@@hazardeur There's plenty of jazz influence on the drums and bass. Failing to see it is just you either being too conservative with your definition of "jazz" or you being ignorant about what jazz is.
They intentionally sound off time because of the odd time signatures of their music. Thats the jazz influence of Steve Flynn and Rand Burkey. Both friends of mine. I was at Kelly Schaeffers house the day that the Unquestionable Presence album was released. Bradenton Fla!
That's awesome bro.. you definitely were in the presence of true talent and greatness man.. atheist is one of the inventors of technical death Metal.. period.. and to be able to say you were there when that album was released with those guys is beyond cool and awesome man.. that's fuckin brutal as hell..lol.. good stuff bro.. cheers..
These guys pretty much invented technical death Metal.. and Roger Patterson was one of the first death metal bass players to play with the jazzy/death metal type style.. hands down.. this band is amazing.. and that crowd is like wtf, lol.. they re just standing there not knowing what to do because they're so good you just wanna watch them play.. and Kelly's voice sounds kinda like Chad grey from hell yeah and mudvayne.. lol.. still killer tho.. I love atheist..
Atheist is also going on a tour through the US and Europe and they'll be making a live DVD. I hope to hell they succeed, because it'll be amazing seeing an excellent live DVD from a genre as underground as tech death.
my guitar teacher jeff was good friends with kelly back when Atheist first started out. He saw them at their practice space jamming out and said it was one of the craziest music he had ever heard. He and his girlfriend used to 'double date' with kelly and his girlfriend too haha
sounds great, i heard this was reunion without (almost nothing) training, songs are so complicated, and also played live. R.I.P Roger Patterson. Such great bass player. Atheist, jazz, death metal, progressive metal, with smart lyrics. Tony Choy, rules also.
this is whats posted on their website: "GNOSTIC's debut CD, 'Engineering the Rule', will be released before the summer and ATHEIST's yet-untitled CD will be released later in the year. " Can´t wait for the "later in the year" to happen ;-)
i got that gnostic cd for free at some concert of theirs i think back in the day. to this day never listened to it more than a song. singer was the problem for me
Well since Kelly wrote almost all of the guitar parts, I think he's qualified to make judgement on these legendary tunes These men, and this band were the most technical mf'ers of their day. Their will never be another Atheist.
the sickest drummer and bassist in metal EVER!!!! .. so creative and different .. no blasts just complete insanity .. and their really nice ppl too .. i saw them @ the sterling in allentown a few months ago... and flyn was nice enough to talk drum with me and not get an "i'm a rock god" attitude
I'm Christian, but I can definitely relate with atheists and especially agnostics...so many questions... one thing I do know, Atheist the band is awesome (except I felt pity for Kelly during the bass solo...wanted to see him play oh well.)
I think that death metal and tech metal nowadays is much better. Atheist is one of the few bands that stand the test of time. This, and their music from the late 80s-early 90s is amazing. RIP Roger Patterson. Sean Flynn is a beast on drums. I'm proud to say that we share the same hometown of Sarasota, FL
much better? dude, today, a lot of bands just sound the same, same concepts, same presets, same copied ideas. there was way more variety back in the day. i wish i'd still be there
@@hazardeurI disagree. There is plenty of variety today, but with a much higher level of playing. Faster, more technical, better production. Get with the times, my friend.
@@jamesmiller6217 more technical? i have yet to see a band that impresses me more than the technicality of spiral architect, the perfect and tasteful blend of fusion and metal of Cynic, the raw power and fast brutality of stuff like in their darkened shrines or The sound of perseverance, better soli than dreaming neon black and better leads than politics of ecstasy, etc. etc. and on top of that, all these bands could/can write awesome songs, they invested as much in songwriting skill as in technical skill. the only thing that changed with todays bands is that they play a bit faster. today, more people can play this ridiculous stuff, fair enough. but most of them either cover existing stuff or play in bands nobody wioll know in 20 years. if anything. and btw, i only compare live to live playing. everybody can shine in the studio, especially when the stuio is your bedroom with unlimited time. even the production.....better? nah. there are more bands today with decent productions, yes. techn helps them to avoid real shitty productions. but on the other hand, many productions today sound sameish. back in the 90s, every prdocution sounded completely different from one another. not always for the better but personally, i rather have diversity and accept some stinkers. there really are a handful of modern bands that really push the envelope in a unique way. saying stupid stuff like bands are better, faster and more technical nowadays just shows a complete lack of understanding. you could argue that in average that statement could be true but even then....you also need to write good songs, first and foremost and if you add that factor, all of a sudden, the list gets very thin very quick
@@hazardeur We just have different tastes in music. I listen to different bands than you do. I have followed tech death since 1989, and I stand by my comment I made 9 years ago. Bands are better now than they were in the 1990s. Not even close.
