IGNEA - Seytanu Akbar // Composer Reaction // The Decomposer Lounge 

So glad Ignea are getting come exposure. Great band, from Ukraine I think...

I had never heard this band b4. thanks for introducing them to us

What an absolute treat to see you discover Ignea. Your surprise that little smile you gave shortly after the growls started was priceless. The official video for Jinnslammer is another fun one when you are ready to revisit them. Lovely reaction Geebz!

If you want more IGNEA, their song Disenchantment is really good, in my opinion more mid eastern vibes and an amazing video

Great Find!!!! Thanks Geebz for bringing this to the channel.

What up GeebZ! ALOHA. All new bands this week. Opening things up. 🤙

Thank you for this reaction! I really love this band that deserves more recognition for sure! Please watch Disenchantment

You and the charmatic voice are my two favourite music analysts. I've learnt so much from both of you. Thank you, I didn't realise how much I enjoy music theory until I discovered you both. Have a great day everyone.

Yay! So glad you found Ignea. One of my favorite bands. I would suggest "Alga" for you next listen. They are accompanied by an orchestra on that song.

Strapping young Lad - Almost Again Please react to this you will love it. some amazing guitar work, an unbelievable vocal performance from Devin Townsend and some of the best metal drumming there is and my favourite groove of all time!

Very cool that you go over this song just after I commented in another video that reminded me of them. Love your enthusiasm and open-mindedness. Pretty sure the first song of theirs I heard was "Alga" - the music video on RU-vid shows the orchestra playing some of their part of the song, worth a watch.

so glad to see you react to them!

Eluveitie Rebirth!! I am new here but have been watching and liking alot everything of yours I watch, subscribed and enjoying myself here. This band is a Gaulish Folk Metal band that has reconstructed the Gaulish language with the help of linguistic scientist and college authorities on the subject, alot of the basis of their songs are old folk tunes.

Should check out Ignea- Alga. Great song and nice orchestra in the beginning

Would love to see a review of Tame Impala!!!

Damn, that hit hard. Thanks for for the new band to check out!

I believe Ignea was the number 1 rock band in Ukraine before the war started. They should have been if not, as they are a really talented band, especially with their singer. Another song worth checking out, and has real meaning with the war going on is their first video Alga, recorded with an orchestra - it will surprise you. It was written back in 2014 in response to Russia taking over Crimea. May Ukraine kick Russia's ass out of their country, so life can return to normal, and this incredible band can continue their music. And all Ukrainian's may get their lives back. Thank you so much for taking the time to review this band. They are an original band, and play and sing as real musicians ought to.

Nice reaction. Ignea has a great catalog. Try more.

Their song Alga is symphonic metal which is how I ran into them. I love that HEAVY groove of this song. Seytanu Akbar (Satan is Greater) is probably my favorite of their songs. Jinnslammer is another song that has a fair amount of growling.

My favourite Middle Eastern-metal band is Orphaned Land, they're a little lighter than these ones. The Cave is a very wide scoped song with a lot of different sounds.

I Think you would appreciate this .Sigur Ros - Sæglópur

Napalm just signed them. Max Morton (Jinjer) produced this record. Will undoubtedly produce the next one under Napalm. He's become the Devin Townsend of Ukraine.

For middle Eastern metal, like listen the band Myrath you'll like it :

There is a Indian classical/metal fusion band called Mute The Saint. Might be worth checking out. Oh and check out Myrath, a band from Tunisia in north Africa. They have middle eastern influences galore.

Wow, never heard of them and they are from my country!

Great track, going to do a deep dive into their discography. Aviations, Outliers. Please!

"Disenchantment" has a catchy melody and a great video. A must see before you give up on IGNEA. My fave song and video of 2020.

This band sounds banging

Did not know about this band. Should check them out. You should definitely check Ophaned Land if you want more Middle Eastern Prog Metal, they're legends! Otherwise: Dir En Grey - Vinushka :)

First time listening to this band, REALLY IMPRESSIVE going in my playlist for sure😈🤘growl reminds me of Loren from Once Human

You must dive into Cradle of Filth soon. Nymphetamine would be a great song to start with.

Pantera: Cemetery Gates would be a cool introduction to PANTERA

This song deals with the darker side of Islam - terrorism. She primarily sings, but when their songs deal with darker subjects is when she does the "growling" with her voice - for lack of a better term. You are correct about the buttery smooth nature of her singing. I never could come up with that. But I think her voice is quite unique, and kinda reaches out and pulls you in to the song.

I love a metal band with a female vocalist. For a moment I was getting Lacuna Coil vibes.

Great track decomposing, as always! Leaving here some tracks I wish to see next! Ayreon - The Day that the World Breaks Down Dream Theater - Octavarium and/or A Change of Seasons Kamelot - Elizabeth (I, II & III) Haken - The Architect, Crystallised and/or Visions Opeth - The Drapery Falls Steven Wilson - Luminol Symphony X - The Divine Wings of Tragedy and/or The Odyssey

Queen Dies is another one of my favourites from Ignea, highly recommend checking it out. I also recommend Avatarium - Road to Jerusalem, it has a similiar kind of vibe.

Ignea is incredible, and in those times they need ever more love

Please do Pantera - Cemetery Gates !

This band is so good....go watch the raw live performance

Kamelot - Memento Mori Dream Theater - Space Dye Vest

I'd like to request that you take a dive into Coheed and Cambria. I'd highly recommend the Willing Well songs played in one or two sittings. We love your content!

Wow they have such a clean sound I love it...great review 👍 Check out Lacuna Coil their latest album is very similar to this!

I dont know how keen you are on longer songs, but an amazing journey that i thoroughly recommend would be Buckethead's 'Hold Me Forever', even if you dont do a reaction video to it, it's still well worth a listen

The beginning reminds me a lot of Silver for Monsters, only in a different key

this band is a gem.hellas growl is superb and she has several "tones" or techinc to achieve the pleasant overall sounding with the lyrics addnd the story..in this song she growl as angela gossow (melissa cross school) did.SHE was a beast in arch enemy and Hella IS a beast too.but she is also a many faced beast,and as the beast she is a many faced storyteller and alngelic being in her clean voices.a very humble and very talentful band!i recommend after this the QUEEN DIES song. ;)

If you're entering this rabbit hole (Middle Eastern bands), you should check Myrath. I would suggest "Nobodys' lives". I tried to paste you a link to their official channel, but I got blocked... :/ Because the "Kashmir" sound you were expecting here, probably you will find it with Myrath ;)

Love this band. Your emotions really fun Please make video about TEREN band

The Funky Knuckles "Mystery Song", the ultimate jam

Try some sigur ros. Band from iceland. So beautiful

I'd love for you to check out sometime is the band Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Their music is all instrumental, often with field recordings, interviews, poetry, etc. in place of vocals. Their songs are very long which might not quite work for your videos but some I'd recommend are Sleep, East Hastings, and Blaise Bailey Finnegan III

Can you check out Jahi too? It samples a song called "Gönül" by Turkish singer "Fikret Kızılok". When i first heard it it caught me off-guard :)))

If you love that Middle Eastern sound, you'd LOVE The Tea Party! I highly recommend their song Sister Awake as a great place to start

I would love to see you react to "Destroyer" by Inferi. Easily one of my all time favorite songs, and an inspiration to me as a guitar player.

Aloha. Have you listened to puscifers version of bohemian rhapsody? I'd love to get your take of the differences and whose better in the song freddy or maynard.

