The History Of Black Metal In 38 Guitar Riffs

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[@retrorider7521]

1:08 Venom - Black Metal 1:33 Astaroth - Black Priest 1:52 Bathory - Armagedon 2:33 Celtic Frost - Jewel Throne 2:58 KAT - Killer 3:46 Mayhem - Deathcrush 4:14 Darkthrone - Land of frost 4:36 Isengard - Thy Gruesome Death 5:05 Sabbat - Crying in last 5:35 Burzum - Lost Wisdom 6:16 Immortal - Blacker than darkness 6:47 Emperor - Cosmic Key to my creation & times 8:30 Dissection - Where dead angels lie 9:05 Gorgoroth - Sorg 9:58 Ulver - Wolf & Fear 10:29 Nargaroth - Karmageddon 10:56 Horna - Yhdeksan yo 11:36 Nifelheim - War of doom 12:19 Akercocke - Horns of baphomet 13:01 Deathspell omega - Bleeding them like swines 13:27 Marduk - With satan & victorious weapons 14:47 Dark Funeral - Attera Totus Sanctus 15:19 Peste Noire - Le Mort Joyeux 15:46 Blut Aus Nord - The Odinist 16:17 Alghazanth - The Kings to come 16:54 Behemoth - Ov Fire & the void 18:06 Taake - Myr 18:44 Wodensthrone - The Great Darkness 19:25 Koldbrann - Vertigo 20:08 Nocturnal Depression - Nocte Aeterna 21:02 Lluvia - Divinidad 22:27 Winterfylleth - The Dark Hereafter 23:18 Goatmoon- Wolf Night 24:21 MGLA - Age of Excuse II

[@WalidFeghali]

Forgot Drudkh T_T And Dimmu Borgir.

[@yanggyan9729]

..and satyricon

[@НиколайНиколай-н2у]

14.14 Dark Fortress

[@TJV83]

KimJiHoon close enough, you truly are a god amongst men!!

[@Vladi306]

5:35 Every time I pick up a guitar I end up playing this riff at some point. I play it with more power chords in the first part though. 🤘

[@Gjerstad]

This really shows the seismic shift that Darkthrone and Burzum and then the whole norwegian scene was. Awesome music history lesson!

[@brunocharbonneau5272]

Absolutely, this is the point in BM where it started to have it's own sound rather than being trash metal with different themes in the lyrics

[@deliciousdishes4531]

I think he could've included some other movements though. Like he included DSO, but their non-influential stuff? So many people do this dissonant DSO type of bm nowadays, but it wasn't really a factor. Similar to BaN.

[@oldgoattheantichrist3468]

Emperor is insulted by this comment.

[@vampmode9132]

​@oldgoattheantichrist3468 a lot of bands now sound like emperor, but now almost EVERY new BM band is influenced or sounds like Darkthrone and Burzum, they changed it from stripped back thrash to dissonant depressing atmosphere driven noise

[@Aaron-le6xs]

I love the amount of effort put into this video

[@tomix1970pl1]

i dont like effort

[@stigmatvm228]

*Will he play Burzum? Let's find out!*

[@keyboardcorrector2340]

The first thing I thought about when seeing the thumbnail.

[@themule8625]

He did, as well as taake. But no satanic warmaster. Also rip thulean prospective.

[@outtrazd6552]

5:34

[@Marcrobyroth]

@@themule8625 hust Goatmoon... Hust

[@cometothesabbat]

In Norway people listen to Mayhem AND Burzum (but most importantly Darkthrone). Are you a 14 year old fanboy who just discovered black metal after seeing Lords Of Chaos?

[@mdbr155]

This video is like a compass to anyone who wants to get an introduction to black metal good job, great playing man

[@HSTrejoLuna]

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[@HSTrejoLuna]

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[@HSTrejoLuna]

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[@Alberts_Stuff]

That Burzum one sent me into dark mode

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

🤘 vrrrdddd 🤘

[@tenchzen2285]

Dark mode yes. This is the sad that turns to self loathing, suicide and rage. No such thing as a happy black metal band. I think.

[@Alberts_Stuff]

@@tenchzen2285 Yes I want the world to burn when I hear stuff like that. Hence why I'm more of an acoustic person 😁

[@Icyes21]

I dunno what you guys are talking about. I go into dark mode, but more like an introverted type of happy place. The darkness maketh me smile

[@Alberts_Stuff]

@@Icyes21 I was just kidding :) About the world burning that is.

[@Asmogrim]

Dude your drum programming skills are OVERPOWERED. I'd love to see a tutorial on how you do them/your workflow/whatever you want to call it.