@@jamesmiller6217 in general? now way. bands these days can't even record a song without hacking it up every few bars. there are some crazy good bands today like AAL but those are few and far between and not the norm. and even then, i listened to planet x and on the virg 25 years ago and they were just as good.
actually thumbs up, i respect your opinion, haha. here's what i like in the bass jam, maybe not so much as what I like but what i find objectively good: the fact that he did a spinal tap jazz solo at a metal show, the tapping, essentially his performing, but when the drums come in the groove is fresh, but the jam itself wasn't the best, i admit, i think it's more of the mythical aspect of his solo in the middle of a metal show
Agreed. I didn't get to talk with Steve too much, but the rest of the band were great guys. Helped them with their gear and shit after the show. Fucking nice guys.
I've seen more technical bands play a lot cleaner, but this is Atheist in 2006, and they're also 10-15 feet apart from each other and facing the crowd. I bet they'd kill in a smaller venue or if they didn't try to put on a show for a big crowd.
I actually agree, his whole approach reminds me of something you would see in a mötley crue show or something. But still the amount of talent/skill oozing from this band makes it ok.
Yeah, at first I thought it was maybe one of those TH-cam overdubs that people do, it was so lame. The guy can kill, but I'm confused at why he didn't. 1. They should have all come in and finished Samba Briza, of course it wouldn't have the piano but... 2. Was that an attempt at Portrait of Tracy at the end?
He never deemed the song the most technical anything!!! He just said one that its one of the most craziest... he even said probably. He never called it the best... I think everyone's aware that this IS infact a damn crazy Technical song and it IS one of the craziest... not the craziest but its definitely up there.
[part 2] and every person of any religion or that has no religion will always have doubt in anything he does, like say an athiest will question his perception (notice how i say perception rather than belief) of reality and a chrisitan will always wonder subconsciously if he is correct in believing in his god; so i think everyone to an extent will always be "agnostic".
@DangerSheep yeah well, I respect the fact that they most likely never were a live band (like SLAYER is for example). They are more what one can call "MUSICIANS" and really damn good ones! Nevertheless, although they are Jazz musicians, they are actually playing "jazzy death metal". In such a genre, your fans expect more from you, livewise... I guess it's because I am more into the death metal philosophy rather than the clear jazz way of thinking... Look at Chuck and Death for example ;)
Not Choy's best..But this is still very solid..And for being out of the game for 13 years at the time of this video, these guys still fucking kick ass. Can't wait to see 'em in two weeks.
yeah man buy their CDs listen to their albums 50 times and you still wont be able to understand their brilliance.SSSSSSSO dont fucking call disappointing my favorite band
fair enough. on your false vs real metal I agree that slipknot, limp bizkit are crap...and I think you did a good job of not making every band that is 'real' death/black...however, I thought for metallica you couldave sampled their earlier material since I dont consider anything after and justice for all 'real' metal. I myself lean more towards the 'experimental' metal bands like Neurosis, Isis, Mastodon, Meshuggah, Opeth etc.you really made me wanna check out Rhapsody of Fire. One word: EPIC!!!
Gotta love the jazz influence this band has. Awesome stuff!
Especially the drummer.
Exactly man.. they kill it live..
there's no jazz in this. technical doesn't always equal "jazz"
@@hazardeur There's plenty of jazz influence on the drums and bass. Failing to see it is just you either being too conservative with your definition of "jazz" or you being ignorant about what jazz is.
@@CoTeCiOtm ok, enlighten me then
They intentionally sound off time because of the odd time signatures of their music. Thats the jazz influence of Steve Flynn and Rand Burkey. Both friends of mine. I was at Kelly Schaeffers house the day that the Unquestionable Presence album was released. Bradenton Fla!
