500 Likes On Both Obsidian & Alien? Make it happen people! 🔥 Also, which album do you guys prefer? PS: Thornhill - The Dark Pool(Album Reaction) coming up next!🎉
Altough I fu**ing loved Alien, I prefer Obsidian, alien is a 9 or 9,5 for me and obsidian a 10 (and yes I heard alien BEFORE I heard Obsidian) And yoo nice!! Dark pool album from thorny is awesome, masterpiece of a debut album! 🔥🔥
In my opinion I believe because obsidian is flawed in that it doesn't quite hit as hard as alien, almost feels like a red pill album. Which makes it theatrical in a sense. I believe alien demonstrates what the band can do, and obsidian shows us alittle more about them. The album I'm watching closely is what comes next, that is where we are going to see uncharted waters, possibly dredged in their old sound. My opinion ultimately is, both albums are wonderfully made and send us on a journey, don't just love the filth, love the heartache and loneliness with it.
@@TheDrakorSynn the three new songs so far (they played an unreleased one at the gig I was at this evening) definitely seem like they're taking aspects of Alien and Obsidian and building on that. Which is fine by me - like so many of us those albums are what made me a fan. Their older stuff is fine - Mesmer is kind of like...TesseracT-coded with early Karnivool lyricism/melodies especially in the chorus. It was good music and they did it well but like so many of the electronicore/post metalcore bands now like Bad Omens and Dayseeker, you've gotta do something different to stand out. These three bands (and yes Sleep Token too but they're in a separate lane imo) are forging a new path for artists to go down and I'm excited to see where it goes - discovering Bad Omens made me excited for new music and new bands and when you're in your 40s that's no small feat!
One of the things that I liked more about Alien was that it had a more conistent theme throughout. It's also much grittier sounding in a way that makes Obsidian feel a bit pulled back imo.
obsidian couldve been so much better if they did more little things. Things like intros of next songs being in the prev ones, or if they had a much more prominent theme. I feel so much more emotion from this entire album, even with songs i might not listen to that much. On obsidian, if he ever even shows emotion, its only for a little bit of the song then throws it away. Honestly i like some Songs, excluding singles, off of obsidian, but it never feels like anything hits. Its just my opinion but thats what it is.
Alien, if you look at the lyrics, was obviously an incredibly personal journey for Marcus and you can really feel that listening to it. It upset his family quite a lot apparently who didn't want him putting all of that on blast. Obsidian is more a social commentary album in the vein of something like Egowerk from The Faint. It's still his feelings on these issues but it's not that ultra personal, soul-baring excoriation of Alien. When you realise that Obsidian is meant to be a synonym for black mirror (its a similar material to onyx), it all makes a lot more sense
Love that Northlane is on your radar now, and excited to watch the Thornhill reaction! You should definitely check out Loathe with their album called I Let It In And It Took Everything next, it'll blow your mind :)
You should really watch their documentary Negative Energy. It pretty much sums up the making of this album and what happened during that period. Would strongly recommend it.
Sleepless has so much emotion behind it, especially when you find out Marcus wrote the song about his mum, and then even more so when you find out his mum passed away after it was released so the lyrics have so much weight behind them now. very sad.
Fun fact: at 40:17 on the song "Vultures" the line "Let the earth where I carved my name burn" refers to an older Northlane song named "Aspire" from the album Singularity, where Adrian was frontman of the band and the song directly starts with "I carve my own name into the earth".
4D is one of those songs that defines alien, and its partially the reason why i still prefer alien over obsidian, even though i absolutely adore obsidian, thr breakdown in the middle section is one of the most bizzard and heavy thing jon has written, its just special and nothing sounds like it.
Great reactions. Obsidian is unique for the EDM inclusions to a metalcore band. Alien is unique for all music and has even more variety inside the tracks themselves. Alien is a 10. Obsidian is around a 8 to me.
I'm definitely coming round to Alien with more listens. But, I'd still choose Obsidian over it purely because it just sounds so unique, like nothing I've heard before. Also, I love that techno atmosphere as well and have for years - so it was like the perfect blend of my old music taste and my current music taste coming together. Both top tier albums though.
@@DrewFortune97 right right. I don’t have that previous background interests so Obsidian is almost my gateway to it. I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on that Thornhill album as well. Very fun music.
Oh, so we are going backwards into the Northlane history huh?? Mesmer and Node are also a worthwhile endeavour if you ever feel like visiting their early work :)
Been following you for years now. Great editing on this one, one of the best reaction videos I've seen. Also fun to journey with you through your musical taste transition. Well done mate.
on your own time you definitely should watch the alien documentary as it is describes what the album is mostly about (marcus’ past with abusive parents) and its very emotional and made me love northlane so much more, plus the ending is extremely emotional
Made sure to thumbs up both Northlane videos. Was so excited to see you reaction to the Talking Heads breakdown. 😂 Have you reacted to either Glass Cloud or Attack Attack yet?
you should do a full album reaction to their album Discoveries, their first, with their first vocalist. Absolutely the BEST technical metalcore out there, only now rivaled by ERRA
Brings me so much joy seeing someone hear this album for the first time, great reaction man! Edit: Just got to Talking Heads breakdown and fucking lost it, bravo.
