Probably not gonna read this, but the churches they burned here in Norway were from the 1200's. That means they were burning important historical monuments in a way. They're also pretty cool to go to since you can stand in a 800 year old building, it feels awesome
Considering Judson seems to generally like black metal, maybe give him some Bathory to listen to. A good song to start would probably be A Fine Day to Die.
Although they didn't put out their first album until 2008 cataplexy is absolutely brutal and have been around since 1991 highly recommend them don't expect anything new it's meat and potatoes but it's the best meat and potatoes possible
It will probably be buried here but Judson should watch the "Helvete" documentary from NRK (Norwegian state television). It's the best explanation to what happened. Someone uploaded it on youtube with subs.
I’ve been playing morrowind recently and there is a demon in it called “hunger”. Everything time one comes up I sing this song and now my three year old does it too. One will be featured on the loading screen and he will run up to the image and say “I feed my hunger, by following the freezing moon.” It is so cute with the little growl he does
holy sh*t, morrowind brings back so many memories. still one of my favorite games of all times. i'm still waiting for skywind to get released so i can finally play it again with graphics that fit my nostalgia glasses xD
@ send their names my way and I’ll definitely check them out. I alway wanted to write a black metal song about Neravar. No morrowind song will ever beat dagoth synth though 😂
Dimmu Borgir's The Chosen Legacy to show off Hellhammer's crazy bass drum work in the middle of the song sprouting another generation of young drummers.
I remember seeing mayhem live in 2017 and they didn’t let anyone record or take pictures of them as they wanted to maintain a dark atmosphere on stage.
This song is the beginning of black metal. Musically speaking, the most important about this song is the riff that starts at 4:50 of this video. That riff and the one that follows. At least that's the core. Bands before this did the low production thing, did the aggressive drumming thing, did the eerie atmosphere thing, did the simple repetitive riffs, did the evil lyrics and image thing, did all that. Except this. That type of riff was basically invented by Euronymous (and Snorre), and this was the song that set the ball rolling for the sound which is the defining feature of black metal (or 2nd wave of black metal to be more precise). They didn't invent it out of nothing of course, they were influenced by earlier bands (listening to demos and albums of Sadistik Exekution, Tormentor, Parabellum, Reencarnacion, Sarcofago, etc, who came close to that), but this song is the beginning of that continuous tremolo picking riff, where lots of same length notes are stringed together to make a melody. So, Mayhem and this song are the genesis of black metal because they established the elements of black metal: first and foremost, as the differentia specifica - that tremolo riff, and besides it also the blast beat drumming, plus the eerie parts or parts of the song with slower minimalist repetitive riffs, and 'evil' lyrics and image. Mayhem made this song in 1990, and it spread via gigs and bootlegs, they recorded it in 1990 and published it in 1993 on the Live in Leipzig album, this specific recording was made in 1993 published in 1994. The Live in Leipzig version has Dead on the vocals.
Show him some atmospheric black metal like Summoning or maybe even some epic black metal like Caladan Brood-I bet he would like that. Summoning-Flammifer or Caladan Brood-Echoes of Battle would be my choice
I know, I have been begging for Caladan Brood here for a long time now. I'd rather have him react to Wild Autumn Wind or To Walk The Ashes of Dead Empires though because Echoes of Battle has a 2 chord progression through much of the song and might be too static for Judsons taste(I love the track but as a musician thats my recommendation).
I’m a Norwegian. The thing about the 21 maximum prison sentence is not correct. In a lot of cases you can get something called “forvaring”, which means that you will get a new sentence after the 21 years if you’re still a danger to the society, meaning that for example Anders Breivik and a lot of others never will be released from prison. So you have a life time sentence in Norway. I understand that it’s confusing and we should change how we define it.
Every time i hear about those black metal characters i fall into a rabbit hole reading about them online. Absolutely WILD stuff... Fascinating, dark... Morbid stuff
It should be noted that the other person that Varg travelled with was Snorre W. Ruch AKA Blackthorne another member of Mayhem who, along with Euronymous and Varg is credited with creating the black metal guitar sound and tremolo picking style. He spent time in prison and between the murder and prison it f'ed him up really badly. He released a brilliant album under the name: "Thorns (self titled) where a number of black metal musicians assisted and from my interpretation is him grappling with what happened years earlier. He has been a session guitarist on other black metal albums like Satyricon's Age of Nero.
