Could not agree more! Seems they took all the experimentation from the last albums and applied them to "The God Machine" and it could not have been done more perfectly!
I went for a walk with my headphones on and played the album through a couple times and was just blown away by everything - the riffs, the vocals, the drums, everything just resonates perfectly. The pure nostalgia from songs like 'Eternally Apart' and 'In the night' feels like rolling back time to coming home from school and blasting metalcore, to songs like 'The storm in me' which is just absolutely beautiful. - 10/10 album in my opinion and to be honest, goes straight in my top 5 albums of all time, letting alone AOTY. It's an album that you'll come back to in 10 years time and be like 'My Lord this still slaps'
Dark Flag was always my favorite until I recently revisited it. Unfortunately the mixing isn’t great. Till the End is just an all around amazing album! Hopefully one day they get to remix and remaster Dark Flag!
@@michaelv8721 i think the issue with Dark Flag was that they had to mix it themselves so if you focus more on the riffs and songwriting the album is amazing
@@naorishi yeah apparently their guy that mixes was out of the country and they were between labels so they had little means. It’s still the album that got me into Phinehas and one of my favorite albums ever!
Boggles my mind that most reactors push Phineas so far down the priority board or don’t react to them at all. This is Metalcore in its most perfected matured form. People continue to sleep.
I meant mature mostly from a production standpoint. It’s definitely their best mix to date. But yeah I still think the sound in general is pretty mature in the world of modern Metalcore. I think they got a lot more out of the traditional structures than a lot of bands would. All opinion of course. Erra goes for a totally different sound imo so not super comparable.
Phinehas is the band I didn't know I needed in my life.I've been blasting Eternally Apart in my car and the gym non stop. Edit: NEW AVIANA,MMF AND ORBIT CULTURE SONGS❤️
So glad to see you smashing out to this because I enjoyed it so much too. For over 15 years I've held City of Evil as the *perfect* album. Nothing apart from The Blackening ever came close, until 2021, and Erra and Phinehas went supernova on us. For the first time in over a decade I'm genuinely considering whether I have a new greatest album of all time. Thank you Erra. Thank you Phinehas.
As you can see that the drummer also recorded the last Like Moths to Flames album and that both this Phinehas album and the LMTF album are made in the same studio.
There's only so many ways to reinvent the wheel. I enjoy music for what it is and not what it isn't. Use to really be into Birb but a lot of times it's just critique. I enjoy seeing others hyped over music which is why I lean more towards this channel as it seems to enjoy music for what it is.
I love how on every album, they have a song that starts out soft, but ends heavy, and they’re all so well done. The Wishing Well, Dyson Sphere, Seven, Meaningless Names, and now the Storm in Me. Absolute bangers, all of them
All bangers no fillers, just as they actually said. This is how you fcking write an AoTY metalcore album!! Eternally Apart is still my favorite, but I already faced the fact that it wouldnt be topped before even listening to the whole thing, its the perfect metalcore song, period. Song of the year. P.H.E.N.O.M.E.N.A.L.
Bogdan, i just want you to know i come back to this video at least 3 times a year to relive this moment in time. This is still one of the greatest metalcore albums ever created.
This album is so damn SICCCK AND THICCCK. Powerful, Masterful. I wasn't even expecting this goodness of an album. Now we know why this is called The Fire Itself. 🔥🔥🔥🎸🔥🔥🔥
Absolute Work of Art! The entire album is just beautifully killer! This has been on repeat since 7am this morning! PHINEHAS is AMAZING and Always has been!
This is Phinehas’ Messengers if you get what I mean. Also Jake from ABR would fit perfectly as a feature on one of these songs. Also this album does have ABR vibes too. Masterpiece of an album.
You got me into this band. Listened to this album a lot since the release, and it's so heavy and nuts. Eternally Apart is amazing can I can see the crowd screaming that chorus. As a drummer, this is so tasty. I found a new favorite band, and heck, I haven't even heard the rest of their discography!
