DANCE GAVIN DANCE “War Machine” | Aussie Metal Heads Reaction 

Secret Band ft Tilian & Andrew Wells. Absolutely love it

The part where Jon used his normal speaking voice before screaming threw me for a loop. It made me realize I don't think I've ever actually heard his voice NOT screaming.

Yeah it’s fairly easy to discern tillians voice from pretty much anyone’s

Jon's bridge into the breakdown is my absolute favorite part of this song, this song is easily top 3 of my favorite singles by them.

"ive invested in the war machine, your a piece of shit who doesnt care" that part is such a groove

He needs to check out Say Hi! and Born to Fail. I think he would vibe with those tracks more compared to the ones theyve been reacting to.

They do not sound the same! Both are great vocalist but Tillian's voice is so unique.

they are absolutely phenomenal live

Awesome reaction guys!🔥😎I hope this single is a hint at a future album! Love this band and their complicated yet fascinating mixes! Their music is never boring! And I freakin love your guys pointless conversations! 🤣 I could listen to you guys all day! Awesome stuff! Keep it up!🔥😎👍

This song is by far THE DARKEST song that Dance Gavin Dance have put out, "Man of the Year" and "Say Hi" are dark as well but nothing comes close to "War Machine." Also I got goosebumps when Tilian sang the chorus. The first line "Didn't wanna have to sing about a tragedy/(But they've been) Overwhelmingly consuming me," is clearly a reference to the passing of their bassist Tim Feerick Obviously, no one wants to talk about a tragic event in their lives. They would rather move on and forget about it. But there are times where that event is so powerful, then it just eats away at whoever it affected. And the only way to pretty much let it all go is to express it whether it be through music, a scene in a novel, movie, tv show, play, etc. The passing of Tim really hit Tilian, Jon, Will, Matt and Andrew and everyone who knew him HARD. And it consumed them to the point where it almost destroyed them early on after. But they were able to push through that pain and recorded two songs about it. "The Ghost of Billy Royalton" was clearly talking about Tim and how the band is reliving everything that they did when he was alive and his favorite things like Star Wars and Jurassic Park "War Machine" on the other hand, while I am not entirely sure what the rest of the song is about, the chorus is about trying to move on from Tim's passing, but Tilian can't. It is consuming him to the point where he needed sing about it and bring some closure. I am not good with analyzing stuff like this, but i hope it makes some form of sense. So excited for you guys to see them over there in Australia. They are a great band and probably really cool dudes to talk to about whatever

This song is pretty much outstanding to almost nearly any of their discography in my humble opinion 😁 the beginning is pretty much the darkest tone of everything I heard from them and the breakdown was fabulously arranged

Will Swan is easily the most underrated guitar player on the planet. Fucking legend.

My favorite band 😍🤘🏼🔥

Dope! I love the guitar and the percussions! I don't understand why people want to compare Tilian and Andrew voices, they are so different, and a great quality of the band to me

Agree with the take that Andrew’s voice allows the instrumental more dynamics while Tillians voice is so dynamic that you lose the instrumental as the focus. I like both them on the song though, I think both contrast really well with Jon’s screaming. I’m a big Eidola fan, I like their work as much as DGD. I want a new Eidola Album while Andrew continues with DGD and more crossovers into their respective sounds.

If you guys haven't listened to Secret Band tou owe it to yourselves. Its the dgd guys hardcore only band and its awesome!

Honestly this song is the first one that I'm actually listening to on repeat from this band. It's so good!

Cya there Johnny! Super pumped.

Another really good recommendation is “a lot like birds - trace the lines” the instruments and the vocals along with the music video is just so beautiful I believe the main vocalist for the song is Kurt from dgd

If you like this song by them check out Variation off of Instant Gratification

I'm surprised Johnny isn't more into DGD, on a vibe level

🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

Just listen to it more bro…. They’re awesome.

Amazing song

That’s why Eidola is so damn good because of Andrew’s voice

Andrew > Tilian Just happy Andrew got the call out though.

I can see what he means about tillian and Andrew’s voices it depends on the song but they have certain tones especially tillian with his range they sing very similar sometimes

Loved the song and the heavier vibe! I still haven't listened to Secret Band (which basically is darker DGD without Tilian), BUT another DGD-song that you would probably like Johnny is The Rattler! It doesn't have a video so no need to react to it, but you should definitely listen to it :)

If he needs to listen to anything he's gotta listen to Secret Band and react just from the many other Secret Band comments lol.

Johnny, I'm 100% on your side with the self-checkout thing. I've always queued up for the employee aisles rather than self-serve. It's mostly out of a rejection of companies trying to "automate" (or whatever better word) as many jobs as they can, with a minor benefit of those little human interactions you get. Oh, and the song was good, too.

first. luve ya m8ties

I'm torn as I hate both pointless conversations with cashiers AND self checkouts. So have to pick which evil I want to face each time.

I'm with Nathan, the vocals are very different

I always love the videos and reactions but I hard disagree with the idea that Andrew and Tilian sound alike. They are so very different in range, tone, and just overall vocal approach. However, they compliment each other well and I agree that at times, Andrew's vocals allow the other instruments and sounds to be more prevelant.

Ill ask again, can you please do a reaction of cover girl by the ongoing concept please please please.

Hey guys the Actors are still striking but please go see their work in theaters and streaming. That's advised by the unions, yes it pays the ceos but it still pays everyone who worked on the project too. Fuck ai 🖤.

This is probably the best performance from Andrew since Evaporation imo. This has a ArSe/Mothership sound, and it’s so refreshing to hear this heavier kind of song from them. JJ was really good, but it was all pretty fluff and a little repetitive, but these last two singles have been a step up definitely. Great reaction video. I usually hate reaction videos but not from u guys

I would bet you a lot of cashiers would rather not have the pointless conversation either, Self checkout ftw