METAL EVOLUTION - A Riff Journey from Black Sabbath to Today's Most EXTREME Metal...

[@jakeduncan7068]

I love how as time goes on the guitars get more rustic. Pretty soon you’re gonna see a band using straight tree slabs with strings on it and you’ll know it’s gonna be the heaviest shit ever

[@tetractys1011]

Holy fuck that's a brilliant fucking idea. Have to go for some heavy wood too. Big old slab of some ironwood, 8 or 9 strings (12 to 92 or something right?), and some bare machine screws bolted into the slab for tuners. Magnets nailed to the body with wires directly soldered to them. No fancy shmancy 'pickups' and shit. We're going for RAW and HEAVY. Vildhjarta, Humanity's Last Breath, and Black Tongue shall weep. I want to make this.

[@Beinomat]

Igorrr has a guitar like that

[@absoluteai41]

As I lovingly glance at my ltd b206sm. Thing is furniture.

[@teosandell4278]

Or just a piece of railroad track, Les Paul style.

[@tonymillington4683]

The forearm veins are a true representation of how metal a song is, great work!

[@christianmunch7160]

Pretty much what i thought, thanks xD

[@MrDon43]

Feel the burn🤣😅😆😛

[@tonymillington4683]

@M83 Collective Knuckle Strummer

[@matheuberlin9824]

True true

[@musicsucks6969]

You can really hear the influence that Black Sabbath left on Infant Annihilator

[@andymanson3836]

Could've swore I heard the smallest hint of Nickelback in there as well.

[@ethancheyne2286]

I swore there was a pubic hair of ColdPlay sprinkled in there too

[@satanicgay666]

the truth is that instead of Cuntcrusher I would have played Crucifilth or The Battle of Yaldaboath (the two first minutes of this one are part of the densest and heaviest things I've ever heard)

[@thats_not_glue]

@@ethancheyne2286 dare I say there's a smidgens of a young Justin Bieber in there as well 🤔

[@Kris_P._Bey_Ken]

@@thats_not_glue perhaps a splash of Taylor swift as well?🤔

[@tghninsayak]

I think early metal had melody in them. As metal became progressed, it became more percussive and rythmic

[@ImS0urDiese1]

i think most of my music falls into " your friends wont listen to this" and ive never heard a better explanation for it in my life

[@ThoR52]

As someone who's mildly obssessed about the new Vildhjarta album, that last category made me smile.

[@adrianrmz7389]

That last and Metal to Core are the badasses heavy shit bro

[@gdfgdfgdsgdf]

mah dude

[@jackdanielteasdale598]

T H A L L

[@AgainstTheeWickedlyMusic]

It's true that they needed their own tier. Vildhjarta is next-level

[@Velakor9150]

Ikr djent bit passed and i was like "where's Vild/HLB?!". big smile at the end there

[@captweirdbeard]

Transition from The Trooper to Master of Puppets was somehow super obvious and super unexpected at the same time. Nicely done.

[@benstanfill363]

That transition was perfect

[@bolillo5013]

I love that you named that section “your friends won’t listen to this” because I actually turned one of my friends from being a Greenday fan boy to a deathcore snob lmao.

[@DiamondSane]

It's difficult to linearize metal, because it evolves in multiple branches simultaneously. But you did great.

[@andysalter7192]

Yeah no other genre has so many" sub genres " !

[@jeffwilliams3224]

Agreed. Also important to note that metal can play anything. But not anything can play metal.

[@jesuscondom15]

Just like Science

[@jeffwilliams3224]

@@jesuscondom15 exactly

[@slavden]

I just had to put a dislike, because half of core included has nothing to do with Metal, though I agree that it is a progression towards "extreme". Still I love the way he plays, especially the backing track is better than that of many famous guitar covering YouTubbers. Kudos for nailing it "it is impossible to linearize metal"! Rock on

[@palanthis]

Thank you for reminding me that Wait and Bleed was '99. I was fine knowing that I was listening to Slayer, Metallica, etc. as a kid. Or even my dad's Black Sabbath records when I was still single digits, but remembering that Slipknot (which still feels fairly recent) was actually 23 years ago, just makes me feel old. lol. Hard to believe that album came out a year after I became a dad.

[@AnimeAjay]

Holy shit, what a killer video. This must have taken so long. 💕

[@ThomasHogue]

Waaay too long 🤣

[@thinkingape7655]

Putting in that work. Well done 🤘

[@hmmurdockofids]

I genuinely laughed out loud that "Very Swedish" was the upper limit for what your closest friends would allow you to play in the car. It's so true, unless you sneak in some djent with a nice groove.

[@KimiiiRaikkonen]

And ofcourse, the Heaviest song Holy diver in the end. Only one song is below and more heavy. The definition of a Black hole in the metal universe.. *S M O K E O N T H E W A T E R*

[@Murf_Workshop]

Legends speak of this bell bottom djent, but never did I imagine the myths were so true!!!

[@gastonpossel]

@@Murf_Workshop It is told that the tuning on SOTW is so low you can't hear the fundamental notes of the guitar. What you actually hear in the track are just the upper harmonics.

[@tasteless7795]

Crazy how that first Black Sabbath riff holds up better then some of the later ones. Timeless.

[@el_rey_gris9321]

Because they still had a song. Not just a wall of sound and endless sweeps

[@daan3192]

i do think because there were not a lot of metal bands out there making a metal song these days is a lot harder to get recognition

[@charizardmaster13]

Lol no honestly that riff sounds like something a local band would play these days

[@thesongremainsthesameLZ]

@@charizardmaster13 Simplicity is key, yes it is very basic but you have to consider how heavy it sounded in 1970 lol. If you want something heavier and faster from Sabbath I recommend Symptom Of The Universe (1975). Still heavy as fuck even by todays standards, I consider it the first metal song to have elements of what would become thrash

[@charizardmaster13]

@@thesongremainsthesameLZ its not about simplicity. Its about it sounding amateur and badly written but some people arent ready to have thaf conversation because they suck off any old music just because it came out first

[@awguitarroom8033]

Dude this was sick. Those Vildhjarta riffs are so nasty

[@gdfgdfgdsgdf]

NOOOUSTY

[@AtomWeed]

When I introduce my friends to Vildhjarta they mostly say it sounds like ultrasound to them :D

[@1349-o2m]

@@AtomWeed They're wrong ultrasound is above 20k and infrasound is the low one

[@Jexhurun]

Hammer smashed race was placed perfectly

[@sdmdrums9275]

The transition between The Trooper and Master of Puppets was smooth asf

[@metallife6667]

Best guitarist on KZbin he can literally play anything

[@Vortexafternoon]

Your tone on Ace of Spades is just purr beauty. Actually on all songs, but that one stood out.

[@tonya4157]

I enjoyed the hell out of that, thanks. And I was 13 when Sabbath changed the world.

[@DaxWyvrn]

I mentally asked "What about Meshuggah?" when I got to the ' very Swedish' and shortly after said "oh I see why." Such a great video; I can tell you have a lot of passion for metal! Great addition at the end, I laughed and headbanged lmao

[@wyattbradley130]

It is very obvious that you put a lot of time into this! I specifically really enjoyed the audio mixing. Thank you for a great video

[@ThomasHogue]

Thank you! Glad you liked it!

[@juankamehameha]

Djent should honestly be a bigger category. The influence it had on the heavier and more progressive bands of the 2010s and even now into the 2020s is huge. Great vid!

[@egriffin6028]

That transition from the trooper to master of puppets was flawless 👍

[@Daltonchweenie]

These new Lorna Shore songs are absolutely insane brother! Can’t wait for more. Also kinda sad there was no Signs of the Swarm. ☹️

[@ThomasHogue]

Hell yeah! Haha, honestly the hardest part of this video was picking the songs, so many to choose from

[@mrs.vasquezz]

Glad to see people loving Connors Influence

[@SaltWaterDrums]

I love how when we hit None More Heavy you can see he finally breaks a sweat because the songs are genuinely difficult for even a highly skilled guitarist to play.

[@LarsGoldbachDP]

Including Archspire and putting Vildhjarta on the very end is actually genuis. But I missed the moment (right before THALL) when you turn your guitar to a left-hand guitar and attempt a HUMANITY'S LAST BREATH song :D ' great video! subbed!!!

[@CommunityGuidlin]

I have to say this video did make me spend a lot more time on EBay than usual

[@ch1mera140]

At the beginning of the Slaughter to Prevail part I was like, "Is this Solefald with the random folk dancy tune?". Awesome work, man!

[@Bednarrr2137]

I love how your perpetual derp face, it's genuinely amazing

[@calebs7723]

Had to revisit this, to thank you for completely putting me onto monuments, and helping me vastly expand my music taste

[@ThomasHogue]

Very awesome to hear, glad you enjoyed!

[@palibakufun]

It's amazing, really. I spend a good portion of my time listening to as much new music as I can get my hands on (and I play clone hero a lot, with all the random stuff you get in there), and yet I've never heard of Vildhjarta. I looked it up immediately and am glad, this is good stuff.

[@ThomasHogue]

Nice! They are one of the bands that when I first heard, I thought... wow, this is really something new and different.

[@GoDUsopp-gk2fx]

@@ThomasHogue You should check out Obscura by Gorguts or Triptych by Dischordia. mindblowing

[@nadeen1111]

Man, the absolute effort and talent in this video is insane. Great editing and quality as well. Thanks for the wild journey of all these iconic tracks!

[@ThomasHogue]

Glad you liked it!

[@PaulSokol]

What a well done piece. This would be great for someone wanting to learn more about metal guitar styles for sure!

[@treasondom]

Wow, awesome skills man! The drum tracks in the 'None More Heavy' category gave me flashbacks from around 2010 when the Guitar Pro 4 crashed and everything went nuts at once :))

[@TenKurVynas]

thank you for including behemoth. they have a wonderful evolution as a band on their own too

[@carlosvonbismarck1217]

Agreed. My favourite record of theirs is Evangelion

[@shawnm1144]

with as many metal channels as i follow idk how it took so long for yours to pop up on my feed, but im glad i clicked on it. love your videos man, keep up the good work!

[@ThomasHogue]

Great to hear, thank you!

[@pliskerz7042]

Crazy, I remember listening to all these songs back in the day. But also listened to a lot of Meshuggah. Then Djent started to creep in the scene around 2010-2015 with bands like periphery for example that feed off the old Meshuggah style. It sounds like today rock/ metal is becoming more and more influenced by that rhythmically complex and deep heavy rythm. Makes for awesome sounds.

[@micah8943]

Nicely curated, you got me with the archspire and vildjharta, 2 of my literal favorites. I reckon tech death + thall is the future of metal

[@Павел-и6з4в]

I still don't understand why you have so few subscribers... The videos are just super!

[@linkw6645]

I love the choice of the songs, I definitely prefer the heavier side of metal, so the last 4 I was progressively going like "mmm, yeah this is my stuff". I love this video, it also shows my gradual apreciation of the heaviness in metal.

[@MassHysteriaHD]

Oh dude the vildhjarta hit me right in the sweet spot. Thank you for that ❤

[@prat2609]

I am so listening to this on loop! I am between Gateway to Metal and Very Metal! :-D

[@ThomasHogue]

That's what I like to hear 😁

[@MrYourfavoritezombie]

ironically enough hammer smashed face is probably one of the few songs your friends WILL listen to...

[@johnsguitarmusicanddemos]

*I love some Sabbath!!!!!! Right from the start, I was let hooked! 😈 Love the video and Infant Annhilator…. sick!*

[@thesongremainsthesameLZ]

The band that started it all!

[@AshtonFitness]

YES. I can't believe the heaviest riff at the end was from the band I wanted it to be from (no spoilers)! I was like "I guarantee he doesn't pick that band because these kinds of KZbinrs never do" and you DID!!

[@WhoOwnstheCrown]

10:46 dis one is 🔥

[@DARKFLAME11roblox]

The transition from Blackest ov the Black to Hammer Smashed Face omg brilliant

[@raphaelcalado4335]

Meshuggah is so unique among all these bands, this is one of the reasons I love their songs…

[@marcimarc203]

As soon as the blastbeats kick in with some crazy fast foot patterns I just have to smile every time.

[@rosscotunes9251]

Amazing content man! Damn there was heavy stuff coming out in the nineties , great video

[@ThomasHogue]

Thanks! Yeah until I made this I never thought about how quickly the extreme metal genres emerged in the 90s. Hammer Smashed Face only 2 years after Judas Priest's Painkiller

[@detts5082]

@@ThomasHogue Reign in Blood was only 3 years after Piece of Mind and Scream Bloody Gore was only 1 year after Reign in Blood, lol

[@WillAHWarpath]

In my opinion Death really set the bar and got tech death rolling.

[@anthonyfranks793]

@@ThomasHogue you should check out Atheists, Piece of Time. Crazy technical and in ‘89 no less.

[@albinospino3089]

The inclusion of Rainbow's magnum opus made me so happy. Thank you for this wonderful video!

[@brendanhayward7577]

Magnificent. My favorite genre was your friends won't listen to this. Subbed.

[@carlosvonbismarck1217]

Same dude.

