Rebirth of Dissection, definitely my favorite

Gojira live at Red Rocks is one of the best live performances recorded ever

Metallica Live in Seattle '89 has always been one of my favorites. From a studio perspective, Gojira's live performance of "Global Warming" is chilling and super emotional. Korn's Woodstock 1999 performance is quite legendary. Though my personal favorite probably is Dir en Grey's famous "ANDROGYNOUS a view of the acro" performance. All the band members are on full display, they play the best versions of all their biggest songs, and Kyo's vocals are probably at their peak. His ability not only to go higher and lower than almost anyone and fluently switch between them never fails to amaze me, and he has control of the crowd like Freddie Mercury in songs like "Hageshisa to, Kono Mune no Naka de Karamitsuita Shakunetsu no Yami." (What a name!) Their performance of Vinushka is one of the greatest live recordings ever and is THE place to start with this band. Whenever I show someone Dir en Grey, I always start with Vinushka Live ANDROGYNOUS a view of the acro

That wasn’t Bobby koelble in Eindhoven, that was Shannon Hamm

Gojira live at the Vieilles Charreus festival in 2010 was also an insane set.

I always return to the Lamb of God Live at Download 2007 Show. So much energy in the crowd and the Sound is awesome

There are a lot but here is my personal list: Death Live in Eindhoven and LA 98’ Metallica Live at Monsters of Rock 1991 Metallica Live Shit: Binge and Purge Megadeth live at Hammersmith Odeon 1992 Cannibal Corpse Eats Moscow Alive 1993 Cannibal Corpse Live Cannibalism 2000 Slipknot Live Download Festival 2009 and 2019 That said tho all the lives you mentioned are also sick asf Edit: Also you calling Scott Clendenin “the bassist” while going over eindhoven 98’ is probably some of the biggest disrespect given to a bassist hes super underrated tbh.

Carcass/ Morbid Angel/ Bolt Thrower Grindcrusher tour is def up there

For me, there are 3 that truly come to mind Cryptopsy Live in Montreal 1996 Strapping Young Lad at Download Festival in 2006 Anaal Nathrakh at Roskilde in 2013 Those shows are just wild to even watch, with the only major difference between Cryptopsy and the other 2 is that I saw Cryptopsy in 2023, but watching those shows, they are all just insane, especially the Anaal Nathrakh show. I mean, with Anaal Nathrakh, they played In The Constellation, Forging Towards The Sunset, etc. Strapping Young Lad at Download, all of their albums were out, and they closed it off with In The Rainy Season, which has one of the greatest breakdowns ever. Cryptopsy in 1996... I mean, do I have to explain myself? It's Lord Worm era Cryptopsy, let alone the band in their prime.

type o negative at bizarre festival in 1999 is amazing, my favorite live performance, great audio and the boys were having a blast

Sepultura "Under Siege Tour" Live from Barcelona 1991 is one of the best for me! Absolutley outstanding!

There's multiple examples of Gojira that I'd put in a list like this. Their live show recordings The Link Alive, The Flesh Alive, Hellfest 2013 set, Live at Red Rocks. Super amazing live performances always by that band. Sepultura live in 1991 Barcelona is also INSANE. Inhuman levels of speed and energy in their playing from start to finish. Aftermath performed by Strapping Young Lad at Download 2006. That whole set actually. Devin Townsend's voice is from another universe 😂. You should definitely make part 2 of this kind of video some day. So many gems on KZfaq. I go back to watch Death in 1998 a ton🤘

There's a 20 minute video of Dir En Grey performing The Blossoming Beelzebub, Mazohyst of Decadence and Tsumi to Batsu on KZfaq. It's the most visually brutal metal performance I've ever seen. On the other side of the spectrum, Devin Townsend live at the Royal Albert Hall is just mesmerizing.

That's a great compilation man. I had a VHS tape with that Death concert back in the day here in Brazil, and it blew my socks off, I've never have seen metal played like that until then. It really set the bar for heavy music for me.