That's awesome bro.. you definitely were in the presence of true talent and greatness man.. atheist is one of the inventors of technical death Metal.. period.. and to be able to say you were there when that album was released with those guys is beyond cool and awesome man.. that's fuckin brutal as hell..lol.. good stuff bro.. cheers..
Literally nobody believes you.
I can't imagine the amount of weed that was consumed that day hehehe
nah dude, they made some mistakes here and there. no biggie but don't sell it like it's intentional
These guys pretty much invented technical death Metal.. and Roger Patterson was one of the first death metal bass players to play with the jazzy/death metal type style.. hands down.. this band is amazing.. and that crowd is like wtf, lol.. they re just standing there not knowing what to do because they're so good you just wanna watch them play.. and Kelly's voice sounds kinda like Chad grey from hell yeah and mudvayne.. lol.. still killer tho.. I love atheist..
4:45- Steve's dancing in the background is too good to be true.
one of the underrated bands in this planet.
"One of the craziest death metal songs ever". True.
We need rand burkey and kelly's live guitar back, and everything will be golden
damn. after all these years... it sounds amazing.
that bass solo was badass
Flynn is so underrated in the drumming world.
Wow, this one sent shivers down my spine! I remember hearing this song the first time 15 years ago feeling the same way... I'm speechless.
I was there! Right at the front! 1:13 - Tony Choy is pointing at me xD. I was doing the whole Waynes World 'WE'RE NOT WORTHY' armwave xD.
Incredible!... I was not expecting that bass and drum jam.
Tech Death has truly pushed the limits of metal as a whole, Thank you Chuck Schuldiner
whoever stillborn01 is THANK YOU!! this is some great old school shit! i used to love these guys!
I was in this crowd somewhere here. One of the best bands at Wacken that year
lol Well the complex rhythms, the technicality of each musician, and the energy behind it all. That's just off the top of my head.
Kelly, U made one of the best ….uhh...cd, album...idk.....this is epic!
Atheist is also going on a tour through the US and Europe and they'll be making a live DVD. I hope to hell they succeed, because it'll be amazing seeing an excellent live DVD from a genre as underground as tech death.
the mixing is God-tier on this video
How did I just discover this awesome band now?! They're fucken awesome!
my guitar teacher jeff was good friends with kelly back when Atheist first started out. He saw them at their practice space jamming out and said it was one of the craziest music he had ever heard. He and his girlfriend used to 'double date' with kelly and his girlfriend too haha
best metal song ever written.. simply amazing!
They have a new fan.
and I liked the bass part too.
sounds great, i heard this was reunion without (almost nothing) training, songs are so complicated, and also played live. R.I.P Roger Patterson. Such great bass player.
Atheist, jazz, death metal, progressive metal, with smart lyrics. Tony Choy, rules also.
I definitely want to see Atheist when they come to New York City in July.
this is whats posted on their website:
"GNOSTIC's debut CD, 'Engineering the Rule', will be released before the summer and ATHEIST's yet-untitled CD will be released later in the year. "
Can´t wait for the "later in the year" to happen ;-)
i got that gnostic cd for free at some concert of theirs i think back in the day. to this day never listened to it more than a song. singer was the problem for me
l luv this band!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well since Kelly wrote almost all of the guitar parts, I think he's qualified to make judgement on these legendary tunes
These men, and this band were the most technical mf'ers of their day. Their will never be another Atheist.
the sickest drummer and bassist in metal EVER!!!! .. so creative and different .. no blasts just complete insanity .. and their really nice ppl too .. i saw them @ the sterling in allentown a few months ago... and flyn was nice enough to talk drum with me and not get an "i'm a rock god" attitude
great band!!!!
Incase you guys missed church today, God came down and played mother man cause hes loves athiest so much.
I am atheist, and I'm proud of it. Good band!
Tony just made my head explode.
They need to get Rand Burkley back, he was really good. Highly underated band
drum and bass solo is soooo funky ahahah
wow, i just painted the ceiling, god i cant wait till next month, theyre gonna be playing at the knitting factory
seeing them this sunday =D
i don't know if anyone would agree, but those jazzy complex rhytms reminded me of Yes "Sound Chaser" a bit. anyways, those guys are superb musicians
He has like the perfect bass tone to cover The Chicken. That would be an epic jazz metal cover
Wow that was a good performance.