Sputnik Alga 👌💪

apparently this band is from Ukraine. the singer looks a bit like chelsea wolfe to me. chelsea wolfe - feral love ( not this one but another song by chelsea wolfe was featured in game of thrones , it's dark medieval industrial metal vibe stuff )

Please check out Sylosis, a thrash/death metal band from Reading, England and a long-time favorite of mine. They do excellent work, and in particular are notable for the incredible riff writing of Josh Middleton, who does the vocals and co-lead guitar, as well as the fact that, until their latest album, all their songs used guitars tuned to E Standard, which is highly unusual in modern metal. I struggle to recommend just a single song from them, so instead, I'll give you a song from each album and you can pick the one you think is the most interesting :) Album - Song - Year - Notes - Link Cycle of Suffering - I Sever - 2020 - Only song I've listed tuned to D Standard instead of E, includes my favorite vocal performance in this list - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dZDd-MwuvcM.html Dormant Heart - Servitude - 2015 - Manages to get some interesting perception of speed despite its tempo - the fastest-feeling part of the song has the slowest tempo and vice versa - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9_RT0G4wWKg.html Monolith - A Dying Vine - 2012 - Probably the song I've listened to the most times on this list, main riff is blazing fast and the vocals that accompany it are very quick as well, which is all the more impressive when considering that they're done by the same person at the same time. Changes significantly over its duration, particularly in emotion. - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4Uol-vZNAt4.html Edge of the Earth - Procession - 2011 - Strongest "groove" out of this list, and has my favorite intro and main riff in the list as well - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Iz6xlrLKd4M.html Conclusion of an Age - Last Remaining Light - 2008 - From before Josh took over the vocal role; in my opinion the old vocalist wasn't as good as him, so I don't listen to this album much, but the solos in this song are amazing and I still find it a joy to listen to. - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hMARq1y0PvY.html

The Internet says they're Ukranian... just saying (FYI I have nothing against "The Middle East" actually a bit disappointed this didn't come from that region) ... besides I kinda love what you (Geebz) do ;)

Aeternam - Al Qassam actual song that's sung in arabic

You should check out the song "Travel" by " From Autumn to Ashes"

I love your reaction videos, Comfortably numb is my favourite, your reactions and faces almost mirror how I feel listening to it. Do David Essex ‘oh what a circus’ or Barbara Streisends ‘woman in love’ or Zappas ‘sofa’ ....I wouldn’t mind betting you are familiar with and like them,. As you definitely know Zappa was a composer genius and probably my all time favourite artist. Keep doing what your doing . Btw...dude the sax player in Clown core, beautiful, search up their other work he’s (Louis Cole) a mad drummer, not sure about the sax guys name. Music is the best. (F.Z.)

The song was good considering this isn’t my type of music. I would like to see you review and listen to wordless chorus by my morning jacket because I know that song will be added to your personal playlist. Also you my as well do every Radiohead song since they are the best band of all time and I wouldnt mind seeing you also review and listen to only so long by French kicks. Your the best Geebz. I appreciate all that you do and keep up with the awesome reactions. It’s a blessing to see you smile✨

Death- Sacred Serenity..... Trust me

hey love your channel. iam a huge nightwish fan and i know you like them. the band epica is a similar band as nightwish and i just listened to their song kingdom of heaven 3. it may be one of the most epic rollercoaster of a song i have ever heard. you need to check it out.

if you need more middle eastern metal you can't go wrong with Orphaned Land

If you enjoyed that, you might like the song Do You Call My Name by a US nu metal band called Ra. They also do a metal cover of Every Little Thing She Does is Magic that is phenomenal. Really unique lead vocalist who wanted a band that was cross between Metallica and The Police.

Eluveitie - Rebirth reaction please .. incredible folk metal

The middle eastern heavy stuff certainly has a distinct twang to it. The clearest example of that is probably Melechesh from Jerusalem. Their track Gyroscope is pretty fun. It's more pedal to the metal though ;)

Myrath - Nobody's Lives

I might be in the minority with this suggestion, but with the female fronted metal bands I've seen on here, might I suggest Concrete by Poppy?

