I wrote in the middle of the video. Few seconds later I realized, that it could've been the speaker itself :D but at the end I didn't hear it any time...so I didn't delete that question :D ...anyway I want to share this thought, so I really wanna know the author
As someone whose owned these albums i can say the artists are not arbiters of moral decency and scientific knowledge. It took me very little effort of unbiased study to conclude that the evidences for human caused climate change are non existent, non scientific, and contradictory to scientific methods. It literally took one politician pushing one scientists opinion that was later reneged to propagate the myth that the science has concluded man is the enemy to climate. I want to see graphs, scientific notations, hypothesis that match or exceed conclusions, tested and confirmed studies over long terms. Art that conforms to political rhetoric and opinion is called propaganda, will reach few and will vanish with time. Art that is unintentional and tells truisms without intent to do so is pure art and will reach all through eternity.
Never thought of that but yeah ive heard "used to be into pop, rap, punk, indie, ect" but never "metal". You either do or dont, and once you do you never wont.
It's Art. Sometimes it's pretty, sometimes it's not. Sometimes it's comforting, sometimes it's not. Sometimes it offends, sometimes it wakes you up. It's harmless, it's important and it's necessary.
Truly, the safest public places I have ever felt as a woman, is at metal shows. Everyone is there for the same reasons. Pure joy, and HEALTHY aggression, which is absolutely necessary. There is no divide.
@Mordraug The so called elitists aren't a real problem. At most there are like a dozen max of these and the worse thing they do is call you a poser. People overplay their impact.
I always told my parents when I was 13,14 started going to shows.., You'll see a guy with piercings all over his face tattooed all the way up and He's like "what is up buddy-?"- Dan you go to a hip hop show everyone's dressed nice looking good and there the meanest people in the world haha
I feel like people get lost in translation when it come with metal. Like this man said the lyrics are usually about some pretty deep stuff, which is why i like metal. To me metal has emotion, feeling and inspiration in my daily life. Listen to this man, and maybe any non metal fan may change their opinion.
Death Outside of their (his) first album, Almost all of the songs are about mental health issues, drug abuse, toxic relationships, etc. Chuck was a stand up guy with a great attitude. RIP
Punk, metal, philosophy, books, and poets taught me to think outside the box, be self aware, and develop a wonderful perspective. It also has been extremely cathartic for my emotional health.
Been a Metal fan all my life and there is no Genre that truly dives into the things the rest of the world pretends doesn't exist. The explanation of Metal music in this video is some of the most eloquent and obviously passionate sentiments I've ever heard. If you listen to the music (Non metal listeners), keep in mind that a lot of the times the lyrics are also metaphors for real social and political issues.
Only after the last tree's cut And the last river poisoned Only after the last fish is caught Will you find that money cannot be eaten There is no Genre that tells the truth like Metal
"Only when the last tree has been felt, the last fish caught, the last river poisoned, will you know, that men cannot eat money." - Running Wild - Uaschitschun :)
Metal is kinda dead imo. Grind noise is the future. It's all just arrogated notes with pitches. It's like every band today that wants to make it covers lamb of god and Slayer
Let me guess. You base your guitar playing around arpeggio sweep picking, think that the entire punk genre is literally just three chords, and (obviously) Gojira is the greatest thing in the universe because they talk about saving the planet, right? That seems to be the metalheads MO these days instead of acceptance.
Heavy metal touches on subjects that many other genres are afraid to think about. Funnily enough, metal puts passion into music that's about happy or hopeful subjects, more so than genres that are always happy-go-lucky. Ironic how such a music genre that's akin to a punch in the mouth or a body slam can be so passionate and deliver a happy message. Metal Forever.
Vanessa Whitehead not really they are most of the times négationnists with lot of pre made opinion, they just say: society sucks but they are too much emotion driven and biased,I was considering myself as a metalhead but I didn’t really like it with all the bias that come with it
@@henripech5276 I guess I must listen to different metal and punk bands than you, then. Not that that's a bad thing! Lol! :) You are right about the difference between the "society sucks" bands and the bands that actually do write socially conscious, political songs.
@@henripech5276 "I was considering myself as a metalhead but I didn’t really like it with all the bias that come with it " then you never were a metalhead cause you don't know what it means
@@henripech5276 You've never heard Gojira? They're one of the most optimistic bands yet they are very socially conscious. Not that absolute optimism is always a good thing.
Pop music is simplistic, manufactured, uninspired, and feel good. Metal is complex, technical, fast, inspired, and intelligent. Heavy metal has lasted for over 3 decades. How many genres of music last that long while managing to keep and recruit die-hard fans? Not to mention that the complexity makes you smarter! It's not only classical music that does that! Modern Pop is nothing but waste; all it is is getting money and getting your girlfriend pregnant. Metal and other Rock bands take on performance and team-ship. Metal unites people together and is more powerful than some Justin Berber song. It takes hard-work, time, and a lot of effort in order to create a song with meaning and rhythm.
This is badass. Metalheads....life long fans of the music, know.....how deep, how cerebral this music really is. It's truly a socially conscious music. Much like rap used to be (before just being about money, bitches, cars and selling drugs) it has purpose, it has human meaning, depth and questions the very deepest of issues. Excellent work Peter, way to rep with intelligence.
WOW! I love that he's not only talking about the big bands like Megadeth,Nuclear Assault,...BC who knows Xentrix these days?Shows perfectly that the 'underground' is something where little people want to spread big messages,but know one ever hears them. Love that guy...
As a metalhead I say that metal, rock, old school hip hop, reggae roots and music that isn't too popular in general awakens consciousness in people's mind, that's why it usually remains underground, meant for a few
\m/ to you both! Also, love the name Groot! A fem geek and metal head here and I must say regardless of which one of you that may be in you'e pic, if either are you, you're both very cute! ANYWAY, TO ALL OF YOU ALWAYS! \m/! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK PETER!
Metal heads look at the world differently than pop culture minds. We see the world in a different light. We see the world how it truly is. The music touches on the problems of the real world. Real feelings. There is simply more emotion and passion in the work than “Hotline Bling” or “Mo Bamba”.
yeah, getting connection with those people who listen to what I call "5 second music" is impossible. Most people I encounter, says that they listen to stuff they like, how, by listen to small part of the song or the lyrics. These people is so lack the ability to see through the truth and have a mind to explore one, poor them.
But pop music also brings entertainment just like metal. It doesn’t have to need substance, it can still be good and the people who listen to it can still be good, deep-minded people.
The video for "one" was my first heavy emotional experience. I was like 9 years old, zero animosity in my life, and then boom. This song was a warning, a preparation, a comfort. I owe my own success to songs like this.
Um nah it’s not that deep most people just don’t like the sound of Metal 🤷🏼♂️ they don’t get so far as to listen to the lyrics, and that has to do with being close-minded
Excellent video. I love metal, its about emotion, it is music designed to provoke emotion. The emotion in metal means it is one of the best social consciousness and protest artistic mediums left.
Death metal band Vehemence's lyrics: "The species took control, overpopulated and started consuming The perfection was ruined and the countdown began Draining the liquid throughout the ground beneath them The caves and caverns lost strength and started to implode The ground shook and they screamed Down they fell Murdered by the earth "
@@danevans9776 that's the first thing in my mind. I'm surprised after he said that, he didn't say, It's something you won't find in Readers Digest. Lol
imlee888 I think this talk is worth it. Thanks for chiming in. Metal is for good conversation! As for Metallica being brutal. If you look at a TED audience, “One” seems brutal. I thought it was at 12 especially. Today? Even 20 years ago? Nah. I’d reserved brutal for grindcore & death metal. Once I heard Deicide’s “Legion” or “Once Upon the Cross” (live especially) and Napalm Death’s “Fear.Emptiness.Despair.” I thought., “That’s BRUTAL!”
Cattle decapitation is probably in my top three. I'm not any type of vegan activist but you can't deny how angry and vitriol their message is. Beautifully written and played. The same goes for bands like misery index.
Heavy Metal is the Law! It is wise, intelligent and Life-changing! It is absolutely amazing how strong metal is nowadays, especially underground. Amazing people, strong community, pure love, freedom & magic! Hailz brothers and sisters! \m/
Holy... just got goosebumps. I listened to Children of the Grave this morning. No, not on my phone or computer, but on my ancient ipod. Kismet baby. I could talk metal all day! -Love, little metal mama
kani niaz for me it was disturbed that got me into metal but Metallica is what got me really further into metal and they are still my favorite bands and now my favorite bands are all thrash (not just the big 4)
Agalloch is my favorite metal band. Albums like The Mantle, Pale Folklore and Marrow of the Spirit are very artistic, creative, gorgeous. Not very heavy but great to just chill to.
Yeah, Agalloch, Estatic Fear or even Haggard. More "classical" (whatever that means today) than metal, but very enjoyable. Throw there some Summoning in the middle, and it's my personal idea of a nice afternoon. To be honest, I miss Estatic Fear... just two albums and bam! They're gone ("On hold" according to Encyclopedia Metallum). Well, they say good things doesn't last forever.
Metal music has more meaning than any genre. And I have listened a lot to many many genres so I can tell you with my experience metal is the most meaningful
How did I not know that TEDx had metal talks? Metal brought me into social awareness. I just didn't know how involved our country really was for a while. I'll be up for a while longer now watching the physics of moshing next.
Thanks for your excellent presentation. I left mainstream music because the subject matter was no longer relevant to me and the music had become empty and repetitive. Most of it was very shallow (composition- and subject-wise). With metal (all 32+ sub-genres of it) you enter a completely different world, not experienced by the masses - subject matter ranging from not only the desperate state of humanity and the planet, but also history, mythology, fantasy, science, philosophy, and compositions that could rival those of The Great Ones ("symphonic metal" from bands such as Nightwish and Epica). A lot of it is run, happy and uplifting, and a lot of it is indeed dark (for example, from the band Parasite, Inc.). I'm very happy to hear all of it. I feel it in my body (chills and goosebumps) like no other music has ever done.
As a headbanger I’ve always felt that metal touches the parts of the heart that only art can. So I give this guy no thumbs but rather metal horns up! Nice talk. Although I would’ve keep those growls to my self.
Metal truly is an expressive and cathartic art form and outlet for everyone. Metal is diverse in thought and philosophy. Metal is global. Metal is therapy. Metal will live on.
Stop Wasting Time on UA-cam I would either start with the first album “When Dream & Day Unite” or their second one “Images & Words” Both of those are great starting points in my opinion 🙂
@Stop Wasting Time on UA-cam If you're a big metalhead start with Train of Thought. It's their most metal album and helped turn me into a huge DT fan. When Dream and Day Unite is with their first singer who wasn't that good, so while the music is good I wouldn't start there (the live versions of those songs with the current singer are much better).
I have been listening metal over 10 years and those are the top bands that I love. I couldn't understand why I love those than others. Now I know thank you 🤘
Great albums. Dystopia is great for the new distrust of government the way Forbidden does. And there’s a fair amount of environmental awareness on Rust in Peace & Countdown.
fit for an autopsy, Thy art is murder, gojira, MaYaN and others all have songs about issues that plague the us or the world as a whole. Maybe people should listen to this genre so they can actually understand the seriousness of the situation we are in lol.
Damn right, I'd say many bands from the genre have - or maybe that's my tendency to listen to bands that actually include topics like these instead of bawling about a drunkard's adventure of the last night. I'm not really into drinking songs 😅. I'd probably add Heaven Shall Burn, Caliban and Epica to that list, Purest of Pain, too 🤔
Wish he brought up cattle decap. I went to school for environmental science and they’re one of my favorite bands because the lyrical content matches my class subject matter
Metalheads (and by default metal musicians) are generally deep thinking, sensitive, and tuned into what goes on around them. I have yet to understand exactly why, but that is clearly observable.
"Hello sir, do you have time to talk about Nightwish? Here in Finland we have this band called Nightwish and it has a message to tell." 😎🤟The message. Wacken Open Air 2013 Ghost Love Score
Rather than listening only metal music, I'd simply recommend listening various other music styles OUT OF YOUR PERSONAL COMFORT ZONE: etc. out of the local radio and TV, other than suggested playlists on your social media feed, other than suggested media etc.. The Metal alone is not the answer, but by listening various genres, different point of views, perspectives and stories written into songs written by multiple INDEPENDENT / UNDERGROUND artists, you may create a view of this world by yourself. Sincerely, A Metal Head & marketing media dingus
5:00 I was hoping he was leading up to a quote from Napalm Death: Multinational corporations, genocide of the starving nations Probably would have been a bit worrying for the audience if he'd sung it
If you want to hear a band feeling something you should check out the album Too Bad You're Beautiful by From Autumn to Ashes. It's certainly not the "most metal" album, but I found that album when I was 11 years old and it was my introduction to heavier music. Great example of how a writer can use language to communicate deeply and coordinate an emotional ride for the listener over the sound of organized chaos. That and Norma Jean really take me back.
Amazed that he didn't bring up the vegan death metal band Cattle Decapitation. Their most recent albums especially dealing with these kinds of topics. Worth reading their lyrics, really well written!
I dont want to link anything but strongly suggest you to listen to Mgla - exercises in futility VI (live version) or the whole album. and read the lyrics. even if you dont like the music, but i bet you can at least in some way relate to it, what they say.
I literally fell in love with metal in the exact same way, at the exact same age!!! 😄 Only difference is I saw it before school one morning, watching Power Hour on MuchMusic 💖
It has been said that the average metalhead is more intelligent than listeners of other genres. In my circle of friends, and their friends, and their friends friends, I believe this, wholeheartedly, to be true.
No music is a force of nature like Metal is. It empowers the depth of the human spirit. It reminds us to fight against the long sleep. It helps us accept the inevitable end. It is balance through power.
"Art is meant to disturb comfortable and comfort disturbed"
Pretty nice... who is the original author of this thought? :)
@@jeffreyjayallnix that's funny I was about to say that, I was 15 minutes late apparantly
I wrote in the middle of the video. Few seconds later I realized, that it could've been the speaker itself :D but at the end I didn't hear it any time...so I didn't delete that question :D ...anyway I want to share this thought, so I really wanna know the author
I think the artist Banksy produced this idea in his street art
As someone whose owned these albums i can say the artists are not arbiters of moral decency and scientific knowledge.
It took me very little effort of unbiased study to conclude that the evidences for human caused climate change are non existent, non scientific, and contradictory to scientific methods.
It literally took one politician pushing one scientists opinion that was later reneged to propagate the myth that the science has concluded man is the enemy to climate.
I want to see graphs, scientific notations, hypothesis that match or exceed conclusions, tested and confirmed studies over long terms.
Art that conforms to political rhetoric and opinion is called propaganda, will reach few and will vanish with time. Art that is unintentional and tells truisms without intent to do so is pure art and will reach all through eternity.
Metal touches on subjects no other genre dares to
Expect rap
Does rap talk about transorbital lobotomy? I'm afraid not
@@parveenakhtar1738 hahaha.
Punk touched on those subjects a lot too
Punk always did it better
Once a metalhead, always a metalhead ...🤘🔥
I didn't believe that at first, but now I do lol
@Noah G. yeah, I like 50s ~ 70s music and also really big into metal
@Noah G. lol
Very true! 47 years old and still excited for a new Iron Maiden tour!!!
Never thought of that but yeah ive heard "used to be into pop, rap, punk, indie, ect" but never "metal". You either do or dont, and once you do you never wont.
Finally! An educated metal head explaining world problems through metal music! Awesome!
Guerrero Del Arco Iris If you're into global-minded Metal with a powerful message, I recommend Affiance to you.
Im not a big fan of Metalcore genre, but any particular song you recommend?
Henry Rollins is an Educated, Insightful Cat
@@GuerreroDelArcoIris 'you only live once' by suicide silence, it's more deathcore though. Or you can listen to some trivium or whitechapel songs.
@@omkarbharambe8673 Not a big fan of deathcore. I do like Trivium doh!
Metalheads are smart and very sensitive people. We look for loud aggressive music because it's a healthy way to get our frustrations out
@Lopyt *Sir_Guy* Music Do not generalize bud
Of everyone I've ever met, metalheads have been the nicest, most compassionate and authentic people.
Thats the most accurate thing ive ever seen, read, experienced!
I would replace the word sensitive with the word tough to describe the true metalheads mindset
@@thegimpydrummer9657 exactly lmao, passion is key, not angst
It's Art. Sometimes it's pretty, sometimes it's not. Sometimes it's comforting, sometimes it's not. Sometimes it offends, sometimes it wakes you up. It's harmless, it's important and it's necessary.
Euronymous called, he wants you to reevaluate your "harmless" position.
Cary Sledge as a metalhead I agree to agree, and will never disagree.
Timothy Meysenburg and the guy Faust killed.
I don’t think it’s harmless at all. I think art is super powerful when it needs to be
Truly, the safest public places I have ever felt as a woman, is at metal shows. Everyone is there for the same reasons. Pure joy, and HEALTHY aggression, which is absolutely necessary. There is no divide.
Same! ❤️
Metal is what brings everything centre. It doesn't judge. It doesn't discriminate. We are ONE
@Mordraug The so called elitists aren't a real problem.
At most there are like a dozen max of these and the worse thing they do is call you a poser.
People overplay their impact.
if more people listened to metal, the world would be a better place.
Tim Worley honestly i’m glad most people don’t listen to metal. that’s what makes us such a close community
@@metropolis9323 we arent at all. If more people were open to "outsider" concepts and pure musicianship the world would be better off.
@@metropolis9323 there are subgenre wars. and elitists and anti CORE people and the trve kvlt ONLY ppl .. lol
I always told my parents when I was 13,14 started going to shows.., You'll see a guy with piercings all over his face tattooed all the way up and He's like "what is up buddy-?"- Dan you go to a hip hop show everyone's dressed nice looking good and there the meanest people in the world haha
@@DrummerJez86 you have a pretty low bar for war there boy.
I feel like people get lost in translation when it come with metal. Like this man said the lyrics are usually about some pretty deep stuff, which is why i like metal. To me metal has emotion, feeling and inspiration in my daily life. Listen to this man, and maybe any non metal fan may change their opinion.
Death
Outside of their (his) first album,
Almost all of the songs are about mental health issues, drug abuse, toxic relationships, etc.
Chuck was a stand up guy with a great attitude.
RIP
Rip chuck
Chuck was a gift to the world
RIP Chuck
Wow are you sure you aren't talking about Tori Amos
@@baruch.hashem.7x77 your obsession with Tori is duly noted
Why on earth doesn't this have more views?!
Share it!
Because metal. 😩
Cuz metal is unpopular
Just coz it's metal
Cause it's liberal propaganda filled with BS man made global warming claims
Nice Revocation shirt
I had a feeling it was,the font is just bamboozling thanks for confirming
I pretty much decided to give this video a chance because I saw the thumbnail and said "hey! I have that shirt!"
I’m watching this because I love Revocation 😂
Haha I noticed the Revocation font right away in the thumbnail, then clicked🎸🤘😈
I thought that was Revocation, but like the other guy, I wasn't 100% sure.
This video is a huge win for the metal community 🤘
Punk, metal, philosophy, books, and poets taught me to think outside the box, be self aware, and develop a wonderful perspective. It also has been extremely cathartic for my emotional health.
Been a Metal fan all my life and there is no Genre that truly dives into the things the rest of the world pretends doesn't exist. The explanation of Metal music in this video is some of the most eloquent and obviously passionate sentiments I've ever heard. If you listen to the music (Non metal listeners), keep in mind that a lot of the times the lyrics are also metaphors for real social and political issues.
Johnny Grimm thanks man.
Only after the last tree's cut
And the last river poisoned
Only after the last fish is caught
Will you find that money cannot be eaten
There is no Genre that tells the truth like Metal
actually that's a very wise phrase from native americans (can't remember the tribe)
Its a part of a letter by chief seattle (?) Sent to US president.
"Only when the last tree has been felt,
the last fish caught,
the last river poisoned,
will you know, that men cannot eat money." - Running Wild - Uaschitschun :)
Listen to Dystopia
"Reclamation" is one of my favorite songs
The moral of the video is "Listen to Gojira"
Omkar Bharambe they're meh-tal
@@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245 calling gojira meh is pure ignorance
Metal is kinda dead imo. Grind noise is the future. It's all just arrogated notes with pitches. It's like every band today that wants to make it covers lamb of god and Slayer
@@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245 grind noise is the future? lol gimme a break
Let me guess. You base your guitar playing around arpeggio sweep picking, think that the entire punk genre is literally just three chords, and (obviously) Gojira is the greatest thing in the universe because they talk about saving the planet, right? That seems to be the metalheads MO these days instead of acceptance.
People hate because we speak the truth
Nah, people hate metal because they don't understand it. Out of any genre, metal is the hardest to get into.
Exactly.
yeah metal is a very aquired taste, and people don't give it a chance
We?
Nah people hate bc we don’t even know what you speak bc we can’t hear it
Heavy metal touches on subjects that many other genres are afraid to think about. Funnily enough, metal puts passion into music that's about happy or hopeful subjects, more so than genres that are always happy-go-lucky. Ironic how such a music genre that's akin to a punch in the mouth or a body slam can be so passionate and deliver a happy message. Metal Forever.
Metal and punk have always had socially conscious.
Vanessa Whitehead not really they are most of the times négationnists with lot of pre made opinion, they just say: society sucks but they are too much emotion driven and biased,I was considering myself as a metalhead but I didn’t really like it with all the bias that come with it
@@henripech5276 I guess I must listen to different metal and punk bands than you, then. Not that that's a bad thing! Lol! :) You are right about the difference between the "society sucks" bands and the bands that actually do write socially conscious, political songs.
@@henripech5276 "I was considering myself as a metalhead but I didn’t really like it with all the bias that come with it
" then you never were a metalhead cause you don't know what it means
@@henripech5276 that's just punk. I'm a metalhead and I see a lot more nuanced opinions
@@henripech5276 You've never heard Gojira? They're one of the most optimistic bands yet they are very socially conscious. Not that absolute optimism is always a good thing.
Pop music is simplistic, manufactured, uninspired, and feel good. Metal is complex, technical, fast, inspired, and intelligent. Heavy metal has lasted for over 3 decades. How many genres of music last that long while managing to keep and recruit die-hard fans?
Not to mention that the complexity makes you smarter! It's not only classical music that does that!
Modern Pop is nothing but waste; all it is is getting money and getting your girlfriend pregnant. Metal and other Rock bands take on performance and team-ship. Metal unites people together and is more powerful than some Justin Berber song. It takes hard-work, time, and a lot of effort in order to create a song with meaning and rhythm.
Justin Bieber hasn't been relevant in years
Nikhil Shrestha *5-6 decades
/mu/ck Dude go lisyen to some rap if you like music with no skill because everything he said is completely true
Metal is on the rise be cause ppl are finally starting to belive the prophecy the water rising rap is gone
We are bonded by blood.
"Speak of a mutually short destruction" …Megadeth, anyone?
QuiXilver Assured Destruction
Mutually assured destruction. In a draft of the talk I had a fleet of songs, one of which was by Megadeth, "Set the World On Fire." Great song.
QuiXilver nice story
Metal Fan tell it to readers digest
metallica fan ;)...
I hope those poor audience members didn't go home and tried to decipher a Cannibal Corpse album as something of value to mankind...
*ENCASED IN CONCRETE*
...GWAR
@@Notjoker123 First of all, that's a song, not an album. Second, what's valuable about a man being buried alive in concrete?
@@hiTocopter so society knows whats it like being buried alive in concrete
@@Notjoker123 Don't quit your dayjob. I don't think comedy is for you, my friend.
This is badass.
Metalheads....life long fans of the music, know.....how deep, how cerebral this music really is.
It's truly a socially conscious music.
Much like rap used to be (before just being about money, bitches, cars and selling drugs) it has purpose, it has human meaning, depth and questions the very deepest of issues.
Excellent work Peter, way to rep with intelligence.
WOW!
I love that he's not only talking about the big bands like Megadeth,Nuclear Assault,...BC who knows Xentrix these days?Shows perfectly that the 'underground' is something where little people want to spread big messages,but know one ever hears them.
Love that guy...
Yeah I was chuffed to hear Xentrix get a mention!
As a metalhead I say that metal, rock, old school hip hop, reggae roots and music that isn't too popular in general awakens consciousness in people's mind, that's why it usually remains underground, meant for a few
This is amazing. I am so glad our music has Peter Buckland as an ambassador to so many who have no clue what metal can be. \m/ to you , sir!
Thanks Metal Grootvader.
\m/ to you both! Also, love the name Groot! A fem geek and metal head here and I must say regardless of which one of you that may be in you'e pic, if either are you, you're both very cute! ANYWAY, TO ALL OF YOU ALWAYS! \m/! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK PETER!
Metal heads look at the world differently than pop culture minds. We see the world in a different light. We see the world how it truly is. The music touches on the problems of the real world. Real feelings. There is simply more emotion and passion in the work than “Hotline Bling” or “Mo Bamba”.
yeah, getting connection with those people who listen to what I call "5 second music" is impossible. Most people I encounter, says that they listen to stuff they like, how, by listen to small part of the song or the lyrics. These people is so lack the ability to see through the truth and have a mind to explore one, poor them.
But pop music also brings entertainment just like metal. It doesn’t have to need substance, it can still be good and the people who listen to it can still be good, deep-minded people.
The video for "one" was my first heavy emotional experience. I was like 9 years old, zero animosity in my life, and then boom. This song was a warning, a preparation, a comfort. I owe my own success to songs like this.
THEY DON'T WANT METAL TO BE POPULAR BECAUSE IT PROMOTES THOUGHT AND INTELLIGENCE......
Exactly
No
Umm, most people can't go through distorted guitars and vocals, and that's it.
I respectfully disagree. Part of the reason it is unpopular is BECAUSE it promotes thought and intelligence.
Um nah it’s not that deep most people just don’t like the sound of Metal 🤷🏼♂️ they don’t get so far as to listen to the lyrics, and that has to do with being close-minded
Excellent video. I love metal, its about emotion, it is music designed to provoke emotion. The emotion in metal means it is one of the best social consciousness and protest artistic mediums left.
I mean, is there much else music made not to provoke emotion?
You need more art.
Death metal band Vehemence's lyrics:
"The species took control, overpopulated and started consuming
The perfection was ruined and the countdown began
Draining the liquid throughout the ground beneath them
The caves and caverns lost strength and started to implode
The ground shook and they screamed
Down they fell
Murdered by the earth "
The last Cattle Decapitation and Revocation albums are rife with this stuff. Really pretty amazing.
You might like Fire by Affiance. :)
Joe Torres affiance is awesome
Vehemence isn’t death metal... very core deathcore at best
@@DrHoChi You must be deaf to say that. They are Thrash/Death.
I'm here from the metal community!! HAILZ!
Your pretty
Trve Kvlt Hail Satin
G'day
Hey that's great! Next time leave the "hAiLz" at home please
Katie of the Night we are one
His impressions of the vocalists are so spot on lol
"Mutually assured destruction" I love how he snuck in that refrence lol
Nice story, tell it to readers digest
@@danevans9776 that's the first thing in my mind. I'm surprised after he said that, he didn't say, It's something you won't find in Readers Digest. Lol
Recommend listening; Nuclear Assault - "Critical Mass"
Great album.
Is that a Rhett pfp?
Another oil spill!
Love that album. I’m looking for their patch for my vest lol
Andrew Bellavie yes
He shoulda mentioned cattle decapitation
Jacob Cook I focused on thrash. But you’re right that CD are all about this. Anthropocene Extinction all the way.
Peter Buckland wow I’m surprised you’re going through the comments. I really enjoyed this ted talk.. other than you calling Metallica brutal lol
imlee888 I think this talk is worth it. Thanks for chiming in. Metal is for good conversation!
As for Metallica being brutal. If you look at a TED audience, “One” seems brutal.
I thought it was at 12 especially. Today? Even 20 years ago? Nah. I’d reserved brutal for grindcore & death metal. Once I heard Deicide’s “Legion” or “Once Upon the Cross” (live especially) and Napalm Death’s “Fear.Emptiness.Despair.” I thought., “That’s BRUTAL!”
@@PeterIsInTheForest If you did not listen properly, he was referring to the musical themes of One as "Brutal".
Cattle decapitation is probably in my top three. I'm not any type of vegan activist but you can't deny how angry and vitriol their message is. Beautifully written and played. The same goes for bands like misery index.
Heavy Metal is the Law!
It is wise, intelligent and Life-changing! It is absolutely amazing how strong metal is nowadays, especially underground. Amazing people, strong community, pure love, freedom & magic!
Hailz brothers and sisters! \m/
In The Hall.... Of The Mountain King!
Yes indeed my man
Heavy Metal is the law! Great Helloween song.
Hail all! May metal ALWAYS be the law of your lives! \m/!
Holy... just got goosebumps. I listened to Children of the Grave this morning. No, not on my phone or computer, but on my ancient ipod. Kismet baby. I could talk metal all day!
-Love, little metal mama
Amazing talk. Thrash till death.
You liked Thrash until you heard Death metal?
Nice I like death metal too.
I really like this guy. Smart, well-educated on the topics, good examples, great speech.
I feel in love with metal when I was 3, blame my father
Morgan Morbik no thank your father haha
Same. It’s always the dads lol
Haha same
@@jlynn647 I got it from my mom..?? Hahah
My mom put headphones on her belly playing Tool when i was in the womb
You forgot GOJIRA!!!!!!!
Probably doesn't know them yet, they're still relatively new to the big time scene.
The most environmentally friendly metal band
Plaaaasticc Baaagg inn the seeaaaaaa
I love Gojira. I had to pick. In a longer talk I gave I talked about Gojira’s “Global Warming.”
@@PeterIsInTheForest Dude I agree with everything you said.
This speech should have been called environmental messages, from thrash metal songs.
It's almost always metallica who turned us into metalheads.
kani niaz slipknot for me
Dlxmz 14 that's because I'm probably way older than you. Lol
yea probably but my 2nd band was tool ;)
Dlxmz 14 I was never into tool. Dunno why
kani niaz for me it was disturbed that got me into metal but Metallica is what got me really further into metal and they are still my favorite bands and now my favorite bands are all thrash (not just the big 4)
Agalloch is my favorite metal band. Albums like The Mantle, Pale Folklore and Marrow of the Spirit are very artistic, creative, gorgeous. Not very heavy but great to just chill to.
Yeah, Agalloch, Estatic Fear or even Haggard. More "classical" (whatever that means today) than metal, but very enjoyable. Throw there some Summoning in the middle, and it's my personal idea of a nice afternoon.
To be honest, I miss Estatic Fear... just two albums and bam! They're gone ("On hold" according to Encyclopedia Metallum). Well, they say good things doesn't last forever.
They are one of my faves as well. Completely Underrated
Fantastic. Thanks Peter. Still rings true now more than ever.
yooo hes wearing a revocation shirt too. that's my favorite band \m/
Saw them live opening up for Whitechapel and Cannibal. Hadn't listened much before but now I'm a full supporter! Great live show!
Revocation man I'm so happy Dave and the boys are repped everywhere.
Heavy metal music has more meaning than pop music
Yep and thats not up for debate.
I'm pretty sure almost any other music genre has more meaning than pop music
Fax
Metal music has more meaning than any genre. And I have listened a lot to many many genres so I can tell you with my experience metal is the most meaningful
Being better and more meaningful than pop is not some great achievement. XD
How did I not know that TEDx had metal talks? Metal brought me into social awareness. I just didn't know how involved our country really was for a while. I'll be up for a while longer now watching the physics of moshing next.
I’m so glad someone is finally educating people on metal. Thank you
Thanks for your excellent presentation. I left mainstream music because the subject matter was no longer relevant to me and the music had become empty and repetitive. Most of it was very shallow (composition- and subject-wise). With metal (all 32+ sub-genres of it) you enter a completely different world, not experienced by the masses - subject matter ranging from not only the desperate state of humanity and the planet, but also history, mythology, fantasy, science, philosophy, and compositions that could rival those of The Great Ones ("symphonic metal" from bands such as Nightwish and Epica). A lot of it is run, happy and uplifting, and a lot of it is indeed dark (for example, from the band Parasite, Inc.). I'm very happy to hear all of it. I feel it in my body (chills and goosebumps) like no other music has ever done.
Proud of being metal
As a headbanger I’ve always felt that metal touches the parts of the heart that only art can. So I give this guy no thumbs but rather metal horns up! Nice talk. Although I would’ve keep those growls to my self.
Gotta give my man props for bringing of Xentrix. Super underrated band
Metal truly is an expressive and cathartic art form and outlet for everyone. Metal is diverse in thought and philosophy. Metal is global. Metal is therapy. Metal will live on.
Any Dream Theater fans here? I’ve been listening to them a lot lately 🤘🏻
Stop Wasting Time on UA-cam I would either start with the first album “When Dream & Day Unite” or their second one “Images & Words”
Both of those are great starting points in my opinion 🙂
Better than all the poopshitz listed here
@Stop Wasting Time on UA-cam also some opeth
Yeah 🤘
A fellow prog metalhead 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
@Stop Wasting Time on UA-cam If you're a big metalhead start with Train of Thought. It's their most metal album and helped turn me into a huge DT fan. When Dream and Day Unite is with their first singer who wasn't that good, so while the music is good I wouldn't start there (the live versions of those songs with the current singer are much better).
I listen to everything- seen Pantera- Obituary- I have always said metal is the truest form of music
Love to see people wearing revocation shirts. Pretty underrated band
Amazing band
thanks for the recommendation! Listening now!
Metal has kept me alive all this time
I have been listening metal over 10 years and those are the top bands that I love. I couldn't understand why I love those than others. Now I know thank you 🤘
thankyou to this man. now i know what joy Revocation is... been a metalhead 13 years and never come across them.
Its a treat for your ears
Dystopia Megadeth
Rust in Peace is better
Great albums. Dystopia is great for the new distrust of government the way Forbidden does. And there’s a fair amount of environmental awareness on Rust in Peace & Countdown.
Even the name itself Megadeth is a reference. 1 Megadeath is a million deaths caused by a nuclear bomb.
@@deltarunefan7730 Subject matter-wise, Dystopia is slightly more contemporary and talks a little more directly about real stuff than Rust.
That's what I love Metal since 1983, it puts my feet on the ground. And it's fun, virtuoso, strong and hard as real life is.
clicked because I have that same revocation shirt haha
SaturdayNightSocks yes!
saaameee
I have the green reanimated t-shirt from the first album myself 😏
Was instantly very happy to see the Revocation t-shirt! Great vid!
fit for an autopsy, Thy art is murder, gojira, MaYaN and others all have songs about issues that plague the us or the world as a whole. Maybe people should listen to this genre so they can actually understand the seriousness of the situation we are in lol.
Ffaa is awesome af
Yeah, but I always hear the words "I can't understand what they're saying"
Damn right, I'd say many bands from the genre have - or maybe that's my tendency to listen to bands that actually include topics like these instead of bawling about a drunkard's adventure of the last night. I'm not really into drinking songs 😅. I'd probably add Heaven Shall Burn, Caliban and Epica to that list, Purest of Pain, too 🤔
Wish he brought up cattle decap. I went to school for environmental science and they’re one of my favorite bands because the lyrical content matches my class subject matter
I wonder what "Eaten Back To Life" can tell us about the future lol
Chelsea Thorne Homicidal fools driving automobiles will be the downfall of the American family as we know it
@@TheTrueRoker Damn, you right
Metalheads (and by default metal musicians) are generally deep thinking, sensitive, and tuned into what goes on around them. I have yet to understand exactly why, but that is clearly observable.
"Hello sir, do you have time to talk about Nightwish? Here in Finland we have this band called Nightwish and it has a message to tell." 😎🤟The message.
Wacken Open Air 2013 Ghost Love Score
Rather than listening only metal music, I'd simply recommend listening various other music styles OUT OF YOUR PERSONAL COMFORT ZONE: etc. out of the local radio and TV, other than suggested playlists on your social media feed, other than suggested media etc..
The Metal alone is not the answer, but by listening various genres, different point of views, perspectives and stories written into songs written by multiple INDEPENDENT / UNDERGROUND artists, you may create a view of this world by yourself.
Sincerely, A Metal Head & marketing media dingus
Be cool if he mentioned Two Minutes To Midnight by Iron Maiden, one of the best songs about Nuclear war.
More people need to watch this
A huge salute to you Sir !!!!!
A really good TOOL for developing social consciousness 2:59
Tool ain't metal.
5:00 I was hoping he was leading up to a quote from Napalm Death: Multinational corporations, genocide of the starving nations
Probably would have been a bit worrying for the audience if he'd sung it
If you want to hear a band feeling something you should check out the album Too Bad You're Beautiful by From Autumn to Ashes.
It's certainly not the "most metal" album, but I found that album when I was 11 years old and it was my introduction to heavier music. Great example of how a writer can use language to communicate deeply and coordinate an emotional ride for the listener over the sound of organized chaos.
That and Norma Jean really take me back.
lmao he just sounds like an excited high school metal head after someone asks "what's your favorite genre?"
Sweet. Revocation t shirt. Dave is the man. I have the custom shop Jackson warrior. It's awesome. You rock.
Why is there an esp and a $700 Marshall and he doesn’t even look at them the whole time
Now that's fishy
Proud fellow State College person
Amazed that he didn't bring up the vegan death metal band Cattle Decapitation. Their most recent albums especially dealing with these kinds of topics. Worth reading their lyrics, really well written!
A wise person once said, "metal is reality".
kreator has a lot of great lyrics in their first albums, i love them!
I just can't live without Metal
I dont want to link anything but strongly suggest you to listen to Mgla - exercises in futility VI (live version) or the whole album. and read the lyrics. even if you dont like the music, but i bet you can at least in some way relate to it, what they say.
My current favorite band. Riffs are so catchy and great drumming.
I literally fell in love with metal in the exact same way, at the exact same age!!! 😄
Only difference is I saw it before school one morning, watching Power Hour on MuchMusic 💖
3:20- reference to megadeth-swetting bullets
Yep
Megadeth didn't invent that concept or saying you know, google it
@@klumpos Megadeth made it relatable and famous for metalheads, which is the topic of the talk.
It has been said that the average metalhead is more intelligent than listeners of other genres. In my circle of friends, and their friends, and their friends friends, I believe this, wholeheartedly, to be true.
"Ask A Metalhead" - We need a YT channel, podcast, or other series program like that...
At last I've got someone who is talking about metal and climate change! Superb
They should John Kevill the frontman of Warbringer. His philosophy of wars is incredible.
This guy should be the spokesperson for all metalheads
Starts off talking about Metallica off on a great start I already like this guy
Seeing that revocation shirt makes me so happy 😊
2019 Exit 111 this dude was in the Slayer Pit who else was there
Check out POWER TRIP
I just saw Slayer at the Giant Center in Hershey, PA. Was awesome to see them play with Ministry and Primus.
No music is a force of nature like Metal is. It empowers the depth of the human spirit. It reminds us to fight against the long sleep. It helps us accept the inevitable end. It is balance through power.