CHANGE FOR GOOD? | Thornhill - Arkangel | Reaction 

If I wanted another Dark Pool album, I’d just listen to Dark Pool. Bring on the new sound and the new feel

Actually digging it especially the whole 90s-00s vibe especially the music video. Hopefully they don't completely abandon their TDP sound.

This one I really liked. The whole early 2000s sound and noise, heavily inspired by Deftones, Muse and Industrial Rock is visceral. Although Dark Pool is a gem that is hard to surpass. Hopefuly they can make something unique in this path, just like Loathe with their Deftones vibes. Thornhill never loses their mesmering and haunting sound.

I really really really really really REALLY enjoyed this! As a Loathe and Sleep Token fanboy, this evolution of the Deftones shoegazy metal is something I thoroughly look forward to. The slow build up, the ambiance, the mesmerizing vocals… what’s not to love? I don’t feel this is a bigger departure for them than BMTH did with their most recent single… (now THAT’s a departure… whew…). My feelings are about that questions are, if you’re going to make a complete 180 that’s patently off brand - do it under a different name. This way no one is confused and the right audience will find it

I have a feeling this song is gonna lead into the next single they drop, and I'm loving it. The Dark Pool is a hard album to follow up on, so I'm excited to see what this new album brings to the table. Makes me wanna watch "Queen of the Damned" with the vibes it gives

Was really unsure on Casanova (and still am) but this is absolutely incredible for me. So excited to hear what's next..

I wasn’t a big fan of Thornhill before, but I’m loving these two new songs. And now it’s making me like the old stuff too, but these new singles are so much better.

Some Muse Some Djent And a pinch of Deftones *chef kiss*

Casanova actually grew on me. Even though The Dark Pool is one of the most beautiful and best albums I ever heard imo. I hope this grows on me too. I just don't get why they buried the vocals that hard in the mix... Anyway... Thornhill is still one of the most creative bands out there

I absolutely fucking love this song. Still has the signature guitar tone we all love, Jacobs vocals fit perfectly, the insane drums are still their. Its still Thornhill but so different I love it.

Very interesting sound from Thornhill, keen to see what they bring out. I gotta say, but check out the Light Bends Album by Melbournes own Pridelands. Similar to TDP Thornhill, mised in with a bunch of Northlane - the Album is absolute killer and every song really stands out on it's own.

I cannot wait for their new album.

Loving these new tracks.

Moody, vibey... And groovy. The groove, it's dark and tasteful.

The video reminds me “One” from Filter, but also this song was written by thornhill’s guitarist inspired by Buffy the Vampire Slayer opening.

prod/comp is beautiful/complex. depth/richness of sounds makes it slap. Hard.

I feel some Deftones vibes coming from this. At least some inspiration from them. I dig it

I actually find Casanova to be a bit more up my alley but it's because of the more cheer-y mood it gives off, I think Both of the singles are very.... sexy, actually. Gay sex music, 10/10, love it, very hyped for the album

as someone who has followed thornhill since their 13 ep, i love this evolution and it honestly feels so natural for thornhill

Honestly I always thought they were a very atmospheric band and would say they've always had some footing in the deftones/shoegaze style. Obviously this song has some differences but didn't seem like too far for a normal band going from album to album, at least in how I heard it. Casanova was definitely more different though.

First time hearing this band and damn it's quite something. Rarely I can find such a cool and unique sound.

I have a feeling that they're experimenting with different vibes and styles, given how different this and Casanova sound. I love both so I'm anticipating what comes next for them

🖤

This one is incredible. These guys are too talented.

This is my favorite song from thornhill Arkangel goes hard that breakdown slaps it's my song of 2022 I can't stop replaying it it's a banger in my opinion I had on repeat while I was home recovering from covid.

The sections where the guitar and tombs are playing completely alone kind of remind me of the more gritty songs Tool used to make back in the day

Loved everything these guys have done from the 13 EP, limbo and the butterfly ep to these two new single. Arkangel is definitely a top 3 song from them I would say. I really like the mood they settled with this song. Song of the year contender for me personally. Can't wait for this album!

Feels like they've just filmed on the set of The Crow. Deftones vibes through and through obviously. With riffs chopping through sounding a lot like Loathe.

I don't mind either single, but it seems like they write a groove and just go, hey let's make a song around that. They don't seem that inspired to me instrument wise. It's strange, it's like it's centered around how airy and open it is with the vocals, but then they pull the vocals down. It's just very strange to me

I’ve been hooked on thornhill since I found them. Casanova is one of my favorite songs of the 20’s and with how amazing Arkangel is I am really excited for the new album.

