Pick one: thrash metal speed or heavy metal melody? Power metal:*grinds both pills, burns a copy of LotR no longer fit for service and adds the ashes,mixes with Mountain Dew and Dorito dust and drinks it from a challice*
I was such a Metallica fan boy in the 90s and early 2000s. They I went to see Dragonforce who happened to be opening for Megadeth. And then I learned how really good Megadeth is.
I think what I appreciate most about Power Metal is that, as far as I’ve seen, they tend to take themselves a lot less seriously than other subgenres. I can’t imagine anyone other than Powerwolf coming up with a masterpiece of tounge in cheek like Resurrection by Erection.
I love all Metal music, that includes harsh vocals, and dark themes. But i always make my back to Power Metal. Something about the fast heavy riffs, with fast drumming, and uplifting soaring vocals and melodies that just keeps me coming back. In the last year, i made it a point to discover more and more. That playlist went from 171 to 1373 in one year. Yeah, I've completely lost control, and there's nothing any of you can do stop me. I fucking love Power Metal.
Admittedly I’m a history nerd and learned about the Bismarck from sabaton. I guess I’m just not very big into naval history, but it’s a cool story nonetheless
Mate, I was going to skip ahead to the subgenres that I haven't figured out how to identify yet, but I'm glad I decided to start at the beginning. Speed/Thrash/Power are some of my least favourite metal genres, but this is both informative and highly entertaining! Thank you for making this series.
@Fantastic Dimensions Try Sabaton (History themed Power Metal) and Gloryhammer (epic Fantasy Scotland) for great music. Sabaton are a great show live, and have some absolutely sick riffs. Gloryhammer is as epic as they are stupidly hilarious. Give it a shot so you can learn more about the phrase "liquid ice"
If you're more into the hard side of things, I get why you might have reservations towards Power Metal. But if you ever wanted to give it a try, I would first suggest Opeth, who are close to the harder stuff. Then, maybe Iced Earth with the song seven headed whore and The Plagues of Babylon. Unleash the Archers have a song called The General of the Dark Army that's a bit heavier as well. Sabaton is great for someone who's already bought into Power metal, but I don't think they're an introductory band.
I like Power Metal because it's like thrash but, typically, faster and more uplifting. I don't mind growls or dark themes but theh just don't fit that uplifiting, empowering vibe
Sabaton is the only band to make me patriotic about a country I'm not even part of 😭. I love how they tell stories about history: you're learning something and enjoying music at the same time
@@danielgadomski5129 their channel that explains the songs is good- and people aren’t stupid enough to think that history=military history- it’s way more than that.
@@Submarine_2010 As a matter of fact, Sabaton History (their history channel for anyone not aware) is actually fantastic for learning new historical events. If you listened to a song and thought whatever it was talking about sounded interesting, you can watch their video on it and it will teach you all about it. It also has Indy Neidell and… I mean it’s Indy Neidell, everyone loves Indy Neidell.
I think you did really a very accurate job so far. I just think talking about Thrash Metal without having a closer look at the German scene of the mid-80ies, is like talking about Death Metal mentioning only Florida and leaving Sweden out.
"I've yet to encounter a power metal band that uses growls" - Pegasus would like to have a word with you sir. Also, Kamelot tends to sprinkle them around with guest singers. Apart from that I can only recommend FIGHTING FOR YOUR KING, FOR THE HAMMER AND THE RING
Battle Beast/Beast in Black can also have hints of growl as well. Makes sense considering the name of the bands. Aside from that we also ha-FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE WE MUST FIGHT FOR FIFE.
Knightfall and Paladin does use them occasionally. Also I have a feeling that the next Arch Enemy album will be closer to the PM sound than ever before
The best part is that it isn't even their only genitalia related song. Coleus sanctus. Coleus means testicle. And i'm pretty sure there are others. The latin text of stossgebet sounds kinda sus (stuff about vagina and virgins i think) but i can't be bothered to pull out the latin dictionary and check, and i don't speak a word of german.
@@DoctorTheo ok with a title like that now i have to pull out the latin dictionary and find a german one because i can't afford to not know those glorious lyrics.
I feel like power metal basically took the lighter classic (especially Rainbow, and Dio in general) and some NWOBHM (especially Iron Maiden), and added the speed and complexity of thrash (and sometimes even death). It is definitely probably the least heavy or brutal subgenre of contemporary metal, but I do not really see an issue with that. It shows that metal as a genre is flexible enough to accomodate a wide range of styles and tastes, which is key to its overall longevity.
Power Metal is so awesome! Blind Guardian, Falconer, Kamelot, Freedom Call, Rhapsody of Fire, and DragonForce are among my favorites of the genre and its sub-genres, which there are so many favorites.