When I first heard this album, straight away I hated it...it was such a departure from what I was used to and I couldn't understand why everyone raved about it. I went back to it about 6 months later and dug into it more and it blew me away and I just wanted to give Marcus a hug haha
honestly dude, northlane was one of those bands I never got into. but over listening to their recent singles, then when the album came out, like man these guys are making leaps and bounds. and im honestly so excited to see you reacting to them. I remember when you started reacting to tesseract, still some of my favorite videos of yours. keep on doing the shit shit man, much love \m/
Fantastic reaction, mate. Glad you read along with some of the lyrics, I put that in the Obsidian comments. There is a 30 min documentary on the Northlane YT about the release of this album and Marcus' upbringing. Includes a gut wrenching follow up to the track 'Sleepless'. Would recommend
Alien was my first album from this band so I am biased, but there’s something beautiful about this album that I can’t put into words. The heaviness of talking heads, the beauty of sleepless, and the gripping narrative weaved through each lyric really put this album above for me
@44:34 sleepless is totally an outro song at a trance rave or an outro at a metal concert, when you can say goodbye and thank you during the slow parts..
Hey Drew! Love your reactions man, would love to see you checking out Fit For An Autopsy, their newest album is simply amazing. Strong Gojira influence that i think you would enjoy! Keep up the good work :)
Mesmer is still personally my favorite Album, but I absolutely love Alien and Obsidian. It's just Nostalgia. Mesmer is such a vibe though. Really nice atmosphere
Saw them live in Sweden in 2019 and 2 months before that my aunt sadly passed away from cancer and just when I thought the concert was over Marcus came back out on stage and started singing Sleepless, and I remember as soon as I heard what song it was I was so overcome with emotions and happy memories of my aunt that I just broke down crying. It was the first time I cried in 10+ years and I'm so for all the happiness and joy that my aunt gave my childhood. Also the fact that Northlane sound so fucking good live made that night even more special, without a doubt the best concert I've ever been to. Rest in peace Eva, you are forever missed
Tbh I only recommended that album because the cover was similar to Alien. You NEED to listen to their latest album ‘Isles’ - it’s easily the best progressive dance record I’ve ever heard. Will be very tough for anyone to beat the euphoric atmosphere created in that album. Highly, highly recommend. My favourite tracks are ‘Hawk’ and ‘Fir’ but there’s not a single bad track tbh.
@@DrewFortune97 thanks mate will check it out. I have to recommend dj koze. Check out bring the sun and bonfire are good starting points. Its a bit more minimal techno though.
@@obzen901 DJ Koze was a surprise guest at a festival i went to a few years back, literal last minute edition as he happened to be in the country (Australia) at the time and the act that was meant to be in that timeslot had to cancel. Four in the arvo, everyone was sober but damn if it wasn't the best set of the weekend
The Northlane-Singularity album has to be reacted to now! It’s a lot different from Alien and Obsidian. But you will get a taste where Northlane started from! It’s f’n awesome!🤘🏻🥵💯
Drew, I found your Obisidan review shortly after it came out, loved the album, listened to the ever loving crap out of Obsidian, its tracks are scattered all over my playlists with the variety it has... but I treated it as a one-off. I have never dived into Northlane as a band, just ran with Obsidian, until this week. I finally listened to Alien, many times, and Alien clears Obsidian as an album and its not even close. This is one of the most cohesive projects I've heard before. The opening sets the tone, the songs get angrier and angrier, then it all fades away, then vultures and sleepless are like the death throes of a dying soul. The whole album makes you stank face, bob your head, dance, close your eyes to choruses... and a lot of the time all in the same song. Contrasting that to my largest gripes with Obsidian being the opener and closer, where I've just always disliked Clarity and prefer to forget it's there, and Dark Solitare building and building only to just disperse the energy without any big payoff should literally be a crime. And on top of that, just due to the nature of the album, theres no really noticable sonic or lyrical connections between all the songs of Obsidain like in Alien. It's been a long time since an album not only grabbed my attention completely sonically, but emotionally as well. I mean I'm even watching this video just for another excuse to listen to it when I should be sleeping xD theres no tracks I'd remove and between Alien and the potential new album around the corner for Northlane I have a feeling theyll be the top of my list for minutes listened this year
>Dark Solitare building and building only to just disperse the energy without any big payoff That's just life though isn't it? You live, you expend all this energy trying to do the best you can, you die and disappear. I would have to imagine that's why it's the last track > just due to the nature of the album, theres no really noticable sonic or lyrical connections between all the songs of Obsidain like in Alien. Reading the lyrics it seems like it's a blend between Marcus' personal experiences/feelings, and what the world at large is like, trying to exist in it these days especially for younger people who should have their whole lives ahead of them to look forward to when the reality is....well, I'm just glad I'm already in my 40s I'll put it that way Neat fact, Obsidian as a mineral is similar to onyx. Both shiny and very dark...kind of like a 'Black Mirror' you might say ;)
Man this album has a special place in my heart. It came off the back of Mesmer which was really underwhelming for the fans. I remember when they released the Vultures single and thinking “holy shit Northlane is back!” And then Alien dropped and it blew me away with how they executed as you said that electronic style. This album was the perfect showcase for Marcus’ vocals and since then they’ve only delved further into that style and it really works.
