Metal School - Sortilege

[@kenrhea1103]

metamorphose might be the most impressive heavy metal album I've ever heard, I'm still wrapping my brain around it, it might not even go all the way round it, insanely powerful stuff

[@olivertwist962]

Back in the day, hanging out with friends in New York, Dudes were either playing on cassettes or Singing AC/ DC, Maiden, Priest.. Me, it was fuckin Sortilege!! Everyone flipped! One of the greatest bands ever.. Sad I never got to see them perform..

[@allwalledup]

I can only imagine how hard you blew their minds

[@olivierpease8108]

As a French guy, I thank you so much for paying tribute to Sortilège. The picture you used of'Zouille and Stephane at an outdoor concert was taken at the Breaking sound festival outside Paris in 1984. I was there, great show ! I didn't know they had reunited even with a different line-up. Thanks a lot for this video !

[@VultureLivesAgain]

Thanks for drawing my attention to the new Sortilege tracks, as well as the official Sortilege KZbin channel. I had no idea about any of it!

[@arthurdrolet3693]

I think it's cool how your channel showcases lesser-known bands. I'm always looking for bands of the 80's that I might have missed out on. I might not personally enjoy all of the bands but the content is good. Thanks.

[@nerothos]

Zouille has to be one of the greatest metal vocalists of all time. Unbelievable tone quality. The outro to Metamorphose gives me chills every single time.

[@thrashwar]

Simply amazing band. I was lucky enough to see them live (when they reunited) and also met them in person. Thanks for the video.

[@JoeyArmstrong2800]

Sortilege kicks ass. Thanks for giving them the props they deserve

[@tickscollector9029]

Never heard of them and agree, they tick all the boxes, good writing, good musicianship, and the singer could trade blows with the best the 80s had to offer. One of the tracks in the beginning made me think "this singer has the range and could sing like king diamond, impressive". Your doing good work metal brother🤘

[@cillian3]

One of the best and most famous french heavy metal band from here in France. They are (still) much loved and their songs are legendary. Manigance is also close to their music but more modern.

[@luftogen]

One of my favorite band from the French heavy metal scene. Love from Québec

[@mojzivotjenovival7789]

One of my favorite band from the 80s french metal scene! Sortilege, High Power, Warning, H-Bomb were the highlights of the 80s french heavy metal! And Sortilege's EP and their 1. and 2. are fantastic 80s heavy metal records!

[@sylvmili]

The band is not dead , sortilège is back with zouille on a New CD with many old songs recorded in 2021 and two new songs . It’s called Phœnix !!! Run on Amazon to buy it !!!!! It is so great and zouille 40 years later has the same voice !!!

[@steelerfreak1977]

Oh and a cool tidbit about Sortilege, they were one of Chuck Schuldiner’s favorite bands. Check out the intro for Death’s “Evil Dead.” It is an homage to Sortilege and their song “Amazone”

[@user-ng9gd4vl9s]

Yes Chuck!!! Still giving from Beyond!

[@samusvikerness661]

wow cool

[@Chord_The_Seeker]

Another great band I’ve never heard of. The vocals on the 80s tracks are incredible!

[@yanafilimonova2]

Enjoyable to watch, as always. Thank you for the lesson, Metal School! 🖤🤘

[@thelastowitch]

Sortilege is a killer band! Great video as always, keep 'em coming

[@zoranpavlovic9540]

OMG! You are the best! My favorite French band besides H Bomb and Blaspheme,...and ADX, Satan Jokers, Attentat Rock. I was mad about Sortilège back in days that I started writing lyrics in French 🤘💥

[@ericmoreau4568]

Do yourself a solid and dig, like a rock burrowing sandworm, recent francophile bigwigs Herzel and Tentation. (Don't thank me, this is my duty.)