A lot of power metal is definitely silly, but I would like to add that there is a lot of variance. Gloryhammer and Twilight Force are very hammy and self-aware. Bands like Blind Guardian and Iced Earth are on the other hand are not or at least to a much lesser degree. I think both are perfectly valid though a prefer a more serious tone. Great video btw, your jokes are really well-timed.
"If you are a false don't entry because you'll be burned and died" 10/10 Man I love sepultura, and being from Argentina if feels kinda cool to have a recognised southamerican band like them
I wouldnt exactly call Sabaton romanticized history when you have songs about auschwitz and the horrors of trench warfare Oh and Amaranthe are a weird mix of metal influences but power metal is in there and they do have a growler
@@2910karlijn they absolutely do romanticize war. Sometimes. They also absolutely show how truly awful and horrible it is. Sometimes. Final solution, wehrmacht and basically most ww1 themed songs are really somber and dramatic and show the horrors of war but then you have stuff about kicking nazi ass or the whole "heroes" and "last stand" album concepts where they're more upbeat and focused on honour and glory because you can't really have a song that is literally just a clinical recap of events, you either have to hype them up or stress the horrific consequences they had. I fucking love them and i don't think they're doing a disservice to the knowledge of history (if anything they're helping, there are probably lots of events people only know about thanks to them) and i don't think anyone will actually come out of one of their concerts thinking war is cool and stuff like that, but i think it's more honest to say that they do glorify and romanticize some stuff, particularly when it's about single people instead of events. (If any journalist is reading this, no you dumb fuck, this does not mean they glorify the awful parts like the fucking holocaust, they literally tell people not to jump around or be happy when they play the final solution because it's not the right attitude to have towards the subject).
I’d disagree, they often put a more romanticized angle on their retellings. I mean, compare their Fields of Verdun to Warbringer’s When the Guns Fell Silent (also about Verdun), and that’s why I’ve always steered more to thrash than power metal (especially Sabaton). Still good, just too “almost patriotic” for me.
@@ChristianMCortez i dont know the example you gave me but on the Sabaton side of things, it may seem romanticized when they put an emphasis on heroism and valor of the soldiers in question, but nowhere do they make it seem desireable to experience such events. Or atleast personally i've never wanted to be a German soldier on meth running through France with Erwin Rommel lol. Personally power is weird because i dont enjoy the classic definition of it but something like Sabaton and Powerwolf are among my favourite bands, otherwise i enjoy a harder sound, with elements of death and industrial metal
I looooooove your Dave Mustaine impression, and the perfect reference it is :D I would never have a beer with the guy, but love everything he did (yes, even Risk). And yeah, "Peace sells..." was the second music album I ever bought :)
As the proud swede and Sabaton fan that I am, I have to flex a little bit that I in fact have one of Chris Rörland’s guitar picks that I caught during their tour in sweden this year when they played in Karlshamn. And my mom got their list of songs they played that day
I'd say you're all correct. They've changed a lot. In the first albums were pretty much pure power metal. At about Once they turned symphonic. And now with Human:||:Nature I'm not quite sure how to describe them.
Sabaton and powerwolf have special places in my heart. Those two bands got me into metal. Somehow I thought they were very intense back then. I don’t listen to power metal anymore but let’s be really, nobody can say power metal sound bad.
In terms of power metal bands, Dragonforce uses growls every great once in a while, and Epica (okay, they're not exclusively power metal) use them pretty regularly to the point of being important to their style.
Ryu 5150 uses growls and throat singing, they're a Dragonforce inspired Japanese circle but with more range, variety, and styles, from dark symphonic metal to Celtic & Japanese folk metal, also many arranges of music from the Touhou game series.
I’m so glad you mentioned Sabaton, they have to be my favorite band of all time and they don’t get appreciated as much as they should in my opinion and you did a perfect job of explaining them. Can’t wait to watch the rest of the parts.
Im new and trying to get into ‘metal’ more, these videos really helped! Its nice that you’re so jokey about it, it helps me feel more welcome to it. Keep up the great work!
Power metal is my favorite genre of metal up there with death metal. As far as power metal with growls Unleash the Archers is the best example of that and yes they do actually play D&D together.
I was at the Metal Hammer Fest in 1985 in Lorelei-St Goarshaven WGermany. One of the highlights was watching the members of Venom's Legions Deutschland and Slayer's Satanic Wehrmacht kick the living shit out of each other. That and seeing Metallica roll out Disposable Heroes.
One thing I would like to add about Sabaton, is that they tell everyones story. They sing about D-Day in Primo Victoria. They pay homage to war hero’s such as The Red Baron, and Sergeant York. They describe the horrors of war in songs like Great War and The Attack of The Dead Men.
The best clean singing in heavy metal belongs to symphonic and gothic metal, because of lyrical, sometimes operatic, mainly female, singing, in my opinion
Ive grown to be a fan of both, but when I was a teenager I was an asshole who would make jokes about Dave getting the boot. Metallica was my favorite band before I found death metal. If you break it down to brutality, unrelenting, and technicality, Megadeth Rust In Peace is the thrash metal champion. However song structure, feel, and production Master of Puppets is the winner. They both deserve thier place and thats why Slayer Reign In Blood becomes the greatest thrash album of all time. You cant pick Rust over Master and vice versa.
AJFA is metallicas most technically proficient. Maybe it drags on a bit but if you sit down and decide to sit down and listen to AJFA, it is mindblowing.
Boy oh boy, I didn't know about that specific Sepultura lyric lmao. But as a brazilian, I can explain it: "died" should be replaced by "killed" (obviously), but it doesn't denote the same idea. In portuguese, the verb "morto", conveys the idea of "become dead", which doesn't make it explicit that one was killed by an individual. That being said, Max (or whoever wrote the lyrics) probably thought the verb "died" existed in english and just tried to translate "morto" directly ;b EDIT: having watched episode 6, now I know why I'd never seen this lyric: it's not a Sepultura lyric lol, my explanation still stands though
Maybe it's coming up in a future episode (I'm binging these now because they're fucking awesome!), but I'm surprised that Pantera was practically overlooked in this episode. They completely changed the metal scene in the late 80's when thrash and glam were being pushed out by (ugh) grunge. Maybe there's a groove metal genre coming up - I hope so - Pantera deserves a huge mention. How have i missed this series for so long? Glad the algorithm suggested it. It's fantastic! EDIT:. please disregard. Just watched part 4. Right on!
“FUCKING SLAYER” was a school wide meme with me in high school it was such a great time for real metal was all I listened to at the time and them and Pantera were my TOP listens no matter what
I’ve always explained it as Thrash being the score for people beating the shit of other people, while Power is the score for people beating the shit of dragons and fantasy monsters
While I can enjoy other forms I and a primarily a power metal guy. Its fun and full of hype and I like being able to sing at work without sounding like Im choking.
I loved the contrast between the lead singers really nice voice, and the guitar players growls popping in intermittently. Do they not do that anymore? Haven’t heard shit from recently
"Cheesier than a Frenchman's bloodstream" just cemented your place with Goniloc as my metal memelords. Can't believe this channel is so small god damn.
Just in case someone might wanna take a look, here are some Japanese Power Metal and Trash Metal bands that are fucking awesome: Power: -Galneryus -Versailles Trash: -lynch. -Nocturnal Bloodlust (some tracks, they go between that and death metal) -the GazettE (same as above with more sub genres)
I'm usually more of a Thrash/Prog/Djent/Mathrock/Metalcore (yes.) Kinda guy but throw on some Powerwolf and I'm headbanging *I don't care about the street cred*
Regarding power metal using growls: On the albums The Frozen Tears of Angels and From Chaos to Eternity, Rhapsody vocalist Fabio Lione does a fair bit of growling. "A dragon condemned to abandon his world Could open his eyes, awake and reborn Led by the angels he could finally rise Enflaming the air of the Northern skies A battle too hard to be faced by a man A fight for who owns the magic of Earth A sacrifice needed to stop a new hell A mystical weapon, the forbidden spell"
Speed Metal has been revived with bands like Ranger, Riot City, Toxikull, Vulture, and Skull Fist, to name a few. They're pretty cool speed metal bands formed in the 21st century.
How to identify power metal: Do you feel good? Do you want to start a DnD campaign? Having the urge to ride a komodo dragon because it's the closest thing to an actual dragon? Then you are listening to power metal... And if you're feeling exceptionally patriotic for a country you are not a part of or for a faction that doesn't exist anymore? That's probably Sabaton
😂 the way you talked about Sabaton! I take national pride for songs like Winter War and White Death (about a Finnish war hero, Simo Häyhä). But then again, I'm Finnish. If anyone knows anything about us, we're thrilled. 😂
"Their songs are often so ridiculous that I don't get how anyone could be uplifted by them and..." JOIN THE SCOTTISH REVOLUTION, FREEDOM MUST BE WON BY BLOOD
mechanix was a song metallica put on the no life till leather demo, then megadeth re-did it and metallica reworked it to four horsemen. you can see videos of james singing mechanix. and battle jackets came from punk, well so did thrash so eh fair enuff
Sorry for my English: I LOVE POWE METAL! I started listening to metal because of bands like Blind Guardian, Rhapsody of Fire, Kamelot, Sonata Arctica, Stratovarius, and Sabaton, then came Symphonic like Nightwish, Epica, Within Temptation; then Melodeath like Children of Bodom and In Flames. Now I love almost all kinds of metal genres, obviously some more than others. Oh, and now I also listen to so much music like some Girly Pop, hard rock, indie, alternative
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Speed metal: “im fast af boi”
Thrash metal: angry and fast
Power metal: dragons are dope af
Pick one: thrash metal speed or heavy metal melody?
