Metal YouTube content

Hello guys, I don't know if this is the right place to ask this but what are some really cool channels on YouTube that are about metal music? I noticed that a lot of YouTube channels specifically about metal are pretty terrible. I'm not really a fan of the "funny" channels like Bradley Hall. Goniloc was pretty formative to what I'm into personally but that guy only uploads every once in a blue moon it seems. 

I guess this might also be a good place to recommend some myself. Check out Terminus: Extreme Metal Podcast on YouTube if you like the idea of really in depth discussion about newer extreme metal releases. It's two guys, the death metal guy and the black metal guy respectively and it's pretty cool. It's the only channel I know that really dives into this kind of music in that same amount of breadth. If you want something similar that's more focused on obscure older releases, then the Bunsen Burner podcast is cool too. The YouTube channel is bigbillystrikesback. That one's a bit more conversational, like it's not specifically about whatever album they're covering in the episode. They're both podcasts, though.

I might check out the Terminus and Bunsen Burner podcasts someday. Thanks, Miles!

I've been watching a lot of metal YouTube channels lately, and I even like the funny ones like Bradley Hall. If you're looking for something cool and serious with only a slight tolerable bit of humor, here's a channel I would recommend if you haven't heard of them yet, Thralls of Metal: https://youtube.com/channel/UC8VqWeeSTw2nwksWKUArTvA

hey, thanks for that rec. I would definitely check them out. They seem very familiar for some reason. You might also like Radio Free Innsmouth, it's more short form and he pretty much goes over classic and more cult bands, specifically on the more musical side of things like what techniques they use or what makes this particular sound unique. He's turned me on to a lot of stuff I would have never checked out but his older videos do have a lot of edgy humor in them and also he covers a lot of nsbm and related. 

Radio Free Innsmouth... I haven't heard of that channel before but might check it out as well. Thanks for the rec!

A couple more of my favorite metal YouTubers I've been watching lately include Steve Terreberry (definitely in the "funny" category) and Jared Dines. For the latter, Jared hosted a contest for vocalists to write their own chorus to perform for a song he wrote for his project with Howard Jones (ex-Killswitch Engage, Light the Torch), Sion. The winner would have their chorus added to the final product. NO, I didn't participate. I may be good at clean/harsh vocals, but I'm so not ready for the spotlight. Still I had a blast listening to around 150 vocalists sing and scream their hearts out. However, that's not all of them. It's only around 5% of the total, because Jared had actually received 3000 ENTRIES!!! Wow! This proves that there are still so many vocalists with confident passion this year besides the professionals out there. And it might just be the biggest metal vocalist contest in YouTube history! Anyway, the contest is over, and while the winner has gotten what he earned, we can still appreciate what other people have submitted, 100 of whom can be found in this video (quite a long one, so you don't have to watch it all if it's too much):

Here's a list of all the singers I enjoy from that video (consider this a list of who I would recommend listening to if you can't sit through the whole thing):

1:23 JOHHNY CIARDULLO (known for his Lorna Shore clean-sung covers, I enjoy his melody towards the end)

3:18 SPENCER (DAMAGEJOY) (quite some killer vocals here)

5:07 SAM POWER

6:22 ZSANI

7:36 MARIJE

8:51 HEAVY HOLDEN

9:31 YULIYA

11:32 DRYSTAN BARNETT (some of the most natural vocals here)

12:45 LAUREN

15:20 BENNY MARSON KHONGWIR (from delicate air to deathly fire)

17:32 SPRING HOLLOW

18:10 KURT WONDRELY

18:47 KOTTI (despite not winning, he had some potential)

19:23 LINUS

23:50 DANNY CHAVIS

27:03 NICOLAS GONZALEZ

30:05 JEREMY GRAHAM (such an impressive vocal range)

33:43 DAN ROHDE (Bring Your Pet Dog to a Vocal Contest Day)

39:27 MATTEO MAGAZZINI

42:26 PATRICK RUSSEL (that metal synthwave guy)

43:03 CHRIS HUFF

50:03 ASTRID CAROLINA (beautiful voice and beautiful hair, my personal favorite in the female category)

50:46 BOGDAN HASAS

51:24 BRANDON RENEGADE (probably the closest sounding to Howard Jones here)

52:00 BRYCE GARLAND

52:37 CAM HESSELBROCK

53:16 CAM WALCH

54:37 BEING HUMAN

56:41 CURTIS BLAND

57:28 DOOMICK THE PANCAKE

58:03 THE STEPMOMS (interesting band name)

58:40 EMIL SKOLD

59:20 EMIR BEKBOLOTOV (my personal favorite in the heavy category)

59:59 FELIPE QUEIROZ

1:04:50 JORDAN HOUGHTON (the most pop-ish one here)

1:06:40 KASEY KARLSEN

1:08:04 LINUS (SAWCON) (the German lyrics really pack a punch)

1:08:41 LOGAN GAMESON

1:16:31 NIGHTFARER (reminds me a bit of Issues)

1:17:49 PETER MITCHELL

1:22:45 LEO KRACK (amazing blackened-ish screaming, but hard to hear the song)

1:26:55 YELLOWSTAR

1:28:58 ZOKZO (my personal favorite in the melodic category)

1:29:39 DARIO SAVINO

1:30:55 SOHEIL AVAKH (my personal favorite in the category that blends heavy and melodic)

1:31:30 ADAM R

1:40:42 JOEL DICKSON (excellent, but why did he only do the first half?)

1:43:48 CHRISTIAN O'NEAL (impressive highs, close to post-hardcore category)

As much as all those vocalists deserve their time to shine, of course, there could only be one winner. I won't spoil who won, but I'll say he's easily one of my top 10 in the list. If you'd like to know the winner, see this video at 15:40, 21:20, and 23:40: