do yourself a favor, and listen to The Ocean-Pelagial album in its entirety. one 60 minute song about going deeper into the ocean/human mind. get heavier and deeper as the album goes along. one of the best albums from 2010-20.
I followed your suggestion and listened to the entire thing 4 times. Needless to say, I enjoyed it very much and I'm certainly gonna buy it. Then I checked their rather intimidating back catalogue. Precambrian also had some solid tracks, but the older stuff doesn't come close to this album. The vocals are a big factor - I adore the clean vocals on Pelagial and miss their magic on the older projects.
The only way I can listen to that album is the instrumental version, since it was written as a instrumental then vocals were added later on. But yes it's an amazing album, the progression of the songs really fits with the theme of the album. One of my favs
The Ocean are so unique. Upcoming album, judging by singles, it is gonna be a very solid work, maybe one of their best. Thank you for this deep analysis, I really appreciate your videos. You're the first "music reaction youtuber", who I really like to listen AFTER a track, not just during a track, checking only emotional expressions. Thank you so much!
I definitely agree! There’s thoughts and depth to his reaction and analysis rather than a “DUDE!!! That was awesome!!” No offense to other reactors, which I do watch. But I like hearing another perspective.
Ahh yes, I knew you were going to do this one! Amazing band, this song has one of the most satisfying buildups & releases, great to see you covered it.
I second listening to Pelagic by them. It’s a brilliant album conceptually and musically. Highly recommend!! The Ocean are truly a creative band. Every album is so different yet you can tell it’s them. I think their “progressive elements” help them stand out among the post-metal genre. They are able to sit in a groove (like previous artists you’ve checked out) but do some other cool things as well. I won’t be watching this one because I’m waiting for the album to come out and listen in its entirely! Super excited!
I love this band. As soon as I heard this song I went to their website and preordered the album. Their older shit is definitely worth checking out too. The drummer was what I immediately fell in love with. This band reminds me of a cross between Tool and Gojira. Mario Duplantier and Danney Carey vibes throughout this whole song!
As i have said before, you should react to MASTODON. They have big influences from post metal like Neurosis , they have even collaborated with them. Mastodon have their own unique sound, with three different singers. I think they are something like Sludge/Stoner/Progressive metal.(basically a form of post metal)
@@CriticalReactions Their newer stuff is more prog and rock focused (read: not as outright heavy). If you want something a bit heavier you'll need something from their first five albums. My personal favorites are "Sleeping Giant" and "Oblivion". From albums 3 (Blood Mountain) and 4 (Crack the Skye) respectively.
@@CriticalReactions Mastodon would be a good pick up. But, the further you go on their discography, more proggy it goes. Every album is great, but they've been evolving a lot during the years. I'd start with their Crack The Skye album, that's somewhere in the middle 😉 And, perheps the track "Oblivion". There's an official video for that also...
@@CriticalReactions Crack the Skye by Mastodon includes guest vocals from Scott Kelly of Neurosis, but I would actually recommend The Czar or The Last Baron
I really enjoy The Ocean. They scratch that post-metal itch without being background music. I think a big part of that are the themes. They help me feel connected and force me to analyze the music a bit more critically.
I really need to make a trek through these guys' discography as I've liked everything I've heard so far. Though I definitely hear some post-metal in this, this is definitely more of a post/prog hybrid. It's a cool combination whatever genre you want to put it in. Was quite surprised to hear Jonas Renske from Katatonia in this, and in retrospect I can hear some Katatonia influence too, and some bits of Tool that you mentioned. Specifically, that entire guitar section from 13:00-14:00 had a very Tool vibe. The part after reminded me a lot of Mastodon. Man, the more I think about this the more complex the mixture becomes!
Good stuff. Jonas also sings on Devonian: Nascent off their last album. If you want a starting point, start with Epipelagic on the Pelagial album. Then listen to the rest of the songs in order. So basically, listen to the whole Pelagial album.
Guys help me out. Since I love the part at 8:50 to what guy was he refering? Dan Baranowski?! Can't find anything. I'm sure someone of you knows who he meant! Anyone?
