Composer/Musician Reacts to FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE - The Violation (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) (REACTION!!!)
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- Bryan reacts to and talks about his thoughts on FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE - The Violation (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
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Another Fleshgod Apocalypse fun fact: They always end their albums with a piano piece, and it fits
And the piano piece is titled the album name
Fernando Ribeiro is Moonspell 's singer! Must be another Fernando
Metal and classical go hand in hand and it’s more prevalent in European metal than American metal. The pianist Francesco Ferrini writes and programs the orchestrations.
I love America but ya we don’t do a good job of the progressive orchestrator stuff
true
You _really_ need to listen to anything off of their album "King". I think that's when their sound finally came together and paired with a great producer.
I would suggest "Cold as Perfection" or "Syphilis", but anything will do!
While the guitar tones were a lot lighter on this album, I would have the agree. That is the tightest album they've thrown together by far
@@trevormartin1770 until Veleno, Veleno was another step in their own styles. The perfect combination between their thirst more brutal/technical album and king
@@herpetoticino being honest, there hasn't been anything I haven't liked from FGA. It's never a better or worse, it's just they're each their own
Ne Obliviscares, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Gojira, and Cattle Decapitation are the four Horseman of my metal apocalypse
Another great "extreme" metal band the incorporates classical with Metal is Septic Flesh (Recommend The Vampire of Nazareth).
If you want to experience their more melodic and passionate side you really should react to "Epilogue", it's beautiful.
YES
In Aeternum would be great
I have this in my will as my Funeral Song. Incredible album too.
Also check out FGA’s “Monnalisa”, “Sugar”, “Minotaur” and “Ad Aeternum”
I love FA (I guess Symphonic Death Metal fits pretty good), but imo songs like Epilogue, Cold as Perfection, The Forsaking, Embrace the Oblivion, The Day We'll be Gone, Monnalisa are more "accessible" and epic while still having a certain brutality.
FGA is orchestral technical death metal, they have such a unique and brutal sound. In this regard you should definitely check out the other “flesh” band, Septicflesh. They are a little slower (just a slower) but darker and more sinister. Check out “Portrait of a headless man” or “Anubis”
I requested this one before but it merits repeat due to the context: Canadian Death Metal act First Fragment song called "Gula". They take this concept of really extreme music with classical elements except they don't use any orchestra or string quartet or anything but the typical metal instrumentation and instead play these moving voices that have harmony but not linear (So not unlike classical where one voice goes up while the other goes down and then they cross over, one outlining chords while the other uses pedal points, etc.) Definitively put em on your list for when you do other classical inspired metal songs
Second this
"Gula" is by a huge margin my favorite First Fragment song, I'd love to hear a reaction to it.
1:35 if you listened to Epilogue instead that would have been so ironic lol. You have to check it out, it's "a bit" different than this.
To this day, my absolute favourite band when it comes to mixing death metal and symphony. My favourite album is still "Labyrinth" (album that came out after "Agony") tho many people think it was trash/more of the same but oh well... To each their own I guess. And it is my favourite album because I personally think they achieved their peak of mixing those two genres perfectly there, it was a great evolution of Agony, more progressive, more epic, more variety etc. I really couldn't recommend one song from their entire discography... They have 5 albums (and one EP) and I think all of them are either an evolution of the previous one or slightly different take on (like their two latest albums).
The most similar band to them so far is SepticFlesh, they started way before Fleshgod Apocalypse. They have a slighly different vibe and theme, obviously. But basically it's the same idea.
Labyrinth is a masterpiece. I've never understood the hate for it
I love Labyrinth as well.
My first video of yours, and I really appreciate the view of someone who is not listening too much metal aparently. I wanted to see the other side of the medal basicly. This is really informative and an awesome perspective, thank you!
The thing you pointed out with the Quality of Chords and the assignability of Classical and Metal Music is pretty interesting
A while ago, Rob Scallon posted a video, where he plays a couple of different songs on the organ via a Midi Port.