There are bands/artists for whom I can't separate the creator from their work to such an extent that the work becomes inaccessible to me. That's how it is for me with Mayhem, Burzum (which is brilliant). I also feel somewhat the same about Dostoevsky, whose great works are overshadowed by his hatred for my country.
I understand why this would be an acquired taste, but credit has to be given, where it's due: drummer Hellhammer is a force of nature, he is pushing 60, and still one of the best drummers out there. And Attilla Csihar.. either you love him, or you hate him, but personally I think he has some of the craziest, most unhinged vocals in all of metal.. 🤘
Best black metal band to introduce to someone in the classical sphere would be Aara in my opinion. Especially with songs like Stein Auf Stein which takes a lot of Baroque inspiration in it's melodic structure.
For something with higher energy i think a good album to visit would be Under the Sign of Hell by Gorgoroth (the original, not the remixed version). Great black metal album. Gotta have some decent volume going though or it’s not the same.
I think I read before that the reason black metal sounded different is because the black metal guys thought death metal guys were posers and not extreme so they wanted it to sound more extreme.
Csihar Attila is a hungarian legend in Black metal. I'm hungarian too, never a big fan, but always respected what he achieved. Guys, if northern metal, please listen to Arcturus. 🙏
I'm curious what Richard wrote on his phone for Judson to read whilst he was talking. Towards the end of the video. About 19 minutes in. It is really odd.
The laws have obviously changed over time, but at the time there was a max sentence of 21 years. Now it's 30 years I think, which would be for terrorism. Varg got 21.
Pearl Jam played on piano reminds me of all the piano music used on the Jered Boosters channel. On a different note if you want claustrophobic music perfect for winter look no further than "De mysteries dom Satanas" (Edit) It would be cool if you guys did something from Deathspell Omega. Possibly my favorite black metal band. Kenos, or Chaining the Katechon and look up the lyrics also because they are completely stultifying.
If your doing Black Metal you need to do Emperor the kings of norwegian symphonic black metal. I would do the first 2 songs on Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk one of the best black metal albums imho. I would do Alsvartr (The Oath) which is the intro song that builds up to and leads into Ye Entrancemperium.
Great reaction, analysis! You need to react, analyze the following songs from three other sacred bands of Norwegian Black Metal from the 90s: Darkthrone "Kathaarian Life Code" (1992) Burzum "A Lost Forgotten Sad Spirit" (1993) Immortal "The Sun No Longer Rises" (1993)
Would like to hear Judon's reaction to 'Monolilith" by VLTIMAS, or some classic Morbid Angel with David Vincent on vocals. Something from Pestilence's Testimony of the Ancients album would rock too. Thanks.
Next you do black metal, I'd like to hear Deafheaven because the shoegaze they mix into their black metal is very well done and as a bonus it'll upset the metal elitists. I think either Canary Yellow or Dream House could be a good introductory song.
Recommendation. Havukruunu, a Finnish black metal band and their song "Uinuos syömein sota". One of the best opening riffs this decade ruclips.net/video/3v6lvqtTyo4/видео.htmlsi=CHxHhY-wd4vM_9Q1
Love De Mysteriis but i find their next releases far more interesting and revolutionary, that's what people should listen to, imo. The title track from DMDS is also better than Freezing Moon in my view.
@@Tactical_Tourist I guess I'll check back in 20 years when I'm 50 to see if they get any better. Though the band in general hasn't grown on me in the past 20 years either, so I have a feeling it's just never going to happen
Dude I think the next reaction to black metal should be Emperor "I'm the black wizards (remastered version)" that's a masterpiece and also if you are ever going to react to Burzum I'd recommend "My journey to the stars (Burzum album 1992)" God bless y'all 🙏🏻 and keep rocking 🤘🏻
This whole album musically is so good but the vocals ruin it for me a bit... Maybe show him some post bm like Alcest or some pagan stuff like Agalloch? They both still have black metal influences and Neige has some of the best screams.
as insanely deranged the music is (wich isn't any judgement anyway of course, its just harsh, barren stuff) nothing prepares for the real world stories of those bands. - honourable mention goes to the dude calling himselfe "necrobutcher" beeing seemingly one of the few morally sincere people in the band at that time
This was a great reaction! Mayhem is very hard to like and enjoy. I think this is a magic song that is fantastic and mystical. I understand the "torment" of one and laufter of one :-) Still Mayhem is a part of the black metal foundation no matter what you think of it...
