcore and punk, which probably is why you loved their sound so much? I feel you missed to hear a track from the band Massacre here; they had VERY stong relations to Death, and their frontman Kam Lee to me is THE 'grandfather' of the signature growling voice of the death metal genre; his growls are still to this day virtually unmatched in my opinion. Often imitated but seldom bettered.

[@Cxdyy]

Yes! You get it

[@umgfll7950]

if you want to dive more into death metal then you definitely need to check out Death's whole discography, Chuck's music influenced the whole genre. Love your channel!!

[@eduardomartins3040]

Max, Igor and Paulo from Sepultura was between 14-16 years old when they did this álbum

[@DarrenWaters75]

The lead guitarist of Possessed was Larry LaLonde of Primus.

[@RanDieBam]

WHAT hahahah

[@MrMazela99]

holy shit!!!!!!!

[@mykecallahan4141]

Primus sucks!

[@belligerence4271]

Mike Torrao was, larry barely had shit for solos

[@antonkovalenko364]

He and Les had a thrashy band called Blind Illusion before Primus, too.

[@adamlawson5021]

If you like Celtic Frost and early Sepultura, you're gonna love Obituary.

[@jip5889]

Death is really the best technical death metal band ever. RIP Chuck! I hope you listen to every single track of them. All are good.

[@Sam-wd9ly]

I prefer Immolation and Suffocation. Death's technical stuff was boring. With exception of the Human record.

[@JaymzLee-rc9lj]

Individual thought pattern is amazing like being in the future

[@dnice4499]

You were born to be a metalhead.

[@thanosmat]

Earlier Slayer albuns were very pivotal to Death Metal too. I love your reactions, waiting for the Death Metal video

[@ian.swift.31614]

+ the English Slayer, Onslaught

[@Hecatecrossways]

​@@ian.swift.31614Nearly every Onslaught song sounds identical, other than the Steve Grimmet album. Slayer songs each had distinct differences. Infernal Majesty, and Pre Terrible Certainty Kreator are closer to Slayer than Onslaught. I would consider Onslaught closer to Dark Angel, but more Speed Metal. The UK 🇬🇧 Destruction would describe them better. I really like Onslaught, despite many songs being similar. Early Destruction also had that style, it is a skill for a band to create songs that only have subtle differences.

[@ian.swift.31614]

@@Hecatecrossways youre absolutely right that slayer songs all have their unique character compared to onslaught

[@burningthefields]

I'd still take Power From Hell by Onslaught over Slayer, but I must say I prefer old Slayer over new Onslaught. Onslaught really isn't great anymore lol.

[@PaulHosey-u3l]

Slayer, Venom and early black metal. Although I don't really like black metal as much as the other stuff but that's just me lol

[@vocecaiunocontodomalakoi7541]

Death 90's run from Human to The Sound of Perseverance is one of the biggest music achievements in music history

[@dr.juerdotitsgo5119]

The drumming in Leprosy and Spiritual are understandably overshadowed by those albums, but imo is just as fantastic. No one made death metal groove like Bill Andrews.

[@dba00]

I agree, 4 absolutely incredible albums

[@BObbert179]

You mean their run from Scream Bloody Gore to The Sound of Perseverance. Not a single bad album and Leprosy is probably their best imo

[@vocecaiunocontodomalakoi7541]

@@BObbert179 they are not bad albums, I'm just not personally crazy about og dm 😔, still, pull the plug is a banger of a song

[@7ChaosBlack]

It's not. Immolation's run from Dawn of Possession to Unholy Cult is the single greatest run in all of death metal.

[@giangiochannel767]

Napalm Death is Grindcore for the first two/three albums, then they become more of a death metal band. They actually gave birth to grindcore with their first amazing album🔥

[@VultureLivesAgain]

I'd give that accolade to Repulsion, but Napalm Death was certainly more popular.

[@giangiochannel767]

@@VultureLivesAgain Yes, along with Repulsion they contributed to create Grindcore, for sure

[@jrk10]

They definitely didn’t become more of a death metal band they were only more death metal for like 3-4 albums in the 90s then since enemy of the music business they’ve been grind since. I also think enemy of the music business is their best album

[@estebansteverincon7117]

They didn't 'give birth' to gindcore because bands like Deep Wound, Siege, etc, were already doing it years before Carcass. Death's 'Back from the Dead' rehearsal demo precedes Genocide/Repulsion, and that demo may have even inspired Repulsion since both Scott Carson and Matt Olivo tried out for Death in the 80's.