It's 100% "headbang" approved. It's like you can't even control it, and in my book this means that an album slllappsss. I was headbanging the whole way through at the office this morning. It's nothing new, but it's executed in a way that if you have respect for the core music, you can't ignore the fact that this album is perfect for what "IT IS". I'm not into classic metalcore anymore, but I follow these guys since Thegodmachine, which is still to this day one of my favorite metalcore ever, and when you follow a band for this long, it hits different no matter how your tastes have evolved, mostly when it's executed in such a great way!
Returning to this a year later I can say this album was in my top two albums of 2021. "Severed by Self Betrayal" is definitely my favorite track and I've kept this whole album on my main playlist ever since.
They somehow combined every single aspect I love about metal and mixed it perfectly into a fucking masterpiece of an album. I. Can't. Stop. Listening. To. It
This band Phinehas is fuckin brutal! When As I Lay Dying meets Breakdown of Sanity and Wage War. Thank you for this channel that I finally found this gem... This channel helps me a lot to find great bands with brutal breakdowns.. His favorite metal style and his opinions about songs and bands are totally the same with mine..
Men of culture, I'm here to ask for help, my brain is melting because that breakdown in The storm in me has a guitar (I'm referring to 3:13 of the TH-cam version, probably the same in Spotify) that is very similar to another song but I can't figure out which. I know that's pretty vague but maybe someone else had my tought too.
@@jaydenjbryant8665 I'm liking the vocal perfomance on this album by Einar. I've just said that in my opinion this album is better than the newest output by Phinehas. You can disagree on that, but I'm liking it more
Album is honestly an absolute masterpiece
Agreed
Facts!!! AOY Contender!
Could not agree more! Seems they took all the experimentation from the last albums and applied them to "The God Machine" and it could not have been done more perfectly!
I went for a walk with my headphones on and played the album through a couple times and was just blown away by everything - the riffs, the vocals, the drums, everything just resonates perfectly. The pure nostalgia from songs like 'Eternally Apart' and 'In the night' feels like rolling back time to coming home from school and blasting metalcore, to songs like 'The storm in me' which is just absolutely beautiful.
- 10/10 album in my opinion and to be honest, goes straight in my top 5 albums of all time, letting alone AOTY. It's an album that you'll come back to in 10 years time and be like 'My Lord this still slaps'
Best since Godmachine, hands down.
This album is N U T S. Daniel’s riffs, Sean’s vocals, everything. It’s a treat to live the same time as Phinehas.
Bogdan not knowing whether to say phenomenal or fantastic is enough said😂
This is absolutely a masterpiece. This is the literal definition of “metalcore”.
Yaaaaaas! Pure M. E. T. A. L. C. O. R. E
gives me very old school metalcore vibes like 2003-2005
completely agree with you. It is a true masterpiece and the definition of Metalcore with capital letters.
I've said that about this band from the first time I heard them. They are the epitome of metalcore. 💜✌️
Protect the children, pick up those who're fallen, we're going to get through.......(breakdown hits).....Never mind" - Hard Core 2021
The whole band just went absolutely insane in the best way possible.
They have been insane since day 1 lol
Daniel Gailey is such a riff & shred master, it's nuts.
He’s way better with Phinehas than Fit for a King.
Never heard them until the fire itself, and now im hooked
You should check out their album “Till The End” imo their greatest work they ever put out
@@dannyrvt6924 you’re right. I mean until last night when this masterpiece dropped
Dark Flag was always my favorite until I recently revisited it. Unfortunately the mixing isn’t great. Till the End is just an all around amazing album! Hopefully one day they get to remix and remaster Dark Flag!
@@michaelv8721 i think the issue with Dark Flag was that they had to mix it themselves so if you focus more on the riffs and songwriting the album is amazing
@@naorishi yeah apparently their guy that mixes was out of the country and they were between labels so they had little means. It’s still the album that got me into Phinehas and one of my favorite albums ever!
Thorns is insane
Boggles my mind that most reactors push Phineas so far down the priority board or don’t react to them at all. This is Metalcore in its most perfected matured form. People continue to sleep.
So true
I’d put Erra as the most mature, but this is up there
I meant mature mostly from a production standpoint. It’s definitely their best mix to date. But yeah I still think the sound in general is pretty mature in the world of modern Metalcore. I think they got a lot more out of the traditional structures than a lot of bands would. All opinion of course. Erra goes for a totally different sound imo so not super comparable.
@@Peter_Velardi fair enough, I get that for sure
@@ajfite1277 ERRA and Phinehas are both up there with my fave bands tho. Just depends on the mood. Can’t go wrong with either.
this is not even my band and I am so excited you and so many are finding joy in this!!!
Glad to see that I'm not they only one who reacted like this the first time I listened to this album.
This album will be looked back on as one of the GOATS someday
man, if this was a try not to headbang challenge... HOLY PHUCK
This my album of the year
Dream Thief definitely my favorite song off of it
I agree 100%. Dream Thief is my favorite song of the year on my favorite album of the year as well!
Dream Thief & Thorns tied at the top spot for me
@@SyaitanBDO the intro to Thorns made me go OMG GOD!!!THIS IS EPIC!!!!!!!!
@@CandyOnAChopstick Nice 👍🔥🔥🔥
Absolutely yes! Dream Thief's guitar 🤤 🤤 🤤 but damn those shreds in Holy Coward as well 🤤
Phinehas is the band I didn't know I needed in my life.I've been blasting Eternally Apart in my car and the gym non stop.
Edit: NEW AVIANA,MMF AND ORBIT CULTURE SONGS❤️
Dude the best part of this review is just seeing how much you enjoy the album whole heartedly. Big ass smile the whole time listening to the album lol
listened to the entire Record like 6 times today, its soooooo good!
Really enjoyed every song in this album fuckign 10/10 imo.
DUDE. Just by seeing your reaction. I need to get on this album. The riffs and solos are absolutely nuts
This is hands down my album of the year. Every song is so damn good.
the days, months and years will continue to pass... and this will continue to be an authentic masterpiece of metalcore in this fucking world
I’m not sure I’ve ever heard such perfection all the way through an album.
We need a vocal cover for some of these Phinehas songs too haha
Had no idea this album hit this hard. I had only heard the singles, but damn. Straight to spotify and on my Playlist.
So glad to see you smashing out to this because I enjoyed it so much too. For over 15 years I've held City of Evil as the *perfect* album. Nothing apart from The Blackening ever came close, until 2021, and Erra and Phinehas went supernova on us. For the first time in over a decade I'm genuinely considering whether I have a new greatest album of all time. Thank you Erra. Thank you Phinehas.
Have you given witness by Vola a listen
As you can see that the drummer also recorded the last Like Moths to Flames album and that both this Phinehas album and the LMTF album are made in the same studio.
So glad to see somebody else react to these the same way I did 😂 jumping around and head banging the whole time
There's only so many ways to reinvent the wheel. I enjoy music for what it is and not what it isn't. Use to really be into Birb but a lot of times it's just critique. I enjoy seeing others hyped over music which is why I lean more towards this channel as it seems to enjoy music for what it is.
Thorns hits different.
I love how on every album, they have a song that starts out soft, but ends heavy, and they’re all so well done. The Wishing Well, Dyson Sphere, Seven, Meaningless Names, and now the Storm in Me. Absolute bangers, all of them
“Seven” is an incredible song.
You forgot Seven
Seven is the best, and arguably the best song they will produce, but it’s pretty amazing they are so consistent in the quality
@@ajfite1277 I think Dyson Sphere is the best
Album. Of. The. Year.
All bangers no fillers, just as they actually said. This is how you fcking write an AoTY metalcore album!!