Hey man, love the channel. Your reactions to these albums are what drew me in, definitely appreciate hearing your input. If you haven't already, I highly recommend watching their short documentary, Negative Energy. They go a lot more into detail about their writing inspiration and their background especially with Marcus' upbringing.
Really surprised i did not see your channel! Your opinion is 100% fair and exact in compare to other reaction creators, i feel your passion, really respect your attention to details straight from first listen while also recording and speaking, instant sub!
I'm so split on Obsidian and Alien. I feel like Obsidian has some stronger tracks (that might just be because they're new and fresh), but I think Alien is a stronger album as a whole. Alien feels more cohesive, but the standouts on Obsidian shine brighter (again, might be because they're new), if that makes sense. Even still, it's such a close call. Glad to see you're doing The Dark Pool next! That's such a good album. If you're looking for another similar top-notch full album experience to do, Loathe - I Let It In And It Took Everything.
My favorite nortlane album. The experimental side that they bring into their music just adds something special and unexpected to each song. Don’t hear many bands in the metalcore scene like them. I get architects vibes on some of these songs too.
Whenever we get a Vildhjarta Album reaction, I hope you will react to them in a chronological order! And for the 2011 album (and maybe 2013) I HIGHLY recommend doing the forte versions, since the mix is just top notch and better in every single aspect. And the 2021 album, master fokin piece
I think given your reaction to this, Obsidian and Singularity. You may enjoy parts of Mesmer but possibly not Node so much due to similar production reasons. Although, saying that, ‘Rot’ is from Node, which is absolutely killer and recommend highly, it was the first single that Marcus featured on, and he absolutely smashed the granny off of it. Great reaction as always.
Alien was an album that hit me in a way only a couple have and took me on a very emotional journey. Another album that I can remember that did that was Saosin’s self titled.
Love the reaction mate! In your own time, have a look at their live gig at the roundhouse in sydney. Absolutely amazing, the band sounds even better than the studio version.
@@DrewFortune97Talking head sounds even bigger in it! I am seeing them live for the first time in about a month and sleep token are supporting. Very very exciting
Drew please listen to Immerse - Fell Silent 🙏🙏🙏 It's Tesseracts and Monuments band members together before they went on to make their own bands. It's godly, it's the two bands mixed together
Do singularity and then node, it would be cool to see you hear how they’ve evolved now that you’ve went backwards from their newest stuff. Plus singularity has some crazy riffage and heavy hitters. It’s their most popular album!
btw check out Paragon off of mesmer. It's a song dedicated to Tom serl from architects. It's their most Meshuggah inspired song in terms of structure and pacing
I honestly don't know whether I'd prefer Alien or Obsidian. Alien was the first Northlane album I listened to. I saw an ad on TH-cam for Alien, which used a clip from Bloodline. The only time I've ever listened to a band after seeing an ad and it was so worth it. Alien got me through the worst mental health of my life. In such low moments I would just lie back and listen to the album on repeat, letting it sweep me away. So it has such a strong place in my heart. I think I cycled through every song on the album as far as which track is my favourite. I still go back and listen every now and then because it's just so good. Obsidian, I was a couple months late to realising Northlane had released new music. I listened to it and loved it, but it wasn't the same visceral reaction because my mental health had improved. I still really enjoyed it and was listening on repeat for a bit. I feel like both albums are tied in my head
Alien is my favourite. The sad thing is they realised that and were coming to Ireland to be play Sunstroke Fest but it got cancelled because of Covid 😐
The Algorithm makes some cool stuff that mixes electronic music with djent, well worth looking into! His music feel more like a soundtrack to a videogame or a move/tv-show so i honestly dont know how well it works for reactions, but definately check it out on your own :) Edit: Also keep in mind his music is veeeery wierd at times, i guess Brute Force would be the best album to start with
As a child abused and molested by his drunken farther, “free fall” maybe the song that I connect with the most of any song I’ve heard. ESP since father has late stages of MS. The “I’m numb when you suffer” line gives me chills every time I hear it.
loving the objective takes here! would you be open to checking out Northlanes sophomore record Singularity? I wanna see if it holds up to the stuff you've heard recently and wouldn't want you to miss out on one of the best songs ever written, Quantum Flux!