[@enrique_necro]

Actually Unseen Terror havge the first Grindcore album, Napalm Death just became more popular (same with Necrophagia, they have the first death metal records, 1 month before Scream Bloody Gore) Napalm Death later bacame more Deathgrind

[@Retayk]

Death is legendary for many reasons. But not only did they innovate in Death Metal, but as the band's career progressed, they innovated in Technical Death Metal. And when I say they, it's really just Chuck Schuldiner since he was the one constant in the band throughout its career. Sadly, he passed in 2001 but Death pretty much has no bad albums so the whole discography is worth hearing.

[@joemiller7082]

I consider them the first proper death metal band.

[@catpineconekit3490]

@@joemiller7082 they are the first proper death metal band

[@MB-oc1nw]

Can't go wrong with Celtic Frost and Death

[@lanapearce9968]

Also S.O.D - Celtic Frosted Flakes is a great parody Death Metal song honouring Frost.

[@BATTIS94]

8:33 That's actually Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells, which was used as part of The Exorcist's soundtrack.

[@Brandonmtlhd]

There was an example of a blast beat in the Napalm Death song, about halfway through when the drums switched to the really fast beat. That is a blast beat.

[@MrMalchir]

Being 13 years old (in 1985) and constantly looking for the most extreme band and then came Possessed. It blew my mind 😁. Celtic Frost and its predecessor Hellhammer are epic bands just like Death and Napalm Death. All very important for the evolution of Death Metal.

[@timmy41]

Damn, I'm jealous you got to experience it all first hand! 😭 Did you get into Bathory at all back then?

[@MrMalchir]

@@timmy41 magical times. Listening to Mercyful Fate (The Oath) on your bed with the lights out for maximum spooky effect 😁 Bathory I did not get into. We were heavily copying tapes and taping each others LPs but no one in my circle was into Bathory. I got really into Bathory around Blood, Fire, Death and later albums.

[@MetalMilitia83]

Death slowly transitions to progressive death metal over their discography and deserve a listen through. I’d check out a song from each album and see the evolution.

[@TheAsphyx666]

Two Swedish bands you must not miss as you delve deeper into the genre are At The Gates and Entombed.

[@BuffaloBob-og]

Entombed is the Shit!

[@chimbachungas6678]

And dismember

[@No.U]

Left Hand Path is the greatest metal album ever created

[@BuffaloBob-og]

@@No.U It is indeed a great album.

[@kirawasareactor]

yep i have the big 4 of swedish DM video to still do!

[@konowd]

Seven Churches is one of my favorite albums ever, glad people are discovering it

[@richardmendoza738]

Like, out of all the classic thrash albums like reign in blood and whatever are cool and all, but seven churches was always my favorite

[@konowd]

@ I think it’s still more brutal than 99% of what’s going on today.

[@Fidelio116]

It's been discovered 39 years ago.

[@keng6663]

Carcass is well worth a reaction started with grindcore evolved into melodic Death.. with the best song titles ever.

[@MrPablo616]

Absolutley cannot wait for her to get to Carcass!

[@diezz2588]

damn she must check out “flesh ripping sonic torment” or whatever it is called fucking brutal demo

[@garyduckman8666]

For a deeper dive into death metal you need to check out Bolt Thrower, especially stuff from their first 4 albums; In Battle There Is No Law (not on spotify), Realm Of Chaos, War Master and The IVth Crusade

[@BuffaloBob-og]

Their The IVth Crusade album is pure metal magic. I just listened to them last night driving home from Providence Ri. lol

[@usgreth]

@@BuffaloBob-og I prefer ..For Victory personally, but yeah bolt thrower has to make an appearance on the channel, the only band I have bribed the door security to get in >_>

[@aunti_fa]

hell yeah, probably my fav death metal band, theyre so groovy

[@tommc3622]

Warhammer 40k and Bolt Thrower FTW

[@garyduckman8666]

@@usgreth For Victory is a great album, but they were never the same for me after Andy Whale

[@pekkokuopanportti6859]

Celtic Frost is one of my all-time favorites, and also their late(st) comeback album Monotheist (2006) is to me a metal masterpiece.

