There is really nothing else like this sound. These guys were tapped into some incredible energy writing and producing this album. And this song especially. The icy electronic soundscape at the 5-minute mark blows me away every time.
The whole song is incredible but 9:23 is one of the most insane things I’ve ever heard (don’t skip there though, imo you only get the full effect of it by listening from the beginning)
I'm a drummer, and I would like to think a decent one at that, but after listening to this I wonder how the fuck does Stef even retain all that math in his fucking head??? Jesus Christ I will never achive that level!
I know right, I like to think I'm a better than average drummer able to hold his own in a lot of styles, feels and mathematical approaches. But this guy... is so tight with whatever is thrown at him. I think he must play drum parts and the guitarists just fill in whatever rhythms are the strongest.
In perfect balance between what was meant and things that are to come. Fellow member of my kind, cannot control what you don't understand. Time is tipping the scales of my judgement. Steel-plated heart, that once was broken down! I choose to walk away, because I can't bare to see things that fall apart. We used to share one thought. We used to have a bond. Lost in a mountain area. Hear her calling, but no response. Even machines come looking for me. This is a morgue. Silence is obedience. In here, automated electronic systems keep the pace well, at regulating light and cooling systems. As for now, inhere. Lying there naked, wondering if it's true: Am I larger than the sum of my parts? Engrave a sign in the earth's crust. I want to stay longer on this planet. Things fall apart. Give me more time for I'll be worth it. A vast as say as any highlands, there is still air there. I am breathing, so I could be there now. Any form or shape, a motion or disguise, is bound to be an image. A template-view made to be seen. Inside-out this situation does not apply! There can be one. I will not be scared. Knowing of the inconsequent complexity, in my appearance, there can't be none... Spoken Word: "Manifest, for me, you end in Dogma. Preparation made, silence seeks solution. Can't stand the waiting for my soul, deadly sin. Already stood still, and a while at the location; Scene of the act, that's what man calls crime. But no crime in a war? The next day I hear her calling again. Shall I try to establish contact? For how long could I survive here on my own? Am I even destined to be here? And here is maybe all that exists. I can hear other machines again. Apparatus. No-one will ever know why you walked away, for it is a secret revealing nature that tells this tale." World without end, life of fear. Worms and flies coming out of my body. Horrendous decay of the falsening light, for those who try to understand. A calamity encounter, god-speed propellore. Meet my other end, wait for a World War. Hide for a cancer. I will stay strong by renewal of visions, refreshed by the water. My pouring with rain, my echo of eternity. Symmetry seeking a young man, going with whimper. Sigh/Growth/Decay, all simultaneous actions... Sanity in thought and it's patterns, a pure form of logic mixed with emotions, this pro-life. Why do I, Earth, exist? I contain so many forms, would I come out for real... A quick guide to self-preservation. Here the body is only a tool. Dial: R.E.D.E.M.P.T.I.O.N. - Master of my fate. I harbor no illusions, but I still stand tall. Forced navigation into fields of trust. Master of my fate, where will we meet in time? Gone now, left without the outcry of a demonstration. Preparation made, the silence seeks solution. Can't stand the caller!(color!) Waiting for my soul. In my stomach I feel an infant growing. The small child inside of me represents life. Not capable of making any decisions at all. I wait and wait for her return... For those who do not know, the difference between polars: Unconsciousness, my bless entwined. Positively, all negative soul... One fraction of time now represents one day. The Earths turn, the Moon and planet cycles. The proximity of a planet left for dead. Nature will win this war. Fierce energy-swallowing process. A peninsula with only one road. How to visit with a main entrance blocked. No procedure needed, nor does a formulae exist. Dark impersonation of enlightenment, due to self-preservation and control. I still stand tall, peacefully and harsh. Freedom is a lockdown. Blinded by the light, it crawls on the floor. My rhythm upset, seek for a safer harbor... I know you feel the same, knowing what it's like. Up here, high, solitude of stone. A pile is just for me, and even now, being made, I am nothing. A total birth of a self-pregnant mother. Perpetuating behaviour, my outside world, beyond the mirrors. Can you feel me? Cause. This. Is. Not. My. Car-bon-diox-ide! Conditions, boundaries crossed, layers lost, to become one with Earth. My tendency to be submerged with all. One gigantic and twisted entropy. This is our final distinction.
