@Morbid Angel is better than Death what's your problem ? Is that all about giving the man the nickname ? So ok, he's not godfather of death metal, he didn't consider the bands genre as desth metal at all. I believe it's all about the music and the thing we can learn and shit we can discuss about. \m/
@Morbid Angel is better than Death Dude, don’t get upset. I’ll grant you that Possessed/MA/Necrophagia have works that predate SBG (I consider Sepultura and Hellhammer as more thrash than death)... but Chuck eventually outgrew and outshone these acts. Death’s 90s output especially, shat all over them.
Ya no matter what this morbid angel guy says, Chuck is known as the godfather of death metal. It's a fact. Though other bands later considered to be death metal had some LPs out first, Death was the first to be pure Death Metal. Possessed was very much Thrash.
@@jesswise8680 he’s been a major influence on my own personal drumming since the early 90’s. In my top 5 favorite drummers of all time. Death’s previous drummer, Sean Reinart is pretty badass as well.
Right!?! He did just two songs which are really good but omg Death has an eternal bunch of epic songs and so much great riffs! Chuck was such a beast and inspiration for guitarists!
Chuck stands out, for many reasons. He wrote a lot about issues Death Metal bands used to shy away from. There are so many Death songs that are worthy of a reaction.
Strange timing with the dropping of the COB vid yesterday and today the band just happens to be Death. What kind of youtube voodoo shit are you pulling here Alex?!
"This is weird." This is progressive death metal. The answer to your final question of what is death metal, is yes, and no. Yes, in the sense that death metal usually revolves around themes of death, and no because lyrical themes never make a genre. The origin of the term "death metal" comes from one of two places. The band Possessed's debut demo 1984 was called "Death Metal." They played a far more aggressive and extreme version of death metal mixed with thrash metal. Likewise, Death (the band you just listened to), released their debut demo in the same year called "Death by Metal." A lot of the early death metal acts did indeed base their lyrics around themes of death, but that is not a requirement for the genre. The albums that proceeded Symbolic, specifically their first two, 1987's "Scream Bloody Gore" and 1988's "Leprosy" dealt heavily with themes of death and also had a more aggressive sound. They slowly became more and more progressive and their lyrics tended to deal with themes of a philosophical nature rather than morbid. The thing that matters most about genres is how it sounds and not what any of the lyrics mean. Death metal has a specific sound, it's in the harsh growling vocals that often make the singer sound like a zombie, the riffs, the barrelling drums, etc. There are loads of death metal bands that don't sing about morbid themes. Chuck's voice is one of the most iconic voices in death metal--in all of metal. RIP. But if you want some truly bizarre and out there vocals, try the band Demilich.
@@matthewellis8773 progressive death metal, my bad. Huge difference there, absolutely earth shattering difference. I don’t know how I let something of that magnitude slip past me. My apologies.
If you want to listen to more Death in the future here are some songs -Pull the plug -Zombie Ritual -Crystal Mountain -Evil Dead -Left to Die -The Philosopher -Spirit Crusher -Together as One -Voice of the Soul
finally you've found Death! ^^ please,please,please do Voice of the Soul next! i proposed this one like 30 times allready. :) i promose you won't be disappointed! Voice of the soul! :p
@@TheCJHowes lol yeah they did but not because I requested it. I want others to hear it too. These days I think too many artists are focusing too much on vocals and they are throwing generic music together just as a backdrop for the “voice” and most these singers are going way over the top just to be noticed. I understand why but it does not serve good music in my opinion.
@@TheCJHowes plus I really enjoy someone actually hear a lot of the stuff that I constantly heard put down and classified as bad or evil without giving it the chance it deserved.
Death-symbolic... The greatest death metal album EVER! Listening the whole album is a must... All songs together form an extreme experieance... On the end you can lay back, in sweting and reflect to the experience. Chuck is a God! RIP
Funny enough, Spiritual Healing is my least favorite Death album. Nothing bad, just mostly unremarkable songs. Scream Bloody Gore and Leprosy are also low down on the list. Their progressive, experimental albums are their best in my opinion (Individual Thought Patterns, Human, Symbolic).
