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  • Let's be honest, Metal isn't the most straightforward world to dive into.
    In each episode of How to get Into, Blayne Smith will break down a main genre of metal, providing historical context and the hallmark sounds that define the style while providing some great bands to ease yourself into the waters. On this weeks episode, we'll look at how to get into Death Metal and
    who knows? Maybe you'll discover your new favorite band along the way.
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  • @BangerTV
    @BangerTV  3 роки тому +251

    How did you get into Death Metal?

    • @nisinduperera7130
      @nisinduperera7130 3 роки тому +87

      Death and Opeth

    • @l2jnichol1986
      @l2jnichol1986 3 роки тому +7

      Thanks to a school friend's brother, he introduced me to At The Gates.

    • @nisinduperera7130
      @nisinduperera7130 3 роки тому +5

      @Anal Eyes Analyze Anal Lies exactly the same here although it was 2019
      Opeth came right after that for me

    • @danmarshall5895
      @danmarshall5895 3 роки тому +21

      I'm old. Seven Churches. Though Slayer were kind of the gateway band that prepared me for it.

    • @thewarrior6784
      @thewarrior6784 3 роки тому +5

      A friend of mine exposed it to me over and over again. Over time, I became hooked. Death metal is the best music of all time!

  • @xibataxit
    @xibataxit 3 роки тому +814

    I'm cool with these videos running 30min.

  • @emlypearl
    @emlypearl 3 роки тому +373

    My aunts taught me Morbid Angel lyrics when I was 8
    My aunt gave me a Cannibal Corpse album at 14
    Me and my aunts getting drunk at multiple metal shows at 18
    Thank you for the best years and music🤘🏼

    • @themarkoftheslayer1611
      @themarkoftheslayer1611 3 роки тому +14

      How lovely of them 🥰

    • @UbdU
      @UbdU 3 роки тому +9

      Sounds like an awesome aunt!

    • @jamespwoods4324
      @jamespwoods4324 3 роки тому +9

      Haha my mum bought me the original unbanned versions of Eaten Back To Life and Butchered At Birth when I was a kid too 😀 always supported my metal loving my whole life and still does now at 38 all these years later.

    • @atheist-sw1wz
      @atheist-sw1wz 3 роки тому +1

      What about deathcore

    • @johnigland5577
      @johnigland5577 3 роки тому +3

      I never had that cool aunts!

  • @davidbentley6399
    @davidbentley6399 3 роки тому +208

    In all fairness, Jim Carrey was the driving force to get Cannibal Corpse on the movie. They were already scheduled for a European tour and Jim Carey changing the schedule just so Cannibal Corpse could get into the movie. So, although I'm sure they got some good money for it, Jim was the one who pushed to get them into it.

    • @TheBrutaltodd
      @TheBrutaltodd 3 роки тому +3

      truth

    • @AndrewJShirley
      @AndrewJShirley 3 роки тому +12

      Apparently, he asked the band to come and hang at some point during filming on set and when they went to his truck, Morbid Angel, Cannibal and I think Napalm cds where about.

    • @ExtremelyOnlineGuy
      @ExtremelyOnlineGuy 3 роки тому +4

      Never would’ve imagined him as a CC man

    • @FeartheKlown
      @FeartheKlown 3 роки тому +11

      "So which song are you going to play during soundcheck? Hammer Smashed Face or Rancid Amputation?"

    • @Maykholiv
      @Maykholiv Рік тому +4

      Actually this is not factual, Ace Ventura gave the band some exposure but not remotely an influential occurrence in Death Metals lifespan. That's just glorified legends, Jim himself has mentioned not ever been really into DM, but rather found DM to be as outrageous as his character in the movie, which made it a perfect fit for CC.

  • @gallinakolina
    @gallinakolina 3 роки тому +120

    Opeth. A lot of people who didnt like growls, lernt to love them with Opeth, the loved the soft side, then slowly began to get into growls with the songs that combined clean and harsh vocals, then loved the growls and finally began listening to other Death metal bands.

    • @saltpeter7429
      @saltpeter7429 Рік тому +5

      That is EXACTLY what happened to me. I read a Guitarworld aRticle about how Opeth were angering old fans because they left Death Metal. I thought that was cool because I didnt like Death metal, so I figured I'd check em out. Well, it backfired. I ended up an Opeth fan indeed, but of the older death Metal style that they had left behind. While at first I tolerated the growls, I later found myself wanting them. On to Carcass, Death, Cannibal Corpse and Suffocation. Thanks Opeth!

    • @nonesoherpetological8974
      @nonesoherpetological8974 Рік тому +1

      Opeth did it for me.

    • @pop3rman
      @pop3rman Рік тому +2

      I listened to a lot of metal but disliked growls until i listened to Opeth's Still Life for the first time. Then it all changed, i somehow "got it", and a huge spectrum of bands opened up for me to explore. Fuck yeah!

    • @livingaftermidnight
      @livingaftermidnight Рік тому

      Yup. Same here. +1

  • @zampano8217
    @zampano8217 3 роки тому +335

    Having never listened to metal at all, 12 year old me bought Bolt Thrower’s Realm of Chaos because I was into Warhammer. Blew my mind and I never looked back.

