Yeah everyone's gear was dummy gear to portray the 70's vibe, the only real rig that was used was my sax rig cause no one cares haha but I only got to go on the EU/UK headliner (so far), I was teaching music in a school during their US headliner and couldn't come out :( but not really a permanent member b/c of some tour logistics having an extra member would be tough; but I am working on the next album with them as well, it might or might not be INTENSE
I, very sadly, just heard this song on XM Radio, way late to the party, but you were perfect here, your addition really made the transitions in the son palpable. Several metal bands have had sax cameos (Dream Theatre) in certain songs...Great job.
The sax player is not permanent. They added that element for this album and on a headlining tour they did in fall 2018, they brought a sax player to play live with them. it fucking ruled so much!
So glad you enjoyed this one. It's from one of my all time favorite albums. There is just so many good songs in it. I often put this on the background when I'm going to bed. Those sweet sax tones caries me away to sleep.
Rivers of Nihil are seriously wild. Super talented and very interesting, love the idea that they just decided to get these instruments together for nothing more than visuals. I gotta check out more of this myself.
I have a close friend who is a good sax player, mostly jazz. He isn't really into metal and definitely not screams or growls. I can't wait to see his expression when I show him this. Personally I really enjoyed it. 🎷🤘😉
There is saxophone all over this whole album, but no the sax player in the video is not a permanent member. They have a few different guys they have come do it live for them
Gotta say I really love that you go back and do your research, I've seen a few more of your vids and I've learned things about bands that I already knew a lot about, and that really makes your content stand out to me. Congrats on 20k by the way, really hope to see your channel keep growing. Also, some requests: Crystal Lake - Into the Great Beyond This one is kinda obscure and I've never seen it requested anywhere, but: Into Eternity - Time Immemorial, or Severe Emotional Distress Sylosis - I Sever Vildhjarta - den Helige Anden, or Dagger Gojira - Flying Whales, Ocean Planet, Oroborus, or The Gift of Guilt (I'm really a fan of their older stuff, but don't get me wrong their new stuff is great) And if you've done any of these before I apologize
Oh he'll yeah man! This is so awesome! First Ne'obliviscaris and now Rivers of nihil! You have granted me two wishes allready, so'm going to ask for more ofc!!! This might be bit more unpopular request for us metal heads, but SOEN. They are damn exceptional band! A lot of good songs like Sectarian, Covenant, Martyrs etc. There is a lot of good songs to pick from.
Duuude, I was just thinking of recommending SOEN too! I've known them from the very beggining and Lykaia is my absolute favorite, especially because of Sectarian, bot every album has it particular soul
So thrilled. I love discovering new (metal)bands. And sax in metal: blew my mind. And still nobody in my non-youtube life understands why I’m ‘wasting my time’ on reaction channels.....
This album is amazing. Subtle Change is probably my favorite song but the album is meant to be listened to as a whole. So good. Also, the guy on tambourine is from Black Crown Initiate.
Great reaction dude. I think the Sax player is Zach Strouse is a friend of one of the guitarists who he met whilst producing or recording Zachs metal band (I read that in a metal magazine at some point I am sure) They are actually a pretty brutal band with lots of Prog and tech, check out Sand Baptism. For more with the Sax The Silent Life is a good record
Great pick! I adore this song! You have to listen to this whole album, you'll fall in love for sure! It ended up on so many "top of the year" lists in 2018! Oh and you MUST see them live when this pandemic crap is over, they are wild!
You should check out Thankyou Scientist. Pretty much anything. Their cover of party all the time is amazing. They mix elements of pop, jazz and metal all together. Violin and brass part of the full time group.
Hey Tank. I'm a new subscriber. You've ticked all my boxes with this channel so far. This song is awesome and I've seen these guys live, also awesome. You've reacted to quite a few of my other favourite bands too. It's great to hear your musical insight and knowledge. Cheers from Australia.
The dude on the tambourine is the clean vocalist/lead guitarist of Black Crown Initiate (just on the track because they're mates), definitely check them out, they're great.
Bari sax? That maybe explains your love of bass. Tenor sax player (former) here until 18. Only kept playing until 18 because our high school band played at the Fiesta Bowl.