@@c4gam1ng12 I was about to say this, alot of people have it last. Alot of people have it first. This is how fucking good they (He?) Was. Any order of the 7 albums is respectable and nobody can argue.
@@jeffthejinjer They absolutely were. They slayed throughout the 90s too! They still hold up nowadays, but their first decade or so was definitely their prime!
@@RoRo-vr6wx it talks about how we people are not "safe" anymore. They always watch every move we make, we have no a private life and we are enslaved in some way without knowing or caring about it.
While it's not my favorite album over all, Symbolic is pretty darn good and probably the best album by Death. :) Although Overactive Imagination and The Sound of Perserverance are close behind. :) The only Death album I don't really like is Spiritual Healing.
First off. Rest In Peace Alexi Laiho. Second, Death is so amazing. Chuck's vocals change quite a bit album to album. You should do a deeper delve on them in your own time.
As someone who has grown up and lost their innocence long ago this song is so very meaningful. It’s one of my fav songs by Death. It saddens me that we lost Chuck so early. RIP.
Death takes patience, but they're oh so rewarding. Regarding "E," I think you would have a ton of fun with metal's dance anthem, Exodus' "Toxic Waltz."
Yeah man I asked to see some nevermore since the singer died in 2017. I asked on every video for years, Alex completely ignored it. Now I've given up and don't care sadly.
[E] Escape the Fate - This War is Ours. Wow, I’ve never listened to them and I was simply surprised at how artistic that solo was. A lot of metal is speed, taps, and sweeps.... like “look at me!” But that was just, “hey let’s make it awesome!”
For E- Eluveitie there's a long list of amazing songs so I'll list a few 'A Rose For Epona' 'Breathe' 'The Slumber' Also have to say it again when you get to F please do Fleshgod Apocalypse-Epilogue
@@stain6669 I think never enough is mainstream and linear. This song sounds just like any Evanescence song... And there is nothing amazing in this song. But a song like Chasing The Dragon, Kingdom of Heaven or Consign to oblivion are the best way to show how great is this band. Never Enough is not so representative of Epica. Not saying that it's not a good song... But I hope, that if he choose Epica, it will be an other song...
everytime I hear the 3:00 (proper dead metal drums) is like hearing a RUclips speeded up x2 hahaa the lyrics of this song is really deep. Love how these metal bands have one bunch of song with deep meanings
You should check some songs from the last Death album The Sound Of Perseverance. Musically is their most interesting album, especially songs like Scavenger Of Human Sorrow, Spirit Crusher, Flesh And The Power It Holds, To Forgive Is To Suffer or Voice Of A Soul
@@TBaggins96 Because Bite The Pain isn't as melodic as the other songs. I personally think that Bite The Pain would fit more to Symbolic than Sound Of Perseverance
For E, do Exodus, either Like Father Like Son or War Is My Shepherd. Everyone's saying do Toxic Waltz and, well, while a well known song from them it doesn't really encompass what they are.
I'd say Seeds of hate may be a good example what they represent or even Another lesson in violence. From their newer stuff, definitely more aggresive and musically more complex -imo- but Dukes is hard to swallow at first.
Death = The birth of progressive death metal. Used to clam bake with my buddy for hours in his car listening to this stuff back in the early/mid nineties. Brings back some memories. Good music. Inspired a lot of us guitar players still to this day.
The name 'Death' was a tribute to singer/guitarist/founder Chuck Schuldiner's brother Frank, who died in a car accident at 16, when Chuck was 9. His parents bought him a guitar to help him cope with the grief.
Hey Alex! Death is generally considered to be one of two bands that invented Death Metal in the late 80s. Their first album "Scream Bloody Gore" was conceived as the soundtrack to pretty gory horror movies that founder and leader Chuck Schuldiner enjoyed watching. The lyrics were about death, blood and mutilation and the like. So that is basically the core of the genre. Gory horror for the joy of the shock. But Death soon outgrew this. As early as the second album Leprosy there was the song "Pull the Plug" which is about Chuck Schuldiner's brother who had died tragically. For a while he was on life support with no hope for recovery, a traumatic experience for the family. From there it got ever more philosophical. Ok, it mostly revolved around philosophical matters of life and death so the death part was never abandoned, but it was no longer gory and no longer about the horror movie aspect.
![ABCs of Metal - [E] - Eluveitie - "Inis Mona" (REACTION!!)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/glNSQlKybRQ/mqdefault.jpg)
Death is the best metal band. R.I.P to The Godfather of death metal.
@Morbid Angel is better than Death Yeah, sure :))
@Morbid Angel is better than Death what's your problem ? Is that all about giving the man the nickname ? So ok, he's not godfather of death metal, he didn't consider the bands genre as desth metal at all. I believe it's all about the music and the thing we can learn and shit we can discuss about. \m/
@Morbid Angel is better than Death godfather of death metal is the name that chuck is commonly referred to as
@Morbid Angel is better than Death
Dude, don’t get upset. I’ll grant you that Possessed/MA/Necrophagia have works that predate SBG (I consider Sepultura and Hellhammer as more thrash than death)... but Chuck eventually outgrew and outshone these acts.
Death’s 90s output especially, shat all over them.
Ya no matter what this morbid angel guy says, Chuck is known as the godfather of death metal. It's a fact. Though other bands later considered to be death metal had some LPs out first, Death was the first to be pure Death Metal. Possessed was very much Thrash.
This whole album is a masterpiece.
There aren't few Schuldiner things that aren't so.
Is this their best album ?
@@jesswise8680 in my opinion, yes.
@@jpace4608 I like them with gene hogan drumming, he’s incredible, it completely blows my mind
@@jesswise8680 he’s been a major influence on my own personal drumming since the early 90’s. In my top 5 favorite drummers of all time. Death’s previous drummer, Sean Reinart is pretty badass as well.
You definitely need to bring more Death reactions.
Right!?! He did just two songs which are really good but omg Death has an eternal bunch of epic songs and so much great riffs! Chuck was such a beast and inspiration for guitarists!
Yes yes yes
so true....chuck was an absolute genius and a legend
Spiritual Healing album review?
@@thrashtildeth247 alex isnt even aware that the album exist
Chuck stands out, for many reasons. He wrote a lot about issues Death Metal bands used to shy away from. There are so many Death songs that are worthy of a reaction.
most of them are worthy a reaction tbh
@@eternal_sl4ughter all of them are worthy a reaction
Perennial quest
So true!
@@GavinJBerry-kq1jq My favorite Death track overall! The outro in that song could literally go on forever! And so beautiful!
RIP Alexi Laiho. May he be never forgotten...
Legends never die Alexi always will be in our heart's
♥️♥️
Strange timing with the dropping of the COB vid yesterday and today the band just happens to be Death. What kind of youtube voodoo shit are you pulling here Alex?!
@@TomTom13031 Was literally about to post the same thing.
Hell has a new angel
Chuck was a genius. We lost him way to soon.
Nobody will ever do death metal like him
@@ethansteen8880 too true. Scream Bloody Gore is a legendary record but I think he would still be blowing minds today. True master of his craft.
Chuck was a legend - this is Death's second best song in my opinion. Please, I beg you to check out Flesh and the Power it Holds at some point!
Agree. Trapped in a corner, the philosopher, pull the plug
My favourite!!
Bite the Pain...
I also recommended this previously
@@eduardopardo8739 Yeah! Also Spiritual Healing, Crystal Mountain, Voice of the Soul and Within the Mind
"This is weird." This is progressive death metal.
The answer to your final question of what is death metal, is yes, and no. Yes, in the sense that death metal usually revolves around themes of death, and no because lyrical themes never make a genre. The origin of the term "death metal" comes from one of two places. The band Possessed's debut demo 1984 was called "Death Metal." They played a far more aggressive and extreme version of death metal mixed with thrash metal. Likewise, Death (the band you just listened to), released their debut demo in the same year called "Death by Metal." A lot of the early death metal acts did indeed base their lyrics around themes of death, but that is not a requirement for the genre. The albums that proceeded Symbolic, specifically their first two, 1987's "Scream Bloody Gore" and 1988's "Leprosy" dealt heavily with themes of death and also had a more aggressive sound. They slowly became more and more progressive and their lyrics tended to deal with themes of a philosophical nature rather than morbid.
The thing that matters most about genres is how it sounds and not what any of the lyrics mean. Death metal has a specific sound, it's in the harsh growling vocals that often make the singer sound like a zombie, the riffs, the barrelling drums, etc. There are loads of death metal bands that don't sing about morbid themes.
Chuck's voice is one of the most iconic voices in death metal--in all of metal. RIP. But if you want some truly bizarre and out there vocals, try the band Demilich.
Nothing more fitting for progressive metal than a page long explanation for it
Don't think Alex really cares mate 😂
@@billythesentinel1164...it wasn't an explanation for progressive metal...
@@matthewellis8773 progressive death metal, my bad. Huge difference there, absolutely earth shattering difference. I don’t know how I let something of that magnitude slip past me. My apologies.
@@billythesentinel1164 I know that reading is especially challenging, but it wasn't an explanation for progressive death metal either.
Death got me into Death Metal
It was obituary for me
same here....and there still my number 1
It was Cannibal Corpse for me.
Yup
Same, even if I've got deeper into the genre, still number 1 for me.
If you want to listen to more Death in the future here are some songs
-Pull the plug
-Zombie Ritual
-Crystal Mountain
-Evil Dead
-Left to Die
-The Philosopher
-Spirit Crusher
-Together as One
-Voice of the Soul
Crystal mountain is must.
Where's leprosy n infernal death
You forgot every other song
Bite the pain
Living Monstrosity
DEATH "Voice of the soul - amazing instrumental art
Alex, the drums are done by the one and only Gene "The Atomic Clock" Hoglan.
E: Exodus - Blacklist !
The toxic waltz is my fav!
Blacklist gotta be my fav!!
@@an33nielsen52 kk
@@RoRo-vr6wx And if you hit the floor you can always crawl.
E : Exodus - Bonded by blood live at wacken 2008
E : Eluveitie - Deathwalker
Also, glad you chose Symbolic, it's such a great track!
finally you've found Death! ^^ please,please,please do Voice of the Soul next! i proposed this one like 30 times allready. :) i promose you won't be disappointed! Voice of the soul! :p
Absolutely!! A must. I’ve requested it at other reaction channels and none of those have done it yet either.
@@rogerbarton4182 I think Kel and Rich have reacted to it!
@@TheCJHowes lol yeah they did but not because I requested it. I want others to hear it too. These days I think too many artists are focusing too much on vocals and they are throwing generic music together just as a backdrop for the “voice” and most these singers are going way over the top just to be noticed. I understand why but it does not serve good music in my opinion.
@@TheCJHowes plus I really enjoy someone actually hear a lot of the stuff that I constantly heard put down and classified as bad or evil without giving it the chance it deserved.
Yes!!!!!!! A thousand times yes!
Ensiferum - Rum, Women, Victory
Eluveitie - Rebirth
Exodus - Toxic Waltz
Death - Overactive Imagination
Death-symbolic... The greatest death metal album EVER! Listening the whole album is a must... All songs together form an extreme experieance... On the end you can lay back, in sweting and reflect to the experience. Chuck is a God! RIP
Literally I was listening Death when i saw the notification LOL!
Same here! Death is such a load of great instrumental and lyrics!
thats what heros do
One of my all time fav metal bands ever
Death got me obsessed into guitar, my love for this band is so big I learn how to shred within a year of guitar playing because of Chuck. RIP my hero.
E - ELUVEITIE - Inis Mona from Masters Of Rock 2019
Definitely need to listen to.
Yes, Eluvietie, Inis Mona is a great intro to them.
Don’t care which one but 100 percent on eluveitie
Rebirth is the best option is a good combination of the 2 vocalist from the band
E should be Emperor-The Loss and Curse of Reverence!
finally death react to more death metal songs
Imo, Death's best record is "Spiritual Healing" his screams are lower and deeper with ecen chunkier riffs
Funny enough, Spiritual Healing is my least favorite Death album. Nothing bad, just mostly unremarkable songs. Scream Bloody Gore and Leprosy are also low down on the list. Their progressive, experimental albums are their best in my opinion (Individual Thought Patterns, Human, Symbolic).
@@c4gam1ng12 I was about to say this, alot of people have it last. Alot of people have it first. This is how fucking good they (He?) Was.
Any order of the 7 albums is respectable and nobody can argue.
E - Entombed
O - Obituary
Yesss, both fantastic bands 🤘🤘
Obituary was heavy as hell back in their day! Slowly we rot was brutal!
@@jeffthejinjer They absolutely were. They slayed throughout the 90s too! They still hold up nowadays, but their first decade or so was definitely their prime!
@@jeffthejinjer What do you mean “back in the day”? LOL. They still crush it to this day!🤘🏻
@@joeb9793 Awesome I haven't listened to them since the 90's...didn't realize they were still playing!
React to 1000 Eyes by Death. Chuck predicted the future!! Beautiful song!
In what way?
For real, such a good song
@@RoRo-vr6wx check the lyrics and you will understand
@@Alex-kg6ih i hv... what was it about tho?
@@RoRo-vr6wx it talks about how we people are not "safe" anymore. They always watch every move we make, we have no a private life and we are enslaved in some way without knowing or caring about it.
Man, read all the comments under last reaction of Everytime I Die, you missed the news Alexi has passed away..
wait wtf r u saying bru ? 😭 ur being sarcastic right ?
Maybe he made this video before it was anounced ?
@@salehbourai9028 Nope, it's true sadly
@@salehbourai9028 Sadly, no.
It was said he had been battling health issues for a while
Exodus - Downfall
Exodus - Blacklist
Exodus - Children of a worthless god
March of the Sycophants
Downfall gets my vote, but really anything from Dukes era.
He did Downfall before.
Lots to choose from. Exodus is one of those bands where their music post 2001 after their reunion got so much better than their previous work.
Exodus? Toxic Waltz
Thank you for this!
This is my favorite album and Death is really important band for me and for metal world 💚
While it's not my favorite album over all, Symbolic is pretty darn good and probably the best album by Death. :) Although Overactive Imagination and The Sound of Perserverance are close behind. :) The only Death album I don't really like is Spiritual Healing.
My fav too
For E you should consider checking out Entombed - Left Hand Path. It's a death metal classic and that ending solo will blow your fucking mind.
A man of culture
RIP Petrov
E, Exodus- Blacklist
Rest In Peace Chuck. A truly magnificent composer.
For E please check out Eluveitie-Rebirth!!!!
“I” for Immortal - All Shall Fall
Hell ya
First off. Rest In Peace Alexi Laiho.
Second, Death is so amazing. Chuck's vocals change quite a bit album to album. You should do a deeper delve on them in your own time.
Chuck was Mozart in death metal history.. RIP Chuck
E-Exodus Strike Of The Beast Paul Baloff Studio Version
As someone who has grown up and lost their innocence long ago this song is so very meaningful. It’s one of my fav songs by Death. It saddens me that we lost Chuck so early. RIP.
E- Ensiferum Rum, Women, Victory. Awesome, super catchy song and a really great video
Or do In my Sword i Trust?
@@SortenRavn honestly, there's like 2 dozen songs that would be great from them
@@r3ngokuking yea, and about damn time someone starts to react to them xS
For Sirens is a much better, and much catchier song from the same album
@@TBaggins96 Iron, Lai Lai Hei or Into Battle
E - Enslaved - Roots of the Mountain, Thoughts like Hammers or Death in the Eyes of Dawn.
E might stand for Exodus - war is my sheppard
One doesn't smile when he/she listens to death metal. DM invokes anger, aggression , violence and for true metalhead....serenity :D
Finally music from Death. You need to listen HAVOK- FROM THE CRADLE TO RTHE GRAVE
Ingsoc! It's 1984!
This is the first time i heard this track and it's a freakin masterpiece.
O: Obscura - Akroasis
N: Necrophagist - The Stillborn One
Obituary
Drummer on this album was Gene Hoglan. One of the best metal drummers.
Ensiferum- In My Sword I Trust.
I'm so happy that you finally grab some classics
E: Eluveitie, Evergrey, Exodus, Ensiferium, Epica, Escape The Fate.
Evile ; )
Ektomorf
*Ensiferum
Equilibrium
Edguy - sacrifice, vain glory opera, until we rise again, the devil and the savant, the pharaoh.
MYSTERIA
One of the best metal albums I've ever heard!
Death takes patience, but they're oh so rewarding. Regarding "E," I think you would have a ton of fun with metal's dance anthem, Exodus' "Toxic Waltz."
NEKROGOBLIKON WE NEED A GIMMICK PLEASE, been requesting this song for over a year! You won't be disappointed
Lol its definitely a gimmick
Its my favorite song from them. Alex has to see this one
Necrogoblikon - No one survives please:)
That one is good too, powercore maybe on Alex's level though
Yeah man I asked to see some nevermore since the singer died in 2017.
I asked on every video for years, Alex completely ignored it. Now I've given up and don't care sadly.
For E, "Ensiferum - Into Battle". DO IT!
yes!
I concur! Any Ensiferum song from the first two albums.
E: Exodus - Bonded by Blood or The Toxic Waltz
"Toxic Waltz"!!! 🤘 😁 🤘
Dude, you're progressing as a metalhead. Glad to see hip-hop fan checking all-time classics.. Let the Metal Flow!
For E Eluveitie - Tegernako or Embers fall -We become fire
Tegernako is such an underrated song
[E] Escape the Fate - This War is Ours.
Wow, I’ve never listened to them and I was simply surprised at how artistic that solo was. A lot of metal is speed, taps, and sweeps.... like “look at me!” But that was just, “hey let’s make it awesome!”
After the ABC's.... DEATH - Flesh and the Power It Holds. The song that hooked me in to them like a fishy
I still say that Deaths Crystal mountain has one of the best transition cords ever recorded
For E- Eluveitie there's a long list of amazing songs so I'll list a few 'A Rose For Epona' 'Breathe' 'The Slumber'
Also have to say it again when you get to F please do Fleshgod Apocalypse-Epilogue
Inis Mona!!! it was their first album, this is just catchiest song ever:)
Or Omnos ...
For that true Helvetia feel
E - Evergrey "Solitude Within", "Blinded", "A Touch of Blessing", "The Essence of Conviction" or "Wrong".
You won't be disappointed by the feels.
Epica - Never Enough
Fit for an Autopsy "Still We Destroy"
Never enough is not the best Epica song... Why not Chasing the Dragon
@@vrslash1 i said never enough because it Was my first an is still my favorite . but it,s only my opinion
@@stain6669 I think never enough is mainstream and linear. This song sounds just like any Evanescence song... And there is nothing amazing in this song. But a song like Chasing The Dragon, Kingdom of Heaven or Consign to oblivion are the best way to show how great is this band. Never Enough is not so representative of Epica. Not saying that it's not a good song... But I hope, that if he choose Epica, it will be an other song...
Eluveitie - breathe for [E], amazing song
For E react to Eluveitie - The Call of the Mountains (Live at Masters of Rock 2019)
When you get to letter R checkout Rivers of Nihil "Where Owls Know My Name" or "The Silent Life"
Singer and guitarist of Children of Bodom actually sadly died yesterday.
last week*
@@1cedcoffee ahh fair. Guess it was kept a bit quiet. Or at least I didn't see it. Sucks though. Great guitarist and frontman
everytime I hear the 3:00 (proper dead metal drums) is like hearing a RUclips speeded up x2 hahaa the lyrics of this song is really deep. Love how these metal bands have one bunch of song with deep meanings
For E: Eluveitie "Rebirth"
E: Enslaved- Homebound
Or Entombed- Left hand path
You should check some songs from the last Death album The Sound Of Perseverance. Musically is their most interesting album, especially songs like Scavenger Of Human Sorrow, Spirit Crusher, Flesh And The Power It Holds, To Forgive Is To Suffer or Voice Of A Soul
People never mention Bite the Pain though...
@@TBaggins96 Because Bite The Pain isn't as melodic as the other songs. I personally think that Bite The Pain would fit more to Symbolic than Sound Of Perseverance
@@raven4404 Maybe so. Still, I get that moody intro stuck in my head more than any other moment from that album
TSOP IS ACTUALLY A GREAT ALBUM!
[E] Exodus - funeral hynm, live at Wacken
For E, do Exodus, either Like Father Like Son or War Is My Shepherd. Everyone's saying do Toxic Waltz and, well, while a well known song from them it doesn't really encompass what they are.
I'd say Seeds of hate may be a good example what they represent or even Another lesson in violence. From their newer stuff, definitely more aggresive and musically more complex -imo- but Dukes is hard to swallow at first.
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR MORE DEATH! My favorite band.
For E: Exodus - Toxic Waltz
Yup
You wouldn't have Alexi without Chuck. RIP Alexi and Chuck, 2 absolute legends!
For L, check out Lacuna Coil. Their song "Swamped" is my favorite. You'll love the singer Christina's voice.
Fun fact. Drummer Gene Hoglan recorded this with a broken back...
E - EPICA
The official live video of "The Essence of Silence" is amazing!
I love how you thoroughly enjoy it it reminds me of when I first got into metal lolol
E: Edguy - Vain Glory Opera
nearly 30 years old....and still awesome and a masterpiece
Eluveitie - Inis Mona, let's show some love to folk metal!!!
Gotta give you props Alex for having a pair of good quality open headphones. Also love your lyric response, Chuck was amazing lyrically
I have three for E. You can pick one though.
Edguy - Theater of Salvation
Exodus - Toxic Waltz
Elvenking - The Wanderer
Death = The birth of progressive death metal. Used to clam bake with my buddy for hours in his car listening to this stuff back in the early/mid nineties. Brings back some memories. Good music. Inspired a lot of us guitar players still to this day.
Norwegian black metal band Emperor
The name 'Death' was a tribute to singer/guitarist/founder Chuck Schuldiner's brother Frank, who died in a car accident at 16, when Chuck was 9. His parents bought him a guitar to help him cope with the grief.
React to Emperor- Black Wizard
Epica- Abyss of Time!
Please react for the next letter "E" to "Deathamphetamine" by Exodus. One of my favorite songs by them. It's a 8 minute Thrash Metal masterpiece
i love that you get the incredible depth and philosophy in the lyrics,
D - DOWN - Bury me in Smoke.....come on Alex. I've been asking for a long time. I know you will love it
not a single bad song in their entire catalog. Please react more to them.
EPICA - Consign to Oblivion live at the Zenith, completely amazing in every way 🤘
There's so much to hear in this album. I remember when I bought it back in 1995... couldn't stop hearing it. What a classic !!!
E - Eluveitie - Rebirth
Hey Alex! Death is generally considered to be one of two bands that invented Death Metal in the late 80s. Their first album "Scream Bloody Gore" was conceived as the soundtrack to pretty gory horror movies that founder and leader Chuck Schuldiner enjoyed watching. The lyrics were about death, blood and mutilation and the like. So that is basically the core of the genre. Gory horror for the joy of the shock. But Death soon outgrew this. As early as the second album Leprosy there was the song "Pull the Plug" which is about Chuck Schuldiner's brother who had died tragically. For a while he was on life support with no hope for recovery, a traumatic experience for the family. From there it got ever more philosophical. Ok, it mostly revolved around philosophical matters of life and death so the death part was never abandoned, but it was no longer gory and no longer about the horror movie aspect.
EPICA -- "Kingdom of Heaven" or their new one "Abyss of Time"
I was literally listening to this album on the way to work.....this is getting spooky