    • @MetalComedy
      @MetalComedy 3 роки тому +24

      The Warhammer Bolt Thrower crossover has definitely exposed a lot of us to Death Metal.

    • @G0atR1d3r
      @G0atR1d3r 3 роки тому +10

      Thats succesfull eduction, great kid! \m/

    • @MellonVegan
      @MellonVegan 3 роки тому +12

      I got into Nile as a teenager simply because I like Ancient Egypt n stuff.
      Not the worst route to take.

    • @chrisoberg6888
      @chrisoberg6888 3 роки тому +6

      FOR THE EMPEROR

    • @derrickbonsell
      @derrickbonsell 3 роки тому +6

      My first Bolt Thrower album was Mercenary.

  • @nikhilmaudhoo9882
    @nikhilmaudhoo9882 3 роки тому +155

    RIP LG Petrov, you will never be forgotten

    • @099_fahrezirafid8
      @099_fahrezirafid8 3 роки тому

      R.I.P

    • @UbdU
      @UbdU 3 роки тому +1

      Damn, I didn't even know about it until I watched this video. Total bummer..

  • @m_js5709
    @m_js5709 3 роки тому +9

    My best tip when introducing people to death metal is to say "don't concentrate on the vocals at first. Search for the instruments, they are the main course". Most people are used to vocals being the primary item in traditional pop music or hip hop & so never stop to notice riffs or drum patterns. Melodic or groove based death helps because it makes the instrumentality that much more apparent as well.

    • @nativewarmask9861
      @nativewarmask9861 9 місяців тому +3

      I definitely understand what you're saying, because I was given the same advice when I got into death, core and death metal, I found it hard to take that advice, because it seems sort of counterproductive, and even now the bands that I listen to. I'm glad that I can actually understand the lyrics because to me, the lyrics are there, and so obviously the band is trying to say something, But I was given advice to just treat the lyrics like another instrument when I first started trying to get into heavier genres of metal.

  • @uofksteel
    @uofksteel 3 роки тому +23

    Death's Leprosy was my first introduction to Death Metal. One of my buddies had the album and I started to listen to Death Metal a lot. Before that it was mostly Iron Maiden, Slayer and Megadeth. So it just broadened my metal taste.

  • @hellbach6268
    @hellbach6268 3 роки тому +221

    Sepulturas ARISE was my gateway into death metal.

    • @oscarsaucedo7887
      @oscarsaucedo7887 3 роки тому +8

      I consider Arise death/thrash

    • @Mephmt
      @Mephmt 3 роки тому +13

      I see the world, old. I see the world....

    • @hellbach6268
      @hellbach6268 3 роки тому +13

      @@oscarsaucedo7887
      Exactly, that's why I said it was my gateway into the genre. Before sepultura, I listened to GnR, Scorpions, Metallica was the heaviest band that I enjoyed. But after Arise, the floodgates opened. In real quick succession I was introduced to cannibal, morbid, death, unleashed, suffocation, obituary and such. And the rest was/is history!

    • @Kapmasterable
      @Kapmasterable 3 роки тому +3

      Sep was proto-death since day 1

    • @MERA1439
      @MERA1439 3 роки тому

      Same for me!

  • @jaswanthcs
    @jaswanthcs 3 роки тому +85

    Honestly, I wouldn't mind these types of videos being longer than 10 mins, more album suggestions would be great

  • @kevex3929
    @kevex3929 3 роки тому +69

    Revocation is a such an amazing Death Metal band. They're definitely waving the flag for modern death metal

    • @iLubembz
      @iLubembz 3 роки тому +2

      Hugely underrated

    • @kevex3929
      @kevex3929 3 роки тому

      @@iLubembz Amen, dude!

    • @P3rm4frost
      @P3rm4frost 2 роки тому +6

      One of the best Tech Thrash Death Metal Bands ever. Love them

    • @Brendo2386
      @Brendo2386 Рік тому +1

      I saw them live in the middle of the Australian desert a few weeks ago

    • @voxextremos22
      @voxextremos22 9 місяців тому +1

      Dave is a good dude too a real ambassador for the genre

  • @matthewdaigle7302
    @matthewdaigle7302 3 роки тому +4

    I got into death metal by meeting a guy behind a mall dumpster to buy cigarettes and he had a boom box with cannibal corpse playing

    • @m92quad55
      @m92quad55 3 роки тому +1

      Sounds about right

  • @primusdude87
    @primusdude87 3 роки тому +106

    Start with Scream Bloody Gore, end with The Sound Of Perseverance. Job done.

    • @stefan86wtf
      @stefan86wtf 3 роки тому +8

      I went backwards with Death to complete the gateway from melodeath :)

    • @David_Downs
      @David_Downs 3 роки тому +3

      Seven Churches was more influential than SBG, even Chuck would have agreed.

    • @jeric7740
      @jeric7740 3 роки тому

      @@David_Downs Yup. Because Seven Churches influenced Chuck.

    • @ExtremelyOnlineGuy
      @ExtremelyOnlineGuy 3 роки тому

      Hell yeah dude

    • @tristanbeaumont8048
      @tristanbeaumont8048 3 роки тому +2

      @@jeric7740 but chuck influenced everyone

  • @misaelherrera3704
    @misaelherrera3704 3 роки тому +201

    Watching cannibal corpse on ace ventura was my first exposure to death metal

    • @MetalComedy
      @MetalComedy 3 роки тому +5

      Get 'em started young!

    • @Ressic
      @Ressic 3 роки тому +7

      Yup. Same. Hammer Smashed Face was the only 'pure' death metal song I listened to for years. It would get played here and there but I never really wanted to dive in. I was cool with just the one track for so long.
      I was a nu metal kid and I thought Slipknot and Mudvayne were as "heavy" as I could go until I discovered In Flames with Come Clarity when it was released (the perfect death metal record for nu metal kids!). Then it was Soilwork, Opeth, Amon Amarth... A slow climb, but now I'm completely obsessed.
      Awesome video Blayne! But now I have to go listen to Left Hand Path 12 times in a row.

    • @misaelherrera3704
      @misaelherrera3704 3 роки тому

      @@Ressic dude almost the same but was big into the big 4 as well as new metal then is was downhill from thier

    • @passionateintrovert
      @passionateintrovert 3 роки тому +1

      Same!

    • @karenfinance3336
      @karenfinance3336 3 роки тому +3

      Me too! I was in the third grade and the teacher showed us the movie.
      But I remember thinking the band was invented for the movie, that could not be real.

  • @andyst1903
    @andyst1903 3 роки тому +14

    First death metal band I heard was Bolt Thrower when I was a kid in the early 90s and my older brother would drive me around recklessly blasting it and smoking cigarettes.

  • @tylerthompson1882
    @tylerthompson1882 Рік тому

    Awesome!!! I'm super excited to check these bands out, thank you!

  • @andreaskerscher235
    @andreaskerscher235 3 роки тому +213

    I think Opeth is a good way in. (A shame they were not even mentioned in the tech/prog Death section of this video)
    You start with their newer albums. Fall in love with the band. Discover the old stuff. Get used to gutural vocals. Then you fall even more in love with Blackwater Park. Search for more bands in the genre. You want to see how extreme it can get. Boom, you're in.

    • @MetalComedy
      @MetalComedy 3 роки тому +19

      I'll admit that Opeth never hit for me so definitely an oversight on my part!

    • @AsTheWholeWorldDies
      @AsTheWholeWorldDies 3 роки тому +6

      I would much rather hear about smaller bands of the genres than the top picks. People are going to discover the bigger bands of the genres anyways.

    • @omkarbharambe8673
      @omkarbharambe8673 3 роки тому +21

      @@AsTheWholeWorldDies that undermines the whole point. This video is about getting people into death metal. And I don't see any reason for Opeth not being the first choice. The new people should be exposed to the masters of the craft first. Once you're in, discovering obscure bands is the most logical thing to do.

    • @passionateintrovert
      @passionateintrovert 3 роки тому +10

      Honestly, throwing Opeth at someone from the get go might also backfire. Let’s be real, not everyone has the patience to listen to an album full of 10 minute songs, haha

    • @omkarbharambe8673
      @omkarbharambe8673 3 роки тому +6

      @@passionateintrovert I get your point, but assuming the people new to death metal are already familiar with regular metal which includes Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Black Sabbath, etc...must be used to 7 min songs. So it won't be much work listening to Opeth.

  • @JohnEdmiston684
    @JohnEdmiston684 3 роки тому +66

    Obituary is the band that opened the floodgates for me.

    • @gwts1171
      @gwts1171 3 роки тому +1

      Same.

    • @esehn6972
      @esehn6972 3 роки тому +1

      Me too. Still my fav.

    • @steveburch834
      @steveburch834 3 роки тому

      Same

    • @henryhardtits
      @henryhardtits 3 роки тому +1

      Slowly We Rot is such a great album. Their albums after that tend to get more attention but that one can't be beat imo

  • @shadowboy813
    @shadowboy813 3 роки тому +69

    My thoughts:
    Melodeath: At The Gates got their hooks from Heartwork. Carcass's Heartwork is the first Melodic Death metal album. I also think Heartwork is probably more accessible than Slaughter of the Soul. But I think the best vector from a melodeath angle is probably Black Dahlia Murder.
    Quintessential Death Metal: As cliche as it is, my vote goes to Cannibal Corpse or Deicide. I think they best encapsulate what death metal represents.
    How to get into death metal from the angle of metalcore / deathcore? Easy answer: Suffocation.
    Doom? I go with older My Dying Bride, personally, or maybe Paradise Lost.
    From Thrash? Death or Possessed
    From Punk/grindcore? Misery Index or Napalm Death
    From someone who may not be a metal fan? Opeth or Gojira, or more importantly.
    I'd have to say the prime band to get people into death metal, though is Dethklok. The success of Metalocalypse is a great way of getting people into the genre by virtue of its self-deprecating humor.

    • @chargindave70
      @chargindave70 2 роки тому +3

      yeah, i see so many videos like thse that just throw around opinions like theyre facts and they end up getting so much wrong

    • @burttheburger
      @burttheburger Рік тому

      Dethklok got me into death metal!