What drew my attention specifically was his thought, if a song by Necrophagist (a Technical-Death Metal Band) would sound like a piece of Johann Sebastian Bach
If you are interested to watch it, I would love to here your opinion about it!
By the way, I really enjoy the way you do these (critical) Reactions :D
Some other "extreme" bands that utilize symphonic elements pretty well are SepticFlesh & Carach Angren.
I like both, but I'd recommend the former. Persepolis, Oceans Of Grey, Order Of Dracul, Dark Art, and A Great Mass Of Death are all good songs by them that are pretty heavy on the orchestral side.
Also, Fleshgod would be considered Symphonic Technical Death Metal lol. Although, they've cooled down on the technicality with the last 2 or 3 albums, so just Symphonic Death Metal is fine.
Ha, that 80 minute track is Bell Witch's Mirror Reaper. It is a slow doom song. It's great and a tribute to the their former singer who died and includes some previously unused vocal parts he recorded. It's also a great album cover.
@@zinestheticluminescence that or Meshuggah's I, but I think that one is "only" 40-ish minutes.
Their album "King" is really neat and they have an orchestra only version of it. You should check it out for sure.
I love their Veleno album. It's very well composed. And their composer/pianist has a background in classical music and I think some other bandmembers as well. I also recommend the band "Wintersun" especially their stuff on Time I.
Oh I just realized that you actually did a reaction on it
Epilogue and Minotaur: The Wrath of Poseidon and Cold as Perfection might be more up your alley.
This is my favourite band, and has been for many years. Loved the reaction, thanks for the smiles!
You should do Epilogue, it has a female Opera singer too
I still remember my first Fleshgod experience: they were supporting Wintersun, and the venue was a small bar in my city...i and a few others had to help them lug their upright piano into the bar and up on the "stage", which thankfully was just a small step up one
The most intimate show and possibly the most sonically powerful
I found your channel today and i am glad i did...im metalhead from Finland 44yrs old and yes i like death and black metal amongst other metal too/listening other types of music too :)
Great video!
I confirm my suggestions for new stuff, also if you really like the classical elementi go for "epilogue"
They even have an opera singer in that and in the new album.
You NEED to check out the Deluxe edition of their album King. The last half is just full orchestral versions of all the tracks and it so perfectly crystallizes and demonstrates how symbiotic classical and black metal can be.
Hell yeah I have been waiting for this my entire life!!
Late comment but just listened to this. It's obvious that opera is in their Italian blood since this, in my opinion, has more operatic influences than strictly symphonic ones. Loved it !!!
Hi! Great reaction as always! Another symphonic death metal band you should listen to is Septicflesh and their song "Portrait Of A Headless Man". This song is not as aggressive as "The Violation".
"Classical music style" with metal:
Lacrimosa, Haggard, Adagio, Symphony X, Dimmu Borgir (similar to fleshgod), Devil Doll, Estatic Fear, SepticFlesh
Sometimes: Sonata Arctica, Therion, Nightwish (early albums), Rhapsody of Fire and many symphonic progressive and power/neoclassical metal bands
Missing Epica here. One of the very best at combining classical and metal
React to Devin Townsend, kingdom live version for the retinal circus show
In the symph metal scene there's exceptional music. Most bands also release a second instrumental version. Many band members have a classical background and play a classical instrument aswell.
FA is one of my favorite bands, listen to their latest releases a few times to really appreciate the musical virtuosity of this band.
As for the classical part. All symph metal incorporate the intricate classical styles ... some more some less.
Making an orchestra play their music and the result is classical music.
So many examples of that i don't even know where to start ... but Deathkolk is one of them.
Samael Passage on keyboards Xytras Passage. (fun fact, Xytras only started to play keyboard after the keyboard player left)
My first exposure to them was the song Sugar, and I was equally stunned and impressed.
White Ward - Love Exchange Failure for some sweet black metal + dark jazz!
Oh Ved Buens Ende is also a very nice "hybrid" between black metal and jazz
I'd go for something from the Futility Report album.