I said Darren Baranowsky but I was actually a little off. Danny Baranowsky is who I was referring to. Check out his song 'Sacrificial' from the Binding of Isaac soundtrack. th-cam.com/video/SKWgiA8Opk0/w-d-xo.html
I’m not all the way though yet but SO FAR this has easily been my favorite thing to come out of this theme week. It’s also the only one I’m going to make it through in it’s entirety! (Go figure lol) I’m not sure what it is exactly about these guys but even though I don’t typically care for how repetitious this genre seems to be they click for me. Really looking forward to spending more time with them.
they're very post-metal but they're also more prog/tech death than the other bands this week. more akin to BTBAM or Contortionist. thats probably why you like them better, and i agree with you
The repetition seems to be hit or miss. Personally I love it. When I first started listening to post-metal, it really caught me off guard n because I hadn’t really heard anything like it. Now I love to just sit in the repetition. Is not an all-The-time listen, but great when the mood is right!
As a side note I do think this is like having 2 songs together thus "Jurassic | Crataceous" that run into each other. The band's albums are known for being conceptual without being able to tell when song ends and another begins outside of noticing that the notes, rhythms, etc changing.... I guess all Post-Metal bands are known for this.
If you like the drumming you should check out Dioramic's album "Supra" where he plays the drums as well. I'd recommend the first song off of this - "Xibalba". Still, the whole album is truly a prog metal monster and a heavily underrated one at that! I always joke about how they sound like "if Muse went metal after Origin of Symmetry/Hullabaloo" :D This guy (Paul Seidel btw) is just as amazing as Baard Kolstad (Leprous), only in a different way I think.
I used to listen to this band back in 2013, but the I just kind of forgot about them. I’m gonna have to check out their newer stuff, aswell as revisiting my omd favorites! Have a good’n, friends!
I've never really clicked with The Ocean, in spite of me wanting to, since all their albums and tracks have names from paleontological eras. But this track has me hopping on board, and it's not just because Katatonia singer Jonas Renske is featured, there's so much good stuff going on. And they're singing about the dinosaur extinction! That alone!
I'll tell ya, the whole paleontological naming makes their work all seem connected and it appears daunting to get into them now. They have such a vast discography already and they're still putting out music. But I've enjoyed their stuff so far so I really should try one of these days, just pick and album and explore.
You’d probably love Devonian: Nascent, because it has Jonas as well. Part 1 of this double album is absolutely fantastic, and it’s my personal favourite work from them.
The Ocean Collective are an amazing group, mainly cause they experiment A LOT! I highly recommend checking out their previous 2 albums, Phanerozoic 1 and 2. this tryptic of albums revolves around the evolution of the earth, as each album references a different era/age. its all really awesome, as for a song, i say "Cambrian II: Eternal Recurrence" is a good jumping off point.
My first time listening to this band. Definitely agree about Tool vibes in certain sections. Taken as a whole the song was pretty cool. Going to check this band out. Thanks for sharing!
I've heard of The Ocean for many years now but never have really checked them out. And now I have to say I've been really missing out on some great Metal. After hearing the newest album a couple of weeks ago I had to order the new album and the three headed dinosaur shirt. I also agree with everyone on them sounding across between ISIS, TOOL and GOJIRA. The heaviness of certain parts of the music reminds me of Gojira and the shouting vocals are like Gojira. Which I happen to really love GOJIRA. THE OCEAN has me hooked now.\m/
Battle of Mice - Bones in the Water. The singer is Julie Christmas and this album is one of the most terrifying EVER. Oathbreaker - 10,56/Second Son of R.. Caro Tanghe's voice will you rip you apart.
@@CriticalReactions :D Yeah, if you love her work, just listen to the alum I was mentioning above. She's both the porcelain and the one who breaks it. Caro Tanghe from Oathbreaker has a similar vibe.
Before you said it I was about to say I'd call this proggy Post-Metal. I've heard some Tool influence in their songs too. Very excited for this album as I loved Phanerozoic I and very much enjoyed Pelagial too.
