I like Gorod but they're the opposite of "kinda difficult to groove to". I'd say they're kinda difficult not to groove to lol. If you ever get back to themes like this I'd recommend something by Martyr, perhaps their song Deserted Waters. They have some batshit rhythmic stuff.
I love to turn Gorod up every now and then. This song represents their style well. I call it IDM - Intelligent Death Metal :) Their music is very witty but never too in your face, like these little ventures in the baroque sound - like they're walking a rope, tipping to one side or another but never falling. Makes my neurons groove in joy
Yes, Gorod! They're always super fun, groovy and really adventurous, despite being all the way into prog and tech death territory. You've already reacted to 'Transcendence' by them IIRC. If you plan to maybe add a whole album of theirs into your long-term listening list, I can thoroughly recommend 'A Maze of Recycled Creeds' or 'Aethra'. The first is maybe a bit more proggy record conceptually centred around AMORC or maybe some kind of fictional AMORC-inspired sect. The second leans a bit closer to their older sound, and, in essence, it's a collection of fictional tales, myths and legends about the moon. Both are unfairly fun. (Actually, I have no idea what this song is about thematically, if memory serves me right, it's a continuation of some kind of bizarre fictional narrative from their early albums.)
Saw them live, opening for Meshuggah in Bordeaux a year ago. I listened to them a lot back in high school but it was my first time seeing them live : I was blown away. The vocalist has one of the most powerful voice I've heard, the projection was CRAZY
I really like how they achieve to merge dissonant fast chaos, crazy grooves and great melodic wirting with catchy memorable melodies and uplifting harmony. Everything while being impressivly technical !
That treated you better than I would have thought 😊 I enjoyed it quite a bit myself. Not the trickiest song overall, but as you said, it features REALLY mind boggling stuff! Great reaction/analysis to follow!
The first switch up is definitely 7/8 but I still haven't quite figured out that second section just before the vocals come back in. I *can* count it in 4/4 but I end up with 1 spare beat and none of the accent patterns line up well so it might be highly polyrhythmic with a shortened final bar but maybe there is a series of time signature changes that make sense with that passage.
if you're doing tech death again, I wonder what you'd say about Divinity - Plasma it's one of those songs where so much happens it's not possible to take everything in on one listen, it's just too dense in ideas
There used to be a better quality version, but there is a video of the 2 guitarists doing a playthrough of the track without vocals. So it makes for a great instrumental. But watching the 2 play in unison is like some sort-of "calisthenics" to keep your forearms in shape! :P This album when it debuted, opened the door for me to do a deeper dive into Tech-Death Metal when I was more than ready, coming from Death, Obscura, Necrophagist, Meshuggah, and the more complex Prog Metal from Watchtower & Spiral Architect and the like (see my comment at the latest Spiral Architect reaction).
Gorod is such an underrated band. I could listen for hours to this riffage and slide melody changes.
So jazzy, funky and groovey all in one.
Never had as much fun listening to tech death
@@eiatos Fun is the name of the game with Gorod. Go listen to Aethra if you want a similar sound!
Sounds like anime music
This album was a big part of my gateway to extreme progressive metal. Love these guys!
I am where I am today because of GOROD !
Such a sick band, brutal but addicting grooves! Also, one of the best live performance I’ve seen
I like Gorod but they're the opposite of "kinda difficult to groove to". I'd say they're kinda difficult not to groove to lol.
If you ever get back to themes like this I'd recommend something by Martyr, perhaps their song Deserted Waters. They have some batshit rhythmic stuff.
I love to turn Gorod up every now and then. This song represents their style well. I call it IDM - Intelligent Death Metal :) Their music is very witty but never too in your face, like these little ventures in the baroque sound - like they're walking a rope, tipping to one side or another but never falling. Makes my neurons groove in joy
hell yes. They're so groovy too while staying really technical and crazy
Yes, Gorod! They're always super fun, groovy and really adventurous, despite being all the way into prog and tech death territory. You've already reacted to 'Transcendence' by them IIRC. If you plan to maybe add a whole album of theirs into your long-term listening list, I can thoroughly recommend 'A Maze of Recycled Creeds' or 'Aethra'. The first is maybe a bit more proggy record conceptually centred around AMORC or maybe some kind of fictional AMORC-inspired sect. The second leans a bit closer to their older sound, and, in essence, it's a collection of fictional tales, myths and legends about the moon. Both are unfairly fun.
(Actually, I have no idea what this song is about thematically, if memory serves me right, it's a continuation of some kind of bizarre fictional narrative from their early albums.)
Saw them live, opening for Meshuggah in Bordeaux a year ago. I listened to them a lot back in high school but it was my first time seeing them live : I was blown away.
The vocalist has one of the most powerful voice I've heard, the projection was CRAZY
I love when metal is so good it can make non metal heads smile
Seen these guys live 6 times. :)
Check out Transcendence from their EP Transcendence. Then check out the rest of that EP.
Comment 10! Love some Gorod!
I really like how they achieve to merge dissonant fast chaos, crazy grooves and great melodic wirting with catchy memorable melodies and uplifting harmony. Everything while being impressivly technical !
This is a pretty cool song. It's technical but still pretty melodic and catchy. I really dig it.
Gorod is so groovy for tech death lol i wouldnt put them under the label hard to move to but they definitely have more complex parts thrown in
holy shit you reacted to this love this song
That treated you better than I would have thought 😊
I enjoyed it quite a bit myself. Not the trickiest song overall, but as you said, it features REALLY mind boggling stuff!
Great reaction/analysis to follow!
Great video! It’s such a fun track. Did you go back and re-listen to the bridge and figure out what the drum stuff was?
The first switch up is definitely 7/8 but I still haven't quite figured out that second section just before the vocals come back in. I *can* count it in 4/4 but I end up with 1 spare beat and none of the accent patterns line up well so it might be highly polyrhythmic with a shortened final bar but maybe there is a series of time signature changes that make sense with that passage.
if you're doing tech death again, I wonder what you'd say about Divinity - Plasma
it's one of those songs where so much happens it's not possible to take everything in on one listen, it's just too dense in ideas
probably my favorite heavy band here
FINALLY MORE GOROD
There used to be a better quality version, but there is a video of the 2 guitarists doing a playthrough of the track without vocals. So it makes for a great instrumental. But watching the 2 play in unison is like some sort-of "calisthenics" to keep your forearms in shape! :P
This album when it debuted, opened the door for me to do a deeper dive into Tech-Death Metal when I was more than ready, coming from Death, Obscura, Necrophagist, Meshuggah, and the more complex Prog Metal from Watchtower & Spiral Architect and the like (see my comment at the latest Spiral Architect reaction).