I FINALLY listened to Lorna Shore’s “Masterpiece” 

Fight me

*But within the expanse, I finally see A world without you isn't meant for me* Gets me every damn time 😭😭😭

Bro sat down for a 20-minute trilogy and then got mad that it was 20 minutes...

Oh god Drew💀💀

TOTAL RESPECT, you are a real reactor I knew you were, but that was a clarification that you trully are. You didnt hold back to indeed a masterpiece and voiced your opinion which is based on your different taste. I personally like this trilogy a lot, but I really get why you dont because you explain it very well here. Hope to see more honesty from reactors like you do drew. With love

"Streamer put himself in a situation and then complains about it"

Just saw them play this start to finish in Coney Island. Man, that was fucking majestic.

This is a great reaction because I usually prefer to watch reactions where people like the music, but this critique I actually don't mind at all hearing. Glad you tried it! Fun to get a reminder every now and then that not every metal enjoyer is into this sound. That said, I just saw this performed live last week and it was amazing!

The sensory overload thing is so true. I actually love these 3 songs and I think they may be the band's best composition to date. However, listening to the full album is exhausting. It's just breakdown after breakdown. The album's opening track (maybe my least favourite song on the album) has 3 breakdowns on it. Sun // Eater is a perfectly executed Lorna Shore song if you ask me. Sincerely, a Lorna Shore fan.

I don't even like death core music and those kinds of screams but this just gets me and i can listen to it over and over and i get chills every time

Never thought id see the day, drew listening to the 20 min blast beat symphony. Personally i like Lorna a lot, but im pretty easy to musically please, so i 100% get where your coming from. Love your channel man. Keep it up with the most honest reactions :)

Soulless Existence was the only song on this album I really liked because of that one mid-tempo riff. The album was definitely fine though, Sun//Eater was great too. I was really into the first EP with Will, but the album just didn't click with me as much as I wanted it to.

i honestly think they thought about how much it pounds you for 20 minutes straight is why they released them weeks apart at a time, i listened to them as they came out, i struggle to listen to deathcore because its so f*cking much going on at once, but i do like these tracks, especially the second one because the solo gives you the experience of being all over the place sonically and fits into what the lyrics are. but to sit through all of them on a first listen, i could only imagine was tough. kudos

hahaha ok bro, i didn't get the reaction i thought i was going to get, but it was funny asf

I love this so much, disappointed you couldn't get into it, but respect your opinion.

If you want Lorna Shore's masterpiece in my opinion its Immortal. Its still their best song imo its better than all three of these songs combined.

I feel like that about Sleep Token.

This trilogy is MASTERPIECE

One thing I find so amazing about this trilogy is actually the guitar solos. They are so emotional and expressive.

Amazing Lorna Shore's song

I honestly really love your honesty and you arent over the top pretending like most reacters,

I'm with you on blast beats. They can add some spice when used veeerrryyy conservatively, but I just can't get into music where blast beats are front and center. I just appreciate it from afar.

HOW CAN YOU NOT FEEL THE GRAND FINISH? IDK HOW YOU DONT LIKE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, ITS PURE ENTERTAINMENT

Drew, do you like (Celtic) Folk Metal? I'd love to see you react to Eluveitie, maybe Ategnatos, their most recent (and best imo) album. They're Swiss, often sing and tell stories in old Gaulish, and have plenty of Irish influence, as well as Melo Death; I love them.

Their show at the Academy in Dublin this summer was insane

Hey Drew, if you want a good Deathcore band who I think is not only better but very underrated is DeadVectors. They have Thall elements and I think you’d dig them a lot.

I listen to the full 20 minute version almost everyday, it’s damn good music so it’s time well spent😌

Drew going on the warpath today I’m here for it 🫡

their masterpiece is the album "flesh coffin"

The Wise Man’s Fear shoutout tho 🎉

Masterpiece 🙏🏻

Absolutely not the reaction i expected, but it's your honest opinion and that's OK! Nevertheless the slighly agitated way was a bit unusual for a Drew reaction ...😉😮 Maybe it would've been more digestable to do one part after the other.

