always remember the most metal thing you can do is respect women

Don't open up your packed lunch and start eating it in the pit.

*me slowly becoming an metalhead and figuring I should know how to mosh* “If somebody accidentally breaks your nose, they probably don’t mean anything by it” Those words take me home.

I did my first mosh pit 30 mins ago.... i have never seen that mutch respect in violence. Every one was protecting those who lost something or fell on the ground. These are my people and every one was respectfull of each other...... god dam i love metal

I know this isnt a metal concert but i remember i went to see the Foo Fighters and this big almost 200 pound looking dude some how got on stage and went for the stage dive and the crowd said fuck that and parted like the red sea. dude belly flopped on to the concrete floor. he somehow only broke his nose and that was the funniest shit ive seen at a show

Once got into an Annihilator Moshpit, two guys fell on me ( im very small) and my cell phone broke! Another guy helped me up and pulled me out of the pit. The other ones gave me my foldable water bottle and refreshed me with a shower of cool water, metalheads are the coolest guys ever!

No karate in the pit.

Tip: Don’t wear hats or beanies in the pit, you will lose them really fast. I lost my Cannibal Corpse hat in the pit during a Behemoth concert during the third song

1:58 This is probably one of the most criminally overlooked "rules"! Can you believe that I witnessed a fight almost break out at an Iron Maiden concert because one dude was trying to start a moshpit where people didn't wanna mosh? Everyone around helped separate the two guys, but it is only a reminder of how, at the same time that some people respect the rules and want everyone around to have a good time, some just lack some common sense.

I actually wear cargo pants when I go to shows so I don't lose my phone and wallet. I also put my beanie in there for cushioning so my phone doesn't break :D

As a girl who regularly goes to moshpits - thank you for this! :D But I gotta say, so far I got good experiences for the most part. But sure, it happens every now and then that someone touches where they shouldn't. The worst was couple years ago when a guy actually grabbed my ass and boobs and SQUEEZED and refused to let go. But then as horrible and disgusting it was, it was also kinda unbelieveable cause other guys around saw it and, like, IMMEDIATELY came to my rescue as a whole army of knights in shining ar... ahem, in black shirts, torn jeans and dirty boots. They were seconds away from kicking his ass too, but he bolted when he realized what trouble he got himself into. :D

All I can think about is that Harley Quinn cup

No karate in the pit

I got stuck in the area in front of a mosh pit at Bad Religion at Riot Fest last month. I'm 5'1 and I fell and my glasses broke and a bunch of people around me pushed people out of the way to help me up and they helped me get to a calmer area in the crowd.

Make sure to wrap your self in bubble wrap and apologize if you bump into someone

Im a 5'1 girl. You can imagine how rough mosh pits are for me haha

1) Be respectful 2) Have fun 3) If you see anyone on the ground in the pit lift them up ASAP 4) No karate in the pit There is always just one guy who is moshing just a little bit harder and ruins fun for all...

You forgot no Karate in the PIT.

I can appreciate how you used the word “etiquette” for a metal concert XD

I got the chance to mosh at my first concert, and I had a great experience. I walked out with nothing broken and I was able to get out when I wanted to. Ya I was scared to go into the Kreator pit but when people got a pit going for sabaton I got the courage and went in. Moral of the story: if you get the chance to be in the pit, be brave, have fun, and NO FUCKING KARATE IN THE PIT!

Very,Very good advice mate.I'm old-school when it comes to the pit,"If you leave the pit without bleeding,you're probably doing it wrong" lol

My first mosh was a few months ago, I was with 2 friend from my high school in a mosh full of college seniors, got knocked down then picked up and pushed back into the pit. It’s just real nice and fun when people follow the etiquette you mentioned. One of the best local gigs I’ve attended. Even tho it was in a really sketchy venue.

I fell down in a punk pit. Before I knew it some guy behind me just grabbed my jacket and was lifting me up but it. He got me back on my feet.I was really great ful. He was really Keen, very sweet. (The spike thing is brutal at punk shows)

respecting wamen as always

I'm not social lol.. im socially awkward and shy..

"They're equally intelligent and such" Such a lovely comment! I've been in a mosh before... Best experience ever!

Dude why dont you have more subs you are awesome!