One thing I will say is that as a long time northlane they definitely have always has some type of electronic elements in their music. Even way back with the old vocalist. That ambiance is definitely something they always played around with. Even with the albums with Marcus before Alien there are definitely a but of electronic elements but I think as a fan base we all agree that Alien was a step towards keeping that consistent electronic/experimental themed through the whole album. I hope you'll check out some older stuff too Even if they're not full album reviews. Keep it up bro!
I really like Node but it is kinda raw album compare to all the rest with Marcus,which makes sense. I would recommend to give a go to Mesmer though.Render is one of my all time favourite Northlane songs is from it. Btw,the whole theme is as dark as Obsidian, but less personal than Alien.
I found you from your Doom reactions. I'm a bit suprised you didn't draw more parallels between the heavy parts of Alien and the Doom soundtrack. Anyway, love your reactions to both Northlane albums and Meshuggah Immutable. Cheers
This album gets crazier when you think about how none of these brutal lyrics aren’t just storytelling, they’re not metaphors, this is actually shit that Markus lived through. He’s lived a hard life.
You should react to ice nine kills the silver scream 1 and 2 the whole álbuns the 2nd one came out months ago ps all their songs are about horror movies in these 2 albuns
Drew the last song on the album is about dead mother of Marcus. The Lyrics ale more powerful if you know this. I have Obsidian and Alien on CD and a liked both of them but little bit more Alien. Great Band great Video.
Just keep going down the northlane rabbit hole. each album has it's own unique sound to it. mesmer before this album was when Marcus to me really seemed to find his place in the band. Node was basically the band seemingly trying to replace Adrian but keeping their sound kind of the same. Singularity put Northlane on the map with Quantumn Flux (with adrian on vocals), and Discoveries was really their first full album.
Lil late to the discussion hahah but I just haven’t been able to obsidian yet… I’ve gave it a couple listens and can definitely appreciate it - but for me Alien is just a 100% through and through flawless album, definitely in my top favourites even years later and I think that has just affected my ability to fully delve into obsidian, taking it for what it is and judging it independently of Alien😅
500 Likes On Both Obsidian & Alien? Make it happen people! 🔥
Also, which album do you guys prefer?
PS: Thornhill - The Dark Pool(Album Reaction) coming up next!🎉
Altough I fu**ing loved Alien, I prefer Obsidian, alien is a 9 or 9,5 for me and obsidian a 10 (and yes I heard alien BEFORE I heard Obsidian)
And yoo nice!! Dark pool album from thorny is awesome, masterpiece of a debut album! 🔥🔥
I got goosbumps reading this holyshit. ITS HAPPENING!
dark pool is SUCH AN S-TIER ALBUM LETS GOO
The Dark Pool is one of the best metal core albums you will ever hear, so keen for this!! 🔥
Look at all this metalcore love for Australians. They’re amazing so it’s awesome.
The editing during Talking Heads, I´m rolling on the floor hahaha
Both Alien and Obsidian are fantastic albums, but Alien is flawless.
Alien has a lot of good songs indeed.
In my opinion I believe because obsidian is flawed in that it doesn't quite hit as hard as alien, almost feels like a red pill album. Which makes it theatrical in a sense. I believe alien demonstrates what the band can do, and obsidian shows us alittle more about them. The album I'm watching closely is what comes next, that is where we are going to see uncharted waters, possibly dredged in their old sound. My opinion ultimately is, both albums are wonderfully made and send us on a journey, don't just love the filth, love the heartache and loneliness with it.
Agree
It took obsidian a while to grow on me but I’ve come to ADORE it
@@TheDrakorSynn the three new songs so far (they played an unreleased one at the gig I was at this evening) definitely seem like they're taking aspects of Alien and Obsidian and building on that. Which is fine by me - like so many of us those albums are what made me a fan. Their older stuff is fine - Mesmer is kind of like...TesseracT-coded with early Karnivool lyricism/melodies especially in the chorus. It was good music and they did it well but like so many of the electronicore/post metalcore bands now like Bad Omens and Dayseeker, you've gotta do something different to stand out. These three bands (and yes Sleep Token too but they're in a separate lane imo) are forging a new path for artists to go down and I'm excited to see where it goes - discovering Bad Omens made me excited for new music and new bands and when you're in your 40s that's no small feat!
One of the things that I liked more about Alien was that it had a more conistent theme throughout. It's also much grittier sounding in a way that makes Obsidian feel a bit pulled back imo.
obsidian couldve been so much better if they did more little things. Things like intros of next songs being in the prev ones, or if they had a much more prominent theme. I feel so much more emotion from this entire album, even with songs i might not listen to that much. On obsidian, if he ever even shows emotion, its only for a little bit of the song then throws it away. Honestly i like some Songs, excluding singles, off of obsidian, but it never feels like anything hits. Its just my opinion but thats what it is.