  • @AdMech
    @AdMech 3 роки тому +12

    Bolt Thrower the IV crusade got me into the genre

  • @xllVICEllx
    @xllVICEllx 3 роки тому +45

    Children of Bodom for sure take the cake on getting me into death metal

  • @bigdaddyyams
    @bigdaddyyams 3 роки тому +32

    Black Dahlia Murder converted me from deathcore to death metal

  • @nerocaesar8301
    @nerocaesar8301 3 роки тому +9

    Death "Symbolic" was the first death metal album I ever heard. It was thanks to an interview with Chuck Schuldiner in Guitar School. Chuck sounded like such a humble cool guy. I thought I would take a chance and purchase it. I've played it probably a 1000 times since I got it. So Awesome!!

  • @metaljew4456
    @metaljew4456 3 роки тому +10

    What an informative and educational video. This really breaks it down beautifully. I’m a bit surprised that OBITUARY was not mentioned as a major gateway Metal drug into this incredibly complex genre. Keep up the great work!

  • @Cayo2711
    @Cayo2711 3 роки тому +49

    I heard Death Metal for the first time with MTV music videos:
    Carcass - Heartwork
    Morbid Angel - God of Emptiness
    Death - The Philosopher

    • @099_fahrezirafid8
      @099_fahrezirafid8 3 роки тому +1

      1993

    • @hallamalla98
      @hallamalla98 3 роки тому +4

      Three very, and I mean VERY good songs! Kind of funny, Heatwork could represent Melodic death, God Of Emptiness could represent Death Doom and The Philosopher could represent Tech/prog death. It's good gateways to the genre

    • @Cayo2711
      @Cayo2711 3 роки тому

      @@hallamalla98 Yeah, maybe its missing some Brutal Death Metal.. maybe some classic Cannibal Corpse - Hammer Smashed Face

  • @CuzinHomechill
    @CuzinHomechill 3 роки тому +31

    Nile's Annihilation of the Wicked was the album that spiraled me down into loving death metal. That record is flawless.

  • @jakobsievers
    @jakobsievers 3 роки тому

    Love this format. Excited to see future editions on other genres!

  • @BordersoftheJosh
    @BordersoftheJosh 3 роки тому +3

    Great video! I love how Blayne combines history, facts and comedy and makes it all flow so smooth! Wonderful editing also! At the Gates and early In Flames really got me into death metal. The vocals have always been the biggest deterrent for me because I've never liked the cookie monster vocals ala Cannibal Corpse. I think if someone can't get into vocals of any genre, then it's really hard to get past that. Over the years my tastes have grown and I really love death metal, cookie monster vocals and all. I'd say getting into death metal is like drinking beer, you can't start off on dark beer and ipa's, but your taste grows towards the more complex the more time you give it. Great video as always and looking forward to more of this series!

  • @VxThrasherxV
    @VxThrasherxV 3 роки тому +40

    Could you imagine the field day news stations would have if instead of it being called Death Metal but called Possessed Metal?

    • @MetalComedy
      @MetalComedy 3 роки тому +6

      Possessed Metal is KILLING YOUR CHILDREN WITH THE DEVIL

    • @Cayo2711
      @Cayo2711 3 роки тому +2

      Possessed Metal is King Diamond kkkkkk

  • @TuckerFinch
    @TuckerFinch 3 роки тому +21

    I think Symbolic by Death is the perfect album for someone looking to get into death metal, even if they have barely listened to metal at all in general. The song structures, musicianship, and lyrics are all amazing! One of my personal faves :)

  • @AJ-hk6zb
    @AJ-hk6zb 3 роки тому +1

    Love this style of video, keep em coming!

  • @blankcityaudio
    @blankcityaudio 3 роки тому +1

    Love these videos guys. They've all been rad.

  • @charlespeter5610
    @charlespeter5610 3 роки тому +20

    Children of Bodom got me into Death Metal. That being said, if it wasn't for Slipknot priming my ears for the genre, I doubt I would be so into it today. The elements of Death Metal Slipknot appropriated made it so that when I (and many others I'm sure) did listen to a non-melodeath band, it wasn't something completely foreign to my ears.

  • @SafetNeziri666
    @SafetNeziri666 3 роки тому +76

    Started with MelodicDeath ,bands such as In FLames,Dark Tranquillity and Children of Bodom..and now Im into Black Metal 🤘

    • @KUFreak4Ever
      @KUFreak4Ever 3 роки тому +5

      Spot on. If you want to get into extreme meal you have to go like a ladder. Melodic death metal is the best start if we're talking strictly extreme metal imo

    • @falconmcleod-shabogesic790
      @falconmcleod-shabogesic790 3 роки тому +1

      O wow similar path myself

    • @Edhelvar
      @Edhelvar 3 роки тому +1

      Similar to me, DT, CoB and Arch Enemy were my main ins.

