Marc Okubo Performs "Its Not Safe To Swim Today" with Signature Kiesel MO7X 

He does this shit live too while being free moving on stage. The thing I like about Marc is.. He actually plays his music and doesn't rely on a backing track to play for him like a ton of "technical" artist do.

@@moose1164 dude yes! I always thought it was cool that Marc would loop a lead with his pedal live and play the rhythm part over it. instead of having a backtrack. Super skilled.

If it were remastered, I would listen to it. That would be cool. I can’t listen to anything before subject zero because their mixing & mastering was so terrible. Say what you want about Lucas, but the mixing instantly got better. Ps, I know Lucas wasn’t on Subject Zero. They must‘ve just had to drop their old producer or actually got one in the first place around then.

@@HorizonEyes it took me a few listens to get into their old production. Born of Osiris had the same sound back then too, I think Sumerian stepped up their production around 2012 or so. I would say Eclipse and onward are super high quality mixes, but Comman man and ID are amazing in terms of writing so I look past the mix!

That would take so much away from what made that album so great.. Lukas is phenomenal in his own right, but he's not a replacement for Brandon, just isn't. Just as Born of Osiris showed The New Reign was best when it wasn't over produced, so is TCMC. It's from an era we will never see again and shouldn't really be fucked with. As far as I'm concerned you can't make TCMC any better as it is. There is something to be said for their demo stuff, though. Just as Born of Osiris did, with glorious day, showing that there is a case and point to a remaster. But TCMC album cannot be improved, or it's at least so risky it's not worth the effort. Less is more. TCMC/a higher place/the new reign are case and point. Such a brilliant era. Also Subject Zero was a masterpiece and a stamp from a one of a kind vocalist. I miss his depth and writing. And of when Veil of Maya was less pressured to cater away from whatever techniques they wanted to keep using. They're still a top teir band but they were so much more original with Brandon. Those were 100% their golden years.

Hell no, this album and born of Osiris first album have such a iconic 2008 sound. The warm and dark overall sound and the bassy kick is iconic

@@HorizonEyes I couldn't agree more

why does he look like my 87yo grandma ???

This isn't djent.

@@lobster272 it'd be weird if he was talking about the guitar player and not the song

@@lobster272 I called VoM, ATB, BOO, ERRA, etc. 'Sumerian Records metal' back in the day. It isn't djent. Djent wasn't really a term back then. It isn't really deathcore or metalcore either. Has a little different flavor. Seemed like everyone on Sumerian had a little different flavor. A lot of phrygian dominant.

Boy this is just the bees knees

Old is Gold

Yes!!!

he is. this dude is my idol.

Without a doubt

still is!

I remember seeing it played live when it first came out. Mind absolutely blown. Still is.

Still is a piece of gold from the djent gods

I didn't even know what to call it exactly when it first came out. It had a bit from everything. Way before the term djent became a mainstay.

hahahh , nice eyes broo..

ooooooohhhhh IT'S NOT SAFE TO SWIM TODAY

I dont think I can be saved this shallow water is my grave. It's not safe to swim today

@@nickdowdy2161 OPEN UP and INHALE WATER! OPEN UP! AND EXHALE BLOOOD!

Bro the section @ 2:00 hurts the top of my hand soooo much, I have pretty small hands so most of his shit is a bitch for me to play lol

Keep in mind he's playing a six string song on a seven string too 💀

yep hes not exactly doing the spider tecnique XD

Oof

i don’t last 2 albums were their best work in my opinion and this 3rd album sounding spicy so far

I love Commans mans collapse so much. Its far from perfect but man it was just so fun. Always in the rotation.

Fuck yes man

@@thejrfanclub628 Damn right, bro!

same. Their music went downhill imo as soon as they replaced the old vocalist and started sounding like a diet Periphery.

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Still looking fresh af

Hahaha who had a baby to Prince

Bahahaha

1000/10 would smash

And that my friends is how to get the ladies

been trying to learn this song since 2011 and i still cant play it haha

Its fucking impossible.

Been learning this for a few weeks. I can play it perfectly in segments but putting all Together and playing it in time is a hell Of a workout.

@@edima now imagine doing that at a show and then doing songs off that album just as hard as that one perfectly. Dude is a stamina wizard but that’s just what happens when you do play these songs night after night. He is a true inspiration and I’ll be just as good or almost as good as him one day lmao.

Yusss! I got to about 75% of this song back around 09 or so. Marc Is just An Alien. This entire album is still one of my favorites this century (😎)

Try human murmuration by archspire 🤣

Learning the song at the moment, so many fuvkiny riffs omfg

@@daddyfrank8838 that’s my goddamn favorite man. Gives me chills every time I hear it. I got to film them playing a show, check it out if you dig the band 🤘🏻

​Mine's berserker by ATB

They are both legends in their respective styles, such class and accuracy

Marc is a better composer, and performer. Tim technically has more skills. As a guitar player, Marc wins by a hair. Polyphia's vision, however, is on another level.

I absolutely adore new VOM, but the older albums were so fucking brutal. It’s almost like a different band

Also think he deserves extra credit for not having any fret markers

lmao marc stated multiple times he doesn't get girls even though he is a fucking god

Brandon Robertson he still plays in drop B with the 7th string tuned to an F#. F#,B,F#,B,E ,G#,C#.

You can see that he mutes the top F# with his thumb when he chugs the open top strings

5 steps down on e, 3 steps down for the rest

@@joelboyd9744 Considering his sig guitar has a 25.5" scale length, that low string must be either ridiculously loose or ridiculously thick

@@GrahamScanlonDrums it's a 70, so it's gonna be insanely loose

To be fair, playing those types of chug riffs is 100% muscle memory once you’ve played them enough and you don’t even have to think. Don’t get me wrong, it takes tons of hours to get to that point.

@@tc5328 muscle memory doesn’t mean that you can inherently multitask while doing the muscle memory thing though haha I can play some pretty complicated stuff without thinking about it in the slightest, but the second I try to talk or sing over that, I will immediately mess whatever I’m playing up lmfao

Honestly, that's my biggest respect to him besides his writing. The song isn't ludicrously difficult to play, but it's a hell of workout for those fingers