@@CriticalReactions Yeah I don't know how connected all of their albums truly are. If they're meant to be listened to in order and extremely connected, or if they're all focused on a specific geological period and fine to listen to separately and out of order. I've sort of just ignorantly checked out their two latest albums and enjoyed them for what they are but haven't done a deep dive into the lyrics.
The Ocean is definitely quite the mix of genres. Nowadays they are mostly progressive metal with a lot of sludge and some post metal leanings and influences, where they used to be more sludge and post metal with less progressive elements. This song specifically is completely unfair just how good it is. The album its off of is very very good, but this song alone is absolutely incredible. The Ocean is easily one of my favorite bands and this is probably my favorite song by them.
New to the channel, If that was last day of post whats next week? Guess I will have to wait for you to get back prog but when you do karnivool is a great band deadman or new day would be highly appreciated.
As Isaiah said, post-rock is next week. Karnivool is highly requested so it might make it to the channel before we do another Prog week. We do all sorts of interesting themes around here, ya never know what'll pop up 😀
is this new or old material? I'm only familiar with their 2018 album paleozoic (?) and even though I saw them once in an amazing show when they opened for leprous, I don't recognize this song
How much would it cost for Brian to react to the whole Septicflesh Live Album? That would be really cool. They're very underrated and it would be nice to see them as guests in this channel... (I don't know how his Patreon system works, as I just got a job and don't have much money saved)
Album reactions are coming. They're a tricky thing to get right and require more time. I'm working on implemented a good system to get them on the channel though.
It's metal, so it can't be post-rock. I've always thought of the as progressive sludge metal, but as their sound has changed (cleaner guitar tones, clean vocals), they're being labeled with post-metal and I wouldn't really argue with that although it is confusing at times. Nice to hear this song again. The new album is out next week!
They use, synth and keys but also use cello and violins. They are a very intelligent band and use concepts for all their work they call themselves palaeontology metal but you're right they are more of a prog metal band but are avent garde post in parts. They are an ever changing and evolving band each track is like a different band and bring many of genres but on this track your right defo hear isis and tool on those breakdowns.
I see myself in the Special Selection list. Bryan, I've sent a message to you with my request for reaction video - is it what will be added to that list, right?
I 100% agree with ISIS + Tool. I would say that The Ocean is Post-Metal with Progressive elements, where Tool is a progressive band with Post-Metal Elements. I feel anyone could argue for The Ocean to be in either or both Post-Metal and Prog.
Really stretching the definition of post metal here. This is progressive metal IMO. Edit, I posted this before your comments, you nailed it with Isis/Tool.
yes you get it right its Prog Post Metal with stoner sludge tones few bands play it in the world one of them Cult of Luna, The Moth Gatherer , YOB, Post Metal its rich genre its not all the same
if you ever get the chance please react to these guys: th-cam.com/video/vUT4ue-Ad_I/w-d-xo.html They are as far as I'm aware a completely unknown Metal band from switzerland, but this performance with the orchestra is amazing... Plus the sound quality is fantastic for a live performance of a local band! The Ocean sometimes reminds me a bit of them actually. The linked video is a 1 hour performance, tracks to react to id probably go for are "Spitting on Stones", "Seven Veils", "Gilding The Void", "79Au" and "The Sculptor" with "The Sculptor" probably being my favourite. Love your channel, you dont shy away from obscure stuff that doenst have 100million views, keep it up :)
Silly me, I forgot to mention the Band's name, It's "The Burden Remains" and the performance in question is a live performance of their entire 2017 album "Touchstone"
Heh. They're designated as "Progressive Metal" by themselves and their label. I didn't think they were post metal at all. I really did like it. Did anyone else get hella "Thrice" vibes from this? Like "Vhessiu" era? I mean that's a compliment, as I friggin love Thrice.
ratyourmusic.com lists them as "Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Metalcore". I think that's usually suggestions that are voted on by the community. But different genres may come from different albums, I guess.