    • @villepalmu348
      @villepalmu348 3 роки тому +3

      For me the first agressive band would have been rise against and it was kind of a gateway drug into heavier music after that melodic death metal which lead to discovering death and bolt thrower and although death metal has never been a huge genre for me it did lead me to find black metal which is probably my favourite genre of music atm with maybe post-punk/new wave as #1

    • @Assimilator702
      @Assimilator702 3 роки тому +1

      Bolt Thrower and Death and Sabbat were my gateway bands. Me and my friend would drive to school and blast Death Leprosy every morning for six months. We would joke that a green fog of death would seep out of the car and kill all plant life within a 20 foot radius of the car.

  • @TheSentinel909
    @TheSentinel909 3 роки тому

    This is awesome, im sharing this with all my casual metal friends

  • @mwilkins1644
    @mwilkins1644 3 роки тому +7

    As a Christian kid, the first ever death metal bands I listened to were Mortification and Living Sacrifice. Inhabit by Living Sacrifice was the first death metal album I heard, and it's still an absolute banger

  • @baejnebun7124
    @baejnebun7124 3 роки тому +33

    i started with death's leprosy and then i literally grow up with every death album ,nothing else counts,the end

    • @thevinylbrothers4145
      @thevinylbrothers4145 3 роки тому +5

      From top to bottom best death metal discography of any band ever hands down

    • @Wargutz666
      @Wargutz666 3 роки тому +1

      Same, on cassette.

    • @SteveTomSawyer
      @SteveTomSawyer 3 роки тому

      @@thevinylbrothers4145 Spawn of Possession is apex death metal in every single way

    • @AS-bu9rw
      @AS-bu9rw 3 роки тому

      @@thevinylbrothers4145 I highly disagree, the last 2 / 3 death albums are not very good. If we're gonna talk about consistent death metal bands, Gorguts, Incantation, Atheist, Asphyx , etc are all much more consistent.

    • @thevinylbrothers4145
      @thevinylbrothers4145 3 роки тому +1

      @@AS-bu9rw no love for Symbolic?

  • @DeathMetalThrasher
    @DeathMetalThrasher 3 роки тому +160

    If you're gonna throw Obscura in here, you might as well include one of their biggest influences that being Cynic.

    • @shaneanderson2775
      @shaneanderson2775 3 роки тому +5

      Definitely, but still great to get Obscura name dropped.

    • @iommic7981
      @iommic7981 3 роки тому +2

      Considered Dead is so fucken gud despite probably being their most straight-forward album

    • @Pheylm
      @Pheylm 3 роки тому +8

      Or Gorguts

    • @psychobeef5176
      @psychobeef5176 3 роки тому +3

      I’d go with Opeth as the best prog death up until 2010. They’re still super influential.

    • @yetisuncle666
      @yetisuncle666 3 роки тому +1

      cycnic isnt death metal tho

  • @spookyghost1882
    @spookyghost1882 3 роки тому +1

    I love the BG art. Oh yeah and also the pans over album art were great. Oh yeah! The whole freakin' vid was great.

  • @shawneaston3355
    @shawneaston3355 3 роки тому

    Please make more of these. Blayne cracks me up.

  • @larzey88
    @larzey88 3 роки тому +14

    I have been a metalhead for about 20 years but never really gotten into Death Metal until now for some reason. It started with me falling in love with Nile's Annihilation of the Wicked, which is not technically(no pun intended) pure Death Metal, but it got me checking out the classic bands like Entombed, Morbid Angel and Pestilence(thanks Sam!). Now it's slowly creeping up to be my favorite sub genre! :)

  • @bryangoldstein9409
    @bryangoldstein9409 3 роки тому +30

    Loved it! But why doesn't anybody talk about Dethklok as a gateway to Death metal. Millions of people watched the show and judging by turn out for the last show they have a huge fan base. I just want some 🖤 for them.

    • @danielhutton3858
      @danielhutton3858 3 роки тому +1

      I think they deserve to be mentioned just solely off the title of the video.
      Granted I was already waist deep into metal by that time, but if you got into death metal because of Dethklok(which has albums and does live shows which makes it by definition a band) then fuck yeah!
      RELEASE THE KITTIES!!

    • @caffeine4130
      @caffeine4130 3 роки тому

      I'm sure a lot of people got into metal from Metalocalypse, but I feel like it was mostly fan-service to people that were already into it. At least when it debuted. A lot of my friends that aren't really into metal would sort of half watch it, but of course they don't "get it" like we do.

    • @eminemfan50098
      @eminemfan50098 3 роки тому

      @@joshgeiger8942 that's kinda dumb. Just because something is made to be funny, or a parody of something, doesn't mean it shouldn't be mentioned in a video about getting into that genre. Especially if it's a band that got tons of people into that genre, like dethklok.

    • @eminemfan50098
      @eminemfan50098 3 роки тому +1

      @@joshgeiger8942 also, there's members playing instruments, singing, and releasing albums and live shows. That makes them a band dude. Calling them "not an actual band" might be the dumbest thing I've heard.

  • @johnb7046
    @johnb7046 3 роки тому

    This reminds me of a well done school report. Kudos my man

  • @gabi-chan7806
    @gabi-chan7806 3 роки тому +1

    Oh my god seven days ago I was thinking that I wanted to get into Death Metal, today I found your video (uploaded six days ago), thank you!!

