This is Lucust, Mitch’s son from Operator Generator. I’ll have to show him this video! He’d totally appriciate hearing his band alongside all these other great bands! Thanks for the shoutout Mike! Edit:if you all are interested, he currently plays bass with me live in my band LAZER BEAM. Cheers friends!
I'm stoked that he talked about how it feels to connect with Electric Wizard for the first time. Hearing Return Trip off of Come My Fanatics was a pivotal moment for me personally. So heavy, so ugly, but so groovy. Yob, imo, are doom Gods in their own right, so it's cool to hear one doom god give props to the other. This was a good vid. It'll be interesting to see what bands in 20 years are saying are their inspiration. I'm sure Yob will be on there, as will Cough, Windhand, Primitive Man, Pallbearer.
Return Trip is tops for me when it comes to Electric Wizard. I feel like Come My Fanatics usually gets overlooked by Dopethrone, but I prefer the former by far!
Cathedral - Forest of Equilibrium Pentagram - Relentless Saint Vitus - Born Too Late Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus Electric Wizard - Come My Fanatics Sleep - Holy Mountain Winter - Into Darkness Burning Witch - Crippled Lucifer Cianide - The Dying Truth Bethlehem - Dark Metal Nightstick - Blotter
I don't know much about Doom Metal (How many genres are there now? The more the better!), But always a Metal head/Hardcore fan. I was around 15 years old in the early 80's, and a friend's older brother, who'd been to LA in 80' and caught the Hardcore scene popping up, would drive us to "all ages" shows in Syracuse, NY. We went to see Black Flag on the "Slip It In" tour, and I was totally blown away by their opening band, very different and very Metal, which was strange at the time. At least together. That band was Saint Vitus! I was blown away. Very heavy, reminded me of the 70's. A band I'll never forget seeing and experiencing. Early 90's we found an album that will forever be a Classic, timeless album was Monster Magnet's "Spine Of God". One of my favorite albums ever! And much of this Doom Metal seems like it came from this style. Very refreshing! I hadn't heard most of the bands mentioned in this video, but some great stuff, whatever the genre, lol! Thanks for the list. I'll have to check some of them out! 🤘🤘
@@timturk1899 Another list... Iron Man - Generation Void Sons of Otis - Songs for Worship Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley Acid King - Busse Woods Cianide - A Descent Into Hell Goatsnake - Trampled Under Hoof Trouble - Psalm 9 5ive - 5ive (2001) Warhorse - As Heaven Turns to Ash Saint Vitus - Die Healing Black Sabbath - Vol 4
Mike seems like a chill guy, truly passionate about music, and he articulates his opinions beautifully. Great video, saved it and I'll give a listen (or a re-listen) to these records!
I appreciate how the Yob guys are good human beings. I’m glad they’re ambitious and hard working enough to be recognized for their talent. They deserve all the good things that come their way.
A couple of years ago I saw Pallbearer open for High on Fire and what a great match of different doom sounds. Foundations of Burden is one of my favorites now
Just saw Mike and YOB play in my little mountain town. Such a great show. Thanks for sharing. I came to Doom/Stoner/Sudge later in life and am so glad I did. We all have to keep seeking out new art that "clicks".
Solid list, Mike. The PNW is blessed to have Yob. Some of the most emotive Stoner/Doom shows I’ve ever seen were Yob shows. All those spacecakes…in a Y2Kish galaxy far away. Awesome to see you often headbanging up front too. A true musician. A true fan. Mad respect!
My list of favorite/impactful doom or doom adjacent albums, trying to limit to 1 per band: Pallbearer - Sorrow and Extinction Warning - Watching From a Distance Candlemass - Nightfall Ataraxie - Slow Transcending Agony Ahab - The Divinity of Oceans Windhand - Soma Swallow the Sun - Hope Down - NOLA Neurosis - Times of Grace Katatonia - Brave Murder Day Lord Vicar - Fear No Pain
Thanks Revolver for creating content for us doomer heads! YOB are legends, and its always fun to see Mike. Awesome picks, Electric Wizard is how I fell in love with Doom Metal too and Supercoven was a huge part of that for sure!
Nice to hear someone give Joey Osbourne from Acid King a 'shout out'... great drummer, always thought he was very like Bill Ward in his approach... fantastic list of albums.
The beauty of Electric Wizard is that they build up the apprehension of the next note but it's always later than you expect. It would be difficult for me to stay in time with them.
Finally Cathedral get the attention they truly deserve! Autumn twillight, absolute favourite of mine! As a personal pick, i would add Pallbearer to that list. All of their records. I love them.