[@tomix1970pl1]

There is nothing special in drums.Every aplication has this and it sounds bed.Not good at all for radio ready song.

[@standarduck5860]

@@tomix1970pl1 radio ready? this is a youtube video showing the various riffs in BM history. What are you talking about?

[@headbusser1337]

@@tomix1970pl1 its literally black metal these sound "good" compared to literally 99% of raw black metal. in black metal the recording is meant to be as shitty as possible

[@zigx666syn9]

@@tomix1970pl1 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

[@jonoakley6795]

That Ulver riff.

[@w.j.christophe8779]

Nattens Madrigal!

[@valkpauk7270]

Fuckomg classic in my eyes. Looks like he had a hard time as well :D

[@80Dannyla]

Now with good sounds!

[@Chaosmos_1349]

Sounds better than the original recording

[@OneTrueVikingbard]

I knew there was a good reason I started listening to Garm’s older material

[@AMB666]

This content deserves more likes. I really appreciate the effort to make this video perfect.

[@devononair]

Well, except for the intro, where I nearly fell asleep.

[@esther8262]

@@devononair you must fall asleep very quickly because the intro was literally 1 minute

[@thetruemusichead]

Its like Burzum straight up just somehow stumbled upon some lost and forgotten chords and progressions. Such genius riffs.

[@momentumspace]

While I disagree with a handful of selections, the time and effort put in to this project must be acknowledged and applauded. Awesome job!

[@jakethemisanthrope9442]

This is what they call QUALITY CONTENT. phenomenal stuff

[@Lectwar6]

that is THE burzum riff to use. he invented atmospheric blackmetal with that album

[@God4445]

Far from it sir

[@awkwardsaxon9418]

Acktschually

[@containternet9290]

Burzum is a poor ripoff of Bathory.

[@Capillus]

As an outsider, I have noticed that open strings play the most important role in black metal riffs.

[@TheTobesOfHades]

I normally don't watch these "history of x guitar riffs" but I enjoyed yours. Great job on a great genre.

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

Thanks mate

[@shawns6566]

Absolutely tremendous work. Some of the best metal content on all of KZbin

[@LouisWinthorpe622]

Ah, Black Metal riffs at Christmas. Lovely.

[@nobruno34]

Really interesting to see the evolution through time and how catchy and rock'n'roll where the early years, and how it's getting more "complicated" and faster tempos in the recent years, even tho great riffs too... Good job mate compiling this!

[@mcrittenden9510]

It's so amazing to me that Jon from dissection was writing riffs as modern sounding as "where dead angels lie" before gorgoroth put out Antichrist Not talking bad on gorgoroth love them, just insane how ahead of it's time storm of the lights bane was. RIP

[@markblack5015]

Kat band is my favorite, from him I started listening to metal.

[@karoldrozdowski3914]

Kat is amazing especially 666 and oddech wymarłych światów

[@MrDeviathan]

I severly miss Christ Agony. Unholyunion, Deamoonseth act II and Moonlight act III are absolute masterpieces, that are not even widely known in Poland.

[@davidjairala69]

It's like the history of one guy learning to play guitar over the course of 37 years

[@carlcat3944]

I think that's my new favorite video. Great work, like an acoustic history lesson.

[@VegardSneedsen]

Glad to hear Akercocke getting a shout.

[@user-dj6lj1dl1c]

Lewym16 cock lol yes I know I have no sense of humour

[@itsyaboy3870]

@@user-dj6lj1dl1c Well thanks for letting us know!

[@sisaktamas]

I always felt Jon Nodtveidt was the Vivaldi of metal: complex and 'true', but melodic and simply sticking into your ears.

[@ivanmarkevich3973]

Thanks for Drudkh

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

🤘

[@captnevilstomper118]

Looking forward to 2024 when youtube algorythm is gonna recomand this video to me again

[@pupu6oi74]

YES!!!! Blut Aus Nord - Odinist @15:50 Amazing album! Thank you for the video, Simon.

[@xisotopex]

listening to this xmas day.... I remember when I bought the bathory album way back in 1985.... the cover art scared the heck out of me.... getting a tape and some magazines from some kid in norway....around the same time, took like 6 months to get to me in texas still have those copies somewhere... slayer magazine

[@LadyDark000]

many times I search about black metal and I came across your videos, it't time to subscribe!

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

Thanks 🤘

[@MB-rc8ie]

Im pleasently surprised that you included KAT on this list. Not many people outside of Poland know them. It's a shame, because they wrote music on higher level than many well known bands . Thank you!

