The WORST Metal Music Videos Of All Time

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[@BradleyHallGuitar]

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[@EYCualquiera]

react to skibiditallica

[@victorsavov2073]

No.

[@titledwall1963]

Hello Mr. Hall. I would like you to know that you have a scammer in your community. They are using your name to enter people into guitar giveaways on third party apps and then they try to charge over $100 USD for delivery. In case people get scammed and come to you angry and demanding their guitar (Epiphone prophecy flying v in my case), I would like you to be ready and/or warn your audience

[@chaseadams5037]

Bradley... I do BIG poo's... And I'm SOOOO over clogging the toilet.... The coat hanger thing is getting old 😒

[@madProgenitorDeity]

I can guarantee, Mr. Hall, that you have not seen Therion's music video for "Theme of Antichrist", because that would have made the list for sure

[@robiu013]

can't believe Christopher Lee hated Saxon so much, he made a metal band to fight them on their own terms

[@that44rdv4rk]

Christopher Lee was metal AF IRL, so he could get away with whatever video he wanted.

[@kevinramsey417]

He wasn't even trying either, that was just who he was

[@samcrorie]

Christopher Lee was a badass

[@mattybold6726]

Candlemass - Bewitched.... The doom stomping in the cemetery is just beautiful 😂

[@chadthegiga6235]

Greatest music video of all time

[@EsEhKa]

I genuinely think that was cool... ... "You are bewiitched!"...

[@robertosswald5896]

That video is intentionally cringey, but also great!

[@Snyperwolf91]

That has that honesty behind it . Its like a theatre piece that really comes together . Is it cringey ... yeah sort of ... but it still alot of charme. I would say even almost every 80s metal music video is great . Even when its sometimes horribly made . I miss that goofy honesty lately.

[@Euromans_left_braincell]

Nah that's not cringe just silly. It's silly cool

[@gruminator1]

you forgot: Immortal - Call of the wintermoon or Blashyrkh that shit is legendary

[@Lamerboy89]

Tbf, those videos are so bad the become good.

[@kevinramsey417]

Wintermoon is too obvious

[@jans1982]

Tier S bad

[@ilikevideos4868]

They are intentionally bad, which makes them good

[@cublics3810]

nah that loops around to being the greatest music vid ever

[@mandalorbeskar]

I needed two years in therapy to overcome the "Devil Daddy" cringe and now you brought it back. Thank you Mr Beanley

[@dngrouscrgo]

Atleast the devil daddy one is self aware enough in the sense that the entire act is intended to be taken as a somewhat comedy act, the ones that take themselves super seriously but come off as cringe are way harder to watch imo

[@mylezalker3846]

Lmao I swear the choir sings “boobies” at 9:14 to accompany the nipple reveal. Can’t unhear it.

[@Malkav65]

Looool, nice catch

[@MetalPilgrim]

The Rhapsody one is so bad that it is actually amazing!

[@jans1982]

And they also have a video with sir Christopher Lee, though it's not as bad

[@Simlan12345]

The Rhapsody music videos are.. legendary. The Stratovarius ones are cringe as well.

[@manhattanprojekt1275]

Obligatory mention of how Dead from MAYHEM was that one guy in Candlemass-Bewitched video

[@m.infernal]

Always mention it. One of the coolest metal lore moments.

[@BradleyHallGuitar]

Give me some more amazingly cringe Metal music videos for next time!

[@shurik121]

Immortal - Call Of The Wintermoon, of course. Also RINGS OF SATURN - Margidda

[@spicyboi8008]

not a cringy video but react to the music video for blasphemian by infant annihilator

[@RoguSpanish]

Bewitched by Candlemass, even though I think at a certain point it transcends cringe and becomes the greatest music video ever made.

[@RoguSpanish]

@@spicyboi8008Forget Blasphemian, he should see Motherless Miscarriage, that'll clear up the idea that deathcore bands take themselves too seriously REAL fast.