Congrats Richard about that Pearl Jam 🎉 And congrats to Judson for lifting up this weird, somehow classical, black metal piece which i really don't like despise the fact i know that song for over a half of my life 😅 I mean, maybe it is beacuse i simply don't understand black metal hehe, i know plenty of metal genres and i can see influences of course (appreciate them too), but somehow the whole narration based mostly of "popculture", kinda shallow, understanding of religious attitude of concepts seems childish to me 😅, the whole atmosphere feels plain and cringe for me, i even had that feeling back when i was a kid starting my journey with heavy music - i was a metalhead a couple years, strongly advocating the genre, but both black metal style and community seems odd... And i'm a weirdo too haha, so the whole "shock" value preassumption many of the bands seems to carry on played quite opposite role haha, it distanced me rather than making me interested 😅
fashionable christian music. lol. we used to call these basement tape bands. mixed up youth caught between being viking and good christians. i can see the short sentences. old tribal law allowed homicide if you did not hide the crime and could justify taking this persons. life. but if not the community would take yours. eye for an eye.
All early black metal just sounds like first month of band practice where everyone is trying to play tight without a metronome to songs that aren't set in stone structurally yet
@@spockhozzer7207 Yup. Pretty much. Death Metal at the time strived for perfection to the point that it was affecting the human element (imperfections). Black Metal was single take tracks recorded on some analog 4-track recorder in a basement. It was pure, simple, and no studio magic BS.
@@spockhozzer7207 Yeah, it's by design, looks at Darkthrone for example, they went from a technical death metal album with a clean production (Soulside Journey) to lofi black metal in a year. They were able musicisians but they decided to switch genre because black metal started to be very big in Norway at one point and Fenriz and Nocturno Culto were fascinated by that genre.
I'm a musician and I have a buddy who's been turning me on to black metal. My reaction is usually like Judsons. That being said I never heard this song and I kinda liked it.
1. Harakiri of the Sky released a Radiohead cover, may be a fun switch up to hear Judson's thoughts and if mtalizing it was just cheesy. 2. While not Mayhem, there is a "Disney cover" of an Immortal song and it is beyond hilarious. Check it out 😂 😂😂
Fun band. A tad overrated. Their antics being more noteworthy than their music. Richard. Emperor. Darkthrone. Dark Funeral Gorgoroth Immortal Venom Celtic Frost Triptykon Hellhammer. So many better Black Metal Bands.
In your opinion. What they released after DMDS is far beyond all the bands you mentioned. Mayhem's superior music stands alone without the need for antics, don't worry.
if you are going to show Judson BM, atleast let it be good BM bands like Mgla, Deathspell Omega, Kriegsmaschine, Orgassi Pazuzu, and not anything related to Varg
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Probably not gonna read this, but the churches they burned here in Norway were from the 1200's. That means they were burning important historical monuments in a way. They're also pretty cool to go to since you can stand in a 800 year old building, it feels awesome
Thanks for that and thanks for hanging out with us!
"The church arson idea was brilliant". Nothing can top that. Judson just finished the game. #MicDrop.
They've recorded it on the stage in Grieghallen, which is a 1500-seat concert hall. That's why there's this big reverb :)
They only recorded the drums there
Considering Judson seems to generally like black metal, maybe give him some Bathory to listen to. A good song to start would probably be A Fine Day to Die.
Enter the Eternal Fire and In Nomine Satanas for the first BM scene
Although they didn't put out their first album until 2008 cataplexy is absolutely brutal and have been around since 1991 highly recommend them don't expect anything new it's meat and potatoes but it's the best meat and potatoes possible
old Bathory was so good
or Born for Burning
I like your pfp
I remember the first time I heard freezing moon. Didn’t understand what the hell was going on but that solo was chilling.
lmao i needed to laugh because it's so fitting. like it blows your fucking mind and you sit there with an open mouth, trying to process
It will probably be buried here but Judson should watch the "Helvete" documentary from NRK (Norwegian state television). It's the best explanation to what happened.
