The theory of Rainer Landfermann being Nattramn is so bizzarre. They sound nothing alike, at the very most Nattramn could be described as Rainer if he became a whining dinosaur

I love all of Bethlehem's earlier albums, but especially Dictius te Necare has been one of my all-time favourite albums for years. Rainer Landfermann pulls off the most insane vocals that sound actually disturbing, unlike lots of DSBM bands that try to copy them. The ending to Aphel, die Schwarze Schlange is probably my favourite moment.

Totally dig that Tears for Fears Record.

Rainer Landfermann is one of my favorite vocalists

I'm a huge listener of Bethlehem and a huge Jurgen's fan. He has inspired me to write my lyrics thanks to his music composition and his poems, making him a man of worship and worthy of thanks for his dark and abstract themes.

Gummo is probably the film with the most extreme metal soundtrack. That's where I also found about Bethlehem as I remember. The song played on the ending credits is actually "Schuld Uns'res Knöch'rigen Faltpferd's" which was featured exclusively in the film. "Verschleierte Irreligiosität" is played briefly during one of the scenes in the movie, specifically the outro section of the song.

The first three albums are some of my all-time favorites in extreme metal as a whole, especially Dark Metal and SUIZID. I’m glad they went back to their roots with Onielar.

Gotta say Wyatt, i love your passion for the genre of metal. You listen to every form of it that exists and you give everything a fair shake, albiet you (as we all do) have biases. But you show a true love for metal. Thanks for the entertainment and education

Awesome!! I never hear anyone talking about this band. Insanely overlooked band. I’d suggest them for anyone into the more bizarre but not quite avante garde “black” metal. Thanks for covering them

I love this band. And with Onielar on vocals,they sound even better.

Ayy finally, they've been my favorite band recently, love their first and third phases, first trilogy is a masterpiece and the works with Onielar are also superb, still need to check the albums with Guido

Cool talking Bethlehem with Tears for fears in the background. Darkened nocturn slaughtercult is a favorite here. Love that she's contributed to Bethlehem.

Congratulations for your extensive approach! I liked Bethlehem right from the start and I agree with... approx 95% of everything you said about them: their musical style, the atmosphere they create, their shift in sound throughout the years, etc. Well done, man!

I've been listening to them for years but knew almost nothing about them.This was a very informative video,thanks.

I'd always heard of Bethlehem but I first actually heard them on the Gummo soundtrack. The vocals really got my attention.

Next up, Explaining Opeth (there's nothing to explain I just love when people talk about my favorite band).

I personally prefer Dark Metal (one of my top 10 all time albums), but I totally get people liking Dictius te Necare more. Rainer's performance on that is pretty much legendary. Feels like the deranged side of black metal is still chasing that sound and he remains on top. As weird as it is that it exists in the first place, that "My Way" cover is amazing.

The one connection(that i know of) between Bethlehem & Silencer is that Bethlehems guitarist did the cover art for Death Pierce Me.

One of my favorite bands of all time. So glad you decided to talk about them!

The fact that you have tears for fears there makes you that much cooler!

gummo also includes a Burzum song if i recall correctly

Thank you for this video.Been waiting for this one.

My local Black Metal Scene here, is partly very influenced by Bethlehem. One Band had Jürgen Bartsch featured on a Song

First heard them in 94 with their debut - i really liked it , and then the second album came out with those insane vocals - loved it . I bought the third album and ep but then they got too weird so i left there, but came back to them on their lastest 2 albums

Nice video but some missing things should be said as well. Bethlehem lost their dark metal face when the guitarist Klaus Matton left the band. Jürgen Bartsch might be the soul of the bands but is not able to compose such riffs and melodies Klaus did. Marco Kehren, one of the two vocalists of "S.U.i.Z.i.D", has his own band called Deinonychus which is musicaly and personally close related to Bethlehem. The other vocalist of the Bethlehem's third album is Cathrin Campen and most of the time you can clearly hear the difference between the two. She is not only talking some parts, she is also doing brutal female vocals for example in the track "Teufelverrückt Gottdreizehn".

easily one of my favourite bands and one of the heaviest bands I know of, keep up the good work man, love your content :)

Oh, and the (kind of vague) label of "Dark Metal" was actually pretty popular in Germany during the early 1990s. There's quite a few bands that come to mind, the most popular (and notorious) probably being Eisregen.

