The story is about the couple at the start of the video getting in to a car crash and losing his partner and being consumed by grief and guilt because he feels like it's his fault. You hear a lot of callbacks to "we should have left before the storm" and other things like "carried you to heaven's gates, I am forced to stay" since he feels responsible for her death. Its surprisingly emotional for hardcore music imo and i really love it
@@xopiglet9372 no shit it didn’t happen to Bryan. Do movie directors only make movies about their own life experiences? It’s an art piece with the plot being someone losing their significant other in a car crash that they caused and then feel the guilt and grief from.
The butterflies on Permanent is symbolism for spiritual rebirth/resurrection freedom of from the physical body. So the protagonist died to meet up with dead love one
the black metal vocals on God Knows is Matt King of Portrayal of Guilt. they have an album coming November 5th called Christfucker, it's gonna be really good
i get more bits and pieces of the story every time i listen and watch, and if you read the lyrics you can really understand what's happening, and they're unbelievably well crafted so I highly recommend reading some of them but the gist of it seems to be that the main character kills his wife/lover in a car crash and the EP follows his descent into grief and guilt until he finally can't take it anymore and he digs up her grave and kills himself to be with her again. the visuals at the end of their skeletons hugging gives me such unreal chills
Im interpreting the dark figure as a manifestation of his grief and guilt...like a Dark Passenger.....dragging him deeper and deeper into the voids we see as dark spheres in the transitions.
To dig into it a little further, I think he actually died in the crash as well, but didn't know it and was trapped in purgatory battling his guilt. He thought that the ghost/demon was his grief trying to encompass him and trap him in purgatory forever, but then he realized that it was an embodiment of her spirit trying to find her way back to him. "When I saw the ghost was you, all the lights went out" = now that we're finally together again, I can finally rest (move on from purgatory)
@@EmceeMayo Just to back up your theory a little bit, it makes a lot of sense considering the use of the Silent Hills P.T. radio broadcast that the band uses (both in the beginning of this and at the end of "in the walls") showing they are fans of the games. SILENT HILL SPOILERS AHEAD: In P.T., you are stuck in a looping hallway reliving the scene of a family murdered in a house. Considering the story of kojimas next game after silent hills was cancelled "Death Stranding", the current theory for P.T. is the protagonist is stuck in a purgatory of guilt (the looping hallway) for the murder of the family. Also the earlier entry in the series Silent Hill 2 was about a character who was called to the town "Silent Hill" by a letter from his wife who was supposed to be dead for years. Turns out in the end he actually was the one who murdered his wife and silent hill was a purgatory that pulled him there to face the guilt of what he had done. Would make a lot of sense if they pulled inspiration from the games since they are clearly fans
Permanent is one of the best final songs of any EP/album ever imo. That outro couldn't feel anymore fitting. I'm a sucker for a good closure. The last good closure I heard was "Utrydd dei svake" by Kvelertak from their album "Kvelertak."
Adding yet another piece of work to Will Putney’s extensive catalogue of incredibly well produced metal records. Dude’s a machine when it comes to finding tones and mixes
The story is really emotional and also disturbing. At first the main character goes through thoughts and feelings which are very relatable and touching. But as the story progresses things get really weird and messed up. It's all really well put together and you don't even need the video to get the experience delivered by the band itself. Just read the lyrics while listening the music and you get a horror masterpiece which is full of raw emotion and disturbing storytelling.
Now I understand why people get hurt in their live shows.....I'm a big sucker for fast riffs and Breakdowns....but I can imagine turning and kicking like crazy with These songs
These stop motion animators are seriously talented. The way the songs add almost a sound score to the video animation is awesome. The editor also deserves major props. This whole project is so damn good. I’m almost just as impressed by the video and editing as I am the music. What a great fucking EP.
This EP was frickin smackin. Even better that it dropped out of nowhere with an INSANE animated short movie. One of the best projects of the year for sure.
Was waiting for this! What a Masterpiece! I totally cried at the end. Their best work yet. I love the concept. I thought Sleep Token was AOTY, but now I am not so sure anymore. Can't stop listening. My favourite song changes twice a day in the moment.
As a whole, I feel like this will be the best presentation Knocked Loose ever makes. The video is PERFECT for the EP and the compositions are on a different level. The variety in musicianship and emotion in the vocal performance is unworldly. There's a story here and just Oscar quality stop motion animation. My favorite release this year, but I don't think you could separate it into parts, it just has to be taken as a whole.
They played basically the whole EP at the Sylvee in Madison when they opened for Gojira back in November. It was as insane live as you probably were imagining it.
I has no idea this EP dropped until I saw it on RU-vid and immediately pre-ordered it. Different then ADSOB but definitely angry and pissed 9:58 new alarm clock
contender for my favorite release of this year. Contorted In the Faille and Permanent alone are among my favorite tracks by these guys, but the entire EP is just amazing.
Something fresh, exciting and also well made. This is not 100% my type of music, im classic metalcore/deathcore guy, but this EP was very enjoyable experience.
It's funny how music is all about timing. When I tried listening to this EP when it first came out I hated it. The vocals were too raw and I just couldn't get into it. Like a month ago I started to give Knocked Loose another try and I am obsessed with them and this EP blows my mind. I can't believe I ever disliked this band or Brian Garris's vocals.
Love the fact this is not on patreon the public deserves this! I gave ya a like but I cant watch it until I react to it. You should definitely create chapters just a tip.
Since you’ve said you’re getting into hardcore-if you haven’t already, check out END. Brennan from Counterparts’ side project. They haven’t put anything out in ages, but their discog is pretty sick. The song Necessary Death will put you on you arse.
You can't just say it's Brennan from Counterparts' side project. There are a ton of talented people from a myriad of bands including Will Putney from FFAA, Andrew McEnaney who used to be in Structures, and more.
@@TheCivildecay it's about losing a loved one. For me it's the lyrics right before the breakdown at the end "Closure in a physical form/ Reject the hands of the devout/ When I saw the ghost was you all the lights went out"
Literally my favourtie thing KL has ever made. Never could really get into Laugh Tracks, ADSOB wasnt too bad but this EP REALLY fucking got me hyped, i absolutely love the massive injection of metal into their sound, so much more darkness and metal now and i fucking love it. This is straight up a Metal EP not even hardcore lmao i love it
now, i waas never really into knocked loose, never hatted them, just couldn't listen to it on a daily u know, however, this ep was definately something i could jam daily