[@franciskocher200]

What about TRUST the best french hard-rock band👍

[@deanleslie3269]

Soooo great that you showcased this band! Of course they could never make it big worldwide singing in French but the English versions,though very decent,were simply not up to scratch with the original French ones. They were as good or even better than some of the bigger bands and Metamorphose is one the the greatest Heavy Metal albums of all time with Zouille's vocals perhaps,well,for me,the greatest Metal vocals I;ve ever heard. Being from the province of Quebec of course I understood the French lyrics! Thanks for posting this. What a pleasant surprise. Keep up the good work!

[@commemaarek2836]

Absolutly agréé was thé first pupil drum pupil of thé drummer Bob snake had opportunity to tale drum lesson juste before their rehearsal music at thé cabanon behind thé family housse of thé both brother JP Dumont and Stéphane Dumont. Nice memories. I still play drum repezt in a famous Paris studio Luna Rossa. Coïncidence they do right box repezt as well in thé dame studio. World IS clise as we Say in french. I felt it they will Côme back. After 33 years ago. Et oui le sort en est jeté they will rebirth for out zll of us. And will finish in saying that talent hot no frontières at all long life for all musisians all over thé World

[@Skelosk]

Did not expect you to cover a french band. I did not expect myself ti like a french band either. Thanks for the video

[@davidayala2938]

Another great band I miss...I love it..French bands are always awesome...like Satan Jokers and Blaspheme...thank you and great video

[@GMHG777]

This band just absolutely fucking rules !!!!!

[@brentlohr4439]

Criminally underrated

[@scazxr]

I remember these guys! From the English EP version. this was the same period that Loudness was dropping their Japanese singer with me throwing money at whatever they came out with. Music is the universal language. Bad distribution indeed. They were worthy.

[@JustPuckinAround]

Fun fact: this was Chuck Schuldiner's favourite band

[@emorris0204]

It’s evident in deaths music :) bbquitoner did a video about sortilege ,definitely checkout\m/

[@glubFilms]

True! Evil Dead's intro is inspired by Sortilege

[@soundvision1601]

Along with Watchtower and Coroner 🤘😉

[@godetonter4764]

Fun Fact - Sortilege was everyone's favorite band in 1984 .

[@musclecarfan74]

R.I.P. Chuck one of my favorite guitarists

[@sarasarah1810]

really like that black n white charvel, and wished they had a better chance back in the day to be noticed. deserving of all the fans they have. ty for sharing.

[@Chronas9.9]

I’m really glad I found this channel. Can’t wait to see what other bands you discuss next.

[@metalurgov4943]

I saw them a couple years ago playing in France with mighty Aria, it was absolutely magic!

[@MetalSchoolChannel]

Wow, that's a hell of a pairing :)

[@membrax]

I was too!

[@KevinOrtega1980]

I remember when discovering this band a few years ago and fell in love with their music, my favorite album is Hero’s Tears

[@steelerfreak1977]

Sortilege rules!! Metamorphose is so damn killer!

[@JoaKimG]

Best 80's french band !!! I still regularly listen to their albums for all these years!

[@KAMELOT72]

ADX is better

[@martinsalduna]

Knew both bands (Sortilege and Blaspheme) last year. They're amazing!! Thanks for bringing them to the channel. Please, let me suggest future MH masterclasses: -Razor; -Laaz Rockit; Y&T; Winger; Gamma Ray; Lionsheart. Thanx, and rock on!

[@rejeanroy216]

I'm french Canadian. I know about Sortilege since the 80's. I remember hearing them on the radio Saturday night on the Rock Show. They are a good band

[@kevinmcnamara2082]

This is badass! I love how you mentioned short songs that feel epic. Sometimes they’re the ones you go back to again and again! Also heard some early influence of loudness on a few tracks! You’re doing the lords work I’m hooked!

[@nicolasst-onge9367]

Hello, thank you for this beautiful video. I suggest these two french bands : My favorite song : High Power - Offrande Charnelle My favorite song :H-Bomb - Gwendoline Have a great day!

[@gimpy204]

Please please please do a Savatage episode. So damn criminally underrated they are.