Check out “Themata” by Karnivool. Has elements of the same mode and an amazing song as well. I’m sure it’s been requested before 🤪🤘

Please review time the valuator starseeker, i think you will really enjoy it

Melechesh is another middle eastern metal band. Genies, Sorcerers, and Mesopotamian Night: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fiNT_Ak30RE.html :-) Also, I thought coffee was generally (exceptions apply) supposed to be hot. :-D Thank you for another great decomposition!

Another Middle East band to watch is Kamaera from Lebanon .

I looked up the lyrics to see what the song was about considering Akbar is in the title. The lyrics alone are confusing probably due to translation, but i did see this comment by the Composer "“What we want to say is that there is no reasonable cause to kill other people, be it regime, faith or moral principles. We mainly speak about islamic terrorism in this song, as one of the social plagues of 21st century, taking lots of innocent lives. However, this applies to every human on Earth, regardless of their religion.” -Evgeny Zhytnyuk, composer and author of lyrics

I need that intro Geebz! Also check out Haggard - Per Aspera Ad Astra - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BSFEv9eaoh4.html . They are a german symphonic metal musical group founded in 1989 and is made of 17 artists and more. Their third album Eppur Si Muove which is about the life of Italian scholar Galileo Galilei, sentenced to house arrest for heresy by the Catholic Church for supporting Copernicus' claim that the Earth revolved around the sun.

Please check out Crack of Light by Vintersea. :)

React to Carach Angren- These Fields Are Lurking

If you're interested in Middle Eastern metal then I highly recommend Melechesh.

Brian Jonestown Massacre - Straight Up and Down.

Please react to candiria channeling elements

System of a down are probably as close as you got with their Armenian heritage sound. Loving that hard left before the first hook 👌 Sweet guitar tone too, similar to slipknot vol3 album. They girls got some growl 👌

ELDER dead roots stirring Potions by PUSCIFER on the recycle ♻️ ROCK CANDY FUNK PARTY.great band for you. Awwlright I am still here

This makes me think you should check out "Outcry" by Dream Theater. A song about the People's revolution in Egypt in 2013. I'd also encourage you to check out "Three Days" also by Dream Theater as there's a ton to decompose for a four minute track.

Whoa, that opening groove and riff had me bouncing in my chair, kickass band. Hey GEEBZ since you dig the enchanting Middle Eastern and Tarab vibes I would highly recommend Maneesh de Moor, that dude is a soundscape wizard. This is one of my favorites of his: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QdmRFRtumYc.html

That low scream/growl is done with very poor technique. I know because I used to do it and screws up your throat, but it does allow you to pitch the scream/growl a tad. Just did a quick google for some live footage of this song, and she's shifted to a much healthier technique in those, which is great to hear :)!

Bodom After Midnight - Paint the Sky With Blood

For other completely different sounding middle eastern metal try yossi sassi band & orphaned land

"Seytanu Akbar" means "Satan is (the) great(est)". Like "allahu akbar" means "God is (the) great(est)". They also released a instrumental namesake version of this album, one year later.

How about a Clutch song?? The Face would be a good 1...

I'm actually surprised no one mentioned real "middle eastern metal" bands, the most known of them I guess being Myrath. Blending of the western metal with the traditional instruments and techniques, including microtones - that's what I would call the mideastern metal. Just hear the difference: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4K0AyZ_wjik.html

Geebz you have to check deathklok-awaken

For something different how about: Bon Iver (Bone Eev Air) Beth/Rest Novo Amor: Anchor Sufjan Stevens: Should’ve Known Better

Freedom of fear - consciousness of misery please

Max Morton does the engineering for Ignea and Jinjer in Kyiv, Ukraine

DEATH - BITE THE PAIN please react on this one 🙂❤

Porcupine Tree - Russia On Ice Steven Wilson - The Holy Drinker Camel - Lady Fantasy Camel - Nimrodel Agalloch - In The Shadow Of Our Pale Companion Pantera - Cemetery Gates Masterpieces

Can you react to a new band called Plush? They’re like if Metallica were 4 teenage girls

WEEN

Another middle eastern band with checking out (Israeli) is Orphaned Land.