THE AGONIST - Gates Of Horn And Ivory (OFFICIAL VIDEO) 

No wonder I'm so smitten with her! Never had really made the Greek connection, but it's obvious in her last name yeah. Shit I love Greek women! Especially talented ones yeah.

Yuppers and this video makes me smile everytime they fooling around and being silly wqhile recording a metal video

I've been thinking that same thing for some time now. Danse Macabre fuckin slays me!!!

Very well said I say The Agonist is still awesome even with Vicky or Alissa

ruben garcia except when vicky is singing live, she is pretty bad when it comes to playing shows....

fucking right man

+l.xtasy honestly, i love how it is right now: i think agonist are way better with Vicky and Alissa is doing a great job with arch enemy

+José Mendes i don't know if they're better but it seems it's all for good and both bands and singers and doing well so....

+l.xtasy I think she is much better personally!

while its not as good as it use to be ... as I have said The Agonist with Alissa (not counting Lacuna coil) rocketed to my #1 favorite ... for me 'its not as good as it use to be" just means they are no longer my favorite band ... they are still "right up there" though

Xmetal this is just one song, havent heard the rest of the album so cant really talk. when thank you pain came as single a lot of ppl said "wth is this shit" and in the end, that album was awesome and the best songs didnt even had a clip

Xmetal reminder not to not judge them off one song. Wait until you've heard the album before you start making judgements.

And im going to say i find Viky's voice more fit for metal than alissa's in some parts. Alissa's growl was awesome, but her melodical vocals, even when they were great and fit perfect with the agonist, are a bit more popish. I think The agonist can do some very intense stuff with Vicky's voice.

personally (mainly due to the frontwomen changing, of course) I view this as almost a different band .... "is it as good as the first thre albums?" (my view = no) .. "is it good for "any' band?" (my view = hell YES)

Most metalheads don't wear hats for a reason...

I know right some people just like there vibrations and growls in a certain way

There is!

+Valfar Ein Windir hahaha yes. Same vibe I got man.

They're making fun of new wave bands like black veil brides which is amusing

If you look good is a satire BANDS THAT SAME TYPE. I like it. Regreats.

This band sucks now!

Elaborate your argument please.

Joseph Renz Sardon Now that you mention it, that word does fit better.

Joseph Renz Sardon What? That literally has nothing to do with my comment. It's just that they indeed kicked her out.

They are. No doubt about it. :)

Joseph Renz Sardon Youre a fucking idiot. Please leave the internet.

Joseph Renz Sardon I was actually agreeing with you. I first said she 'left' and then you corrected me saying 'she did not left the band, she was kicked out' so I was like 'this guy is right, she was actually kicked out'. That's why I think the term fit better. It's not that I 'like' that she was kicked out, but if that's what actually happened, why not express that instead of saying she 'left'? It has to do with the wording.

I agree with the part of Alissa's talents being wasted in Arch Enemy. But lets face it, it always felt like The Agonist was on a back burner for her with touring with Kamelot and other things...

Jason Groff Yeah, she needed a bigger challenge and and more diversity. Once Arch Enemy is on tour-pause, I could imagine her doing some stuff with Kamelot and perhaps even Amaranthe or Deals Death. I'm not sure how familiar she is with the guys at Deals Death (she has the contacts though), but her, Elize, and Olof are really good friends, so it's not unlikely.

gossow chose alissa

Zonus well she did vocals on kamelots sacrimony (angel of afterlife)

Tobi kun I know x) She also toured A LOT with them. Since Elize was busy with Amaranthe, she couldn't do the cleans live for Kamelot, so Alissa filled in for her.

Yeah is not to bad but The agonist is a band like 100 other band similar when Alissa quit for Arch Enemy ... With Alissa The agonist was a fking awesome band ... Now is just ... A ordinary band ... With no special thing ..

D3tyg Arch Enemy got worse too, it's just so generic and it makes Alyssa look bad.

D3tyg Well, I don't really think so. You can still hear the typical parts of their earlier records and the harsh vocal of Vicky is really simmilar to Alissa's imo. The singer is the ONLY THING which changed and the change was not that radical imo after all, guitar work and riffs remained pretty much the same and I also think that there definitely isn't any band which would sound exactly like the Agonist, if you could gave me one - great i would definitely give that a shot. No offense but I personally think that you just say the classic Belladona/Bush by which i mean start to complain about "Sell out" because of new singer, just for sake of it.

oh yes it is it is really bad, i've been listening to metal for over 14 years now, btw i'm 19 turning 20 C:

ya i say this is amazing though she sounds too much like Angela (ex Arch Enemy) on the throat and her clean is too much like Alissa on her cleans so weird combo to me but still good

I agree n I'm an academically acredited drummer since I was 13, fyi reference points.

Yo igual, recuerdo cuando todos discutían comparando a Vicky con Alissa, JAJAJ dios...

si, la verdad muy triste , Vicky es y sera una gran vocalista

DeathMetalRegulator The Agonist 2.0 is not The Agonist way. Shall they change their name, I'll love them. I cannot like some product that takes advantage of the brand of another.

DeathMetalRegulator Agreed! ✊

Well said!