I love it man

I personally love it.

I miss the early 2000's aesthetic so it's always nice to see it being bought back.

This was amazing tbh

Loved this song. Would’ve liked a smash at the end of the song tho especially as it sounded like a buildup

Big vibes with deftones and the movie crow

that remind me the movie The Crow

god this FUCKS. absolutely love the more shoegazy, atmospheric direction they've been taking on the last two songs

I do not think it is Deftones, i think it is Loathe

maaan, a lot of Deftones vibes in the middle-last part..very mesmerizing

You can defo tell that this song was mixed by George Lever he has a very distinct style of production. I like this song better then Casonova especially the vocals. Doesn't come close to Darkpool but it's still good. Always respect bands who change their style.

This reminded me a lot of My Ticket Home and their Unreal album. Not bad but what I expected from Thornhill. Was always going to be hard trying to follow up The Dark Pool!

This one has a pretty sound all along. I have really been enjoying their new sound. It kinda keeps their essense

Thornhill: *slaps top of Arkangel* this bad boy can fit so many AMVs in it

I loved the inspiration in deftones

about the vocals being drowned in the mix, the youtube version unfortunately has pretty bad quality, vocals are much more pronounced on streaming in my opinion

Cassanova was a steaming pile of cow feces. This one's actually damn good (especially seeing as my expectation weren't too high after Cassanova), definitely got a My Ticket Home/Deftones vibe with a sprinkle of Loathe in spots.

Dark pool was my aoty in 19. I don't think it's fair to expect them to top that. I think this shows some progression and maturity.

This one will have to grow on me after a few listens, hasn't blown me away like every other release of theirs.

Shoegaze vibes babyyyy

I honestly am a prog metal guy, and the Dark Pool is an incredible album. It gives me a lot of TesseracT vibes. But Im also really fucking with the new Thornhill as well :)

I was not a fan of Casanova, but this is great. Give me a whole album like this please.

Specifically, the video seems to be super influenced by the movie 'The Crow', which has that broken circular window that is behind them. Great movie for anyone who hasn't seen it. I absolutely love the bold direction by the band to do something really on the edge that they obviously knew would be divisive, but they just went for it. Huge kudos to them

I love everything Thorny does now even though it took me 2 years to finally love the dark pool. Big fan of this and Casanova even though they took me a few listens

This song gave me massive Loathe vibes with the toned down guitars and the effects on the vocals and I really liked it a lot. Way better than Casanova.

I too understand the apprehension that a lot of people feel about their direction but you can’t blame a band for changing their vision on their music, and if you love their old stuff more, it’s still online so don’t complain and listen to it.

Please do convalescence EP from Glass Crown 🙏🙏🙏

They did it. They went full Deftones

Imo the way the vocals are a little buried kinda add to the psycadelic feel to both their new song Blasting Casanova will tripping balls was quite enjoyable lol

I just wish they’d stop burying Jacob’s voice in effects. The dude is a phenomenal vocalist, he doesn’t need them.

A mid-90s Smashing Pumpkins sound imo

For me its pretty black and white. If its still in the rock/metal genre I won't complain even if a band is being really experimental, I give bands props for trying new things. But as soon as a rock/metal band goes pop that's where I draw the line. That may sound selfish but as a rock/metal fan, our genre struggles too much to stay popular to have amazing bands go pop, which is also pretty much always pop that's been done before. Now I just recently became a Thornhill fan so I can't speak for OG fans but I like the progression of their sound, its a nice mix of old and new sound.

dude why did hypnosis get removed, favorite vocal video on utube

I don't know what RU-vid has done to this, but on Spotify the mix is much clearer and the vocals are more hearable

DEFTONES VIBES 100% thornhill got my heart this time!

Listening to this, I get taken through Gotham. It makes me think of the batman, or batman in general. It seemed like a track that would be a good fit.

Its early to take some conclusion but I enjoyed more than Casanova. The atmosphere in Arkangel reminds me a little bit of TDP.

