Man, when you know your music's good, you don't really need any of that shit. Look at the musical trajectory of the bands that do that (and I'm sure we'll think of one or two commonly) and you'll understand much .
@@joebenson528honestly putting Batushka in the same box with Mgla is a monumental insult to Mgla. Come on... You take out the atmosphere and visuals from Batushka and it becomes nothing. Sorry.
Nice to see, that you appreciate their work spending money on their relaeses! If we talk about BM, I like them probably the most too, but I also very like Burzum.
And let's not forget, Dude, that keeping wildlife, um... an amphibious rodent, for... Um, ya know domestic... Within the city... That ain't legal either.
Who else literally got goosebumps when saw the notification and then ran to listen to this like an alienated? Never had a sacred time like this since Exercises in Futility.
@Nosferatu Zodd I also think, that the composition looks weird. The horseman is to to bright, his foot is too big, some of the faces float in the air and the 8 legs of Sleipnir look very confusing. Especially the fleeing people seem to be painted in a hurry
Listen to "tooth enamel and concrete" by Cattle Decap, I love that opening sound too (doesn't have the same atmospheric quality the black metal fandom likes tho so the song is optional)
Forgot my headphones at home today (first time in the whole damn year). 30 minutes later I got this album notification. This kind of events can drive a man insane. I barely survived the next 10 hours.
@@juannapoles Dude I am not sure they are gonna go anywhere outside of Europe. I don't think they have ever come to a single major city in the US based on the few times I had tracked their tours schedule in the past. I take it that they probably don't have the finances to support doing international touring at all. Plus their fanbase is smaller than mainstream metal bands so that does not help either.
Love the move they pulled with the cover on this one! Showing us only part of it with the song they released and now being able to see the full picture, sorta speak, there is so much more. Bravo!
They did the same with exercises in futility - just showing the arms - if I remember correctly. The fucked up Sleipnir looks great but overall the cover, for me, looks kind of weird -- but who cares, the Music is as great as expected
This is one of the best metal (not only black metal) albums I have ever heard! The feeling in the last 5 minutes especially... that was phenomenal! Mgla are the evidence that quality still exists in black metal!
I think one of the best and most unique Black Metal records of the last decade. Great drumworks on the bells and cymbals, great shredding, catchy hooklines and last but not least, it has a Bass ;-)
I have viewed and reviewed this. Studied the lyrics. I've come to the following conclusion: Love you guys. What a bleak view. All hails to Polska. I also have a little anecdote: When I had my journeyman exam, I made some critical mistakes on the workpiece and was within a hair's width of surrendering. The words " do you believe in victory, or do you hail defeat" came to mind and reinvigorated my doing to the effect of ending within the top 3 of my class. Thank you.
What a time to be alive ! One of the very few meaningfull sources of vitality for the spirit: Mgła ! Curious, paradoxal even, as these hollow and barren soundscapes fill up our hearts with contentment. Hail, my brothers and sisters in this empty existence.
Now it's time to accept that Mgla is one of the best (Black) Metal bands of all time. They know they're in a new epoch, they criticize the modern humanity and they knew perfectly how to evolve from the message to the sound to become a style, a new way to create pure and epic Black Metal. They're geniuses, and I'm glad I'm alive in their time.
@Heca stahp pls :v Groza is excellent too, along with their early EPs. But their crowning achievements are definitely WHTN, EIF, and now AOE (in my opinion)
@@sirmanfred6083 I wouldn't say mediocrity exactly I mean I like their music, but people do get carried away with all this best black metal band/album bullshit.
To jest Metalowy czad na najwyższym światowym poziomie. Ten krążek jest po prostu wykurwisty że się tak nie ładnie wyrażę. Mgła prezentujecie zajebiste Metalowe granie dla mnie rewelacja pozdrawiam.Jako fan Metalowego łojenia chciałbym mieć ten album na swojej półce do kolekcji z innymi płytami. Dajecie czadu jesteście świetnym Metalowym zespołem. Dzięki takim zespołom jak Mgła jestem dumny że słucham Polskiego Metalu.
Never heard of this band before. Stumbled across this album by coincidence and I think it's great. Very powerful metal that 'floats' through your head.
I had lost interest in modern BM many moons ago but always check in from time to time. Mgla's "With hearts towards none" is by far one of the greatest black metal albums ever and one I still routinely come back to. I admit I wasn't AS impressed with their releases after, I just felt "with hearts" set a bar so high that it would be near impossible to ever reach again.... Well I am so happy to be wrong and to come back to discover this masterpiece. I have been waiting for this album since WHTN and I had a feeling deep down Mgla had it in them to pull it off... So happy. Incredible musicians, artist and performers... I will always believe Mgla is the evolution of BM, a perfection of a craft that has been... copied to death but rarely executed uniquely since the early second wave.