  • @WReKluse
    @WReKluse 3 роки тому +9

    This is sick, we need more vids like this

  • @nipulkradmsinatagras8293
    @nipulkradmsinatagras8293 3 роки тому +15

    Entombed's *Wolverine Blues* was my first CD from the band.
    But *Left Hand Path* made me fell in love with them even more.

    • @MetalComedy
      @MetalComedy 3 роки тому +3

      Love Wolverine Blues too. I like some n 'Roll!

    • @mikeb4858
      @mikeb4858 3 роки тому +4

      Clandestine was my intro, but Left Hand Path is a masterpiece

  • @alejandromolina2435
    @alejandromolina2435 3 роки тому +1

    love your humor Blayne! Keep it up!!

  • @mikenight171
    @mikenight171 3 роки тому

    I'm so glad you're into Hooded Menace. It's one of my favorite bands and none of my friends like them. Forever alone

  • @0909shaggy
    @0909shaggy 3 роки тому +12

    The album Symbolic by Death was my gateway. Spent some time on the fringes of the genre, but the first time I heard that record I was immediately blown away by the craftsmanship, the song writing and the ferocious vocals that were harsh as fuck but still audible. The songs all have scorching solo's, amazing drumming and knotted pathways that continue to surprise me with how textured it all is. Not to mention Chuck's lyrics on it ring more true today than they could have back when it came out, and that's the true sign of a timelessly good album.

    • @DragonforceSCGS
      @DragonforceSCGS 3 роки тому +1

      I'm curious, were you a bit of a prog-head before that?

    • @0909shaggy
      @0909shaggy 3 роки тому +2

      @@DragonforceSCGS very much so. Gravitated toward sludge metal (Elder, Baroness, Mastodon and the like) and doom (Pallbearer and Candlemass) before diving into death metal, Symbolic I think played to my more progressive tendencies which made it an easy avenue into the genre.

    • @laurenlarson94
      @laurenlarson94 3 роки тому +2

      Symbolic is my fave Death album as well 😎

    • @superprogamer_0518
      @superprogamer_0518 3 роки тому +1

      I too have symbolic as my favorite album even though I got into it with sound of perseverance

  • @josedias1387
    @josedias1387 3 роки тому

    Great vid! Short, we want more death metal.

  • @Themurrays4662
    @Themurrays4662 Рік тому +4

    “Butchered at Birth” by Cannibal Corpse was my first exposure to death metal, and I loved it (still do). It was a natural progression as I was mostly into Metallica & Pantera before then.

  • @chestbuster1987
    @chestbuster1987 3 роки тому +9

    Melodeath is a great gateway. Old In Flames, Arch Enemy and Carcass' Heartwork

  • @metalicmoon
    @metalicmoon 3 роки тому +6

    one thing I think you should have mentioned was Dethklok, one for being a animated death metal band, second for releasing the highest charting death metal albums in the history, great show, keep em up!

    • @chim-choo-ree
      @chim-choo-ree 3 роки тому

      Not to mention it is just such a funny, well-done show.
      I saw Dethklok play with Mastodon and High on Fire, and I thought that the Dethklok set was the highlight of the night. I'm pretty sure they performed as a three-piece, too. It was Brendan Small on vocals/guitar, Gene Hoglan on drums, and I forget who on bass.

  • @IndependentVictor
    @IndependentVictor 3 роки тому

    Great video! Hooded Menace are amazing!

  • @steveremington1833
    @steveremington1833 3 роки тому +1

    Nice video mate, good work!
    One thing you touched upon in the intro, but didn't really explore in the body of the video was the heavier end of thrash as a gateway.
    Sepultura/Sodom/Numskull et. al. were easy bands to segue to Vader/Bolt Thrower/Cannibal Corpse/Dismember/Suffocation etc...
    Keep up the good work!

  • @tonyx7
    @tonyx7 3 роки тому +3

    Nile was the one that lead me into death metal around ‘08. At the time I was looking into getting a new guitar and when looking into dean guitars they popped up

  • @mattlisch8952
    @mattlisch8952 3 роки тому +8

    Working for Games Workshop, I highly approve of the Ork Dread analogy 😂😂😂

  • @snavarretefigueroa
    @snavarretefigueroa 9 місяців тому

    Thank you for a lovely tour into death metal. Now I shall show myself out.
    Possessed and Death are quintessential speed metal outfits IMhO from my formative metal years.