[@Underournorthernstar]

Dying god coming into human flesh is such a good song. Loved the first Triptykon record too.

[@descantinginsalubrious]

Seconded...Monotheist is an incredible album.

[@gadpivs]

"Is this how the track started? I can't even remember now, so much has happened." Welcome to death metal lol

[@descantinginsalubrious]

IMO Carcass "Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious" and "Heartwork" and absolutely essential...really hope you listen to some of these tracks.

[@kirawasareactor]

they're in my upcoming dm video!!

[@cbn6635]

For a long time I preferred 'Heartwork', but with time I have come to like 'Necroticism' even more; such an amazing album; the perfect sweetspot between Carcass' earlier, nastier sound, and the melodic mastery found on 'Heartwork'. 👌

[@candinhouber6544]

​@@cbn6635yeah Man i started with heartwork too but necroticism turned out to be my favourite, now im really diggin symphonies of sickness 🤘

[@cbn6635]

@@candinhouber6544 'Reek of Putrefaction' next? 😉

[@candinhouber6544]

@@cbn6635 i really like some songs off of reek but others Just sound like noise, its a 50/50 album for me

[@kolch93]

Sepultura from Brazil!! Porra🇧🇷

[@elcinocal8792]

I love to see your kind, natural and cute reactions about the music I listen regularly. Keep going!

[@ThunderTaco206]

The best album to get into Death with is their 1991 record, Human. It is the only album that Sean Reinert played drums on, and it is a true masterpiece. While very different musically, it and Opeth's Blackwater Park share both DNA and the distinction of being genre-defining records that created a clear before and after in metal music. Before the Human record, death metal was a lot like what you heard of Death in this reaction. After the Human record, death metal started to split. There were the bands that kept doing the old school stuff, and there were the bands who listened to Human and went, "Holy shit. I want to do that!" Sean Reinert's drumming was transcendent, and his performance on that record is a large part of why it is so important in the history of heavy music. He was, at the time, a 19 year old jazz drummer who didn't really have much experience with metal music. His identity as a jazz drummer informed his musical decisions in his parts, including how he approached double bass and odd times. It infected every bar and measure of the entire record, and was truly transformative. His friend (and bandmate in Cynic) Paul Masvidal played guitar on the record as well, and both of them then left Death to continue working on their own music in Cynic. Sean died unexpectedly a few years ago of heart failure at the age of 48. He was a great dude, and one of the single most influential drummers in metal music.

[@Horseheadbookendz]

Human and Focus were mind blowing albums, still are. RIP to the two Seans and Chuck.

[@andreydiachenko2696]

Yes, it's an amazing album, but I don't agree that it's the most accessible Death album. Personally, I had to listen to this album 5 times to understand it. The most accessible album from the Death`s discography is definitely Symbolic

[@ThunderTaco206]

@@andreydiachenko2696 I didn't say most accessible. I said the best one to get into Death with.

[@jamesmyrick9083]

Love that Death made an appearance. Hope you drop a full video of them. Also, would like to suggest Obituary as a band to check out.

[@brettanomyces7077]

Hell yeah! I'm seeing Possessed tomorrow with Kreator and Testament. The genre isn't named after the band Death, Possessed put out their first tape in 1984 and it was called "Death Metal"...

[@liambredeche7]

I saw them too! Amazing show. Kreator really got the pit active.

[@brettanomyces7077]

@liambredeche7 Yeah one of my favorite shows this year. I saw Exodus/Havok the other night. Next week Death Angel/Necrot. Finishing the year strong.

[@deathmetal0073]

Death metal can have groove

[@oregonwoodelf]

Scream Bloody Gore is the best album of this lot BY FAR!!🤘☠ Hail Chuck!

