Old Composer REACTS to Killswitch Engage "The Arms of Sorrow" // The Decomposer Lounge
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Composer Reaction // Killswitch Engage "The Arms of Sorrow" // The Decomposer Lounge - Roadrunner Records, Metal Blade Records
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Fun fact about Adam. He went on The Price is Right and won it all.
Then sold mostly all of it because the taxes were too much to even make it worth it
"Hi Steve!"
you serious? 😯
@@dariorox1 yup, theres an interview where he talks about it
@@bretbuck8173 lmfao I love that guy
Arms of Sorrow is intricate, and so is the whole Daylight Dies album. a lot of playing with rhythm and killer riffs. and Howard's godly vocals. for me, it's their best album.
It's their masterpiece for sure =)
Absolutely
I agree
no doubt
best album IMO
Be careful using their edited videos. They cut the growl dramatically in their mainstream stuff. He is a GREAT screamer. They also tone him down in several other mainstream songs.
Use the audio tracks to get the full effect.
Amazing, amazing band.
Yea I've mentioned that in the comments in previous videos. He should be doing album audio and not music videos. Mudvayne - Dig was bleeped to holy hell.
The end of heartache edit has to be the worst I’ve ever heard.
YES!! This is so disappointing in the music videos, couldn’t agree more!
Really noticeable in My Curse by them (would be an awesome reaction video, just saying...) where a lot of screamed lines were sung, but also the drum patterns were simplified a lot for the video/radio version.
@@DM72513 Agreed, plus it seems the video uploads tend to get blocked more. Geebz should also be using a higher quality audio source since he pays such care to the engineering. TH-cam compresses the crap out of anything uploaded to their site.
Most "old" people: "That's not music!"
This guy: Not only is it music, it's brilliantly crafted music.
Killswitch Engage is arguably the king of the metalcore genre.. and one the best metal bands ever. You're going to have fun dipping into these guys.
KSE and AILD are the kings, I almost want to argue one is better than the other, but eh. They're both amazing
@@egotrap If he gets the references, it would be very fun to see him react to Austrian Death Machine :)
@@egotrap you need to replace AILD with Converge. Jane Doe is a legendary record that’s influenced tons of bands. That and their singer isn’t an attempted murderer. 🤷🏻♂️
@@user-fz5kf9bt4b true but that has nothing to do with their music, I still enjoy the songs I loved growing up.
@@egotrap you are for AILD and thats cool. Killswitch Engage came to me before AILD. The songs that got me into AILD is The Sound of Truth and Nothing Left. I respect both bands but I prefer KsE over AILD. Anyways cheers and rock on brother.
If you were surprised by that scream, you have to check out "The Signal Fire". Howard Jones, the vocalist in this video, came back to sing for the first time with the original (and current) vocalist of the band, Jesse Leach. For us fans, it was something dreamt for ages...and also a killer song!!
That was a brilliant move and very emotional for everyone. the history of the band is amazing and the music is so great accent to highs and lows all the guys experienced in the past 20 years. Being a teenager and seeing these guys from when they first started is awe inspiring from when they were a 4 piece to when Jeese left the band and came back in a powerful redemption story, and Howard coming back to do signal fire,
I know they're different people, but every time I here "Howard Jones", I think of the 80s HoJo and am like, oh wow, he's recording again?!
🤦♂️😂
I really don't get why people go crazy recommending The Signal Fire to non-fans. It's a pretty good song but the magic is totally lost on people who don't know/care about the Jesse/Howard thing. :P
@@schwann145 you're right about that, but it's still a great song even for non-fans, it has a lot of different layers, the harmonics in the chorus between Jesse and Howard, the rythmic section work...and we fans have the occasion to enjoy the moment again and again and again :D
On top of the song just being a straight up banger. Though I think the importance of the song is usually lost on reactors who are not familiar with the band.
Howard is definitely an underrated vocalist. The way he can go from melodic to screams and back is legendary.
Plucked another one from my playlist ;) Other songs of theirs I would suggest are "My Curse", "Rose of Sharyn" and "End Of Heartache".
Rose Of Sharyn is one of the most heart wrenching songs for me. I love it but it fucks me up. I heartily add my recommendation for it.