  • @Hohrd
    @Hohrd 3 роки тому +1

    When I first heard Deicide Deicide I got goosebumps! It was pure evil sounding from the hellish vocals and subject matter dive bomb guitar leads and pummeling drums. The heaviest music I had heard up to that point was Pantera and Sepultura. My Highschool mate gave me some early Samael and Suffocation albums along with Deicide and told me to read along with the lyrics. That was what changed it for me. It was like learning a new language. I enjoy the darkest sounds and love both Death Metal and Black Metal. There’s so many sub genres now and that’s all fine however none would exist without the front runners hammer smashing in into our faces!
    Great video and horns up! 🤘🤘

  • @tpags7398
    @tpags7398 3 роки тому +10

    I got into death metal through hardcore, actually, the heavier bands like discharge got me into Grindcore bands like napalm death and carcass , and I listened to the majority of earache record’s nineties catalogue. I love that grimier death metal/hardcore crossover like Entombed and Bolt Thrower as well as newer bands like NAILS, Xibalba, and gatecreeper

  • @odin2823
    @odin2823 3 роки тому +9

    first two DEATH metal bands that got me into the genre: Morbid Angel and Obituary

  • @jamieplatt1243
    @jamieplatt1243 3 роки тому

    Awesome video!! Opeth Blackwater park is also a great place to start for anybody trying to get into Death Metal 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

  • @madlipzjagd5378
    @madlipzjagd5378 3 роки тому +1

    Talking about death doom and not mentioning Autopsy is a crime! Great video by the way.

  • @ryanvaubel7186
    @ryanvaubel7186 3 роки тому +5

    I like many others started with thrash and then German bands Destruction and Kreator. The doorway to death metal was opened by Sepultura beneath the remains and Symbolic by Death

  • @trentsatur5587
    @trentsatur5587 3 роки тому +5

    The band Death introduced me to the genre. Best for introducing new people into the music is probably Bolt Thrower in my experience.

  • @ilyassblank7556
    @ilyassblank7556 Рік тому

    Great content as always ! I think Repugnant deserves some recognition as one of the revivalists of the Swedish Death Metal movement, even though they broke up early.

  • @ExtremelyOnlineGuy
    @ExtremelyOnlineGuy 3 роки тому +2

    Death was my first metal band. RIP Chuck

  • @tykekai3555
    @tykekai3555 3 роки тому +7

    First branched out of Thrash, then started with specific songs by Death, Amon Amarth, Carcass, and At the Gates.

  • @robklossner9093
    @robklossner9093 8 місяців тому +3

    I went from Metallica to Sepultura and then into Deicide, Death, Cannibal Corpse, and one of my all-time favorites - Hypocrisy. Currently blown away by Orbit Culture. They are AMAZING imo!

  • @bluewinter6660
    @bluewinter6660 3 роки тому +2

    Love the genre! Swedish, finnish and American Death metal has so much to offer. Will enjoy this style all my life. But of course listen to other music and metal genres too!

  • @deathstruggle4136
    @deathstruggle4136 3 роки тому +2

    Kataklysm were my gateway to death metal. I was getting into harder metal music and then they performed at the bang your head festival in Germany. I only listened to one song in advance and when I saw their performance I was completely blown away and after that I started to listen to more and more death metal. It became my favorite metal sub genre

  • @ancestrosdelsol9494
    @ancestrosdelsol9494 3 роки тому +10

    MORBID ANGEL + DEICIDE were my starters.

    • @yetisuncle666
      @yetisuncle666 3 роки тому

      same here . corpse was my cherry popper, then the big 3 were the first three i honed my teeth on. corpse morbid angel and deicide. i was fortunate to open for cannibal corpse and nile back in 2000 in my hometown. we were a crappy local band but it was a dream come true for me. the guys in corpse were very kool, ive "met" them many many times. you know you have a concert addiction when band members and roadies start recognizing you before the show or out around town before or after the actual show. and you bump into them. like when i ran into corpsegrinder in the bathroom of a gas station shaving before a show. that was funny as shit. then we found him honing his "claw machine" skills on the way out. ive ran into Alex Webster many times as well. the whole gang of corpse are awesome.

  • @3Roel3
    @3Roel3 3 роки тому +3

    Bloodbath moved me to the genre, big fan of Opeth and wanted to know what else the dudes were up to. It was an epic journey into the realms of Death

  • @clementquinson5086
    @clementquinson5086 3 роки тому

    Love your content!
    I came across The Black Dahlia Murder (melodeath?) at a festival (Hellfest), and afterward fell in love with their song Statutory Ape. Then later came Psycroptic (tech death?), and their song Initiate. To this day, Psycroptic is probably my favorite band!
    I have to mention Benighted (grinddeath) as well, and of course Gojira (do they qualify as death?), which progressively got me deeper and deeper into the genre :)

  • @justinstevens4331
    @justinstevens4331 3 роки тому

    Obscura, sweet. Been looking for a new band to binge.

  • @martglass9503
    @martglass9503 3 роки тому +5

    Started with Scream Bloody Gore and In Battle There Is No Law. Not mentioning Bolt Thrower in a Death Metal video is a crime!

  • @falconranger3116
    @falconranger3116 3 роки тому +6

    Not gonna lie, Nickelback got me into death metal

  • @ChadCurry
    @ChadCurry 3 роки тому +1

    Banger...death metal...Blayne. Instantly hooked.

  • @sepsism138
    @sepsism138 3 роки тому

    Thanks for introducing me to Hooded Menace btw (a year or so ago). Great band.

  • @FromHellDesigns
    @FromHellDesigns 3 роки тому +6

    It was really Amon Amarth that help me get into death metal with Odin on our side coming from just being a Power Metal fan.