Mike has been a longtime inspiration to me...it's weird, cuz I didn't really get YOB the first few times I saw them...I saw them early in their career, they weren't quite the juggernaut they are now, and Mike hadn't quite crystallised what yob was to be..it was experimental, wreckless in a good way...I respected it, but couldn't quite handle it for a whole set worth.....we both worked at guitar stores in Eugene (me at lame ass guitar center, him at cool Mckenzie music) and we sent eachother customers...I sold him a red les paul at one point, gave him the best deal I could!! (I wonder if he still has it?) He invited me to high on fire at the samurai duck, god bless him,..and I just wasn't ready for it...I kick my self thinking I just walked out of that show after a few songs...(it was as much the few people there that were kinda assholes as the fact that I didn't quite get the music )then a high school aquaintance turned me on to his band, buried at sea, ..and he left his amp and guitar at our jam space...it was a modded marshall (I think he borrowed a cabinet from me if I remember right) and a kramer with an aluminum neck....I had so much fun playing that guitar tuned to some really low open tuning, then I started to listen to the album more, and I finally got it.. I am far from the doom afficionado that Mike is,..( I like all kinds of stuff), but I finally found out about sleep and electric wizard, and learned of the awesomeness of Matt Pike, and gained a greater appreciation for bands like neurosis, cathedral, etc...no one probably cares about it, but I do...I love Mike...one of the greatest musicians of all time IMO...and though we aren't close, I can count him as my friend...I caught YOB's set opening for Neurosis at the hawthorne theather in Portland a while back, and it was probably the best live rock show I've ever been to...the sound engineers really had it dialed...the bass was poppin, shakin shit off the rafters that had been up there for a long time...gold
@@ryanwitherspoon3121 No...I should look Jason up...one of my friends has got to know what he's up to...we're all middle aged now ..so touring in a band starts to get rough...he's probably doing a job where you make,...like, money and stuff??
Hey Mike. From another Mike, I really want to thank you for turning me onto Corrupted! I lived under a rock for too many years and I’ve now been spending the rest of my life and energies catching up on what I missed. ❤️🔥
I love Mike, he is the coolest musician i've ever met, he's so kind and down to earth. Meeting him was one of the highlights of my life as someone whose music means so much to me. And this is a great list, wish the video was even longer!
Agree man he’s the real deal and a wonderful human being and an amazing artist ! Like you meeting him was a real high point for me and he ranks at the very top of coolest people I’ve ever met !!
Everthing from YOB is in my list, Clearing the Path to Ascend is for me most surprising, intense and shocking piece of art for me, still, like when old times you have your most favourite musics but after hundreds of listen it does not creeps you, its regular and not goosebumping. Along all music experience, YOB is broke this on me. For countless years, even now talking about every single song of them still gives goosebumps, fresh and intense as if it is like first listen. Could you imagine what a gift and lifetime experience that is. Not any appreciation is enough and it is undescribable.
It's weird for Pentagram, St. Vitus, Trouble, Witchfinder General, and Candlemass not to get any love. Glad Cathedral got love though, they are on of my favorite bands.
well this was Mike's personal list of his favorite albums, not just a list of essentials, because tbh youd need a list of at least 50 to include all the bands/albums that had a major impact on the Doom/stoner/whatever scenes across the world.
Mike’s style leans more to the Proggy realms ov DOOM. His 11 makes complete sense. And 1998’s Burning Witch-Crippled Lucifer? OMFG. Gotta give props to Nate Mountain for first turning me on to that.
Operator Generator is one of the classics of stoner rock... It's so groovy and heavy, really up there with Kyuss, Nebula and Acrimony. That doom metal list is amazing, it's maybe only missing stuff like Goatsnake, Disembowelment, Skepticism.
Soul Sacrifice was my first. Right away, pummeled with riffage. Unreal., My love has never ebbed. Cathedral are too fucking good. So good, I feel like people pass on them because they can’t stand how good they are.
I love doom and stoner so much. Incredible list. I think I would pick Dopesmoker over Holy Mountain though. I had listened to that album for 6 years before it finally clicked with me. The tones are just crushing. The way Al sings, especially towards the end, you can hear him putting everything he has inside himself into it. I have had many deeply profound and spiritual psychedelic experiences listening to Dopesmoker that have changed my life in an incredibly positive way.
I met Mike when he was touring with a band called Middian. We played with them at the Alibi in Arcata Ca and they needed a place to crash so I let them stay at my house. He was the most respectful nice and amazing house guest and even left me a thank you note before leaving in the morning. What a guy. So great to see him doing what he loves for a living. Amazing dude and he will always stick out to me for his kindness.