Hey ho, can anyone tell me, if this is the remastered or the "original" version. I can't find the two different versions anywhere :O And this doesn't sound like the singer from Drawing Circles and Silhouettes, so it must be their first singer right? oO I'm a little confused xD greetings~
+Jonianer Even if this is the remastered version, it would still have the old singer. Remastered doesnt mean it was re-recorded. It just means the mix was altered to produce a different sound, but all the parts are the original recordings.
+Kristina Martinez oh well - Thats true xD i dont know why I didnt think of it lol - thanks for clearing it up :D I m pretty New to the band so I confuse stuff sometimes ;) greetings
Pretty sure this is the original. It has the original cover, and definitely sounds like it. And this was uploaded a year before the remaster was released I think (2013 for the re-release and this upload is 2012)
EDIT: deleted my post - found an interview with Jochem and Eric where eric mentioned that Jochem did the cleans on Polars before he joined. link: th-cam.com/video/yOBozZr3eHU/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=FaceCulture or search "Textures 2008 interview - Jochem Jacobs and Eric Kalsbeek (part 2)"
I think I never heard something more beautiful in my life than what occurs at 13:40
There is really nothing else like this sound. These guys were tapped into some incredible energy writing and producing this album. And this song especially. The icy electronic soundscape at the 5-minute mark blows me away every time.
The whole song is incredible but 9:23 is one of the most insane things I’ve ever heard (don’t skip there though, imo you only get the full effect of it by listening from the beginning)
I keep coming back to this part myself. So much chaos. Sounds like the universe being flayed to shreds.
This is beyond creativity. Amazing.
One of the polyrhythmic masters.. Hands down
15:13 that clean part just overwhelms me every fucking time
16:20... absolutely amazing.
The sickest guitar tone😍😍😍
Thanks for sharing this song, Awesome band.
thank you for finally posting the whole song
I'm a drummer, and I would like to think a decent one at that, but after listening to this I wonder how the fuck does Stef even retain all that math in his fucking head??? Jesus Christ I will never achive that level!
I know right, I like to think I'm a better than average drummer able to hold his own in a lot of styles, feels and mathematical approaches. But this guy... is so tight with whatever is thrown at him. I think he must play drum parts and the guitarists just fill in whatever rhythms are the strongest.
LEGENDARY PURE TITAN GOLD :D
I absolutely love this album... its got riffsssssssssssssssssssssssss. Reminds me of In Defiance by Strife but mathed up .
3:)
Fucking epic. It never gets old since first heard in 2004🤘🤘🤘
finally the whole freakin song, have my like
In perfect balance between what was meant and things that are to come.
Fellow member of my kind, cannot control what you don't understand.
Time is tipping the scales of my judgement.
Steel-plated heart, that once was broken down!
I choose to walk away, because I can't bare to see things that fall apart.
We used to share one thought.
We used to have a bond.
Lost in a mountain area.
Hear her calling, but no response.
Even machines come looking for me.
This is a morgue.
Silence is obedience.
In here, automated electronic systems keep the pace well, at regulating light and cooling systems.
As for now, inhere.
Lying there naked, wondering if it's true:
Am I larger than the sum of my parts?
Engrave a sign in the earth's crust.
I want to stay longer on this planet.
Things fall apart.
Give me more time for I'll be worth it.
A vast as say as any highlands, there is still air there.
I am breathing, so I could be there now.
Any form or shape, a motion or disguise, is bound to be an image.
A template-view made to be seen.
Inside-out this situation does not apply!
There can be one.
I will not be scared.
Knowing of the inconsequent complexity, in my appearance, there can't be none...
Spoken Word:
"Manifest, for me, you end in Dogma.
Preparation made, silence seeks solution.
Can't stand the waiting for my soul, deadly sin.
