IBARAKI - Akumu feat. NERGAL of BEHEMOTH (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

TRIVIUM's Matthew Kiichi Heafy reveals the ‪@IbarakiBand‬ single "Akumu" with special guest, NERGAL (BEHEMOTH). Debut album, RASHOMON, out on May 6th, 2022 via Nuclear Blast Records. Shop & Listen: ibaraki.bfan.link/rashomon.yde
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Performance art inspired by Olivier de Sagazan
Cinematography by Bryce Hall + Jonpaul Douglass
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IBARAKI "AKUMU" LYRICS
Co-written by Ihsahn of Emperor
Featuring Nergal of Behemoth
I push
On all fours, I push
I push
On all fours, I push
White porcelain beneath me - lubricated from the tears and the mucous and sweat, I push
Fog and rust and an infinite vastness: a vacuity of emptiness -
I am without control
POLISH LYRICS:
Wiję się w łożysku macicy
Trzęse się w katatonicznej klaustrofobii
Nagi w katakumbach krwawiącego łona drżę
Strach, paraliż, niepewność
wobec wszystkiego i niczego
Przekwitam i znikam
Jak dziecko w zamknięciu rozpycham się
Żyły rysują delty na skórze mych rąk
Gorączka rośnie
Skąpany w słonym odpływie
Nieczysty trwam
TRANSLATION:
On all fours, I am held in the ovular-womb
In this catatonic claustrophobia
In this catacomb - I am nude, shivering
My panic and insecurity on display to everything and nothing
I wither and grow small
TRANSLATION:
Like an infant in a corner - I push
Veins make their way
To the outer-most-layer of my skin
Temperature rises
The salted-discharge bathes me, it keeps me un-clean
White porcelain beneath me - lubricated from the tears and the mucous and sweat, I push
Fog and rust and an infinite vastness: a vacuity of emptiness -
I am without control
Screaming without words - beyond all sound - birthed is meat and bone, soaked in the brine of darkened blood and filth
Excreted from the entrails are shapes and cuts not unlike the butchered-anatomy of cattle and swine
White porcelain beneath me - lubricated from the tears and the mucous and sweat, I push
Fog and rust and an infinite vastness: a vacuity of emptiness -
I am without control
I am without control
Out-stretched, I push
Out-stretched, I cry
I push - I push
I die
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"'Akumu' translates to 'nightmare' - and with this piece, I encourage the listener to work to find their interpretations of what they feel from the lyrics, music, and the haunting visuals of the music video," says Kiichi.
"I have always been fascinated by Sagazan’s 'Transfiguration,' and for years, I have wanted to pay homage to his works with a performance art piece; to finally be able to immerse myself in his style was an intense experience."
He finishes, "Having Nergal guest in this Ihsahn co-written piece allowed me to combine many of my long-time influences; and when I presented with Nergal of the challenge of translating my lyrics into Polish, it brought the song to another level."
#Ibaraki #BlackMetal #Metal #NuclearBlast #Behemoth #Nergal #MattHeafy #Trivium

[@NicNico]

Hold up... I'm a huge Behemoth/Nergal fan, and I live in Ibaraki. This song was written for me. 本当にこれはセレンディピティと思います。

[@juser-abuser]

I'm also a huge Negral fan

[@fs6168]

So cool! Japanese/Polish Black Metal from Florida. Yey!

[@jamesmacoisdealbhaigh9904]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@storm92jk]

Florida Metal ftw

[@huntergerriets4122]

Yes

[@thrashmaster1357]

Naaa, for me its more Progressive Black Death Core. To less Black Metal to call it Black Metal. They put many fragments together, sometimes it sounds more like Death Metal/Core to me. But well written Music it is. Very Progressive.

[@jamesmacoisdealbhaigh9904]

@@thrashmaster1357 NO clue really

[@friday26th]

For all of you shocked that Matt Heafy got to work with his buddies Ihsahn and Nergal, allow me to further blow your minds. All three appear on Nergal's Me and That Man project :)

[@gwarmann]

Literally everybody appears on me and that man, sometimes thats good, sometimes that is bad

[@friday26th]

@@gwarmann thus far, it's been good.

[@countjulu]

Wait this is not common knowledge by now?

[@friday26th]

@@countjulu judging by the comments - seems like not.

