RED FANG return with their highly anticipated new album, Arrows! Their first album in five years, everyone's favorite beer-crushing, zombie-killing, air-guitar-contest-judging metal heroes are back in action, doing what they do best- AND MORE.
“This record feels more like Murder The Mountains to me than any record we’ve done before or since,” bassist/vocalist Aaron Beam ventures. “It doesn’t sound like that record, but Murder the Mountains was us doing whatever the fuck we wanted, and that’s what this is, too.”
Arrows was recorded at Halfling Studios in the band’s hometown of Portland, OR, with longtime collaborator Chris Funk, producer of Murder The Mountains and 2013’s Whales and Leeches. “Chris is a major influencer as far as the weird ambient stuff in between the songs and the creepy incidental noises within the songs,“ guitarist Bryan Giles points out. “I think he definitely creates an added layer of atmosphere that we wouldn’t have otherwise.”
Arrows is also a proper title track, which is new territory for the band. “This is the first time we’ve named an album after a song that’s actually on the album,” Beam explains. “We have other albums that are named after songs of ours that are not on those albums. So this time we’re really fucking with you because we didn’t fuck with you.”
Similarly, fans might not believe what the song “Arrows” is partially about. “If you’re confused by some of the lyrics to the song, that makes sense,” Beam explains. “But it makes reference to meditation. I started meditating six years ago, but I can only do it when I’m not feeling too anxious. So, when I don’t need it, that’s when I can do it.”
Elsewhere, “Fonzi Scheme” was named after legendary Happy Days cool guy Arthur Fonzarelli-if only because it’s in the key of his famous catchphrase, “Aaay.” Producer Chris Funk came up with the idea of bringing in string players from the Portland Cello Project to class up the track.
Meanwhile, the opening riff of closer “Funeral Coach” was written 11 years ago. But it took until recently for the song to blossom into its full double-entendre glory. “I was driving around and I saw a hearse that said ‘funeral coach services’ on the back,” Beam explains. “So the first thing that popped into my head was a dude with a headset and a clipboard going, ‘Alright, dudes-more tears! Five minutes in is when the tears are critical, or no one’s gonna believe that anyone cares that this person died.’”
In a nod to tradition, Arrows will be available in formats that include all the drums, bass, guitars and vocals. But it could’ve gone another way. “Our original idea was to release the album with no vocals or guitar solos,” Beam explains. “If you want the guitar solos, it’s an extra five bucks. If you want the vocals, it’s an extra ten bucks. So basically people should feel lucky that we didn’t do that. You get to buy the whole thing altogether.”
These guys are Awesome !! Love the videos... I'm vacationing in Virginia... Clutch, Dinosaur Jr. and Red Fang are playing in DC Sat. night ... Friday also but that show is sold out... I'm leaving to go back to SC Friday morning...I got tickets to Clutch in August in Charlotte but RF won't be with them....I hate that I'm gonna miss Red Fang... my newest favorite band !!
This is sick! I love how they did the lyrics on the stones - damn if I don't feel a sense of claustrophobia snaking its way through my veins from watching this though!
@@Blurillaz I still suck at hearing a good mix. I love the sound of Mastodon who are known for sludgy mixing where they could have had clear space for all the instruments
OMG I just found out that the Fang has returned! F***ing awesome! All hope is NOT lost! Please come to Jacksonville FL and take all of our drugs and women!
weren't the drums recorded in a pool or something? so not totally over the top and actually somewhat related, but that is just a coincidence with the whole funeral thing going on in the video.
Epic, as always. Best band videos out there. Two takeaways: 1-Boneyard Beer must be the truth; 2-Looks to me like 57 people need a swift kick to the nuts...
Hey I've just realised that the 'Amazing Grace' bagpipes piece in the vid is based on something written by John Newton who lived and preached in Olney which is just 1 mile from where I lived up until it was 25!
Great as always. I'm already looking forward to coming to the Czech Republic next year and tasting the best beer in the world - Czech beer Pilsner urquell or Flekovská dark 14 ° !! Leave a gap in the tour to catch up. :-D
RED FANG return with their highly anticipated new album, Arrows! Their first album in five years, everyone's favorite beer-crushing, zombie-killing, air-guitar-contest-judging metal heroes are back in action, doing what they do best- AND MORE.
“This record feels more like Murder The Mountains to me than any record we’ve done before or since,” bassist/vocalist Aaron Beam ventures. “It doesn’t sound like that record, but Murder the Mountains was us doing whatever the fuck we wanted, and that’s what this is, too.”