Someone uploaded it on youtube with subs.
Those early days of black metal were fucking wild
That *Guitar Solo* Shines out, even 1 of those Riffs Kick Ass.
I wish they did more Solos in the later Projects.
that solo is one of the best of the Black Metal scene alongside maybe Burzum's Key To the Gate
The bass sound is pure crust punk and Attilas vocals are always interesting. Play him some Impaled Nazarene, early Beherit, Bathory and Venom.
Love how his expression changes when the solo starts, and then when the singing starts again :D
I’ve been playing morrowind recently and there is a demon in it called “hunger”. Everything time one comes up I sing this song and now my three year old does it too. One will be featured on the loading screen and he will run up to the image and say “I feed my hunger, by following the freezing moon.” It is so cute with the little growl he does
holy sh*t, morrowind brings back so many memories. still one of my favorite games of all times.
i'm still waiting for skywind to get released so i can finally play it again with graphics that fit my nostalgia glasses xD
@ morroblivion is really fun as well
There are actually some decent Elder Scrolls themed black/death metal bands.
@ send their names my way and I’ll definitely check them out. I alway wanted to write a black metal song about Neravar. No morrowind song will ever beat dagoth synth though 😂
Dimmu Borgir's The Chosen Legacy to show off Hellhammer's crazy bass drum work in the middle of the song sprouting another generation of young drummers.
I remember seeing mayhem live in 2017 and they didn’t let anyone record or take pictures of them as they wanted to maintain a dark atmosphere on stage.
I kinda wish every band would do that.
As much as I like Atilla Csihar, his vocals on De Mysteriis always reminded me of a drunk Mr. Miyagi in karate kid.
Lol, holy shit. I hear that now.
This song is the beginning of black metal. Musically speaking, the most important about this song is the riff that starts at 4:50 of this video. That riff and the one that follows. At least that's the core. Bands before this did the low production thing, did the aggressive drumming thing, did the eerie atmosphere thing, did the simple repetitive riffs, did the evil lyrics and image thing, did all that. Except this. That type of riff was basically invented by Euronymous (and Snorre), and this was the song that set the ball rolling for the sound which is the defining feature of black metal (or 2nd wave of black metal to be more precise). They didn't invent it out of nothing of course, they were influenced by earlier bands (listening to demos and albums of Sadistik Exekution, Tormentor, Parabellum, Reencarnacion, Sarcofago, etc, who came close to that), but this song is the beginning of that continuous tremolo picking riff, where lots of same length notes are stringed together to make a melody. So, Mayhem and this song are the genesis of black metal because they established the elements of black metal: first and foremost, as the differentia specifica - that tremolo riff, and besides it also the blast beat drumming, plus the eerie parts or parts of the song with slower minimalist repetitive riffs, and 'evil' lyrics and image. Mayhem made this song in 1990, and it spread via gigs and bootlegs, they recorded it in 1990 and published it in 1993 on the Live in Leipzig album, this specific recording was made in 1993 published in 1994. The Live in Leipzig version has Dead on the vocals.
Show him some atmospheric black metal like Summoning or maybe even some epic black metal like Caladan Brood-I bet he would like that.
Summoning-Flammifer or Caladan Brood-Echoes of Battle would be my choice
I know, I have been begging for Caladan Brood here for a long time now. I'd rather have him react to Wild Autumn Wind or To Walk The Ashes of Dead Empires though because Echoes of Battle has a 2 chord progression through much of the song and might be too static for Judsons taste(I love the track but as a musician thats my recommendation).
Both great songs, Flammifer is god tier
I’m a Norwegian. The thing about the 21 maximum prison sentence is not correct. In a lot of cases you can get something called “forvaring”, which means that you will get a new sentence after the 21 years if you’re still a danger to the society, meaning that for example Anders Breivik and a lot of others never will be released from prison. So you have a life time sentence in Norway. I understand that it’s confusing and we should change how we define it.
Finally some serious music again.