DeathMetalRegulator I agree! And I’m glad to say that my taste in metal is very diverse!

I'm Weird ya? go listen to Baby Killer by Devourment. they are wonderful.

just don't go see them live, vicky is really bad live.

2 years later, Alissa still sounds better!

Exactly. IMO The best line up changes was done in The Agonist. Arch Enemy lost talented Angela and of course i really love this band but i think she isn't the best replacement, but it was Angela choice so i have to understand! :D

Karolina Kotwieja I personally think Angela is the single most overrated vocalist in metal today. I much prefer Alissa and even though I don't hold Arch Enemy in a high regard to begin with and think Alissa is too good for them, the best line-up change was indeed done in The Agonist. Very difficult but good move from the guys to want to become a bigger band and thus kick out the ones who see the band as a side-project, even if it is their vocalist of a decade. This allows them to breathe a little, which is great. Vicky is an excellent vocalist for this band and I think that she is even a better fit personality-wise (after seeing the band members interact with each other after a gig, I can say that). So yeah, be thankful that this happened.

Levi Everaerts I can't agree with you that Angela is overrated because she is a very good growler and if not her Alissa wouldn't be now in this band or growler, because as everybody knows she began to scream because of Angela's first with Arch Enemy album Wages of sin. I think Alissa is more overrated actually i've never liked her but i think Angela for sure isn't overrated. Before she left Arch Enemy ordinary metalhead didn't knew about her now after she left band whole world knows about her. But even if most people here thinking she is overrated ok, that's your opinion but without doubt she is very talented and very kind person. Imo overrated are Maria Brink, Alissa, Elyze from Amaranthe and many more. But without doubt i will agree with you that the Agonist has better line up now than Arch Enemy even that Jeff joined there, sry Alissa is ok in live performance but her way of screaming is irrititing, for example songs like Blood on your hands, Enemy within - no! Pity because i know that they won't perform old classic stuff from first three albums because of Alissa's skills. Arch Enemy is my favorite band but imo Vicky is way better than Alissa. Alissa cleans live was awful Vicky has skills and she is good at it and the most important she is in touch with fans, because Alissa weren't very kind to fans. Good luck The Agonist keep it up! I wsh them all the best. Hope you'll understand that is only mine point of view and i respect yours because we're all different and we could have different point of view :D Thanks for reply! :D

Agree with original post, and I think the fact that Alissa had gotten so good technically kinda overshadowed how much better the whole band had been getting since the first album. They're showing now that they have their own "soul", and also proving that the "percentage" of Alissa in previous albums' songwriting maybe wasn't as high as one would think. Simon for one is a beast of a drummer. Totally agree that this is now not just a different band but a "new" band, and i think it's also what it feels like for the members. That being said, being an avid Heartwork-Carcass fan, I'm also happy that lazy-ass Amott finally started writing something decent again (see "On and on" or "Avalanche" from AE's latest album)...be it cause he was fueled by Carcass' new album being great or just cause he got a new singer in the band that made them relevant again, you pick. Sidenote about Angela : she had no clue on how to sing properly, just had a very unique and special voice. She eventually had problems (both related and not to that) and actually had to re-train her voice all over, but in the end couldn't keep up with her previous efforts (especially live) and basically gave up and recruited Alissa. Alissa on the other hand has a completely different background, sang in a choir and so on, and has a level of technique that is frankly un-fucking-believable (and I'm a singer myself) and crushes most of nowadays metal vocalists, be it male or female. Her live performance on March of Mephisto by Kamelot puts Shagrath to shame.

***** Couldn't have said it better. Agreed 100%.

olha qm está aqui hehehe

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This sucks, poor metal.

dude is that a rhapsody of fire profile pic? awesome bro

+LordOfMetal \m/ Yep. Dawn of Victory. To this day still one of their best albums

Their best videos and Albums was when Alissa was in the band..lool, common sense?, go look at the views and love comments for the past ten years in the Alissa Agonist videos, Agonist isn't doing good, so stop lying to yourselfs.

Richard warren bet you're one of those "Kiske > Deris" plebs

Pero lo que es más importante, la parte musical, no parecen haber mejorado (según mi opinión). Ojala que el disco en general sea mejor que esta canción.

Yo sentí lo mismo exactamente XD

Exacto xD por eso odio a alissa

@@marceloaranda8098 en five si mejoraron en el último aun mas

Yo siento que una banda nunca será tomada enserio mientras cante con dos (quizás más) tipos de voces distintas. Humilde opinión, no pretendo "hacerme el interesante"

Tiago Lethal u should see the old singer who is now in arch enemy, in my opinion she is much better and way hotter

She's still pretty damn hot.. Alissa is just at the top of every single woman in metal beauty wise

Joey Urso Alissa?! No way. Everyone looks pretty with 1000000 tons of makeup, and all the filters she's always using on her pics. She has nothing to do with natural beauty.

i love eluveitie and have wanted to see them live for soo long same with the agonist so i am very jealous of you haha

Your lucky to see 2 of the best metal bands with female vocals of our time in 1 Bill. I saw Eleuvitie open for children of bodom and it was sooo epic...young girls were crying upon the beauty of eleuvities music..... no lie.