I think Gore Noise is highly misunderstood here. You said that the songs were like 3-4 seconds long, but you have to remember that time is a concept bound to mortal and somewhat consciousness beings. After listening to those pieces of pure art for around 364.35039 years now, my perception of time, reality and the universe itself has shifted and those 3-4 human seconds actually are masterpieces that play for days, slowly and majestically unveiling their vast beauty and their wisdom, secrets unbeknown to man.
Demilich? Ehh. I mean it was an early tech death album, but they literally did nothing else and IMO it wasn’t even that influential to begin with. Just my opinion. Immolation 100% agree with though
@@allstopblue5717 Demilich is the epitome of weird metal though, and just because they were ahead of their time doesn't mean they shouldn't be mentioned. They have a ton of influence today.
THIS IS AMAZING!!!!!!! THANKYOUUUU In all honesty you're awesome at explaining these bands and you do a really good job at describing them aswell as where they're placed on the tiers, this is very well made and well thought out. I'm sure many people will appreciate this as much as I do. Awesome job man I hope to see more vids, definitely have my subscription
I think a thrash metal iceberg would be really interesting, but probably quite hard to do given how "limited" thrash is compared to death metal for example
Crazy to think that if you would’ve said this in the early 80’s people would be looking at you like you’re crazy. Sucks that thrash became near extinct
i feel like thrash still has alot to be explored , free improve thrash sounds like it could happen , industrial thrash could start adding some more noise elements. Unfortunately it is not a popular style anymore
Hatred for Mankind is one of my favourite all-time extreme metal albums as well. I was completely blown away by it the first time I heard it about 10 years ago and still am when put it on today.
thanks for your various iceberg series, brought a whole load of unexplored beauties to my attention i've never even heard before, keep up the great work, props from the UK!
Glad you mentioned Septicflesh's Communion. That was a massive gateway album for me and one of the very first metal albums i got into alongside And Justice For All.
Timeghoul is just hands down on of my favorite bands I've ever stumbled upon via youtube comments. They are incredible. Love their insane sci-fi lyrics and the stories they tell.
So glad you mentioned Lykathea Aflame! Definitely one of the best technical brutal death metal bands... The frantic Flo Mounier-style drumming coupled with those almost shoegazey choruses and passages = 😙👌.
Nile, Septicflesh, Opeth, Gorguts and Portal are rad. Also, Archspire is great too. Melodeath is a great genre imo, I know it doesn’t pack the same punch but I like melodies in my stuff. Guess that comes from my rock/heavy metal music listening roots. Ps. You really need to do one for post rock,Breakcore and noise, since you are probably well versed in those genres
Super sick, was looking to find some bands that I did not know about yet to check out. My favorite styles personally are Tiers 3 and 6 (Technical and Brutal). I'll have to listen to some of the ones I don't know yet
Omg, man, I'm so glad you and the fans never forget The Chasm. They are so good, since I first heard around 2006, their albums never leave my CD, MP3 and now smartphone.
I really like this video man. Huge black metal fan here, haven't been listening to death metal since 2018. Added some bands to my list that i haven't tried out yet, especially from the "gritty zone" and "weirdo death". thank you!
@The Monist Appreciate it brother. I used to really dig bands like Ascended Dead, Phrenelith, Spectral Voice, Krypts, Triumvir Foul etc. you get the idea. I don't know why but I've lost my interest in death metal suddenly around 2018 lol. I'm back on track right now and gonna definitely check out your recommendations. Cheers!
This was a fun one. A few personal suggestions for a few of the tiers: Wormed, Afterbirth and 7 H.Target all could fit in either the "shredding" or "bludgeoning" sections; Vastum, Encoffinated, Father Befouled and Sanguisugabogg definitely belong on the "gritty" tier; Uzumaki, Goats and Coma Cluster Void are shoo-ins for the "weirdo" section; Devouring Humanity in either "weirdo" or "bludgeoning," being the band that compelled an acquaintance of mine to coin the term "slambient" in only partial jest; Dagger Lust fit exceptionally well on the "militant" tier; and Phyllomedusa goes in gorenoise, because they're actually pretty interesting and their whole amphibian theme is hilarious
Great list, nice overview of the genre as a whole. Only thing I would also mention is the most extreme end of brutal death: Enmity, Orchidectomy, and all the bands inspired by them such as Intestinal Engorgement, Delusional Parasitosis, and Excoriation. Pushing it to the absolute limits of what human beings can physically do with the drums and vocals.
This is a very useful guide for newcomers and people who want to update their playlist. I was more into grindcore and black metal so I don't know much about death metal tbh. Also I love your shirt! The Chasm, Shub Niggurath and Cenotaph's first record are some of the best metal from Mexico.
I love it for broadening my tastes because I was more into sludge and black metal along with ambient metal for a while, so it's great to just find new recs! The comments are full of them too, it's great.
Big thumbs up for mentioning Wintersun, they essentially got me into death metal. I'd throw Between the Buried and Me into oddball death metal and Troglodyte into gritty tier. Troglodyte has some of the evilest looking covers with their Welcome to Boggy Creek and Don't Go in the Woods, in my opinion. Don't know why, but I get that visceral reaction from observing them, it's great.
I'm so glad you included Edge of Sanity, amazing band, and never got the praise they deserved Edit: Also agree with everything said about Beyond Creation
Hi! I just found your channel and I haven’t even finished even this video, but when you mentioned Edge of Sanity as best prog death metal and Behemoth’s Demigod as best blackend death metal, I already know that we speak a common language! :)
the very first death metal album i´ve heard was Dying Remains by Morta Skuld and to this day its one of my most favourite metal albums, it just sounds so cryptic and oldschool and some of the parts have very unique guitar sound (at least in my opinion), so if u´re OSDM fan definitely go check them out ;) also nice vid and list
Love that you started with children of bodom, that was also my introduction to more extreme metal. I was already listening to a lot of thrash metal but was mostly into punk and emo at the time. Came across are you dead yet on youtube when I was maybe 13 or 14 and loved it. Got my best friends at the time into them also
Thank you for the love for The Chasm! I've always felt they're incredibly underrated for being relatively known in the scene. Their mid era work is incredible. Procession and Spell might be the only DM albums I could give a 10/10 to, and that's even with their extremely windows 95 album art.
Hell yeah this video is awesome!! the fact you brought up Beyond Creation made me smile cuz I literally just saw Ne Obliviscaris and Beyond creation in concert and they rule!! the bassist wore a slipknot-esque mask and after their set, he came up to me and gave me a hug and a crazy ass laugh. It was awesome!!
Very trailblazing video, actually! If I were to subtly expand each tier, these essential additions would include as follows: - Tier 1: Arch Enemy, Arghoslent, Intestine Baalism, Mors Principum Est, Malevolent Creation, Soilwork, The Black Dahila Murder, and Bloodbath - Tier 2: Disembowelment, Esotreic, Swallow The Sun (death-doom), Belphegor, Demonic Desurrection, Sulphur Aeon, 1914, Necrophobic (blackened death), Massacra, Deceased, Scythelord (deathrash), Ex Deo, Haggard, Xaon, MaYan (symphonic death), Between the Buried and Me, Gojira, Persefone, Becoming The Archetype (progressive death), Six Feet Under, Birds of Prey, Carcass (death’n’roll), Meathook Seed, The Project Hate MCMXCIX (industrial death), Bhayanak Maut, Whitechapel, Suicide Silence, Impending Doom, and Despised Icon (deathcore) - Tier 3: Spawn of Possession, Kronos, Inanimate Pscyroptic, Inferi, Existence, Dyscarnate, Deeds of Flesh, Decrepit Birth, The Faceless, Maat, First Fragment, Decapitated, Neuraxis, Obscura, Burning The Masses, Trigger the Bloodshed, Beneath The Massacre, Rings of Saturn, Infant Annilihator, Aversions Crown, and Fallujah - Tier 4: Plague Bearer, Drawn and Quartered, Krypts, Undergang, Grave Miasma, Mortiferum, Veneneum, Grave Congregation, Black Curse, and Tomb Mold Tier 5: Demilich, Gigan, Pyrrhon, Imperial Triumphant, Impetuous Ritual, Methwitch, Irkallian Oracle, Infernal Coil, Altarage, Wicked Innocence, and Artifical Brain - Tier 5: Prostitute Disfigurement, Gorgasm, Afterbirth, Cenotaph, Disgorge, Putridity, Guttural Secrete, Party Cannon, Pathology, Katalepsy, Brodequin, Excoriation, Implosive Disgorgance, Begging for Incest, Twitch of the Death Nerve, Mortician, Amputated, Septycal Gorge, Encenathrakh, Edenic Past, and Enmity - Tier 7: Genocide Shrines, Bestial Putrefaction, Brahmastrika, Thecodontion, Vessel of Inquiry, Nyogthaeblisz, Qqgcguvhjn, Bullet Clenched in Teeth, Nirriti, and Tsalal - Tier 8: Last Days of Humanity, Phyllomedusa, Bodily Wastes, Last Cheeseburgers of Humanity, Candidal Vulvoviginstis, and Meekness Alas, I now get the hunch that the elitists who ask for too much unnecessary opinions will take issue with the band choices, though I’m fine with that.
The most informative deathmetal ”list” I’ve seen in a long time. And thank god for the list of band names in the comments, some of them cannot be heard correctly.
I want to believe Nespithe is the final tier, alongside The Alex Jones Prison Planet. Really entertaining video overall, who are those final tiers kidding about taking them seriously, let alone listening to them in full? They were a ride to hear about! Gotta see you wear a Waco Jesus tee in near future. Cool to see you finally talk about Children Of Bodom who were very much a place in time you either got or didn't. I saw them more as melodic black than melodic death as the most unique Dissection torchbearer. Absolutely on point with Communion, that album has the TIGHTEST use of symphonic usage in metal afaik. Nice also to bring up Chaos Echoes who are also improvised in structure. And finally, even if it was a second, you spoke about Nile, that being said, Lykathea Aflame to me corresponds to the light of Egypt in same power In Their Darkened Shrines encapsulates the darkness in perfect harmony. Not sure whether to pick up that Ævangelist one but it seems he fell apart after, definite relisting material. Cheers for introducing me to Oksennus!
My introduction to death metal was Arch Enemy. I got used to the harsh vocals from old Tristania and when I as a puny teen girl found out that women are capable of such voices, I was intrigued and hooked. And Arch Enemy is just a step away from Carcass so it escalated quite quickly from there. Also I looked up Tetragrammacide and found it quite relaxing which is pretty funny as currently I am gravitating to more melodic genres in general
Love to see Bolt Thrower here! I just recently discovered them despite being a metalhead for years, and god damn do they know how to write some nasty riffs. Absolutely geeked that I get to explore their discography for the first time, because I've loved every track so far. Another fantastic band that's similarly groovy is Frozen Soul. Their album The Crypt of Ice has been in heavy rotation for me recently. I don't know how either of these bands have such a crazy high batting average with awesome tracks, but what an enjoyable ride its been.
I recently listened to Hatred For Mankind after hearing your extensive praise of it, and if anything you haven't talked about it enough because god fucking damn, people need to hear that album. Such a unique, insanely brutal soundscape.
I’m so glad you mentioned Behemoth as I did wonder why u never mentioned them on the black metal iceberg chart , however I get it 😊 I love Behemoth 🤟🏻 🖤❤️🔥 they were the band that peeked my interest into black and death metal. When you got to the last tier I’m really sorry I actually said “oh good” when you got to the last one 🤣 I really like your videos honestly but the last couple of tiers had me go through a rollercoaster of emotions and none positive 🙈
Ngl, when I first discovered Bolt Thrower I thought it was just some obscure underground band with a few hundred listeners. I was actually surprised to learn how popular it was. For me, Bolt Thrower is a great band to listen to you enjoy death metal but don't care for gore or "hail satan" type lyrics. They have history based lyrics and songs. The best way i can describe it is that Bolt Thrower is like the death metal version of Sabaton. But older. Fun fact: Jo Bench, Bolt Thrower's bassist, is among the first women to play in an extreme metal band.
I mean death metal has moved a lot away from the satanic cheese into high concept scifi or political music these days At least in the more accessible areas of death metal
Bolt Thrower was my intro to death metal...back in '91! I went out and bought a cassette copy of "Warmaster" after a RIP magazine article described them as "Dungeons & Dragons freaks."
Knelt Rote fucking rips, so thanks for introducing me to them. You should do some more deep-dives into obscure band lore like you did with Seeds of Iblis or Emit!
Another great iceberg chart, check also out this stuff, which was released via my label: Crouching Nude (Tier 5 - Definitely influenced by Portal) Sewage Crypt - Chapter I & II (Tier 4 - A bit like Dragged Into Sunlight) Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis - The Medically Fascinating Sound of Bones Cracking (Tier 8 - Basically very Groovy Gorenoise) Altar - Times of Agony (Tier 2 - Sludge Metal, but with a very Death-Doom Metal orientated approach) Hecatomb of the Black Goat - Howlings from a Fermented Planet (Tier 8 - War Metal, but with Dark and Tribal Ambient elements in it)
My personally top of the DM genre is the second LP from the dutch masters : SINISTER - DIABOLICAL SUMMONING. It's totally contains everything what I need to feed my taste. For me the most appreciated album of all time undisputed.
One great Tech Death band that spans between Progressive, melodic, and even experimental would be Obscura. They have fine tuned their sound into a beautiful, brutal, and awe-inspiring aura, it is really a positive experience listening to their discography
@@DavidSmith-ry3ht agreed. Their first album was a miss for me, and if I am honest, Akorasis is my favorite work from them. Its beautifully done, and I love Fountainhead's work on the album
'Ver Naice! Some of my favorites are Inveracity, Abnormity, Odious Mortem, Severed Savior, Unleashed, Grave, Vader, Vital Remains, Inherit Disease, Disentomb, Of Feather and Bone, Blood Spore, Gutter Instinct, Portal, Proclamation, Teitanblood, and many, many more lol.
tetragrammacide is great, loved that you mentioned this, obviously not what this is talking about but i love primal incinerator of moral matrix or whatever it was
I think Horrendous is a great addition for tier 3. Also, I think Bloodbath is good for tier 1. It has the sound of old school death metal, but with more modern production, which makes a bit more accessible for newcomers.
@@godetonter4764 i described it as the pop of death metal. Its super catchy and great for new people (full disclosure it was my first death metal band) its so paint by numbers it gets boring. There is literally nothing wrong with them but there is also nothing great,which is noteworthy itself in this genre!
@@godetonter4764 the fathomless mastery has much worse production that the debut and sophomore album which makes it a lot grittier and just plain better imo
@@DavidSmith-ry3ht I was mixed up on which UA-cam video I was commenting on. Yes you are 100% right about Bloodbath. They always reminded me of what a record producer would throw together to create an Old School Death Metal band. A supergroup that checked off all the boxes, but forgot to add anything original
Interesting stuff not really that much into death but it was still a fun watch. Also here are some of the best "crossover" bands/albums in my humble opinion Marduk - dark endless (black death) Sodom - tapping the vein (death thrash) Goatlord - reflection of the solstice (death doom)
Autopsy got me into death metal, I always listened to Thrash, but after Autopsy I went from a Thrash metal head to a Death metal head. I heard once a guy say: If black sabbath were a death metal band, then it would be Autopsy. Asphyx and Autopsy were the big death/doom bands at the time. Also don't forget Necrophagia Seasons of the dead back in 87', Came out before Scream bloody gore and were pure death metal.
Excuse me, Wyatt, have you ever streamed the new music video for Tetragrammacide’s new single? I would because something is always telling me that they’ve suddenly and seamlessly went from citing Nyogthaeblisz and Revenge as influences in their early years as a band to affording new production in the vein of Nile, Hour of Penance, Demonic Resurrection, and early Fleshgod Apocolypse. But alas you’ll immediately wonder what type of nerve to animate the music video in which software.
wow of course suffocation that deep for being the ones who kickstarted slam and brutal death metal.It is thanks to them we have bands like devourment,internal bleeding,dying fetus,deeds of flesh,scattered remnants,soils of fate, as well as bands like kraanium,extermination dismemberment,embryectomy,traumatomy,epicardiectomy,cerebral incubation,condemned,abominable putridity,etc.I mean honestly no death metal iceberg or death metal video really would be complete without suffocation or even necrophagist among some of the other bands referenced in the video.
I have been listening to extreme metal for about 15 years now and have never heard of Lykathea Aflame before this video. I checked the album out and holy hell… it’s one of the greatest death metal albums I’ve ever heard. Thank you for this video. You’ve earned a new sub.
Not sure if you’re into it, but a Power Electronics iceberg would be cool. It’s not metal, but with some of the militant death metal bands you included (and the inclusion of gorenoise), there’s a connection. Edit: typo
Dragged Into Sunlight.. Definitely one of my top favorite bands ever. The way the preform live is phenomenal as well. Justt their backs to the crowd, strobe on thee max blink setting and just blasting everyone out of the room
30 years has been a long trip, though! I had no idea, listening to Atheist or Nocturnus in the early 90s, we'd get acts as different as Brodequin, Disentomb, or Gorevent!
Obscuras last two albums are extremely good, i was surprised there was no mention too. I was really happy when you mentioned Spawn of Possession though.
That starter pack you have is very solid! You have all the greats in there. I would just add Carcass, or would you have them in a separate list for Grindcore?
It frustrates me to think how tone deaf fans of this genre are, when fans of death metal dont even realize the talent Jonas Bryzzling had, he is above everyone in the genre and deserves waaaaayyy more praise, there just is no other band like SOP and there never will be.
Some stuff i wouldve like to see on the list: Vital Remains on the Shredding tier, definetly deserving of that tier some really cruel, destructive, blasting thrashing death metal full of blasts and fire breathing riffs, with some incredibly fantastic melodies and solos aswell, not far fetched to say that Dave Suzuki is a mastermind of Death Metal! Also one that would fit on the Bludgeoning and Weirdo tier at the same time is Dripping, Experimental Slamming Brutal Death Metal, amazing mind-twisting riffs definetly worth checking out! And for Gorenoise or even Bludgeoning would be Phyllomedusa, the king of gorenoise for me (tho i dont like gorenoise lol) and the main project of the Toadbirth band, he has almost 300 albums combining Gorenoise, Sludge and Doom metal, Goregrind and Slamming Brutal DM on some of them, a must listen really specially the Fijian album trilogy.
Having witnessed the captivating spectacle captured on this ethereal visual display, my heart was stirred, and I promptly embarked upon a pilgrimage to Spotify's melodic realm. There, I surrendered myself to the enchanting strains of Knelt Rote's opus, aptly titled "Trespass." For a span of no less than 35 minutes, I succumbed to its intoxicating melodies, each note cascading upon my senses like drops of celestial dew. Upon concluding this soul-stirring interlude, I found solace in indulging in the forbidden fruit of the vine, as I imbibed the sacred elixir with measured sips. To further satiate my auditory cravings, I sought solace in the company of a harmonious quintet known as the Spice Girls. Their inaugural opus, an indispensable auditory offering, was the only panacea capable of mollifying my spirit in such a moment.
thanks for making this! i found so many great artists thanks to your videos lately, gonna check all of these out for sure! :) btw i've listened to that wintersun album already and it's just 👌 edit 6 months later: i've also gotten into dragged into sunlight, that sht is soooo good HOLY SHT I DIDNT REMEMBER SEEING CHAOS ECHOES IN HERE THAT SHT IS INCREDIBLE
Round 3...........
Tier 1 Starter Pack DM
Death
Morbid Angel
Cannibal Corpse
Deicide
Obituary
Unleashed
Grave
At The Gates
Amon Amarth
Dismember
Entombed
Children of Bodom
Bolt Thrower
Tier 2 Hybrid Death Metal
Rippikoulu
Coffinz
Hooded Menance
Paradise Lost
ASPHYX
Amorphis
(Blackened)
Behemoth
Hate
(Thrash)
Possessed
Vader
Master
Slaughter
Septic Flesh
(Symphonic)
Fleshgod Apocalypse
Wintersun
(Prog)
Opeth
Katatonia
Edge of Sanity
Black Crown Initiative
Ne Obliviscaris
Tier 3 Shredding Death Metal
Archspire
Braindrill
Hour Of Penance
Spawn of Possession
Origin
Beyond Creation
Nile
Cryotopsy
Dying Fetus
Blood Incantation
Timeghoul
DEMIGOD
The Chasm
Necrophagist
Cynic
Atheist
Lykathea Aflame
Appalling Spawn
Tier 4 Gritty Death Metal
Incantation
Autopsy
Pungent Stench
Infester
Molested
Dragged Into Sunlight
Necrovore
Triumvir Foul
Pissgrave
Grave Upheaval
Tier 5 Weirdo Death Metal
Goreguts
Portal
Abyssal
Mitochondria
Apparatus
Ævangelist
Howls Of Ebb
Chaos Echos
Oksennus
Phlebotomized
Tier 6 Bludgeoned Death Metal
Suffocation
Pyrexia
Skinless
Internal Bleeding
Mortal Decay
Devourment
Malignancy
Defeated Sanity
Cephalotripsy
Waking the Cadaver
Lividity
Putrid Pile
Waco Jesus
Tier 7 Militant Death Metal
Knelt Rote
Tetragrammacide
KONFLICT
KAPALA
JYOTISAVEDANGA
SUBDUER
Chaos Cascade
Tier 8 Gorenoise aka
Vomitoma
Urinary Track Infection from Severe Pus Clots
Omphalectoicxanthopsia
Toad Birth
Feces Sex
Kokkobizarrsium
My honorable mentions
Mortuary
Apohis
Mystic Charm
Regurgitation
Cenotaph
Human Remians
S.U.P
i would like to mention encenethrakh because uh... its fucking insane
Deeds of Flesh
@@paveantelic7876 theres a whole scene with bands like that i think that stuff is like tier 7-9 shit
Unholy
Thanks so much for this!
Icebergs are a great format because i get so many nice recommendations
Exactly
I wouldn't be mad if you did more icebergs every now and then
in his bm ice berg response he said he wont be making them, im glad he changed his mind :)
@@paveantelic7876 They're very interesting and informative
@@Kinnakeeter indeed they are
@@Kinnakeeter fr, i come to watch his iceberg videos every week atleast once
I think Gore Noise is highly misunderstood here. You said that the songs were like 3-4 seconds long, but you have to remember that time is a concept bound to mortal and somewhat consciousness beings. After listening to those pieces of pure art for around 364.35039 years now, my perception of time, reality and the universe itself has shifted and those 3-4 human seconds actually are masterpieces that play for days, slowly and majestically unveiling their vast beauty and their wisdom, secrets unbeknown to man.
The band Pissgrave actually sounds like the name.
And the song name "Taking the virginity of a retard" is prob the best name of a song😂
Really good list, but missed Immolation and Demilich which are both pretty important
Demilich? Ehh. I mean it was an early tech death album, but they literally did nothing else and IMO it wasn’t even that influential to begin with. Just my opinion. Immolation 100% agree with though
@@allstopblue5717 Demilich was much-loved in the underground for ages, though, enough for them to do a deluxe reissue of "Nespithe."
@@allstopblue5717 I feel like they have some strong influence on later weirdo death bands
Pestilence too
@@allstopblue5717 Demilich is the epitome of weird metal though, and just because they were ahead of their time doesn't mean they shouldn't be mentioned. They have a ton of influence today.
'im not planning on making any more iceberg charts' - wyattxhim
THIS IS AMAZING!!!!!!! THANKYOUUUU
In all honesty you're awesome at explaining these bands and you do a really good job at describing them aswell as where they're placed on the tiers, this is very well made and well thought out. I'm sure many people will appreciate this as much as I do. Awesome job man I hope to see more vids, definitely have my subscription
also, I love how you name drop other great music UA-camrs. You're a good dude and that's part of what keeps me coming back.