Alien, if you look at the lyrics, was obviously an incredibly personal journey for Marcus and you can really feel that listening to it. It upset his family quite a lot apparently who didn't want him putting all of that on blast. Obsidian is more a social commentary album in the vein of something like Egowerk from The Faint. It's still his feelings on these issues but it's not that ultra personal, soul-baring excoriation of Alien. When you realise that Obsidian is meant to be a synonym for black mirror (its a similar material to onyx), it all makes a lot more sense
Mesmer is probably the most underrated album by them. Paragon is one of my fav songs ever. Its the ending song and is dedicated to Tom from Architects
Its criminally underated 😭
Love that Northlane is on your radar now, and excited to watch the Thornhill reaction! You should definitely check out Loathe with their album called I Let It In And It Took Everything next, it'll blow your mind :)
And just found out Northlane and Loathe are touring this summer.... Just got my tickets!
You should really watch their documentary Negative Energy. It pretty much sums up the making of this album and what happened during that period. Would strongly recommend it.
Was about to say this...
The mini doc is so fire. + You can really feel the pain and struggle they went thru
Sleepless has so much emotion behind it, especially when you find out Marcus wrote the song about his mum, and then even more so when you find out his mum passed away after it was released so the lyrics have so much weight behind them now. very sad.
Fun fact: at 40:17 on the song "Vultures" the line "Let the earth where I carved my name burn" refers to an older Northlane song named "Aspire" from the album Singularity, where Adrian was frontman of the band and the song directly starts with "I carve my own name into the earth".
And both songs are the 10th song on each album
Marcus's version of that song is UNBELIEVABLE
Fun fact: Alien Deluxe Edition contains one of there best songs - Enemy of the Night. After this song I was hooked forever. Don’t miss it!
This is one of the allbums that got me into metal overall, another classic. nice guitars btw
Thanks bro!🦾
4D is one of those songs that defines alien, and its partially the reason why i still prefer alien over obsidian, even though i absolutely adore obsidian, thr breakdown in the middle section is one of the most bizzard and heavy thing jon has written, its just special and nothing sounds like it.
Awful comment, did not agree/10
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Great reactions. Obsidian is unique for the EDM inclusions to a metalcore band. Alien is unique for all music and has even more variety inside the tracks themselves. Alien is a 10. Obsidian is around a 8 to me.
For me it's Alien 9,5 and obsidian 10 haha (and yes, I heard alien *before* I heard obsidian, years before)
@@christianhackl474 fair and fair. I’m making an assumption that you like the EDM sound already as well.
I'm definitely coming round to Alien with more listens. But, I'd still choose Obsidian over it purely because it just sounds so unique, like nothing I've heard before. Also, I love that techno atmosphere as well and have for years - so it was like the perfect blend of my old music taste and my current music taste coming together. Both top tier albums though.
@@DrewFortune97 right right. I don’t have that previous background interests so Obsidian is almost my gateway to it. I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on that Thornhill album as well. Very fun music.
Alien 9.5 obsidian 8 for me
This album made me a Northlane fan.
It oddly feels like home, considering how much I listened to it.
It is a masterpiece
Oh, so we are going backwards into the Northlane history huh??
Mesmer and Node are also a worthwhile endeavour if you ever feel like visiting their early work :)
24:45… had to pick my jaw off the floor first time I heard this breakdown. Insane track.
Been following you for years now. Great editing on this one, one of the best reaction videos I've seen. Also fun to journey with you through your musical taste transition. Well done mate.
Thank you bro, means a lot. And appreciate you for sticking with me dude
on your own time you definitely should watch the alien documentary as it is describes what the album is mostly about (marcus’ past with abusive parents) and its very emotional and made me love northlane so much more, plus the ending is extremely emotional
Sleepless always makes me a little teary eyed. Marcus shows so much emotion in it. Especially live.
Made sure to thumbs up both Northlane videos. Was so excited to see you reaction to the Talking Heads breakdown. 😂
Have you reacted to either Glass Cloud or Attack Attack yet?
No man, I haven't !
Perfect album. Genre bending: metalcore, djent, electronics, and some clean vocals all mixed throughout.
I hope you’ve revisited it as it gets addictive with each listen…
you should do a full album reaction to their album Discoveries, their first, with their first vocalist. Absolutely the BEST technical metalcore out there, only now rivaled by ERRA
Hard agree. Technically prowess on discoveries is so close to ERRA it's insane
Brings me so much joy seeing someone hear this album for the first time, great reaction man!
Edit: Just got to Talking Heads breakdown and fucking lost it, bravo.