You probably know this by now, but the Sax player was a friend of theirs and showed them a song where he played over their freshly recorded song and they brought him in for the album
Ya gotta check out there video for " the silent life" it's a "live" performance. But they got that sax guy in there on stage playing. My point is, they got sax in a least one other song. Keep it up.
It's so quirky at first, but MY GOD I love this god damn album so much. The guitars are so ambient. They're kinda ominous sounding, but inviting too. Then the cool concept and the tie ins to mental health especially for me at the time I discovered this album. I can't remember an album that I've ever been so immersed in. I highly recommend sitting down and listening to this one all the way through, unless you want to react to more songs from it. There may or may not be more sax. ALSO please get Chase to do this band. I've been requesting it for a bit lol.
Been loving your reactions! Great insight and editing, as well. Top quality content. I think you'd really dig a band called Inferi if you don't know of them already. A personal favorite track of mine features the vocalist of the Black Dahlia called Behold The Bearer of Light. The lyric video for it is super tight, too. Cheers!
Hey! Your videos came up in my recommendations with your take on Blind Guardian and I liked it very much! I kept going with Sabaton and Alien Weaponry (btw, than you so much for your respectful approach on other people's mythology and cultural expressions) and I appreciate very much the extra mile you give with the facts and such. How about you take a shot with Myrath, a heavy/power/folky band from Tunisia? (a liiitle bit on the line of Orphaned Land). Their album Tales of the Sands is just so delightful!
The hell with Cattle Decapitation? Lol. Missed the premiere. These guys are like the American version of Archspire / Beyond Creation. Their song Old Nothing will assault your eardrums.
@@TankTheTech i know for your channel it's hard to do since you wanna save some songs for reactions. The first single i heard was The Silent Life and it has a live official video. The drumming is so pummeling yet the song is groovy. Ah love it! 🔥
If you don't let my pal play the saxophone, I'm taking my PA with me... :D First time I heard them, but heard of the Opeth-with-saxophone guys... pretty trippy
I agree with you bro i love this band how about that..😊🤟 always love to watch your channel i hope you can react to Philippine bands like slapshock and greyhoundz...🤘🥰
Never heard of these guys but that was amazing, absolutely the kind of prog metal that I love. Other great metal bands that make use of sax are Yakuza and Ihsahn (from Emperor, particularly on his album After), though saddly neither have particularly good MV's or live footage to react to.
Hey mate! New subscriber here! Would LOVE to see you react to some swedish melodic death metal. I know you love In Flames and have them tattooed on your body. The melodic death metal is kind of born in Gothenburg (a town in Sweden) where In Flames, Dark Tranquillity and At the Gates all were friends with each other. Anders Fridén (now singer in In Flames) was first the singer in Dark Tranquillity, and vise versa, Mikael Stanne (Singer in Dark Tranquillity) used to be the first singer in In Flames. However, would LOVE to see you react to: Lost to Apathy - Dark Tranquillity. Cheers, William
Hey tank, bit late but I think you might get a kick out of Mono Inc. - Children of the Dark - Live at Wacken Open Air 2019, they're a German Gothic Metal band which has been around for quite a while now. The drummer (Katha Mia) drums and sings live, in a corset of all things. Super impressive, and a really fun sound too. Another great option (with live strings!) is MONO INC. - If I Fail (Symphonic Live)
Music video look like old VHS movie (a little bit psychodelic). For me this song has very relaxing vibe, perfect for a slow evening. Why? I don't know. Great reaction.
Okay, Tank. Did you catch the overtone fingerings at the end of the Sax solo? 😏😁 Yeah, I played Sax back in school too. Tenor, Baritone and Alto; as well as Oboe, and Clarinet.
Yesss, love Rivers of Nihil. You should check out more of their stuff, this album was further into progressive territory than earlier stuff. They were still progressive back then IMO this is just further down that road,
No Reaction request from me, but a couple bands to check out if you like Jazz instruments and music fused with metal: White Ward Imperial Triumphant Both have released excellent albums in the last year or so worth a good listen!
