WTF Is Polyphia?! 

Polyphia is great for when you want to show your guitars the neglect they are receiving and let you consider if you should just throw them away.

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Yep,,,, ditto,,,LMFAO!!!!

🤣reminds me of those petrucci psycho videos "just stop. put your guitar on ebay"

@@stumpydino custom made strings that can withhold the temperature of the sun 😂

What in the world are you talking about lol

@@sins1549 2:02 and following. I thought exactly the same thing, Alex.

My thoughts exactly. Who will stop this madman!

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@@sins1549 you trying to sandbag him by not understanding the comment? maybe don't post until the frontal lobe has had a little bit more time to develop.

Perhaps check out their song "Playing God" or their older stuff like "Euphoria"

This track is loaded with melodies if you think beyond "vocals". Melodies, counter-melodies and recurring motifs. Just listen.

Listen to aviator

Exactly!

Less can be more imo. Often over complicated to the detriment of the actual tune..just my opinion

*Gibson:* 😠

@@unbearifiedbear1885 it won't be Gibson unless THEY sue him !

Should be a Bad Boi 😅

@@auntjenifer7774 yeah it won't be Gibson of they did an IP of the names seperately with the guitar shapes. 😂

Yeah he was inspired by those old Les Paul Customs for the color scheme

Incredibly underrated player

I also really like Chon

Thanks for this

another band is Hikes ... Nay Mapalo is an incredible guitar player. Saw them on tour with Covet this past spring and they really blew me away.... Floral is impressive as hell too.

@@Trowa71 Yeah, Mario Camarena is excellent. Covet are excellent as well, and I like also Toe, and Ichika Nito.

Those guitars be mumbling?

@@turtleneckless frfr

@@turtleneckless I'm dead 💀

melody wise I kind of have to disagree. Theres too much actually and its just so varied and strange that you dont really find any one part that stands out enough to be the essence of that song. Technically its outstanding, but in this song what do you catch yourself repeating all day in your head?

@@Chaelsonen you really dont hear the catchy af lead line in the chorus? Its repeated at least twice and i couldnt stop humming it when i first heard it. They also write some of the most singable solos with catchy little melodies between some of the faster more all over the place lines.

And what makes them special is that it's also music for the masses. I'm not a musician and have a hard time getting into bands like Animals as Leaders (they're absolutely nuts, it's a failing on my end not any lack on their end) because I can't notice much less appreciate things like funky time signatures or why two 8 strings were chosen. It's in turn what makes them such RU-vid darlings. I, as a non musician, like listen to talented musicians talk about what Polyphia (and other musicians) are doing and how. They bridge that gap and allow both sides to compliment each other.

This is why I listen to this song so much.

It's music for zoomer twinks.

I also am a musician, but I find this kind of stuff boring, masturbatory and extremely self-referential.

For me it’s interesting because I play guitar but it’s something you watch or listen to a few times and think “that’s amazing playing” and then you go about your day and forget about it.

It's so boring. But I also hate Rush. But even Rush is miles more interesting that this. This is like elevator funk

You should have set off earlier.

Rush sucks

No doubt guys like you just lack the necessary brainpower to enjoy this level of musical complexity.

@@jaegervand2112 It's not about complexity or brainpower or other elitist babble. The music is good and competently produced, it just evokes no emotion in most people.

or in an elevator

bwahahaaaaa 🤣

It is somewhat mean but hilariously true 😂

Like "Left of the Dial" by The Replacements, nice.

Omg that is fucking hilarious

I feel it's technically excellent yet completely devoid of any soul. I'm an electronic music fan since the mid 90's so it's not the processing that bothers me. I just don't feel anything but amazement. I don't feel sad or happy, nostalgic or elated. It's cool but empty.

@@TheTransitmtl your brain is preoccupied trying to figure it out, so there’s no room for emotion yet. Kind of like if you tried to juggle a soccer ball while flipping pancakes and spinning a basketball on your finger. You’re not going to have the processing capacity left for emotions.

@@beanlegume9965 it’s great if you’re anxious ,adhd or just an over thinker, really helps me chill on out

@@TheTransitmtl I completely agree with you for this song. I think some of their other stuff like OD or Playing God is a better representation of the techincal side mixed with emotion, especially as an electronic fan. I've seen a lot of current electronic musicians wanting to collab with them, so I hope the band takes them up on that.

