Cybergrinding Through the Nü-metal Renaissance (with Sam Dunn and Holiday Kirk)
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- Опубліковано 11 чер 2024
- It's the genre once described by NME as “the worst of all time.” Plus: cybergrind.
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SEE?? I said I'd be back. Thanks for being so kind and stoked with episode one, hope you dig this because I think it rocks. Need to figure out how to pass the time between monthly episodes, so join the Discord if that's your thing and tell me how to use it better because I'm a boomer (I'm not, I'm just ironically very bad at some key aspects of being online): discord.com/invite/YwdztaU77F
Sam, I am so glad you're back with these long form videos. This Exists has been my favourite UA-cam channel for yeeeeeeeeears. I've watched each video in your back catalogue many times over. He's back y'all.
So so happy to see you guys back, missed your content over these past few years.
Can't help you with discord but DAMN I'm so happy your back and the signatures worked 👍 I was pretty cynical as to whether it would work when I signed but it's shown me that it's always worth doing something for a channel that I think puts in the dedication, hard work, gives me a lot of smiles and gives others the same-that signature was nothing compared to the heart you put into your show and thank you for that. Ok that's my fawning over now 😂 I'll make sure to try to keep sharing with others!
This is that one channel you never unsub from because when it finally comes back it's so fire it burns your house down.
So happy to have This Exists back
me to!! I was like this exists, still exists!?!?!
We are so back. Gonna put on my favorite Simpsonwave comp and watch an episode of Heil Honey I’m Home
the world is dying the world is continually being reborn what once was dead now lives again
This Exists
Me three
Glad you are back. I swear I subbed to you like 10 years ago and never unsub just hoping for new videos.
It's so bittersweet watching this series again.
It used to be mine and my ex-wife's favourite youtube show, I don't think she even knows it's back now. I'm glad I kept the account where we subscribed! Keep rocking on, Sam, thank you for the amazing quality and care you put into this!
Can't believe we're still talking about cybergrind in 2024. I'm 27 now and I was making cybergrind music that maybe 5 people listened to when I was 12/13.
It never ceases to amaze me how consistent the 20 year cycle is for predicting resurgences and nostalgia. People started getting misty eyed over the Star Wars prequel bang on time, The Matrix got a legacy sequel bang on time amd now Nu Metal is back!
It's been ten years, Sam. Back then, we were talking about Narco music propaganda, Snuff, and the bloop. Now we're chilling and talking about the genre revival I live for and play in.
Feels good man.
Let's not forget Korn and Nu-Metal's contribution to the 'Queen of the Damned' film soundtrack. An adaption of the very queer Vampire Chronicles novels by Anne Rice.
Jonathan Davis was the sound track director and wrote the songs sung in the movie. his record label wouldn't let his vocals be on the soundtrack release so we got chester, wayne, david, marilyn, and jay instead' on the soundtrack
The soundtrack is actually incredible
@@Fordddyyy its the one of two good things in that movie. The other good thing is how aggressively nu-metal it is in looks, but damn is the story and acting balls which honestly makes it even better.
I love how half of my friends are here.
For people who don't know Im apart of the BMC community I know some Members of thot crime, James mchenry of blind equation and my boss is holiday kirk
Hardstyle DJ named "Anger Fist". That sh*t goes hard
hardstyle?? god damn this hurt.
This exists is the best show on the internet. I am so glad you are back, I never gave up hope that this show would resurrect!
I'm absolutely blaming Mindless Self Indulgence for cyber-grind.
absolutely their fault at least a little
dont say thattt :(
Nah, The Berzerker 100%.
@@DapperHesherHa was going to say the same thing!
@@DapperHesherThe Berzerker were definitely pioneers in the realm of fusing grindcore with pummelling electronics, not to mention the likes of Eustachian and Phantomsmasher. I'd also argue that at least some debt is owed to Agoraphobic Nosebleed, O.L.D. (particularly their later records), and that whole mini-wave of industrial thrash bands like Malhavoc and Nailbomb. The bizarre Japanese psych-grind act Clotted Symmetric Sexual Organ also feel very proto-cybergrind aesthetically speaking, and certainly the Czech deathgrind scene (Contrastic, !T.O.O.H!, etc.) had some extremely weird shit going on in a similar vein.
As Nu Metals sleepiest soldier I am so stoked to see Sam talking about Nu Metal again.