When i fell in the pit a guy helped me up gave a Quick hug and a high-five. He could tell that i was young and new to the pit

Every single jump cut before taking a sip from that mug is adding to the suspense of whether he actually ever took a sip

I don't know what the fuck "fan waving" is, can I get a definition over here? I love the aggression and physicality of the mosh pit, however being a relatively short girl has it's disadvantages. Sometimes I want to see the show and unless I'm really up front I can see or breathe and armpits aren't the kind of pits I'm into. I've found that people are pretty considerate in the pit and I've been helped up after falling and hoisted up gallantly to crowd surf and apart from the occasional kick in the head I've never had a bad injury.

The reason I don't crowd surf or stage dive is cause im kinda a big dude and I feel like people wont catch me or keep me up

thanks for mentioning the stuff about touching girls in the pit, thats so important (i sound sarcastic but im not lol)

An old friend of mine moshed at a local show, and broke a girl's nose. He didn't apologize, which is kinda fucked, but what can you do? I haven't had the balls to mosh or crowd surf yet, being 16, female, and weak. One of these days lol

can I be a punk and metal head if I keep my hair short?

I like your DΣΑ+H shirt.

Great video man :) I remember going into a mosh pit at a local metal festival about a year ago (I was always that girl that was too afraid to go to the pit because of those giant 150 kg guys and stuff). I was in the pit for 30 seconds and I was pinned to the ground by guess who? A 150 kg motherfucker. Other time, it was my boyfriend who almost broke my arm at a punk gig. I've noticed a thing that in bigger pits (in like big festivals and concerts) people are generally nicer and know more about the pit etiquette. Even if I'm the only female there, they won't do anything inappropriate. On the other hand, small gigs in small towns tend to be very agressive and the etiquette there is non-existent. Few moths back I broke some guys nose because he wanted to drag my cute non-metalhead girlfriends into the pit (I know that motherfucker and he does that everytime I'm in that club for the concert). People, please, be at least aware of the fact, that NOT ALL females are as strong as you or as agressive.

Can we address the elephant in the room? THE HxC KARATE DANCING NEEDS TO STOP.

This little dude was like 5 foot nothing and another bro pulled up a fist and broke his nose straight in. The guy just wiped the blood down his shirt and kept going. All my respect goes to him.

One time I went to a local death metal show and someone stage dived into me and kicked me in the head😂 at the time being a 16 y.o 110 pound girl I thought I was gonna die lmao. Good times good times🤘

I'm 47 and havent really gone in to a mosh pit for about 10 years now (well not much anyway) but since I have lots of knee injuries I always found that I would be super-careful not to take a sideways hit so I would hunch down a bit and sort of stand my ground. As a result I always found that younger or smaller or females moshers would gravitate around me as I was sort of able to provide a bit of shelter!! I was always happy enough to provide this service!!

I was at concert and somehow they got a 200lb dude crowdsurfing and he ended up falling on me because the stage gaurd couldn't get to him. I watched the band's instagram story that night and that whole scene was caught on it, it literally looked like I broke my back lmfao.

I was at Mayhem fest a few years ago and Body Count played on the Sumerian Records stage, their set ended and Corpse played directly after BC on the stage right next to the Sumerian stage. It was one of the coolest pit experiences of my life. To go from Body Count to Corpse was awesome. It was also cool to see Ice-T at the side of the stage singing along with Corpsegrinder... It was very brutal, but there was a mutual respect going on in those pits. I fell down a couple times and the fellow moshers picked me up asked if I was ok and we kept on...

Can i say as a female moshpit person you're the best "rules" i've heard? I had some previously i can't find now and any new one's are anti-women when it comes to them joining in. You're "women's" section made me have respect for you. Subscribed.

I can not stop watching Tony's videos. They're too epic!

I fucking love your hair and eyes. I won't crowd surf due to being dropped so much

when I went to ozzfest I was croud surfing for municipal waste asked for help up and surfed across the croud then I hit my shins on the fencing that keeps the croud from going on the stage it hurt like hell and they bled too it was great !!

R.I.P. Chuck Schuldiner

Ok story time. I am female and I am a pretty large person. I was in this mosh pit once and this guy was like oh hey my names ‘name’ and he was like all friendly. Later during a slower sort of song he kept touching my hip and my butt. Also I am a minor I clearly had X’s on my hands, THIS GUY DID NOT HAVE X’S ON HIS HANDS. It was still a great time regardless but damn he was such a creep.