[@whollymindless]

So easy to see how they would fit well in the era of Trust. I'm disappointed I missed them back then. Good to hear they're still making music!

[@lorryriff6613]

Sortilège and Trust are in fact extremely different bands. Trust is a rock'n'roll-based hard rock group with highly political lyrics, whereas Sortilège is more of a NWOBHM-influenced heavy metal band with lyrics that deal with epic stuff, with an heroic fantasy vibe.

[@hyvll]

Is it trust or sortilège who wrote secte, reprise by anthrax?

[@lorryriff6613]

@@hyvll No, it's a cover of Trust, another French band (probably the most important one as far as heavy rock is concerned) The original song is on their second album, it's entitled 'les sectes'. ;-)

[@ungodlymegalith535]

Another awesome video, best metal related channel on KZbin.

[@MetalSchoolChannel]

Hey thanks! 🤘🏻

[@taniavaz711]

SOR-TI-LEEEEEEEEEEEEGE!!!! I love love love them!!!!

[@vvinterwulf]

Meus favoritos!

[@GMHG777]

Dude your retrospective docs are amazing !!! So top shelf it’s ridiculous ! Subbed hard man !!

[@MetalSchoolChannel]

Thank you, brother! 🤘🏻

[@MEMBassist2]

Heros tears is such an underrated album a hidden gem.

[@sebastianmiranda5076]

The first time I watched the sortilage clip in black and white I was blown away. Then, you can't stop.....this band is magic. Their entire carreer is perfect. Every album is a masterpiece. No fillers.

[@Errcyco]

The riffs and vox these guys had was super ahead of their time. And Paris of all places. The demo is fantastic. It’s like if the Scorpions were way heavier. Two horns up.

[@Ratt2004]

1st song i ever heard from them was in late-2007, was Dailleurs, heard it, didn't give it a 2nd listen. Came across Chase le Dragon, immediately became one of my favorite tunes in terms of obscure metal bands from across the pond. I got all 3 releases in my collection (Thank you Soulseek circa 2009-2010 lol), truly amazing band. And found the 2 updated singles of Spotify recently!

[@MetalSchoolChannel]

Dude, Soulseek was AMAZING for about eight months lol. I think I was able to find all of Zappa's discography on there which otherwise would've taken forever to track down individually. This was before you could find pretty much anything on KZbin of course. But yeah... Soulseek, man. Came and went haha.

[@Ratt2004]

@@MetalSchoolChannel i still have the original one on the dekstop, only use it for obscure stuff to add to the collection, otherwise, it's purchase town for me. the newer version is horrible though, makes you feel like you're pulling teeth lol.

[@NWOTHMFullAlbums]

I was there at Keep It True. Amazing concert! The 2nd best of the whole fest, just behind Aria. Larmes de Heros is my favorite album. It’s also the only one I don’t have on CD. The cheapest I could find it was €60. I hope they would reissue it, but with the band splitting up it will be more difficult.

[@theoagos0318]

I got all three albums of theirs for around 25 euros. On ebay.

[@NWOTHMFullAlbums]

@@theoagos0318 I checked out and unfortunately it's the English version of Larmes de Heros. I really want the original French version.

[@theoagos0318]

You specifically want the french version? The English version is still great

[@JeanAlainXavier-ze9jc]

Masterpiece, epic songs

[@45641560456405640563]

Saw 'em in April 2022 in Paris supporting the (then) latest release. Was a solid show in front of an appreciative audience.

[@sethkaicer319]

Metal School showed the Bandit how to bring it back no matter what it takes.

[@godetonter4764]

I own a Split CD of Danish band Evil and Sortilege. Their singer looks like Joe Elliott who looked like Bif Byford when he changed his hairstyle from High n Dry to his Pyromania

[@jamesmoss3424]

Sortilege is new to me and I will get all of their albums. 😀👍🤘🎸

[@portuguesebeer5069]

Nice band! I didn't know this band. Cheers from Portugal 🍺🤘🇵🇹

[@norascott2565]

Never heard of them before this.......impressive!!! Those vocals!!!