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

No Turbo Lover by Priest?

[@FischerDefilementory]

I work a 9-5 data analyst job, and I also frequent coffee houses, but it will be a cold day in hell before I ever look as unthreatening as a deathcore vocalist

[@n7rux]

Just opened KZbin and was blessed with a new video.

[@newwaveinfantry8362]

Same. Even better since I've seen the stream.

[@blumblum_is_unfunny44]

Same

[@Kudabear1]

Yup. That's how KZbin works 👍

[@enjoyeverything8395]

0:17 i think that sabaton is making really good music videos

[@tmamone83]

Thank you, Tvangeste, for representing all of us nearsighted metalheads

[@eltea1]

Just watched the other two videos, and now there's a third. What a gift, Beanley, we want more!

[@Tysandifer]

.So far the first 2 are the same as the other 2 videos lol, but the 3rd song broke the streak...nvm same songs in the same order haha..wait nvm

[@muenchhausenmusic]

Oh man, the clean vocals ICS Vortex contributed to Dimmu were majestic!!!

[@Eunos]

Immortal's call of the winter moon is one that is so bad it is hilarious.. In fact someone stuck the Benny Hill theme over it and it fit suprisingly well.

[@w1984t]

Warehouse Full of Chains is my favorite band.

[@RustyDockLight]

That's where Alice is

[@davenotstaine5646]

@@RustyDockLightI thought Alice was in hell?

[@danseth01]

You should check out Rings of Saturn's Margidda Official Video. It's, like, super funny and horrendous with all those crazy alien CGI effects. They're kinda bad, but in a way that makes you laugh. As the song goes on we meet some aliens who look like they were drawn by kindergarten kids. And don't get me started on that last scene where they pile up and dance around in a green screen looking landscape. In the end, In conclusion the official music video was a hilarious unintentional comedy showcase of some of the worst CGI effects ever committed to film. It's a must-watch

[@SlyHikari03]

The videos where its a band playing behind a green screen is classic, Broken down Warehouse is a close second favorite imo. Both are over the top now but they worked pretty well back in the day,

[@clenchedfistsyndrome1439]

I disagree with you on Motionless In White’s video. It’s like 50% less cringe to me, but Immaculate Misconception will always slap so maybe that plays a large part in why.

[@arlesfrog6780]

Some of Dir en Grey music videos are masterpieces of art

[@Iyashikei-t4u]

Was that sarcastic? Their videos can actually be quite disturbing.

[@arlesfrog6780]

@@Iyashikei-t4u Oboro, The World of Mercy or Rinkaku are some example, they really acomplish the meaning and context of the song with profesional scenarios, stories or animations always with that disturbing and obscure tone

[@Iyashikei-t4u]

@@arlesfrog6780 ok yeah, you were serious. In that case I agree with you. Their videos are actually unsettling most of the time (The Blossoming Beelzebub, Zan, Dozing Green).

[@arlesfrog6780]

@@Iyashikei-t4u yeah also they are good actors and performers so they really do it. Kyo doesnt just stand at the camera with the mouth open

[@Iyashikei-t4u]

@@arlesfrog6780 I love Kyo's melodramatic persona! It's one of the reasons why DeG is my favorite band. Of course he has the charisma to actually pull it off but it's one of the things that makes them what they are both in MV's and on the stage.

[@JurassicKM]

The single mention of Proginies Of The Great Apocalypse makes me want to play Brutal Legend again.

[@TriCop]

Literally started up the game on my PC just to drive in the open world with that song. The weather had this apocalyptic thing going on too with meteors falling down, a red sky with thunder, and it fit so well with the song. God that game changed the course of my music life

[@Permaclok]

Funnily enough, Tvangeste (from this video) - Birth of a Hero also plays as soon as you fight the Drowning Doom mid-game

[@ztmusic2789]

Best cringy music videos: Candlemass- Bewitched Thor- Anger Necrophagia- Blood Freak (Warning: This video’s graphic and gory and has that Lucio Fulci b-movie quality) Immortal- Call of the Wintermoon Attack Attack!- Stick Stickly (The music video that started the crabcore meme craze) Design the Skyline- Surrounded by Silence (Song and video are so bad, it became a meme) Avenged Sevenfold- Almost Easy

[@someonethatwatchesyoutube2953]

Hello from the gutter video by Overkill…. Great song but the skull bat cartoon was something else.