[@Gragi]

szkoda tylko, że 2 numery powstały na bazie riffów, które nie zostały wymyślone przez Kata :D A Luczyk tak zarzucał Romanowi, że jest cover bandem :D

[@maxek46]

Would you recommend any albums or songs for us to try out?

[@Gragi]

@@maxek46 from KAT? ofc Metal and Hell album, but if you dont afraid Polish language that you should check every album. Especially I recommend Oddech Wymarłych Światów, Bastard and Róże Miłości Najchętniej Przyjmują Się Na Grobach.

[@MB-rc8ie]

@@maxek46 Yes, with pleasure. 1. From album "Metal and Hell" (english version of album "666") song: "time of revenge". It's only one in English, but it's not as great as 2 and 3 for me. 2. From album "Oddech wymarłych światów" (en. "Breath of extinct worlds") songs: "Bramy żądz" (Gates of lust), "Porwany Obłędem" (Possessed by Madness). This is best album in my opinion if you would like to listen to the one whole album. 3. From album "Bastard" - "Zawieszony sznur" ("Hanging rope" my favourite song!), "Piwniczne widziadła" (Basement phantoms) 4. From album "...Róże miłości najchętniej przyjmują się na grobach" - song Odi profanum vulgus. I dont like this album very much, but the one song is great. 5. There are also albums: "Ballady" (en. Ballads - more slower, melancholic songs, maybe not so interesting for non polish people), "Szydercze zwierciadło" (I like it but maybe not so great for others 2 i 3 is a must - really great peaces with lot of fantastic thrash metal riffs and compositions, but they are only in Polish. But beware. There was a conflict and the band was split, so there are two "Kat" now and one of them is very weak. So you can find a few bad albums under this name. The one listed by me are original Kat albums, so better stick to them.

[@maxek46]

@@Gragi Thank you! Much of what I listen to isn't in English so always curious!

[@TheMorbidAsshole]

Poland is spitting put godly black metal these days

[@voiddweller999]

True

[@MB-rc8ie]

Yeah, there is a great black metal scene in this country.

[@voiddweller999]

@@MB-rc8ie no kurwa wiadomo

[@yomuthabyotch]

ungodly you mean.

[@deathmetalmarten]

Mgła!

[@bigt6889]

Well done sir really enjoyed this. Still think dissection cant be topped. Great job mate as always

[@tamarajancic5090]

I'm listening to this and thinking what s nice little project this actually is. Something different, with a lot of effort. Good job.

[@zimorog]

where is your white coat? dr. Simon

[@silvasantosjc2011]

I really enjoy your channel.

[@zimorog]

@@silvasantosjc2011

[@roscoe6937]

Yeah definitely did your Channel, and Satan in the forest

[@repomansez]

i did now know your channel until i saw this comment. i really enjoyed it as well

[@boy-ish4703]

I love you

[@Obelstein]

Good choice for 2019! Age of Excuse is really great!

[@lilienkranz9006]

Thank you, Simon, it was very interesting. Discovered a few solid songs i haven't heard before.

[@CosmicAtmosphere]

Superb! Incredible, catching video. You can understand and feel the diversity and also the evolution of Black Metal. Thanks a lot. This video has to be watched in every introduction to the genre. Keep up the good job!

[@konradfraczek6482]

Fantastic compilation. I have to admit I did not expect Polish KAT at all, mostly because I always thought they are not even remotely known abroad (predominantly because of the language barrier). You made my day, Sir (even more, I was born in 1986)

[@chrishawkins2267]

As a longtime Black Metal fan, I enjoyed the selections. That riff from the new MGLA album is absolutely furious!

[@FortisFprtuna]

The video didn't even start yet and I know this is gonna be fucking killer

[@mennser]

Awesome video Simon!

[@alexandercyan2769]

Was really surprised you didn't pick the most well known songs for some of these bands! I'm really glad you didn't \m/ keep up the amazing work! Edit : Marduk - World Funeral would be a better pick in my opinion, this song hits hard

[@caseyrobertson5574]

damn that Celtic Frost song sounded perfect! you really have that tone down perfect! \m/ awesome video man!

[@nooralamgir3703]

Glad you aint doing only the famous ones

[@catsoncoke]

I felt that burzum riff in my chest

[@andrewbellavie795]

So many interesting choices... Really subverted my expectations.

[@kvltchocolate690]

Love the Deathspell Omega choice ! Fantastic video

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

Thanks :)

[@vitaliyr2746]

Great thanks for Drudkh!!!

[@cirjames2540]

Just in time for Christmas! \m/ Thank you Simon.