[@sebastianmiranda5076]

I love the way your channel is taking. You could also take a look at eastern europe bands too for your videos. Pokolgep, ossian, kat, korrozia metala, among others. Great work

[@JeanAlainXavier-ze9jc]

I love Larmes de héros, it's a masterpiece, the songwriting, words are great.

[@TheoneStanband]

I love your videos talking about all these great bands! 80s metal and rock is one of my favorite things. I'd love to see ya do a video on jag wire, aaronsrod, or hannon tramp!

[@dsmith3351]

Cool vid thanks! Will check these guys out for sure!!

[@ericmoreau4568]

You rule, dude. Great, congenial, well-learned narration. Good shite!

[@ofermashiach4519]

The 1993 EP is amazing. Got the album and the cover art t-shirt.

[@taffer89]

My favourite French heavy metal band with High Power a close second.

[@MorbidEmpireRD]

Sortilège and Blaspheme are the most important and the best bands from France. And I gotta brag a bit, I was in a front row at their show at Keep It True.

[@MetalSchoolChannel]

That's awesome! Looked like a great show!

[@AntoniousKing]

I Love this band!!! I saw them at both Keep It True and Muskelrock in 2019, they were awesome! At KIT I got my vinyl of their first EP signed by the band!!

[@MetalSchoolChannel]

Very cool!

[@MrAntonioCapone]

Thank you for these videos.

[@themadthrasher5000]

Love this band. Great choice of band!

[@thorinbane]

Great vocals and thanks for revealing this band.

[@billyfoster3223]

Vocalist holds up? More like surpasses! I stand by that!👍😀

[@12SkippyRay]

They have this on Amazon music fyi. Just got the album and a compilation of all remastered....woot

[@RichardCollier434]

i have both albums and i wished the band had made more .

[@nikolaiplotnikov7243]

Sortilege is not the only French metal band to gain prominence in the '80s. Nightmare, a little known band from Grenoble had gained prominence in the '80s.

[@RichyKearnsproductions]

Bruno Ramos is one of France's elite Guitarists he would eventually leave Manigance the French power metal group to join Sortilege Hes also a really nice guy

[@anthonybaillus6858]

It's rare with french metal band but I can say it: "Proud to be a french metalhead !"

[@ukrpgfan4029]

Can't beat a bit of classic Frog Rock....

[@sylentstorm8422]

Again with the great vids. Keep it up!!

[@thunderspike1892]

Check out French band H-Bomb. Quite good. Existed from 1982-1986. Attaque are a great album

[@godetonter4764]

They sounded like Motorhead. The original Vocalist for Cloven Hoof joined H - Bomb . Checkout High Power, one of the Heaviest French bands

[@matthewgeist1067]

Please do savtage from Tampa Florida

[@Aaron-jn9me]

Love the song D'ailleurs! Maybe you can do Mercyful Fate? Those guys rock! The riffs are on a new level and the vocals are insane!

[@user-ng9gd4vl9s]

"Aw he haw haaaw! You eeenglish weht yohr Blahk sabehth an yur I-huhn-may-duuuhn! Pah! Viva le gaul!" *French guitar solo intensified*

[@aldefleppardbangkokcrispyc3623]

I kind of remember them some song's 🇬🇧

[@vvinterwulf]

You are a wizard!

[@philswanson5429]

Zouille! Godly!!! The best ever!

Thank you ! 🙏🙏

[@phihelix8777]

Damn your diggen deep. I had them on a cassette that had a bunch of unheardove bands at the time, anvil, sortilege, anthrax, metalica and others. It was a great tape i wish i knew where it went. Great memmories.

[@punkrock1989]

Cool vid.

[@tibojanssen8137]

Well going inyo obscure bands, defenitly check out the Belgian metal scene, a very interesting scene that is now reviving!