Dude, Tank, how the hell have you nit done more Rivers if Nihil!?? The silent life, Ok’d Nothing, or A Home are fucking amazing. This song is their “soft” song. Those others, oh boy
Hands down the best prog death album of 2018 and I dont think any other album that came out since then has surpassed it. It chunks, it's melodic, it goes hard and soft and has a lot of diversity, fucking yes ! You have to check out The Silent Life and Home from the same album man
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Yeah everyone's gear was dummy gear to portray the 70's vibe, the only real rig that was used was my sax rig cause no one cares haha but I only got to go on the EU/UK headliner (so far), I was teaching music in a school during their US headliner and couldn't come out :( but not really a permanent member b/c of some tour logistics having an extra member would be tough; but I am working on the next album with them as well, it might or might not be INTENSE
dude your work here is legendary 4 ril 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Amazing playing on this album man.
Dude, your addition to these tracks is great !
Man.... When i listened to your sax solos i was stoked. Monolithic work my dude, your sound gives this awesome band the cherry on the pie
I, very sadly, just heard this song on XM Radio, way late to the party, but you were perfect here, your addition really made the transitions in the son palpable. Several metal bands have had sax cameos (Dream Theatre) in certain songs...Great job.
This album was pretty much unanimously praised by everyone and was on every best albums of 2018 list
And for good reason, too. It's an incredible LP. Really just such a unique sounding record as a whole, and dope songwriting.
100%
That was a great year for metal too, inferi, revocation, slugdge so many good albums
Even on lists by music writers who didn't even cover metal music. That's how I found out about them.
Great songwriting but also incredible solos by Brody Uttley. @@RustyGonzo
The sax isn't on every album, but it's on this whole album. This was album of the year and one of the best metal albums ever.
Their song Subtle Change is definitely a must listen. Really shows off their range plus another great sax feature 👍
One of the best prog songs ever made IMO
This whole album is piece of art and these guys have a great tongue-in-cheek attitude in this video.
The sax player is not permanent. They added that element for this album and on a headlining tour they did in fall 2018, they brought a sax player to play live with them. it fucking ruled so much!
That tone on that saxophone surprised me. Super cool
So glad you enjoyed this one. It's from one of my all time favorite albums. There is just so many good songs in it. I often put this on the background when I'm going to bed. Those sweet sax tones caries me away to sleep.
Dude yes! This album has a dreamy vibe to it yet still heavy as hell.
Rivers of Nihil are seriously wild. Super talented and very interesting, love the idea that they just decided to get these instruments together for nothing more than visuals. I gotta check out more of this myself.
The vocalist doing the melodic part for the front end of the song is from the band black crown initiate. Well worth diving into if you liked this.
Fucking love this band and the album this songs on is perfection. Also the best band I’ve seen live .
I have been locked into this band for the last 10 hours...friggin love it..LOVE IT!
The cleans are sung by the lead guitarist of black crown Initiate. Gotta check em out
Mentioned them to him last week. Hoping he dives in a some point :)
Tank needs to give love to that beard as well. Parted so far down the middle he looks like Dr. Eggman.
I have a close friend who is a good sax player, mostly jazz. He isn't really into metal and definitely not screams or growls. I can't wait to see his expression when I show him this. Personally I really enjoyed it. 🎷🤘😉
Awesome!
There is saxophone all over this whole album, but no the sax player in the video is not a permanent member. They have a few different guys they have come do it live for them
Gotta say I really love that you go back and do your research, I've seen a few more of your vids and I've learned things about bands that I already knew a lot about, and that really makes your content stand out to me. Congrats on 20k by the way, really hope to see your channel keep growing. Also, some requests:
Crystal Lake - Into the Great Beyond
This one is kinda obscure and I've never seen it requested anywhere, but: Into Eternity - Time Immemorial, or Severe Emotional Distress
Sylosis - I Sever
Vildhjarta - den Helige Anden, or Dagger
Gojira - Flying Whales, Ocean Planet, Oroborus, or The Gift of Guilt (I'm really a fan of their older stuff, but don't get me wrong their new stuff is great)
And if you've done any of these before I apologize
Thanks a ton, man! Much appreciated, and I'm definitely gonna get to a few of those bands and songs in the future!
If you love sax in metal, highly recommend Caligula's Horse - "Graves". Those boys' songwriting is unfairly well done.
Just discovered this band earlier in the year and I love them.