Atheist!
i see them in france 3 days ago, that was really good
I'm Christian, but I can definitely relate with atheists and especially agnostics...so many questions... one thing I do know, Atheist the band is awesome (except I felt pity for Kelly during the bass solo...wanted to see him play oh well.)
I think that death metal and tech metal nowadays is much better. Atheist is one of the few bands that stand the test of time. This, and their music from the late 80s-early 90s is amazing. RIP Roger Patterson. Sean Flynn is a beast on drums. I'm proud to say that we share the same hometown of Sarasota, FL
much better? dude, today, a lot of bands just sound the same, same concepts, same presets, same copied ideas. there was way more variety back in the day. i wish i'd still be there
@@hazardeurI disagree. There is plenty of variety today, but with a much higher level of playing. Faster, more technical, better production. Get with the times, my friend.
@@jamesmiller6217 more technical? i have yet to see a band that impresses me more than the technicality of spiral architect, the perfect and tasteful blend of fusion and metal of Cynic, the raw power and fast brutality of stuff like in their darkened shrines or The sound of perseverance, better soli than dreaming neon black and better leads than politics of ecstasy, etc. etc. and on top of that, all these bands could/can write awesome songs, they invested as much in songwriting skill as in technical skill. the only thing that changed with todays bands is that they play a bit faster. today, more people can play this ridiculous stuff, fair enough. but most of them either cover existing stuff or play in bands nobody wioll know in 20 years. if anything. and btw, i only compare live to live playing. everybody can shine in the studio, especially when the stuio is your bedroom with unlimited time.
even the production.....better? nah. there are more bands today with decent productions, yes. techn helps them to avoid real shitty productions. but on the other hand, many productions today sound sameish. back in the 90s, every prdocution sounded completely different from one another. not always for the better but personally, i rather have diversity and accept some stinkers.
there really are a handful of modern bands that really push the envelope in a unique way. saying stupid stuff like bands are better, faster and more technical nowadays just shows a complete lack of understanding. you could argue that in average that statement could be true but even then....you also need to write good songs, first and foremost and if you add that factor, all of a sudden, the list gets very thin very quick
@@hazardeur We just have different tastes in music. I listen to different bands than you do. I have followed tech death since 1989, and I stand by my comment I made 9 years ago. Bands are better now than they were in the 1990s. Not even close.
@@jamesmiller6217 in general? now way. bands these days can't even record a song without hacking it up every few bars. there are some crazy good bands today like AAL but those are few and far between and not the norm. and even then, i listened to planet x and on the virg 25 years ago and they were just as good.
he never said it was the best, he just said it's a crazy song
2 things-I didn't know they were touring, and I didn't expect Tony Choy to be playing with them. Anyway I've always liked this song.
That dude plays guitar with reversed strings. this is how SICK and riddiculously talented this band is
Fuck yeah!, atheist are one badass band, they fused my loves of jazz, prog and metal and this song owns - hard.
I dont think they r bored mate ^^ they r just rly concentrated... This stuff's hard to play as you say after all ;)
you may indeed. triumph or agony sounds pretty sweet from what Ive heard...it may even be more over the top than hammerfall...an epic feet
samba briza! that was cool.
I just found out these guys got back together an I almost creamed my pants. So badass.
actually thumbs up, i respect your opinion, haha. here's what i like in the bass jam, maybe not so much as what I like but what i find objectively good: the fact that he did a spinal tap jazz solo at a metal show, the tapping, essentially his performing, but when the drums come in the groove is fresh, but the jam itself wasn't the best, i admit, i think it's more of the mythical aspect of his solo in the middle of a metal show
Agreed. I didn't get to talk with Steve too much, but the rest of the band were great guys. Helped them with their gear and shit after the show. Fucking nice guys.
"Behold... The Arctopuss" is pretty darn technical. But "Atheist" kicks ass!!
I don't care about your new "mainstream" bands ATHEIST IS JUST GLORIOUS!!!!
I've seen more technical bands play a lot cleaner, but this is Atheist in 2006, and they're also 10-15 feet apart from each other and facing the crowd. I bet they'd kill in a smaller venue or if they didn't try to put on a show for a big crowd.
i'm fucking psyched, i'm seeing them for the 2nd time wenesday in nyc.
