Photoshop: Dramatic contrast as professionals apply it

I love strong images like these. I can hear Metal or aggressive Blues or Country Music when looking at these images. As you can see, the raw material has to be kind of contrasty already to apply this very emotional contrast. BOOM!

00:00 - Start
00:24 - Intro
01:04 - Layers Set-Up
02:11 - Contrast Step One
02:45 - Contrast Step Two
04:29 - Highlight Recovery
06:24 - Color Version

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