[@davidlindenberger7646]

You’re my guitar hero! Edit: Thank you for Drone Corpse Aviator… I am an Archspire addict and desperately needed a fix

[@Ouzala]

Wow dude AWESOME !! I'm so impressed by how many riffs you can play (and some are really difficult) ! Love how you achieved to transition between one riff to an other ! Great work thank you !!!

[@thanjay1867]

love that that you threw At the Gates in the mix, one of the most personally influential bands/albums for me

[@fabriciobastos4674]

Holy hell Archspire top of the Everest, the canadian boys are so brutal, please do more covers from Archspire.

[@ThomasHogue]

The first time I heard drone corpse aviator I knew death metal had evolved 🤯. I’ve got another archspire feature in my death metal then vs. now video

[@fabriciobastos4674]

@@ThomasHogue I see your brutal job and you are in the same Stiles like Dean and Tobi they are a perfect duo Jared Oli and Spencer in the kitchen make the nuclear blasts.

[@synthnamio]

My first thought when I saw this video, Archspire must be at the top 😀

[@cynaptyc]

This video definitely got my sub! Thanks for sharing this wonderful ride through evolution and history! Hella great playing too!! 😀

[@ThomasHogue]

Thank you!

[@sergiimatushchenko4976]

Great job Thomas! Generally, the progress bar shows gradual guitar displacement by drums as a main instrument.

[@siddhartascarlett5430]

I'm very glad and happy with first option in your countdown! Mr. Tony Iommi. The man who started all! \,,/

[@hectorvegasduque2234]

Daaaaammnnn you included fucking suffocation man, that albums is full of incredible riffs

[@mikesbadopinions9671]

Dude that was really well put together and masterfully played. Awesome

[@ZondaWalker]

Amazing, dude! You're very talented.

[@chasepruitt3751]

The riff/drum transition from Behemoth to Cannibal Corpse was slick

[@AshenRJ]

Props for using one of Meshuggah's lesser known songs.

[@STALLION81O]

Dude, the way you format your videos are insane. This is so good, "your friends won't listen to this"🤣 it's so true

[@HarptoHeart69]

Gotta love the fret wrap in standard tuning, Happy New Year. 🎉🎇😂🤘

[@ThomasHogue]

Happy new year!!

[@kotogray8335]

I absolutely LOVE all of your guitars! I'm a big Schecter and Jackson fan too But I also have an old Charvel and Kramer from the 80s that I have upgraded and painted Great job!

[@Damn3dYank33]

My seven strings are Schecter… made for metal! 👍👊

[@zinAab79]

Nice! most of these kind of videos always show metal until the 2000's ending with Djent, that's ignoring the last 15-20 years of sound development.

[@Don_Quesadilla]

Probably the best video of its kind on KZbin, great job.

[@hattorihansen603]

I like how in the olde days one did not have to chose between heavy and melodic. Also: Is 800 notes per minute 'none more heavy' or is it Crowbar?

[@Tonjit41]

My pfp is a Shadow of Intent album. Check em out.

[@kentucky1519]

@@Tonjit41 good one too

[@Buttmuncher3000]

i’ve got nothing against any of these bands or modern metal as a whole, but a model t being pushed by a gnarly fuzz is more heavy than most of these combined

[@steve7745]

@@Tonjit41 kick ass band, love me some metal and some halo 😂

[@TheDogn]

You want heavy + melody? Check out melodic death metal or metal core. I've been listening to a lot of bleed from within lately. I like everything in their uprising album and earlier because of how groovy it was

[@garrisonclark4793]

Incredible editing, Thomas! Love the middle progress bar.

[@dapperdan434]

Never played an instrument Listen to 6 hours of metal minimum ( I’m your age) And I’m still finding bands to look into Metal is the only genre that hasn’t peeked🙏🏻🤌🏻🤘🏻

[@The330racing]

I appreciate the attention to detail with the tone of each song! Great work

[@athandh308]

Kind sir casually playing infant annihilator and archspire is illegal.

[@jeremycameron8638]

bro that right hand is insane, my jaw dropped on those last few songs.

[@brandonbehc]

Great video man... Another genre could have been technical death metal from 90's and 2000, like Necrophagist, Obscura, and also progressive metal like Dream theater and progressive death metal like The faceless, Born of Osiris...