[@AEMachinas]

Especially your videos Bradley Hall.

[@francotamayo94]

We now need music videos that are so bad they are good. My top 3 are: Candlemass - Bewitched Mudvayne - Dig Attack attack - Stick Stickly

[@JG-tr8ph]

That joke about Kerry King's trousers nearly killed me. Good job!

[@atomicwedgie5474]

I always go back to Turbo Lover by Judas Priest as one of my favorite bad metal music videos. It's so bad that it's good 😂

[@RicketyOldBones]

Oh how I hate that song 😆 only song by Priest I don't like

[@sebastiantorres9283]

I’m surprised none of Iron Maiden’s videos from the 2000s made it in the video

[@MattsMovieReviews]

It would be awesome if you could choose your fav metal videos next. My pick: Carcass - No Love Lost.

[@ThePuka]

Having made a few metal videos for little or no money I think expectations are soooo high. The last Bruce D video was embarrassing- how?. Ministry’s last one too ain’t great.

[@rowc.9378]

Love to see the Rhapsody mention in here, they release a kickass album and an obligatory horrible music video with it lol.

[@meeze_]

The devil face guy is the old drummer from 5 finger death punch, right?

[@NattyIce100]

Correct

[@Rockin23]

Killed by Death by Motorhead is the best metal video ever. The start and the end are just legendary!

[@poob2372]

Best metal music videos next? I nominate CAFO, animals as leaders

[@atomicpunk2360]

Who is CAFO?

[@poob2372]

@@atomicpunk2360 CAFO is the song, animals as leaders is the band. Maybe I should've put them in the other order

[@atomicpunk2360]

@@poob2372 lol nah it’s just it looked like you were listing bands. If you had said “CAFO by Animals as Leaders” then I would’ve understood what you actually meant lol my b

[@r4m_safetycar1]

I had no idea that Christopher Lee made a metal album

[@satanicpuppyoverlord9054]

70's greenscreen with trippy patterns are unironically 10x more swag than this stuff. Rivers of Nihil's parody of that is actually one of the best metal music videos for it.

[@lewisgrant7622]

It honestly doesn’t matter if the video is bad. It’s fcking Christopher Lee

[@Insekkton]

Scar Simmetry´s video was the gem of this video. The drummer´s shy gaze at camera... delicious !

[@bizarrefox1766]

Static X had some solid videos. Goes to show that not all Metal bands are crap at music videos😁

[@GOAT-rl2uq]

You could probably make a full list of Cradle of Filth videos.

[@madderbass]

You should have included some of Virgin Steele's music videos.

[@sheacorduroy5565]

Sweating Bullets’ music video is why I still listen to the song lmfao

[@gingercheesecake7357]

Dave when he's kicking himself 😂

[@colinryan4737]

Shawn Crahan is the greatest metal music video director/producer of all time, and it's not even close. His work on Mudvaynes L.D. 50 album is legendary too.

[@parptarf]

God no, Dimmu Borgir music videos. I do not wanna think about that video when I listen to that song.

[@Ghost_Embers]

That woman in the back of the buckethead video. She was in a band with alexi laiho called sinergy.

[@TheFlenen]

Kimberley Goss?

[@Ghost_Embers]

@@TheFlenen yup. 🙂

[@leogoughmtbs]

Watching this without sound was the most out of pocket thing😂😂😂

[@creamwobbly]

One of my favorites is the Wildest Dreams CG crap from Steve Harris's armpit. They've got a CG Brucie and a CG Eddie, fkn spinning about like Andy Pandy and Professor Yaffel. You might not know what I'm talking about but Nicko does, they were friends with Sooty!