Power metal:*grinds both pills, burns a copy of LotR no longer fit for service and adds the ashes,mixes with Mountain Dew and Dorito dust and drinks it from a challice*
THY WILL BE DONE!!!!
@@Ballin4Vengeance I have no way to describe how this comment makes me feel.
Post Metal: "The humanity never existed and all humans will cease to exist in some point of existence"
California east?
California is on the west side lol
I play DND with power metal. It’s true. And I’m not ashamed.
Dude same
“Ni-high-high-ht fah-ha-ha-hall”
Better slap Unleash the archers on when your Drow Ranger aim for the dragons eye!!! I love Power Metal to👍
Why would you be? That's awesome.
I started listening to Blind Guardian the same time I started playing DnD, there’s nothing more perfect.
That mustaine impression jesus christ
Oh my God
Lord have merceeeeeeeeeey
I was such a Metallica fan boy in the 90s and early 2000s. They I went to see Dragonforce who happened to be opening for Megadeth. And then I learned how really good Megadeth is.
Honestly the rivalry makes so many people not truly appreciate how great they both are
@@mmpgssl2378 completely true. I listen to both on a daily basis.
@@thegamingfish547 same I think it’s fine to have a favourite though just that it’s dumb to neglect the other completely
Haha I was SO worried this comment was going to end with "and now I ONLY listen to DragonForce*
Always liked both Metallica and megadeth
power metal makes me want to forge myself a sword and go fight a dragon ngl
Hell yeah brother!
It makes me want to vomit 🤢
@A Fish i bet u are fun at parties...
@A Fish bye, you won't be missed.
Facts
I think what I appreciate most about Power Metal is that, as far as I’ve seen, they tend to take themselves a lot less seriously than other subgenres. I can’t imagine anyone other than Powerwolf coming up with a masterpiece of tounge in cheek like Resurrection by Erection.
I love all Metal music, that includes harsh vocals, and dark themes. But i always make my back to Power Metal. Something about the fast heavy riffs, with fast drumming, and uplifting soaring vocals and melodies that just keeps me coming back. In the last year, i made it a point to discover more and more. That playlist went from 171 to 1373 in one year. Yeah, I've completely lost control, and there's nothing any of you can do stop me. I fucking love Power Metal.
What's your favorite band
And do you know hammerfall
I laughed when you said Sabaton sings about some Battleship you've never heared. Bismarck is the most famous battleship of ww2
@A Fish I do. Can't remember where I first heard it... was it Horrible Histories? Probably
I Agree with mcgJernside on this one. The ship is more remembered and discussed, than the Iron Chancellor Otto von Bismarck himself ^^
Admittedly I’m a history nerd and learned about the Bismarck from sabaton. I guess I’m just not very big into naval history, but it’s a cool story nonetheless
@A Fish me
@A Fish not true, I knew about the battleship wayyyy before knowing Sabaton is a band
Hoping that I don't have to re-upload this one for any copyright memery. 1 like = 1 prayer.
Good Mustaine impression btw
Power metal is usually just a Dio song with a thrash guitar behind it.
he's out of line, but he's right
@@sp00ky_noodle48 no, hes Dio. He is the last in line, or maybe first? Doesnt matter anyway
@@slebonafidekappa9422 either way, they’ll make you stand up and shout
Basically just Thrash but all the thrash bands are extreme fans of Dio
Mate, I was going to skip ahead to the subgenres that I haven't figured out how to identify yet, but I'm glad I decided to start at the beginning. Speed/Thrash/Power are some of my least favourite metal genres, but this is both informative and highly entertaining! Thank you for making this series.
@Fantastic Dimensions
Try Sabaton (History themed Power Metal) and Gloryhammer (epic Fantasy Scotland) for great music.
Sabaton are a great show live, and have some absolutely sick riffs.
Gloryhammer is as epic as they are stupidly hilarious. Give it a shot so you can learn more about the phrase "liquid ice"
@@litchqueenasenath5995 Sabaton shows make your heart beat twice as fast, especially when you hear the whistles for To Hell and Back
Death/Thrash, blackened thrash is some of the very best of Metal. Literally the Metal essence.
If you're more into the hard side of things, I get why you might have reservations towards Power Metal. But if you ever wanted to give it a try, I would first suggest Opeth, who are close to the harder stuff. Then, maybe Iced Earth with the song seven headed whore and The Plagues of Babylon. Unleash the Archers have a song called The General of the Dark Army that's a bit heavier as well.
Sabaton is great for someone who's already bought into Power metal, but I don't think they're an introductory band.
I like Power Metal because it's like thrash but, typically, faster and more uplifting. I don't mind growls or dark themes but theh just don't fit that uplifiting, empowering vibe
I like dark metal because it puts my murderous thoughts in their place :D
There has to be singing, that's it. You can sing with growls or about dark themes, but if it's not singing then it just doesn't fit in PM imo.
Same. I think that's why I love Orden Ogan so much, they often have all of that in many of their songs
Idk if u said east coast and then put a picture of California on purpose but it's pretty funny
FFS. I got East and West mixed up. Weirdly though, I noticed that I got it wrong with New York and re-dubbed that line but somehow missed the other.
Sabaton is the only band to make me patriotic about a country I'm not even part of 😭. I love how they tell stories about history: you're learning something and enjoying music at the same time
Please, don't learn history from Sabaton.
@@danielgadomski5129 Why not? Sabaton more than anything just gets you to look into the historical events they referenced. Whats wrong with that?
@@danielgadomski5129 their channel that explains the songs is good- and people aren’t stupid enough to think that history=military history- it’s way more than that.
@@Submarine_2010 As a matter of fact, Sabaton History (their history channel for anyone not aware) is actually fantastic for learning new historical events. If you listened to a song and thought whatever it was talking about sounded interesting, you can watch their video on it and it will teach you all about it. It also has Indy Neidell and… I mean it’s Indy Neidell, everyone loves Indy Neidell.
I recommend Sabaton all the time to people lol. It’s like having a metal band for a history teacher.
I am once again rewatching this series
I think you did really a very accurate job so far. I just think talking about Thrash Metal without having a closer look at the German scene of the mid-80ies, is like talking about Death Metal mentioning only Florida and leaving Sweden out.
Right, there's a fuckin Teutonic Big 4 because of it.
Except for calling California the “east coast” of the United States…
Later on…: “as for the east coast…”
Yes, the bm part in the first video was also quite inaccurate and barely covered second wave scenes outside of Norway at all.
"I've yet to encounter a power metal band that uses growls" - Pegasus would like to have a word with you sir. Also, Kamelot tends to sprinkle them around with guest singers.
Apart from that I can only recommend FIGHTING FOR YOUR KING, FOR THE HAMMER AND THE RING
You mean FIGHT FOR THE ANCIENT STORY ?
Battle Beast/Beast in Black can also have hints of growl as well. Makes sense considering the name of the bands. Aside from that we also ha-FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE WE MUST FIGHT FOR FIFE.
Yeah, the suggestions make perfect sen- FOR THE POWER AND THE GLOOOORY
This guy hasn't heard of Ryu 5150 or Imperial Circus Dead Decadence, they do that.
Knightfall and Paladin does use them occasionally. Also I have a feeling that the next Arch Enemy album will be closer to the PM sound than ever before
Sabaton, Powerwolf, Dragonforce, Gloryhammer. Yeah, I think I like power metal!
All are great bands, so why would anyone not
My man just hated so hard Sabaton I cant- honestly, 'romanticized history'?
Powerwolf made Resurrection by Erection. If that isn’t enough to love them I don’t know what is.
The best part is that it isn't even their only genitalia related song. Coleus sanctus. Coleus means testicle. And i'm pretty sure there are others. The latin text of stossgebet sounds kinda sus (stuff about vagina and virgins i think) but i can't be bothered to pull out the latin dictionary and check, and i don't speak a word of german.
@@bonogiamboni4830 It means "Ejaculative Prayer" I think
@@DoctorTheo ok with a title like that now i have to pull out the latin dictionary and find a german one because i can't afford to not know those glorious lyrics.
Battle beast's cover of it was stellar
I feel like power metal basically took the lighter classic (especially Rainbow, and Dio in general) and some NWOBHM (especially Iron Maiden), and added the speed and complexity of thrash (and sometimes even death). It is definitely probably the least heavy or brutal subgenre of contemporary metal, but I do not really see an issue with that. It shows that metal as a genre is flexible enough to accomodate a wide range of styles and tastes, which is key to its overall longevity.
Power Metal is so awesome! Blind Guardian, Falconer, Kamelot, Freedom Call, Rhapsody of Fire, and DragonForce are among my favorites of the genre and its sub-genres, which there are so many favorites.
A lot of power metal is definitely silly, but I would like to add that there is a lot of variance. Gloryhammer and Twilight Force are very hammy and self-aware. Bands like Blind Guardian and Iced Earth are on the other hand are not or at least to a much lesser degree. I think both are perfectly valid though a prefer a more serious tone.
Great video btw, your jokes are really well-timed.
"If you are a false don't entry because you'll be burned and died" 10/10
Man I love sepultura, and being from Argentina if feels kinda cool to have a recognised southamerican band like them
Sepultura are worth feeling that way about. They may not get as much recognition, but I'll throw on Roots way more often than any Megadeth album.