Nice to see Kanonenfieber mentioned, their show took me by surprise last year, and maybe I shed some (manly, black) tears during Der Füsilier I. As far as live Black Metal is concerned, Emperor are probably the live gold standard here, they are just soo consistently good, it sounds way better than the records, as the Hellfest 2024 video shows. My favourite live footage video on YT is probably "Anaal Nathrakh - In Coelo Quies.Tout Finis Ici Bas - Party San 2013" as it's insane quality for a fan video - and I was there back then, great show, for once they had the sound mixed right.

Enlightening video. Thanks for making this dude!

I’ll make sure to check all these videos out, excellent video man 👌

Art of Life is insane. Thumbs up!

Mudvayne Ozzfest 2001 Linkin Park live at Texas A7x LBC These are my favs

Man I couldn't add anything more to this list. Especially love the inclusion of X Japan as they are my favorite band of all time and Yoshiki inspired me so much that I learned piano and drums after listening to them. Would love a video on them from you

My absolute favorite is Opeth - The Roundhouse Tapes from 2006... Mikael sounds fucking diabolical in that one, especially in the last song Demon of the Fall. Also allways been a fan of Iron Maidens Hallowed Be Thy Name live from 1982. AMAZING mix for the time and it´s both a bit faster and with better solo and vocals than the original... Some other favorites are: -Avenged Sevenfold - LBC 2008 -Dragonforce - Japan 2014 -Death - Eindenhoven 1998 -Bring Me The Horizon - Royal Albert Hall 2016 -BABYMETAL - Tokyo Dome 2016 -BABYMETAL - Metal Galaxy Tour in Japan 2019 -Metallica - Seattle 1989 -Metallica - Moscow 1991 -Opeth - Lamentations 2003 -Opeth - Royal Albert Hall 2010

Wow, absolutely amazing section here. Introduced me to some really killer bands. Great work!

You are simply underrated,keep it going dude.

My favourite is Between The Buried and Me live DVD where they perform the entire Colors album + extras. Especially the ending with Selkies.

Gojira - Bordeaux (2009), from the The Flesh Alive DVD - this was Gojira at their peak. the show itself is really beautifully and artistically shot. and um Joe looks so cool with long hair. Metallica - Toronto (1986) - it's their fastest concert ever. the energy in the room is just nuts. Iron Maiden - Beast Over Hammersmith (1982) - Bruce Dickinson brings something special to Maiden in these early years. Pantera - Monsters of Rock in Moscow (1991) - it's a shorter set, like 20 minutes as they were opening for AC/DC and Metallica. but it's amazing seeing that sea of people flocking to the first metal show after the fall of the Iron Curtain. CFH-era Pantera was great.

For Hardcore. Knocked Loose 2018 TIHC performance is iconic as hell.

Rebirth of Dissection, and The Roundhouse Tapes are my absolute favorites

Iced Earth - Ailive in Athens, Iced earth - Live in Philadelphia 2002 Dark Tranquility - Where death is most alive In flames - Used and Abused Hatebreed - Live Dominance Pantera - Live in Korea Crematory - Tears of time Live in Wacken 2008

Thanks for the recommendations

Lamb of god 2007 at Download

Hate5six Knocked Loose Sept 11 2021. It's at one of my favorite all time venues, the first unitarian church in Philly. Absolutely mad.

Mine goes like this Nightwish at Wacken 2013 Exodus at Wacken 2008 Megadeth Italy 1992 The Meshuggah one on the video Gojira The Flesh 2009 Devin Townsend at Royal Albert Hall 2015 and Retinal Circus

For me, strapping young lads performance at download 2006 will always be the most raw performance out there

off the top of my head some of my favorites are metallica live nimes 2009 acdc live 79 candlemass live eindhoven 1990 (they made a live album) gulch live 2022 system of a down armenia 2015

Didn't expect to see Art of Life here but I'm so pleasantly surprised! I would love to hear more of your thoughts on it (or X as a whole). Thanks for your work!

so many good ones in the comments, but two short clip I'd like to throw in "SHINING (NOR): Fisheye - live at Norwegian TV 2009.10.19" and "PORTAL - Glumurphonel" I saw both clips many years ago and I was instantly turned into a fan of both.