@@CriticalReactions yup! I know I've heard you list off your music tastes before and I wouldn't be surprised if Thrice was on that list! That was one of their later albums (still very good! I loved the concept as well) but Vhessiu was an earlier album.
Charles Murphy I agree this is definitely a step up. Lol It was different gears like TOOL but TOOL is on a totally different level. That's my opinion.Kinda long, but I'm glad this has been introduced to me.
This is post metal? This sounds very different to the other stuff. Doesn't have the same energy or feel. The whole genre thing is probably taken too seriously.
They are still post-metal in the same way that BTBAM is still metalcore/mathcore, which is barely. It's there at times, under the surface, but they've built so many layers on top of that base sound over the years it's almost impossible to see it anymore.
The drummer is amazing on this one, though I am not a fan of the snare sound they've used. Sounds like a flat bucket. But the music was good and melodic.
This was awesome so probably 0 way this is post metal. It was way more progressive (also much better) than stuff that gets considered prog like recent tool.
@@CriticalReactions On second reading yeah maybe a bit much. It's just that the genres of music I like; math rock, jazz, prog rock, prog metal, some classical music, tend to be very much the antithesis for Black metal,Doom metal or post or sludge or stoner subgenres. So far every time I've liked a band from those genres it has turned out to be something purists don't consider truly belonging to the genre or is explicitly somewhat of a fusion experiment. Throughout this week I was basically mirroring your first listen to tool where every cool idea felt like it was around 2 minutes too long. However, I have a feeling post rock will be more palatable. Also I think I need to sleep.......maybe it's time to play some post metal.
do yourself a favor, and listen to The Ocean-Pelagial album in its entirety. one 60 minute song about going deeper into the ocean/human mind. get heavier and deeper as the album goes along. one of the best albums from 2010-20.
I second this! You would not regret it
I listen to some of all of Pelagial almost every day.
I followed your suggestion and listened to the entire thing 4 times. Needless to say, I enjoyed it very much and I'm certainly gonna buy it.
Then I checked their rather intimidating back catalogue. Precambrian also had some solid tracks, but the older stuff doesn't come close to this album. The vocals are a big factor - I adore the clean vocals on Pelagial and miss their magic on the older projects.
@@stollenstrolch check out heliocentric and anthropocentric albums. I think you will dig them too.
The only way I can listen to that album is the instrumental version, since it was written as a instrumental then vocals were added later on. But yes it's an amazing album, the progression of the songs really fits with the theme of the album. One of my favs
Katatonia and The Ocean should just do a collab album.
The Ocean are so unique. Upcoming album, judging by singles, it is gonna be a very solid work, maybe one of their best. Thank you for this deep analysis, I really appreciate your videos. You're the first "music reaction youtuber", who I really like to listen AFTER a track, not just during a track, checking only emotional expressions. Thank you so much!
I definitely agree! There’s thoughts and depth to his reaction and analysis rather than a “DUDE!!! That was awesome!!” No offense to other reactors, which I do watch. But I like hearing another perspective.
Ahh yes, I knew you were going to do this one! Amazing band, this song has one of the most satisfying buildups & releases, great to see you covered it.
My favourite band of all time. I just, love them.
Glad you enjoyed them.
I second listening to Pelagic by them. It’s a brilliant album conceptually and musically. Highly recommend!!
The Ocean are truly a creative band. Every album is so different yet you can tell it’s them. I think their “progressive elements” help them stand out among the post-metal genre. They are able to sit in a groove (like previous artists you’ve checked out) but do some other cool things as well.
I won’t be watching this one because I’m waiting for the album to come out and listen in its entirely! Super excited!
You're gonna love this song!
I’ve been waiting for so long !!! The Ocean is my all time favorite band !!!!!! Please do more u must !!!!
Everything this band puts out is pure gold.
I love this band. As soon as I heard this song I went to their website and preordered the album. Their older shit is definitely worth checking out too. The drummer was what I immediately fell in love with. This band reminds me of a cross between Tool and Gojira. Mario Duplantier and Danney Carey vibes throughout this whole song!
Jonas Renkse’s part in this is so so good.
I kinda wished he was a full time member of the band
@@makjak111 RIGHT??? They gell so well.
This band man... I did not like at all until I listen to Pelagial, then suddenly something clicked and now I am addicted.
As i have said before, you should react to MASTODON.
They have big influences from post metal like Neurosis , they have even collaborated with them.
Mastodon have their own unique sound, with three different singers. I think they are something like Sludge/Stoner/Progressive metal.(basically a form of post metal)
Mastodon has been receiving some traction lately as far as requests go. I'll have to see what all of the hubbub is about.
@@CriticalReactions Their newer stuff is more prog and rock focused (read: not as outright heavy). If you want something a bit heavier you'll need something from their first five albums. My personal favorites are "Sleeping Giant" and "Oblivion". From albums 3 (Blood Mountain) and 4 (Crack the Skye) respectively.
@@CriticalReactions Mastodon would be a good pick up. But, the further you go on their discography, more proggy it goes. Every album is great, but they've been evolving a lot during the years. I'd start with their Crack The Skye album, that's somewhere in the middle 😉 And, perheps the track "Oblivion". There's an official video for that also...
@@CriticalReactions Crack the Skye by Mastodon includes guest vocals from Scott Kelly of Neurosis, but I would actually recommend The Czar or The Last Baron
@@kevinwelykholowa5749 THIS. The Czar or The Last Baron.
I really enjoy The Ocean. They scratch that post-metal itch without being background music. I think a big part of that are the themes. They help me feel connected and force me to analyze the music a bit more critically.
There is indeed an official drum playthrough on Paul Seidels channel if you want to check that out. Pretty cool stuff
Yess!!! I've been waiting for you to do this one.
I really need to make a trek through these guys' discography as I've liked everything I've heard so far. Though I definitely hear some post-metal in this, this is definitely more of a post/prog hybrid. It's a cool combination whatever genre you want to put it in. Was quite surprised to hear Jonas Renske from Katatonia in this, and in retrospect I can hear some Katatonia influence too, and some bits of Tool that you mentioned. Specifically, that entire guitar section from 13:00-14:00 had a very Tool vibe. The part after reminded me a lot of Mastodon. Man, the more I think about this the more complex the mixture becomes!
Good stuff. Jonas also sings on Devonian: Nascent off their last album. If you want a starting point, start with Epipelagic on the Pelagial album. Then listen to the rest of the songs in order.
So basically, listen to the whole Pelagial album.
10 minutes of analysis and what stuck to me was: "... different concepts, like a sandwish."
Love it
Just discovered The Ocean on spotify the other day and now this video. Holy smokes. God tier band
Yes! Thanks for reaction and next Friday the whole album is out!
Dude, anything The Ocean is amazing! I'm really looking forward to the new album!
Oh you should definitely watch the drum video for it. Top level stuff!
LOVE this band and LOVE this track! Can’t wait for the new album (which is a part 2 of the last album) released in a week!
Guys help me out. Since I love the part at 8:50 to what guy was he refering? Dan Baranowski?! Can't find anything. I'm sure someone of you knows who he meant! Anyone?
I said Darren Baranowsky but I was actually a little off. Danny Baranowsky is who I was referring to. Check out his song 'Sacrificial' from the Binding of Isaac soundtrack. th-cam.com/video/SKWgiA8Opk0/w-d-xo.html
@@CriticalReactions Great, thanks for the quick response! I enjoy your channel a lot keep up the great reactions!
I’m not all the way though yet but SO FAR this has easily been my favorite thing to come out of this theme week. It’s also the only one I’m going to make it through in it’s entirety! (Go figure lol)
I’m not sure what it is exactly about these guys but even though I don’t typically care for how repetitious this genre seems to be they click for me. Really looking forward to spending more time with them.
they're very post-metal but they're also more prog/tech death than the other bands this week. more akin to BTBAM or Contortionist. thats probably why you like them better, and i agree with you
The repetition seems to be hit or miss. Personally I love it. When I first started listening to post-metal, it really caught me off guard n because I hadn’t really heard anything like it. Now I love to just sit in the repetition. Is not an all-The-time listen, but great when the mood is right!