@@wrelensmash Can confirm

Silly things like this are high up there within the scope of Fail Army video collections of people who send their guitar flying when trying to do the Yngwie shoulder-throw.

@@VictitiousStudios wha

@@VictitiousStudios huh?!

Is that a quote? or are you claiming to be a member of the band?

Oh Yawn! Right what to do first? Eat everything or register a name change for my daughter.

The etymology breaks down this way ....Words that descend from the Greek word phōnē are making noise in English. Why? Because phōnē means "sound" or "voice." Cacophony comes from a joining of the Greek prefix kak- (from kakos,meaning "bad") with phōnē, so it essentially means "bad sound." Symphony, a word that indicates harmony or agreement in sound, traces to phōnē and the Greek prefix syn-, which means "together." POLYPHONY refers to a style of musical composition in which two or more independent melodies are juxtaposed in harmony, and it comes from a combination of phōnē and the Greek prefix poly-, meaning "many." And euphony, a word for a pleasing or sweet sound, combines phōnē with eu-, a prefix that means "good."

Music is interpretation and there's different interpretation and skill sets. I couldn't ever play like because its not my interpretation and I certainly ain't got the chops. Its just amazing how people can make music and give different stories and flavours. Its fantastic not my thing as I'm a straight down the middle rock n roll chap basic skills but bravo all the way

@@TheMightyYak Not OP but Polyphia fan, that's originally a quote from one of the band members if I remember right! :)

no, chiptune/nintendocore is video game music

Well said

​@@coryleblancName a single actual video game with an actual chiptune or nintendocore soundtrack, I'll wait.

I agree along with Intervals, Chon, Covet and Shrezzers

@@arseymcpherson agree 😂

Unfortunately that doesn't mean it's any good. You can throw rice up in the ceiling and call it a new genre

yer there was but he died in 1993

It's wank

I like the music ..but, it currently seems to lack that 'jam' ability (that i also like). Which allows you to play well with others.

@Rachel Forshee Na man .. Listen to Obituary or maybe some Megadeth 🤘🏻

@@Fiveash-Art Megadeath are wank

@Rachel Forshee It's not 'brainy' just because it's complicated. Complexity is a completely different concept than 'complicated' .. that's exactly what Polyhia is. You're not intelligent just because you listen to this crappy band. 😂

There's a great band called Unprocessed that have a similar (not AS technical as Polyphia) but they offer much more of an injection of feeling that helps through the vocal performance too. If you want to check them out I'd suggest their songs 'Abandoned' and 'Real' which Tim Henson of Polyphia actually featured on.

@@jamiedingwall1819 Wow, this is good.

It reminds me of listening to my friend demonstrate every setting on a line 6 kidney bean for the first month after he bought it

Yes and no. Virtuosity gets boring real quickly.

New levels New Devils changed my life.

@@SpacemanXC changed your life !? Like Pink Floyd ?

@@auntjenifer7774 Funny you say that. Yes, actually. When I first started playing guitar in 1996, I was part of the hardcore/crossover scene. Like most kids, I got bored with all the straight edge mumbo jumbo and mosh pits after a while. So I got into weed and Pink Floyd. My guitar playing took a different direction. Gone were the days of angsty riffs and breakdowns. And in came jazzy chords and psychedelic guitar solos. Now I'm a grown ass man, and I cant spend all day smoking weed. So my music tastes got very aggressive once again. For the last 12 years I've been really up on all the new prog metal and the thrash metal revival. Then Polyphia happens. And I realize that I love it. They're doing something people havn't done before. They're using all the technicality of modern prog metal, and combining it with pop/hip hop, while using compressed clean tones. It blew my mind. I still love my thrash metal shreds, and screaming high gain, but the last couple years i've been experimenting with playing clean and using compression instead of gain. I can't play like Tim Henson, but it's a lot of fun using his techniques. The way he hybrid picks has really rubbed off on me. And actually improves the way I play some old Van Halen songs, for example. So yes. Life changing.

Agreed!

How did you get an impression that he appreciates and enjoys this?