Oh yes and as someone else pointed out please use the audio tracks instead of the 'Official Video' on TH-cam, which isn't as great in my opinion, especially for My Curse.
Rose of Sharyn is and has been my favourite song since I first heard it about 15 years ago
@@ReinhardtBII End Of Heartache does the same for me. When Howard sings "Waking... the misery of being without you..." reminds me of my dad and chokes me up. There are so many KSE songs that smack me right in the feels. We're lucky to be alive to experience this.
Best songs from them. Howard is the best
One of the guitarists is their producer. He also does their backup vocals and used to be their drum player. He's actually produced a number of albums for other metalcore bands as well.
Adam D!!!!!
He produced Parkway Drive
He did parkway drive's horizons, which is also one of the best metalcore albums of all time! Too bad the new parkway album is shit
@@jacksonislegend Horizons and Killing with a Smile were great. Deep blue alright. After that was ehhhhhhhh. Adam also produced some As I Lay Dying and All That Remains.
@@Shady97342 Exactly! They really fell off after Deep Blue but KWAS and Horizons were by far the best. Reverence though...woof.
Underrated band from the early 2000's. End of Heartache is another great track from these guys.
Lol, what do you mean? They were literally one of the biggest bands around at the time, headlining everywhere, etc.
Pretty sure they were Grammy nominated for the end of heartache so I wouldn't say underrated lol
don’t think they were underrated
Zombie autopilot is great too
Sorry meant to put that comment somewhere else and band I was talking about is unearth zombie autopilot really great band
YESSSSSS. Howard Jones is an absolute beast. You should check out his new project (SION) with Jared Dines! First single called The Blade dropped not long ago, and its awesome.
1000% this, SION - The Blade is a must!! Howard is 50 now and sounds better than ever!
Jared Dines has a big league band now? Interesting.
I really tried to get into the new Howard stuff but without Adam D directing him and producing I feel like Howard just sounds a little too operatic… Idk if that makes sense but just feel like whenever Adam produced his vocals they were much cleaner and enjoyable for all.
@@snapascrew You are right. Howard is a great vocalist and lyrics writer, but Adam is a great musician, song writer and producer. i have never heard a metalcore band that sound so precise with heavy guitar riffs and with such great dynamics, harmonies and melodies. Modern metalcore bands are focusing too much vocals and drum&bass. And let's face it, KSE is not the same without Howard.
I think the following would be good reviews for this band:
This is Absolution
When Darkness Falls
End of Heartache
Always
Signal Fire (Both Howard & Jesse singing)
---- Or to get their take on a TBT type song, their remake of "Holy Diver"
This is Absolution!
This is absolution live at warped tour is my favorite
I feel Rose of Sharyn can be added to this list as well
dude, killswitch engage. so Howard was the second singer of the band. Left later and original singer came back. Howard has some amazing pipes and he does scream a LOT more in other songs. my favorite songs are "End of a Heartache" and and "always" Always makes me shed a tear each time i watch it. powerful video and song! Thanks for your work.
I love both singers so much. I'd love to see him react to Last Serenade which features the original singer. And another good Howard song is This is Absolution
Man the acoustic version of always breaks me
bro you're literally the drummer from KSE!
This song still gives me chills. Was the first song I ever heard from them. Howards voice is so iconic.
Wow the nostalgia. Haven’t heard this since high school. Good times, bad times, Killswitch was probably playing in the background
Don’t know if anyone has mentioned it, but back when bands like these guys and All That Remains and the like were blowing up, Adam D (guitar player with sideburns doing backup vocals) was the guy behind the board for almost all of these huge metalcore bands. Behind the board, he was BRUTAL with people. Almost everyone had the same story...they all had a moment where they thought they were nailing something and the headphones go silent and you hear “NOPE, DO IT AGAIN!” BUT, that’s why all of these guys sounded amazing.
Ya he produced darkness in the light by unearth that album is still one of my favorites of all time
Yes! He was behind the board along with Matt Goldman on Lost in the Sound of Separation and Define the Great Line by Underoath and those two albums are still some of my favorites and were huge in my soundtrack of life in the early 21st century.
