Jeff is an awesome musician, Leviathan is probably some Of the best black metal to come out of the states. I'd like to see him do some new material. Great interview.
Legendary musician. Leviathan was one of the first USBM bands I heard as a teenager, was one of the biggest influences for me. The Tenth Sublevel of Suicide is still one of my favorite albums.
Skateboarding was my gateway into music in the late 80's early 90's. From punk/hardcore into thrash, then Death metal and black metal throughout the 90's. I can relate to everything he's saying here, growing up in that era.
Absolutely love this man and what his music has done for me personally, the vitriol and shared hopelessness really kept me going through some dumb shit. Such a cool guy I’d love to get a tattoo from him one day
Great episode! I'm a big fan of Leviathan and Lurker all of his releases are awesome and made a big impact on me in the early 2000s particularly hearing Tenth Sub Level the first time
I've always appreciated how the music in Leviathan and Lurker has space and breathes. I told my friends that Scar Sighted was my favorite jazz record at the time. I still listen to that album a lot because the soundscape is experimental and pleasing to my ears
Someone should tell Jef about Session: Skate (PC, Xbox One, PS5), it's a great skating simulator, could bring him some joy now that he can't physically skate anymore. Takes some getting used to but is good fun once you get it.
Glad you did an interview with Wrest. “Tentacles of whorror” is my personal favorite Record from Leviathan. I’m glad he’s still working on another album. Yeah he’s right, no such thing as good antifa bm 😂. It’s actually a fact . Also didn’t know people talked smack about his cover photo with his daughter on a magazine. Smh
I miss skateboarding. My brother was KINDA pro about 20 years ago and even scored me a poster signed by Andrew Reynolds. Now, I have stuff signed by Scott Conner and Varg Vikernes!
I wish you had had him discuss his catalog of albums, more thoroughly. You were just kind of shooting the breeze with him. Lol don’t get me wrong. That was cool, but I wanted to hear about his music more.
I'm glad Wrest opened up this much. It's great to hear the back story. For the longest time when I was a younger one, I always thought bm musicians had very unrelatable lives, lol. Hails \,,\
Any chance you’ll ever do a reissue of the first two Abominator LP’s? Those are in desperate need of reissuing and are some of my favorite Black Metal albums.
lived in San Francisco many years wrote graffiti and had a blast.. it's gone downhill and I don't even go there anymore unless it's to check out amoeba or visit a friend...🤘☕🚬
Leviathan (and everything he is involved with) and Nachtmystium are my top two musical artists right now. Powerful, extreme, emotional music. I want to make my own music someday.
For me too! Don't stop trying to learn and create your own music even if you don't have physical instruments or money to pay for music lessons. I am in a similar situation, I just got a guitar (second hand by the way), I have two drumsticks and... some chair parts that I use as "pads" to play, and a computer with a DAW. At the moment this is what I have, but I am learning music in a self-taught way, although eventually when I have money I will take private lessons and continue learning. I want to do my one man project and do Black Metal and other genres, Xasthur, LVTHN, LoC, Twilight, etc. They are my biggest inspirations. Use all your negativity to transform it into something empowering as Jef always told us. By the way, I recommend you to listen to Draugar (is the Black Metal project of Tim Lehi, Jef's friend who is also a tattoo artist). It's really cool Black Metal!
@@-Aphonos- Checking out their metal archives now to listen to the. I'll try my best! My boss and his son both make music and have many instruments and tools. I hope all goes well for the both of us..!
@@stowlicters8362 Friend, take advantage, take advantage! Try to tell them that if there is a possibility that they can lend you something or even teach you. It's always good to try to connect with everything related to music and more so with people you can relate to. ✨🤝 And thank you, my friend! I hope that it will be like this for both of us, to do some musical projects and get our ideas out and share them!
Mexico City?! Dude! If Jef could come to that event in December, I would go CRAZY. I live near Mexico City so it would practically be my dream come true to meet him in person but it seems that won't be possible. 😔 But anyway, I loved this interview so much. It helped me a lot with my personal and creative aspects. Jef, if you ever stop by the video here, I want to tell you that you are one of my biggest creative and musical inspirations. I am facing all this adversity in life after listening to your demos and releases. Thanks, sir. I'm in the creative process of making my one-man project. 🤘
@@MortalFear-mt4ovTG is the best… We all know how he changed skateboarding as a whole But Tommy is an incredible musician… I’ve had the honor to jam with him several times ❤️🔥
Hails wrest!!! I have most of your music and its truly incredible powerful art and im happy to be a diehard fan of Leviathan and Lurker Of Chalice. Your music has touched my life and helped me through alot of dark shit. Ive never called bands like Silencer, Bethlehem, Xasthur, Leviathan etc DSBM. its misanthropic black metal! HAILS WREST!
I will never understand how someone can just stop listening to a band because of someones politics or doing something shitty. It just doesn't make sense to me. Clearly, to those people the music meant little, nothing more than some entertainment for the night.
@@Axeheavy322 I hung out and smoked cigarettes with the main dude of Panopticon for like half an hour outside a show just bullshitting , had no clue who he was until he was like "hey I gotta go play" hahaha
some people do do something with the negativity even people who do channel it & make great art, they end up taking their own lives like Erik Grim Brødreskift. sometimes it gets to be too much from too many people &they don't see another way away from all of it other than to take their own lives & escape all of it.*(from the way you guys talk about the guy from one of jef's other bands, the kid with the cape&rose reading oscar wilde as lyrics, you just seem like regular jock douchebags**{in a way bullying someone who you see yourself as better than, i do it with someone like John Wayne Gacy because he was genuinely a piece of shit that i see myself as better than because i don't rape&murder people unwillingly or even at all which i'm sure people like Euronymous might not appreciate given some of his beliefs or at least the ones we know mostly about.} who are into "this" instead of "that". i thought there was supposed to be more of a difference than just aesthetics.)***(i find it very strange that so many people try to make a name for themselves in whatever field they try to get into&then a lot of the times they'll sit around talking shit about other people who "drop names" while dropping names themselves.some people's names should be spoken about more imo because of what's happened to them, like Euronymous&Grim)*****(they should be spoken about more accurately, not how the majority of people like my ex&family&neighbours seem to do about me.)
This has to be the longest recorded interview with Wrest online
It's great to see!
Jeff is an awesome musician, Leviathan is probably some Of the best black metal to come out of the states. I'd like to see him do some new material. Great interview.
Legendary musician. Leviathan was one of the first USBM bands I heard as a teenager, was one of the biggest influences for me. The Tenth Sublevel of Suicide is still one of my favorite albums.
What's legendary about it? A legendary one might be the Order From Chaos.
@@petrichor546different strokes for different folks my friend
Awesome to see some footage of wrest !
Skateboarding was my gateway into music in the late 80's early 90's. From punk/hardcore into thrash, then Death metal and black metal throughout the 90's. I can relate to everything he's saying here, growing up in that era.
Same with me but in the 2010s, I’ll always be a skater at heart
@@understanding77probably most of us were the same man
Jeff is such a genuine human being. I loved his interviews on the OMM documentary.
Both you guys are legends. Thanks for the interview.
Legends live forever, but only when they are dead.
Amazing interview, maybe the most we've seen so far of Jef online
Jef’s honesty about drugs and alcohol is inspiring.
Where was he commenting on that?
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I saw Wrest smile and it made me immediately smile. Mark your calendars.
HECK YES! So good to see Jef doing well. Great interview.
Also, Thunder Trucks owe BACK TAXES
Absolutely love this man and what his music has done for me personally, the vitriol and shared hopelessness really kept me going through some dumb shit. Such a cool guy I’d love to get a tattoo from him one day
glad to hear that "DSBM" rant, that's 100% true
Awesome interview. Have had a ton of friends get tattooed by Jef over the years. Top notch guy.
Awesome interview ,Wrest is one of my favorite artists of all time. Good to see him doing well 🐐
Just got tattooed by Wrest 2 months ago!
Jef is a fucking wizard, thanks for putting this out.
Thx YK and WHTHD for this. Thx for the sk8 rant and hails To Helios and NWN.
I've had the chance to hangout with jef many times back in the early 2010s. Super talented guy, and a really cool dude.
This dude is so badass. This interview gives such an insight to how human Jef is. Such rich, incredible experiences he's had.
Had a great experience getting tattooed by Jef last Summer
Great episode! I'm a big fan of Leviathan and Lurker all of his releases are awesome and made a big impact on me in the early 2000s particularly hearing Tenth Sub Level the first time
Jef is the best US black metal musician hands down.
I always look forward to hearing new interviews on here! So entertaining... Please keep doing them, I really enjoy them alot
I've always appreciated how the music in Leviathan and Lurker has space and breathes. I told my friends that Scar Sighted was my favorite jazz record at the time. I still listen to that album a lot because the soundscape is experimental and pleasing to my ears
Got a tat from him a few days ago finally, he's a great guy. Had some cool chats about metal, best tattoo experience ever!
Thanks for this conversation!
Great interview with Wrest, glad he is doing well
Love hearing Jeff shout out Dan Higgs. Huge inspiration to myself as well and I suspect a secret inspiration to more bm than people might suspect
the Lungfish fella?
Agreed. Higgs Rules.
1:41:35
What he MEANT was.... Your recording sounds like its under water. lol
This was a pretty good chat. Glad to have come across it.
Great interview/chat, Jef's an infinitely interesting guy !!
King crimson really interesting disciple's of mockery t is fiting as well 🤘🤘
Thanks for all the great content.
Hails from Alberta Yosuke!
great interview
Holy shit I'm so fucking glad to have this. Fucking love you Jef.
A musical treasure and inspiration 🤘🔥
I luv Twilight… wish they would’ve made more music and play live.
yeah that band was great
Hope that unreleased Lurker of Chalice material gets a release
Wonder if Devout Records in Portland is ever going to reopen
S.F. A magical place in the 70s/80s/90s. Pheneomenal music and art from all genres. We would go and visit my cousins.
......when I was young, didn't want to leave....
“ a picked on loner screaming his head off playing powerful guitar 🎸 “ Wrest , OMM
Holy shit. Hailz to both, Jef is one of a kind!
Amazing stuff fucking hell, Jef's looking gnarly as always.... cracking stream, thanks!
One of my favorite artists, people. I lived in San Jose for a couple years and used to think of him all the time
Someone should tell Jef about Session: Skate (PC, Xbox One, PS5), it's a great skating simulator, could bring him some joy now that he can't physically skate anymore. Takes some getting used to but is good fun once you get it.
The king.
Glad you did an interview with Wrest.
“Tentacles of whorror” is my personal favorite Record from Leviathan.
I’m glad he’s still working on another album.
Yeah he’s right, no such thing as good antifa bm 😂. It’s actually a fact .
Also didn’t know people talked smack about his cover photo with his daughter on a magazine. Smh
Great man opening up, zero fucks given. Utmost Respect!
Jef talks about upcoming LP 1:35:42
Great interview
Amazing musician, a creative genius. PS True Traitor is my favourite Leviathan record, thanks for the killer music Jef.
About to be reissued on Profound Lore very soon
I proudly got the moon tattoo from Jeff! HAILZ
I miss skateboarding. My brother was KINDA pro about 20 years ago and even scored me a poster signed by Andrew Reynolds. Now, I have stuff signed by Scott Conner and Varg Vikernes!
Jef is the man
fuck yeah im so ready for his next project
I'm only a little bit into the interview but I gotta say, I would've never guessed that Jef Whitehead was a fan of Van Halen and jazz fusion lol
He also hates Blues haha. But yep, he has mentioned in some past interviews that VH and Jazz Fusion are his taste.
=VH= for life!!! 😉
@@jefwhitehead4301 Hey Mr. Wrest! I hope you're well!
best interview with Wrest
So many hailz! This guy is such an inspiration.
Yosuke, my dude, that room echo is killing me. Cool interview nonetheless….hailz!
Tommy Guerrero was so fun to watch back in the day! Epic.
Great interview!!!
I wish you had had him discuss his catalog of albums, more thoroughly. You were just kind of shooting the breeze with him. Lol don’t get me wrong. That was cool, but I wanted to hear about his music more.
I'm glad Wrest opened up this much. It's great to hear the back story.
For the longest time when I was a younger one, I always thought bm musicians had very unrelatable lives, lol.
Hails \,,\
Love u Jef
No better place to be in a kid in a grouphome than early '80s SF...That explains a lot right there
Super intelligent dude
Love Jaclyn Sheer. Essential contributor to USBM.
Any chance you’ll ever do a reissue of the first two Abominator LP’s? Those are in desperate need of reissuing and are some of my favorite Black Metal albums.
Nice one
Thank you
The most interesting man in the world
Wild how better his audio is than yours.
Lurker of Chalice 🔥🔥🔥🔥...oh yeah and One Man Metal 😂 All three of those guys were tweaking !!! Kurwa 😂😂
No they werent you fucking pleb
Awesome interview. Now do john gossard?
That be interesting!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When the new LVTHN album comes out please, please PLEASE interview Jef again 🙏
Damn. It's Wrest!
I got pancreatitis as well drink a bottle a day from the age of 11 to 30... Besides the years I was locked up.. DNA lounge is still there btw
lived in San Francisco many years wrote graffiti and had a blast.. it's gone downhill and I don't even go there anymore unless it's to check out amoeba or visit a friend...🤘☕🚬
this rules
skateboarding made a lot of metalheads!!!
I very frequently think of Jef alluding some kind of weird supernatural experience in his old ashbury place. And I'm haunted by not knowing the story.
Dude is old. I just turned 58. Lol.
You’ll find out.
Holy $hitball$ 😮😮😮😮
I beg to differ; True Traitor True Whore is a terrific album if the listener is also in the throes of morbid depression and substance abuse.
About to reissued on vinyl through Profound Lore very soon
Leviathan (and everything he is involved with) and Nachtmystium are my top two musical artists right now. Powerful, extreme, emotional music. I want to make my own music someday.
