Yeah just checked out their early stuff and it has no metal in it at all. I appreciate that. I remember my jazz band teacher in high school showing me Naked City by John Zorn, how he mixed like 20 genres in 2 minutes. Blew my mind!
It’s definitely more of a visualizer than a full music video. The other single is similar. Which is a good indicator that they’re dropping hella singles for this album. They’re not blowing the budget on full videos. Mad props for being the quintessential traditional metalheads who weren’t assholes about it just because it’s not your style!
Yeah we are both very open minded. We reacted to Chokehold too and we’ll be uploading that soon. I wouldn’t say we are traditional though, but we lean more towards extreme stuff for the newer metal. Deathspell, Blut Aus Nord, Carcass etc… This stuff is super hooky and catchy tho, like if we are going to listen to pop it’s this haha
Great reaction guys. I really enjoyed watching and hearing your analysis of the parts and your thoughts on the musicality. Thanks for sharing! The other single "Chokehold" is a good display of their atmospheric songwriting. I'd really enjoy seeing your reaction to Calcutta. Cheers.
Dig hearing from a perspective of someone not swept up in the sudden viral-ness of the band and what you pick up on with the music. Also that you're just very much genuinely just giving your thoughts and not afraid to pause and let there be a moment of quiet as you reflect. So many videos are playing to the algorithm and try and keep constant movement or sound that they just ramble nonsense, but everything you said was relevant. As for their other songs: You might like to check out Alkaline by them (it has a full proper music video and not just a visualizer as well lol).
Awesome reactions guys, always love when someone actually pauses and has meaningful discussion, subbed after seeing this reaction and the Polyphia ones. You should check out Periphery's latest track Atropos, and Chimera and Bloodbath from Polyphia!