Judson's expressions! 🤣
Every time i hear about those black metal characters i fall into a rabbit hole reading about them online. Absolutely WILD stuff... Fascinating, dark... Morbid stuff
So few get why Mayhem is the iconic band they are. You either get it, or you don't
DEATHSPELL OMEGA: ABSCISSION. It's a fantastic piece of theological dissonance!!!
....Attila Csihar, who sometimes performs vocals with Sunn0))... a Great Measures episode about whom I am very much looking forward to ^^
Agalloch or DSO would be brilliant
DIMMU BORGIR - MOURNING PALACE!
I always listen to the Dead version of Freezing Moon, I find Attila version goofy
Mayhem just doesn't sound right without Dead
Emperor is a good showcase of the best of old school black metal imo.
It should be noted that the other person that Varg travelled with was Snorre W. Ruch AKA Blackthorne another member of Mayhem who, along with Euronymous and Varg is credited with creating the black metal guitar sound and tremolo picking style. He spent time in prison and between the murder and prison it f'ed him up really badly.
He released a brilliant album under the name: "Thorns (self titled) where a number of black metal musicians assisted and from my interpretation is him grappling with what happened years earlier.
He has been a session guitarist on other black metal albums like Satyricon's Age of Nero.
There are bands/artists for whom I can't separate the creator from their work to such an extent that the work becomes inaccessible to me. That's how it is for me with Mayhem, Burzum (which is brilliant). I also feel somewhat the same about Dostoevsky, whose great works are overshadowed by his hatred for my country.
Meyhem doesn't have any controversial views and burzum doesn't really either lol
Would be fun to see a reaction of Collossus by Borknagar.
I recommended "The Earthling" months ago but they haven't listened to it yet. 🥲
“And I said hey ay ay ay hay hey ay ay I said hey what’s going on”
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😂
I understand why this would be an acquired taste, but credit has to be given, where it's due: drummer Hellhammer is a force of nature, he is pushing 60, and still one of the best drummers out there. And Attilla Csihar.. either you love him, or you hate him, but personally I think he has some of the craziest, most unhinged vocals in all of metal.. 🤘
Best black metal band to introduce to someone in the classical sphere would be Aara in my opinion. Especially with songs like Stein Auf Stein which takes a lot of Baroque inspiration in it's melodic structure.
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knocked loose ft. poppy - suffocate
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knocked loose ft. poppy - suffocate
knocked loose ft. poppy - suffocate
Have you done a q&a? I would enjoy that
We did a while back. It’s in the video bank. Thanks for hanging out with us!
For something with higher energy i think a good album to visit would be Under the Sign of Hell by Gorgoroth (the original, not the remixed version).
Great black metal album.
Gotta have some decent volume going though or it’s not the same.
Yeaaahh! Classic bm! 🖤
Have you looked into some of the more modern stuff? Panopticon, Black Braid, Sunken, Olhava....some of the atmospheric stuff nowadays is great.
Ulcerate - To Stare Into Death and be Still (OR) Dissolved Orders
Samael-Moonskin
I think I read before that the reason black metal sounded different is because the black metal guys thought death metal guys were posers and not extreme so they wanted it to sound more extreme.
Csihar Attila is a hungarian legend in Black metal. I'm hungarian too, never a big fan, but always respected what he achieved.
Guys, if northern metal, please listen to Arcturus. 🙏
I'd recommend Weakling - Dead As Dreams from the album "Dead As Dreams", black metal cult classic.
Yess some black metal! hope to see some burzum also and the likes
Peril Jim
I'm curious what Richard wrote on his phone for Judson to read whilst he was talking. Towards the end of the video. About 19 minutes in. It is really odd.
It's time for Ulcerate - Cold becoming
Burzum's Det som engang var (the song) next maybe? Or Mare's Flaming Black Zenith for some more recent Norwegian Black Metal.
I'd have to recommend Illuminate Eliminate off Ordo ad Chao, to me it's Mayhem at their most disgusting and depressed. Attilas vocals on it are crazy
That album is a masterpiece
Anthem!
You should now show him more atmospheric songs from this album like "From the Dark Past".
The laws have obviously changed over time, but at the time there was a max sentence of 21 years. Now it's 30 years I think, which would be for terrorism. Varg got 21.