We're so freaking back
That netflix documentary about woodstock 99 not showing Durst trying to talk down the audience was really weak... Thanks for the content
Thank you for this. This was my life. I graduated from high school in '02 and joined the Army in '04. To say that I was surrounded by Nu Metal during my formative early adult years is an understatement.
I was literally a child when I started watching this channel and it feels crazy that it's back... or going in any way.
"Ever been to Bakersfield or Jacksonville? Ever wonder why not?" Oh, Sam's back baby!
Duuuuuvaaaaaaaaaal!
first of all absolutely peak lets fucking go but also ... The fact that Nu Metal is polarizing enough to be associated with trump alt right AND modern queer culture is kinda insane and proves Nu Metal does have a kinda magical quality.
yo this is true and perfectly stated
We've never seen levels of so back quite like this
It's awesome to have you back dude! I'm super excited to see what you have in store!
So glad this popped up. I honestly forgot This Exists existed! Loved this and looking forward to catching up on all the videos that exist, that i missed!
Thank you for coming back :') Every few months I come back and binge your videos. Can't tell you how much you were missed bud
so glad this channel's back, was my favourite in like 2015
Thank you for this video. I love to see the passion you have for this genre. And your videos are always interesting.
God I love this fucker, so glad you're back keep at it man. literally listening to Wargasm and KFC Murder Chicks recently and felt like something new and great is happening that mines this genre space, lo and behold you post this. Digital Hardcore revival like LustSickPuppy and Machine Girl seems subsumed under this and it's my jam as a huge breakcore guy, not sure if it warrants another video but big things are happening there too.
Finding your videos is never expected but always welcome.
OMG you are back!!!!
First notification in two years!
Im so happy!
I’m so thrilled to see you back! I always looked forward to what weirdness you’d come up with next!
Welcome back, Sam!
This Exists is one of my only "Notifications On" channels, and I'm so glad for that. I love your take on things, Sam. So glad you're back, and can't wait to see what strange cultural corners you're going to get into now.
Its so nice to be back in This Existsland
Sam, I am so glad you're back with these long form videos. This Exists has been my favourite UA-cam channel for yeeeeeeeeears. I've watched each video in your back catalogue many times over. He's back y'all.
I was 666th like, dope.
i thought about this channel randomly last night after years since i last watched it i’m glad it’s back
I love you man, I owe half of my insane ass music taste to you, thank you.
ps. super happy to see you back
The Lord King of Weird being back is exactly what I needed in 2024.
That Voivod shirt is 🔥🔥🔥
Hey Sam², happy to see you both happy and healthy. Keep posting dude! Love to see it!
Ayyy welcome back Sam! I haven't watched in years. Thank you for introducing me to Vile Creature back in 2020.
I'm so glad This Exists is back!!
god man, i discovered you years ago, digging the same stuff as i was and here you are, still getting videos out with my faves. you're precious ilu
so happy to see you and the show come back
A new This Exist video is like the rare eclipse event that makes you happy you've waited for so long to see it again 💜
My God this channel is so refreshing. I love feeling like I somehow belong
When this channel first existed, it started my vaporwave obsession in college. Now I have a another music genre to get into ❤ ❤ great video!!
Nu Metal revival and a Kid n’ Play cosplay hair cut. So much to digest.
The return of the king! Glad to see this exist!
These Internet deep dives and explorations of super niche music genres is why I love this channel.
I’m so glad you’re back!
KIRK'S THE MAN I can't wait for this one
Hell yeah, glad to see you back once more!
glad to see us all back here, welcome back Sam
You are just soooo good! I love your videos. Always have.
My fuck I've missed this channel so fucking much holy shit I'm literally vibrating with hype. Holy shit my pants are in me.
Amazing. Happy to see this show back.
So so so glad you’re back
I'm so glad that this This Exists exists!
Its a good day when a new This Exists graces my path.
it returns!!! Has it been like 6 years?? This was one of my favorite UA-cam channels all that time ago
It's so cool that you're back lately
the hell? haven't seen a video on this channel in like 3 years. now I am going to watch every video again.
I'll add how the hell did this video get made and nobody mentioned stuck mojo or slaves on dope?
So glad This Exists is back on UA-cam !