Arrows was recorded at Halfling Studios in the band’s hometown of Portland, OR, with longtime collaborator Chris Funk, producer of Murder The Mountains and 2013’s Whales and Leeches. “Chris is a major influencer as far as the weird ambient stuff in between the songs and the creepy incidental noises within the songs,“ guitarist Bryan Giles points out. “I think he definitely creates an added layer of atmosphere that we wouldn’t have otherwise.”
Arrows is also a proper title track, which is new territory for the band. “This is the first time we’ve named an album after a song that’s actually on the album,” Beam explains. “We have other albums that are named after songs of ours that are not on those albums. So this time we’re really fucking with you because we didn’t fuck with you.”
Similarly, fans might not believe what the song “Arrows” is partially about. “If you’re confused by some of the lyrics to the song, that makes sense,” Beam explains. “But it makes reference to meditation. I started meditating six years ago, but I can only do it when I’m not feeling too anxious. So, when I don’t need it, that’s when I can do it.”
Elsewhere, “Fonzi Scheme” was named after legendary Happy Days cool guy Arthur Fonzarelli-if only because it’s in the key of his famous catchphrase, “Aaay.” Producer Chris Funk came up with the idea of bringing in string players from the Portland Cello Project to class up the track.
Meanwhile, the opening riff of closer “Funeral Coach” was written 11 years ago. But it took until recently for the song to blossom into its full double-entendre glory. “I was driving around and I saw a hearse that said ‘funeral coach services’ on the back,” Beam explains. “So the first thing that popped into my head was a dude with a headset and a clipboard going, ‘Alright, dudes-more tears! Five minutes in is when the tears are critical, or no one’s gonna believe that anyone cares that this person died.’”
In a nod to tradition, Arrows will be available in formats that include all the drums, bass, guitars and vocals. But it could’ve gone another way. “Our original idea was to release the album with no vocals or guitar solos,” Beam explains. “If you want the guitar solos, it’s an extra five bucks. If you want the vocals, it’s an extra ten bucks. So basically people should feel lucky that we didn’t do that. You get to buy the whole thing altogether.”
Love you guys. Keep shredding man. Lots of respect.
Q10
Love the Red Fang!
The boys still got it, even if they've also got more grey than I do now...
But to me, he will always be dad, my second favourite member of Red Fang LOL
seeing Yob do acting is the most amazing thing ever.
_Why was I the only sap in Yob to appear in a Red Fang record??_
...the comedy gold we didn't know we needed ahahah
@@Franzquirrel Had to pause the video for a sec to rein myself in after that.
The high five killed me
"If we could trade places with them, we wouldn't"
Truly words to live by lol
what band is that btw?
@@EnSabahNur_6 could be wrong but I think it's kylessa
The band is Lord Dying
i wish this song was ten times longer
So many legends at the funeral!
When I saw the guy dancing with the Skeleton I was like "Is that Danger Ehren?" Lo and Behold!
Hilarious opening! What a star studded cast. Aaron reisberg cries beautifully
This new video may be the best one ever made, period. Playing in the coffins is a stroke of insane brilliance
Reminded me a bit of Pig Destroyer's video for Mt. Skull th-cam.com/video/7IMhNSro3GE/w-d-xo.html
This is the best band with the words Red and Fang in their name.
Carry on, my wayward sons. 🍻
Killer. Spot that WINDHAND sticker too. Good stuff. Richmond loves windhand and and everything they do for us. Red fang fuckin rips!
Matt Pike 4 Pope.
I cannot like this comment enough.
Matt Pike is too honest, cool and good looking to be the Pope
@@jeremyDrumshelljames It was a joke..DUH.
This is pure red fang perfection! Hell yeah
So epic and Pike should do podcasts he has a killer voice for it
He should read bedtime stories for kids..start em young lol
Don't die,rise with how beautiful your music is
I love it. Red Fang always has the best music videos.
“But to me, you’ll always be dad. My second favorite member of Red Fang”
The mix on this album sounds like you are listening to it from another room with the door shut.
this album really does sound like you are listening to it from outside a coffin now that I think about it
Playing in their coffins? just when you think it's all been done before.
Love how Matt Pike shows up shirtless to the funeral just like how he is onstage.
These guys are Awesome !! Love the videos... I'm vacationing in Virginia... Clutch, Dinosaur Jr. and Red Fang are playing in DC Sat. night ... Friday also but that show is sold out... I'm leaving to go back to SC Friday morning...I got tickets to Clutch in August in Charlotte but RF won't be with them....I hate that I'm gonna miss Red Fang... my newest favorite band !!
Thanks for the funny... The rest... It's Awesome... From Southern California.. Keep at it..
Still got the best videos ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So great! Awesome all the people who guested in this video!
This is sick!
I love how they did the lyrics on the stones - damn if I don't feel a sense of claustrophobia snaking its way through my veins from watching this though!
these guys are full of high quality skits and high quality songs
Just not high quality mixes
@@Blurillaz I still suck at hearing a good mix. I love the sound of Mastodon who are known for sludgy mixing where they could have had clear space for all the instruments
Ooooh haven't seen this one..Very excite!
That kid's speaking facts, RIP John
What a fantastic video! I laughed..I cried..I drank heavily…I laughed some more. So fucking good! 🤟🏻🤟🏻🔥🔥🔊🔊
Red Fang, High on Fire, Yob, Windhand, Kansas (!!!)...Relapse...F*ck Yeah!!!!!!!! Need more!🎸🥁
Carry on my wayward sons, don't you cry no more 😂🤘🏼
No more
Get off the couch and get a fuckin' job. - GWAR
too much awesomeness for so few minutes!!
I loved every second of it.
Beautiful
Best band ever. R.I.P Red Fang
Used to live two blocks from that Cemetery in SE Portland. Too bad those Tomb stones were not there when we shroomed there.
Danger When as the gravedigger. That's awesome. They are all from Oregon, so he must know them.
This is simply beautiful. They just keep making me laugh every damn release haha
OMG I just found out that the Fang has returned! F***ing awesome! All hope is NOT lost!
Please come to Jacksonville FL and take all of our drugs and women!
*_Genius!!_*
Will sound good live
Just so sooo good
I love that the song doesn’t start till after the hallway point of the video
This music video is pure genius, love you guys!
Excellent.
This track absolutely slaps, video is class as usual!
This wins tonight Red Fang. This wins tonight.
Best video introduction ever!
yessssss
Arguably the best music video ever made. Cooler than even Falco's "Der Kommisar". Bravissimo to all involved. Qapla'!
What about Rock Me Amadeus or Wiener Blut?
Amazing video as always, and I'm pretty sure I'm in bass tone heaven
Brilliant.
Best Red Fang memorial video ever.
Is this a self take that the whole new album sounds like it's recoded in a box 6 feet under? :D Never Change Red Fang.
Thought that was just me....
weren't the drums recorded in a pool or something? so not totally over the top and actually somewhat related, but that is just a coincidence with the whole funeral thing going on in the video.
I thought I was going deaf, or losing some frequencies.
Don't get me wrong, I love red fang, but man, what went wrong.
okay, so i'm not crazy, others also notice how the album sounds oddly muffled
might be youtube or this videomix though... I have the album and it does not sound like this, sounds better.
Fuck.Yes. Red Fang videos reign supreme!
Best one yet ! Pike rocks !!!
Another awesome vid! PARTYTIME!!!!!!!!!
1:36 - shouts out to Aaron from YOB destroying the acting scene - hell yeah sir
YES! this is
Man these Cameos are awesome! Killer video
This is the video of this century !!
Epic, as always. Best band videos out there. Two takeaways: 1-Boneyard Beer must be the truth; 2-Looks to me like 57 people need a swift kick to the nuts...
I love how you can small the beer and cigarettes' smells through their music.
just great!
Yeeaaahhhhhhaaaa!!!
Just keeps on getting better. Love it boys
Fantastico
The legend return with a another great video
Gold
This is the Red Fang I know and love.
Kind of fits that Yob are the most emotional mourners.
These dudes always have the best videos
Best videos on the internet.
Hey I've just realised that the 'Amazing Grace' bagpipes piece in the vid is based on something written by John Newton who lived and preached in Olney which is just 1 mile from where I lived up until it was 25!
Best videoclip I've seen un YEARS 😂😂😂
I really fucking love these guys, thank you.
a masterpiece, thanks guys!!!
Perfect as always
Great as always. I'm already looking forward to coming to the Czech Republic next year and tasting the best beer in the world - Czech beer Pilsner urquell or Flekovská dark 14 ° !! Leave a gap in the tour to catch up. :-D
Beautiful. Stunning. And the video was pretty good. Keep on truckin' Red Fang. In before the lock.
Awesome video for an even awesomer song.
Holy Shit! I fell out my chair when I saw the Apple Emporium sticker on the quad coffin. I grew up hanging around that store.
My god I’m ded! Pike and the sandwiches!
glorious!
Awesome video and a great song.
As always, pure gold!
A fucking Silver Ballroom t-shirt at 1:30! Hell yeah!
GREAT!!!
This is creepy funny sick shit. Love it!
Thanks for the funeral ideas
Best. Video. Ever.
Hahaha. That intro actually made me laugh out loud. By myself. 🤣🤣🤘
Easily my favorite mildly successful mediocre rock band. RIP
This is a masterpiece!
Fuck yea and danger Aaron as the grounds keeper is icing on the cake haha
"If we could trade places with them, we would not" LOL
I love how they make fun of themselves never making it big.
Christ, that was great.
Another classic 🤘