Glad you enjoyed it bro!!💜
Yes cant wait for the thorny reaction lets fucking gooo
Bro you should do node next, that’s where it all started with Marcus.. or just react to every northlane album haha
When I first heard this album, straight away I hated it...it was such a departure from what I was used to and I couldn't understand why everyone raved about it. I went back to it about 6 months later and dug into it more and it blew me away and I just wanted to give Marcus a hug haha
you should definitely check out their documentary for this album
Nice thoughts about Alien.
Excited for your react to Thornhill, my favorite Aussie band!
Will be out soon bro!
Drew Fortune hell yeah, let’s get horny for thorny
I reckon you should paint the timber wall white
Banger album, banger video. 🍻
my man
honestly dude, northlane was one of those bands I never got into. but over listening to their recent singles, then when the album came out, like man these guys are making leaps and bounds. and im honestly so excited to see you reacting to them. I remember when you started reacting to tesseract, still some of my favorite videos of yours. keep on doing the shit shit man, much love \m/
Love bro thank you
Fantastic reaction, mate. Glad you read along with some of the lyrics, I put that in the Obsidian comments. There is a 30 min documentary on the Northlane YT about the release of this album and Marcus' upbringing. Includes a gut wrenching follow up to the track 'Sleepless'. Would recommend
Was actually your comment that made me decide to include the lyrics bro, thank you for that!
Alien was my first album from this band so I am biased, but there’s something beautiful about this album that I can’t put into words. The heaviness of talking heads, the beauty of sleepless, and the gripping narrative weaved through each lyric really put this album above for me
@44:34 sleepless is totally an outro song at a trance rave or an outro at a metal concert, when you can say goodbye and thank you during the slow parts..
You should listen to Ocean Grove - The Rhapsody Tapes
Hey Drew! Love your reactions man, would love to see you checking out Fit For An Autopsy, their newest album is simply amazing. Strong Gojira influence that i think you would enjoy! Keep up the good work :)
Mesmer is still personally my favorite Album, but I absolutely love Alien and Obsidian. It's just Nostalgia. Mesmer is such a vibe though. Really nice atmosphere
i second this. mesmer is pretty fuckin sick
10 for Alien, 7.5 for Obsidian.
bro also check out unprocessed, their songs fear, and abandoned are my favortie
Your reactions are refreshing man! Keep up the content! 🤙🏼
Thank you brother
Saw them live in Sweden in 2019 and 2 months before that my aunt sadly passed away from cancer and just when I thought the concert was over Marcus came back out on stage and started singing Sleepless, and I remember as soon as I heard what song it was I was so overcome with emotions and happy memories of my aunt that I just broke down crying.
It was the first time I cried in 10+ years and I'm so for all the happiness and joy that my aunt gave my childhood.
Also the fact that Northlane sound so fucking good live made that night even more special, without a doubt the best concert I've ever been to.
Rest in peace Eva, you are forever missed
Damn mate thanks for the heads up on Bicep. Blown away by that album:)
Tbh I only recommended that album because the cover was similar to Alien. You NEED to listen to their latest album ‘Isles’ - it’s easily the best progressive dance record I’ve ever heard. Will be very tough for anyone to beat the euphoric atmosphere created in that album. Highly, highly recommend. My favourite tracks are ‘Hawk’ and ‘Fir’ but there’s not a single bad track tbh.
@@DrewFortune97 thanks mate will check it out. I have to recommend dj koze. Check out bring the sun and bonfire are good starting points. Its a bit more minimal techno though.
@@obzen901 DJ Koze was a surprise guest at a festival i went to a few years back, literal last minute edition as he happened to be in the country (Australia) at the time and the act that was meant to be in that timeslot had to cancel. Four in the arvo, everyone was sober but damn if it wasn't the best set of the weekend
I haven’t watched the full video yet but YES, YES!!!
The Northlane-Singularity album has to be reacted to now! It’s a lot different from Alien and Obsidian. But you will get a taste where Northlane started from! It’s f’n awesome!🤘🏻🥵💯
Probably one of my fav albums of all time. Its so fucking perfect in every single second.
Drew, I found your Obisidan review shortly after it came out, loved the album, listened to the ever loving crap out of Obsidian, its tracks are scattered all over my playlists with the variety it has... but I treated it as a one-off. I have never dived into Northlane as a band, just ran with Obsidian, until this week.
I finally listened to Alien, many times, and Alien clears Obsidian as an album and its not even close. This is one of the most cohesive projects I've heard before. The opening sets the tone, the songs get angrier and angrier, then it all fades away, then vultures and sleepless are like the death throes of a dying soul. The whole album makes you stank face, bob your head, dance, close your eyes to choruses... and a lot of the time all in the same song.
Contrasting that to my largest gripes with Obsidian being the opener and closer, where I've just always disliked Clarity and prefer to forget it's there, and Dark Solitare building and building only to just disperse the energy without any big payoff should literally be a crime. And on top of that, just due to the nature of the album, theres no really noticable sonic or lyrical connections between all the songs of Obsidain like in Alien.