It's always great to hear someone describe music that has a talent for describing music. It truly is a unique ability. Mike is great at it! If that YOB thing doesn't pan out (joking) I think he may have found another gig. Well done...
Usually these list videos are mildly entertaining at best. For someone to successfully describe their personal connection/ history to the music is extremely rare. If Mike could kill it doing a dumb list video then his own show would be insanely watchable with the right production.
I picked up Paso Inferior just because John Chang mentions and thanks them because Discordance Axis played shows with them in Japan. I bought the record having never heard it and expected it to be grind because of DA. What I heard was not grind and what I heard absolutely blew my teenage brains out. I ended up picking it up on CD to find that the CD version is even longer. To this day it’s still one of my favorite records and hardly anyone gives that band the shine that they deserve. Heavy doesn’t even describe it.
It's weird. I'm a pretty straight-laced suburban dad. I was a heshian back in the 90s, but I cut my hair and went full cargo pants and ASICS. Something... About the sound. There's something screaming in my soul about the doom sound. I'm an HM2 guy, but also am FZ2 guy on top of a TB2 and a BMP. I've been a searcher in the cult of distortion my whole life and when I hear doom and drone it's like a religious experience and it brings such deep shuddering joy in me, and I just don't know how to describe the feeling to people who wouldn't comment in a video like this.
Superb list. Out of a fair few others, I'd have to add Warning - Watching From A Distance as a crushing and beautiful example. Perhaps the most heartbreaking Doom album ever made.
Watching From A Distance is an amazing album (I still think “The Strength To Dream” is better), but there are many doom bands that write FAR more emotionally draining songs than Warning.
This list gave me some stuff to listen to, I adore doom metal. Especially the funeral doom side of it, Mournful Congregation being a big changing point for me. Really made me dive into the subgenre. And a little folk doom band called Uaral really hit me in a nice spot. Sounds of Pain is some of the most depressive, painful but beautiful music I've ever heard. They only have two albums and they're masterpieces of folk doom. Also really love the death/doom side. Stuff like the first Autopsy album, October Tide, My Dying Bride. Such a dynamic genre doom is! One of my favorites.
Great list! Love all these bands so much and they were extremely pivotal to my experience. Great to hear you shout out Acid King. Not a lot of females in DOOM and going to Acid King shows back in the day with the small group of us in SF was a real special time. Love YOB!
Yes so glad you brought up Supercoven! One of the greatest pieces of music ever written! Jus, Tim, and Mark were such masters of the epic long jam. Two tracks and 31 minutes of pure magic.
My Dying Bride and Paradise Lost will always be my favorite Doom bands, they were around long before most of these bands. I do love all those albums he named but my favorites are from MDB and Paradise Lost.
I saw My Dying Bride live (at the time of Like Gods of the Sun), with the violin, man, it was epic. I just closed my eyes and I was totally immersed. Paradise Lost, unfortunately can't play live. I saw them twice, and both performances were disappointing, but great work in studio. Icon is one of my favorite albums.
Wow I’m really surprised Mike cites Polar Fleet. I stumbled upon that record a few years ago in a Sleep rabbit hole once. Tom Choi was in AsbestosDeath aka proto Sleep. It’s a great laid back, heady album. I myself also thought It was too good an album for it to be unheard of like it is. Mike if you see this amen brother🤘
One of my favorite live moments was Yob on Roadburn (one of many great gigs there, think they were playing The Great Cessation fully that day). At the end of the gig Mike lifted his guitar by the neck and bellowed out a primal roar, and you could tell that he had a great time, too.
What a great video. Loved hearing Mike talk, would gladly listen to him talk about doom / metal in general as long as he wanted to talk! Electric Wizard's Dopethrone was one of my real intros to doom metal, and got me into the genre, and Yob are now one of my favorite bands. Absolutely stellar stuff. Gotta make it to a show one of these days!
What a great interview. For me the list would have to include Crowbar, Melvins first two albums and Soundgarden's "Loud Love". Many may scoff at my Soundgarden pick but their tune "I Awake" is doom as fvck for me.
Another list... Cathedral - Soul Sacrifice (EP) Electric Wizard - Dopethrone Paradise Lost - Gothic Pentagram - Review Your Choices Candlemass - Nightfall Warhorse - The Priestess Saint Vitus - Saint Vitus (1984) Cirith Ungol - King of the Dead Witchfinder General - Death Penalty Earthride - Taming of the Demons Samael - Worship Him
had the pleasure of gigging with Solstice back in the day on the new dark age tour - great guys and awesome live - got to play through Hamish's amp a fine JCM 800
wow, great lineup! Most of this is familiar to me, but some of it is brand new, so I'll be plugging in and exploring some of this. Thanks for sharing Mike! YOB brings together so many of these influences, just based on the stuff I'm familiar with in your list, and I dare say that YOB itself would be on many a Doom list!
