heh heh heh, you had a nickleback cd... Theory of that band name. Goes like this. The regular price for a cd was 19.95, so you gave him a 20. Got a Nickle back. So when you went in asking for your money back, the clerk can tell you no refunds. You paid with a 20, I gave you your nickleback, what more do you want? Sorry it sucks. There's the sign. No refunds. Leave. ...and thus their name was born. You got your 'Nickleback'. Be happy about that. That Nickle helped buy Ice Cream later that day. Concentrate on the Ice Cream. ...you know, instead of thinking about the fact that you just had a Nickleback cd kicking around...lol jk
I cranked this up during slow car ride trough downtown, where all you can hear is this mainstream pop/whatever crap from local open bars. Getting funny stares was fun ^_^
Just discovered these guys trough Nemertines, also a VERY underrated artist that deserves more attention and has been doing music for a long time now. Hope to see more of you guys, completely fell in love with your stuff!
Nemertines is truly legendary. Feels weird to be discussing another artist under an artist's video, but I feel these two share some things in common, most importantly: extreme mastery of dissonance
Typically I feel like Djent bands are kind of being goobers with the Meshuggah influence, however this band to me always felt like the next logical step from Meshuggah
@@lolcano2346 Thall is a "darker-sounding", slightly more "abstract" version of Djent. The main thing that makes Thall recognisable is its atmosphere. Thall songs usually have mournful, haunting melodies in the background that give songs an eerie quality. If you listen past the guitars, you'll be able to hear them in the background. This is one of the key things that characterises Thall. In addition, Thall uses a lot of dissonant, higher-register chords coupled with irregular chugging patterns. This adds to Thall's haunting vibe, because the high pitched dissonant chords almost sound like the guitar is screaming/wailing, and the irregular rhythms disorient the listener so they become lost in the void that is Thall. The chugging patterns in traditional Djent (especially "mainstream" Djent) are generally more predictable. Another defining characteristic of Thall is how string bends are used in the genre. They're typically longer and more drawn out - again, almost recreating the sound of a scream/person groaning in agony. This helps to disorient the listener further and adds to the dark, abstract nature of Thall. The band that started Thall was Vildhjarta. They're the pioneers. However, many people regard Humanity's Last Breath and Fractalize to be worthy Thall bands that "get it right". Thall is incredibly difficult to "get right". Many bands try, but they usually just sound like direct (and worse) rip offs of Vildhjarta. They also usually sound like they're "trying too hard to be heavy" and it has the opposite effect. Thall is like a vibe, or an energy. You either have it or you don't. Most don't, which is why people crave new music from the only three bands who do it right: Vildhjarta, Humanity's Last Breath, and Fractalize. I hope there are more bands in the future who have the vibe. Because it's such a addictive, fascinating, and hypnotising genre.
This is INSANE. The production on this is crisp as fuck man. 12:35-13:03 then that breakdown on top of that chug would sound absolutely wild live 🤘 sick album!
The artwork really fits the style of the Silicon Life from the manga "Blame!", i think it would fit them musically as well, or maybe its kinda stretched. But it looks great, check the manga out if you are into futuristic dystopias.
thanks mate, the only manga i own is a detective conan book and some dragonball stuff. but i found an anime called "blame" from 2017, is it watchable? oh, and it reminds me of "ergo proxy"
@@Lennart.R.LK.Bonsai i started watching it on netflix but i couldnt stand the "choppy animation aesthetic" so i dont know if its worth it. But the truth is the manga, and especially the first one is very difficult on the reader, its like its pushing you away, telling you stop reading me. But thats really a reason why i find it to be great as a means of telling a story. And i think this is a part that would be lost from an adaptation.
Который раз переслушиваю ... это ОООООООЧЕНЬ самобытно и ахуенно, чувак. Такой тяжести по атмосфере, гармонизации и ритмике никто пока не дал. Многие плюются, и говорят мол, однообразно ... но чот почему-то никто такого ещё не делал ... И не надо мне тут рассказывать про всяких там, vilgatra, animals as leaders и прочую попсу ... это всё пройденный этап товарищи ... я считаю - что, вот она, следующая ступень эволюции настоящего джента ... в моей голове - вот это есть трушный джент ... Кстати, единственное, что нашел похожее, это был трек "No Oath - Net", но и те подкачали в плане звучания ... утра-компрессионное звучание, гитару не очень разборчиво слышно, ну и, конечное же, однообразные паттерны ... а тут прям смакую.
The night rider type part in prophet of despair with all the scratchy thunderous low chugs and the groove with it is literally my theme song now. I kind of just wish you'd change the drums up a bit but the fact that it doesn't change kind of glues it all together. Love it a lot! Huge fan.
The 13:53 you're listening to, in my opinion, does not suck. At any speed. If you tap the 3 dots in the upper right, you can change the playback speed. Might I suggest 1.25 (or 1,25 for elsewhere). Puts a whole new spin on some of those grooves. Double Speed is an adventure. heh heh heh. Cheers!
Tempo (bpm) is not changing. Pay attention to crash/hi-hats sounds - they hit with the same tempo. What's changing is a rhythmic pattern - divide time between two crash/hi-hats sounds by 3 and you get triplets (count "one two three" between two "shhh shhh" cymbal sounds). Then they stick to triplet notes to build a rhythmic pattern BUT snare and cymbals hit the same NOT triplet length notes. This gives the feeling that song is speeding up but it actually stays at the same tempo. In other words, imagine a simple drum pattern in 120 bpm (where c - crash, s - snare, k - kick): c c c c s k k k k it's "Tu | Tu | Ta | Tu", if you build rhythm around it it will sound straightforward but if you just put 3 kicks between cymbals so it looks like (with the same tempo): c c c c s k k k k k k k k k k k k it's "Tu tu tu | Tu tu tu | Ta tu tu | Tu tu tu" it will give you that feeling of speeding up if you build rhythm around these triplets (in this example it's just all triplet kicks but it's just to give an idea of how it sounds)
Makes me need to yell out the words from that Swans (the band, not the bird. As far as I know.) song "COP" : "Beats Them Like A Cop With A Club Nothing Beats Them Like A Cop In Jail Nobody Beats Your Head In Like A Cop In A Jail Nobody Hurts You Like A Cop With A Club Nobody Rapes You Like A Cop With A Club Nobody Beats Your Body Like A Cop In Jail Nobody Burns Their Body Like A Cop Nobody Burns Your Skin Off Like A Cop In Jail The Heat Hurts Humiliation's A Disease..."
@Austin Hayman thanks for responding, i know that its possible to mix a guitar frequency wise like oriental instruments. i`m pretty sure it´s not a guitar so my question :)
I honestly don't think this is an actual guitar. There are VST/plugins that use guitar samples. If you listen carefully during the technical parts, the picking of the strings don't sound organic in any shape or form.
They use two 8 string - Guitars and the Fractal Audio System ! They play every note on real guitars ! There are no samples , except the dark ambient sounds in the back . Also the Drums are real drumming ! They come from Moldavia.
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