So much better than Casanova!!💯🤘🏻🥵

This one is a fucking banger

Honestly I am loving this and compared to Casanova I prefer this single more because it gives me that vibe of being in the world of 'The Crow' which the video pays homage to. While I do miss thornhill's old sound. I am super excited for what they have on the horizon because I geniunely love this single and I can't wait to see what else they have in store

I think they’re going to continue being all over the place single to single. I honestly don’t think it’s that major of a difference in the music that it would completely turn off die hard dark pool fans. I love dark pool but I think it’s refreshing having more party type grooves. I think it brings a slightly more positive perspective to their sound. As long as the chugs stay I’m going to keep following. The only thing I would critique is that their could be more of a backstory to the video in that they could’ve used footage from something other than their music video set to intrigue viewers more. But the set is cool I will admit. I feel like a lot of metalcore bands are kinda doing a similar thing in that they use the set they created for the video as a crutch leaving it without that extra visual substance if that makes sense.

A lot a "sexy" vibes from these past two singles lol

This entire album is gold. Everyone complaining about it can suck it. It’s a very deftones’y vibe and I fucking love it.

Funny enough I hadn't seen any Deftones remarks until this video. Good video either way

I feel like this and some songs on the new album could be on the forza horizon game! these are great driving songs

I believe the look of the music video is based off the crow

Clean vocal of jacob is on Cherry, he is a great vocalist tho:(

for me it's very NORTHLANE, especially the guitar tone.

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Could have sworn I was listening to a new Deftones single. I’m here for it.

I was a monster fan of Butterfly and the darkpool. The music writing, technicality, mixing is absolutely next level. The way they write music on both those albums, especially the dark pool, is top tier and mind blowing to me as a song writer. This to me just doesn’t have that. The last two singles have generic guitar riffs that don’t catch my attention other than a few non original zeros. The tone is so base heavy I’m not even sure other strings are used. The vocals are so far back in the mix I can understand Eddie vedder better. And it mainly just sounds like they kept the ambient sounds they used to have, stoped all the heavy and added muse and deftones sounds in with power/bar chords. It doesn’t have the magic and honestly just really disappoints me. Where are the riffs? Wheres the heavy?

Honestly this sounds more like something off Butterfly mixed in with new stuff

This realllyyy gives me old Deftones vibes.

This era of Thornhill reminds me of Deftones

I really like these singles but the problem I have is why are the vocals so quiet? Kind of ruins a first playthrough as I'm sitting there straining to hear the vocals at points

I hate the situation when artist is held like a hostage by his fans. Dark Pool is amazing, but it should be left behind. The new sound is great, the mix on this track is cool. The good thing about Thornhill is the fact that all the influences don't turn them in rip-off of any band. Let's take Loathe for example. I love what they are doing, but all the major hits sound like total Deftones rip-off. Thornhill always has their own original sound and vibe. I really hope this guys could make it to Europe soon.

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I really did not like Casanova or this new song. I got to know Thornhill with The Dark Pool, which is one of the best metal experiences i've ever listened and was hoping for an evolution of that style. This however sounds so noisy and distorted, it doesn't have that "cosmic" and mysterious feel that really hooked me on their previous album.

Deftones influence in the verse

Deftones. This song is lit Af, Deftones should be proud of them. ✨ This is much better then Deftones, Thornhill perfected what was lacking in Deftones music IMO. More songs like that. This gender bending is so well ✅👍👍👍👍

The Dark Pool is a top 5 album of all time for me. Casanova absolutely sucked in my opinion. If they’re going for this kind of sound, then we need more songs like this one. This was much better than Casanova. The ending gave me extreme Karnivool vibes (The Caudal Lure specifically). Hopefully the next single will win me over. It was good, not great.

The Dark Pool is one of my favorite metalcore albums ever I don't know why they would abandon that subgenre and sound completely. This isn't bad I guess but its not for me AT ALL, especially compared to masterpiece songs like Red Summer and Lily & The Moon.

hate when the vocals are buried like that- instrumentation isnt enticing enough to make it worth overpowering such a talented vocalist

Cassanova grew on me. This was a bit more easier to like first listen, however I'm not sure I'm digging it. I get progressing - but time will tell. I'll still check out the album. I get serious Node vibes from after the bridge.

Deftones vibe

I don‘t know any band from australia which is bad

Not a fan of it BUT I hope they succeed and I will still always go back to dark pool

I still prefer Casanova over this one, but I'm glad they are changing their style, the dark pool 2 would be boring

Loving the new Deftones track... Uh I mean Thornhill!

Dark Pool is easily one of my favourite albums of all time and ive gone back through thornhill's work previously and really enjoyed it all. Have to say i can't understand the departure from thier previous sound - the complexity and depth of their sound and songwriting have dissapeared, and i cannot understand the decision to change the vocals. All seems very safe and uninspired. I appreciate some people might prefer the more deftones sound but i really am not a fan. hoping this is an experimental EP rather than a departure from thier sound entirely.