[@s0rd3z]

First time reaction when I heard Death in 1989 "Oh damn.." Kira's reaction in 2024 "Oh damn...'". I guess it stills hits the same :)

[@mateogarcia6942]

Ngl your patreons are great producers lol, they always pick the correct tracks for your reactions

[@Thrasher0411]

Your videos are amazing! I knew since I saw your appreciation for meshuggah that you would also appreciate death metal. It's my favorite genre and it made me so happy to see this posted and hearing you announce that it will be a series! Personal recommendations for later: Suffocation (Brutal Death Metal) Necropaghist (Technical Death Metal) Ulcerate (Dissonant Death Metal) Also Into the Crypts of Ray from the 1984 Celtic Frost album Keep it up!!🤟

[@JPI_RV]

You have excellent taste in music. I had to gradually approach this reaction. Like in weightlifting, first light weights, then heavier ones, that is, punk rock, industrial metal, thrash metal, death metal. And judging by the reaction to the video, you are already a world champion in weightlifting.😂 Excellent music, good channel. Thank you very much for the reaction😎

[@bigm010]

Definitely listen to some Autopsy in the future, one of the best death metal bands ever!

[@heathen-heart]

Yes! the song "Dead" on the "Mental Funeral" album, I can listen to that one song for hours on end, well the whole album too, but that one song gets me hard lol.

[@Horseheadbookendz]

So happy you’re finally diving into Death Metal. At the risk of oversimplification, Death Metal somehow became an extremely varied genre, perhaps its uniting factor is the presence of growled vocals. At the risk of further oversimplification, there were three distinct lines of early death metal that set the template for where the genre would go. Death would be the vanguard of the Tampa, Florida sound, they would set the course for the genre over and over again. Cannibal Corpse really set the template for the New York sound, and Entombed for the Swedish sound. I would hit something from each of those band next to see the solidification of the genre.

[@loud621]

As much as the bands defined the DM genre, so did Scott Burns and MorriSound studio. Was the first to really record the full sound of DM when they recorded Death. And then every other DM band for years to come. Pretty amazing list of albums to his credit.

[@andrewplck]

Goodness me, it feels like yesterday she was reacting to mild, classic rock... They grow up fast.

[@alexvoyd1132]

Also I think you would find interesting to watch (and react) into "Black Metal By Fenriz" here on youtube. I dont think im allowed to post links. Its a 45 min video with the drummer of Darkthrone (originally a death metal band from norway) giving a "lesson" on the history of extreme metal music.Ignore the title of the video. The guy has fantastic character and charisma, I believe you will learn much and enjoy it at the same time!

[@ToxicGriever]

Napalm Death sounds different because they're inventing grindcore with Scum. They would go on to play proper death metal later. Celtic Frost are a hard band to pigeon hole because they're stuff mixes thrash, death, black, doom, and gothic metal. You should listen to Into the Pandemonium for them at their most experimental and avant-garde. Possessed, Sepultura, and Death are the most typical for what death metal sounded like in the mid-1980s. Still rooted in thrash but beginning to become its own thing.

[@antondzajajurca7797]

22:33 This is where grindcore (punk/thrash) parts starts :D (actually the whole song is grindcore song, but I prefer faster parts :D)

[@alexvoyd1132]

Celtic Frost's Monotheist, deserves a dedicated video in itself although not proto-death for sure

[@philcanselmo9436]

Morbid angel - altar of madness........🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@peroskarstorholm4196]

Altars of Madness. Altar of sacrifice is a Slayer song.

[@philcanselmo9436]

@@peroskarstorholm4196 true😂😂😂

[@burningthefields]

Celtic Frost also made the first Gothic and Symphonic Metal album in one, "Into the Pandemonium." The track you listened to was from the previous album. They're probably the most innovative and unique band in Metal history after Black Sabbath themselves. Every album they have made has been different from all the rest. The singer/guitarist is now in the Gothic Doom Metal band Triptykon. A similarly unique artist with music with the same sort of themes is the Gothic Rock band Fields of the Nephilim, also well worth a listen. Those two make up my favourite bands of all time.

[@MarcusAsenlund]

Scum is a Proto-Grind. Napalm Death was not Death Metal in the Lee Dorrian era of their sound. When Barney joined they turned more into Death Metal. Scum and From Enslavement Of Obliteration are just pure Grindcore.