I was at a Kreator show and everyone one there had the best manners. A larger guy fell down and he couldn't get up by himself, 3 other guys split the mosh and got him back up. That same big guy lifted me up and crowd surfed me.

THIS GUY MAKES SENSE IN ALL CATERGORYS. My first gig was MOTÖRHEAD in 1979. EVERYONE WAS DANCING. A few days later, was RUSH. All seating venue. All you could was move in your space. Motörhead gigs and also Punk gigs, took the punter into another physical dimension. The band sweats for you onstage, so the punters on the floor, sweat for the band. The band pumps on the adrenaline and it feeds down onto the floor. SLAYER- Marquee, SUICIDAL-Clarendon Ballroom, Any Punk band at the Venue, any RAMONES gig, CRO MAGS, BAD BRAINS, GANG GREEN, D.R.I., EXPLOITED and countless other bands. They all played to make YOU MOVE. The public will view Punk and Thrash Metal gigs like this. ‘THERE IS A VIOLENT ATMOSPHERE ABOUT THESE SHOWS’. Picture this. Donington. 1988. MUD BATH. GUNS AND ROSES ARE ON STAGE. Not a Punk or Thrash Metal Band. The crowd goes nuts. People are going down and they are not seen again. People cannot move backwards, or anyway, to pick up those punters that are being trampled. YES PEOPLE. SOME DIED THAT DAY. Shocking news. People go to shows TO HAVE A GOOD TIME AND TAKE THEM BACK AS MEMORIES. So, take this guys advice, and enjoy the shows. If you get hurt, so what, take yourself to doctors later or next day and get yourself checked out. JUST DON’T BE A JERK AND GET BEATEN UP. ENJOY THE SHOW PEOPLE.

Finally found this channel again!!! Been looking for this channel forever

An extra tip for women planning on being in a mosh pit, leave the high heels alone. I understand the need to look cute until you break your ankles.

Tbh not into his harlequin mug but this vid was super helpful as someone who's usually afraid of pits

Thanks for this I am going into the pit for the first time next week and this helped explain some things about it

For real, if someone loses their glasses or phone (or even keys, wallet, hat...really anything with value) in the pit and you see it: pick it up. Hold it over your head to advertise that you found it. Chances are the person knows they lost it and are panicking and you will see relief/respect when they see you have it. I went to a show about six months ago and this kid (around 17 years old) fell forward in the pit and his glasses flew off in front of me. I reached forward, picked them up and gave them right back to him. For a split second he was freaking out but the second he saw me he gave me a huge "THANKS!" and a few people in the pit thanked me too. People actually are paying attention in the pit and if you are the guy that's following the rules and helping others it kind of goes around the pit. It's hard to describe.

What's fan waving cause I'm assuming that he doesn't mean literal fans

In the words of Havok "No Karate in the Pit".

Once during a Monster Magnet concert, I started pogoing and so did everyone else! Awesome!!!

My bud was at a Gilman show and some dude that looked like Kingpin from Spider-Man enters the pit and he speaks louder than the band "MOVE" my bud said it was like "code red code red evacuate the fucking pit" that shit parted like the Red Sea

I went into my first pit 2 months ago!! It was so fun and made sure to not punch anyone and basically followed ur rules lmao

Can we make like a ton of copies of this videos and distribute them at shows! Especially the women part I've knocked someone out for touching a chick inappropriately. I have even apologized for accidentally touching a girl.

Glad to see a sensible metal youtuber

Thank you for doing theese videos!

I'm 6'6 so I'm sort of been terrified of going to a mosh pit in case I accidentally hurt somebody but this gave me some piece of mind, especially the elbows trick. Thanks!

I hate crowd surfing in general, it sucks for everyone, but the one or two times I was the surfer, I spent the entire time tapping shoulders, alerting people, focusing real hard on not hurting anyone.

I shud have watched dis b4 I went to my 1st metal show 🤟😜🤟Thanx 4 d video,

And for the love of god, don't be overly aggressive in mosh. Just because you aren't overtly shoving your elbows into peoples faces doesn't mean you aren't overdoing it. You wan't to push people around, smash into people and create chaos? Go for it. That's part of the fun. But if you are doing those things with so much force that people constantly getting thrown to the floor or smashing together hard enough to cause concussions, you need to tone it the fuck down.