Ja.... that's what I said when I heard the trilogy for fist time. And now... I've heard it about like 100 times...🤷‍♂ That's how it works. Slowly getting stuck in your head and feelings.

I guess ... Pain Remains... Right? 😅

honestly best way to express yourself is being honest about it

"obviously I don't mean 1/10, alright, 1/10 is pretty harsh" 😂

If you ever feel any doubt about doing honest reactions like this. Lemme tell you this: Stahp

I mean, can we talk about the drummer??? Dude is Soooo sick!!!!!

I’ve been listening to deathcore since 06, but I’m not even that huge of a fan of Lorna. Of the Abyss, And I Return to Nothingness, oh Sleeping Dreamer and Pain Remains I are the only songs I go back to regularly.

All the blast beats and double kicks just make it sound like an exercise than music to me. I need music with more dynamic natures and groove. To me that has more sense of feel

thanks for the reaction!! I have a question, what did you drink?

I think this is a perfectly normal reaction. When I heard To The Hellfire for the first time, I thought it was absurd and said I would never like that type of music, but I've been listening to metalcore for many years and already had a considerable tolerance. And the sense of absurdity that I had listening to it gradually became curiosity, and little by little I started liking and listening to the other songs. I believe I already like the entire Pain Remains album, and the And I Return To Nothingness EP as well. Even though I believe you might one day like this type of music, I don't think someone who is relatively new to the metal scene should have been introduced to Lorna Shore so soon. And yes, this is the peak of heaviness, there is nothing that is as heavy. And believe it or not, learning to like Lorna Shore made me like a lot of new bands, which now don't sound so heavy anymore LOL.

Totally off the topic, but jesus christ that mug that you were drinking smoothie is fucking MASSIVE... And I knew you were going to hate it, but I still love that you are honest.

It takes a long time to build up the mental fortitude to be able to listen to entire albums of this stuff, so it's completely understandable that you wouldn't like it. Once you do eventually build up that fortitude though, it's awesome. But you might not ever build up that fortitude and that's alright. It would help trying to turn volume down more than other songs with stuff like this, it'll help with your ear's stamina and you'll be able to enjoy it a lot more. Don't know if you did that or not but that's what I did getting into extreme vocal genres.

More like Borena Snore, amirite? Hehe. Like I’ve said before, this band live: very entertaining and fun to see them displaying their talent. Studio: meh.

Just shows a band as brutal aa Lorna shore can help promote mental health

Someone should reimagine Lorna Shore songs in reference to the drumming. Change the drumming and you will get some completely different. It's the constant in your face blast beats that makes their music exhausting.

BRO FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And never apologize for not liking something. Music is all subjective anyways. ✌🏻

Honestly, I respect you for being willing to be harsh in the critique.

This was painfull to watch...and i didn't mean the trilogy

It gives "needs subway surfers overlayed on youtube shorts to retain attention"

People overestimate it too much🤪 The reaction is very restrained😅

..... and i took that personally.

And those riffs during the blasts....my god

I can never shame someone for their opinion, but i can't agree. I think there is an obvious emotional there for people who click with it that i feel like, in my opinion, even if it doesnt hit you personally, is easily identifiable and masterful.

I’ve tried to listen to this a few times but it never made it through, until now. Mind you, I was typing my comment the entire last song, so I wasn’t really listening. To me, the formula is very “same-y” so although it’s a wall of sound, it’s the same wall of sound. Nothing really stands out to me. Their formula, is epic intro, fast riffage with some melodic noodling, chorus, breakdown, verse, chorus, solo, heavy breakdown, final key change. It works but it’s repetitive and makes the entire piece (and album) drag. I can appreciate what LS (and love what they’ve done for the metal genre in general!) do but my critique would be to alter their formula to have a bit more subtlety which, might, add a bit more punch to their wall of sound. I also think a bit of restraint would allow for them to shine in a different way. Thanks for sharing your thoughts Drew and being honest.

Idk, I have hella trouble getting into other deathcore bands because of lack of melody, emotion, and meaning, lorna just does it all right for me idk

Certainly get where you're coming from, sir. Thankfully, I listen to this kind of stuff every day and have for many years... so, to my ears, these songs sound wildly different from each other. To me, they are beautiful works of art. But I mean hey, it's kind of like when I see a bunch of reactors drooling over these modern metalcore bands like Erra, Silent Planet etc... like, I get it, it's good music, but to me it's just so basic, predictable and all structured the same. Music taste is funny that way.

