Holocaust - The Small Hours

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  • @ChristianEvans-dh4lq
    @ChristianEvans-dh4lq 3 роки тому +47

    Look out at the darkness... and you will see
    Just call my name and I'll be there
    You cannot touch me... you would not dare
    I am the chill that's in the air
    And I try to get through to you
    ...in my own special way
    As the barriers crumble
    ...at the end of the day
    Dark rivers are flowing... back into the past
    You are the fish for which I cast
    And what of the future... what is to be
    As the rivers flow into the sea?
    And I try to get through to you
    ...in my own special way
    As the barriers crumble
    ...at the end of the day
    Do not take for granted... powers out there
    Don't step into the demon's lair
    Time is an illusion... rising from time
    Steep is the mountain which we climb
    And I try to get through to you
    ...in my own special way
    As the barriers crumble
    ...at the end of the day...

    • @GabrielWithoutWings
      @GabrielWithoutWings 2 роки тому +5

      Those are Metallica's lyrics. This one is slightly different:
      Look (hard) at the darkness and you will see.
      Just call my name and I'll be there.
      You cannot touch me. You would not dare.
      I am the chill that's in the air.
      Dark rivers are flowing back into the past.
      You are the fish for which I cast.
      And what of the future? What is to be
      as the rivers flow into the sea?
      (Take not) for granted powers out there.
      Don't step into the demon's lair.
      Time is an illusion. (Life is but) time.
      Steep is the mountain (we all) climb.

    • @matthewatwood8641
      @matthewatwood8641 Рік тому +1

      Thanks to both of y'all.

    • @StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz
      @StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz Рік тому

      Isn’t time an illusion rising from tides? Cuz it should be if it ain’t as time can’t be created out of itself. Only we do that.

    • @StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz
      @StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz Рік тому

      @@GabrielWithoutWings
      Where were those posted, I’ve specifically always heard even in the Metallica version “Time is an illusion rising from tides” the rest is almost 100% exactly as I’ve always clearly heard it, cept one other word mebbe- so yeah, slightly diff if indeed the first Ops comm quotes this v 1 hunty per-correctly. Ima still hear it my way if I re listen and still can’t hear em dat way, dough- if that’s okey.
      Cheers mthrfkrz

    • @GabrielWithoutWings
      @GabrielWithoutWings Рік тому

      @@StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz
      They weren't posted anywhere. I just listened to the song.

  • @louspingleburken3143
    @louspingleburken3143 3 роки тому +37

    This is one underrated song, end of story. If you are a metal fan, this is gold!

  • @danyb8078
    @danyb8078 Рік тому +8

    A clip from the Sopranos where Paulie and Sylvio are talking in the office at The Bing while Metallica’s version of this is blasting in the club brought me here.

    • @petnes
      @petnes 8 місяців тому

      Where can i see this

    • @danyb8078
      @danyb8078 7 місяців тому

      ua-cam.com/video/EQKuZ8FgNi8/v-deo.htmlsi=f630NosVZyLQs7f_

    • @thomasplaczek1782
      @thomasplaczek1782 4 місяці тому

      ​@@petnes took me awhile but
      ua-cam.com/video/EQKuZ8FgNi8/v-deo.htmlsi=9QQovWUUdOPEpDez

    • @andrew_rb26
      @andrew_rb26 4 місяці тому

      Real

  • @michaeltodd7175
    @michaeltodd7175 4 роки тому +28

    LITERALLY THE BEST version of this song! From a recording engineer point of view, the ABSOLUTE rawness of the 'glitches', 'mistakes', 'poor recording quality' and the like equal out to the audio version of ABSOLUTE dread and ominousness. (if that is even a word.)

    • @michaeltodd7175
      @michaeltodd7175 4 роки тому +5

      ...THAT ENDING MAN.....THAT ENDING....

    • @Defender78
      @Defender78 3 роки тому +2

      This sounds like it was recorded on some old cassette player that someone had had tucked under their arm while at a concert. You can't hear the vocals, if you had mixed it right and recorded it in Dobly, it would be better

    • @StGlaciers
      @StGlaciers 3 роки тому +2

      @@michaeltodd7175 that ending sticks in my head as the best metal ending ever recorded

    • @StGlaciers
      @StGlaciers 3 роки тому +3

      Couldn't say it better. Raw. Imperfect. Amazing.

  • @aquamidideluxe5079
    @aquamidideluxe5079 6 років тому +126

    This song was originally released as a live version in 1983. That's what Metallica heard and covered in 1987, and the royalties from their cover lead to Holocaust reforming later in '89. I like this version better than both the original live version and Metallica's version because the drumming in the thrashy part is much faster here.
    This recording is from their 1992 album Hypnosis of Birds, which is actually a really proggy weird metal album overall. There are some really amazing songs on there, which aren't as heavy as this one, but are more interesting I think. Check out The Tower from this album for instance, it's just stunning.

    • @themadmattster9647
      @themadmattster9647 4 роки тому +3

      I always thought it was funny how Metallica used to cover songs that were ultra rare and hard to find (like in the case of the original version of this song) I couldn't for one find some of the 7 inches as a kid of the Misfits, all we had was the official Plan 9/Caroline records stuff like Legacy of Brutality, etc, but finding Beware for the original version of Last Caress was a pain the in the ass. FInally, Collection 2 had that song and it wasn't until the mid nineties that I heard the original, even though I did own a bootleg version of the Bullet EP.

    • @kartikchandrasekhar4181
      @kartikchandrasekhar4181 4 роки тому +3

      I love both version but Metallica's is crunchier so I lean towards it more. Plus Kirk's lead is just so killer! I love this song though.
      It's also funny that Metallica's version played at the Bada Bing in one episode of the Sopranos.

    • @StGlaciers
      @StGlaciers 3 роки тому

      The Tower sounds like it influenced Ghost

    • @degatagauwatie4073
      @degatagauwatie4073 2 роки тому

      1981, not 1983.

  • @sonydreamcxst
    @sonydreamcxst 4 роки тому +231

    This guy's voice is literally a combination of Mustaine and Hetfield

  • @narrow_pepsi
    @narrow_pepsi Рік тому +3

    I love that slightly echoey double track vibe it's got going on the guitars, such a unique lo fi roomy tone

  • @alexanderjakel8001
    @alexanderjakel8001 Рік тому +2

    I used this track in a staged performance of The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe, during the part where the protagonist is just getting "Nevermore" after Nevermore after Nevermore at the end... and I'm just now noticing what the title of this album is.

  • @revengefullobster4524
    @revengefullobster4524 6 років тому +120

    I have to say that this is far creepier and raw than Metallica's version. I prefer Metallica's probably because I heard it first, however this still rocks and I can see why they covered it.

    • @degatagauwatie4073
      @degatagauwatie4073 2 роки тому +3

      Metallica's version was based on the 1981 live version, which was the only one that existed at the time. They took out the _Suck on this!_ both the original, and Metallica's version had near the beginning of the song.

    • @jgmcnaught
      @jgmcnaught Рік тому +1

      Ty

  • @theloner6063
    @theloner6063 2 роки тому +8

    Holocaust is one of the best metal bands ever! My top 20 songs by them:
    1 - The Battle of Soaring Woodhelven
    2 - Heavy Metal Mania
    3 - Into Lebanon
    4 - Ishtar
    5 - Neurosis
    6 - Small Hours
    7 - Alexander
    8 - Death or Glory
    9 - This Annihilation
    10 - Astaroth
    11 - Lady Babalon
    12 - Dance Into The Vortex
    13 - The Nightcomers
    14 - In the Dark Places of the Earth
    15 - Elder Gods
    16 - Fundamentalist
    17 - Iron Will
    18 - Mount Thunder
    19 - Revival
    20 - Mavrock

  • @wickedsandbox
    @wickedsandbox 6 років тому +29

    Wish I was into this kind of stuff in 83.

  • @tiffani6498
    @tiffani6498 5 років тому +76

    I’d like to hear a Danzig version of this...

    • @paulvanreesch2493
      @paulvanreesch2493 4 роки тому +13

      Why, so it could suck balls?

    • @jfoust7945
      @jfoust7945 4 роки тому +3

      I think metal lica did that already

    • @jackduncan4228
      @jackduncan4228 4 роки тому +4

      Tiffani yeah, me too. I’ve seen Danzig live in the eighties. They were awesome.

    • @tiffani6498
      @tiffani6498 4 роки тому +2

      @@jackduncan4228 I’m jealous!

    • @UltimateSteevil
      @UltimateSteevil 3 роки тому +2

      i'd like to hear Danzig stfu.

  • @GRILLBUOY101
    @GRILLBUOY101 2 роки тому +3

    glad they covered breadfan or it might of took me 20 years to discover budgie..the wait& the small hours are best songs on it

  • @tommybenitez3319
    @tommybenitez3319 3 роки тому +7

    I like both versions i love playing that opening riff on bass 🤘

  • @jackduncan4228
    @jackduncan4228 4 роки тому +28

    My cousin toured with this band as their lead guitarist.

    • @crysvicious
      @crysvicious 4 роки тому

      That's dope

    • @RussBMCSGT
      @RussBMCSGT 3 роки тому +1

      Small world isn’t it? So he was just their touring guitarist, didn’t record? How old is this song? I guess I can look that up. Metallica covered it on their Garage Days album released in 1987 as a “warmup” for Jason Newstead. 1983. When did your cousin tour with them?

    • @jackduncan4228
      @jackduncan4228 3 роки тому +4

      ALoud Buttwhistle He toured with them in the nineties. I don’t think he ever recorded with them. If he did it was as an unlisted session musician. He does a lot of work as a session musician. He was also in the UKs biggest Pink Floyd tribute band.

    • @ObviouslyKieran
      @ObviouslyKieran 3 роки тому

      @@jackduncan4228 He's probably listed on their Wikipedia page by now.

    • @arturoalmazan5262
      @arturoalmazan5262 3 роки тому +2

      yea right. and I was the lead singer too lol

  • @Manuel-kn1yv
    @Manuel-kn1yv 11 місяців тому +1

    Honestly, I think this song is one of the most significant for the evolution towards the heavy and thrash metal sound, regardless of whether later bands were aware of it or not. Metallica, for sure, was aware of it.

  • @deathrider1974
    @deathrider1974 2 роки тому +3

    just a great set of lyrics tells a story and drags you in!

  • @metaljohnson5826
    @metaljohnson5826 5 років тому +10

    Raw AF...feel the heavy tones👿😠😈👺

  • @trendmassacre8423
    @trendmassacre8423 4 роки тому +11

    Thank the GODS OF METAL this is on UA-cam! So dark, eerie and most importantly...heavy!

  • @francescodalnegro3833
    @francescodalnegro3833 2 роки тому +5

    Truely a masterpiece

  • @rustedcorpse5645
    @rustedcorpse5645 5 років тому +80

    It would be interesting to hear Megadeth do a cover of this..

    • @milanmalfait9914
      @milanmalfait9914 4 роки тому +1

      I second that.

    • @tomothyparziale5655
      @tomothyparziale5655 4 роки тому

      I quadrupled that

    • @J-O-S-H-M-O-S-H
      @J-O-S-H-M-O-S-H 4 роки тому

      to the 10 th power

    • @MB-wx2jp
      @MB-wx2jp 4 місяці тому

      Yes

    • @Guy-u1x
      @Guy-u1x Місяць тому

      They actually might have in the very beginning...I heard Dave say they covered every Diamond Head song the first album just about so maybe they did this too.

  • @stefanristic8180
    @stefanristic8180 4 роки тому +8

    When i have discovered that its written from a perspective of some spirit/ghost being summoned in some ritual, i got a huge chills!
    Ive allways thought this song was about a dude who stakes a girl he loves... Shame on me...

  • @christamiller589
    @christamiller589 2 роки тому +2

    First time hearing this. Its great

  • @josephsili3384
    @josephsili3384 6 років тому +13

    Plainly bad ass

  • @Zofos2212
    @Zofos2212 3 роки тому +7

    How metallica covered this song in 1987 if the song was released in 1992...it really blows my mind someone explain me please...idk maybe i'm dumb...

    • @Madhouse_Media
      @Madhouse_Media 3 роки тому +4

      It was recorded live in 1983, that was the original. This is the 1992 re-recording.

    • @RockandrollNegro
      @RockandrollNegro 3 роки тому

      This version is basically a joke cover of Metallica's cover. The original version is on the *Live! (Hot Curry and Wine)* album.

    • @GRILLBUOY101
      @GRILLBUOY101 2 роки тому

      an expert

    • @GRILLBUOY101
      @GRILLBUOY101 2 роки тому

      i think it was written in 83.maybe rerecorded in 92.not positive. u got to research and dig sometimes...i am not a. expert

  • @belladeeify
    @belladeeify Рік тому

    i loved this song by Metallica, so much i came to look for the original .. dammmmmn! this is GREAT! its so raw!

  • @avelinomike
    @avelinomike 7 років тому +9

    badass

  • @StreetsleeperUK
    @StreetsleeperUK Рік тому

    This is great

  • @kamenanew9867
    @kamenanew9867 3 роки тому +1

    This is sick af

  • @honorshot5448
    @honorshot5448 4 роки тому +7

    holy crap this is good

  • @timhorpo
    @timhorpo Рік тому +1

    Heavy

  • @degatagauwatie4073
    @degatagauwatie4073 2 роки тому

    Metallica's version was based on the 1981 live version, which was the only one that existed at the time. They took out the _Suck on this!_ both the original, and Metallica's version had near the beginning of the song.

  • @errolwaguespack7196
    @errolwaguespack7196 6 років тому +9

    Song about Black Magic.

    • @klokateer4372
      @klokateer4372 4 роки тому

      Doesn't quite add up to slayers black magic lol, but i do love this song

    • @bonesaw2716
      @bonesaw2716 4 роки тому +2

      @@klokateer4372 this blows slayer's entire discography out of the water

    • @klokateer4372
      @klokateer4372 4 роки тому +1

      @@bonesaw2716 lets agree to disagree

  • @bababooey3499
    @bababooey3499 Рік тому

    This is fire

  • @docteur6667
    @docteur6667 6 років тому +43

    Gene Simmons on vocals!

  • @DáblioVê
    @DáblioVê 6 місяців тому +1

    It really kicks Metallica's a** as it has its own pure energy...

  • @billonious
    @billonious Рік тому +2

    this is how Black Sabbath would sound if they had born 10 years later

  • @sphinx1072
    @sphinx1072 6 років тому +2

    Stay true

  • @auzysav
    @auzysav 5 років тому +39

    Hey they did a cover of the Metallica song
    Lol

    • @exhumation.666
      @exhumation.666 5 років тому

      Lmao

    • @trupe13
      @trupe13 5 років тому +1

      Hahahaha....not funny. 🙄

    • @stiliyo37
      @stiliyo37 5 років тому +5

      well , the original was just live version from 83 , then metallica covered it in 87 and this version was released in a studio album in 92 .

  • @jackduncan4228
    @jackduncan4228 6 років тому +21

    This is an obvious predecessor toThrash. From the distorted guitars to start, the heavy bass the chunky guitars and the Dave Mustaine like vocals.
    The vocals are surprisingly like Mustaine’s. But Holocaust must be copying his vocal style because this came out relatively late for a NWOBHM song.

    • @heisenbooger
      @heisenbooger 6 років тому +4

      zackattack94 I think its because of the year thats posted in the description.

    • @medievalviking8633
      @medievalviking8633 6 років тому +1

      YES

    • @maceoflux6474
      @maceoflux6474 6 років тому +4

      The version of "The Small Hours" that Metallica heard - and decided to cover - was off a live album by Holocaust called "Live (Hot Curry and Wine)," which came out in 1983, nine years before this version. The 1983 live version sounds very different. For one thing, it has a different vocalist, a guy named Gary Lettice, who sings on Holocaust's first two eps and first studio album. His vocals have more grit and are more "metal." The earlier live version also has more punch. I like both versions, but the live one is superior.

    • @julsarmijo7836
      @julsarmijo7836 5 років тому

      @@jackduncan4228 *Hetfield
      Get your shit right fucking noob!!!
      Been thrashing Metallica since the 80's when you were in the ball sack.

    • @ryangreene50
      @ryangreene50 5 років тому +1

      sounds similar to “I thought I knew it all” from Youthanasia

  • @matthewmedley8514
    @matthewmedley8514 Рік тому

    The bassist though

  • @mannyruiz1954
    @mannyruiz1954 Рік тому +3

    Like the Metallica version a lot, but this the best version.

  • @joemamajoestar8141
    @joemamajoestar8141 6 років тому +3

    Yee

  • @JohnSmithAprilMay
    @JohnSmithAprilMay 2 роки тому +3

    This almost sounds like a Helmet song.

  • @sowdiem6047
    @sowdiem6047 5 років тому +3

    Ok I did

  • @autoritar999
    @autoritar999 2 роки тому

    🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

  • @borntolose8385
    @borntolose8385 7 років тому +2

    Ohh

    • @Bombers119
      @Bombers119 6 років тому

      Chimba de tema ... Que bandota.

  • @jamescook6860
    @jamescook6860 Рік тому

    The vocals are killer but the guitar distortion needs a boost

  • @marcbrownmusic2410
    @marcbrownmusic2410 4 роки тому +6

    Sounds a lot like Dave Mustain

  • @jordanelliott9937
    @jordanelliott9937 5 років тому +6

    was the time before so much ego

  • @switch625.
    @switch625. 2 роки тому +1

    Sounds like gene Simmons singing

  • @ShaneAnderson95
    @ShaneAnderson95 3 роки тому

    The only thing I don’t like about this is the distorted tone

  • @chales2243
    @chales2243 Рік тому

    This should be the sound closest to hell!

  • @ansirodesetta3014
    @ansirodesetta3014 4 роки тому +6

    In1983 this was punk,and it was the shit

  • @megadethmofo2035
    @megadethmofo2035 4 роки тому +19

    This my first time hearing this version after 25+ years of listening to the Metallica cover. My conclusion....Metallica's is better and this singer sounds like Gene Simmons.

  • @josephsili3384
    @josephsili3384 6 років тому +13

    Matalicas Vocals were better but if you added the vocals to this and it will be bad ass

  • @frozenintears
    @frozenintears 5 років тому +18

    Better than Metallica

    • @djooragantbrainsex7830
      @djooragantbrainsex7830 3 роки тому

      Lagu bagus...mungkin karena itulah mengapa metallica mengcover lagi ini
      Sebelumnya saya tidak tahu kalau lagu original nya adalah band holocaust....
      Mungkin bila MEGADETH yang mengcover lagu ini....akan lebih dahsyat daripada METALLICA..
      🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

  • @zvonkobalov2276
    @zvonkobalov2276 2 роки тому +2

    original way better than metallica cover

  • @johnnyroyal6404
    @johnnyroyal6404 3 роки тому +1

    suckon dis

  • @deniswegele6130
    @deniswegele6130 4 роки тому +3

    Because of MetallicA i knew Megadeath and a lot of other good musicians like Lady Gaga. No seriusly cool song.

  • @Oplosser
    @Oplosser 5 років тому +24

    anyone else thinks Metallica's version is better than the original?

    • @jeffheff71
      @jeffheff71 5 років тому +6

      no

    • @rustedcorpse5645
      @rustedcorpse5645 5 років тому +4

      Nien.
      Metallica covered it nicely though.

    • @darthrevin8230
      @darthrevin8230 5 років тому

      Idk, I'm more used to Metallicas version, but the og is pretty good.

    • @srj34
      @srj34 4 роки тому +1

      @@darthrevin8230 I like the start of this one better than the Metallica version.

    • @goldenltd1970
      @goldenltd1970 4 роки тому +1

      This isnt even the original

  • @patrickgraham3593
    @patrickgraham3593 2 роки тому

    And they actually get compliments for covering a Metallica song🙄

    • @dplatt45761
      @dplatt45761 11 місяців тому +1

      I hope you're joking....

  • @charlessentenat1250
    @charlessentenat1250 2 роки тому +1

    Lets not start any rumors. Good cover by Metallica though but nothing beats the original.

  • @cupoli138
    @cupoli138 3 роки тому

    This is just horribly bad. This is truly the garage version not the metallica version. Did they find a 9 year old 2 week guitar student practicing some horrible scales and chop edit that in for the "guitar solo"? That guitar is literally crying its being so abused - I had to turn it off right after the "solo". Lol

  • @lucamaori7777
    @lucamaori7777 2 роки тому

    looks like a perfect misture beetween soundgarden and the first nirvana