[@slipswitch]

Cool story bro. Nice googling.

[@ppnats]

Balance between atmospheric, melodic, technical. So much packed in a single track, seamlessly unified.

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

It's C league , should redo it with clean vocals

[@joeri666]

@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle lol you are a living meme

[@juser-abuser]

​@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracleyeah. It's a C tear band. Far from be A-tear

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

@@juser-abuser C league

[@vhagar7017]

Nergal and Matt Heafy. WOW

[@jessez924]

And ihsahn of emperor

[@neilg2526]

I've never been a fan of Trivium, but I know Heafy has been a BM fan for a long time, so it's cool he's giving it a go and showing the respect it deserves. This is damn good.

[@bannanateam]

Didn't know that about him. Respect

[@deathfan2002]

@@bannanateam Oh yeah he’s been that way for a while. Just type in “Matt Heafy Black Metal” on TH-cam.

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

This is C league, needs to redo it with clean vocals

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

@@deathfan2002 that's too bad, black metal is C league metal

[@errorloadingmusic821]

​@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle nobody cares bro.

[@jonathanymusic]

This is insane, bro.

[@ziziak333]

@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle You must be really sad about this song, that you have to write under each comment how shite the vocals are xD. I have simple solution for ya, just don't listen to it if you don't like it and you will have much more pleasant life.

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

@@ziziak333 why would anyone get sad about a song? especially a song like that, I wrote a comment because I was anything but sad, just reminding people to get these guys to sing clean. I am not listening to it, but they are metal so I need for them to be better. My life cannot get much more pleasant

[@tfwnoyandere]

@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle plesae honestly the screams are so bad but his cleans are so good why not just do cleans onlyyy

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

@@tfwnoyandere correct

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

@@tfwnoyandere great question...

[@jackryan528]

I knew Matt Heafy had a talent for black metal after hearing the song he wrote with Dani Filth on the Roadrunner United album so many years ago. This is promising!

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

a talent for black metal is an oxymoron

[@jackryan528]

@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle your mom is

[@andrewhernandez9448]

what song was it?

[@jackryan528]

@@andrewhernandez9448 Dawn of a Golden Age

[@nipulkradmsinatagras8293]

*Adam "Nergal" Darski & Matt Heafy.*
Couldn't be a more deadlier combo!

[@unrepentantoffender188]

"Much deadlier", to be grammatically correct

[@walterpontus9101]

Vocals are shyte. I’m a huge Trivium fan, but I find this horrible.

[@twistedmime5264]

Nergal sounds excellent, as usual. Not a fan of Matt's new technique though.

[@damonross8400]

Dude I like both those artists separately and this straight sounds forced the whole way through, some of the worst music I've heard from Nergal and Matt in my opinion but to each thier own. I was excited and ready for this power duo to blow me away and instead they just blew 🤣

[@malacite1]

You can tell it's co-written by the mighty Ihsahn 💪🏻

[@hareksu]

Yup. There's parts of it which really sound like they would fit on After or Arktis.

[@twistedmime5264]

Nergal's voice is just something else, man.

[@ptr_does_music7042]

Exactly. His screams are just fucking beastly and insane, and polish is just an amazing language for screams, can't describe it! There are many vocalists that do more impressive/technical stuff, but his tone is incomparable to most vocals in the metal scene

[@mezolite]

matt finally sharing his skincare routine. good shit

[@lathanasamna]

Look up Samsara and TRANSFIGURATION by performance artist Olivier DE SAGAZANS.

[@jessez924]

Lyrics cowritten by ihsahn from emperor. Some Norwegian influence here as well. This song has it all. Good song structure, melody, good riffs, great solo, heavy, head banging breakdowns, ambience, singing actually sounds good in the mix, good guttural, cool lyrics, some prog elements. Amazing work honestly I'm impressed

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

Thus song has cookie monster with constipation is how it sounds, there's no melody. This is C league metal needs to be re-done with clean vocals

[@joelclarke7601]

@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle 🤓

[@TheAtheistRealist]

@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle Lame Trvium fan

[@kdiamond12]

@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle you people with bad taste in music seem to watch a lot of Sesame Street. Always using the old Cookie Monster joke.