[@andreasyggdrasil3244]

For 2015 I really expected Mgla, but Lluvia surprised me! 👍 But finally I heard Mgla for the year 2019!

[@66maggot61]

Age of Excuse is awesome, but Exercises in Futility is better imo

[@seinmstudio]

Yes, I am watching this is 2024 because you're still a legend.

[@bigdawghoss9871]

Thanks for showing Llluvia. Mexico has an outstanding BM scene i've been meaning to dig into. Eternidad Solemneis an absolute masterpiece.

[@blauwarm7533]

Expected Mgła to appear at 2015. Wow Nice job!

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

It was a toss up but I love the new album more

[@sothis1448]

@@SimonSmithGuitar homosexual.

[@morbidangel47]

I was pleasantly surprised when I saw and heard Lluvia. Eternidad Solemne is an incredible album.

[@anubisu1024]

Winterfylleth, Drudkh, Mgla... we have precious semi-melodic black metal bands now...

[@kujonatsu]

awesome riffs

[@ArmandoLopez-qt6vz]

I learned some new bands/albums thanks to this. Thank you!!

[@ivrishcon-abarth38]

Never heard of Drudkh before, very happy to having listened all, some familiar, some not. My personal favourites (or at least my head started banging the keyboard unvoluntarily) 1991 and 2009. Now onto searching more of Drudkh... Well done Sir!

[@getthebrewsin6258]

Ivrish con-Abarth Drudkh’s early albums are way better than their newer stuff. Far more atmospheric.

[@asvusvk7258]

thanks for new songs on listen and play :)

[@MrWrgh]

you know KAT - respect from Poland

[@justindevoe9556]

The whole beginning I was like “man I really hope he picks Lost Wisdom for Burzum” and was delighted to see you did. Probably my all time favorite black metal riff

[@billrootes-composersongwri5552]

Lyrical context I suppose

[@mordredthemightymetalhead292]

@@billrootes-composersongwri5552 He picked that particular Demo too! The one shown to Euronymous for Helvete!

[@Agte1234]

Agree but along with Black Spell of Destruction

[@northernbrother417]

I like the really slow part from "a sad lost forgotten spirit" or the hellish part after its quiet for a moment on "feeble screams from forests unknown. Hell I love that whole album

[@duwi8344]

Only missing Havukruunu ;) But love that you included ND, Drudkh and MGLA.

[@matternicuss]

Excellent video, and very good choice from Blut Aus Nord!

[@МеталлистВалера]

ты крутой мужик! я вообще не знаю английского языка, но всё равно тебя смотрю! спасибо тебе за видосы!

[@qqqq-et5cg]

Всё мы немного Металист Валера)

[@georgecolby7488]

Great video, that Satyricon riff was filthy! My favorite black metal bands lately have been Mgla, Uada, and Advent Sorrow.

[@ominouswoods1499]

Thumbs up from Poland for including KAT!

[@Mp57navy]

And Behemoth+Mgla.

[@namenachname8625]

Esche Polska nesginela!

[@ominouswoods1499]

@@namenachname8625 Nice try, bro, cheers for that. You from?

[@namenachname8625]

@@ominouswoods1499 Moscow 😊

[@wojtek1582]

@@Mp57navy Well, I had expected that Behemoth and Mgła can be on the list, but KAT was a wonderful surprise for me :) I was born in the same city in which KAT was created.

[@albertoanguitacastilla6546]

Sick video and great choices man.

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

Thanks mate

[@albertoanguitacastilla6546]

@@SimonSmithGuitar Could you make a tutorial of some kind on how did you get all the different tones on the video?

[@thrashtilldeath4243]

Happy to see you puted Dissection in thy list

[@danmoth5126]

Amazing work putting this together. Horns up, bro.

[@sanny8716]

I like your drum sounds

[@jmahan1178]

Great call on ending with Mgła! My favorite band of the last decade!

[@JP-mz8xd]

Great list - I wore my DMDS hood while listening. The best song on your list overall champion is “where dead angels lie” Forever Dissection all awesome songs anyway... the Marduk album was the runner up just for pure military awesomeness

[@opethinchains]

Great video. The all black PRS is just perfect. Beautiful. Dream guitar.

[@hubertciso2068]

KAT!!! KILLER!! Greetings from Poland!!!

[@Енот-Потаскун]

Ulver’s riff is the purest black metal riff.

[@VastChoirs]

After listening to this, it seems like black metal got better and just keeps getting better overall. You did not even choose a lot of really awesome bands and most were more 'mainstream' in black metal terms, but still this genre is clearly progressing and becoming better. Although it seems to do well when cross-pollinating with other genres, I don't think "pure" death metal is similarly improving on average year after year.