Eternally Apart is still my favorite, but I already faced the fact that it wouldnt be topped before even listening to the whole thing, its the perfect metalcore song, period. Song of the year.
P.H.E.N.O.M.E.N.A.L.
Idk, the uncanny valley needs more recognition
Bogdan, i just want you to know i come back to this video at least 3 times a year to relive this moment in time. This is still one of the greatest metalcore albums ever created.
This album is so damn SICCCK AND THICCCK. Powerful, Masterful. I wasn't even expecting this goodness of an album. Now we know why this is called The Fire Itself. 🔥🔥🔥🎸🔥🔥🔥
Absolute Work of Art! The entire album is just beautifully killer! This has been on repeat since 7am this morning! PHINEHAS is AMAZING and Always has been!
The Storm in Me hits different
holy coward gives me mad killswitch vibes
This is the type of Metalcore i needed in 2021
Still listening to this record…
Same!!!
Go back and play My Horses Are Many, and then play Holy Coward. You’ll then understand what’s going
And then play Crowns, followed by Thorns ❤️ 🤘
Especially that chord progression change in the solo of Holy Coward! Very reminiscent of My Horses are Many
The southern metal also is heard in blood on my knuckles which is my personal favorite Phinehas southern tinged song
@@LCCreviews salting the money is the southern song
@@2xRainb0w I love when they give their songs that extra twang like they do in salting the mine and BOMK
Dream Thief is hands down the song of the year
dude i hope you not end up like me i'm in doctor now my neck hurt after listening to this album haha
Disgustingly heavy and intensely personal … an absolute masterpiece by the Phinehas boys 🤘🏼
I’m getting lots of August Burns Red vibes and I’m here for it
It’s a breath of fresh air compared to most things released this year 100%. This is so up my alley I’m in love can’t stop jamming
It makes me so happy seeing you being so hyped
This is Phinehas’ Messengers if you get what I mean.
Also Jake from ABR would fit perfectly as a feature on one of these songs.
Also this album does have ABR vibes too.
Masterpiece of an album.
Messengers is overrated, and Phinehas Dark Flag is still peak
@@jacks910hell no. ABR best albums are easily Constellations and Messengers
@@litaf4889 Phantom Anthem >
Rescue & Restore >
I’ll admit Constellations has classic status tho.
The Storm In Me was such a great surprise on the album, the dynamic of it was so awesome
Well no, if you listen to their previous albums you would have atleast one song which is a ballad
@@wrathwarrior9562 I mean i expected something like this but damn it was too good
'The Storm in Me' is a fucking incredible track
You got me into this band. Listened to this album a lot since the release, and it's so heavy and nuts. Eternally Apart is amazing can I can see the crowd screaming that chorus. As a drummer, this is so tasty. I found a new favorite band, and heck, I haven't even heard the rest of their discography!
Damn what an absolute masterpiece! Every song is so good!!
That whole album is a masterpiece.
It's 100% "headbang" approved. It's like you can't even control it, and in my book this means that an album slllappsss. I was headbanging the whole way through at the office this morning. It's nothing new, but it's executed in a way that if you have respect for the core music, you can't ignore the fact that this album is perfect for what "IT IS". I'm not into classic metalcore anymore, but I follow these guys since Thegodmachine, which is still to this day one of my favorite metalcore ever, and when you follow a band for this long, it hits different no matter how your tastes have evolved, mostly when it's executed in such a great way!
Wow, back then with "I am the Lion"
Masterpiece
The album lives up to its name
The fact that they’re Christian makes it even more awesome
This gets album of the year, no question.
Thorns gave me goosebumps. This album sounds like a masterpiece!
Returning to this a year later I can say this album was in my top two albums of 2021. "Severed by Self Betrayal" is definitely my favorite track and I've kept this whole album on my main playlist ever since.