Great description of a brilliant band, good shit Wyatt \m/ geddon

I’ve been waiting for thing fs one of my favorite bands of all time

Great video, just waiting for an Abigor video like this

Hell yeah! Bethlehem seem to be very underrated and I am glad someone is finally talking about them now. Their albums are excellent soundtrack when reading works by people like Cioran, Schopenhauer, or Mainlander (the latter is actually referenced by the title of Dictius Te Necare which is a quote from on the guy’s books iirc)

Finally got a ticket for Prophecy Fest after searching for it for 3 Months because its sold out. If everything goes right i will see Bethlehem in a Cave 🤘

It took me so many years to understand why I always liked this band so much, that it's one of the very few non French black/avanguard metal band (together with Dodheimsgard) being able of keeping up my interest since now. Weirdly my favourite song by them it's Ein Kettenwolf greint 13:11-18

i miss Niklas Kvarforth being in Bethlehem Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult, next?

This is perfect I start listen to them few weaks ago, unfortunate I discovered this band because niklas

There is more links and similatiries between Silencer and Bethlehem: Steve Wolz who was the drummer in 'Death Pierce Me' was also, the drummer of Bethlehem. Bethlehem's guitarist did the cover art for Death Pierce Me. I read online in some forums, which is not hard to find, that Silencer was a Jürgen Bartsch's project, he never confirmed it, but you can definitely hear some some resemblance, specially in the clean/slower parts in "Death Pierce Me" and "Sterile Nails And Thunderbowels" is totally what Bethlehem sounds like. I don't believe nattramn actually existis, is all a marketing play by the guys from Bethlehem appealing to shock value.

Thank You Harmony Koraine and the Gummo- Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Do a noise music iceberg

I can smell you, but you're surprisingly on point. Subscribing instantly

Niklas on vocals is perfect as always

Dark metal and Dictius are both, masterpieces

I really like your videos, I love watching ching weird explaining extreme bands, specially the charts are really good, I would recommend doing those more.

Very great band

Off topic, but the new Arghoslent album title was revealed today: Resuscitation of the Revanchists

You should do a video explaining trist which is a dsbm band from the czech republic

Thanks a lot for this video! I've had the pleasure to hang out a little with Jürgen Bartsch and Marco Kehren at a Genocide Organ show in Mannheim, around 2010 or so. Both are very friendly and enjoyable people to be around. I believe Dada is an element in Bethlehem's work as well, or at least has been. And, lest we forget: »Dick-teeous teh neck-ahray.« »Ry-nerrr Lunt-fair-munn.« »Uh-lass tott (as in »thot« ^^).« »Fur-shly-err-tay Eer-relic-iositat.« »Sahr-doh-niche-err Oon-terr-gung ehm Psychen eer-relic-iosir Dohr-bee-toong.« »Shut-toon ouse durr Alexander Weld.« »Eck-suh cozy-oi eck-say cont-uh eck-suh phobia.« (there's no actual letter H in the ancient Greek alphabet, instead there's a sign called »Spiritus asper« attached to a vowel that indicates to »breathe harder.«) »Lebe dich leer« was fine. ;-)

Jürgen Bartsch Pronunciation: Yorgen Barch

one of the best

lunar aurora is a great black metal band from germany

I dont know if this is a good idea or not to do but can you do "Explaining Wyattxhim"..?

I read somewhere that Rainer could never perform live and in the studio he could only sing 2,5 songs until he lost his voice which might explain why he wasn't in the band that long

Glad to see that Dwight Schrute has extreme metal band

They're likely to unleash a new album next year, since it was recording last year(?).

Definetly oof my very favorite bands. Something that always was consistent with this Band are the lyrics which are very cryptic and dark. These give even the Schatten aus der Alexanderwelt trilogy a dark twisted atmosphere. I usually don't care for lyrics but those are definetly a great bonus. I like that every album is more or less unique.

Do an explaining Shining video! (ducks). I like some of their music (ducking, peeking, ducking, kvack kvack).