[@jiohong6390]

Can't believe Dio's Holy Diver isn't included, its the OG cringe metal mv and a horrendous one as well

[@MetalPilgrim]

Dio is one of those guys you just can't talk bady about haha No matter what he did was a blessing for us

[@TheCupoBB]

This list cant be complet without some Danzig, Manowar and classic Maiden videos!

[@PuffyOne1898]

I think you should add Too Far Gone by Metallica to this list. The first video for it was abysmal, it legit looked like a test video on blender.

[@geraintwd]

For an example of a metal video that's not terrible (and actually quite nicely put together), Dark Funeral - My Funeral (trigger warning for "auto-un-aliving")

[@Cineworldshort]

I'm edging to Bradley...

[@DumdumsadwTG]

Oh no I'm about to bust

[@glitchworld7864]

What the fuck mate?

[@huedonut6053]

Eyo

[@fanaticofmetal]

I gotta admit that he does look cool, but dude...

[@fallacy08_shrine]

Bradleying and Halling all over the place are you?

[@FknAzzMuncher]

Id be curious to know bradleys opinion on Brendan Small of dethklok. I know he's not the most technical guitarist, but I've always thought he was a great song writer and melody writer.

[@jamesreece9502]

Making music videos is difficult. Everyone has different artistic ideas. I appreciate the hard work that these musicians put into these videos. Cut them some slack bro. They put a lot of time and effort into making their visions and dreams come to life. 😂

[@YourEvilHenchman]

I'll say, that video for Hearts on Fire is a classic in the most amazingly terrible ways. it truly is a shame that it hasn't really been rediscovered by meme culture, it's such awesome, awful cheese. and hammerfall has *at least* 5 more videos like this, just with increasingly better cgi. bloodbound is another great one where the CG is still just shitty enough to be really funny. btw if you do another round of these, you absolutely should check out the video for "the book of heavy metal" by Dream Evil. I'm sure the even more ridiculous cheesiness of that video was at least partially a friendly rib in response to Hammerfall's antics, what with Dream Evil being the side project of prolific metal producer Fredrik Nordström who has produced basically *all* the classic gothenburg melodeath albums. In Flames, At the Gates, Arch Enemy, Dark Tranquillity, Soilwork, and so many more. and also obviously Hammerfall's debut, which is where he probably got the idea for his own band from, except to make it decidedly cheesier and more tongue-in-cheek.

[@lindsayashford2481]

I always assumed the awful green screen was a nod to Krusher's Kosmos :)

[@a.j.leclair5426]

I watched this live... It was alot of fun to chill with you for like a couple hours after working so much ya know. Cheers brotha

[@TraceyStewart-rm6bs]

He totally should've added the music video for shadows follow by metallica.

[@Fire-Toolz]

videography and aesthetics are important & fun. that's my contribution.

[@geraintwd]

Never actually seen the video of Ancient's "Lilith's Embrace", though it's one of my favourite songs of theirs. Glad you included it, cheesy and cringe as it is.

[@Cazador728]

But you gotta admit, Christopher Lee could sing

[@thomasgeraghty3227]

What is the title of the black metal one at 6:44 ???

[@thomasgeraghty3227]

Found it. It's Ancient - Lilith's Embrace

[@RicketyOldBones]

THANK YOU!!!