I'll let other folks make more KSE recommendations, but I'll take this chance to add Trivium to your list! Their earlier stuff is melodic metalcore similar to this while their recent stuff is more progressive metal. Their album Shogun is many people's favourite Trivium album because of how it balances progressive elements with straightforward heavy, technical, and melodic metal. "Kirisute Gomen" is a good start.
Thirded.
Anything from shogun is great!
Yes Trivium!
SHOGUN!
Trivium is a good shout
@@razielspectral101 thanks, it’s right up Geebz’s alley! Just had to find a good time to bring them up.
Adam D is an amazing music guitarist/drummer/singer/songwriter/engineer and producer and he puts on a great live show. It's Adam D who does the backing growls/screams and harmonies. The guy is a musical genius.
"More KSE! More KSE! More KSE! More KSE!" the crowd cheered with throngs of hope bursting through their seemingly hoarse vocal chords, thousands upon thousands, their hearts and minds set on capturing the attention of the reviewer, their unison repeatedly buzzing until there was more KSE promised, delivered and dissected😂😂
KSE is addictive. Dig into their catalog!
Yes :D glad you found killswitch, ive always had an affinity with this song one of my favourite. Look forward to more
KSE is my favorite band. Glad you’re featuring them!
Awesome reaction! Rose of Sharyn is another great song from KSE. Keep up the great work!
Just don’t watch their music video, it muffles some of the best parts!
absolute favorite KSE song so glad you did this one .
“The End of Heartache” one probably their best songs. Definitely worth checking out.
One of my all time favorite bands. Epic
"That's what we kind of engage with". I see what you did there, good sir!
They actually won metal album of the year for this very album!
Probably my favorite song from this amazing band.
please do My Curse by this band. gotta be their most famous song and still my favorite. i usually dont recommend the most popular songs of bands but this one is really worth it. brings back so many memories of high school.
Agreed, but the truly unfortunate thing about their official music video posted on TH-cam is the audio quality of that track is, for some reason, noticably sub-par.
He loves it... this song is so great! I love the timing!
7:56
Adam, one of the guitarists, is also an amazing engineer/producer. He has worked with many other artists.
Haven't listened to many of their songs before, I really liked this one! Thanks!
One of their best songs!! With their old lead singer, Howard Jones....(he's incredible). This is a great Friday pick, Geebz!! 💕
Howard is life. ❤️
not their ORIGINAL lead singer though! Howard came in when Jesse left and then Howard left again and Jesse came back. Both great frontmen, but both very different too!
@@JB-xh5mc he really is. Did you see that so they did recently (can't remember the name of the song) that featured him? Howard and Jesse sound so good together.
@@IH8YH correct, wasn't implying he was the original.
@@brookeellenfreeman7699 Yes that song was fantastic! When I saw Howard I got chills... Then he opened his mouth and the Heavens came from it. The Signal Fire I believe. The Blade from Sion is crazy good too.
One of the most important songs from my youth, glad you got react to it! awesome! Howard has as such an amazing voice.
btw, the producer/engineer is Adam D, one of the guitarists, he is great!
Keep plown' through that list brother! Music is life! Still waiting patiently for that Lucid Planet reaction. With you all the way, much love!
Oh yeah their guitarist Adam D is an amazing producer! He's done some of the best sounding records in metal!
Killing with a Smile!
Nice! This was a meaningful one in my youth 🙏 Throw some Times of Grace on the list!
Love when you actually explain certain things. As someone that lives on music, i dont know jack about actual music theory.
Oh god, I've been waiting for a Killswitch Engage reation :) thx for the videos lml lml
At this point in their career, they were on FIRE. Such a great track
such an incredible band. Justin Foley has a Masters in drumming if I remember correctly and you can really hear it on his previous band (also fronted by Howard) called Blood Has Been Shed. They are much more complex and oh LAWD their final record Spirals is super heavy. It would be silly to call this "simplistic" by comparison but he still brings some of those technical nuances to this band.
Thank you for doing this one !!! One of my favorite songs and its so nice to having it described by someone hearing it for the first time!
stoked to see some killswitch on your channel! I feel like you'd love most of their discography as well. they've had 2 different singers and both are very different but the music is all killer
this is an unbelievable band, I'm totally in love, I can't even pick one song to tell you to react to that 🤣
Oh man, you need to keep going down the rabbit hole of KSE! There are so many good songs from both the Howard and Jesse eras. Save Me or Starting Over would be some from the Howard era and Signal Fire or I Can't be the Only One from the Jesse era would be some of the songs I'd like to hear you review.
Oh man, great choice! Great track! Best band name ever too!
I went to high school with Joel Stroetzel one of the guitarists. He is a wicked cool dude. He went to Berkeley for a few years as well!!!
Don't be afraid to sprinkle in some theory! I'm not a musician, but I can't imagine my life without music. I took a music appreciation class in college (yes i got credits for it), but after that I've just been a pure listener. It's nice to go back to some of my favorite tracks with a more critical ear! Thank you!
You should do a side by side comparison of "Holy Diver" by Dio and the Killswitch Engage cover, the original may be a classic but in my opinion, the cover blew it out of the water
Oh shit. I just realized this and close to me is the perfect mashup. Minus the chorus of course. Thanks for pointing that out man.
KSE is a fantastic band. Would love to see more from them. Love your stuff, Geebz.
Aloha dude, love your reactions and analysis \m/
Thanks for the video, really made me think about their songs differentky. 👌🏼
Orchestral listening is part of how and why I enjoy music since I was a child (thanks for putting a name to it) and why I'm so drawn to classical, metal, metalcore and pop punk (eurobeat and other electronicas too, argueably). ALL of those when they're really shining have layers light FIGHT CLUB, man! You can listen and listen and listen, and there are so many little musical treasures to find in the musical haystack of joy!
So, I get why some people are bothered by it in the same way some people hate spoilers or knowing how a magic trick works. It destroys an illusion they liked. But harnessed in the right mind frame it's such a blessing.
Amazing song. Howard is one of my favorite vocalists, and I've always liked the way they blend singing and screaming in such a seamless way. They always seem to have riffs that are memorable too.
If you like that mix of vocals, you should check out And Plague Flowers the Kaleidoscope by Ne Obliviscaris. The violin playing in that song is absolutely beautiful, as well.
Watching these is fun because I learned this whole album finally last year. As I've progressed in my playing(guitar) I go back to these older songs I loved and they all seem so simple now. I kinda laugh at myself but that's just a sign of the progress and picking things up way quicker. Love the technical aspect of these breakdowns.
So glad you did this! Best live band
Howard Jones just has a really great tone of voice, always excellent.
Thanks for reacting to Killswitch Engage!
My favourite band. My curse,End Of Heartache, my last serenade
Love the fact you've consistently done so many of my favourite songs. This is one of my all time. The crowds got taste.
Oh man, this brings me back to raiding MC back in vanilla WOW. Great times.
Aaaaw, some KSE! Already love it!
yesss KsE are awesome, definitely part of my soundtrack of life and are one of the bands that got me to get into harsh vocals more.
They spearheaded metalcore into being one of the biggest new metal genres back in the early mid 2000s.
Massachusetts Metal! Great band to see live! I have great respect for both Howard and Jesse. Hope to see KSE again in the near future!
Love me some killswitch engage and Howard Jones!
Love your in depth analysis. Total respect
One of the GOAT songs by one of the GOAT metalcore bands
As someone who dabbled in audio engineering in college, I woule love some videos on Orchestral Listening and getting more into the engineering aspects!
the signal fire!!!! you get old and new singers in the same song you'll love it :D
One of my favorite KSE songs
All That Remains - Six would be good sometime in the future, they're another solid band with a similar sound
Ahhhhh, lil Killswitch in the mix! Very cool. I remember when they came out. They're good! Can't wait for some Vltimus to come soon 🤙🤘
I remember when we had a pre-listening party for their Alive or Just Breathing record at the Roadrunner Records germany Office with the team of RR and lots of the street team members... and a moshpit broke out IN THE OFFICE.
@@IH8YH that's COOL!