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

@@kdiamond12 first off what do you mean "you people", secondly there is no such thing as someone having bad taste in music, because if you play that stupid immature labeling game then I guess anyone who does not like what you like can cite how bad taste your is, and to assume someone who likes rock and metal has bad taste that's only going to end poorly for you.
It's not a joke it sounds like crap

[@ThrashXCV]

Glad that Matt has been able to work with both Ihsahn and Nergal. I know that he’s been wearing Emperor shirts for like 20 years lol

[@eeetuman]

I have been Trivium fan since their first album, and also like Emperor and Behemoth. So much talented musicians in a one project.

[@timinator4434]

Two of my favorite musicians collaborating. My day has been made.

[@drjames]

Which of the three are it?

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

B and C leaguers.... redo it with clean vocals

[@themanwithamission]

That old In Waves documentary footage snuck in there. Such a callback.

[@josuediaz3123]

Saw this on Nergal's IG and immediately ran to YT. I absolutely respect Nergal and Matt, seeing them together is perfect. Definitely some Behemoth influences here.

[@user-su9tx7en5m]

此処最近の中で、感情を高揚させる最高の一曲だと思います。区切り毎に違った味わいを持ちながらも、曲の芯がしっかりとしており、私は必聴曲の一つとして挙げます。

[@ThorsHammer88]

Love Trivium and Behemoth so very excited for this collab.

[@zombl337og]

this is more the direction i hoped Trivium went so im down for this 1000%

[@zxc521137210]

@@zombl337og agree, I still jamming their old track Dusk Dismantled, its the most black song of Trivium beside Matt's project

[@GloryThyName]

Probably one of the best break downs in a death metal song.

[@dynamicali123ali8]

This death metal????

[@rocketlaunch99]

Metal speaks to my soul.
These screams move my heart.

[@Wilcifer]

It's so awesome to see this project finally come to fruition

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

Not if it sounds like that, totally C league vocals, cookie monster

[@nathan4824]

@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle maybe you should find something else to do with your life instead of replying to every positive with the same thing, we get it you’re bored but damn

[@misssarahbrooke]

What an absolute masterpiece!!! This album is MINDBLOWING!! Loving all these projects you're working on Matt, aswell as blasting tours with Trivium and constantly working on new music, there just isn't words to describe you! LEGEND 🤘🖤

[@ThugNerd]

So this is it! Nergal's long awaited Reggaeton debut

[@ROFLBOB24]

This single is MUCH stronger than the last. Hype!

[@sketchy_fox5183]

ronin better

[@Ghostowl_09]

Nergal's growl is like that of a lion

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

a sick lion that should probably be put down, clown vocals

[@TobikunOuO]

@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle Nergal is doing something you never could, he is fighting the churches control over poland.

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

@@TobikunOuO Right I cannot do that, nor would I want nor would I care. Churhes are not controlling Polandm imaginary enemy

[@Rubenz343]

​@@TobikunOuO You can't be serious lol

[@JaneKalinina]

This is amazing!! I can’t wait for the whole album

[@Celestial_Being666]

Akumu - Ibaraki
Lyrics
push
On all fours, I push
I push
On all fours, I push
White porcelain beneath me
Lubricated by the tears and the mucous and sweat (I push)
Fog and rust and an infinite vastness, a vacuity of emptiness
I am without control
Wiję się (Wiję się)
W łożysku macicy
Trzęse się (Trzęse się)
W katatonicznej klaustrofobii
Nagi w katakumbach krwawiącego łona drżę
Strach, paraliż, niepewność
Wobec wszystkiego i niczego
Przekwitam i znikam
Jak dziecko w zamknięciu rozpycham się
Żyły rysują delty na skórze mych rąk
Gorączka rośnie
Skąpany w słonym odpływie
Nieczysty trwam
White porcelain beneath me
Lubricated by the tears and the mucous and sweat (I push)
Fog and rust and an infinite vastness, a vacuity of emptiness
I am without control
Screaming without words, beyond all sound
Birthed this meat and bone
Soaked in the brine of darkened blood and filth
Excreted from the entrails are shapes and cuts
Not unlike the butchered anatomy of cattle
And swine
White porcelain beneath me
Lubricated by the tears and the mucous and sweat (I push)
Fog and rust and an infinite vastness, a vacuity of emptiness
I am without control
I am without control
Outstretched, I push
Outstretched, I cry
I push, I push
I die

[@AlesuBunny]

Since it's release, I've had the first single on repeat. This song will be joining it - love it.

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

Why, as a form of torture, or with sound off. Did you hear how bad the vocals are, you xouod watch sesame sweet to hear cookie monster

[@2yoyoyo1Unplugged]

@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle I think you’re better off going somewhere else dude. Sticking around in a comment section for a song you hate in a style that isn’t for you is doing nothing for you. Go listen to what _you_ like, you’ll feel better.

[@scottcloutier2000]

This is so epic. So heavy. Really looking forward to this. Good job guys.

[@Jeffmetal42]

My man is building a sand castle on his head! 🤘 Killer track

[@Mrvegas6666]

I'm not a huge trivium, I've seen them live many times and they always kill it but this...this is Epic and I'm here for it.

[@The1of1000]

Absolutely nuts. Love how it’s inclusive of different styles of metal.

[@lucacolloi5504]

Arghhhhhhhh!!!! In love with this song after half a second!!! Monster drumming and voice!!! I worship you!! United forces 😈🖤😈🖤

[@benkunkel5064]

Another excellent song! Can’t wait for the album.
In terms of the music video, as the title of the song suggests, feels just like how a nightmare would. It’s hard to pinpoint it but the entire song and the imagery filled me with a looming sense of dread, something I’m sure Matt intended. If true, which I do believe it is, it makes this song all the better.

[@DemonizedTX]

WOW! Amazing song again, this time with freaking NERGAL, can't wait to hear the full album!
I really love what Matt did with this project, some people seem to be turned off by the clean vocals and melodic parts but I love it.

[@chorynavas]

Yeah!!!!!! Love it! Great Project! Ibaraki!!!!!

[@skillZ141]

Nergal vocals are so angry and so shouty and powerful, not just brutal and distorted like many... that's why he is one of my fav ever

[@wolfslayer2337]

Very haunting stuff love it. Gonna preorder the vinyl, cd and shirt

[@feliciagonzalez9645]

F*** yeah! Matt and Nergal are phenomenal. 🖤🎶🎶🤘🏼

[@narizia0karscia]

I love that this song also has the "mario coin sound" 😂

[@TxMBiSH]

Im dead

[@Woobuz]

Nie spodziewałem się, że Nergal walnie tekst w ojczystym języku :D

[@pawdor69]

mnie zaskoczył pozytywnie, całkiem spoko mu to wyszło :)

[@mihautalaska5355]

Żodyn się nie spodziewoł... Żodyn.

[@Ja_Bohl]

Częściej by to robił.... Jak na dobrych starych płytach

[@dayanmcar7578]

01:45 Esa parte de Nergal dan ganas de bailar! 🔥🎶

[@GorealexStudios]

Damn!!! Le metieron dembow ( Ritmo fundamental del Reggaeton) . Y yo que de bromeaba diciendo que iba a formar una banda de Reggaeton Satanico !!!😅🤘🏻. Matt me gano la idea !! 😅😂🤣

[@MarianoKowalczuk]

Jajajaja lo mismo estaba pensando

[@ThugNerd]

Hasta Nergal siente el boom del perreo intenso! 🐶🐶🐶

[@JuanCarlos-eu8ml]

Jajajajajajajajaja

[@bryanmelo2266]

Ajjajajaes genial ver un comentario en español aquí

[@incleandust6646]

What a sound! This song have a combination of a lot of different genres!

[@TobikunOuO]

It's a black metal oriented band lol

[@LuisHernandez001]

Damn Heafy! How many metal subgenres are you going to excel at before the pandemic is over?

[@dreadedpresence2110]

This combo is actually perfect. Didn´t know we needed this combo, but we sure do! 🤘🏻

[@hefsiular]

Music video appears to be a homage to Olivier de Sagazan at least some of his performance pieces.
Great song!!!

[@Gojira_Sama]

Yesssss

[@giacomostaropolirulz5770]

Amazing work 💪💪💪

[@dannyallen9604]

There's that damn Mario coin sound again.

[@brandonbirch7069]

This dude just got a new fan

[@behemoth03]

WTF... I just found about that project after comming back to Trivium and trying to like anything after "in waves". This is what I was looking for! There is more good old Trivium in Ibaraki than in Trivium itself.

[@lonelyratgirl3688]

Ooh this one is goooood! Really excited for the album now 🤘

[@shanesmith1786]

This is mind blowing.