This band was able to take up the speed to really crazy levels while keeping their classical music influences. This song is at 280 bpm, so I have to give the drummer some serious props for being able to play this cleanly. Now, there are bands hitting over 300 bpm which is mindblowing. I am a drummer myself and I am practicing bass drum techniques like heel-toe and ankle swivel so I can hit fast speeds, but I'm stopping at 300 bpm. Anything past that is ridiculous and too much. I mean, sixteenth notes at 300 bpm is so damn fast, why do I need to go faster? It's not a competion or sporting event...its music and I just can't imagine needing to surpass 300 bpm.
You need to go faster because Metal! Duh!
This band isn't even really my prefered style... but dear god they get MAJOR points for composition and themes... and that one time the drummer had the flu during a live show and just had a dude sit next to him with a bucket so he could spew every now and then... but STILL held down the fucking show... dude's a legend among legends..
I love this band (they also come from my country, Italy), the other tracks on this record are less "relentless" tho, so you might like them more. There are also 2 other great bands from Italy, which are Nero di Marte (Post-metal) and Ad Nauseam (Technical death metal), I'd love to hear your thoughts on these two.
We, altri gruppi italiani che consigli? Prendo nota
Aw, no love for Hideous Divinity? They're very fun.
@@emanuelemaneglia Ah cavolo ammetto che mi trovi impreparato dato che di solito ascolto solo queste 3, ma ho fatto qualche ricerca di gruppi anche che ho già sentito, allora ci sono: Novembre (prog doom death), Inno (doom), The Foreshadowing (doom), Hour of Penance (tech death), In Tormentata Quiete (avant-garde), Destrage (prog thrash/core), Nefas (tech death), Noise Trail Immersion (mathcore), Hideous Divinity (tech death), Logic of Denial (tech death)
@@ysqure3 Yeah you're right, they're also good
The first dozen of notes of the main riff are Mozart's 40-th symphony, main theme. Postmodernist irony.
Their older stuff is very rough and brutal, their newer albums are little less technical but more interesting to listen to, I find. If you are in for "modest" tracks, check out "Epilogue", "Monnalisa", "The Day We'll be Gone" or "Embrace the Oblivion", if you are in for something a little less brutal but still quite harsh, you might want to check out "Kingborn", "Pathfinder", "In Aeternum", "The Fool", "Sugar" or maybe "A Million Deaths"
It would not surprise you to learn that the main songwriter, Franceso Paoli (who at various times has been drummer - he drums on this one, guitarist and singer) is a classically trained musician .
Another fun fact: Francesco only played drums for something like 8 or 9 years total.
You should check out "Skálmöld & Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands - Kvaðning" Viking metal band called Skálmöld and in this album there were 250 people playing with them (symphony orchestra of Iceland, men's choir of Reykjavík , Kammer Choir Hymnodia and
Children's choir Kársnessskóli)
This seems to be the most requested for reaction channels but it’s not nearly as accessible as other stuff from them. Their album King is amazing. I’d also recommend the song Epilogue.
If your curious to hear more symphonic death metal check out Septicflesh, Anubis or Sangreal.
Maaan, you should hear "epilogue" now, to see their other side.
If your attention was caught by the merging between brutal death metal and classical music, you'd be interested to know that they tour with a soprano singer. Good reaction songs where she makes an appearance are Epilogue (with prologue), Cold as Perfection and Syphilis.
You should check out Cold as Perfection by Fleshgod Apocalypse. I feel like their sound really came together on the King album in terms of blending themselves with an orchestra, and adding another vocalist to contrast the screams.
So if you want to listen to more of them specifically to learn about how they changed, I would recommend listening to carnivorous lamb of their latest record, which features a similar wall of sound like the Violation, but with the different influences intervowen much finer in my opinion. The whole record of Veleno is a sonic thunderstorm though, took some getting used to for me, it was only one the third listen that I really started enjoying it.