Oh he'll yeah man! This is so awesome! First Ne'obliviscaris and now Rivers of nihil! You have granted me two wishes allready, so'm going to ask for more ofc!!! This might be bit more unpopular request for us metal heads, but SOEN. They are damn exceptional band! A lot of good songs like Sectarian, Covenant, Martyrs etc. There is a lot of good songs to pick from.
Also gotta mention Martin Lopez, former drummer of Opeth is the main guy writting
i LOVE Soen. and Lotus was my fav album last year.
Son rules
Soen is fucking fantastic
Duuude, I was just thinking of recommending SOEN too! I've known them from the very beggining and Lykaia is my absolute favorite, especially because of Sectarian, bot every album has it particular soul
So thrilled. I love discovering new (metal)bands. And sax in metal: blew my mind. And still nobody in my non-youtube life understands why I’m ‘wasting my time’ on reaction channels.....
This album is amazing. Subtle Change is probably my favorite song but the album is meant to be listened to as a whole. So good. Also, the guy on tambourine is from Black Crown Initiate.
Bass player is killin it.
YESSSS!!! Who is your boy who told ya first about this one.
Dude I'm so happy you found this song! Thanks for the content man, keep it up!
Saxophone and metal. Has to be a first to me !!
Other great ones from RoN off that album are "the silent life" and "home". My personal favorite is one off an older album called "rain eater".
Bro, I still listen to rain eater like every fucking day. One of the best tech death songs of all time.
I'm right with you, but throw Sand Baptism into the mix
From this album 'A Home' and 'Old Nothing' are my faves.
And 'Sand Baptism', 'Ancestral, I' and especially 'Dehydrate' are just amazing!
I really love “Sand Baptism” from “Monarchy”. That song hits
Great reaction dude. I think the Sax player is Zach Strouse is a friend of one of the guitarists who he met whilst producing or recording Zachs metal band (I read that in a metal magazine at some point I am sure)
They are actually a pretty brutal band with lots of Prog and tech, check out Sand Baptism. For more with the Sax The Silent Life is a good record
Got to love this... Especially the rad background does finish it off best!
That was cool, I didn't know them. So thanks for showing me 👍
I said it already - Finsterforst "Mach dich frei"!
First time I've ever listened to RoN - what an unique sound. Love the little tank facts you sprinkled in there:D
Hell yeah, Sax-Metal. Let’s go!
Love this band
@TankTheTech For more of your prog metal fix you should check out TesseracT - Juno \m/ love all the reactions duder!
Great pick! I adore this song!
You have to listen to this whole album, you'll fall in love for sure! It ended up on so many "top of the year" lists in 2018!
Oh and you MUST see them live when this pandemic crap is over, they are wild!
I got to watch them on tour, and they had a different sax player. They played this whole album in sequence during their set. It was amazing.
You should check out Thankyou Scientist. Pretty much anything. Their cover of party all the time is amazing. They mix elements of pop, jazz and metal all together. Violin and brass part of the full time group.
Well I like this! This is the stuff I play on bass, I hope there is more like this....I am loving it....
I really enjoyed the little facts throughout the video :D
This was arguably one of the best albums of 2018 man! 🤘❤
Very informative and entertaining reaction. I wouldn’t have even guessed about the instruments
I rarely go back and rewatch videos, but I was in the mood for this one. Do you ever go back and watch your old videos?
Just subbed man. Really digging the little fact notes that jump in every so often. Great channel bro 💜✌️
Thanks a ton, man!
Hey Tank. I'm a new subscriber. You've ticked all my boxes with this channel so far. This song is awesome and I've seen these guys live, also awesome. You've reacted to quite a few of my other favourite bands too. It's great to hear your musical insight and knowledge. Cheers from Australia.
Thanks a ton!
great job as always dude. this honestly is what i think when i make supertramp super heavy in my brain.
This was my first listen to them as well. That 🎷 had me smiling ear to ear.
They are amazing live 🤯. If you get a chance to see them live you will not regret it. The saxophonist was on stage with them it was really awesome.
Sax can sound so sick with a great guitar. This song along with lee mckinny's a clock without a craftsman
Cool song! Never heard them before! 👍🤘
For the love of fucking god please do more Rivers if Nihil. This was their soft “ballad” song. You MUST do “the silent life” or “a home”
The dude on the tambourine is the clean vocalist/lead guitarist of Black Crown Initiate (just on the track because they're mates), definitely check them out, they're great.
