Hands down one of the most under rated thrash bands from the 80"s

Vio-lence is my all time favorite speed metal band, hands down! Growing up in speed metal band, and being a drummer, I never understand why more wasnt publizied about Perry Stricklands hand speed. His single stroke rolls are blazing and he flips the beat often and is comfortably playing inverted. Sean Killian is often critized, but IMO is amazing. A true vocal genius, his phrazing, vocal "solos" and timing the best ive ever heard. And no one can deny the gtr section, they straight up shred!!

Saw these dudes in the 80's. Completely blown away. A buddy of mine dragged me to the show. Think it was east Bay. Saw possessed, suicidal, dark angel that same year, so the bar was pretty high for a band I'd never heard of. They didn't disappoint. A lot of people trip on the singer. I happen to think it helps distinguish this band. Brilliant.

I'm in the pit in this video. It was filmed in SF at The Stone. Awesome fucking band...

I was at this show.my friend lost a tooth . that head cam was high tech shit that dude got thrashed in the pit

The riff at 2:00 is immense. So simple yet brutal.

I’m a huge thrash/death metal fan. Have been since around 1986. This is, without doubt, my all time favourite metal song. Never get bored of it. Phil and Rob on guitar is immense and awesome drumming

vio-lence excretes on machinehead

this song was my introduction to vio-lence and made me a life-long fan!

For the past 3 years, I have watched this music video every now and again. EVERY TIME I come to this specific upload, I forget it is the censored version. Whenever I hear the "beep" noise I always go, "What the fuck?!...Damn it...every time!!" Badass video by a badass band, though! Looks like paradise!!

Always the criticism with Vio-lence's vocals whether they're not harsh enough or sounds like a punk vocalist...etc. Keep in mind what era this was, I think the vocals are the definition of 80's sound. It's when metal and punk sort of started giving off on each other after years of rivalry and finally some mutual respect. Without that happening we wouldn't know thrash as it is today or at all.

vio lence were the best, their live shows were monsters, their fans are still fans to this day, the vocals, the riffs the anger all unmatched

A young Rob Flynn kickin ass just as he does now, awesome guitarist and Machinehead frontman!!

the most metal turtleneck ever

Ah, the memories. I too have great memories from The Stone. I had the privilege of hanging with the Laaz Rockit boys. And they showed me a world he had never seen before! Aside from all the Laaz stuff, one of my favorite memories is meeting and chatting w/ Lars & Jason at a Flotsam / King Diamond gig.

Phil Demmel and Robb Flynn right?!

the best song from a wonderfull album THRASH TIL DEATH

le manate quando ascolto certe canzoni. GRAZIE VIO-LENCE!!!!

Lo mejor Vio-Lence!!!

awesome vocalist men, one of the best.

I was at this show on Sep 3 1989 at The Stone in San Fran. They let everyone go nuts for 2 to 3 songs while they recorded for the video. I'm in this video at 4:00. You can see my big head on the left of the screen looking into the head cam. Thanks for the memories.

Was at the recording of the live video. The Stone in San Francisco. Long live the stone!!!!!!

Thanks for this!!

Great Sean Killian!

cillian...yeah...ol right.thats my man

I was at that concert.....Stone SF...It was the best....

Killer song!

20 years later still the best video ever!!!

Still a great song..!

I love this song!! Vio-Lence were immense! Perry is one of the best and under-appreciated drmmers in all thrash. Robb's bangs always make me laugh when I see these vids.

i love the guy with the helmet cam filming all this in pit hahaha

I saw 'em at the 9:30 club in D.C. way-back-when. Killer band! I was the first one off the stage. Great pit that night too. Think I lost at least 10 lbs.

1:40 chills, every damn time.

golden 90's! great vid on that time, I saw them at Headbangers ball on MTV

Love the video!

Clasico total del Thrash de la vieja escuela!!!!

the first vio-lence song i've heard \m/

damn i was lookin fer new good bands and guess who just made the list :P

always the best

i got this on tape when i was in the seventh grade, i still have it! I'm 34 now and this shit still kills most of the crap out today. hell they even have a break down in this song.

I was lucky to be there the night they filmed this, and to my surprise, I'm in 2 shots in the beginning. What a fucking awesome night, never to be forgotten!

INCEPTION!

Amazing song!!

Perry Strickland.....the fucking SICKEST DRUMMER EVER!!!

Gotta go to Sean's benefit show in SF Jan 20th, show love and support for one of the best metal vocalists the Bay Area ever produced!! 🤘🤘❤️❤️

muy buena rola

this vid looks like a thrash paradise!

THis is the best Vio- Lence song

God his voice is wild as hell. MUST HAVE MORE VIO-LENCE.

Saw the Eternal Nightmare tour August 12, 1988 in San Diego, CA with Death Angel, Testament. Vio- lence was pretty good.

I saw them with Defiance right after Oppressing the Masses come out. I haven't seen or been in a pit that insane since.

yeah!!!!

@disturbedspike i totally Agree. Him and Paul Balof were two of my all time Faves of the thrash scene.

Still great and sends shivers down the spine... but I must confess it's been just over 20 years and i'm still confused about the turtleneck.

Love the lyrics on this one!

Vio-lence you Rock , amazing Metal \\mm//

Los riffs de Vio_lence te enganchaban

The Intro riff fucking kicks ass !!!!

Opressing the mases album, joder y pensar que despues de sus cenizas vendrian Machine Head.. tremendo

Why the hell did they have to blank out the F-words

@disturbedspike I fucking LOVE his vocals!!!!!!!!! coolest sounding vocals ever!!

AWESOME - I am 44 yo, I remember seeing them live, It took 24 hours in travel :) from Australia

their debut album came at the right time of the thrash era, VIO-FUCKING-LENCE :) ftw

Perry Strickland is just amazing !

Brutal..!!!!!!11

por dios, q buena cancion!!!

1:08 "I have a tail"....

Turtleneck sweater. Very metal.

Fuck, Sean voice it's totally perfect for the theme Makes the band have an Unique Sound.

Stand up boiiiii!

Sean Killian the Great!!!!

Violence and death angel are my two favorite thrash bands

On vocals... Sean ''If Looks Could Kill''- ian!!!!

lol.. i remember buyin one because of him. and the long coat.. good times:))

Man man man, wat een rifs! Niet normaal! Alleen spijtig van de zang altijd bij die trash groepen. Geen ene die wat deftig kan zingen. Eigenlijk, waarom Rob hier eens niet laten over zingen :-)

fucking love that last riff. Love it.

@disturbedspike I think he's vocals were sort of hardcore punk and they suited Vio-lence's brand of thrash just fine

Very underrated band!! Vio-lence was a killer thrash band THRASH OR DIE!!!

never knew they had a vid.... fucking awesome!!!!!!

@THRASHFKINFILLETS yea dude I had the same problem until I saw them live and they really put on a F'n great show, then I listened to The Blackening more and more and now they are one of my favorite bands

lol i saw it thats awesome!

machine head is the ratarded vision of rob flynn Vio-Lence is the best Thrash Band lyrical support

Foda pra caralho...

bad ass

Classic...

Yo dawg i heard you like world, so we put a world in your world so now you can world in a world !

All these Thrash bands have a killer Bass.....especially Overkill.

this is my first time hearing this song and that beep scared the living shit out of me! >:(

Rob Flynn rulezz...

"500 thrash and death metal Riffs" ALL uploaded now. 41 parts. 6 1/2 hours of Riffs! Keeping Thrash Metal Alive.....Lots of Vio-lence Riffs. Check out parts 1,2,4,5,21,27,31 Superb Riffers! This Riff is on collection because it is AWESOME!

Forgotten Heavy Metal(The Golden Age Of Metal), my group on facebook dedicated to old school metal!

lol at the bleep

Best Band ever! I can't believe i'll soon get Eternal Nightamre!

wow didnt realize we got similar names and its funny cuz i love rock bt i do hip hop but i promise to reserve the name in a proper way

@myhaloburns I agree, but they are listenable with Phil in the band now...

the singer sounds like the chuckie kid from that cartoon the rugrats, the little kid with the glasses.

Fucking badass riffs without being overdone \m/

I guess Flynn and Demmel are too invested in Machine Head to even do a original lineup tour with Vio or something. That would be killer, though!

yeeeah :D

Vio Lence >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Machine Head