As a side note I do think this is like having 2 songs together thus "Jurassic | Crataceous" that run into each other. The band's albums are known for being conceptual without being able to tell when song ends and another begins outside of noticing that the notes, rhythms, etc changing.... I guess all Post-Metal bands are known for this.
Will we hear Toundra this week? Their "Requiem" is mindblowing
Requiem is really good, but all the extra stuff, and the pacing isnt really a good representation of them I dont think. I'd say Cielo Negro maybe?
@@42degreesny also a good one!
Nice, looks like I need to go listen to these guys :)
the drummer from this band has a cool dissonant death metal project called nightmarer. would recommend checking it out.
If you like the drumming you should check out Dioramic's album "Supra" where he plays the drums as well. I'd recommend the first song off of this - "Xibalba". Still, the whole album is truly a prog metal monster and a heavily underrated one at that! I always joke about how they sound like "if Muse went metal after Origin of Symmetry/Hullabaloo" :D
This guy (Paul Seidel btw) is just as amazing as Baard Kolstad (Leprous), only in a different way I think.
great suggestion!
I used to listen to this band back in 2013, but the I just kind of forgot about them. I’m gonna have to check out their newer stuff, aswell as revisiting my omd favorites!
Have a good’n, friends!
I've never really clicked with The Ocean, in spite of me wanting to, since all their albums and tracks have names from paleontological eras. But this track has me hopping on board, and it's not just because Katatonia singer Jonas Renske is featured, there's so much good stuff going on. And they're singing about the dinosaur extinction! That alone!
I'll tell ya, the whole paleontological naming makes their work all seem connected and it appears daunting to get into them now. They have such a vast discography already and they're still putting out music. But I've enjoyed their stuff so far so I really should try one of these days, just pick and album and explore.
I felt the same, until I gave Pelagial a 2nd chance
yea, pelagial is really solid
They have 9 albums and 3 are about paleontology they do write music about other topics but they do stay with themes/concepts per album
You’d probably love Devonian: Nascent, because it has Jonas as well. Part 1 of this double album is absolutely fantastic, and it’s my personal favourite work from them.
once you said Isis + Tool it suddenly all made sense to me. YES! THIS! THANK YOU! you're hitting the nail on the head there
The Ocean Collective are an amazing group, mainly cause they experiment A LOT! I highly recommend checking out their previous 2 albums, Phanerozoic 1 and 2. this tryptic of albums revolves around the evolution of the earth, as each album references a different era/age. its all really awesome, as for a song, i say "Cambrian II: Eternal Recurrence" is a good jumping off point.
My first time listening to this band. Definitely agree about Tool vibes in certain sections. Taken as a whole the song was pretty cool. Going to check this band out. Thanks for sharing!
I've heard of The Ocean for many years now but never have really checked them out. And now I have to say I've been really missing out on some great Metal. After hearing the newest album a couple of weeks ago I had to order the new album and the three headed dinosaur shirt.
I also agree with everyone on them sounding across between ISIS, TOOL and GOJIRA. The heaviness of certain parts of the music reminds me of Gojira and the shouting vocals are like Gojira. Which I happen to really love GOJIRA. THE OCEAN has me hooked now.\m/
One word Pelagial.Two words Pelagial Instrumental
Fuck that, sing alongy record as hell
Love your deep analytics!! Please react to *Letters From The Colony* - "Galax"!!! Cheers!
Post-metal week is not possible without Rosetta, is it?
apparently it is :( I was really hoping for it
Battle of Mice - Bones in the Water. The singer is Julie Christmas and this album is one of the most terrifying EVER.
Oathbreaker - 10,56/Second Son of R.. Caro Tanghe's voice will you rip you apart.
You said Julie Christmas. That's all you needed to say. 😂
@@CriticalReactions :D Yeah, if you love her work, just listen to the alum I was mentioning above. She's both the porcelain and the one who breaks it. Caro Tanghe from Oathbreaker has a similar vibe.
thank you for reacting to this great post-metal band from berlin.