[@davidareeves]

An a young teen, and hearing all these new genres evolving, was a teen dream for myself. Celtic Frost, Death, Sepultura, oh wow, so so many. There where tons of underground bands that never made it, especially here in Melbourne that I am aware of. My cousin coming back from Europe with all their underground demo tapes, was just the icing and opened a lot of doors for my ears to enjoy.

[@trevorsnell3344]

Listen to Autopsy’s Severed Survival if ya liked that track from Death. Chris Reifert, who recorded the drums off SBG, plays drums and sings in that band

[@anbarazen]

My opinion is of talking about Proto Death Metal... Slayer's Hell Awaits in 1985 and the EP before it were an important blueprint for Proto Death... Slayer, Mercyful Fate, Early Sodom and Kreator all contributed to creation Of the Death Metal Sound... The Canadian Proto Death Metal band Slaughter album Strapaddo is another good Proto Death metal band... which in turn Influenced bands like Death,Possesed, Morbid Angel, Masrer...and others to further advance it to Death Metal For Me ... Morbid Angel- Altars of Madness Deicide-Legion Obituary-Slowly We Rot Entombed-Left Hand Path Suffocation-Effigy of the Forgotten ...are all esential classics of thr Genre...

[@dinistrindade09]

I enjoy the contrast between your vibe reacting to the songs and then the songs vibe, it gets funny

[@7piecebucket]

12:01 "Tee hee hee hee! His vocal performance is so funny." 😃

[@VultureLivesAgain]

Death started releasing demos in 1984. So they were already influential years before they released their debut LP in '87. Celtic Frost wasn't exactly proto-death metal. They were proto-extreme metal in general. Thrash, death, black metal - it's all in there. Early Sepultura was also an influence on both death and black metal. This "proto" stuff doesn't always fit neatly into a box.

[@myopicautisticmetal9035]

They were called Mantas in 1984.

[@cobgod1415]

@@myopicautisticmetal9035 they were also called death in 1984. they changed their name from mantas to death after hearing the possessed "death metal" demo in 1984

[@hsmiranda]

Nice video, I'm happy for your news music discovery, I recommend listen Sarcofago (exemple 'Nightmare' song), one a great band from Brazil.

[@positivepsycho2932]

I love your enthusiasm! So much fun to watch a newbie discovering metal music.

[@jamesalvarez3798]

can’t wait til you’re getting whiplash listening to Suffocation & Dying Fetus. Try not to laugh or gasp at the names haha they’re the epitome of death metal imo and all kinds of fun.

[@johnnywithnell2806]

Larry Lelonde, the crazy good guitar player for The Possessed is/was also the guitar player for Primus. I believe he was really young when Seven Churches came out.

[@trevorsnell3344]

They were still in high school when they recorded that album

[@martinwhite3559]

The biggest early Death Metal Bands are Death, Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel, and Obituary. Cannibal Corpse is considered the biggest death metal band of all time. Their lyrics and music are very extreme, but you can't hear most of the lyrics due to the extreme vocals. What is death metal, you ask. Have you got a week. I think the genre is named after the possessed song death metal, but the band Death often gets credit too.

[@BuffaloBob-og]

Your list is spot on.

[@nizz0matic307]

@@BuffaloBob-og its a beginner list he just named the most popular bands of all time lol

[@daevyl]

Cannibal Corpse is more popular, but I'd say Autopsy were the more innovative one. Also, Nihilist, Pestilence and, a bit later, Demilich - let's don't forget about Europe.

[@BuffaloBob-og]

@@daevyl Pestilence is hard AF.

[@metalheadgamer80]

While I always thought Celtic Frost (and Hellhammer for that matter) were more on the black metal side of things, they definitely were a HUGE influence on the death metal genre. Extreme Metal in general simply wouldn’t be the same without them.

[@harrienelle6471]

Absolutely! Obituary even covers Circle of the Tyrants.

[@justsomejusstsome8994]

Yes, Celtic Frost were Thrash Metal that leaned towards BM and less DM

[@Rozjebem]

Fun fact, Celtic Frost was also a great influence for the sound of Nirvana's Bleach album.