[@PazBinv1]

I very much got the impression from this video that once the 90's were over, Black Metal was too and now it's just variations in stuff that's 20 years old.

[@VastChoirs]

@@PazBinv1 Oh. Well I'm sorry about you being wrong.

[@carvo7715]

Glad to see Akercocke made it! One of my all time favorite bands

[@flyingtowel807]

lovely selection

[@iluvatar7313]

Loved to see In the Mist By The Hills on the playlist Keep it up, much respect from Greece!

[@svartframtid5539]

I'd choose some other tracks, but that's the matter of taste, still I like the idea. Great vid

[@ZARATUSTRA8511]

Nice to see Lluvia from Mexico! 🇲🇽

[@mtinfinity7845]

black metal sounded great since the beginning of times!!

[@twowiresthick]

I really enjoyed the video :) thanks for making it. I'll go back and learn to play the songs. Good practice material. You rock!

[@CJ-hq6zz]

Nice vid.Keep up the good work. Hail from Uzbekistan \../

[@sunburnedshirts3724]

deathspell omega, taake, horna, ulver, and mgla very glad all of these are on the list

[@Chaosmos_1349]

Great job picking the bands. I know some people would prefer different albums from bands in different slots, but I think you constructed it pretty well. Was gonna be upset if Emperor wasn’t in 93 though haha. Love that you picked Akercocke. Also Mgła for 2019 is awesome, one of the best modern BM bands right now. Mayhem’s 2019 album was pretty damn good too.

[@shawni279]

Awh boy. I thought you deleted your account. I’m glad that you are still uploading more videos. You taught me how to play lot of black metal

[@sidensvansen1734]

No songs from the DmDs-era of Mayhem??! I mean "Freezing Moon" and "Buried By Time and Dust" were composed by Euronymous himself in 1989 which is really goddamn early in terms of actual black metal. Those riffs alone, especially the tremolo picked guitar kickstarted the genre as a whole, since everything before that was either thrash or death metal

[@custompainter]

I’m literally getting rid of my PRS CE because I prefer the feel and comfort of my S2 standard satin. Same exact model as yours and it’s awesome seeing these legendary songs being played through it!

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

One of my favourite guitars of all time

[@BassManqk]

the Nocturnal Depression song sounds a little like Angel Witch - Something Wrong

[@Cosciug1234]

4:15 finally a blastbeat! great video, cheers

[@rupe82]

Great idea! Any chance you can do death metal too?

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

Good idea

[@mariuswegner4173]

Rupe I think its impossible to choose one Death song for that video.

[@MundodasGuitarras]

History of heavy metal - 3 hour long video

[@dsub8534]

@@SimonSmithGuitar would love this!!

[@travelonfire9599]

yes plz!

[@missbombshell6586]

omg u did attera totus sanctus here!!!! omg ty!!! that lead those power chords… omgggggggggg the nostalgia ty!!

[@christianrojewski5746]

Hell yeah. Drudkh is legendary

[@gagaku666]

Thank you for including Ulver.

[@morgoth615]

Unique selection of riffs! I'm not sure if I've commented this before, but how about like different riff styles in black metal? Like the diatonic riffs of Sargeist, the ringing open bass strings of Mgla, the deathy style of Mayhem, speedy chords of Marduk, clean riffs, rung out chords of Watain, or even the odd shapes of Deathspell Omega

[@machomarty8238]

Deathcrush on a PRS gives off a giant "fuck you" vibe. I love it.

[@jonipalosaari5443]

You really hit the vein on this vid. 666/666 Hail from Finland.

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

🤘

[@BodomBeachKiller]

YES 1997!! You've made an amazing video here my friend. And your taste/knowledge is impeccable! Bravo!

[@matheusmotta1132]

I feel like First Wave Black Metal is just kind of a Black Thrash Metal instead

[@filippomaccarini9754]

It is

[@ZechsEl]

Yes indeed, That's how it started !

[@Scrinwaipwr]

First wave black metal is basically evil punk.

[@yungsouichi2317]

@@filippomaccarini9754 naw, first wave was eclectic af, influences coming in from everywhere. Norwegian stuff kind of pared those influences down.

[@punkjay4681]

That's the evolution. Just like early metal bands were heavy blues.

[@FIReOOB]

Late to the party, but what a great video, once again 🤘🤘

[@adrianstrath9555]

2014: ATMOSPHERIC BLACK METAL IS HERE!!!