Already stood still, and a while at the location;
Scene of the act, that's what man calls crime.
But no crime in a war?
The next day I hear her calling again.
Shall I try to establish contact?
For how long could I survive here on my own?
Am I even destined to be here?
And here is maybe all that exists.
I can hear other machines again. Apparatus.
No-one will ever know why you walked away, for it is a secret revealing nature that tells this tale."
World without end, life of fear.
Worms and flies coming out of my body.
Horrendous decay of the falsening light, for those who try to understand.
A calamity encounter, god-speed propellore.
Meet my other end, wait for a World War.
Hide for a cancer.
I will stay strong by renewal of visions, refreshed by the water.
My pouring with rain, my echo of eternity.
Symmetry seeking a young man, going with whimper.
Sigh/Growth/Decay, all simultaneous actions...
Sanity in thought and it's patterns, a pure form of logic mixed with emotions, this pro-life.
Why do I, Earth, exist?
I contain so many forms, would I come out for real...
A quick guide to self-preservation.
Here the body is only a tool.
Dial: R.E.D.E.M.P.T.I.O.N. - Master of my fate.
I harbor no illusions, but I still stand tall.
Forced navigation into fields of trust.
Master of my fate, where will we meet in time?
Gone now, left without the outcry of a demonstration.
Preparation made, the silence seeks solution.
Can't stand the caller!(color!) Waiting for my soul.
In my stomach I feel an infant growing.
The small child inside of me represents life.
Not capable of making any decisions at all.
I wait and wait for her return...
For those who do not know, the difference between polars:
Unconsciousness, my bless entwined.
Positively, all negative soul...
One fraction of time now represents one day.
The Earths turn, the Moon and planet cycles.
The proximity of a planet left for dead.
Nature will win this war.
Fierce energy-swallowing process.
A peninsula with only one road.
How to visit with a main entrance blocked.
No procedure needed, nor does a formulae exist.
Dark impersonation of enlightenment, due to self-preservation and control.
I still stand tall, peacefully and harsh.
Freedom is a lockdown.
Blinded by the light, it crawls on the floor.
My rhythm upset, seek for a safer harbor...
I know you feel the same, knowing what it's like.
Up here, high, solitude of stone.
A pile is just for me, and even now, being made, I am nothing.
A total birth of a self-pregnant mother.
Perpetuating behaviour, my outside world, beyond the mirrors.
Can you feel me?
Cause. This. Is. Not. My.
Car-bon-diox-ide!
Conditions, boundaries crossed, layers lost, to become one with Earth.
My tendency to be submerged with all.
One gigantic and twisted entropy.
This is our final distinction.
Super!!!
If these vox didnt suck so much ( im sure i aint the only one ) this would have been a gem!!!
Hey ho, can anyone tell me, if this is the remastered or the "original" version. I can't find the two different versions anywhere :O And this doesn't sound like the singer from Drawing Circles and Silhouettes, so it must be their first singer right? oO I'm a little confused xD
greetings~
+Jonianer Even if this is the remastered version, it would still have the old singer. Remastered doesnt mean it was re-recorded. It just means the mix was altered to produce a different sound, but all the parts are the original recordings.
+Kristina Martinez oh well - Thats true xD i dont know why I didnt think of it lol - thanks for clearing it up :D I m pretty New to the band so I confuse stuff sometimes ;)
greetings
Pretty sure this is the original. It has the original cover, and definitely sounds like it. And this was uploaded a year before the remaster was released I think (2013 for the re-release and this upload is 2012)
EDIT: deleted my post - found an interview with Jochem and Eric where eric mentioned that Jochem did the cleans on Polars before he joined.
link:
th-cam.com/video/yOBozZr3eHU/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=FaceCulture
or search "Textures 2008 interview - Jochem Jacobs and Eric Kalsbeek (part 2)"
Jesus H Christ.
WTF
Skip to 9:23 for the good part
but... the entire song is the good part
Bruh did the opening riff not please you?
absolutely disagree. The entire song is amazing, there isn't only one good part.