POV you're searching for Waco Jesus album covers...
I think a thrash metal iceberg would be really interesting, but probably quite hard to do given how "limited" thrash is compared to death metal for example
Crazy to think that if you would’ve said this in the early 80’s people would be looking at you like you’re crazy. Sucks that thrash became near extinct
i feel like thrash still has alot to be explored , free improve thrash sounds like it could happen , industrial thrash could start adding some more noise elements. Unfortunately it is not a popular style anymore
@@fabriziogarreta7400 blackened thrash is one of my favourite sub-subgenres
That's not true at all of you actually like the genre
Evildead.
Loved watching this! An idea for another iceberg could be maybe the most terrifying metal iceberg. That would be very cool to seen
Hatred for Mankind is one of my favourite all-time extreme metal albums as well. I was completely blown away by it the first time I heard it about 10 years ago and still am when put it on today.
thanks for your various iceberg series, brought a whole load of unexplored beauties to my attention i've never even heard before, keep up the great work, props from the UK!
Glad you mentioned Septicflesh's Communion. That was a massive gateway album for me and one of the very first metal albums i got into alongside And Justice For All.
Saw them live once. Was amazing and they put on a hell of a show.
I'm glad your doing more of these iceberg vids, you are way better at doing them then some channels I've seen that only do iceberg charts.
Timeghoul is just hands down on of my favorite bands I've ever stumbled upon via youtube comments. They are incredible. Love their insane sci-fi lyrics and the stories they tell.
So glad you mentioned Lykathea Aflame! Definitely one of the best technical brutal death metal bands... The frantic Flo Mounier-style drumming coupled with those almost shoegazey choruses and passages = 😙👌.
Nile, Septicflesh, Opeth, Gorguts and Portal are rad.
Also, Archspire is great too.
Melodeath is a great genre imo, I know it doesn’t pack the same punch but I like melodies in my stuff. Guess that comes from my rock/heavy metal music listening roots.
Ps. You really need to do one for post rock,Breakcore and noise, since you are probably well versed in those genres
Super sick, was looking to find some bands that I did not know about yet to check out. My favorite styles personally are Tiers 3 and 6 (Technical and Brutal). I'll have to listen to some of the ones I don't know yet
Love your channel because you talk about a lot of lesser known bands without coming off as some kind of elitist
Sweet.
Earlier than expected!
Thanks
Omg, man, I'm so glad you and the fans never forget The Chasm. They are so good, since I first heard around 2006, their albums never leave my CD, MP3 and now smartphone.
I really like this video man. Huge black metal fan here, haven't been listening to death metal since 2018. Added some bands to my list that i haven't tried out yet, especially from the "gritty zone" and "weirdo death". thank you!
@The Monist Appreciate it brother. I used to really dig bands like Ascended Dead, Phrenelith, Spectral Voice, Krypts, Triumvir Foul etc. you get the idea. I don't know why but I've lost my interest in death metal suddenly around 2018 lol. I'm back on track right now and gonna definitely check out your recommendations. Cheers!
Please do more icebergs, gives me more bands to listen to!
This was a fun one.
A few personal suggestions for a few of the tiers: Wormed, Afterbirth and 7 H.Target all could fit in either the "shredding" or "bludgeoning" sections; Vastum, Encoffinated, Father Befouled and Sanguisugabogg definitely belong on the "gritty" tier; Uzumaki, Goats and Coma Cluster Void are shoo-ins for the "weirdo" section; Devouring Humanity in either "weirdo" or "bludgeoning," being the band that compelled an acquaintance of mine to coin the term "slambient" in only partial jest; Dagger Lust fit exceptionally well on the "militant" tier; and Phyllomedusa goes in gorenoise, because they're actually pretty interesting and their whole amphibian theme is hilarious
Great list, nice overview of the genre as a whole. Only thing I would also mention is the most extreme end of brutal death: Enmity, Orchidectomy, and all the bands inspired by them such as Intestinal Engorgement, Delusional Parasitosis, and Excoriation. Pushing it to the absolute limits of what human beings can physically do with the drums and vocals.
thats like tier 9 or inbetween 7-8
Undeciphered as well
Yeah that should be the last tier the peak extremity of brutal death metal. Imagine they somehow surpass that in the future 😮 that would be insane
THANK YOU for bringing up The Chasm.
I love the Intestine Baalism song you have in the background. Banquet is a freaking great death metal song.
This is a very useful guide for newcomers and people who want to update their playlist. I was more into grindcore and black metal so I don't know much about death metal tbh.
Also I love your shirt! The Chasm, Shub Niggurath and Cenotaph's first record are some of the best metal from Mexico.
Also checkout the band stargazer from Australia
I love it for broadening my tastes because I was more into sludge and black metal along with ambient metal for a while, so it's great to just find new recs! The comments are full of them too, it's great.
I have all of The chasms 1st press CDs. Was just looking on discogs and they’re $100 and up each 😬🤘
Great list. Worth mentioning a few grindcore and deathgrind bands like Cattle Decapitation and Napalm Death
Really digged the video, picked up Lycanthe Flames based on your recommendation
Big thumbs up for mentioning Wintersun, they essentially got me into death metal.
I'd throw Between the Buried and Me into oddball death metal and Troglodyte into gritty tier. Troglodyte has some of the evilest looking covers with their Welcome to Boggy Creek and Don't Go in the Woods, in my opinion. Don't know why, but I get that visceral reaction from observing them, it's great.
Glad you mentioned Lykathea Aflame, criminally underrated stuff and some of the most unique death metal I've ever heard
Its the light equivalent to ancient egyptian tech death to darnkess shown equally great in In Their Darkened Shrines.
amazing video i can tell already, im about to watch this once im done doing something
I'm so glad you included Edge of Sanity, amazing band, and never got the praise they deserved
Edit: Also agree with everything said about Beyond Creation
Hi! I just found your channel and I haven’t even finished even this video, but when you mentioned Edge of Sanity as best prog death metal and Behemoth’s Demigod as best blackend death metal, I already know that we speak a common language! :)
the very first death metal album i´ve heard was Dying Remains by Morta Skuld and to this day its one of my most favourite metal albums, it just sounds so cryptic and oldschool and some of the parts have very unique guitar sound (at least in my opinion), so if u´re OSDM fan definitely go check them out ;) also nice vid and list
Love that you started with children of bodom, that was also my introduction to more extreme metal. I was already listening to a lot of thrash metal but was mostly into punk and emo at the time. Came across are you dead yet on youtube when I was maybe 13 or 14 and loved it. Got my best friends at the time into them also
Thank you for the love for The Chasm! I've always felt they're incredibly underrated for being relatively known in the scene. Their mid era work is incredible. Procession and Spell might be the only DM albums I could give a 10/10 to, and that's even with their extremely windows 95 album art.
My favorite band. Every album after their first is excellent
All hail the Deathcult,brother. I haven't got their newest one,but plan on it. I hope Corchado gets to doing vocals again!
@@danielbetancourt1483 They are severely underrated. Procession to the Infraworld is my favorite album.
Hell yeah this video is awesome!! the fact you brought up Beyond Creation made me smile cuz I literally just saw Ne Obliviscaris and Beyond creation in concert and they rule!! the bassist wore a slipknot-esque mask and after their set, he came up to me and gave me a hug and a crazy ass laugh. It was awesome!!
Very trailblazing video, actually! If I were to subtly expand each tier, these essential additions would include as follows:
- Tier 1: Arch Enemy, Arghoslent, Intestine Baalism, Mors Principum Est, Malevolent Creation, Soilwork, The Black Dahila Murder, and Bloodbath
- Tier 2: Disembowelment, Esotreic, Swallow The Sun (death-doom), Belphegor, Demonic Desurrection, Sulphur Aeon, 1914, Necrophobic (blackened death), Massacra, Deceased, Scythelord (deathrash), Ex Deo, Haggard, Xaon, MaYan (symphonic death), Between the Buried and Me, Gojira, Persefone, Becoming The Archetype (progressive death), Six Feet Under, Birds of Prey, Carcass (death’n’roll), Meathook Seed, The Project Hate MCMXCIX (industrial death), Bhayanak Maut, Whitechapel, Suicide Silence, Impending Doom, and Despised Icon (deathcore)
- Tier 3: Spawn of Possession, Kronos, Inanimate Pscyroptic, Inferi, Existence, Dyscarnate, Deeds of Flesh, Decrepit Birth, The Faceless, Maat, First Fragment, Decapitated, Neuraxis, Obscura, Burning The Masses, Trigger the Bloodshed, Beneath The Massacre, Rings of Saturn, Infant Annilihator, Aversions Crown, and Fallujah
- Tier 4: Plague Bearer, Drawn and Quartered, Krypts, Undergang, Grave Miasma, Mortiferum, Veneneum, Grave Congregation, Black Curse, and Tomb Mold
Tier 5: Demilich, Gigan, Pyrrhon, Imperial Triumphant, Impetuous Ritual, Methwitch, Irkallian Oracle, Infernal Coil, Altarage, Wicked Innocence, and Artifical Brain
- Tier 5: Prostitute Disfigurement, Gorgasm, Afterbirth, Cenotaph, Disgorge, Putridity, Guttural Secrete, Party Cannon, Pathology, Katalepsy, Brodequin, Excoriation, Implosive Disgorgance, Begging for Incest, Twitch of the Death Nerve, Mortician, Amputated, Septycal Gorge, Encenathrakh, Edenic Past, and Enmity
- Tier 7: Genocide Shrines, Bestial Putrefaction, Brahmastrika, Thecodontion, Vessel of Inquiry, Nyogthaeblisz, Qqgcguvhjn, Bullet Clenched in Teeth, Nirriti, and Tsalal
- Tier 8: Last Days of Humanity, Phyllomedusa, Bodily Wastes, Last Cheeseburgers of Humanity, Candidal Vulvoviginstis, and Meekness
Alas, I now get the hunch that the elitists who ask for too much unnecessary opinions will take issue with the band choices, though I’m fine with that.
Iceberg videos work for you man. I dig it.
Love this series thank you
I discovered Ulcerate last year and they may be my favorite death metal band good mention and thanks for the recommendations
They are a tier for themselves. One of the few DM bands with actual substance.
Yah they are so good
The most informative deathmetal ”list” I’ve seen in a long time. And thank god for the list of band names in the comments, some of them cannot be heard correctly.
I want to believe Nespithe is the final tier, alongside The Alex Jones Prison Planet.
Really entertaining video overall, who are those final tiers kidding about taking them seriously, let alone listening to them in full? They were a ride to hear about! Gotta see you wear a Waco Jesus tee in near future. Cool to see you finally talk about Children Of Bodom who were very much a place in time you either got or didn't. I saw them more as melodic black than melodic death as the most unique Dissection torchbearer.
Absolutely on point with Communion, that album has the TIGHTEST use of symphonic usage in metal afaik. Nice also to bring up Chaos Echoes who are also improvised in structure. And finally, even if it was a second, you spoke about Nile, that being said, Lykathea Aflame to me corresponds to the light of Egypt in same power In Their Darkened Shrines encapsulates the darkness in perfect harmony.
Not sure whether to pick up that Ævangelist one but it seems he fell apart after, definite relisting material. Cheers for introducing me to Oksennus!
My introduction to death metal was Arch Enemy. I got used to the harsh vocals from old Tristania and when I as a puny teen girl found out that women are capable of such voices, I was intrigued and hooked. And Arch Enemy is just a step away from Carcass so it escalated quite quickly from there.
Also I looked up Tetragrammacide and found it quite relaxing which is pretty funny as currently I am gravitating to more melodic genres in general
I like how you enjoy describing each one of the bands
Love to see Bolt Thrower here! I just recently discovered them despite being a metalhead for years, and god damn do they know how to write some nasty riffs. Absolutely geeked that I get to explore their discography for the first time, because I've loved every track so far.
Another fantastic band that's similarly groovy is Frozen Soul. Their album The Crypt of Ice has been in heavy rotation for me recently. I don't know how either of these bands have such a crazy high batting average with awesome tracks, but what an enjoyable ride its been.
I knew you were going to play Intestine Baalism in the background, surprised you contained yourself and not fanboy all over them.
Love those icebergs \m/
Myan! Thanks for mentioning Tetragammacide and Kapala....saw Kapala last month. They were loud, harsh and brutal af!
I recently listened to Hatred For Mankind after hearing your extensive praise of it, and if anything you haven't talked about it enough because god fucking damn, people need to hear that album. Such a unique, insanely brutal soundscape.
Excellent video! We also need a thrash metal iceberg video, please.
Knelt Rote is easy listening, you should come up with more tiers! Love your work.
I think to the hybrid as death/trash you can add sepultura as well, with their early product. It had this death metal vibe.
Knelt Rote was a great recommendation. Thanks, Wyatt.
I’m so glad you mentioned Behemoth as I did wonder why u never mentioned them on the black metal iceberg chart
, however I get it 😊 I love Behemoth 🤟🏻 🖤❤️🔥 they were the band that peeked my interest into black and death metal. When you got to the last tier I’m really sorry I actually said “oh good” when you got to the last one 🤣 I really like your videos honestly but the last couple of tiers had me go through a rollercoaster of emotions and none positive 🙈
Very good video and explanation.
Ngl, when I first discovered Bolt Thrower I thought it was just some obscure underground band with a few hundred listeners. I was actually surprised to learn how popular it was. For me, Bolt Thrower is a great band to listen to you enjoy death metal but don't care for gore or "hail satan" type lyrics. They have history based lyrics and songs. The best way i can describe it is that Bolt Thrower is like the death metal version of Sabaton. But older.
Fun fact: Jo Bench, Bolt Thrower's bassist, is among the first women to play in an extreme metal band.
I mean death metal has moved a lot away from the satanic cheese into high concept scifi or political music these days
At least in the more accessible areas of death metal
I love Bolt Thrower for that reason. History is brutal.
@@V2ULTRAKill But for it's time, I meant
@@emperorkane317 true, they were different at the time
Modern death metal is cool as shit tho
Bolt Thrower was my intro to death metal...back in '91! I went out and bought a cassette copy of "Warmaster" after a RIP magazine article described them as "Dungeons & Dragons freaks."
Great video!!
The switch to serious critic mode at the end killed me..
Knelt Rote fucking rips, so thanks for introducing me to them. You should do some more deep-dives into obscure band lore like you did with Seeds of Iblis or Emit!
Awesome video! Shout out for mentioning Lykathea Aflame and Appalling Spawn. Also, Cenotaph! That's the shit in death metal.
I love the fact that death metal is playing on the background but also edm bass from the original audio lmfao
Another great iceberg chart, check also out this stuff, which was released via my label:
Crouching Nude (Tier 5 - Definitely influenced by Portal)
Sewage Crypt - Chapter I & II (Tier 4 - A bit like Dragged Into Sunlight)
Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis - The Medically Fascinating Sound of Bones Cracking (Tier 8 - Basically very Groovy Gorenoise)
Altar - Times of Agony (Tier 2 - Sludge Metal, but with a very Death-Doom Metal orientated approach)
Hecatomb of the Black Goat - Howlings from a Fermented Planet (Tier 8 - War Metal, but with Dark and Tribal Ambient elements in it)
a big fan of tribal music, so thank ya for HotBG, i'm going to listen right now.
Damn I got to check those band out
My personally top of the DM genre is the second LP from the dutch masters : SINISTER - DIABOLICAL SUMMONING.
It's totally contains everything what I need to feed my taste. For me the most appreciated album of all time undisputed.
One great Tech Death band that spans between Progressive, melodic, and even experimental would be Obscura. They have fine tuned their sound into a beautiful, brutal, and awe-inspiring aura, it is really a positive experience listening to their discography
But even more so than other tech death they are super hit or miss. When they hit god damn is it beautiful but when they miss it misses so badly
@@DavidSmith-ry3ht agreed. Their first album was a miss for me, and if I am honest, Akorasis is my favorite work from them. Its beautifully done, and I love Fountainhead's work on the album
'Ver Naice! Some of my favorites are Inveracity, Abnormity, Odious Mortem, Severed Savior, Unleashed, Grave, Vader, Vital Remains, Inherit Disease, Disentomb, Of Feather and Bone, Blood Spore, Gutter Instinct, Portal, Proclamation, Teitanblood, and many, many more lol.
Great stuff. I saw death play in 1987 in my home town at the local VFW. I was blown away💥
great video!
Very good all your iceberg bro
My dude have been hitting the gym? Arms looking good 💪
tetragrammacide is great, loved that you mentioned this, obviously not what this is talking about but i love primal incinerator of moral matrix or whatever it was
WARNING: Don't attempt to listen to the tier 8 bands! You'll go insane (not in a good way)!!!
I think Horrendous is a great addition for tier 3. Also, I think Bloodbath is good for tier 1. It has the sound of old school death metal, but with more modern production, which makes a bit more accessible for newcomers.
Bloodbath would be great if they didn't sound so clean and programmed
@@godetonter4764 i described it as the pop of death metal. Its super catchy and great for new people (full disclosure it was my first death metal band) its so paint by numbers it gets boring. There is literally nothing wrong with them but there is also nothing great,which is noteworthy itself in this genre!
@@DavidSmith-ry3ht I'm sorry I comment about so many Death Metal bands, which one are you referring to?
@@godetonter4764 the fathomless mastery has much worse production that the debut and sophomore album which makes it a lot grittier and just plain better imo
@@DavidSmith-ry3ht I was mixed up on which UA-cam video I was commenting on. Yes you are 100% right about Bloodbath. They always reminded me of what a record producer would throw together to create an Old School Death Metal band. A supergroup that checked off all the boxes, but forgot to add anything original
Interesting stuff not really that much into death but it was still a fun watch.
Also here are some of the best "crossover" bands/albums in my humble opinion
Marduk - dark endless (black death)
Sodom - tapping the vein (death thrash)
Goatlord - reflection of the solstice (death doom)
Autopsy got me into death metal, I always listened to Thrash, but after Autopsy I went from a Thrash metal head to a Death metal head. I heard once a guy say: If black sabbath were a death metal band, then it would be Autopsy. Asphyx and Autopsy were the big death/doom bands at the time.
Also don't forget Necrophagia Seasons of the dead back in 87', Came out before Scream bloody gore and were pure death metal.
Awesome iceberg esp tier 4!
Excuse me, Wyatt, have you ever streamed the new music video for Tetragrammacide’s new single? I would because something is always telling me that they’ve suddenly and seamlessly went from citing Nyogthaeblisz and Revenge as influences in their early years as a band to affording new production in the vein of Nile, Hour of Penance, Demonic Resurrection, and early Fleshgod Apocolypse.
But alas you’ll immediately wonder what type of nerve to animate the music video in which software.
I’d also add viraemia into tier 3! I love all of viraemias riffs, it sucks that their bassist passed tho, r.i.p. Scott
wow of course suffocation that deep for being the ones who kickstarted slam and brutal death metal.It is thanks to them we have bands like devourment,internal bleeding,dying fetus,deeds of flesh,scattered remnants,soils of fate, as well as bands like kraanium,extermination dismemberment,embryectomy,traumatomy,epicardiectomy,cerebral incubation,condemned,abominable putridity,etc.I mean honestly no death metal iceberg or death metal video really would be complete without suffocation or even necrophagist among some of the other bands referenced in the video.
I have been listening to extreme metal for about 15 years now and have never heard of Lykathea Aflame before this video. I checked the album out and holy hell… it’s one of the greatest death metal albums I’ve ever heard. Thank you for this video. You’ve earned a new sub.
@KreationsOvMatt Your profile pic👌
Not sure if you’re into it, but a Power Electronics iceberg would be cool. It’s not metal, but with some of the militant death metal bands you included (and the inclusion of gorenoise), there’s a connection.
Edit: typo
hey dude just discovered lykathea aflame thats pure gold, thank u man
Dragged Into Sunlight.. Definitely one of my top favorite bands ever. The way the preform live is phenomenal as well. Justt their backs to the crowd, strobe on thee max blink setting and just blasting everyone out of the room
Nice to see another Intestine Baalism fan, IB is seriously underrated. Like, REALLY underrated
You definitely should talk about Phyllomedusa. It is such an offbeat and versatile one-man band
Still a trip to be 46 & see younger generations so into what I was into 30 years ago. Guess it was the same with me wearing a Led Zeppelin shirt.
30 years has been a long trip, though! I had no idea, listening to Atheist or Nocturnus in the early 90s, we'd get acts as different as Brodequin, Disentomb, or Gorevent!
Was hoping to hear you mention Obscura, a tech death metal band from Germany. Phenomenal instrumentation on all their releases.
They’re pretty good that I appreciate them the same way I do towards what I said about Beyond Creation
@@wyattxhim yeah pretty similar
Obscuras last two albums are extremely good, i was surprised there was no mention too. I was really happy when you mentioned Spawn of Possession though.
Obscura and beyond creation are hardly obscure and beyond boring
If you’re going to listen to Obscura anything it should be Gorguts
You know what would be awesome? Someone make a Spotify playlist of these bands and post the link here haha
That starter pack you have is very solid! You have all the greats in there. I would just add Carcass, or would you have them in a separate list for Grindcore?
I like Iceberg charts for. It's a good guide for people looking to get into the metal subgenres :)
I'm extremely happy whenever anybody mentions the Chasm or Spawn of Possession.
Where do Immolation fit in your schema ? 🔥🔥
It frustrates me to think how tone deaf fans of this genre are, when fans of death metal dont even realize the talent Jonas Bryzzling had, he is above everyone in the genre and deserves waaaaayyy more praise, there just is no other band like SOP and there never will be.
Some stuff i wouldve like to see on the list:
Vital Remains on the Shredding tier, definetly deserving of that tier some really cruel, destructive, blasting thrashing death metal full of blasts and fire breathing riffs, with some incredibly fantastic melodies and solos aswell, not far fetched to say that Dave Suzuki is a mastermind of Death Metal!
Also one that would fit on the Bludgeoning and Weirdo tier at the same time is Dripping, Experimental Slamming Brutal Death Metal, amazing mind-twisting riffs definetly worth checking out!
And for Gorenoise or even Bludgeoning would be Phyllomedusa, the king of gorenoise for me (tho i dont like gorenoise lol) and the main project of the Toadbirth band, he has almost 300 albums combining Gorenoise, Sludge and Doom metal, Goregrind and Slamming Brutal DM on some of them, a must listen really specially the Fijian album trilogy.
Dripping are really fun. Also, that Phyllomedusa mention. I see you are a man of culture.
Having witnessed the captivating spectacle captured on this ethereal visual display, my heart was stirred, and I promptly embarked upon a pilgrimage to Spotify's melodic realm. There, I surrendered myself to the enchanting strains of Knelt Rote's opus, aptly titled "Trespass." For a span of no less than 35 minutes, I succumbed to its intoxicating melodies, each note cascading upon my senses like drops of celestial dew. Upon concluding this soul-stirring interlude, I found solace in indulging in the forbidden fruit of the vine, as I imbibed the sacred elixir with measured sips. To further satiate my auditory cravings, I sought solace in the company of a harmonious quintet known as the Spice Girls. Their inaugural opus, an indispensable auditory offering, was the only panacea capable of mollifying my spirit in such a moment.
thanks for making this! i found so many great artists thanks to your videos lately, gonna check all of these out for sure! :) btw i've listened to that wintersun album already and it's just 👌
edit 6 months later: i've also gotten into dragged into sunlight, that sht is soooo good
HOLY SHT I DIDNT REMEMBER SEEING CHAOS ECHOES IN HERE THAT SHT IS INCREDIBLE
To add to the Death/Doom tier I'd say Unholy and Worm have a nice comfy spot there, both fantastic bands.
WORM IS THE SHIT I love foreverglades
@@damienhelmold6978 it's a great album, empire of the necromancers is 👌
Sorrow
This is great!