Tank, listen to The Contortionist if you haven’t before - I’d love a first reaction video from you.
Song: Flourish. It’s heavy and beautiful.
Second that
4:12 I don't think anyone expected you to drop that bombshell!
Well, that was certainly interesting. Definitely going to listen to it again.
Bari sax? That maybe explains your love of bass. Tenor sax player (former) here until 18. Only kept playing until 18 because our high school band played at the Fiesta Bowl.
That is some funky metal whathaveyou...I'll join you on this road of discovery.
You probably know this by now, but the Sax player was a friend of theirs and showed them a song where he played over their freshly recorded song and they brought him in for the album
The sax player was featured for that album, they used him in multiple songs on the album.
Ya gotta check out there video for " the silent life" it's a "live" performance. But they got that sax guy in there on stage playing. My point is, they got sax in a least one other song. Keep it up.
Gave me galactic cowboys vibes mixed with dire straits. 🤘🤘🤘 Just got their where owls know my name, shit a brick, a bowlful of awesomeness 👍💪🤘👏
It's so quirky at first, but MY GOD I love this god damn album so much. The guitars are so ambient. They're kinda ominous sounding, but inviting too. Then the cool concept and the tie ins to mental health especially for me at the time I discovered this album. I can't remember an album that I've ever been so immersed in. I highly recommend sitting down and listening to this one all the way through, unless you want to react to more songs from it. There may or may not be more sax.
ALSO please get Chase to do this band. I've been requesting it for a bit lol.
Been loving your reactions! Great insight and editing, as well. Top quality content. I think you'd really dig a band called Inferi if you don't know of them already. A personal favorite track of mine features the vocalist of the Black Dahlia called Behold The Bearer of Light. The lyric video for it is super tight, too. Cheers!
Thanks a ton! I'll check it out!
Hey! Your videos came up in my recommendations with your take on Blind Guardian and I liked it very much! I kept going with Sabaton and Alien Weaponry (btw, than you so much for your respectful approach on other people's mythology and cultural expressions) and I appreciate very much the extra mile you give with the facts and such. How about you take a shot with Myrath, a heavy/power/folky band from Tunisia? (a liiitle bit on the line of Orphaned Land). Their album Tales of the Sands is just so delightful!
Sounds rad to me! Thank you so much!
@@TankTheTech Love from Mexico!
And also welcome to the rabbits hole that is Rivers of Nihl your about to go down lol 🤘🤘
After I listened too often to Where Owls know my name (album) I listened a lot to Monarchy and found it even better. It's actually amazing
The hell with Cattle Decapitation? Lol. Missed the premiere. These guys are like the American version of Archspire / Beyond Creation. Their song Old Nothing will assault your eardrums.
I saw they’ve played with Cattle Decap a bunch so I put it in there. Hahahahaha.
@@TankTheTech indeed! they played summer slaughter 2019 together
this was my album of the year when it came out. it's flawless from start to finish and is best listened to that way in its entirety.
I can't wait to listen to the entire thing.
@@TankTheTech i know for your channel it's hard to do since you wanna save some songs for reactions. The first single i heard was The Silent Life and it has a live official video. The drumming is so pummeling yet the song is groovy. Ah love it! 🔥
This album was definitely top 3 of 2018 for me when it came out. Fucking love these guys.
I hope you’ve checked out their brand new album The Work!! It’s beautiful. This band is just fucking beautiful. 🤘🏻
If you don't let my pal play the saxophone, I'm taking my PA with me... :D First time I heard them, but heard of the Opeth-with-saxophone guys... pretty trippy
Some Opeth vibes with this for sure. I need to check more of this out.
Great channel!
I played Tenor Sax! As a matter of fact, I have quit a few friends in metal bands that played sax...coincidence..I don't think so!
If you like the combination of metal and sax, you should definitely check out In Vain - Floating on the murmuring tide
I agree with you bro i love this band how about that..😊🤟 always love to watch your channel i hope you can react to Philippine bands like slapshock and greyhoundz...🤘🥰
This was my absolute favorite album of 2018!! Feel free to react to ANYTHING off it. Also, a sax and Bass player here.