True about Dictius Te Necare. Not for the weak.

Not to mention they had the dude from Benighted in Sodom in the band for 5mins

Great vidéo

What is your opinion on keller synth/tanzelcore and dungeon synth?

I love them .... especially after Onierlia(?) Darkened nocturne slaughter, vocalist joined.

When is the Wyattxhim Iceberg video coming?

started listening to them after watching gummo

shit, i still have the Dictius Te Necare banned cd, artwork is crazy

i like this band. i have the first 3, and mein weg on vinyl. also i got the silencer- death pierce me vinyl box set.

You made industrial, black and depressing (I think) charts. I would love just a Doom chart as well

I saw Bethlehem live 😎

Nice

Can you do Blut Aus Nord?

One thing they get credit for is giving the prototype for DSBM.

If not for one I do Liked This band and that is Their unique for their Black Metal kind of Style and they were the Pioneers of DSBM like don't get me wrong, they pave for more German DSBM bands to come in the time as it were the talk of the time🤘😉🤔.

Vatermord's Heimweh nach Gewalt gives me sometimes Rainer Landfermann vibes

Explain Filth of Mankind? That band is super underrated

Penguins

Lucky number 777th like.

Always listened to this band but never knew shit about them to be honest.

I love Bethlehem!

Dark metal

The dark metal being first DSBM album is quickly debunked by strid ep and hvis lyset tar oss

Mein Weg slaps

They have cancelled Prophecy fest because of ill health with Jurgen

albert?

I truly appreciate your explaining this excellent group. I showcased "Dark Metal" on my channel but didn't do it justice in my explanation as you have just done. Check it out! I'd like your opinion. Bravo, my good metal man! I too love Tears For Fears😅! Their newest record is a masterpiece. Cheers!

Everybody wants to rule the world

Bethlehem's first album definitely had some Satanism themes. Just sayin' ;) Clearly one of my favorite bands of all time, as I put out three of their albums on the SWR label over the years. But yes, good video and explanation!

"I don't want to pronounce it because it will be a trainwreck and a half" - Americans need to stop doing this, nobody else does this, and it's not because their pronunciation is perfect in all languages. If you're really THAT insecure you can just listen to google translate pronounce it

i wonder when english-mothertonguees realize, that nearly everyone worldwide pronounces vowels different than them. modern english butchered the tonal values and every single one of them doesnt sound like it should (or did - in earlier times). in other words: you feared to butcher the german album-title and got around the cliff by not saying it...dictius te necare didnt have that much luck :)

Across multiple videos you have added a ‘K’ to the word ‘especially’. It’s not pronounced ekspecially, but if this is like a meme or something then ignore this comment - but I heard it once in another of your videos and again in this one

Lol

Satanism is a ""cliche"" ? Dude,seriously? It is a philosophy of life that you,me and millions of other people follow during their everyday routine without even realizing it. It is closer to real life than anything else ever created by the human mind.Besides,Yvonne /Onielar/ represents this kind of philosophy more accurately than any other artist,so...Maybe you just do not fully comprehend Satanism,have you ever thought about that?

I'll explain in two words: They suck.

I wondered if you had ever heard of the obscure, neoclassical darkwave project Sopor Aeternus To me it's the most impressive solo work I had ever stumbled upon. It's in no way related to metal, but just too underrated, even within the goth scene

They have said themselves they are Dark metal because Black metal is Satanic, and they are not. Sucks they dropped off of Prophecy Fest, hope they are okay and its not Oneiar sick again. I love their experimental era, lasted over a decade and they did some great albums, Alexander Welt in particular is well worth a listen IMO but I tend to enjoy experimental music. The vocalist on Suizid went on to form Deinonychus, one of my favorites and i can't recommend them enough, especially the newest album Ode to Acts of Murder... which I have mentioned a number of times commenting on your videos. Jurgen did a industrial/black metal side project called Stahlmantel with Nihilist from In Memorium/Thy Infernal/currently Plague Bearer, also worth checking out. Jurgen's childhood was really fucked up, its no wonder the music is so dark.

I respect them for the unique style but I cant listen to this depressing kind of black metal and the vocals

Finally An not Nazi Band 😂