You should check out Devil Doll, their song Mr. Doctor is about 20 minutes long and is their shortest one.
It would be really interesting that you analize them.
Not related to this band but you should check out Aquilus - Night Bell. I'm not entirely sure where i would place it in terms of genre, but it's very atmospheric. The song in particular is the closer and caps off the album well.
They're great, kind of... "neo-classical black metal" not too sure haha
@@petergjata1498 Never thought about calling it neo classical but now that i think about it, it kind of works.
This song is a lesson in ferocity, but I highly recommend you watch the vid for Epilogue to get a more complete idea of how deep their composition can get.
Ok i see your point. Nevertheless in this album there's still some buildup in the elements from the band. You can Check Epilogue or more recent Monnalisa. Both have a strong sense of melody and are much more detailed since they now have a Soprano girl pushing boundaries. Great reaction btw.
Fortunately, for me, they slowed down a bit and have toned down the "wall of sound" aspect of their music and, in the latest album I've heard of them (King), they seemed to have let go of the need to prove that they can play fast and accurate, that happens with so many young bands.
I have three songs of theirs to recommend: Gravity, A Million Deaths, Syphilis. These songs also have been released in purely orchestral form.
Departing from Fleshgod Apocalypse, I'd really love to see you react to Shining's HELTER SKELTER. That song is a proper mindfuck.
I'd like to know your opinion on Bal-Sagoth. Either "The Scourge of the Fourth Celestial Host" or "Starfire Burning Upon the Ice Veiled Throne of Ultima Thule" All I can say is get ready for symphonic black metal with narrated vocals.
You need to see their video "Sugar"
I'd really like to suggest Aquilus - Nihil. It's a different mix between classical music and metal that would leave you just as intrigued as Fleshgod did, specially because one guy wrote and recorded the whole album
Vektor- Recharging the Void
Yes.
100 % yes !!
Here's a band you should react to: Battles.
No one ever does this band, and they are VERY "reactable." I'd suggest the songs Atlas or Tonto, for some of the older stuff, or The Yabba or Fort Greene Park for some newer stuff.
Fleshgod Apocalypse is one of my favorite bands, honestly, although Agony is my least favorite album of theirs. I love Labyrinth, I feel like it breathes a bit more and the death metal side brings some better riffs. But Oracles and Veleno are also excellent. "Under Black Sails" shows a different side to them that I really appreciate.
"This was gooD..." Trying to find something critical to say. "..." Can't find anything bad to say. "...it was good."
I´d suggest you try anything from the veleno record, or the king record for a bit (not much) less of the gotta go fast wall of sound feel.
You should react to Anubis by Septicflesh
Check out dimmu borgir - progenies of the great apocalypse. Great orchestration. More song structure not as fast.
Please react to Septicflesh - Portrait of a headless man!!!
Probably the most brutal song you did yet it's a really have band but you always also here the orchestra/classical music influences and parts in it's a amazing combo classical music and brutal death metal
YES!!
Symphonic Brutal Technical Death Metal
I listen to that song like every time I am in the car lol
Agreed with a lot of the comments here. Epilogue and Syphilis would be good to check out as they're a lot less chaotic.
Great Symphonic Death Metal! If you like Technical Death Metal please listen to Archspire s Golden Mouth of Ruin
The Drummer, Francesco Paoli is an absolute god on drums lol
every time i listen to songs like this my legs get tired.
Good content!
Substantially less aggressive, but maybe interesting to you: Spock's Beard - The Light. If possible in a live version.
Please check out first fragment - gula they are like technical metal with classical baroque influence
yep wow, the slowest part is the guitar solo =D there should be a camera on the kick pedals tho'
I've only learned of this band through various reaction, they have an interesting sound but a bit much to decipher at once. I get some Dimmu Borgir associations from it though. Genrewise I would say something like Symponic Death Metal.
I'm not used to this death metal style, but certain related bands end up among my favourites.