@@guciowitomski3825 Not sure if he “enjoys it” but he shows appreciation for the technicality of it. Certainly not everyone’s cup of tea but I’m happy to see his covering it. Thanks for asking Witmoski.

These takes are insane. These guys jist dont generically shred like some 80's generic metal guitarists lol. Actually check out their music.

Outstanding comment. Now, I'm off to listen to this song you speak of. I've only ever heard the, thing called love, song.

I think GYOOMW was the first darkness song I ever heard late one night on MTV or something slightly inebriated. And I thought, how do I not know who this awesome but clearly 80s band are?? 😅 That song kicks ass.

@@rferguson3 = Well, what didya think of it then ?? - (assuming ya DID listen to it ?) Strong recommendation from me = LISTEN TO 'THE DARKNESS' track, called "BARBARIAN" Powerful track, great guitar throughout, it tells of the Norsk Invasion of the East Coast of England** (1,000+ years ago) - In fact the whole album ("Last of Our Kind") is highly recommended .

Didn't realize it, thanks for your comment xD

@@hawnyfox3411 Yeah, I actually dig it. Not exactly my favorite, but def pretty cool. Now I'm gonna go check out this other one that you recommended. He's def an underrated, badass of a guitarist.

Thanks Rachael!

getgetgetgetgotgotgotgot blood rush to ma head

I could've sworn polyphia was a std

Justin should react to "Playing God" but it would be divine overload

NO. Body. Cares.

@@VictitiousStudios yet you cared enough to comment

This whole "devil" stuff is nothing new, and its boring.

Well received ? by who you ? Speak for everyone do you ? lmao

@@nordstrandmusicinternation9518 Well received by critics and thd majority of the prog metal scene

@@matthewhughes5619 don't think I really trust anything "critics" come out with Tbh.

Sounds like a load of robotic diarrhea

Because they use catchy poppy chord progression that "everyone" likes, but changes it up to make it interesting.

tim hendson has come out to say that a lot of his music is based on appreciation for hip hop and in his new album he has worked with trippie redd

​@@smokingdrowdndarkelf976 oh sick, yeah that doesn't surprise me you can definitely hear the trap influence in the production

Story rocks!

Noise reduction/gating helps too. A bunch of amp sims do this out of the box.

Yeah they literally pencil in midi notes into a DAW and then learn the song that way. It's a pretty mad way of doing things but they really make it work!

pretty sure none of these new wave technical guys (tosin, these guys, etc) use amps at all

Laptop music

@@guitaristssuck8979 why don't you do it then?

I think GOAT would be the appropriate reaction vid

Yup my 9 yr old daughter loves G.O.A.T. great chewen

I listen to polyphia often and all I was thinking is “there are much better songs to react to”.

@@bartonamon Not so sure lol, personally I love Playing God but GOAT gets stale fast

It's like watching a modern big budget hollywood movie, where the CGI and editing are good on a technical level, with some gorgeous set pieces.. but the writing/dialogue, acting, directing etc all come across as unrealistic and manufactured, making it harder to relate to and get immersed.

I get the exact same thing myself. It reminds me of when I get excited about something in astrophysics and I'll show someone a video about it and they're like, yeah... that's nice. I used to think it was an intelligence thing, then I tested that out multiple times with highly intelligent people, and they could explain it to me very clearly and precisely, so they got it, but they didn't get IT. We're just built differently I guess. And yeah musician as well.

Why would you buy the album if you didn’t know if you actually liked it haha

@@syncops834 In order to know whether I liked it or not I had to listen to it first, right ? So I had to bit it. I know, I'm old school.

@@syncops834 You know....support the musicians who put a lot of time into making it?

@@holliswilliams8426 What? You’ve just completely changed the subject. Of course I know that buying a physical copy of an album supports the artist, but I’m asking the person; if they don’t particularly like the band, why would they pay money for the album

absolutely the same for me, so much technicality gets almost overwhelming and often it sounds very chaotic to me like it doesn't have any specific concept, just throwing some complex technical stuff onto the pile without much of a thought and calling it a day having said that, i admire their skill, i just feel like when having such great tools at their disposal, they could make something more interesting than just use all of their cooldowns in first minute of a song

Technicality only goes so far, sometimes stuff like this comes across abit pretentious, I kind of prefer to listen to music not listen to a talent contest