[@lamine3020]

Wait until you get to the late 80s Swedish scene that birthed melodic death metal

[@kirawasareactor]

yes that is part of the plan!!!

[@hazzard7653]

@@kirawasareactor If you get to melodeath don't leave out Slaughter of the Soul by At The Gates. Also not quite melodeath but another Swedish death metal band is Entombed, the album Left Hand Path, they have one of the best guitar tones in death metal. Enjoy your journey through death metal!

[@carne_verde]

"Burning In Hell" should be the 1st track to listen to get the best representation of Possessed doing real proto-Death Metal in 1985 - I agree "The Exorcist" in its repetitiveness is not a good start for new ears, although _Seven Churches_ is an awesome album taken in its entirety.

[@ocean_machine]

the genre is actually named after the Possessed song "death metal" from the seven churches album. big missed opportunity on the part of your patrons.

[@Ronnie_McDoggle]

Especially the metal massacre version, unless I'm thinking of something else

[@SavageIntent]

Good bands! A band that oft gets overlooked but are one of the best early death metal bands is Slaughter, and their 1987 album 'Strappado'! They even had Chuck Schuldiner from Death in the band.

[@anbarazen]

yes... I did mention Slaughter too... cheers mate

[@revylokesh1783]

Well now you made me subscribe. Early Death Metal is a nice rabbit hole!

[@Taunic]

Love it. I'm getting into this stuff from being a long-time listener of Opeth and love the new world they have opened up for me. Some of this stuff clicks where none of it has in the past. They actually did a cover on one of their albums of Celtic Frost Circle of Tyrants. Can't wait for you to get to Opeth's Still Life album if you are still planning on doing more of them.

[@andygreen6836]

Entombed's Left Hand Path needs to be included as the vanguard for the Swedish buzzsaw guitar sounds. Also, please bear in mind this amazing album was written by teenagers

[@davidviteris]

Morbid Angel should be up next, if so, the track to start with must be 'Chapel of Ghouls' enjoyed this video a lot! 🤘

[@MrVex-666]

My favourite to pair with that one is Maze of Torment. It's like its not complete if I don't listen to both haha

[@ironbard316]

Fun fact: Opeth has a cover of Circle of the Tyrants and it's really good too

[@StarvedForTime]

And of course Obituary.

[@MartinMaxFerdinand]

Death definitely deserves a deep dive - and it is one of the few bands that is better to start with the last album (The Sound of Perseverance) and go back in their discography from there imo.

[@VultureLivesAgain]

@@MartinMaxFerdinand Nah.

[@joemiller7082]

I think the opposite. Seeing the transition is the best part.

[@MartinMaxFerdinand]

@@joemiller7082 I think so too - for the most bands - usually the journey goes: approach them from where they begun, so you understand where they were coming from and what they became. There is no "right" or "wrong" here - it's just, that "The Sound of Perseverance" is way more accessible for someone not familiar with their work, than starting with "Scream Bloody Gore" - which is obviously the rougher listen imo - would you agree? In the end it is up to the content creator anyway. ;)

[@joemiller7082]

@@MartinMaxFerdinand if I started with the Sound of Perseverance, I would have stopped there.

[@warthunderpro28732]

Sound of perseverence blows

[@Dani-X01]

Seen her jamming death metal with a wide open smiling makes my day better i was a bit down today 😊

[@biloubill77]

when i discovered Possessed in 1985 , i turned to death metal and Grindcore 2 or 3 yaars earlier . and i loved that since !!

[@orvarsafstrom5807]

Celtic Frost are in a league of their own. So majestic and raw. And the lyrics are so atmospheric.

[@Danielle_Moore02]

Napalm Death on top of being really early in Death Metal is also one of the first bands in the Grindcore genre which is pretty much Hardcore Punk cranked up to 1000.

[@seekNdestroy2x4]

Your death metal reactions are awesome! Puts a smile on my face seeing you enjoying the classics! Seeing how much you enjoy the drums in Zombie Ritual by Death, I thought I'd mention that drummer Chris Reifert went on to form Autopsy. Another death metal pioneering band with the vocal absurdity turned way up. Check out their 1992 album Mental Funeral if you wanna hear the darkest most amazing death metal drums ever recorded. And creepy vocals, creepy guitar riffs, and the album art is legendary.