I like the trilogy and LS in general, but honesty gets the video a like. You like what tou like, and that's a like.

Crown magnetar.-everything bleeds. Please

Thx talking exactly when pt 2 guitar solo beautiful part started...well done. It's like middle finger to ppl who have spend their life to learn instrument exceptionally well...but yea, it's your reaction so yoiu can do what ever you like.

What da heck? This monster didn’t even shed a single tear at the end of Pain I.

Do you like Darko US?

Honest review from an honest guy. I still don't like deathcore, but this trilogy made me more empathic to the deathcore fans. I love this 3 track and will always listen with joy but Invent Animate is Invent Animate 😅❤️

Perfect for a funeral!

It does get a lil repetitive. My gripe for them is every song is basically the same. They are great live though.

Gpt tickets to see the live in Stockholm at the end of the year. Looking forward to it all.

You really messed up the end part. The song (and the video) wasn't finished.

* starts the song uninterested * Impossible to enjoy something acting like that isn't it?

I mean, individually maybe it wouldn't be so overwhelming, but of course it's a trilogy. Plus, it's not your cup-o-tea. Which is fine, whatever, you don't HAVE to like it. But, you appreciate the work, and that's the point. I dislike a lot of music, but I can appreciate it for what it is/does. Hope you don't get too much hate for not worshipping the series.

lmao this whole video was funny af , you're getting into comedy now xDDDD , i agree with u tho , i fall asleep 30 seconds listening to them , the whole album sounds like white noise , literally static

You: I need like a week in between each part to process what is going on Pawn Stars guys: Best we can do is several well placed solos and musical breaks

I've always felt that this edit of the three songs together ruins the experience, especially of a first listen. Like Drew said, he needed a week between to process. And yeah, first time through its really intense on the ears.

Lol I definitely get it

the best song on the album is without a doubt Soulless Existence. it sounds the most different, the most unlike Lorna Shore, and frankly I find it to be many times more emotional than the Pain Remains trilogy. It actually became my favourite song of all time and actually made me cry several times (once you understand the lyrics). if you’re up for it, i recommend checking that out. the guitars sound like they’re crying in the solos. and there is no blast beat overload either.

It wouldn't be fringe music if it was for everyone 😜

Ngl, Part 1 is the only one I actually like. It just has a good balance between insanity and space + it doesn´t go to the obviuous places that part 2 and 3 go. When it comes to those parts, it just falls flat for me. Instead of building emotion through understandable lyrics and nice melodies they just go higher and faster over and over again. by the end of part 2 and 3 you basically have pure noise coming from everywhere as soposed to the clear yet emotional catharsis in part one.

This whole trilogy made me cry my fucking eyes out

Bro just say you've never been through some serious shit in your life.

You cant force yourself to like a genre that you dont like. Especially when you go in to it with a contrarian point of view.

Nah fair enough mate, music is ultimately subjective, and if you don't like it, you don't like it. I will say, as someone similar to you, not really into deathcore (outside of Lorna), listening to just the songs does hit as hard as the videos did, not because of the songs, but relating it to the videos (replaying the videos in my head). But hey, I'd rather brutal honesty than cookie cutter fake praise.

this is a weird one, I’m truly with drew on disliking blastbeat-driven-deathcore - there’s no groove, little structure, very little appeal beyond ‘hurr durr angry man go brrr’ so I get it… but I also really like lorna shore, I think beyond their spectacle and excess they’re actually very good songwriters. they know how to structure a blast-driven song without it getting boring to me (which is strange considering their songs usually border on being a bit too long) and manage to squeeze tasteful (sometimes cheesy) melodic hooks into every track. they’re also pretty solid live, I think seeing them on their first UK tour with will made me a bit more partial to liking them, I only went to see to the hellfire and I left having genuinely enjoyed their set. but yeah, I’m not gonna fight drew on this because I get it - yakno I listen to a ton of metal with my cousin and he had the exact same reaction when this came on - it’s not for everyone! for me, these guys are the exception to the rule, but that’s just me ay?