Pearl Jam played on piano reminds me of all the piano music used on the Jered Boosters channel.
On a different note if you want claustrophobic music perfect for winter look no further than "De mysteries dom Satanas"
(Edit) It would be cool if you guys did something from Deathspell Omega. Possibly my favorite black metal band. Kenos, or Chaining the Katechon and look up the lyrics also because they are completely stultifying.
If your doing Black Metal you need to do Emperor the kings of norwegian symphonic black metal. I would do the first 2 songs on Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk one of the best black metal albums imho. I would do Alsvartr (The Oath) which is the intro song that builds up to and leads into Ye Entrancemperium.
You must fall
Csihar Attila, best vocalist for Mayhem!
If you're going to listen to more black metal you have to do Emporer
Immediate click when i saw this one in the thumbnails
Great reaction, analysis! You need to react, analyze the following songs from three other sacred bands of Norwegian Black Metal from the 90s:
Darkthrone "Kathaarian Life Code" (1992)
Burzum "A Lost Forgotten Sad Spirit" (1993)
Immortal "The Sun No Longer Rises" (1993)
yes, we need Darkthrone on this channel
Crispy
Would like to hear Judon's reaction to 'Monolilith" by VLTIMAS, or some classic Morbid Angel with David Vincent on vocals. Something from Pestilence's Testimony of the Ancients album would rock too. Thanks.
love this
The live at Wacken performance from 2004 is so much better
Next you do black metal, I'd like to hear Deafheaven because the shoegaze they mix into their black metal is very well done and as a bonus it'll upset the metal elitists. I think either Canary Yellow or Dream House could be a good introductory song.
Deafheaven bad. No good.
Saturicon mother north opera live could be good one 😊
You should make Judson listen to Cathedral or Godflesh
u need to do some dissection
Jugson very like Mgla so i consider he will also like Burzum for sure!
You should check Arcturus 🙂
Recommendation. Havukruunu, a Finnish black metal band and their song "Uinuos syömein sota". One of the best opening riffs this decade
ruclips.net/video/3v6lvqtTyo4/видео.htmlsi=CHxHhY-wd4vM_9Q1
Sigh would be good
Bathory
Love De Mysteriis but i find their next releases far more interesting and revolutionary, that's what people should listen to, imo. The title track from DMDS is also better than Freezing Moon in my view.
As an enjoyer* of other black metal bands (Burzum, Satyricon, Darkthrone, Gorgoroth and dozens more), Mayhem has always been un-listenable to me
true
Mayhem is absolutely great.
Attila's vocals are definitely an acquired taste. I hated them when I was a kid. I appreciate the art now though.
@@Tactical_Tourist I guess I'll check back in 20 years when I'm 50 to see if they get any better. Though the band in general hasn't grown on me in the past 20 years either, so I have a feeling it's just never going to happen
They are without a doubt the most overrated black metal band ever. Debut is good, everything else is mediocre.
Dudes, I really think you should do something (literally anything) by Emperor :) That would be great comparison...
Dude I think the next reaction to black metal should be Emperor "I'm the black wizards (remastered version)" that's a masterpiece and also if you are ever going to react to Burzum I'd recommend "My journey to the stars (Burzum album 1992)" God bless y'all 🙏🏻 and keep rocking 🤘🏻
I wonder what Judson will have to say about Emperor.
Day 26 of asking for Diablo Swing Orchestra. "Balrog Boogie" is a good starter.
epicus doomicus, obv
DSO are so good, especially live, such a party!
Count Grishnackh approves this.
finally a normal conversation about that shit
As great as mayhem is, rigor mortis does the same overall style as good and or better and for a number of albums. Checkout rigor mortis vs the earth.
This whole album musically is so good but the vocals ruin it for me a bit...
Maybe show him some post bm like Alcest or some pagan stuff like Agalloch? They both still have black metal influences and Neige has some of the best screams.
An "instrumental rough mix" version of the album is floating around the internet. It was officially released on some rare special edition of the album
More black metal !
as insanely deranged the music is (wich isn't any judgement anyway of course, its just harsh, barren stuff) nothing prepares for the real world stories of those bands. - honourable mention goes to the dude calling himselfe "necrobutcher" beeing seemingly one of the few morally sincere people in the band at that time
p.s. I'm not a every single episode kind of customer, but your channel is just great guys! Also very good selection of artists/songs :)
The solo to this song sucks but in such an awesome way!