[@DanielMalefitz]

Celtic Frost is awesome. I wouldn't classify them as Proto Death. Rather Proto Black in their early phase. Their last album from 2006, Monotheist, leans heavily into very gritty Doom and Gothic metal. It's one of my favorite albums of all time. After Celtic Frost was disbanded 2008, the singer/guitarist Tom Warrior started a new band called Triptykon which follows the heavy Doom and Gothic metal path further. Overall the catalogue of the bands Tom Warrior was part of is very diverse and almost all of it is worth a listen.

[@professoryaffle]

I first heard Celtic Frost on the Friday Rock Show on BBC radio 1 sometime in the 1980s. The song was called Return to the Eve. I'd never heard anything like it before and it unnerved the hell out of me. I eventually got to see them at Derby Assembly Rooms supported by Mordred in 1990. There were less than 20 of us in the audience and that's in an approx 1000 seat capacity room. Mordred got us all on stage with them there were so few people there. CF were definitely a band that didn't appeal to everyone! But I always loved them. Especially the craziness of Into The Pandemonium album.

[@StuartDootson]

That was the first CF song I heard too - and on the rock show too! It must have made an immediate impression, ‘cause it was on one of the tapes I had of songs that I liked recorded from the rock show.

[@erosionoc5557]

In case no one has mentioned it yet, that drumming that you love so much in Zombie Ritual is done by one Chris Reifert. Chris then went on to start Autopsy, where he both drums and does vocals. Would def suggest checking them out as well!

[@lawrencefine5020]

I think Hellhammer (Celtic Frost before the name change.)is the earliest form of proto Death Metal. Even before Death, Possessed, Sepultura(by a hair). Btw, Death was the first OG Death Metal band..period. They are not proto Death Metal, Death is Brutal DEATH METAL. Especially Scream Bloody Gore and Leprosy. Other Proto Death Metal that need to be considered: Early Sodom, Kreator and Destruction., all German bands. This was a fun video.

[@bajasmancer]

Opeth did a cover of Circle of the tyrants, heard the cover first, so that'll always be my favorite version : )

[@SonicProfessor_a.k.a._T._Andra]

Celtic Frost get so little respect and deserve SO much! [The common pronunciation of the Latin title is: "toe mega their-eon" (translates as: "The Great Beast" - in adjunct: The Great(st?) Power/Force). - often commonized as a euphemism for "Satan.")]

[@Vegan_Kebab_In_My_Hand]

Great selection of the early classics! I'll go ahead and guess Morbid Angel is going to be in the next one 🤔

[@myopicautisticmetal9035]

Chuck had a band called Mantas in 1983/84 before he changed the name to Death, Mantas had a demo called Death by Metal in 1984 which is part of why he's credited with starting Death Metal. Death Metal evolved quicky from the Thrash metal scene and became it's own genre in the latter 80's when bands like Morbid Angel and Cannibal Corpse started flying the flag of Death Metal with pride.

[@Manwithoutties7524]

Love Sepultura and Napalm Death, gives you so much pump while working out in the gym lol. On a side note if you ever get back to punk, I wish to recommend you The Decline by NOFX, a 18 minute life changing song

[@ArielBejarano-iy6sh]

You should check Obituary. Specially the albums Slowly we Rot or Cause of Death

[@setgreen7877]

Celtic frost is thrash avante gard, death metal really got prominent in the early 90s until 2000. Possessed is thrash w death parts and they had a song called death metal before even the band death or the genre. Possessed is the top band to introduce satanic themes and speed to thrash and further metal. Especially the vocals. Sepultura started out as a thrash/death metal band from Brazil. This song is more thrash. Napalm death is pretty death metal/grind punk. Death is just great and Death!!! The start of the genre and influence so many death metal bands to follow the formula.

[@manolillo3315]

When "The Exorcist" played, seeing you reminded me of the protagonist of the movie sjsjsjs greetings! Very good video

[@tool-reflectionarmy6258]

Possessed was my favorite band in the 80's.

[@420slayer3]

The first Death Metal song was the song called Death Metal By Possessed. The singer for Death was obsessed with Possessed. He wanted to be just like them.

[@imaginationofourselves7518]

Love your metal and punk journey. 🤗🤟

[@svartmetall]

Would LOVE to see you do a full-album reaction to Celtic Frost's 'To Mega Therion' and 'Into The Pandemonium' albums...they're both absolute masterpieces :)

[@lawrencefine5020]

To Mega Therion is a masterpiece, but gotta disagree with you on Into The Pandemonium. Monothiest I'd listen to before ITP

[@VultureLivesAgain]

@@lawrencefine5020 Nah, I think he's right. Into the Pandemonium is an interesting evolution of their sound. Perhaps you don't like it, but I think she'd have a fun time listening to it.

[@thegrimner]

I mean, in very broad terms, death metal came from the same place as thrash, and more or less also came from thrash, so there's quite a bit of overlap, especially when we consider death metal to be a logical evolution from the heavier side of thrash, like Sodom, Kreator, and, in particular, Slayer. A very good way to think of metal subgenres during the 80s is kind of like an arms race, broadly speaking. NWOBHM was that little bit edgier and faster than Judas Priest or Sabbath, thrash took that further, and then death metal took it all almost to its logical conclusion. And Punk is ever present in most of 80s metal. Possessed in particular show that transition, it's thrashy, it's a bit sloppy and a bit punky in attitude and it's very inspired by Slayer, but you can hear in it the desire to be faster, dirtier and more aggressive. Stylistically, and again broadly speaking, death metal differs from thrash for it's distinctly guttural vocals, the famous "cookie monster" style that evolved from Slayer and Kreator and Bathory non melodic yelling, blast beats when they go fast and chugging riffs in tandem with double bass, along with a deeper, often detuned guitar sound.

[@thegrimner]

Also, your reaction to everytime these bands went a bit slower and chuggier definitely tells me we have a Bolt Thrower fan in the making. Also Obituary, Obituary is essentially Celtic Frost with a lot more chunk and chugging double bass all over the place.

[@andreasekman2176]

Now,there's some good examples of early death metal,but there is SOOO more to find out....😅😊 DEATH 4-EVER!!!

[@catpineconekit3490]

Saw Possessed live the other day. Good stuff

[@CrabJuice83]

Death is my all-time favourite band and I'm glad you enjoyed them. If you end up doing a "deep dive" into Old School Death Metal, bands like Death, Morbid Angel, Deicide, Suffocation, Obituary, and Malevolent Creation, are absolutely essential to the genre. (There's a lot more, but I'm going for brevity and variation here)

[@descantinginsalubrious]

Napalm Death are the godfathers of grind. The earlier stuff is a mix of punk,/crust/D beat...and..grind/blast. And as others have pointed out, the first several records Scum, FETO and Mentally Murdered are def more on the grind core side...Harmony Corruption is where they went way more to the death metal end of the spectrum. The last many albums are really not very death metal-y at all. "Transcending" is absolutely appropriate. Siege of Power is a great example of ND mixing up some "styles" and vibes. They actually re-recorded this with a different line up and released it on "harmony corruption."

[@davecouillou]

Ah! A Celtic Frost reaction is always welcome!

[@michaelweber9108]

There really is a selection of bands that started the entire extreme metal movement in the mid-80s. Of course, all the forefathers of Thrash Metal like Slayer, Metallica, Anthrax etc. already existed. But the bands selected really took the extreme level up a notch ! 🤘🤪 🤘

[@trenchgunM1897]

celtic frost's drummer reed st mark played using the largest sticks i have ever seen...

[@descantinginsalubrious]

For REAL

[@marcelo-vh9of]

i think you would love the band autopsy, great atmosphere, lots of tempo changes, groove and a thick bass

[@MolinaMauricio]

The slower section that you like at the end of the Exorcist is a recap of the opening of the song (which comes right after the Tubular Bells intro used in the movie The Exorcist). The only difference is the drum accompaniment. It works as a brilliant outro to the song becase it brings the opening theme to mind (quite barroque in style). It also helps connecting to the following piece in the record. Thanks for starting the vid with Circle of the Tyrants and the Exorcist (great metal compositions).

[@dariiofernando]

I love early celtic frost 😎💜