Live Inferno-Emperor. Rebirth of Dissection. Bloodbath-Wacken Carnage.

Might be overlooked because it's metalcore but Parkway Drive's set at UNSW 2008 is underrated in my opinion. Just pure Australian metalcore from the amount of sweat, heaviness and flip flops on stage.

Some of my favorites are: Sacred Reich: Live in the K Pit Mastodons acoustic set from the Georgia Aquarium and also their K Pit set Metallica: Seattle 89 Slipknot: Download 09 Lamb of God: Killadelphia Exodus: Wacken 06

Yes! Please do a video on Art of Life! That song is such an amazing point in their wild and varied career!

Strapping Young Lad - For Those About To Rock, an absolute banger!!

My personal favorite perfomance is Sanguisugabogg 2023 sound a fury performance, one of the main reasons is how nuts the crowd goes, the set list is great and the band sounds great and devons callouts are so good

Even if its hardcore, Gulch's final show is going into the history books!

Watching meshuggah’s alive set is a heavenly experience (technically it’s two sets merged together for the dvd but still absolutely brutal)

I think Gorgoroth (/God Seed) performance at Wacken 2008 should also be up included, probably the most intimidating and legitimately terrifying live performance i've have ever seen.

Gojira the Link Alive from 2003 is the quintessence of death metal. It’s just screams metal, no fillers. Just incredible.

calibertv’s recording of chelsea grin’s hostage at 2018 warped tour is iconic af

Killswitch Engage End of Heartache Live dvd is one of the most memorable to me. Great live mix for the time and the crowd went hard too. Love me some 2000s metalcore

Ah yes. Art of Life. As a guitar aficionado myself, I have to say that Hyde was kind of a genius.

Slipknot at Ozzfest 1999 is my personal favourite, it’s absolutely insane, I find myself watching it again and again for years London 2002 also

I'd say perhaps early Opeth, like their first show in the US in 2000 on Milwaukee Metalfest You can also find very early 96' shows where they play songs from Morningrise and Orchid here on youtube I find it amazing

My Dying Bride - Sinamorata DVD, Opeth - Lamentations - Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire, Meatllica - Live Seattle 1988, Pantera - Moscow 1991. Many more that I cant remember right now.

my fave live sets are... children of bodom live in stockholm, dream theater - live scenes from ny,.. metallica - san diego ... jethro tull bursting out ..although that is a live album not a video. i guess nightwish end of an era.. back in my powermetal days.. and also i like ozzy live with jake e lee 1984 and live in budokan with zakk.

My personal list: Porcupine Tree, live in Tilburg Karnivool, decade of Sound Awake livestream Opeth, garden of the titans at red rocks Tool, glass house 1996 and lateralus 2001 tour

God Seed(Gorgoroth) Wacken Open Air 2008

came here because I was suprised to see the Kanonenfieber thumbnail and thought that Blind Guardian should definitely be on a list like this - love that you thought so too

Kanonfieber🤘🔥!! Glad they are getting some love! I found them from that first live show that posted last year. I was sick as a dog and couldn’t sleep for anything. It came up in my recommended and It was like 1:30 AM I was like, maybe this is a fever dream, but I’m here for it🤘🔥! I finally fell asleep about 3/4ths the way through the video and when I woke up I was still sick but at least it wasn’t a fieber dream and I had found a new band out of the sickness😂🔥🤘! May the immeasurable dead of the ‘Great’ War find peace. May we never forget them, or their sacrifice.

Great to see that X Japan is getting some love, they're still so damn underrated in the western world.

I love maidens live shows, rock in Rio and en vivo are peak imo

You earned a sub, bro. Great vid. You also from Alberta? My suggestion to check out would be the Opeth - Red Rock Ampitheatre show

A deep dive on Art Of Life? Yes please! I still remember the first time I saw that performance, I was speechless during those 30 minutes and may have shed a tear or two haha.