Lurker will blow your mind
For me too! Don't stop trying to learn and create your own music even if you don't have physical instruments or money to pay for music lessons. I am in a similar situation, I just got a guitar (second hand by the way), I have two drumsticks and... some chair parts that I use as "pads" to play, and a computer with a DAW. At the moment this is what I have, but I am learning music in a self-taught way, although eventually when I have money I will take private lessons and continue learning. I want to do my one man project and do Black Metal and other genres, Xasthur, LVTHN, LoC, Twilight, etc. They are my biggest inspirations. Use all your negativity to transform it into something empowering as Jef always told us.
By the way, I recommend you to listen to Draugar (is the Black Metal project of Tim Lehi, Jef's friend who is also a tattoo artist). It's really cool Black Metal!
@@-Aphonos- Checking out their metal archives now to listen to the. I'll try my best! My boss and his son both make music and have many instruments and tools. I hope all goes well for the both of us..!
@@stowlicters8362 Friend, take advantage, take advantage! Try to tell them that if there is a possibility that they can lend you something or even teach you. It's always good to try to connect with everything related to music and more so with people you can relate to. ✨🤝 And thank you, my friend! I hope that it will be like this for both of us, to do some musical projects and get our ideas out and share them!
hooooly shit
Lurker of Chalice changed my life jef.. thank u man
Mexico City?! Dude! If Jef could come to that event in December, I would go CRAZY. I live near Mexico City so it would practically be my dream come true to meet him in person but it seems that won't be possible. 😔
But anyway, I loved this interview so much. It helped me a lot with my personal and creative aspects. Jef, if you ever stop by the video here, I want to tell you that you are one of my biggest creative and musical inspirations. I am facing all this adversity in life after listening to your demos and releases. Thanks, sir.
I'm in the creative process of making my one-man project. 🤘
Tommy Guerrero is a great musician in his own right.
Not quite Leviathan though is he
@@Carpenter0102 Not even comparable in terms of genre. Just felt nostalgic when he mentioned him and skateboarding.
@@MortalFear-mt4ovTG is the best…
We all know how he changed skateboarding as a whole
But
Tommy is an incredible musician…
I’ve had the honor to jam with him several times ❤️🔥
@@jefwhitehead4301 that's awesome!
YSK please get a proper microphone 🎙️
i just dont understand how you run a "podcast" and have horrific audio.
straight up! surely can afford to get even a half decent mic????
Hails wrest!!! I have most of your music and its truly incredible powerful art and im happy to be a diehard fan of Leviathan and Lurker Of Chalice. Your music has touched my life and helped me through alot of dark shit. Ive never called bands like Silencer, Bethlehem, Xasthur, Leviathan etc DSBM. its misanthropic black metal! HAILS WREST!
N E R D
I will never understand how someone can just stop listening to a band because of someones politics or doing something shitty. It just doesn't make sense to me. Clearly, to those people the music meant little, nothing more than some entertainment for the night.
Great interview... the echo in the room makes it hard to hear 👂
Amazing interview on all counts but please, Yosuke, get a microphone. Your audio is atrocious 🙏🏻
His mic is fine, lol, calm down. Awesome interview, can't believe he is 56!
No way
Best Far Left Wing Black Metal band is without a doubt Trespasser.
Basically a more punk(ish) version of Marduk's Panzer division
I would say Panopticon as far as lefty usbm goes
@@Axeheavy322 I hung out and smoked cigarettes with the main dude of Panopticon for like half an hour outside a show just bullshitting , had no clue who he was until he was like "hey I gotta go play" hahaha
far left metal is all a larp
@@stowlicters8362 yeah of corse it is, but Panopticon is the only leftist bm band I can think of that has some decent material
@@stowlicters8362 so is far right metal considering they need to do “secret” shows for their safe space .
some people do do something with the negativity even people who do channel it & make great art, they end up taking their own lives like Erik Grim Brødreskift. sometimes it gets to be too much from too many people &they don't see another way away from all of it other than to take their own lives & escape all of it.*(from the way you guys talk about the guy from one of jef's other bands, the kid with the cape&rose reading oscar wilde as lyrics, you just seem like regular jock douchebags**{in a way bullying someone who you see yourself as better than, i do it with someone like John Wayne Gacy because he was genuinely a piece of shit that i see myself as better than because i don't rape&murder people unwillingly or even at all which i'm sure people like Euronymous might not appreciate given some of his beliefs or at least the ones we know mostly about.} who are into "this" instead of "that". i thought there was supposed to be more of a difference than just aesthetics.)***(i find it very strange that so many people try to make a name for themselves in whatever field they try to get into&then a lot of the times they'll sit around talking shit about other people who "drop names" while dropping names themselves.some people's names should be spoken about more imo because of what's happened to them, like Euronymous&Grim)*****(they should be spoken about more accurately, not how the majority of people like my ex&family&neighbours seem to do about me.)
By no means am I coming down on the guy, and he's awesome and asking great questions, but man.... A simple microphone...