New Dark Age is a traditional doom gem. The complexities of the lyrics and instrumentals is always a joy to listen to. Really great addition to this list.
Awesome to see Mans Ruin Rec and Operator Generator get some Credit they fairly deserve! Hailing this Record since i began to dig deeper into Doom and Stoner Music
This is probably the first time I've ever heard anyone publically praise Lee Dorian's vocals. Lee is an underground legend and a lot of people like Cathedral, but they are a good example of one of those "Yeah I love the riffs, just not the vocals" bands. I still couldn't imagine Cathedral without Lee, good on you Mike!
Great list by a true bard. when i think back about what Sabbath perpetuated and what became of it my mind generally goes to very distinct time and place. Trouble is definitely high on the list along with (ALL) Church of Misery’s offerings. Neurosis, Melvins, Monolord, Windhand, Witch, Fu Manchu, Witchfynder General, Cathedral! Thanks to Mike and Revolver!
Cathedral is such an essencial band, didn't recognize their influence in Mike's music but it makes all sense to be talked about. "The art of self-defense" is also my favorite HOF album.
Art of Self Defense was my fave for 20 years but eventually Surrounded by Thieves became my #1. It's basically a tie though, wouldn't be caught dead without both in my collection.
Great pics overall! Cathedral will always be one of my favorite doom metal acts. Lee was such a unique and zany vocalist! Love his current project in With The Dead as well.
As I get older albums tend to leave my memory but when you brought up Solstice New Dark Age I literally jumped. I used to listen to that album on repeat. I loved it but didn’t listen to it for like 10 years. Thanks for jogging my memory and bringing it back for me.
Sleep was my intro into doom metal and the genre and its so good to see new bands making that sound evolve into something else. I don't think i would have found my current favorite band Rickshaw Billies Burger Patrol without looking back at where it all started. i aslo suggest some underrated bands like Castle rat, SLUGG, and Gnome
Great picks, dude. It’s a really happy day when I can discover a band or two that slipped through the cracks for me. From one good ear to another, I appreciate you. ❤️
A few years ago when I found Dopethrone, I was taken down a rabbit hole of discovery that I’ve since not come back from. Doom has consumed me in such a beautiful way.
Lots of great albums mentioned in this video and in the comments. I'd even throw in Warning's Watching from a Distance. Walker and his other project 40 Watt Sun is definitely worth checking out.
I was lucky enough to see Yob in Eugene, OR when the Great Cessation came out. That show changed my life. It was one of the first times my clothes literally moved because of the volume of the music 😂
Great list Mike. Glad to hear the Man's Ruin shout out! Overall really great history for the younger listeners. This list stands on its own, but I'd also add Noothgrush and Church of Misery (who also had a Man's Ruin release) from the same generation of bands.
Mike is awesome, Yob is one of my favorite bands ever, i think my picks would be Yob - Our Raw Heart Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper Sleep - Dopesmoker Pallbearer - Sorrow & Extinction Eletric Wizard - come my fanactics and Time to die High on fire - death is this communion and de vermis mysteriis Acid Bath when the kyte string pops and paegan terrorist Bongripper - Satan Worshiping Doom
Loved the list! All are great!... To me, "Doom" included a few on your list, "Sleep" for one. I was hoping to see 'Candlemass' and 'Warning ' on the list. Candlemass got me into Doom =)
When I just discovering the world of metal properly via the NOLA crowd (CoC, Crowbar, Down, EHG) and past maybe some of the more obvious suggestions (Acid Bath, EW, Sleep) from that pathway, Illusion of Motion was released. Wow. Everything about that record sounded so fresh, mysterious and unique. It still holds up today too. This year, I go to Desertfest London 2022 for the first time in 7 years after catching the first few editions and the predominate reason is Mike - for Yob and his love (plus promotion) of Spirit Adrift. Thanks dude, stay strong. Don't forget Middian too! Bless.
If Mike did Ted Talks I would be here for it 100%. I remember the first time I saw the video for Cathedral~Autumn Twilight and Kyuss~Green Machine on Headbangers Ball it flicked a switch in me. A couple of years later I was working at a coffeehouse and J. Younger handed me a copy of a band he just produced. That band was Fu Manchu and the album was The Action Is Go! That opened the entire world of stoner rock for me. All of these bands and labels are forever intertwined and related.