Lmfao I’m going to Amon amarth , lamb of god, cannibal corpse opening for slayer 🤟🏼🤟🏼

You are such a cool guy :)

proof that metalheads are the most chill people

This is my favorite video of all time ❤️

Has anybody told you that you sound like Chuck

This is an absolute king

So if im infront of the moshpit thats forming and dont want to mosh do i push em to the side as they're making there way to thr moshput or push into the mosh? Or back away from the front?

Had a big dude fall on my knee in the pit once. Everyone went to help me up but "wait! wait!, crack pop" put my kneecap back in place. "Ok now help me up!"

Rules of life kids.

" . . . the bands dont like it " True, I saw Lemmy chase a kid off the stage and nearly wrap that big Rickenbacker around his neck ! Those were that days ! Same place ( Bogarts in Cincinnati ) saw a dude climb up onto the second tier of the Front of House PA speakers stage left - that was the one and only time the pit stopped all night ! SPLAT !! RESUME PIT ! They carried that dude off on a stretcher, - once the pit got off of him, of course ! :)

My brothers Doc Martens got fucking torn when i took them to a pit, lol. Don't wear delicate, expensive shoes like those to the pit. Oh, if you wear boots = wear steel-toed ones. EDIT: one tip that i forgot. Sew or glue your pins and buttons on your battle vest/jacket. They will fall off in the pit if not looked after.

The only mosh pit I've been to was at Iron Maiden. It was fun, but goddamn so packed and confined lol

For me I enjoy punk pits more than metal ones.

Let people leave the pit. I thought I was gonna have a heart attack I was so warn out and people kept pushing me back into the madness

I love the shirt! And the video :D my place is usually at the edge of the pit

"I appreciate everyone coming to rage and thrash but it's hard sing and play guitar when people keep knocking my microphone over. Well don't knock my microphone over so I can put on a professional show for you, if you don't like it get the fuck outta here dude. Fuck you buddy" hahaha rip Chuck!!!

About to go to my first metal concert tomorrow night to see Anthrax and Exodus, thanks for the tips!

I have learned a LOT from this video, its very educational thank you! I want to mosh so bad but I probably can't cus I'm a girl and I wear glasses and I'm a pretty small person:( Do you know if there is an age range to go in a mosh pit?

Yeah if you wear glasses, be careful as hell. I lost mine at a show years ago. If you can do without them, then do. If not, you're going to have to stick them in your pocket or something if you enter the pit. But it is possible for a pair to survive a whole show, if you're wary of that pit.

i just looked at the video's thumbnail, and oh my gosh did you look like Euronymous! My mind was fucking blown for a moment!

your strobe light point yea it makes since. but its so cool when youre running around and can barely see anythings. adds to the expierence

I'm going to aftershock, and it's my first metal concert. I am also generally fit, but also still in high school. do you guys think it's a good idea to go into the pit, because I really want to. or should I work out a bit before the concert.

I’ve got mosh pit tickets for green day and weezer soooo exited 😄

My son had to explain to me the majority of your video. Where was I when they were doing this back in the 80's? I'd definitely be in there crowd surfing 🤙🏽

1:54 "THAT WAS AWESOME! I NOW LOOKK LIKE VOLDEMORT BECAUSE MY NOSE IS STILL IN THE PIT BUT THAT WAS FUCKING AWESOME!!"

Went to my first show last week, walked out with a black eye. It was so cool

been to concert I honestly got hugs from loads of people also always high-fives, I met allot of people that's nice :)

Can someone explain what Fan Waving is? Ive never heard this term before and cant seem to find it online

Went to my first moshpit last night in someone's basement. It was some local punk bands and a rap artist. Shit was awesome (and also kind of embarrassing because i feel like i bumped into a lot of people who didn't want to get bumped into, but i was being inadvertently pushed around by several people)

If someone was disrespecting women I would be EXTREMELY pissed off.

I was in the Cannibal Corpse pit 4 days ago. Hell of a fun time.

If I ever go to a metal show(WHICH I PROBABLY WON’T BECAUSE I DON’T WANNA END UP IN THE HOSPITAL!!!!), i’ll use these tips:)

yess chuck schuldiner and DEATH! AWESOME DUDE