Art of Life played live is such a trip. Glad to see it on your list! For me, I gotta go with Sonata Arctica's live DVD "For the Sake of Revenge." One of my favourite bands at their absolute peak and with what I'm sure most would call their classic line-up firing off so many of their best songs. Bonus pick is Blind Guardian's live DVD "Imaginations Through the Looking Glass". The energy, especially during Valhalla, is amazing. I finally got to see them live this year and it was fantastic.

Queensryche, operation livecrime 🤘 defiantly love your list.

This vid came onto my FYP, Dont know who Varvis is but I See AB flag and I Sub, NOW you mixing metal well shit YT knows me too much.

Buckethead has some incredible sets! Skinless live at mdf 2024 Pantera had an amazing show, but I think it got taken down, I remember it was recorded from pretty far back, it was after trendkill, and they had a snake banner before the show started (IF ANYONE HAS SEEN THIS PLEASE LET ME KNOW) Heinous killings live Shrüm live

Marilyn Manson’s Dead to the World is AMAZING. same with his God Guns Government tour as well!

I was there at that Meshuggah set at Bloodstock, one of the best gigs I’ve ever seen, sound was 11/10

Gojira - The Link Alive in Bordeaux 2003 Opeth live at Shepherds Bush Empire in London 2003

That's awesome bro! Check out: Hammerfall Live at Lisebergshallen, Sweden 2003. And. Coldrain: Live at Budokan.

I'm German and I can't even understand what Kanonenfieber are singing. Btw. my favorite Metal performance on KZfaq is a Metallica concert from 1985 where they played Disposable Heroes. The concert took place in Gelsenkirchen I think (I'm unsure but I'm certain it was in Germany).

Also The Acacia Strain 15th December 2021 ( on Hate5six )

Children of bodom - Stockholm knockout 2006 and Cob at Tuska 2003 are the best shows of all time

Neurosis - Locust Star live from Ozzfest (1996) and it's not even close. Pure intensity.

I think Motörhead - Live at wacken open air 2006 is really awesome 🤘🤘

X japan - art of life is a masterpiece that every metal fan should know

my rock and metal list (be sure to call me a poser) - Nirvana: Live at the Paramount 1991, Live at Reading 1992, MTV Unplugged 1993, Live in Paris 1994 - Alice In Chains: MTV unplugged 1996 - Slipknot: Disasterpieces live in London 2002 - Linkin Park: Live in Texas 2003 - Three Days Grace: Live at the Palace 2008 - Metallica: Through the Never 2013 (this one is here bc it was one of the first video concerts i watched and i have some good memories of that)

Gorgoroth/God Seed at Wacken 2008 is my personal number 1 live performance of all time. Shining at Tyrant Fest 2017 is also one of my favourites.

The "live" rehearsal of Wintersun is just chef's kiss. The 2008 Exodus Wacken set is also Legendary

I love the Nightwish concert from 2013 at Wacken. I'm not a massive fan of them, I like a few of their songs, but the whole live show makes me come back to it probably once a year. Well worth a watch.

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Infest the Rats' Nest KEXP session

Soundgarden - Slaves & Bulldozers (Live Pink pop 1992). Absolute time capsule. The late Mr cornell and the rest of the band in top form.

Live by fire I by Enforcer is absolutely peak. A relatively short set packed with bangers, amazing energy and crowd interaction and the performance itself is just out of this world. At the start of the concert, just how perfectly they transition from Bells of hades to Death rides this night is the stuff of legends, I wholeheartedly recommend checking it out if you haven't already.

Orbit Culture Bloodstock 22. Never heard a better sound.

For me, i've kept coming back to Sepultura's under siege live in Barcelona show for almost 20 years and it still blows me away. The band was on fire playing an amazing setlist and the production is great as well. Igor's snare sounds like a 50cal rifle shot each time. A couple other ones are Bloodbath during Wacken 2005. Michael's best sounding vocals ever IMO and Nile live in St. Petersburg 2012. A bootleg recording, but sadly the best available sound wise from this era.