@@nemesis8626 also nowadays you see so much even bedroom players performing so much complex stuff, so there's not even any shock value anymore it's like "alright dude, you are good at playing guitar, great", like 2 decades ago when i started learning playing guitar, i saw some clips of great guitarists (live performances of musicians like paul gilbert, buckethead, neil zaza, even kirk hammett seemed quite impressive to me back then), thinking like it's almost impossible to play like that, and since i was much into this stuff, i was genuinely impressed now it's just normal stuff to see, there are probably more skilled guys when it comes to pure accuracy and technicality sitting in their bedrooms and uploading stuff on youtube, than professional musicians actually able to do that stuff

@@voldren ngl it feels like your ignoring the fact that this is essentially a pop song structure with guitar shred on top. Its also been heavily thought of as every aspect melodically and rhythmically intertwines and the way phrases end and conntect to one another is musically genius.

@@voldren Why do you think that is? You realize you can make way more money on RU-vid than signing a deal to record company that just takes all the money and gives you a sliver. Can't knock musicians for doing it on their own to actually reap the benefits of the thousands of hours they spend perfecting their craft.

Yeah made me laugh as well. He reminds me of my old guitar teacher. Insanely talented and would say exactly the same haha.

100% disagree. There's tons of emotion in their work , check out the first guitar break in "Euphoria"

Different strokes different folks :)

Must tell u that your opinion is very unpopular x) and i kinda agree with u aswell

I guess you’re just not ready for it yet but our future AI robot overlords are going to love it!

couldn't agree more. I can appreciate the talent here, but to me it just comes off as people playing scales as fast as possible. I had the same reaction way back in the 80s with Malmsteen. Just not my bag.

Math rock tends to have intricate and unusual chord progressions and time signatures, while this has the most simple and predictable chord progression and rhythm possible

trap prog rock maybe

I call it glitch rock. In production using a lot of short, wildly different samples to create a new melody is considered glitchy. they're technique is similar as it uses a lot of very short, wildly different guitar techniques. Even the drum pattern could be considered glitchy.

They're Prog Fusion to me, since I've always considered Polyphia to be a Prog band

Plini is also my favorite of the new gen of instrumental guitarists.

they went downhill after muse imo

@@stephanyampolsky7187 L take

He is insane. My dad took me to his show when I was around 8. 🤣I was listening to planet x at that point. Probably the reason I like progressive music

No they’re not.

@@AcidicDelusion 😂😂 Touché

Sokoninaru is my favorite band and big agree, if he likes Math Rock he needs to check them out.

Thanks for the recommendation, that was brilliant

Thats funny as hell. " If I can stay alive today I'll kill them all and say We are alive "

@Grimmlord Blakk yes they are! a breath of fresh air i’d say

Let’s hope Justin sees this thread 😊

Ya Scottie is just there strumming along, not creating music with Tim for years ????

@@Gixsir Of course wasn't meant like that, and you know it. Have huge respect for all, yet Tim is the most present and, as it seems, the mastermind.

Hey, Wii Music is at least subtle, interesting harmonically and rhytmically, and doesn't scream "i'm impressive" all the time.

old man yells at cloud vibe

@@auracle6184 where's the yelling? he just stated his opinion. your comment adds nothing, there is no counteropinion or anything.

@@nanchou7139 what adds nothing is "they're all very talented but there's no //artistry// in this technical music" as if they get to define what art has value. Similar people no doubt said "we're in the era where musicians are more influenced by the punk ideology than great albums like Elvis Presley, the never ending strumming is just them having nothing important to say with their guitars"

@@auracle6184 While I agree that saying that this isn't artistic is wrong, I think the artistry here is comparable to the paintings of Thomas Kinkade. There's skill, there's a story, there's nice little details, but the whole thing is so over-the-top without any real emotional value, that it ends up being annoying or tiring. With Punk music, although there's a lot of astounding bands that are remembered, back in the day there really was a lot of crappy ones. Listening to them now in the future they are no better then they were. That is to say - good music, even if new/innovative/experimental, is appreciated if it's good. This song just isn't good.

I preferred Playing God over Neurotica as well. But now they are at an even tie for me. I've dissected Neurotica so many times now with each listen and parts of it are just so damn good 👍