They were more post metal on their first few albums.
Thanks for that info. I felt the DNA of Post-Metal here but it felt wrong to call it that.
I agree with this.
Before you said it I was about to say I'd call this proggy Post-Metal. I've heard some Tool influence in their songs too. Very excited for this album as I loved Phanerozoic I and very much enjoyed Pelagial too.
I need to check this band out as a whole but it seems so daunting to jump into any of their work. Gotta take that dive sometime though.
@@CriticalReactions Yeah I don't know how connected all of their albums truly are. If they're meant to be listened to in order and extremely connected, or if they're all focused on a specific geological period and fine to listen to separately and out of order. I've sort of just ignorantly checked out their two latest albums and enjoyed them for what they are but haven't done a deep dive into the lyrics.
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Yeah, The Ocean straddles the line between prog and sludge/post metal
The Ocean is definitely quite the mix of genres. Nowadays they are mostly progressive metal with a lot of sludge and some post metal leanings and influences, where they used to be more sludge and post metal with less progressive elements. This song specifically is completely unfair just how good it is. The album its off of is very very good, but this song alone is absolutely incredible. The Ocean is easily one of my favorite bands and this is probably my favorite song by them.
New to the channel, If that was last day of post whats next week? Guess I will have to wait for you to get back prog but when you do karnivool is a great band deadman or new day would be highly appreciated.
I think next week is post rock. This week was post metal.
As Isaiah said, post-rock is next week. Karnivool is highly requested so it might make it to the channel before we do another Prog week. We do all sorts of interesting themes around here, ya never know what'll pop up 😀
@@CriticalReactions nice to know dude, I will keep an eye out
is this new or old material?
I'm only familiar with their 2018 album paleozoic (?) and even though I saw them once in an amazing show when they opened for leprous, I don't recognize this song
This is a pretty new single released maybe a month or so ago.
After listening to this, I just realized how much I need a sandwich. Thanks Bryan.
How much would it cost for Brian to react to the whole Septicflesh Live Album?
That would be really cool. They're very underrated and it would be nice to see them as guests in this channel...
(I don't know how his Patreon system works, as I just got a job and don't have much money saved)
Album reactions are coming. They're a tricky thing to get right and require more time. I'm working on implemented a good system to get them on the channel though.
@@CriticalReactions Nice! Please let us know when this is available!
I'll have an update video regarding it with all of the info you'll need to know :)
It's metal, so it can't be post-rock. I've always thought of the as progressive sludge metal, but as their sound has changed (cleaner guitar tones, clean vocals), they're being labeled with post-metal and I wouldn't really argue with that although it is confusing at times.
Nice to hear this song again. The new album is out next week!
Sumac-The Deal, Thorn in the Lions Paw, Clutch of Oblivion
You is like... "If John Fruciante would eat more than 1 meal per week." ;-)
This is like next gen Tool, and I mean that as a compliment.
Just please do the Painter of the tempest, the whole trilogy is just incredible
They use, synth and keys but also use cello and violins. They are a very intelligent band and use concepts for all their work they call themselves palaeontology metal but you're right they are more of a prog metal band but are avent garde post in parts. They are an ever changing and evolving band each track is like a different band and bring many of genres but on this track your right defo hear isis and tool on those breakdowns.
I see myself in the Special Selection list. Bryan, I've sent a message to you with my request for reaction video - is it what will be added to that list, right?
What platform did you message me one? Either way, yes. Whatever you request will be added to the list.
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I 100% agree with ISIS + Tool. I would say that The Ocean is Post-Metal with Progressive elements, where Tool is a progressive band with Post-Metal Elements. I feel anyone could argue for The Ocean to be in either or both Post-Metal and Prog.
Really stretching the definition of post metal here. This is progressive metal IMO. Edit, I posted this before your comments, you nailed it with Isis/Tool.
Incredibly confusing time on the intro for me. Even after listening to it knowing the signature it took me a while to figure out the subdivisions
The best part of the entire album is the guest vocalist in this song. Goth Sinatra.