If you like Art of Life check out any of the Versailles live DVDs. Personal favorite is live at Budokan

Carpenter Brut live at Hellfest 2023 with numerous guest vocalists including Greg from Dillinger Escape Plan and Mat McNerney from Beastmilk and Grave Pleasures.

Iced Earth - Alive in Athens Deicide - When Satan Lives Annihilator - Masters of Rock These are my top three.

I can't stress enough how good kanonenfieber are live. Ive seen them both times they have come to my country but the first one was the best because it was in a tiny basement venue with no special effects, no smoke machine, flamethrowers ect. Also the fact that noise (vocalist and records/produces everything for studio releases) doesnt make the other members play the part like he does makes it very fun to watch because you can tell theyre having a good time. Only other bands Ive seen with the same level of stage presence has been Batushka (the real one) and Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult.

Talking about audiotree, check out Russian Circles - Quartered from their first time on the channel. Pre gear theft, got that sweet Gibson + incredible bass and drum tones.

Please do a full Art Of Life video. I would even volunteer to help with it.

Got 5 really good ones i can think of rn. Sleep - At Southwest Terror Fest 2015. Melvins & Big Business performing Houdini in 2013. Gorguts - San Francisco 1998. Celestial (isis), at the LA Celebration of the Life & Art of Caleb Scofield show in 2018. Om - Live At Amoeba Records 2007. The Sleep set is probably one of the best looking and sounding videos i've seen of them live. Its also (to my knowledge) one of the only videos of one of their shows starting and ending with dopesmoker. The Melvins show was done during a time where their lineup had two drummers and four singers. Making a already amazing album sound absolutely massive. Its also super cool to watch Dale and Coady be perfectly in sync with eachother the enitre set. The Gorguts set is absolutely immaculate being mostly songs from their (at the time) most recent album: Obscura. The footage is pretty good for the time and the sound quality is even better. Its just overall awesome to me to be able to see the Obscura era line up play these absolutely mind bending songs live. Celestial was a one time name for Post Metal pioneers Isis. And the show was a memoral for the late Caleb Scofield (Cave In, Old Man Glood, Zozobra). All the bands that played were close freinds with Caleb, making the show that much more powerful. Celestial/Isis's set was amazing consisting of songs from the albums Panopticon, Oceanic, and Celestial. A overall amazing show. Om's Amoeba Records show is one of the very few videos there are from this era of Om. its hands down one of the most visually heavy shows i've ever seen, Al Cisneros, (who also plays bass and sings in Sleep) at this show has a rig that includes: A DOD Overdrive 250. Boss ds1 Distortion. Three Custom Electric Amp 180 Watt amps, one as a normal amp, and Two as power amps. Two 4x12 Cabs. A 2x15 Cab. And two absolutely gigantic 4x15 cabs that make up a literall wall of sound. This show just based off of looks was already one of my favorites, but once i found out about the almost 30 minute long version of "At Giza", i just about lost my shit lol. I'd add more shows but i dont want to turn this comment that no one will see into a whole ass history lesson.

I would also add Nine inch nails Woodstock 94 ( yes yes its not 'metal' but this set us metal af )

i love defeated sanity at mountains of death 2011. engulfed in excrutiation is so fucking good

i was at bloodstock when they played it was earth shattering i loved it possibly the best show ive ever seen

COB, Stockholm 2006, gotta see it. Absolutely killer show

Opeth - Ghost of Perdition is a top moment. And Death's entire set haha

Ozzy - Salt Lake City, 1984 Down - Dallas, 1995 Metallica - Seattle, 1989 Cannibal Corpse - Moscow, 1993 Morbid Angel - Hollywood, 1993 and Houston, 1995 The Morbid shows aren't great quality but I still love them. The Down show might be my personal favorite as it's good quality, the crowd is fantastic and Nola is one of my favorite albums.

Orbit Culture at Bloodstock 2022 is one of my favorites

Suffocation's Brutal Assualt 25 set is legitimately what I recommend to someone who hasn't heard the band before. Amazing sound!

Black Sabbath - Belgium '70 Sepultura - Ozzfest '96 🙌