Try some shining
This was a great reaction! Mayhem is very hard to like and enjoy. I think this is a magic song that is fantastic and mystical. I understand the "torment" of one and laufter of one :-) Still Mayhem is a part of the black metal foundation no matter what you think of it...
Congrats Richard about that Pearl Jam 🎉
And congrats to Judson for lifting up this weird, somehow classical, black metal piece which i really don't like despise the fact i know that song for over a half of my life 😅
I mean, maybe it is beacuse i simply don't understand black metal hehe, i know plenty of metal genres and i can see influences of course (appreciate them too), but somehow the whole narration based mostly of "popculture", kinda shallow, understanding of religious attitude of concepts seems childish to me 😅, the whole atmosphere feels plain and cringe for me, i even had that feeling back when i was a kid starting my journey with heavy music - i was a metalhead a couple years, strongly advocating the genre, but both black metal style and community seems odd... And i'm a weirdo too haha, so the whole "shock" value preassumption many of the bands seems to carry on played quite opposite role haha, it distanced me rather than making me interested 😅
fashionable christian music. lol. we used to call these basement tape bands. mixed up youth caught between being viking and good christians. i can see the short sentences. old tribal law allowed homicide if you did not hide the crime and could justify taking this persons. life. but if not the community would take yours. eye for an eye.
All early black metal just sounds like first month of band practice where everyone is trying to play tight without a metronome to songs that aren't set in stone structurally yet
It's by design. Black Metal started as a big F-U to the death metal scene because they were too clean and sterile sounding.
@@Tactical_Touristso the design was to sound like the instruments were always playing catch up with the drums and vice versa? Bold choice
@@spockhozzer7207 Yup. Pretty much. Death Metal at the time strived for perfection to the point that it was affecting the human element (imperfections). Black Metal was single take tracks recorded on some analog 4-track recorder in a basement. It was pure, simple, and no studio magic BS.
@@spockhozzer7207 Yeah, it's by design, looks at Darkthrone for example, they went from a technical death metal album with a clean production (Soulside Journey) to lofi black metal in a year. They were able musicisians but they decided to switch genre because black metal started to be very big in Norway at one point and Fenriz and Nocturno Culto were fascinated by that genre.
It sounds like church burning
I'm a musician and I have a buddy who's been turning me on to black metal. My reaction is usually like Judsons. That being said I never heard this song and I kinda liked it.
1. Harakiri of the Sky released a Radiohead cover, may be a fun switch up to hear Judson's thoughts and if mtalizing it was just cheesy.
2. While not Mayhem, there is a "Disney cover" of an Immortal song and it is beyond hilarious. Check it out 😂 😂😂
Judson reminds me of link from gmm so much lol. Long lost brothers
I'm not a fan of this early black metal stuff either. purposefully shitty playing and shitty production. I never got the appeal of it.
Shitty playing? Hellhammer on drums. Yeah, you have no clue what you’re talking about.
Fun band.
A tad overrated.
Their antics being more noteworthy than their music.
Richard.
Emperor.
Darkthrone.
Dark Funeral
Gorgoroth
Immortal
Venom
Celtic Frost
Triptykon
Hellhammer.
So many better Black Metal Bands.
they were pioneers so they deserve all the praise
In your opinion. What they released after DMDS is far beyond all the bands you mentioned. Mayhem's superior music stands alone without the need for antics, don't worry.
Mayhem sucks.
This is huge shit.
if you are going to show Judson BM, atleast let it be good BM bands like Mgla, Deathspell Omega, Kriegsmaschine, Orgassi Pazuzu, and not anything related to Varg
What do you mean? Burzum is great, just like Deathspell Omega, Oranssi Pazuzu, etc.
What band is orgassi ?
@@MegaLuxury1 Oranssi Pazuzu. He misspelled.
@@Agalloch1234 i know, i wanted him to explain.
@@MegaLuxury1 Oh. It’s hard to tell sarcasm over the internet 😭
most overrated BM band ever
This should be the version with Dead on vocals, Attila sucks