Gotham City was a great inspiration for me and my band Witch back then in Umeå. They showed what was possible: make your our own songs, make demos in a professional studio and play live around town. We made to great concerts together with them and Mogg at Universum and Döbelns park. At Döbelns park there were around 2000 people in the crowd. Great times!
Witch and Gotham City, two of the absolute best bands that have existed. One could hear in your music that heavy metal was no joke to you guys! Really wish there would be a reunion!
As @Bravilor said. Same here, Couldnt have said it better. Gotham city and witch are the top ones that totally changed my world for Metal. Its very difficult to put the words on it. Its almost too good, It pretty much have everything Ive searched for in music. Heja Umeå!
@@RuthlessMetalYT your documentary was great . I hope you will have some on Axe Witch , Overdrive , Witchfynde , Cross Fire , Ostrogoth , and Silver Mountain as well .
@@RuthlessMetalYT So they know they're highly regarded and have a ready audience - WHY no comprehensive approved reissues of the material yet? I have four Gotham City bootlegs, there's clearly demand.
You must be the greatest Gotham City fan of all time! They deserve all the respect, of course. Great band with solid music. Gotham City, along with Heavy Load and Mindless Sinner got me into the FWOSHM. Greetings from Brazil!
Thank Kali, I will. :) Yeah these guys were rather obscure, there were probably ten other Swedish metal bands in the eighties that were more famous than these guys.
Awesome video! Your Swedish Metal History video was my introduction to the band and now I'm definitely a fan! Hopefully their stuff gets reissued on vinyl!
Definitely one of the greatest Heavy Metal bands of all time. My favorite songs are Killer Angels, Sword and Chains, 1995 , Black Writs, and See How it Flies. The 1982 single really sounded like NWOBHM. The Black Writs EP reminded me of Iron Maiden with Paul Dianno, and the Unknown sounded like the band had put in a lot of practice time. It's hard to believe how much of improvement was made between the EP and Lp.
Excellent band and a great video. There's some concert promotors in Ireland that aren't too fond of them though due to how many requests they get from people demanding that they book Gotham City
I'm from their hometown Umeå. I saw them live many times. Great band with good hardrockin shows. Mårten was some kind of a guitar hero to me. I remember a friend of mine fooled around and put audience sound on The recording of the song Gotham City. Sounded awesome😀👍 Nice video, keep em coming
Well because of your most recent upload I had to come to this video. Gotham City is a fantastic band with extremely creative riffs, by extremely creative I can't emphasize it enough. It's a good thing we got the internet or else we would probably never even hear of these guys. Anyways, great video, nice to know exactly what was going on with them in the 80s.
Great video, and great channel outright! You're doing a fantastic job in digging out long and unduly forgotten bands, and bringing up cool topics for heavy metal debate. As for Gotham City, I consider their album The Unknown one of the best swedish albums ever, absolutely top five. Better than the efforts of some bands which got relatively more recognition like Torch or Axewitch, if you ask me. I personally regard Sweden as one of the leading countries in the history of heavy metal, probably the country with the highest rate of quality bands in the entire Old Continent. So, given the sharp competition, if I consider them up there...well I really think they are something! I first became aware of the band back in 1995, when the first Nocturnal Rites CD came out and I came across an interview in a magazine mentioning them, for obvious reasons. A couple of years later I managed to lay my hands on The Unknown, thanks to the tape-trading of the time (blessed be). Around mid-2000s a collection came out, most likely a bootleg if I recall correctly, called The Legend of Gotham City, with the 2 EPs and the full length on it. Later on I even got a copy of Black Writs. I'm actually not a big fan of the first singer and I think Zackrisson joining the band was a big step up for them. Someday I'll finally grab of copy of The Unknown, no matter what! Amazing, amazing band indeed, one of Sweden's finest!
Yes, It's in my top 5 too, with Heavy Load and Candlemass. Yes I think so too, Sweden had many bands and many bands that evolved metal in different directions like heavy load, bathory, yngwie, etc. Yeah I remember that Legend of Gotham City bootleg. I bought Black Writs for 600SEK which was real expensive at the time but I think it was a good buy in retrospect. :) Yeah Zackrisson is a more technical vocalist, I really like both, Ola had such a unique voice. I agree!
@@RuthlessMetalYT At gunpoint only, because as I've already mentioned Sweden is such a tresure chest that you always end up leaving something big out, I would go for Death or Glory and Nightfall, absolutely up there and unreachable for anyone but the Metal Gods themselves; then Hammerheart, first Europe, Marching Out and The Unknown. Fuck, it's six already, i fucked up!
One of greatest swedish metal bands, absolutely loved the full length with the power metal vocal style, but I do like the post-punkish vocal style from the single and E.P., I do think they could've been bigger than they were in the 80's, hopefully they can get their entire catalog reissued by cultmetalclassics or high roller records cuz their entire discography deserves to be reissued
This band has been a favorite for years . The big man is here tonight to bring you fire fire. The song Killer Angels sounds more NWOBHM than NWOBHM. The song Black Writs is similar to the Iron Maiden debut album . All the raw energy was replaced by pristine epic Power Metal on the Unknown LP . These guys looked about 15 years old , but new Vocalist Anders looked a bit older . It's amazing how much their musical skills advanced over the course of just 1 year
One of my first album I bought with my own money at the Starks ICA in my home village Harmånger for only 9:-SEK. Of course is it one of my main inspration together with Maiden, Priest, Saxon, Madison, 220 Volt and so on... The fun of it all is that my mujsical band journey crossed path with the drummer Jonas Östman who after the drumming in Mental Hippe Blood and Malmsteen began to produce and mix, and he produced and mixed 2 albums I was involved in. A real starstrucking moment :) Gotham City still rules :)
Thank you for introducing me to this wonderful band. I agree that it was their location that greatly contributed to them not receiving much recognition for their music. Maybe it would have been different for them if they had moved to a more populated area? No one knows. Thanks again for the upload and turning me onto Gotham City. You did them justice with your documentary & perhaps if more people see this, it could give them the recognition they deserve. Peace
Amazing band. It's surprising that no label has reissued any of their material, the demand is there, every time a copy shows up on ebay it sells for crazy money. You can't even find bootlegs of their releases.
Hur fan har jag missat detta?? Så jävla bra dokumentär, bra jobbat!! Gotham City, Maninnya Blade och Helvetets Port är i mina topp 3 favorit svenska metalband. Svenska 80tals metalen äger!! \m/
I'd say they're getting a lot of praise nowadays, but they still deserve more. Definitely one of my favorite bands of all time in general and very happy to own 2 of their records. I just wish No Chance To Go amd Midnight Hunter showed up on wax. Also great video! :D
I just got into this band recently and holyyyy shit their album "The Unknown" is my new favorite album as of late. Songs like "Swords and Chains" "See how it flies" and probably my current favorite song "Going Insane" are some of the most catchiest and most melodic metal songs I've heard, which seems to be a common theme among the Swedish bands. Listening to them, I can hear where Enforcer took some of their sound from, like the main riff/melody in "Swords and Chains" sounds like something they would write, and that's a huge plus for me as Enforcer is one of my favorite bands. Not sure if you would agree there's similarities but that's just what my ears heard. Anyway, I NEED to hear more of this 80's Swedish metal sound. So far I know Gotham City, Jonah Quizz, Heavy Load, and Parasite. I'll check out the bands featured in the video description but if you have any more suggestions, please let me know!
Cool. I never had the 7" but I did have the ep and lp. The best heavy metal record store in my city here in the USA even had several copies of these releases. There was no good way to know what the bands sounded like before buying the records back then and Gotham City was one of the best surprises.
Nä, de var ett av få som fick ge ut nån sorts heavy metal på LP på den gamla goda tiden och de var definitivt bland de bästa. Lyssna lite på The Unknown, den är i nivå med Judas Priest å Maiden å allt vad de heter.
Is ' the Big Man is here tonight to bring you fire, fire' the chorus to Black Writs? I've listened to it for years and years, but that is what it sounds like to me.
I remember hearing Anders Zackrisson first in NR around 97. I loved his nasal voice and his typical Swedish accent which came through quite strong in certain songs. Then I went back and heard Gotham City and it wasn't as good as NR soundwise but I could hear the youthful Anders but always preferred him in NR and I was quite sad that he left NR. Their vocalist after was good but I always hoped Anders would do something again. Has Anders ever sung on anything since he left NR?
Love the video! Bästa som kunde hända denna långfredagskväll! I know Gotham City from Dan Edmans Cds he gave me a long time ago, I have a cd with early stuff, studio + live. And I really like them as charmy. But the later stuff is really good for real! Shit! They sometimes sound to me like a Tjeckish Iron Maiden.
Great job man! This is truly a fantastic yet overlooked band. Like most of the sweedish scene in the 80's tbh, at least when compared to british and us. Feel free to bring us more band content like this :D
@@RuthlessMetalYT They absolutely do, not arguing with that :p It's just that I've known bands from those scenes all my life and only a few years ago did i start to discover the amazing sweedish scene and a few of its bands. And I believe you will help to further spread the knowledge with this content. So thank you for that and keep 'em coming :D
@@RuthlessMetalYT Agree. And I think the timing is perfect as well. The tradicional scene is growing, a gigantic amount of bands are spawning and I believe fans are hungry to see the roots of the movement. As well as artists are always looking for 'new' inspirations. And well, the fans of bands like Gotham City or Mindless Sinner or Universe don't really get this type of videos anywhere. At least to my knowledge.
This was my very first introduction to the band it sounded like the 86 two song demo they was starting to sound more refined but to be fair this is all I have heard of them up to now
yeah, they like most bands got a bigger and perhaps a more mainstream sound towards the second half of the eighties, they never fully went down that path though.
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People that become fans/long-time listeners will usually end up viewing his vocals as a vital part of the Gotham experience. Like Ruth says, it's something different/unique. Endearing
The full (and correct) biography featuring interviews with four forming members will be featured in the re-issue to be out on Cult Metal Classics later this year. Correction: The demo was recorded in 1982, not in 1981, as it was recorded AFTER the single, not before, as it was recorded as a demo for "Black Writs". The band DID record a demo prior to the single, but it was just a rehearsal porta demo that was never distributed (as it was incorrectly recorded).
I’ve known about the band since 2011. That’s when I was big into NWOBHM bands like Hammerhead, Triarchy, Paralex, Dark Star, Black Axe, Bitches Sin, Angel Witch, etc. I thought Gotham City should’ve been just as big as Iron Maiden, and nobody I’ve met seems to know of them, much less like any metal from the 1980’s.
The 1981 demo is well worth checking out, I think its versions of 1995 and Black Writs are better than on the MLP, and the version of Borderline is also of course much different with Ola on vocals: ua-cam.com/video/V_6F-jP9iMg/v-deo.html&ab_channel=HansMillingen
I saw a Gotham City "The Unknown" CD many years ago for about 80 sek...still regret that I didn't buy it...haven't seen one ever since and right now I saw one on eBay for 187 euro.
@@RuthlessMetalYT Yes, boots indeed, but better than nothing (if reasonable priced), cuz there are unfortunately no official CD releases as far as I know of.
Gotham City were one of the best heavy metal bands of all time. Also Heavy Load, Omen, Manilla Road, Medieval Steel and so on. This is true heavy metal, those who know, know.
I didn’t think Ola Olhssan wasn’t really a bad vocalist, he was probably better for a punk band or something else kinda like Paul Dianno from Iron Maiden.
@@ElizaWebbg because you people couldn’t get over the fact that someone didn’t like a band 🤷🏻♂️ and got tired of the constant notifications. Now go back to your regularly scheduled cheesy Viking power metal named after a comic book.
yeah, english is not their first language, but I think they managed to come up with some great lyrics at times even if it's not always correct. Cheers!
I don't think the band is that interested in their old music, so that's why I guess. I have an original vinyl, it's getting pretty expensive these days. ;)
Only the good bands truly quit for good in the 1980s . All the lame bands had reunions in the new millennium, to the point where it's become ridiculous. I would have liked to have more Gotham City music from the 1980s, but they recorded Steel and Chains one of the greatest things ever recorded. It's actually a positive thing that at least a few bands don't pursue the KISS route. Sometimes you got to know when it's time to move on. The history speaks for itself
@@RuthlessMetalYT everyone hated epic Metal bands in 1984 . Everyone liked Pop Metal like Krokus , and Great White . Manilla Road , Gotham City , Cirith Ungol , and Keene Hue have always been my favorite bands , but prior to the Big European Power Metal explosion no one else shared my enthusiasm for real Metal
@@RuthlessMetalYT I realize people supported Iron Maiden , and Judas Priest , but the majority of people really only liked Screaming For Vengeance and the boring Iron Maiden songs like Trooper , and Run To the Hills . I am happy that bands like Gotham City , and Silver Mountain are finally shown the recognition they deserve But where were all these supporters back when these bands were struggling ? It's almost become trendy to like more adventurous Medieval theme Heavy Metal these days
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Gotham City was a great inspiration for me and my band Witch back then in Umeå. They showed what was possible: make your our own songs, make demos in a professional studio and play live around town. We made to great concerts together with them and Mogg at Universum and Döbelns park. At Döbelns park there were around 2000 people in the crowd. Great times!
Cool, Witch was awesome too!
Witch and Gotham City, two of the absolute best bands that have existed. One could hear in your music that heavy metal was no joke to you guys! Really wish there would be a reunion!
As @Bravilor said. Same here, Couldnt have said it better. Gotham city and witch are the top ones that totally changed my world for Metal. Its very difficult to put the words on it. Its almost too good, It pretty much have everything Ive searched for in music. Heja Umeå!
Witch är fan grejer det, creds Tomas!
Wish i could have seen that concert!
Random question Tomas......any new bands out there that you feel capture the true old school energy?
This was shared by Anders Zackrisson himself earlier today. Great documentary of a great band!! Thanks!!
aah, that's cool. :) I've seen Torbjörn Moen also reacting to it. :) thank you!
@@RuthlessMetalYT your documentary was great . I hope you will have some on Axe Witch , Overdrive , Witchfynde , Cross Fire , Ostrogoth , and Silver Mountain as well .
@@RuthlessMetalYT So they know they're highly regarded and have a ready audience - WHY no comprehensive approved reissues of the material yet? I have four Gotham City bootlegs, there's clearly demand.
@@DiffidentAgressor they’re getting reissued now
You must be the greatest Gotham City fan of all time! They deserve all the respect, of course. Great band with solid music. Gotham City, along with Heavy Load and Mindless Sinner got me into the FWOSHM. Greetings from Brazil!
There are bigger fans than me, that know more about this obscure band, but I've loved their music for decades. Yeah, three incredible bands.
I had never heard of these guys but I appreciate being educated. Thanks Jim! Keep rockin! 🤘
Thank Kali, I will. :) Yeah these guys were rather obscure, there were probably ten other Swedish metal bands in the eighties that were more famous than these guys.
Awesome video! Your Swedish Metal History video was my introduction to the band and now I'm definitely a fan! Hopefully their stuff gets reissued on vinyl!
👍 I doubt it will be, nobody has done if for 20 years even though people wants it. hehe
Gotham city rules!!! Greetings from argentina!!!
I was awaiting this video, thanks so much for making it!
glad you liked it!
@@RuthlessMetalYT Are you planning on doing anymore videos on Swedish heavy metal bands? One on Mercy would be great.
Definitely one of the greatest Heavy Metal bands of all time. My favorite songs are Killer Angels, Sword and Chains, 1995 , Black Writs, and See How it Flies. The 1982 single really sounded like NWOBHM. The Black Writs EP reminded me of Iron Maiden with Paul Dianno, and the Unknown sounded like the band had put in a lot of practice time. It's hard to believe how much of improvement was made between the EP and Lp.
Excellent band and a great video. There's some concert promotors in Ireland that aren't too fond of them though due to how many requests they get from people demanding that they book Gotham City
hehe, the whole world waits for their return.
Bra dokumentär Ruuth! Alltid kul att se Gotham City få den uppmärksamhet dom förtjänar
tackar! :)
Ever since I heard them, I knew they were a musical gem. I got hooked on all their material, and I will always listen to them until the end.
yes, such an underrated band but over more recent years people are starting to get what they are all about.
Thanks for the tip, I picked up a CD of The Unknown and Black Writs last month and digging it.
Awesome. :) remarkable band in my opinion. :)
I'm from their hometown Umeå. I saw them live many times. Great band with good hardrockin shows. Mårten was some kind of a guitar hero to me. I remember a friend of mine fooled around and put audience sound on The recording of the song Gotham City. Sounded awesome😀👍 Nice video, keep em coming
Ah, Cool, I'm from Skellefteå. Damn that's so cool, I was like 6 years old when they quit so. I missed it. :( Thanks, I will. :) 👍
Vi som bor i Norrland men födda försent för att ha sett Gotham City live är truly cursed.
@@LoudnessJP Så är det, man var 5-6 år gammal när de spelade på ens hemort. :)
Well because of your most recent upload I had to come to this video. Gotham City is a fantastic band with extremely creative riffs, by extremely creative I can't emphasize it enough. It's a good thing we got the internet or else we would probably never even hear of these guys.
Anyways, great video, nice to know exactly what was going on with them in the 80s.
yeah, they have certainly gotten a revival in more recent years. but they never will fully get the attention that they deserved.
Detta har snabbt gått och blivit min absoluta favoritkanal, tack för bra content!
tackar, ja, de har vart mycket jobb med kanalen. tackar!
Great video, and great channel outright! You're doing a fantastic job in digging out long and unduly forgotten bands, and bringing up cool topics for heavy metal debate. As for Gotham City, I consider their album The Unknown one of the best swedish albums ever, absolutely top five. Better than the efforts of some bands which got relatively more recognition like Torch or Axewitch, if you ask me. I personally regard Sweden as one of the leading countries in the history of heavy metal, probably the country with the highest rate of quality bands in the entire Old Continent. So, given the sharp competition, if I consider them up there...well I really think they are something! I first became aware of the band back in 1995, when the first Nocturnal Rites CD came out and I came across an interview in a magazine mentioning them, for obvious reasons. A couple of years later I managed to lay my hands on The Unknown, thanks to the tape-trading of the time (blessed be). Around mid-2000s a collection came out, most likely a bootleg if I recall correctly, called The Legend of Gotham City, with the 2 EPs and the full length on it. Later on I even got a copy of Black Writs. I'm actually not a big fan of the first singer and I think Zackrisson joining the band was a big step up for them. Someday I'll finally grab of copy of The Unknown, no matter what! Amazing, amazing band indeed, one of Sweden's finest!
Yes, It's in my top 5 too, with Heavy Load and Candlemass. Yes I think so too, Sweden had many bands and many bands that evolved metal in different directions like heavy load, bathory, yngwie, etc. Yeah I remember that Legend of Gotham City bootleg. I bought Black Writs for 600SEK which was real expensive at the time but I think it was a good buy in retrospect. :) Yeah Zackrisson is a more technical vocalist, I really like both, Ola had such a unique voice. I agree!
@@RuthlessMetalYT At gunpoint only, because as I've already mentioned Sweden is such a tresure chest that you always end up leaving something big out, I would go for Death or Glory and Nightfall, absolutely up there and unreachable for anyone but the Metal Gods themselves; then Hammerheart, first Europe, Marching Out and The Unknown. Fuck, it's six already, i fucked up!
I Guess that the front picture of the Single must have Been taken from a geograhphy book, probably in a chapter that covered the Amazonas
One of greatest swedish metal bands, absolutely loved the full length with the power metal vocal style, but I do like the post-punkish vocal style from the single and E.P., I do think they could've been bigger than they were in the 80's, hopefully they can get their entire catalog reissued by cultmetalclassics or high roller records cuz their entire discography deserves to be reissued
Yeah, nobody dares to touch those records. haha
New cassette releases would also be great
Why doesn’t anyone want to reissue them?
@@kevinrhea7332 I assume nobody asked the bands permission to reissue these albums officially
@@kevinrhea7332 I think there is an interest from the public but the band don't seem that interested in doing anything about it.
This band has been a favorite for years . The big man is here tonight to bring you fire fire. The song Killer Angels sounds more NWOBHM than NWOBHM. The song Black Writs is similar to the Iron Maiden debut album . All the raw energy was replaced by pristine epic Power Metal on the Unknown LP . These guys looked about 15 years old , but new Vocalist Anders looked a bit older . It's amazing how much their musical skills advanced over the course of just 1 year
That might be the case, I'm not sure about their ages.
One of my first album I bought with my own money at the Starks ICA in my home village Harmånger for only 9:-SEK.
Of course is it one of my main inspration together with Maiden, Priest, Saxon, Madison, 220 Volt and so on...
The fun of it all is that my mujsical band journey crossed path with the drummer Jonas Östman who after the drumming in Mental Hippe Blood and Malmsteen began to produce and mix, and he produced and mixed 2 albums I was involved in. A real starstrucking moment :) Gotham City still rules :)
9 SEK, that's insane. It's like 1000 SEK these days. :)
Thank you for introducing me to this wonderful band. I agree that it was their location that greatly contributed to them not receiving much recognition for their music. Maybe it would have been different for them if they had moved to a more populated area? No one knows.
Thanks again for the upload and turning me onto Gotham City. You did them justice with your documentary & perhaps if more people see this, it could give them the recognition they deserve.
Peace
Yeah, they would have been up there with the greats if they were from England I guess. Check out the Unknown, an amazing album!
this is quality stuff, never heard them before until now!
Listen to The Unknown it will change your life. :)
@@RuthlessMetalYT listening now! its very good! such a good guitar player
@@RuthlessMetalYT and Going Insane is a pure melodic metal soundscape. one of my new fav metal songs.
Amazing band. It's surprising that no label has reissued any of their material, the demand is there, every time a copy shows up on ebay it sells for crazy money. You can't even find bootlegs of their releases.
yeah, they don't seem that interested in doing that.
Hur fan har jag missat detta?? Så jävla bra dokumentär, bra jobbat!! Gotham City, Maninnya Blade och Helvetets Port är i mina topp 3 favorit svenska metalband.
Svenska 80tals metalen äger!! \m/
Jadu, då må väl ha vart full eller nått. ;) Absolut, skål!
very underrated band in my opintion from Umeå , that later spawned Nocturnal rites same with the band Mogg!
@Janne Andersson gissar du såg Vain live med ;)
@Janne Andersson Jag är Skelleftebo :)
@Janne Andersson Jonas är min morbror :D
I'd say they're getting a lot of praise nowadays, but they still deserve more. Definitely one of my favorite bands of all time in general and very happy to own 2 of their records. I just wish No Chance To Go amd Midnight Hunter showed up on wax. Also great video! :D
and* haha
Yes, things have changed a bit since I first heard them. thank you Sir. Yes I bought those records when they were cheap, at least The Unknown was.
@@RuthlessMetalYT Keep the videos coming! and really nice! Yeah, their records now are insanely expensive.
Thanks for this great video!
Thank you Mister!
I just got into this band recently and holyyyy shit their album "The Unknown" is my new favorite album as of late. Songs like "Swords and Chains" "See how it flies" and probably my current favorite song "Going Insane" are some of the most catchiest and most melodic metal songs I've heard, which seems to be a common theme among the Swedish bands. Listening to them, I can hear where Enforcer took some of their sound from, like the main riff/melody in "Swords and Chains" sounds like something they would write, and that's a huge plus for me as Enforcer is one of my favorite bands. Not sure if you would agree there's similarities but that's just what my ears heard. Anyway, I NEED to hear more of this 80's Swedish metal sound. So far I know Gotham City, Jonah Quizz, Heavy Load, and Parasite. I'll check out the bands featured in the video description but if you have any more suggestions, please let me know!
Yeah, Gotham City are amongst the best bands out there. Check my documentary on Swedish Metal, you'll find a lot of good stuff in there. Cheers!
Nocturnal rites and my personal recommendation a band called Rage. Check out the album black in mind or soundchaser
Great! My favourite Swedes!
:) Yes, they are amazing.
Thanks for making justice to this awesome yet somewhat forgotten band, one of my favorites.
Thank you, yeah, Need to promote the good stuff sometimes too. :)
Cool. I never had the 7" but I did have the ep and lp. The best heavy metal record store in my city here in the USA even had several copies of these releases. There was no good way to know what the bands sounded like before buying the records back then and Gotham City was one of the best surprises.
same here, the 7'' is impossible to find without robbing a bank first. :) That was a good surprise. :)
Fan, det var bra drag i grabbarna! Synd att dom slutade som dom gjorde.
Hade inte hört talas om dom före dina videos. 😊
Nä, de var ett av få som fick ge ut nån sorts heavy metal på LP på den gamla goda tiden och de var definitivt bland de bästa. Lyssna lite på The Unknown, den är i nivå med Judas Priest å Maiden å allt vad de heter.
The Unknown is probably one of my fav Metal Albums. Just as good as Priest or Maiden. Especially the Vocals!
I agree, an amazing album.
Is ' the Big Man is here tonight to bring you fire, fire' the chorus to Black Writs? I've listened to it for years and years, but that is what it sounds like to me.
Never heard of this band, I will have to listen to them. They sound pretty bad ass from the samples I heard. Thanks for sharing! 🍻
yes, they are one of the best bands to ever play metal.
I remember hearing Anders Zackrisson first in NR around 97. I loved his nasal voice and his typical Swedish accent which came through quite strong in certain songs. Then I went back and heard Gotham City and it wasn't as good as NR soundwise but I could hear the youthful Anders but always preferred him in NR and I was quite sad that he left NR. Their vocalist after was good but I always hoped Anders would do something again. Has Anders ever sung on anything since he left NR?
Shade of Grade - featuring Anders Z. 7 songs on UA-cam
Good job Jim !!! \m/
Thank you Sir!
Good band...Amazing video.😃👍
thanks man!
Love the video! Bästa som kunde hända denna långfredagskväll! I know Gotham City from Dan Edmans Cds he gave me a long time ago, I have a cd with early stuff, studio + live. And I really like them as charmy. But the later stuff is really good for real! Shit! They sometimes sound to me like a Tjeckish Iron Maiden.
Ingen påsk utan Gotham City hehe. :)
Very informative. I had not heard of them. Great video. 👍
Check out The Unknown, it will change your life. 👍
Great job man!
This is truly a fantastic yet overlooked band. Like most of the sweedish scene in the 80's tbh, at least when compared to british and us. Feel free to bring us more band content like this :D
I might. :) thank you. I think the Brits and the Americans had great scenes too.
@@RuthlessMetalYT They absolutely do, not arguing with that :p It's just that I've known bands from those scenes all my life and only a few years ago did i start to discover the amazing sweedish scene and a few of its bands. And I believe you will help to further spread the knowledge with this content. So thank you for that and keep 'em coming :D
@@TheWarizon yeah Ive had a thrash metal page and a swedish metal page since the early 2000s. but youtube is where the action is at.
@@RuthlessMetalYT Agree. And I think the timing is perfect as well. The tradicional scene is growing, a gigantic amount of bands are spawning and I believe fans are hungry to see the roots of the movement. As well as artists are always looking for 'new' inspirations. And well, the fans of bands like Gotham City or Mindless Sinner or Universe don't really get this type of videos anywhere. At least to my knowledge.
This was my very first introduction to the band it sounded like the 86 two song demo they was starting to sound more refined but to be fair this is all I have heard of them up to now
yeah, they like most bands got a bigger and perhaps a more mainstream sound towards the second half of the eighties, they never fully went down that path though.
great band, great video - thanx!!!
👍 thanks
Heard them in the 80's, forgot about them, then discovered them again, after a couple of years when I move to Umeå in 1994
Tur du vart på museet :D
@@tigermasken3657 🤘
Paddan?
@@RuthlessMetalYT Jajamensan. Sänkt många öl på museet, å lyssnat på Speedmetal 😁😁
@@antonyolsson349 gött!
I've never heard of them until this day.
No Batman in sight but great Heavy Metal for sure. Destiny and its ways ...
yes!
No way.. Bästa svenska bandet var Madison med Göran Edman." Oh randivous". Alternativ är Rising force med "making love". Tack för en bra site
bra skit det med. :)
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thank you Sir!
I love your videos can you do one of these on candlemass
maybe some day. :)
Where was I 9 months ago? How'd I miss this
I have no idea. ;)
@@RuthlessMetalYT I thought this was a new video, and was amazed I hadn't found it earlier. Really great work on the band's music career
@@godetonter4764 Thank you Sir! Unfortunately people only watch the videos about the big bands. ;:D
I hope this video leads to a reissue of their album.
I doubt it will, they dont seem to interested in it. I know that there has been some bootlegs floating around though.
Very interesting! I think the band sounds great, but the singer (Ola) isn't keeping up with the band in quality. Zackrisson however did.
Yeah Zackrisson has a better voice but I like Ola too, he has such a unique voice, that thick Swedish accent.
People that become fans/long-time listeners will usually end up viewing his vocals as a vital part of the Gotham experience. Like Ruth says, it's something different/unique. Endearing
Excellent . keep safe and keep rockin
Thank you Sir, the same 👍
The full (and correct) biography featuring interviews with four forming members will be featured in the re-issue to be out on Cult Metal Classics later this year.
Correction: The demo was recorded in 1982, not in 1981, as it was recorded AFTER the single, not before, as it was recorded as a demo for "Black Writs". The band DID record a demo prior to the single, but it was just a rehearsal porta demo that was never distributed (as it was incorrectly recorded).
You always deliver! looking forward to that. 🍻
I’ve known about the band since 2011. That’s when I was big into NWOBHM bands like Hammerhead, Triarchy, Paralex, Dark Star, Black Axe, Bitches Sin, Angel Witch, etc. I thought Gotham City should’ve been just as big as Iron Maiden, and nobody I’ve met seems to know of them, much less like any metal from the 1980’s.
Yes, they were amazing, but they were from the north of Sweden and only the bands from the big cities made it somewhat big.
I really liked their dark lyrics in songs like borderline or black writs…
FINALLY!!!!! Excellent band
Cheers!
With Swords and Chains we will go.
do a video on poison (the German black metal band)
Look what the cat dragged in. ;) just kidding. hehe 👍
So cool band, svensk metal är riktigt bra faktiskt!
Ja, Svensk 80tals metal slår det mesta!
The 1981 demo is well worth checking out, I think its versions of 1995 and Black Writs are better than on the MLP, and the version of Borderline is also of course much different with Ola on vocals: ua-cam.com/video/V_6F-jP9iMg/v-deo.html&ab_channel=HansMillingen
I saw a Gotham City "The Unknown" CD many years ago for about 80 sek...still regret that I didn't buy it...haven't seen one ever since and right now I saw one on eBay for 187 euro.
I think those are bootlegs. Bit even they can be expensive I guess.
@@RuthlessMetalYT Yes, boots indeed, but better than nothing (if reasonable priced), cuz there are unfortunately no official CD releases as far as I know of.
Gotham City were one of the best heavy metal bands of all time. Also Heavy Load, Omen, Manilla Road, Medieval Steel and so on. This is true heavy metal, those who know, know.
yes sir!
Hail from Perú
krokus, vandengberg so underrated too
Krokus is Swiss though, not Swedish. ;)
@@RuthlessMetalYT ok my bad
that map of sweden and the bands on the map in the beginning of the video. could you send could you send a link to that image?
I made that image long time ago, maybe it's on my instagram.
I didn’t think Ola Olhssan wasn’t really a bad vocalist, he was probably better for a punk band or something else kinda like Paul Dianno from Iron Maiden.
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Interesting choice of band to profile. I thought they were a good band, but not great. They certainly deserved more attention then they received.
I think they are one of the best metal bands in Europe and they are still somewhat obscure.
With swords and chains we will go! The Irish Gotham City fanclub is strong.
One of the best? I disagree.
But, music is subjective and I highly appreciate your passion, man.
listen to The Unknown again, it's amongst the greatest heavy metal albums for sure.
Uh oh be careful you may get hate mail for your comment. Band sucks
@@RuthlessMetalYT I will. I didnt mean they were bad. Just that they're not in my top list peronally.
@@TheVioletBunny you rage deleted your thread, you claimed to be 30 but act like a tween. Gotham City rules
@@ElizaWebbg because you people couldn’t get over the fact that someone didn’t like a band 🤷🏻♂️ and got tired of the constant notifications. Now go back to your regularly scheduled cheesy Viking power metal named after a comic book.
Those lyrics are bonkers
yeah, english is not their first language, but I think they managed to come up with some great lyrics at times even if it's not always correct. Cheers!
Äkta muskelrock!
jajjemän
Vart tog Ola vägen? En unik röst
Han la av.
Hörde ryktas för länge sen att han hade flyttat till Spanien.
Synd han skulle vart kvar och sjungit borderline på lp
Björn-Erik Melander later became a giant within the relaxation music genre :D
gigantus relaxus
They was great. But for me(born in norrland)the best band was/is 220 Volt from östersund. Have everything with that band,include their first single.
Ah, Jag är också Norrlänning men jag håller Gotham City högre. Plus 220 Volt mjäkade ur. ;)
Haha...tror säkert att Gotham också "mjäkat" ur med tiden OM dom fortsatt. Fast säker kan man ju inte vara😅🤘Rock on.
I want to own The Unknown so bad, the best Swedish Heavy Metal release bar none. Why is no one making a reissue???
I don't think the band is that interested in their old music, so that's why I guess. I have an original vinyl, it's getting pretty expensive these days. ;)
@@RuthlessMetalYT Well that's a crying shame. I take it you've had the vinyl for a while now? Must be worth a fortune
@@ShadowSamba yeah, I bought it some 20 years ago. :)
Only the good bands truly quit for good in the 1980s . All the lame bands had reunions in the new millennium, to the point where it's become ridiculous. I would have liked to have more Gotham City music from the 1980s, but they recorded Steel and Chains one of the greatest things ever recorded. It's actually a positive thing that at least a few bands don't pursue the KISS route. Sometimes you got to know when it's time to move on. The history speaks for itself
Yeah, one of the greatest to ever do it. ;)
I think he sounded a lot like Bruce Dickinson
hmm, I don't know if I agree with that. :D great singer though.
I'm saying that he sounded like Bruce Dickinson from his first three albums
yeah buddy he did it
Yes Sir! 👍
One of the greatest heavy metal bands of all time...one album...come on man!
Yes without a doubt. they also have an EP, one single and a few demos. They didn't write one bad song.
you wouldn't get it
Yo Jim
yo Zeke
@@RuthlessMetalYT how are you doing today
@@_giovannisanchez6032 Im doing good. how about you?
@@RuthlessMetalYT I’m doing good
Its a shame i cant find them on Spotify:(
their albums are uploaded to youtube, I've linked them in the description. :)
@@TheVioletBunny What do you listen to?
@@RuthlessMetalYT thanks ill check them out:)
Everyone hated this when it was new
Everyone hated what?
@@RuthlessMetalYT everyone hated epic Metal bands in 1984 . Everyone liked Pop Metal like Krokus , and Great White . Manilla Road , Gotham City , Cirith Ungol , and Keene Hue have always been my favorite bands , but prior to the Big European Power Metal explosion no one else shared my enthusiasm for real Metal
@@RuthlessMetalYT I realize people supported Iron Maiden , and Judas Priest , but the majority of people really only liked Screaming For Vengeance and the boring Iron Maiden songs like Trooper , and Run To the Hills . I am happy that bands like Gotham City , and Silver Mountain are finally shown the recognition they deserve
But where were all these supporters back when these bands were struggling ? It's almost become trendy to like more adventurous Medieval theme Heavy Metal these days
History of sludge metal please
I don't even know what that is-
Amazing video, thanks man
thank you!