It actually makes so much sense if you literally translate to portuguese though...
Blind Guardian are awesome. Nightfall in Middle-Earth is one of my all-time favourite albums.
I wouldnt exactly call Sabaton romanticized history when you have songs about auschwitz and the horrors of trench warfare
Oh and Amaranthe are a weird mix of metal influences but power metal is in there and they do have a growler
Yeah sabaton does not romanticize war, their songs are about facts because they think it's important to remember these stories and learn from them
@@2910karlijn they absolutely do romanticize war. Sometimes. They also absolutely show how truly awful and horrible it is. Sometimes. Final solution, wehrmacht and basically most ww1 themed songs are really somber and dramatic and show the horrors of war but then you have stuff about kicking nazi ass or the whole "heroes" and "last stand" album concepts where they're more upbeat and focused on honour and glory because you can't really have a song that is literally just a clinical recap of events, you either have to hype them up or stress the horrific consequences they had. I fucking love them and i don't think they're doing a disservice to the knowledge of history (if anything they're helping, there are probably lots of events people only know about thanks to them) and i don't think anyone will actually come out of one of their concerts thinking war is cool and stuff like that, but i think it's more honest to say that they do glorify and romanticize some stuff, particularly when it's about single people instead of events. (If any journalist is reading this, no you dumb fuck, this does not mean they glorify the awful parts like the fucking holocaust, they literally tell people not to jump around or be happy when they play the final solution because it's not the right attitude to have towards the subject).
Rise Of Evil anyone?
I’d disagree, they often put a more romanticized angle on their retellings. I mean, compare their Fields of Verdun to Warbringer’s When the Guns Fell Silent (also about Verdun), and that’s why I’ve always steered more to thrash than power metal (especially Sabaton). Still good, just too “almost patriotic” for me.
@@ChristianMCortez i dont know the example you gave me but on the Sabaton side of things, it may seem romanticized when they put an emphasis on heroism and valor of the soldiers in question, but nowhere do they make it seem desireable to experience such events. Or atleast personally i've never wanted to be a German soldier on meth running through France with Erwin Rommel lol. Personally power is weird because i dont enjoy the classic definition of it but something like Sabaton and Powerwolf are among my favourite bands, otherwise i enjoy a harder sound, with elements of death and industrial metal
Ace of Spades is still one of my favourite songs of all time. Motorhead really was ahead of their time and full of raw charisma and energy 🔥
May every member of that majestic piece of music history rest in peace.
Thank you for mentioning Powerwolf
Yeah, I’m pretty sure Sabaton was the band that got me into metal, that solo in Carolus Rex still gets me pumped whenever I hear it.
Sabaton also got me into metal my whole room is ful of their merch and music😅
PUT YOUR BACK INTO THE OAR LADS
I love power metal and im proud
Love Anthrax. And Among the Living, alongside Master of Puppets, Reign in Blood and Rust in Peace are the must have albums.
The Big 4 of the Big 4 right there
I used to be a power metal guy, but black and folk metal just comsume my life for the past years
About Power Metal and Growls... Iced Earth's greatest song "Dante's Inferno" has a couple of growls in there.
I can recommend a powermetal band with both melodic and growl vocals - battlelore. Unless you have an allergy for LotR.
Can't be talking about Blind Guardian if you're allergic to LotR, so I think he's ok on that regard.. XD
Unless Rings of Power gave him one in the recent months.
I looooooove your Dave Mustaine impression, and the perfect reference it is :D I would never have a beer with the guy, but love everything he did (yes, even Risk). And yeah, "Peace sells..." was the second music album I ever bought :)
As the proud swede and Sabaton fan that I am, I have to flex a little bit that I in fact have one of Chris Rörland’s guitar picks that I caught during their tour in sweden this year when they played in Karlshamn. And my mom got their list of songs they played that day
Glad to see sabaton being mentioned
I’ll throw Nightwish in as a power metal recommendation
Nightwish is definitely symphonic metal and I'd argue that Kamelot is right in between power and symphonic metal.
@@fueledbypaintwater Nightwish is symphonic power metal
@@bluesdealer Maybe some of their songs, but a lot of their songs are just straight up symphonic
I'd say you're all correct. They've changed a lot. In the first albums were pretty much pure power metal. At about Once they turned symphonic. And now with Human:||:Nature I'm not quite sure how to describe them.
@@weedidi7144 kinda lame is how I'd describe them now lol. The Greatest Show on Earth is a pretty amazing song though
Thanks for showing some love for Blind Guardian :)
So often forgotten.
Sabaton and powerwolf have special places in my heart. Those two bands got me into metal. Somehow I thought they were very intense back then. I don’t listen to power metal anymore but let’s be really, nobody can say power metal sound bad.