[@levigoth2550]

Nightmare 🤘🏼

[@DuskLord]

Fucking AMAZING! I just love Ihsahn's vocal limes till death. What an absolutely killer tune, bros!

[@winslowdumaine]

This whole thing was lifted from Metamorphosis by Olivier de Sagazan. I get taking inspiration, but this is like...deliberately lifted from another work without credit.

[@DomCorey]

Nergal & Matt ❤️👀🔥

[@hixer883]

MOREEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😅🖤🖤

[@KarlaSantos-zy8jz]

the best album of 2022 🤘👌 it's perfect

[@coldparsa]

Another great music from negal

[@03takano59]

悪夢って一周まわってかっこいいな！

[@Shantiyasa]

Can’t wait for the one featuring Gerard Way! (No, seriously, not joking)

[@christophersanzo1833]

Yeah for real!!! I have no freakin idea how that dude is gonna be incorporated into a blackened metal project, but we will see! And I’m betting it’s gonna be pretty awesome

[@hazuusan]

Hold up. I thought you were joking but it's actually real. Holy shit, i can't wait.

[@happymonkeyfish]

Damn this is just surprise after surprise after surprise, I am ready

[@mutilasijelangkungmelodeat2286]

ITS out today, best song of the three singles in my opinion

[@TokieMcPot]

I listened to that song before this one and I couldn't believe i was hearing Gerard Way of MCR doing black metal screams.

[@sanchoddrums]

Alex on drums?

[@Michael_Michaels]

BRah! This is brootal! And to think that Matt is playing all instruments!!! Damn!!!!

[@shtirlitz1974]

Nuclear Bomb, guys!🔥🔥🔥

[@brunomaldonado253]

Poderoso, promete este album.

[@acthurus6382]

Olivier de Sagazan feels proud of this.

[@calinsabau748]

Samurai black metal rules ! 🤘

[@emofreak2723]

Woh... Nergal got an accent from the whole singing in English so that now he sings in Polish his accent is recognizable

[@borikua2007]

Love it, it's pretty amazing!!! 🤘🏽🤘🏽🖤🖤🖤

[@TheRohano]

Awesome, great work!

[@charliesusterich8744]

Now this is what I imagined!! Well done dude!!

[@inbloom_gaming]

At 03:00, it really reminds me of The Defiled in their Grave Times era. I love it.

[@crespyexperiment953]

Matt legendary for this song, and video
Complete covered himself in clay, mud, dirt and straw 🪷

[@doctorcymbal2961]

Guapachoso! En un segmento la batería suena a beat de reguetón.

[@danielcaicedo3876]

Jaja y creo que fue intensional

[@armeedertristen]

Wonderful, sick collab!!

[@rez6624]

Wow

[@bvdtears6076]

Let's boom!!!

[@juancarlosmendoza5583]

INCREIBLE LANZAMIENTO.
CREANDO GRANDES ESPECTATIVAS PARA MAYO

[@jamjest6775]

NERGAL ♥️🤘♥️

[@danielcaicedo3876]

Amazing song!

[@mikebumstead2973]

THIS IS FANTASTIC

[@PanMaszyna]

Oh shit, Nergal sings in polish. Brawo!

[@DashieNegan41]

Behemoth 🤘

[@user-yc3ed7ht1g]

Браво!!😎

[@railander]

Blackened Metalcore

[@metalflower9543]

Awesome! 🔥🤘🏻

[@SaW906AC]

That's epic!

[@luisangelrodasmaldonado9720]

Matt vocals, Nergal, Emperor and Imperial triumphant lml.

[@sataniccannibal]

Was totally expecting this song not to sound the way it does because it’s Matt from trivium, but it’s not that bad. Definitely love hearing Nigel on this track.

[@brentonjr8984]

Awesome 🤘

[@user-se4oj6yg3f]

COOL!🤘👍

[@daniloandrade8096]

Som de alta qualidade...
Limpo e perfeito.

[@ewerthonlegion1431]

🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾

[@KAOTSOUKI]

Nice

[@Bazdal420]

I've Hit the like button even before the song started to play

[@alexriveralpz4041]

🤘🏼🔥o🔥🤘🏼

[@sergioaliagadiaz9004]

Oliver de Sagazan!! 🔥🔥