[@andreainnocenti3587]

Sortilege rule the metal world

[@matthewgeist1067]

Do savatage

[@crackerlackingproductions6746]

You should do Raven. I wore out their Stay Hard cassette as a kid.

[@georgigetsov8897]

Great video metal school 🤘🤘🤘 Could you make a video about the band Konkurent (Конкурент) or B.T.R.

[@mikecook4298]

awesome!

[@SCORPION89199]

There's a really good Band Also from France called Fisc, I have the 1st 2 albums from 84and 85 The 1st is called tracker the second 1 is called breakout both really Good Album's check em out thanks.

[@omarcortes4667]

I had the Ep from Axe Killer records

[@luissantiago7555]

Fucking sortilege rules!

[@loleksk8]

Lesson time !

[@TheMountainDemon]

Dude! Would you do The Pirates or Tank? Maybe Razor? Another great video!

[@salemcorpsgrinder]

if you want more detail on what happened to sortilege i can explai to you (source : i'm french)

[@MetalSchoolChannel]

Absolutely! I had a very hard time finding information in English.

[@salemcorpsgrinder]

@@MetalSchoolChannel ill send you a DM with all the information i got !

[@salemcorpsgrinder]

Oh seems i cant send you a dm so I'll give my info right here ! So firstly there was a tribute at the "Fall of summer" with member of "hurlement","manigance" and "furie" there was two member of sortilege aswell I only remember Bob snake to be honest... That was the same tribute as the "Keep it true" That was the thing that reignited the sortilege (pun intended) So every member came back to the band except for lapp who was at the time an audio engineer in the US , he was supposed to come back for the next concert the "hellfest" and "l'Élysée Montmartre" So linda from furie was doing tacking vocals for zouillr for the higher note etc.. Then when sortilege started touring it became that a lot of the member had not played in a long while ,that Zouille despite being not as good as he was kicked out Linda ! So Bob snake left at that moment and they took Farid Medjane from "Trust" but he never learned any song for the show so there was a lot of really awkward moment when he didn't know when to stop or start or when to let breath etc... So the next is the Sortilege Facebook page announced that zouille was kicked out but he wasn't aware of that ! He said something like "I have the sortilege brand so I'm the only real sortilege band we will sort this thing with layers" Thats the stage of sortilege right now ! To be fair zouille wasn't up to bar the concert without linda sucked a lot ! And a lot of French fans are tired of this ! On an other note zouille did an album with the lead singer of satan joker awhile ago if you don't know (I hope I made think le understable)

[@MetalSchoolChannel]

@@salemcorpsgrinder interesting! I did see about the Facebook posts but it was hard to tell if Stephane and the rest are going to do any new recording. I hope so! Yeah, the concert with Lynda was a bit rough. I assumed it had maybe been a while since they had played together? The Keep It True performance seemed better. It’s a shame the band can’t work out their differences. Zouille’s vocals and Stephane and Didier’s guitars were the perfect combination. The new members are great too I’m sure, but usually you just can’t beat the original lineup. Thanks for the extra info!

[@MetalSchoolChannel]

@@salemcorpsgrinder old school French bands?

[@JohandeHakkelaar]

Amazing stuff

[@zikcman]

Merci !! 🤘

[@GaborSzitas22]

Cool vid!

[@ternusguitar8012]

Will we get a video on the Japanese band Anthem??

[@yanafilimonova2]

Yes, please Metal School!!!

[@franciskocher200]

Superbe vidéo...Can you do a video about the best french hard-rock band TRUST?👍

[@dimasrodrguez9111]

The Ep and metamorphose are my favorite albums . I agree with you i prefer the albums in french . Great classic metal and what about the french band called nightmare . I think they are another great classic band . the first 4 records are great in my opinion including the live record called live deliverance .Thanks again for another great documentary .🤘

[@JoeinSeattle.]

Yo these guys rock !!🔥

[@TheCloudracer]

morsure acceleration progress check that french album