IM SO HAPPY YOUR BACK OMG
Looks like this 4am just got a little bit brighter; nice to see you again! Nu-metal arrived at a certain point in music-business history, too; the point where the big corporate entities, the Clear Channels, Live Nations, and big labels, re-established their control after having it been seriously threatened by the rise of "indie" music culture and industry.
What that meant could take a book to poorly explain; but i suspect it meant something.
Dude I am beyond hyped that you are back
glad to have ya back
Love this show soooo much!!!!
So glad this channel is back.
And this is why I kept notifications turned on.
Love this video and that it exists. Also grew up on nu-metal as the first style of music I latched onto. Branched deeper into death metal, grind, BM, hardcore, etc and put nu-metal on the back burner for twenty years pretty much. But I came back to it deeply by doing my own tribute to it with my project Memorrhage but fusing nu with some of the subject matter and elements of extreme metal I picked up over the years from my other projects.
Also special thanks to Holiday Kirk’s passionate helm of ‘crazy ass moments in nu-metal history’ for spearheading this lightbulb moment for me personally getting back into it more than ever these last two years.
This episode was brilliant. Thanks so much Sam. Time to reclaim the name Nü Metal as a badge of honor and not a pejorative
One of the best parts of a resurgence is it brings to light all the great stuff released in the "lull period" that got no attention previously. There's a Japanese band called ikd-sj (weird name I know) that's had their 2009 album blow up recently, pretty good. People should give the track Oddeye a listen at least to see if it's something they'd be into
Im so glad to know what genre Berried Alive belongs in now
as a zoomer who spent my days chasing the smoke of 90s punk and early 2000s emo and kept that lifestyle up to this day (i followed MCR on their recent tour up and down the west coast a true religious experience) i was under the impression forever that nu metal was the cishet guy version of the same scene as me closed off to my type of rage. but seeing the nu metal renaissance from the ground up and seeing the two groups kind of melting and merged has been a true delight! there is something to be said for genres so quickly written off by the masses for being too lame/gay/girly/masculine having their second wind in the weeds of weirdos who appreciate it for what it was trying to do, not what the media said it was doing.
Great video! still wild having you back! and bring up great conversations as always! i wouldn’t be mad if you made a video on the emo revival too if you felt so inclined 😉
I'm so glad this exists is back
and then all of the sudden his back! the resurrection kid! third times the charm XD
I'm glad this video exists
Does exists tells us how the Internet makes sense and also how little the Internet makes sense at the same time. Don't go away again, please!
Literally my favorite lost UA-cam thing ever. 🙏🎉
You remain one of my favorite journalists ever. thank you so much
the internet needed this video
Holy shit! You're back!
The Linkin Park needle-drop at the end was immaculate
This Exists exists again!!! Great episodes as always.
blind equation mentioned yo shout out James
Sup Sam! Happy you're back!
THIS EXISTS IS BACK! I'VE MISSED THIS SHOW!
DAMN i was big into this channel when was like 11/12?? and i had a cybergrind phase in like junior year .... just relistened to that cutting pink with knives album today
The whole time I kept thinking of the Slayer/Atari Teenage Riot song on the Spawn album: "No Remorse (I wanna Die)". Great music. But as an oldster now I loved stuff like 'My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult', 'Revolting Cocks', stuff like that. It intermingled so much stuff and was tongue-in-cheek and dark.
incredible soundtrack
Yoooo when the fuck did this come back. Im soooo happy.
I missed This Exists so much!
Ayyyy, This Exists still exists! Wishing you a ton of new followers and views.
IM SO GLAD SAM IS BACCCKK
Also Cutting Pink With Knives was my first taste of cybergrind like 15 years ago. I ought to relisten to them it's been forever. Takes me back to music blogs and mediafire links
yet again, I genuinely learned something about culture and society by watching a "this exists" video.
It's so weird how all debates about music always devolve to elitist debates about how a thing is or it is not something else
i feel like going back to nu metal after listening to bands like 100 gecs take it to new extremes is when it got its camp for me
We are so back!
Funny to see the two best music history UA-cam channels come out with nu metal vids so close to each other.
Welcome back! 🎉
I've been a proud nu-head since that fateful afternoon in 1999 when Korn's Freak on a Leash video came up on TRL and my mind was blown. That moment is directly responsible for me developing my taste, not only in nu-metal and heavy rock, but in music in general, rather than just listening to my parents' music and top 40 hits. I will always have love in my heart for it.