It's been a long time since an album not only grabbed my attention completely sonically, but emotionally as well. I mean I'm even watching this video just for another excuse to listen to it when I should be sleeping xD theres no tracks I'd remove and between Alien and the potential new album around the corner for Northlane I have a feeling theyll be the top of my list for minutes listened this year
>Dark Solitare building and building only to just disperse the energy without any big payoff
That's just life though isn't it? You live, you expend all this energy trying to do the best you can, you die and disappear. I would have to imagine that's why it's the last track
> just due to the nature of the album, theres no really noticable sonic or lyrical connections between all the songs of Obsidain like in Alien.
Reading the lyrics it seems like it's a blend between Marcus' personal experiences/feelings, and what the world at large is like, trying to exist in it these days especially for younger people who should have their whole lives ahead of them to look forward to when the reality is....well, I'm just glad I'm already in my 40s I'll put it that way
Neat fact, Obsidian as a mineral is similar to onyx. Both shiny and very dark...kind of like a 'Black Mirror' you might say ;)
Man this album has a special place in my heart. It came off the back of Mesmer which was really underwhelming for the fans. I remember when they released the Vultures single and thinking “holy shit Northlane is back!” And then Alien dropped and it blew me away with how they executed as you said that electronic style. This album was the perfect showcase for Marcus’ vocals and since then they’ve only delved further into that style and it really works.
Hey man, love the channel. Your reactions to these albums are what drew me in, definitely appreciate hearing your input. If you haven't already, I highly recommend watching their short documentary, Negative Energy. They go a lot more into detail about their writing inspiration and their background especially with Marcus' upbringing.
Really surprised i did not see your channel! Your opinion is 100% fair and exact in compare to other reaction creators, i feel your passion, really respect your attention to details straight from first listen while also recording and speaking, instant sub!
So glad you reacted to alien
Bro the picture of the dogs face during Talking Heads crumpled me… 😂
you definitely gotta do mesmer and node reactions
I'm so split on Obsidian and Alien. I feel like Obsidian has some stronger tracks (that might just be because they're new and fresh), but I think Alien is a stronger album as a whole. Alien feels more cohesive, but the standouts on Obsidian shine brighter (again, might be because they're new), if that makes sense. Even still, it's such a close call.
Glad to see you're doing The Dark Pool next! That's such a good album. If you're looking for another similar top-notch full album experience to do, Loathe - I Let It In And It Took Everything.
Check out Enemy of the Night by Northlane. A track that didnt make it on the album
Obsidian is a continuation of Alien.
4D one of my faves!!
My favorite nortlane album. The experimental side that they bring into their music just adds something special and unexpected to each song. Don’t hear many bands in the metalcore scene like them. I get architects vibes on some of these songs too.
Whenever we get a Vildhjarta Album reaction, I hope you will react to them in a chronological order! And for the 2011 album (and maybe 2013) I HIGHLY recommend doing the forte versions, since the mix is just top notch and better in every single aspect. And the 2021 album, master fokin piece
Loving the editing on your newer vids aswell!
I got you bro, need to devote some time to that Mammoth album.
@@DrewFortune97 Looking forward to that goliath of a reaction!
You should listen to Pull Down the Sun “Of Valleys and Mountains
The only way I can describe it as is alternate universe softer more melodic Gojira
I think given your reaction to this, Obsidian and Singularity. You may enjoy parts of Mesmer but possibly not Node so much due to similar production reasons. Although, saying that, ‘Rot’ is from Node, which is absolutely killer and recommend highly, it was the first single that Marcus featured on, and he absolutely smashed the granny off of it.
Great reaction as always.
Alien was an album that hit me in a way only a couple have and took me on a very emotional journey. Another album that I can remember that did that was Saosin’s self titled.
Love the reaction mate! In your own time, have a look at their live gig at the roundhouse in sydney. Absolutely amazing, the band sounds even better than the studio version.
Watched it last night dude, so fucking good!
@@DrewFortune97Talking head sounds even bigger in it! I am seeing them live for the first time in about a month and sleep token are supporting. Very very exciting
Drew please listen to Immerse - Fell Silent 🙏🙏🙏 It's Tesseracts and Monuments band members together before they went on to make their own bands. It's godly, it's the two bands mixed together
I hear a bit of Chester in Talking Heads, sick album!!
Latest breakdown might go to "landmine" by polaris. Please give them a listen! Another Aussie metalcore band.