Last year I had an "affair" with Rotting Christ, a greek band that uses the concept of "religious mantra" as a way to build up their songs. Each album is focused on different religions/cultures.
The song "In Yumen Xibalba" is a really nice example (ua-cam.com/video/wdasUo-RDJA/v-deo.html)
If you end up spending more time with European metal bands I think you'd start seeing more classically influenced examples than those from blues, it's kind of common. Certainly there are strongly blues influenced metal bands too but it's far more common in bands from the Americas (it seems to me).
First of all, thank you for this reaction! :D
This kind of band don't get the appreciation they deserve.
I love Fleshgod Apocalypse! From them, try "Epilogue"!
But this reminds me to suggest Carach Angren. It's symphonic black metal and it's mainly composed by their vocalist!
I suggest "Charles Francis Coghlan" (my favourite tbh)
Oh and they have a completely distinctive way of telling stories ;)
Oh heckers yeah!
do the reaction for monnalisa song ...
Please do Avandra’s Adder’s Bite. I’ll do Patreon if I have to!
So I'm going to request that 80 minute track floating around. Listen to it - Mirror Reaper by Bell Witch. You don't necessarily have to do a reaction video. Just listen to it. It is mindblowingly awesome. Check out the comments on any of its videos and look at the number of people talking about how it pulled them through a dark patch in life. The track is seriously that good.
Hello Bryan. Since you do a lot of tech death/ prog reactions, I was wondering if you ever listened to the band Necrophagist? It would be interesting to see how you might react to them lol
Necrophagist is a highly recommended band that I have never even heard of before starting this channel. I'm sure they'll be showcased here eventually given their popularity.
2:40 They are -ing quoting Mozart there!
yup intro motif from 40
Please, PLEASE do In Aeturnum with Marche Royale as the intro!
I didn’t know them, but I also listen to such stuff as The Faceless and Arch Enemy. This song was too fast imho. If the blastbeat to 4 down the floor or something else, it would have been hard too, but all that blastbeat wears it off somehow.
Sugar by them is also very good
Equipoise - waking divinity
Man you should try "the violation" too.
Lol Mirror Reaper 18:20
Ah, thank you for this! And I totally get your reaction, this song is kind of unrelenting :)
On a more chill, epic, kinda operatic vibe, The Odyssey by Symphony X is beautiful.
I'd also like to see you react to Black Metal like Satyricon - Now, Diabolical or K.I.N.G.
The metal genre is the gateway to the classical genre, paradoxically, the classical genre is the gateway to the metal genre.
I checked out this band when Agony was released, just because of their stupid fucking name. Been in love ever since! Agony is a M A S T E R P I E C E🤘 Thank you for this reaction, made my day!🙏🏻
Fleshgod is one of the best! You should check out 'A Million Deaths', 'Cold as Perfection', and 'Minotaur'.
you should do White Ward - Poisonous Flowers of Violence
also try blot or swim to the moon by btbam
Can you react to Equilibrium - Waldschrein
Hey friend!
It's pronounced Steven 👍
If you want a track by Fleshgod that is an opposite to this then listen to Paramour, an entire opera track, off of the album "King" (which is a great album). I wouldn't mind a reaction to the whole album. There is actually an orchestra only version of the album which is great in its own right
I was pretty resistant to FA for a long while because I initially found the death metal/orchestral combination rather cheesy, but they eventually won me over. There's no denying the ridiculous musicianship, and sometimes bands can overcome cheese through sheer commitment and talent. Behemoth is a band that struck me similarly. They definitely have more accessible tracks than this. What you say about classical music being more than just instruments is right on the money, which is why I've often found rock/metal's "borrowings" from classical pretty kitschy and superficial because most bands/artists don't go beyond the instrumentation/sound. That's why I appreciate bands/artists like King Crimson, Gentle Giant, and Kayo Dot because I think they're among the few bands that created something genuinely new with their classical influences. rather than just sounding like a superficial pastiche of classical.
Same
Tomorrow is a whole other animal. 🐴 🥰