PLEASE do a video of Cryptodira
CoL + BTBAM for me, but yeah prog post rock
yes you get it right its Prog Post Metal with stoner sludge tones few bands play it in the world one of them Cult of Luna, The Moth Gatherer , YOB, Post Metal its rich genre its not all the same
if you ever get the chance please react to these guys: th-cam.com/video/vUT4ue-Ad_I/w-d-xo.html They are as far as
I'm aware a completely unknown Metal band from switzerland, but this performance with the orchestra is amazing... Plus the sound quality is fantastic for a live performance of a local band! The Ocean sometimes reminds me a bit of them actually. The linked video is a 1 hour performance, tracks to react to id probably go for are "Spitting on Stones", "Seven Veils", "Gilding The Void", "79Au" and "The Sculptor" with "The Sculptor" probably being my favourite. Love your channel, you dont shy away from obscure stuff that doenst have 100million views, keep it up :)
Silly me, I forgot to mention the Band's name, It's "The Burden Remains" and the performance in question is a live performance of their entire 2017 album "Touchstone"
Heh. They're designated as "Progressive Metal" by themselves and their label. I didn't think they were post metal at all. I really did like it. Did anyone else get hella "Thrice" vibes from this? Like "Vhessiu" era? I mean that's a compliment, as I friggin love Thrice.
ratyourmusic.com lists them as "Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Metalcore". I think that's usually suggestions that are voted on by the community. But different genres may come from different albums, I guess.
@@Cynips haha that's pretty much every metal genre. I think the community is a bit undecided lol. That's still a good thing!
@@jonathanolson1185 Not that I've heard everything they've done, but that metalcore had me a bit confused :)
Thrice sounds familiar but I can't place it. Did they do that elemental concept with the four EPs?
@@CriticalReactions yup! I know I've heard you list off your music tastes before and I wouldn't be surprised if Thrice was on that list! That was one of their later albums (still very good! I loved the concept as well) but Vhessiu was an earlier album.
This was a step up from the rest of the week and definitely made me think of Tool. Not saying that's an overly good thing, but better.
Charles Murphy I agree this is definitely a step up. Lol
It was different gears like TOOL but TOOL is on a totally different level. That's my opinion.Kinda long, but I'm glad this has been introduced to me.
Mari Sanchez I agree, I tend to think Tool drags things out too long but yes they are on a whole different plane.
This is post metal? This sounds very different to the other stuff. Doesn't have the same energy or feel. The whole genre thing is probably taken too seriously.
They were more sludgy post-metal in their early days but now they're very progressive and post- is only part of their sound
They are still post-metal in the same way that BTBAM is still metalcore/mathcore, which is barely. It's there at times, under the surface, but they've built so many layers on top of that base sound over the years it's almost impossible to see it anymore.
The drummer is amazing on this one, though I am not a fan of the snare sound they've used. Sounds like a flat bucket. But the music was good and melodic.
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This was awesome so probably 0 way this is post metal. It was way more progressive (also much better) than stuff that gets considered prog like recent tool.
That's quite the harsh dig at post-metal 😅
@@CriticalReactions On second reading yeah maybe a bit much. It's just that the genres of music I like; math rock, jazz, prog rock, prog metal, some classical music, tend to be very much the antithesis for Black metal,Doom metal or post or sludge or stoner subgenres. So far every time I've liked a band from those genres it has turned out to be something purists don't consider truly belonging to the genre or is explicitly somewhat of a fusion experiment. Throughout this week I was basically mirroring your first listen to tool where every cool idea felt like it was around 2 minutes too long. However, I have a feeling post rock will be more palatable. Also I think I need to sleep.......maybe it's time to play some post metal.
Precambrian is a better album, IMO and more avant garde. But their newer stuff is probably more accessible and a better way to jump into them.
Precambrian is better than an album you’ve not heard yet? And Jurassic|Cretaceous is an accessible track? Get outta here.
@@ItsJayBee I just like the sound better. And I said their newer stuff is *more* accessible, not that any of it really is.