Do singularity and then node, it would be cool to see you hear how they’ve evolved now that you’ve went backwards from their newest stuff. Plus singularity has some crazy riffage and heavy hitters. It’s their most popular album!
you should react to their full live set at the UNSW Roundhouse in Sydney in 2019. 4D is my fav track, unbelievable sound. cool react
The talking heads edits sent me 🤣🤣🤣🤣
btw check out Paragon off of mesmer. It's a song dedicated to Tom serl from architects. It's their most Meshuggah inspired song in terms of structure and pacing
I honestly don't know whether I'd prefer Alien or Obsidian. Alien was the first Northlane album I listened to. I saw an ad on TH-cam for Alien, which used a clip from Bloodline. The only time I've ever listened to a band after seeing an ad and it was so worth it. Alien got me through the worst mental health of my life. In such low moments I would just lie back and listen to the album on repeat, letting it sweep me away. So it has such a strong place in my heart. I think I cycled through every song on the album as far as which track is my favourite. I still go back and listen every now and then because it's just so good. Obsidian, I was a couple months late to realising Northlane had released new music. I listened to it and loved it, but it wasn't the same visceral reaction because my mental health had improved. I still really enjoyed it and was listening on repeat for a bit. I feel like both albums are tied in my head
That clip of the rock made me cry that was hysterical man.. I was definitely sat there thinking "bruz shut up..." missing the best of the track 😂
Alien is my favourite. The sad thing is they realised that and were coming to Ireland to be play Sunstroke Fest but it got cancelled because of Covid 😐
Alien is better in every aspect, it's masterpiece.
btw check Loathe - I Let It In And It Took Everything
The Algorithm makes some cool stuff that mixes electronic music with djent, well worth looking into! His music feel more like a soundtrack to a videogame or a move/tv-show so i honestly dont know how well it works for reactions, but definately check it out on your own :) Edit: Also keep in mind his music is veeeery wierd at times, i guess Brute Force would be the best album to start with
As a child abused and molested by his drunken farther, “free fall” maybe the song that I connect with the most of any song I’ve heard. ESP since father has late stages of MS. The “I’m numb when you suffer” line gives me chills every time I hear it.
The most important album of my life. If you grew up around addiction it hits like a fucking hammer.
loving the objective takes here!
would you be open to checking out Northlanes sophomore record Singularity? I wanna see if it holds up to the stuff you've heard recently and wouldn't want you to miss out on one of the best songs ever written, Quantum Flux!
One thing I will say is that as a long time northlane they definitely have always has some type of electronic elements in their music. Even way back with the old vocalist. That ambiance is definitely something they always played around with. Even with the albums with Marcus before Alien there are definitely a but of electronic elements but I think as a fan base we all agree that Alien was a step towards keeping that consistent electronic/experimental themed through the whole album. I hope you'll check out some older stuff too Even if they're not full album reviews. Keep it up bro!
I really like Node but it is kinda raw album compare to all the rest with Marcus,which makes sense. I would recommend to give a go to Mesmer though.Render is one of my all time favourite Northlane songs is from it. Btw,the whole theme is as dark as Obsidian, but less personal than Alien.
you gotttttta learn some of these songs on guitar
You need to react to their mini documentary it’s amazing!
Alien=best lyrics
Obsidian=best sound
Both are gr8 imo
BTW you should check Loathe I Let it in...
Genuinely laughed out loud at the talking heads breakdown edit 😂
15:15 had me dying bro hahaha
MESMER NEXT PLSSS
I found you from your Doom reactions. I'm a bit suprised you didn't draw more parallels between the heavy parts of Alien and the Doom soundtrack. Anyway, love your reactions to both Northlane albums and Meshuggah Immutable. Cheers
Mesmer is still my fav but Obsidian and Alien are really good
This album gets crazier when you think about how none of these brutal lyrics aren’t just storytelling, they’re not metaphors, this is actually shit that Markus lived through. He’s lived a hard life.
obsidian is an album version of eclipse lol
You should react to ice nine kills the silver scream 1 and 2 the whole álbuns the 2nd one came out months ago ps all their songs are about horror movies in these 2 albuns
Drew the last song on the album is about dead mother of Marcus. The Lyrics ale more powerful if you know this. I have Obsidian and Alien on CD and a liked both of them but little bit more Alien. Great Band great Video.
Just keep going down the northlane rabbit hole. each album has it's own unique sound to it. mesmer before this album was when Marcus to me really seemed to find his place in the band. Node was basically the band seemingly trying to replace Adrian but keeping their sound kind of the same. Singularity put Northlane on the map with Quantumn Flux (with adrian on vocals), and Discoveries was really their first full album.
Lil late to the discussion hahah but I just haven’t been able to obsidian yet… I’ve gave it a couple listens and can definitely appreciate it - but for me Alien is just a 100% through and through flawless album, definitely in my top favourites even years later and I think that has just affected my ability to fully delve into obsidian, taking it for what it is and judging it independently of Alien😅
Please review Northlanes first album - Discoveries!
of course it must be NODE.
You got me at 17:44 HAHAHA
I'm right there with you that in that I heard Obsidian first. I love it but overall I gotta give it to alien
Please check out Loathe - They Let it In and Sleep Token
If you think this is experimental in 2019, I would really recommend you Sybreed - Antares,. 2007, ahead of time, I promise
Talking Heads had my boy silent haha. best song by far