[@LawtonMeyer]

Love that you put a rainbow song in here, was not expecting that

[@Eskimogunslinger]

Amazing stuff mate, always blown away by your videos and some absolute bangers throughout. I wonder if you're in any kind of gnarly pain after playing some of these riffs but you look pretty relaxed! Maybe a few moments here and there being the exception. How long does it take for you to recover if you were to play some of the latter songs like Archspire for a few hours? Again, brilliant video I loved it 🤘

[@ThomasHogue]

Thanks man, glad you are enjoying! Archspire, Cuntcrusher, and Demolisher were all pretty challenging ha. I notice a cumulative effect - after a few days in a row, it's definitely time to take some time off

[@cousinshammer]

Great content! Lots of nostalgia and pure energy and hype of the new stuff. keep up the good work dude!

[@TylerGotAYTAccount]

Don't forget kids, stay tech.

[@coffexbreath]

Really killed all of the riffs, great job dude!

[@ThomasHogue]

Thank you!

[@asphalion8291]

I hope Dean Lamb sees this

[@GuitarDiddlerJP15]

That was great! Haha, so happy to see monuments in there!

[@MrVonkliest]

I think I could make an argument that normal people would be more willing to listen to Cannibal Corpse, especially HSF, than old Behemoth.

[@Sunchaserofficial]

Had a feeling feeling Vildhjarta would be last. That ending in toxin is the heaviest shit I’ve ever heard

[@victorvelez9662]

N.I.B rockea tan duro como cualquier riff moderno

[@Le_epic_eclipse]

10:47 best metal ever

[@Velakor9150]

man im sad Opeth/bloodbath weren't in the Swedish part Mikael is incredible :( and Vildhjarta or HLB for Djent, Buster is revolutionary for djent sick list though, a few i hadn't heard of from the 90s that sound amazing! WAIT THE THALL SECTION THOUGH!!

[@NinjaofApathy]

GHOOOST OOOF, PERDITIOOOONNN 🤙🤘

[@geralddumaplin2544]

From the start of the video i was really wishing to see Infant Annihilator. But when it was near the end i had no hope of hearing it until just as i looked back to grab my stuff i heard it. The Cuntcrusher intro. In a split second not even god can count how many times i came after hearing the god damn slam dunking riff after the intro. Very cool!

[@alexruday9135]

hit me right in the feels with wait and bleed. 7th grade me approves. as does 34 year old me.

[@michaeldean7220]

Lovely stuff as a very atmospheric solo. And nice to see Dennis getting a little love. Come on Rod have you finally forgiven him for listening to The Eagles! ;)

[@zavanholmes]

Cool video and great playing but, I think Dime plays CFH a little different than the way you played.

[@ThomasHogue]

Perhaps, I did see a lot of tabs staying in the open position but I found that less natural :)

[@MortonCammar]

I was actually surprised to have a song from the top bracket (drone corpse aviator). I don't like 80-90s straight death metal that much (i.e. cannibal corpse) apart from tech death. It's too much noise and for me that isn't heavy, e.g. Heavy for me is a song called Deadweight by Downswing (despite being metalcore, which is typically shit on for being not heavy. The production is insane, adding extra power to the song, especially the breakdown at the end.)

[@zombiecharger65]

Excellent technique. Tone, not so much. Worked great for clarity on the downtuned era of stuff but was painful to hear on things closer to standard tuning.

[@ΔιαμαντήςΔημήτριος]

An amazing video with some of my favorite songs. You earned a subsciber.

[@ThomasHogue]

Thank you!

[@gumlguml]

yeah from classic rock to absoloutly fucking nightmare music !

[@AmyrAbadawn]

Really awesome!

[@Ayaku_ouille]

To me, after 8:11, I wouldn't listen to it. I enjoy the ones before because they are still melodic, after 10:47 it's even worse honestly, you can barely hear anything, it's mostly just noise and that's it. Despite not enjoying that, I can still pretty much enjoy Mick Gordon's soundtrack because as I said previously, the melody is strong in those.

[@Skylabz604]

Because they went more extreme to appeal to a niche crowd that constantly wants faster, more brutal and more extreme. Metal has lost its mainstream appeal because of that. It's the heavy jazz nerds genre now.

[@alexmason6191]

Agree with every word you said

[@veganskillz]

I love new metal like Archspire, Veil of Maya, Lorna Shore, a lot of it hits really hard and the riffs are awesome and intense but they are too polished and overproduced, sterile, and repetitive these days. They lost a lot of the rich tones, expressiveness, roughness and basic musicality that makes old school metal still KING 🤘🏼

[@kajeralocse]

Nice mate! I love how you played all the most epic songs in metal since its birth. Subbed

[@ThomasHogue]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed