WORST TO BEST: Judas Iscariot - an American black metal legend
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- A legendary American black metal (USBM) act Judas Iscariot existed only for ten years during which it did release six worthy albums. Let's take a look at it and go from "Worst to Best" with them.
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JUDAS ISCARIOT is a very good USBM band. Akhenaten never tried to be mainstream or change the style.
Akhenaton sometimes incorporates guitar riffs that, structurally at least, are more akin to death metal in accomplishing his particular brand of cold sounding black metal. And that to me is what sets Judas Iscariot apart from many other bands of the genre, particularly on the Dethroned, Conquered and Forgotten EP (which is their best release imho).
Heaven in Flames is their best LP; a USBM offering of epic Polish-style bm in the vein of Graveland and Fullmoon.
Nice video! I'm a Heaven in Flames guy. "Before a Circle of Darkness" is just perfect. I often describe this band as "Meat and Potatoes" black metal. Darkthrone, Judas Iscariot, Katharsis, Clandestine Blaze, Vlad Tepes. But very high quality meat and potatoes. I have grown to love this style the most, practically, but when one of these bands goes outside the box a little bit, it tends to be my favorite. Solid stuff here, Rauta.
Cheers, mate! I can really relate to the meat and potatoes metaphor. That's how I like my black metal.
Thanx for the feature...he used to live in Germany and was my neighbour/mentor in the late 90s/early 2000s...I owe a lot to him...too bad he left the scene for good...
My pleasure. I heard he lived in Germany for a while but no idea what happened to him after he quit JI. Thanks for sharing the story. That's really interesting.
@@RautaMetal I heard from Ryan forster that he organized a tour in 2001 or so, so maybe he dropped off the scene later.
Okay. Thanks.
@@Baltimore_Hood_Vines_2014 The Tour was the North American Black Metal Invasion with Krieg, Godless North (where Förster played session guitar), Inquisition and Secrets of the Moon...I was on this tour as driver/bass player for Krieg...One week of pure UG Madness...later in 2002 him and me booked the Marching towards Christian Extermination Tour with Black Witchery, Armagedda (who dropped out in the middle of the tour, because one of them felt homesick, got replaced by Krieg), Manticore and Avenger (CZ)....the last thing before he dissapeared: we did a 10 days tour through Eastern Europe with Merrimack (F) and Krieg (Harris playing guitar on these dates)...after that he had some personal crisis and left Europe for good...funny detail: 3 years ago I met him at a Watain show in Eastern Germany...we had a hilarious night, but after that, sadly, he dissapeared again...
Cheers. Nice to hear such stories. Appreciated.
Interesting video on a 'band' that gets overlooked all too often.
To Embrace The Corpses Bleeding is my favorite Judas Iscariot album too i think it's a masterpiece of an album and I really like the great drums and more aggressive but still cold and evil feeling. Also the theme of it being Vlad Tepes has always been a fascination of mine. But i think all of the albums are great it's basically just a point difference in some ways between them.
Defiintely!
Legendary american black metal! You have described their skinny raw sound very well, this is as much as true black, nowadays they are rare records with a similar sound but at the time they were on the agenda just mention the French les legiones noire, my favourit Album are Distant in Solitary Night, Heaven in Flames and the ep Detroned, Conquered and Forgotten . Thanks for talking about these columns of yours are very interesting. 🤘
Cheers. Happy to do these!
One of my favorite projects ever. Distant in Solitary Night is my all-time favorite!!
Very good guidance for the newcomers of the band! When you mentioned sloppy drumming, that reminded me of Mütiilation. They could be a good candidate for WtB video or classic review if you like the band. Cheers, have a good weekend!
Thanks! And yes, that’s a good suggestion! Mutiilation is one of the better French bm bands out there.
That's a nice WitcheR T-shirt, man!
"10 Years of Witching Black Metal"
Greetings from Hungary!
Thanks to the band for sending me Witcher shirts.
Akhenaten of Judas Iscariot always delivered the goods. No comprimises ... just NON-Fashion Black Metal.
I’m glad you mention Judas Iscariot, my personal favorite is “Distant in Solitary Night” and “Of Great Eternity “ 🤘🏼😬
Great!
What a fitting video, as I've just finished a Judas Iscariot marathon and I'm very inclined to agree with your classification.
Cool!
Heaven in flames was his peak for me, fantastic discography though like you say, not a bad release! Can listen to any release of his.
hes active in the metal scene again first time in 20 years or so.. he just mixed a band called Civerous
Good to hear!