THIS ALBUM IS FIREEE!!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
They somehow combined every single aspect I love about metal and mixed it perfectly into a fucking masterpiece of an album.
I. Can't. Stop. Listening. To. It
They sound like breakdown of sanity
Oh it brings back so many good memories, I love it
Awesome Album!
Every Song just Blast you away! Such an good album. Loving it so hard
I can't choose a track to be my fav one, because is the whole album.
the drumming on this album is one of the many things that completely blew my mind
Yep, this sounds like ERRA combined with Parkway Drive. And that grips me actually...
ABR would like a talk
@@ChocolateVideoss took the words out of my mouth
You mean breakdown of sanity
Parkway drive but with good lyrics
Old Parkway Drive. Not the newer stuff lol
The best collection of breakdowns of 2021
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
I gave myself a concussion headbanging to this album
CD came today with Tesseract - Portals and the new Leprous. My Ears will errect tonight
Leprous was awesome!
Their best album to date, It's litterally The Fire Itself
This band Phinehas is fuckin brutal! When As I Lay Dying meets Breakdown of Sanity and Wage War. Thank you for this channel that I finally found this gem... This channel helps me a lot to find great bands with brutal breakdowns.. His favorite metal style and his opinions about songs and bands are totally the same with mine..
Men of culture, I'm here to ask for help, my brain is melting because that breakdown in The storm in me has a guitar (I'm referring to 3:13 of the TH-cam version, probably the same in Spotify) that is very similar to another song but I can't figure out which.
I know that's pretty vague but maybe someone else had my tought too.
This record is a M A S T E R P I E C E
Also you should check new Leprous album. They are a bit experimental but I think you'll love them
Oh yeah. New Leprous was awesome. In my opinion also better than this album
@@denis_musicreviews1774 totally agree. Pitfalls was amazing but Aphelion is like going straight to heaven
@@mundopatatillo8246 Pitfalls was more a 8/10 for me, but Aphelion experiments even more which I totally enjoy. For me a 9/10
@@denis_musicreviews1774 It’s not even close to as good as this album the vocals are lacking in leprous
@@jaydenjbryant8665 I'm liking the vocal perfomance on this album by Einar. I've just said that in my opinion this album is better than the newest output by Phinehas. You can disagree on that, but I'm liking it more
Yeah that album fucking slapped all the way through
Man your reaction and facial expression says it all how disgustingly beautiful that Phinehas Album was, coz every track is literally on 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥!
Every song on the album should go on my playlist and that is what you want in an album
Btw I want to thank you. Because of you i discovered this band
Album really is a masterpiece
Dream thief and etarnally apart are my favorites in this album
Holy Coward has to be my favorite on the album so far but that can change 😂
On thorns ....I've just felt lighthead with that opening riff....
You Know What I'm saying man😉😉😉😉
Reminds me of War Of Ages
Almost certainly Album Of The Year ! Absolute 🔥
THIS ALBUM IS SICK BRO I'M HYPED
Completa obra maestra de album🔥🤘🏻
Mi cuello me duele, pero valió y vale cada minuto de este album. Ya sabemos el porqué se llama The Fire Itself.
On my list for album of the year
Damn I forgot about this band. They've improved a ton
For some reason the breakdown in Dream Theif gives me heavy Orbit Culture vibes (Nija album) and I love it.
my favorite was thorns. That beginning guitar was it for me. I was like yep that's it ain't topping that 😂
Album of the year for me no question. My favorite style of metalcore perfected.
for me it's easily the ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Thorns gives me that War Of Ages vibe love it
This is truly the only album to give ERRA a run for their money for AOTY. No questions asked.
this fucking ALBUMMMMMM OH MY LORD
Still holds up
What a masterpiece
Just imagined this collab :
Phinehas & Wage War
OG Metalcore perfected 👏
amazing album, nothing to say.
Phinehas are amazing! Daniel gailey is a monster! I get alot of influence from him. would love to see your reaction to our new song unleavened man.