ngl i feel like this about the new Humanity's Last Breath album. It's just so loud

Deathcore be like

I completely agree with you. Don't get me wrong, the song is good, the musicianship is fantastic, but I feel the word "masterpiece" gets thrown around very liberally nowadays. If that was the goal then I feel the style Lorna Shore operates in sets this quest up to fail from the beginning. Allow me to explain: This song wants to capture a variety of different emotions, the different stages of grief, but also pain, anger and even joy. But the toolkit of the musicians is just too narrow for this. You can convey different kinds of anger with screaming and growling. But joy? Are blastbeats really going to be the best method to show sadness? I would contend that no. You need a much bigger stylistic variety to convey these emotions *well*. And this is why I feel that Lorna Shore falls short in this regard because throughout all of it, they stick to the Deathcore soundscape, while bands like Slice the Cake succeeded in a very similar project. (if you recall for example, Castles in the Sky, Destiny's Fool being much different from what you'd expect out of Deathcore, and the vocal performance much more varied)

this dude chirping, tryna be different

If you are a deathcore fan, it's not "fast" or "pounding" you. That is the style. And what Lorna Shore does different is compose it in way that that is melodic and comfortable. Go listen to old whitechapel, or old Lorna for that matter. It's literally just blast beats and agression. It's disgraceful to describe anything on pain remains that way. Listen to 5 other deathcore albums, then pain remains.

It's amazing and you're wrong

I mean doing all 3 in one sitting I think was the issue but I do get what you mean 😂

I personally have a really love/hate relationship with Austin's drumming. As a drummer, I'm completely blown away by what he's capable of. But also a lot of the time I'm like bro just chill out you don't have to play every drum at once. But also I know that without that, Lorna's music would be much more generic and not nearly as exciting. He's kinda what sets them apart from the rest of the symphonic deathcore that's going on these days. I just don't know how to feel about it

I have such mixed feelings about this trilogy personally. I get why people love it, and it's totally valid, and each of the three individual songs in this trilogy are really enjoyable, but the piece as a whole, especially in context with the whole album, just feels like three more Lorna Shore songs that just so happen to be relatively connected to each other but are still structured really similarly. Ultimately, this was my biggest disappointment with Pain Remains. Seeing a 3-part 20+ minute epic with a 9-minute song as the closer got me super hyped, and convinced me that Lorna were going to do something relatively progressive and varied with that, kind of like what bands like Wilderun, Persefone, and Shadow of Intent did earlier last year. But the way they made a 3-part 20+ minute piece is by......just making 3 more pretty typical Lorna Shore songs. Again, REALLY GOOD Lorna Shore songs, but still. How the hell do you make a 9 minute song that just sounds like every other song from the album??? LOL

Full Lorna Shore album reaction when?

I can't get into new Lorna either. Will's vocals are good but I'm just so ridiculously bored listening to the instrumentals. Put Will on tracks with more interesting instrumental parts and he'd be amazing. They do the same four chords through the whole song, the solos are just fast and not melodic enough to be memorable, the breakdowns all sound the same, I could go on. I wish more bands would go the way of Enterprise Earth or Fit for an Autopsy with their songwriting

😂

I respect you so much for this. I thought i was going crazy for having the exact same response. seeing reactors breaking down crying from this.. Like wtf ? Every song is the same formula, same melodies, same drumpatterns. I get bored after half a song Subbed !

They are starting to sound super repetitive I wish they would branch out and experiment with different sounds.

Just saw them live with Gojira and Mastodon Saturday and I don't get it. It's too much. Constant blast beats and the super fast pace just don't do it for me. Gojira and Mastodon fucking killed it though and we're insane live. Lorna Shore performed flawlessly but I feel nothing when they play.

Personally, and I have never been an elitist or anything, LS have just become too mainstream for me. While for Drew it's too much for now, for me it's too little and too poppy.

L Chat L Streamer

Why would you even review a song if you hate the genre? What's the point. I could review a Taylor Swift song and just say "it's shite". No one gets anything out of that.