Saw these guys live back in ‘05 or ‘06 with In Flames and Protest The Hero. Great Show!!
Wow. Awesome. Gave a whole new light to this song. Thank you.. FYI..
KSE took their name from an X-Files episode. Also check out TIMES OF GRACE.. Adams side project with original singer..
I love the fact that you notice my favorite part of the ending of the song @ 13:01.Kudos to u kind sir. :)
My favorite Killswitch Engage track is Just Barely Breathing. So amazing.
Howard Jones is amazing! I love this band
What a day for reaction videos for me! Geebz reacts to "The Arms of Sorrow", The Charismatic Voice reacts to "Harlequin Forest", and Doug Helvering reacts to "The Count of Tuscany". What do these channels (along with my other go-to, Critical Reactions) have in common? They're all musicians who dissect songs to explain what makes them great, and they all react to prog metal!
Don't worry about going to deep into details, I love it. The root note observation in the guitar riff is something that is really fascinating to me even after listening to this album since 2006, it was actually the first CD I ever bought.
There must be serenity; there must be deliverance.
Legit outro.
I always eagerly wait for you approval like I’m a child waiting for my dad
Adam the guitarist/backing vocalist, does a lot of the producing and engineering for their music. He also does that for a lot of other metal bands.
Great Song choice. 13:14 yes that was the lead singer, Howard Jones is famous for having an insane good growl voice but a rich clean singing voice, one of Metals greatest Voices imo. 13:45 yea just now I noticed it too because you pointed at it 13:00 , it definitely makes listening to this song more fun now. Thanks for explaining so much more of this song.
Great song and coverage of it. Gonna use this channel to discover new music and rediscover old music.
I've been listening them since school and all these nuances you spoke about is what really shone out in everything to me then as well. I don't know much technical musical lingo, but that thing of looping the sound between the ears and having something at the back holding the song together and some other stuff is really what makes me keep going back to some songs and artists even after many years. Great to see you analysing metal bands. Do check out Insomnium. I think you will find their work really enjoyable. Especially their earlier work from these albums: The Day it All Came Down, Above the Weeping World and In the Halls of Awaiting. Personally suggest - Disengagement, At the Gates of Sleep.
All That Remains' old stuff has a lot of interesting things to check out as well, Chiron where the Hungarian Minor scale is used comes to mind (RIP Oli). This vid was great, I love hearing more about the technical and compositional aspects of the music I listen to. Looking forward to more videos, great as always! EDIT: Oh about the screams you mentioned at the end, Adam Dutkiewicz (guitar) usually does the very low growls while Howard/Jessie do the higher ones and in a lot of songs they overlap them.
howard jones is such an awesome singer and the band is so good and energetic.
If my memory is correct, the drummer has a master's degree in music performance, and is a percussionist with a symphony orchestra. You can hear that he gives each note, and just as importantly, the space between each note, their full values. Clean.
Absolutely wonderful dissection of this track. Been a fan of Killswitch for years and imo, I think they made their best work with Howard. Orchestral listening huh? So that’s what it’s called! I’ve always done this with music and never knew there was a term to describe it. But I love doing it with headphones. Cheers!
Killswitch Engage - Just Barely Breathing
Aviations - Outliers (Retrospect) 🤘
That song is indelible to me...
Sion- The Blade (Jared Dines and Howard Jones). Howard is such a fantastic singer in every way and this song shows this very well.
Cool thing about this band is that the lead guitar player, Adam, is also the band’s producer! He attended Berklee college of music if i’m not mistaking.
Dude you're awesome!
This was the right video to dig a little deeper as you did.
Thanks for reviewing my all time favorite metal song 🤟🏼🥳🍻
I will also suggest you check out Sean Townsend's cover of any Killswitch Engage song. His keyboard playing will absolutely transport you to a different place. I LOVE his rendition of 'Arms of Sorrow'
This song still gives me chills. Thanks for your excellent in-depth reaction.
I was waiting for you to Killswitch. I am from the same city as these guys and I remember when they used to play in pool halls. Fun fact, Adam D( the rhythm guitar and background singer) and Joel (lead guitar) both went to Berkeley with Adam being the producer and engineer