They can, they would just be wrong.
Man, I always ask myself what the hell is Mustaine voice classified.
It's classified as a "mustaine".
That's a really good Mustaine impression. Funny, too.
In terms of power metal bands, Dragonforce uses growls every great once in a while, and Epica (okay, they're not exclusively power metal) use them pretty regularly to the point of being important to their style.
Ryu 5150 uses growls and throat singing, they're a Dragonforce inspired Japanese circle but with more range, variety, and styles, from dark symphonic metal to Celtic & Japanese folk metal, also many arranges of music from the Touhou game series.
I liked the part where DragonForce was in it.
Nobody:
people when i ask someone “whats ur fav band” in roblox flex your account age:
*S A B A T O N*
"Mechanix" is the SAME song, not riff. It was called "The Mechanix" while Mustaine was in Metallica.
I’m so glad you mentioned Sabaton, they have to be my favorite band of all time and they don’t get appreciated as much as they should in my opinion and you did a perfect job of explaining them. Can’t wait to watch the rest of the parts.
I saw them open for Judas Priest last September. Double whammy of metal gods 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
@@konnorrockkonnoisseur4970 oh that would have been sick🤘🏻
Im new and trying to get into ‘metal’ more, these videos really helped! Its nice that you’re so jokey about it, it helps me feel more welcome to it. Keep up the great work!
powerwolf will always have a special place in my heart as the band that got me in to metal in the first place
5:47 “you were expected to know how to play your instrument”
Lars Ulrich: no I’m good
Sabaton never disappoints. It always gives me the chills
Unleash the Archers actually has guitars do harsh vocals too
Power metal is my favorite genre of metal up there with death metal. As far as power metal with growls Unleash the Archers is the best example of that and yes they do actually play D&D together.
that dave mustaine impersonation was crazily accurate lmaooo
I was at the Metal Hammer Fest in 1985 in Lorelei-St Goarshaven WGermany. One of the highlights was watching the members of Venom's Legions Deutschland and Slayer's Satanic Wehrmacht kick the living shit out of each other. That and seeing Metallica roll out Disposable Heroes.
you deserve more views,dude
One thing I would like to add about Sabaton, is that they tell everyones story. They sing about D-Day in Primo Victoria. They pay homage to war hero’s such as The Red Baron, and Sergeant York. They describe the horrors of war in songs like Great War and The Attack of The Dead Men.
The best clean singing in heavy metal belongs to symphonic and gothic metal, because of lyrical, sometimes operatic, mainly female, singing, in my opinion
23 seconds... that how long I lasted listening to Nails..
you beat me by 4 seconds
I think I got lucky with the first Nails song I got, I survived for about 31 seconds
Now back normal :D
I managed to get through a whole album. And I actually loved it.
I love Nails.
Ive grown to be a fan of both, but when I was a teenager I was an asshole who would make jokes about Dave getting the boot. Metallica was my favorite band before I found death metal. If you break it down to brutality, unrelenting, and technicality, Megadeth Rust In Peace is the thrash metal champion. However song structure, feel, and production Master of Puppets is the winner. They both deserve thier place and thats why Slayer Reign In Blood becomes the greatest thrash album of all time. You cant pick Rust over Master and vice versa.
AJFA is metallicas most technically proficient. Maybe it drags on a bit but if you sit down and decide to sit down and listen to AJFA, it is mindblowing.
6:39
Warms my heart to see Dio get respect.
Boy oh boy, I didn't know about that specific Sepultura lyric lmao. But as a brazilian, I can explain it: "died" should be replaced by "killed" (obviously), but it doesn't denote the same idea. In portuguese, the verb "morto", conveys the idea of "become dead", which doesn't make it explicit that one was killed by an individual. That being said, Max (or whoever wrote the lyrics) probably thought the verb "died" existed in english and just tried to translate "morto" directly ;b
EDIT: having watched episode 6, now I know why I'd never seen this lyric: it's not a Sepultura lyric lol, my explanation still stands though
Love this dude you made it so fun to watch with all the memes man great stuff!!!
Mechanix was the original version of “The Four Horsemen” which is mostly why Mustaine chose to play it but way faster just to as you say flex
Maybe it's coming up in a future episode (I'm binging these now because they're fucking awesome!), but I'm surprised that Pantera was practically overlooked in this episode. They completely changed the metal scene in the late 80's when thrash and glam were being pushed out by (ugh) grunge. Maybe there's a groove metal genre coming up - I hope so - Pantera deserves a huge mention.
How have i missed this series for so long? Glad the algorithm suggested it. It's fantastic!
EDIT:. please disregard. Just watched part 4. Right on!