I won't ask you to play your sax, but you should totally show it to us.
this album is a masterpiece imo
Never heard of these guys but that was amazing, absolutely the kind of prog metal that I love. Other great metal bands that make use of sax are Yakuza and Ihsahn (from Emperor, particularly on his album After), though saddly neither have particularly good MV's or live footage to react to.
Hey mate! New subscriber here! Would LOVE to see you react to some swedish melodic death metal. I know you love In Flames and have them tattooed on your body.
The melodic death metal is kind of born in Gothenburg (a town in Sweden) where In Flames, Dark Tranquillity and At the Gates all were friends with each other. Anders Fridén (now singer in In Flames) was first the singer in Dark Tranquillity, and vise versa, Mikael Stanne (Singer in Dark Tranquillity) used to be the first singer in In Flames. However, would LOVE to see you react to: Lost to Apathy - Dark Tranquillity.
Cheers,
William
If you dig sax in metal you should listen to Schweisser, a german metal band from the late eighties/ early nineties.
Hey tank, bit late but I think you might get a kick out of Mono Inc. - Children of the Dark - Live at Wacken Open Air 2019, they're a German Gothic Metal band which has been around for quite a while now. The drummer (Katha Mia) drums and sings live, in a corset of all things. Super impressive, and a really fun sound too. Another great option (with live strings!) is MONO INC. - If I Fail (Symphonic Live)
Dude, I decided to give this a listen and I gotta say thanks for the reco, these dudes are awesome.
They did their Headlinertour with that Sax player :D
YES!
It was always a shame to me, they didn't have more songs like this.
Music video look like old VHS movie (a little bit psychodelic). For me this song has very relaxing vibe, perfect for a slow evening. Why? I don't know. Great reaction.
Fun Fact: Eric Rutan of Morbid Angel, Cannibal Corpse fsme demanded to produce this band and was a driving force behind their signing.
Okay, Tank. Did you catch the overtone fingerings at the end of the Sax solo? 😏😁
Yeah, I played Sax back in school too. Tenor, Baritone and Alto; as well as Oboe, and Clarinet.
If I'm being honest, no, I didn't. Haha. I'm so far removed from actually PLAYING music nowadays that my ear for a lot of that stuff is gone.
Would love to see your reaction to Flub - Umbra Mortis. If you haven't heard Flub you should 😁
YESSSS Flub are the boiiissss
Yesss, love Rivers of Nihil. You should check out more of their stuff, this album was further into progressive territory than earlier stuff. They were still progressive back then IMO this is just further down that road,
would be a a blast to see Ensiferum on this channel, i would recomend their new Album and the Song "Rum,Woman,Victory" Official Video.
is this the cats from Black Crown Initiate on clean vox? Sure sounds like 'em
If you like the sax you need to check out Shrezzers - mystery or honestly any of there songs the sax player is permanent and absolutely nutty
No Reaction request from me, but a couple bands to check out if you like Jazz instruments and music fused with metal:
White Ward
Imperial Triumphant
Both have released excellent albums in the last year or so worth a good listen!
Dude, Tank, how the hell have you nit done more Rivers if Nihil!?? The silent life, Ok’d Nothing, or A Home are fucking amazing. This song is their “soft” song. Those others, oh boy
Old nothing*
Issues with their publishers that I'm still trying to work out. I love the band, but there's a lot of red tape with TH-cam reactions.
@@TankTheTech ahh ok I understand
Hands down the best prog death album of 2018 and I dont think any other album that came out since then has surpassed it. It chunks, it's melodic, it goes hard and soft and has a lot of diversity, fucking yes ! You have to check out The Silent Life and Home from the same album man
I have A 2010 acoustic 120 4 X 10
and it does any sound
Would really recommend Inferi - destroyer playthrough, think you would like it
Wonder what he would think of wolves at the gate, if he hasn't heard me yet. Also more he is legend. Red. SKillet even.
Used to work for Red and have been in a few tours with Skillet. 🤘
The sax became permanent
Ha, I've often seen the name as well but never really checked them.
Let's hear that !
"I think it might be a little weird, too, if that makes sense"
Yep he's thinking of the right band
Black crown initiate would be awesome to see you react to