  • @G3N0M3501DI3R
    @G3N0M3501DI3R 3 роки тому +4

    Jungle Rot got me into death metal. When I first listened to their album Slaughter The Weak I was hooked because it felt like the perfect bridge from thrash to death.

    • @stefan86wtf
      @stefan86wtf 3 роки тому

      Killer band, especially live!

  • @SLVDyscolus
    @SLVDyscolus 3 роки тому +1

    This is great, thnx! 🤘🏼🔥💀

  • @Thrasher5251
    @Thrasher5251 3 роки тому +2

    Children of Bodom got me into the heavier side of Death Metal. Then I found Opeth and it opened up so much for me. Jazz, Folk, Classic Rock and Progressive Rock.

  • @luisvillalobos3080
    @luisvillalobos3080 3 роки тому +10

    Blayne can sell me a bridge and I'll happily fork over the money, he's THAT GOOD!

    • @MetalComedy
      @MetalComedy 3 роки тому +3

      Funny you mention that... I've got this bridge I'm looking to unload.

  • @Ovfr
    @Ovfr 3 роки тому +12

    Honesty I’d just hand people a copy of The Bleeding, Scream Bloody Gore, and Altars of Madness to help get them in the genre. 3 brutal records with good palatability.

    • @Cayo2711
      @Cayo2711 3 роки тому

      I love Altars of Madness but is not easy at first, i guess Blessed Are the Sick or Covenant is more easy.

    • @Ovfr
      @Ovfr 3 роки тому +2

      @@Cayo2711 That’s a fair assessment. I think Covenant might be a little bit more easy to get into, great record.

  • @blitzenwisnia1938
    @blitzenwisnia1938 3 роки тому

    Loved it!

  • @chrisgoblin4857
    @chrisgoblin4857 3 роки тому

    Damn, you're spot on. From metalcore I went to In Flames, At the Gates and Children of Bodom before making the step into the darker side of things.

  • @Brandon-vg6kz
    @Brandon-vg6kz 3 роки тому +3

    Morbid Angel - Alters of Madness set me on the path. Prepares you for tempo changes, unfamiliar song structuring, and other weird stuff. Went from the Big 4 into this album, couldn't resist the guitar riffs and solos

  • @drewlytle2281
    @drewlytle2281 3 роки тому +3

    Dark Tranquility's Lost to Apathy was the one that hooked me into Death Metal. The fierce growls, the dark & morbid feeling, the haunting keys, it had enough brutality to be death but enough melody and synph to also have that epicness I was getting from other less extreme acts like Within Temptation & Nightwish.

  • @prof.nicollas519
    @prof.nicollas519 3 роки тому +1

    Awesome nice video!!!

  • @El_Molzo
    @El_Molzo 3 роки тому +1

    In school in early '92, eleven years old, I was handed the debut of deicide. Until then I was mainly discovering and listening to acts like AC DC, Metallica, g'n'r, stuff like that. Deicide were my gateway into extreme metal, a genre I immediately fell for and love to this day.

  • @meliaelentari
    @meliaelentari 3 роки тому +6

    Carcass - Heartwork did it for me. I know a lot of hardcore Carcass fans hate that album but it was my in to the genre and started my shift from power metal.

    • @mikeb4858
      @mikeb4858 3 роки тому +2

      Heartwork is a goddamn masterpiece, even more so when you consider the musical landscape in 1993.

    • @thatpointinlife
      @thatpointinlife 3 роки тому +1

      After getting completely hooked on Carcass with Necroticism and Symphonies of Sickness, I was straight up angry when I first heard Heartwork in '93, but it's now one of my favorite metal albums ever.

    • @stefan86wtf
      @stefan86wtf 3 роки тому

      It's my favorite Carcass album for sure, and I'm not that big on melodeath compared to typical death metal. Brilliant songs, groove and guitarwork!

  • @KraaaaaaZy
    @KraaaaaaZy 3 роки тому +3

    Cannibal Corpse was my first pure, "bread & butter" death metal experience. 2006's 'Kill' to be specific. They're a staple of the genre for a reason.
    Now I listen to Devourment, and various other brutal death/slam/deathgrind whateveryoucallits.

  • @gregoryrau3894
    @gregoryrau3894 Рік тому +1

    My experience with Death Metal is unique. I was pulled in when I got a copy of "Death Shall Rise" by Cancer. I still love that band.

  • @TheEngwall
    @TheEngwall 3 роки тому

    In Flames early days got me into it. Kinda eased me into the sound of death metal.

  • @jonbrown4221
    @jonbrown4221 3 роки тому +3

    My first deatmetal bands were Bolt Thrower, Death, Obituary and Morgoth. It all happened around the same time so it's hard to pin point the first one.

  • @frankopful
    @frankopful 3 роки тому +7

    I like this so much because I too am a huge fucking metal nerd thank you Banger for existing

  • @cuetheintromusic4480
    @cuetheintromusic4480 3 роки тому +1

    That warhammer reference was in great tase,LOVED IT!

  • @Noiseofvarrich
    @Noiseofvarrich 3 роки тому

    Definitely should just make episodes longer. Dont ruwh to fit stuff in. Would love to see this expand and have all the room to breathe. Plus i couldnt get bored of long videos on genres