[@RenegadeAngel]

There is hardly any money to be made making metal music videos anymore. Many of the biggest metal bands do not even bother to make a music video for even singles they want to promote. If they do, then it is mostly live footage or some lyric video. It's not a mystery metalbands do not want to put huge amounts of cash on making a music video and end up using green screen. However, at least some video is better than none? 🤔

[@Swedetastict]

Any video from Astral Doors is a difficult watch. "Last temptation of christ" is horrendous

[@dngrouscrgo]

4:33 the normie looking guy growling into the darkness from a mountainside was the funniest one to me. Like if it was any typical, Nathan Explosion looking guy it would be totally unremarkable but the fact that he just looks like some random guy who just came from his day job makes it’s hilarious

[@XS1lv3r]

3:51 madness reign is a masterpiece

[@eclat4641]

Metal always seemed to have an anti art aesthetic

[@sokolev1]

As I Lay Dying's cover of Judas Priest's Electric Eye. Try it with the official video

[@cogaora4617]

Scar Symmetry just became the first metal band to perform on Gallifrey, apparently

[@cpmunk420]

Someone has to have him watch anything by The Great Kat. She is a trip.

[@Todzuum]

Helloween - I want out, comes to mind

[@gaborszepesi6299]

What? I love that one! It's silly but it fits the band. I would nominate Kids of the Century instead.

[@themtlhed]

I actually didn't mind the Pyschosexual album. I thought it was going to be a joke and played it on repeat for awhile.

[@Space_Equestrian]

My new favorite bad music video is "Hellgrimm - Rorschach" omg its BAD bad

[@georgehennon2105]

Make sure you check out "Call of the Wintermoon" by Immortal. It's fucking classic.

[@itookallthenames]

4:57 right? Okay fine in 1991 you had to be long haired or bald to be in a death metal band unless you were Ken Owen from Carcass. But when did the decree come in that you had to look like a barista?

[@rescuetoaster76]

Spaghetti!! shit...I'm spooked

[@cr0mag732]

Where Abbath?

[@davidcassidy4666]

These videos are brilliant and give my existing life some laughs keep up the checking of funny things with music it’s class, some of those music vids are inspirational to say the least 😂👌🎸, keep up the good work sir 🤪🤙

[@chickenwingsarenumnum]

It’s so weird… I immediately thought of the Dimmu Borgir video… sure enough! Behold!

[@Graham6410]

Quite a few Iron Maiden videos come to mind

[@lphenry1]

"Mighty Magic Mammoth" deserves a spot upthere as well!

[@SoundwaveMusic22]

I find the cheesy green screen stuff charming lol

[@matiosmi137]

To this day I can't get over the pathetic storytelling in the music video for Trivium's "Catastrophist", especially cause it's such a killer song on its own

[@animegrim]

the dimmu borgir video is the censored one, the one that isnt shows what said chains are linked to, spoiler..its women

[@voiceofstem]

Where's Iron Maiden?

[@stop-the-greed]

Scat symatry . Looks like him from the Powerpuff girls

[@AbiARDH.Official]

we want more!!

[@markee3738]

ok but can i just say, nu metal has some outstanding music videos. and no, this isn't my bias speaking

[@Squidward_Tikiland]

I’ve never seen a good metal video. Metal = serious music + silly video

[@Agte1234]

1. Ancient "Lilith's Embrace" by faaaaaar...........😅😅😅😅 2. Emperor "The Loss and Curse of Reverance" 3. Immortal "Blashyrkh"

[@giffinpoopoo]

Until it sleeps??

[@trustmeimmexican]

Dimmu's video that should've been here is The Sacrilegious Scorn.

[@jmac7947]

How did Dream Evil - Book of Heavy Metal not make this list?

[@astrumt]

Ancient clip is absolute KVLT. Even when I was super young in the 90s and took black metal seriously I though that's hysterically funny.

[@Zebula77]

That first video reminds me of the musical episode of Buffy. Just not in a good way.

[@markostamenkovic86]

Tvangeste I heard like 20 years ago on some metal compilation that came with a metal magazine... Fun times...

[@ch1417]

Yes yes all vids r ballix. BUT WHERE Can I seethe MEGADETH LIVE STREAM DISCOGRAPHY thing??? I missed it 1 million thank yous

[@manyhandsmakelightsnacks]

dude, christopher lee did TWO whole concept albums about charlemagne. they were odd. i did not enjoy them.