Theres a great Canadian power metal band called Unleash the Archers that uses a combination of death growls and clean vocals
I'm already well versed in all this, but I love videos like this. And you're doing a killer job.
“FUCKING SLAYER” was a school wide meme with me in high school it was such a great time for real metal was all I listened to at the time and them and Pantera were my TOP listens no matter what
I’ve always explained it as Thrash being the score for people beating the shit of other people, while Power is the score for people beating the shit of dragons and fantasy monsters
While I can enjoy other forms I and a primarily a power metal guy. Its fun and full of hype and I like being able to sing at work without sounding like Im choking.
One powermetal band that does you screams and growls is some songs in Rhapsody/of Fire. One of my apparently favorite power metal band
This channel is where I go for meme based metal genre explanations
Early Unleash the Archers has growls in it
I loved the contrast between the lead singers really nice voice, and the guitar players growls popping in intermittently. Do they not do that anymore? Haven’t heard shit from recently
"Cheesier than a Frenchman's bloodstream" just cemented your place with Goniloc as my metal memelords. Can't believe this channel is so small god damn.
thanks for warning againts powerviolence. I found my new favourite genre
Just in case someone might wanna take a look, here are some Japanese Power Metal and Trash Metal bands that are fucking awesome:
Power:
-Galneryus
-Versailles
Trash:
-lynch.
-Nocturnal Bloodlust (some tracks, they go between that and death metal)
-the GazettE (same as above with more sub genres)
Japanese metal bands have amazing instruments but I just couldn't get into its vocals
I love power metal and all the other stuff metal is all good
I'm usually more of a Thrash/Prog/Djent/Mathrock/Metalcore (yes.) Kinda guy but throw on some Powerwolf and I'm headbanging *I don't care about the street cred*
Lost Horizon is fucking incredible btw. Some of the best clean singing in metal.
Can’t believe Sabaton has brought me all the way to these kind of videos
Fuck I love Sabaton
Yus! That brief mention of powerwolf was what i was waitin for! The best boys for me!
thank you for putting a part of a metallica/slayer/anthrax/megadeth's cover of am i evil from the big 4 in sofia arena vasil levski
3:16
"The East Coast..."
*Explains and shows the West Coast*
Regarding power metal using growls: On the albums The Frozen Tears of Angels and From Chaos to Eternity, Rhapsody vocalist Fabio Lione does a fair bit of growling.
"A dragon condemned to abandon his world
Could open his eyes, awake and reborn
Led by the angels he could finally rise
Enflaming the air of the Northern skies
A battle too hard to be faced by a man
A fight for who owns the magic of Earth
A sacrifice needed to stop a new hell
A mystical weapon, the forbidden spell"
Ride the Lightning > Master of Puppets
Speed Metal has been revived with bands like Ranger, Riot City, Toxikull, Vulture, and Skull Fist, to name a few. They're pretty cool speed metal bands formed in the 21st century.
How to identify power metal:
Do you feel good? Do you want to start a DnD campaign? Having the urge to ride a komodo dragon because it's the closest thing to an actual dragon?
Then you are listening to power metal...
And if you're feeling exceptionally patriotic for a country you are not a part of or for a faction that doesn't exist anymore? That's probably Sabaton
11:28 that was a legit good dave impression
Beast in black from finland is one of my favourite power metal bands if they are power metal even, sounds like it. And the singer yannis(?) is so good
😂 the way you talked about Sabaton!
I take national pride for songs like Winter War and White Death (about a Finnish war hero, Simo Häyhä).
But then again, I'm Finnish. If anyone knows anything about us, we're thrilled. 😂
"Their songs are often so ridiculous that I don't get how anyone could be uplifted by them and..." JOIN THE SCOTTISH REVOLUTION, FREEDOM MUST BE WON BY BLOOD
*The West Coast of the US was America's Metal capitol in the 80's. Great video, m8
This series has it all, comedy, education and metal.
Gloryhammer is my favorite power metal band. I also like how they named their most popular song after their band name
Can’t forget unleash the archers 🤘🏻
dude i love this series. watched it like 4 times
mechanix was a song metallica put on the no life till leather demo, then megadeth re-did it and metallica reworked it to four horsemen. you can see videos of james singing mechanix.
and battle jackets came from punk, well so did thrash so eh fair enuff
Highly entertaining series. Thanks
Loving the tongue-in-cheeck style of presentation.
Sorry for my English: I LOVE POWE METAL! I started listening to metal because of bands like Blind Guardian, Rhapsody of Fire, Kamelot, Sonata Arctica, Stratovarius, and Sabaton, then came Symphonic like Nightwish, Epica, Within Temptation; then Melodeath like Children of Bodom and In Flames.
Now I love almost all kinds of metal genres, obviously some more than others. Oh, and now I also listen to so much music like some Girly Pop, hard rock, indie, alternative