I actually agree, his whole approach reminds me of something you would see in a mötley crue show or something. But still the amount of talent/skill oozing from this band makes it ok.
What did you think, man? I was there too.
Damn Kelly Schaeffer has mad good stage presence. Never woulda thought...
My fav Athiest song
H Scott the solos are a bit dave mustaine-y but other than that the songwriting it very good. Easy top 5 tech metal album of all time.
Yeah, at first I thought it was maybe one of those TH-cam overdubs that people do, it was so lame. The guy can kill, but I'm confused at why he didn't.
1. They should have all come in and finished Samba Briza, of course it wouldn't have the piano but...
2. Was that an attempt at Portrait of Tracy at the end?
Atheist owns!
@LessthanJake14 brutal is actually derived from the latin word brutus, meaning stupid
This band is a great one.
I would also suggest the band "Theory In Practice" for great tech death metal.
they need to come to
Los Angeles
yeahhhhhhhhhhhh
@PanamaSabroso Listen to anything by Between the Buried and Me, anything by the Number Twelve, anything by Protest the Hero, or anything by SikTh.
@asconan
I agree. Kelly has lost quite a bit of steam since the days of 'Unquestionable Presence'.
Dream Theater, I found your new drummer...
Just for the majority of people who are confused as hell by the comments, BTBAM is "Between The Buried And Me".
what is "mallcore"?
was thinking the exact same thing lol. i was like... solo eh. but at fucking wacken! lol! good stuff man...
He never deemed the song the most technical anything!!! He just said one that its one of the most craziest... he even said probably. He never called it the best... I think everyone's aware that this IS infact a damn crazy Technical song and it IS one of the craziest... not the craziest but its definitely up there.
It's all cool now. ^^
Dang!
...and amazing performance; too bad the cameras didn't show how the crowd was enjoying this masterpiece...
I think I saw you outside, if not, it was someone else who caught a stick.
Fantastic band!No 2 after Voivod
NEED MORE COWBELL
Does anyone know what kind of bass Tony is playing during this performance ?
[part 2]
and every person of any religion or that has no religion will always have doubt in anything he does, like say an athiest will question his perception (notice how i say perception rather than belief) of reality and a chrisitan will always wonder subconsciously if he is correct in believing in his god; so i think everyone to an extent will always be "agnostic".
that fucken bass solo!
I am very curious as to how you calculated that precise estimate.
Tool.
@richardthefish they did not fuck up, they inverted the riff.
@Jackolan
haha im not the one who normally says that,but this sentence just pwned haha
i doubt it was me. i had my drum stick in my pants cause i didn't want it taken away.
fucking crazy shit, and i caught one of steve's drum sticks.
@DangerSheep yeah well, I respect the fact that they most likely never were a live band (like SLAYER is for example). They are more what one can call "MUSICIANS" and really damn good ones! Nevertheless, although they are Jazz musicians, they are actually playing "jazzy death metal". In such a genre, your fans expect more from you, livewise... I guess it's because I am more into the death metal philosophy rather than the clear jazz way of thinking... Look at Chuck and Death for example ;)
Not Choy's best..But this is still very solid..And for being out of the game for 13 years at the time of this video, these guys still fucking kick ass. Can't wait to see 'em in two weeks.
WHATEVER, Atheist kicks some serious ass. Don't all religion agree on that?
yeah man buy their CDs listen to their albums 50 times and you still wont be able to understand their brilliance.SSSSSSSO dont fucking call disappointing my favorite band
fair enough. on your false vs real metal I agree that slipknot, limp bizkit are crap...and I think you did a good job of not making every band that is 'real' death/black...however, I thought for metallica you couldave sampled their earlier material since I dont consider anything after and justice for all 'real' metal. I myself lean more towards the 'experimental' metal bands like Neurosis, Isis, Mastodon, Meshuggah, Opeth etc.you really made me wanna check out Rhapsody of Fire. One word: EPIC!!!
😍
agreed
i'll be curt and surely articulate my thoughts more concisely next time.
well it sure was Wack hahahah kinda giving me second thoughts if they come to the west coast
Atheist Rules!!!
it is very techbical.
Did ya know he is also the vocalist for Suffocation XD
yeah try to do what steve flynn does behind the drum kit for 30 seconds