Heaven in Flames is surprisingly good for a JI release. Definitely worth checking out. Dethroned, Conquered, and Forgotten is pretty good, too. In my opinion the rest is very mediocre.
I thought that you'll include Dethroned, Conquered and Forgotten EP, it's totally killer EP and you know, Judas Iscariot is one of these projects that you can listen his complete discography and never get tired of it, every single stuff from it is top.
Yeah, those EPs are killer, but as always with WTB vids, focus on albums. I know it would be neat to include EPs too but then it would just explode the amounts of releases in some cases, so it's better to just focus on the albums.
great video ! i have all purchaseable releases. there's that worthiness and attitude in this band, especially when it comes to these rare fotos, interviews, live appearences, and of course that legendary disapperance with a big thumb down towards the scene. and that's even twenty years ago. imagine his disgust towards the nowadays mentality. he allegedly still makes music with a drummer from canada, i guess long-distance, one album a year, only to share between these two.
Anyone who diligently adore Judas Iscariot significant branded signature on atavistic black metal's hegemony , should also check out Cold Earth "Your Misery, My Triumph" yet nothing original here, but an sincerely acknowledgable, honorable, monumental tribute to Judas Iscariot, effectively evoking an similar resonance assemblage of mesmerizing vibrations !
Yeah. Reviewed it a few months ago.
@@RautaMetal Alright, then I have to admitted not properly noticed your review of this tribute collective, Although I'm a regular visitor of your channel ...what are your general thoughts about it?
No worries. I don't expect anybody to see all of even most of my videos. Imo it's a very good JI tribute. Not as good as original,.but close to it.
Great band and a nice video, Rauta!✊️
Heaven In Flames, To Embrace The Corpses Bleeding Distant In Solitary Night And Of Great Eternity are the ones to go to for me.
Cool Witcher shirt, Jerry. I only have one album, but I really like it. Also, I'm a big Judas Iscariot fan. I can still remembet the first time I heard them, I hated it. I had not heard any raw or lo-fi black metal yet, so I didn't get it for a couple years.
Understandable :-)
Best album to me "to embrace the corpses bleeding" / " Heaven in flames", depends on the day.
best song, "the wind stands silent"
i loved that band back in the day
As much as I do enjoy his work, I always found Judas Iscariot to be rather hit and miss dependent on my mood. One day something like Embrace the Corpses is the best thing that came from the USBM scene, the next day it may be Distant in Solitary Night. Then two days after that I hear Distant again and it sounds boring. Heaven in Flames should be the best, as the first three tracks back-to-back are some of the best stuff he ever did, then it just kind of unravels and gets a bit fluffy.
Regardless I will say that aside from the albums the EPs were generally REALLY good. Dethroned, Conquered and Forgotten and Moonlight Butchery are untouchable!
Judas is fucking killer and it is eternaly. Do you know Sarcophagus? he also had killer projects / bands ...i rather say he is a killer guitar riffer or fuckin memorable riffs for sure and rightful mindset ) that s it.
Sarcophagus released two albums which are killer, brutal releases
I also like his other projects WELTMACHT and FLAGELLATOR 👌🏻🤘🏼
I think I missed Sarcophagus, but Weltmacht was quite good. Flagellation, but sure if u heard it. The name sounds familiar tho.
Top
Heaven... 1
Distant... 2
Of Great... 3
The Cold... 4
To Embrace...5
Thy Dying... 6
Bottom
1. Black Eternal Winds
2. Eternal Bliss... Eternal Death
3.An Eternal Kingdom of Fire
4.The Cold Earth Slept Below
5.the Heavens Drop with Human Gore
6.Portions of Eternity Too Great for the Eye of Man
7.From Hateful Visions
8.Gaze upon Heaven in Flames
9.Descent to the Abyss
10.I Awoke to a Night of Pain and Carnage@@rahmatsumantri6577
Good video.
Fantastic band, I dig all releases, but the best are 'Distant in Solitary' and 'Heaven in Flames'.
Of Great Eternity was my favorite of the bunch. Distant in Solitary night was my least favorite. I was not a big fan of the outro song on that one.
Those outros on JI albums are the worst stuff he ever did.
For me "To Embrace the Corpses Bleeding" is Judas Iscariot's best album. Another amazing USBM band is Winter Of Apokalypse. They only put out 2 albums, their "S/T" album (1998) and "Solitary Winter Night" (2004) but they are both way good. Though a short lived band, I'd argue they're even better than Judas Iscariot. Very raw, blistering cold black metal.
Thanks for the tip about WoA.
I hope you will join us, my love ♥️
no we won't
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