Lyrics: I 00:00 A species had been armed with a double edged blade A guardless weapon of delusion Forged of a mirage of inherent transcendence In the tangled mechanisms of life itself As the curtain is being unraveled The ego writhes in a spasm of insight Delighted gods grunt like pigs At the mere notion of a raison d'etre From the gardens of Semiramis To the trenches of Ypres A meaningless uproar Sublime truths are revealed In the hammering of hobnailed jackboots And there's wisdom to be found In the shameful epitaphs of cowards From the gardens of Semiramis To the trenches of Ypres From the grounds of Comitium To the cellars of Tuol Sleng From the spores of presence And a swarm of pest Unto the ironies of being Falling hopes whip the ground Among laments of sunken millennia There are no paths to follow But a nightmare of endless repetition Those who peruse the annals of humanity Demanding patterns, connections, developments: Were there any to be found? And was it sapience indeed that kept pushing this broken cart? The wonders The misery The ascent The emptiness Falling hopes whip the ground Among laments of sunken millennia There are no paths to follow But a nightmare of endless repetition II 07:29 The stench of zeitgeist Is the incense of discarded shrines As the corpses put on powder and rouge So that the hoax can proceed, ever sidewards A cheaped out incarnation into a shopworn sarx The soul congeals into a grimy lump - Substance of the world, dreary and pale At the feet of a spirit detached Between the grinder and the abattoir Such are the landscapes of grief Grayness and glitz Glitter and gehinnom Between tedium and fright Such is the song of the nether world The hissing of rats And the jarring chants of angels A sacrifice to the gutter gods Squandered redemption, misplaced grace As an ailing mole burrowing in Eden Living breathing downfall Between the grinder and the abattoir Such are the landscapes of grief Grayness and glitz Glitter and gehinnom Between tedium and fright Such is the song of the nether world The hissing of rats And the jarring chants of angels It's a land of sun gone down In comical grandeur A sluggish danse macabre Hyenas waltzing about Would a new flood please finally come A real rain and an assortment of plagues And when all is said and done Even the Devil won't care enough to spit in the mud III 14:27 Out of howling of prophets And curses of the righteous In the ivory halls A new kind of champion is bred Herostrates for the modern day High on good conscience A noblest of sufferers On disinformation highway At the end of the day it's the same old script: Do you believe in victory or do you hail defeat Those finaglers of justice Expert wrights in deceit Carvers of the crooked timber And their finely tuned farce Proclaiming anger and rage Under the mortal threat it thrives At the end of the day it's the same old script: Do you believe in victory or do you hail defeat Ersatz revolt Ersatz rebellion For a new world would come Every once in a while "Purer", "brighter", "clearer", "better" And the last of misbelievers Will be trampled in the greatest of marches Toward the radiant future Where sheep are promised fangs And only after the graves are filled With remains of dissidents And the frame of reference is torched Together with forbidden thoughts Then, and only then The disciple is relieved The true believer has overcome the evils Of engineering of dissent At the bottom of things it's the same old script: Do you believe in victory or do you hail defeat Ersatz revolt Ersatz rebellion For a new world would come Every once in a while "Purer", "brighter", "clearer", "better" Ersatz purpose Ersatz alliance Ersatz ideals Ersatz communion IV 20:43 Ground zero of transgression: Whether ironic distance is true subversion As it is carved in the structure Of the system being opposed Therefore the language of the scourge Should be instilled in further discourse The language of strife and hunger In a state of relentless panic Henceforth the struggle takes form Of an absolute order, a total institution The clandestine laws of the night Should be exposed in broad daylight Mocked by many - known by the few The arsonists of perpetual aporia Acknowledge the presence of a sinister side That reaches far and wide beneath the surface Acknowledge that there are aspects of self Only to be revealed in burning, blinding hatred The blades shall be sharpened Upon gravestones of "kind" hearted The measures shall be chosen For maximum impact upon illusion of safety The ordnance which will tear Into the heart of daydream Shall become the testament Of the hopeless quest of prelest prophets Acknowledge healthy confusion, the dirt behind the reverie Unearth madness and probe into the absurd Deconstruct with no promise of a restore pattern And become free through the truth of the prelest prophets V 26:19 The gruesome caravan is crawling in circles Around pillars of cold grey light Pale horse is there, but the rider's away on business And the lion went roaring somewhere else It's a begging time for dissolution The commodity of ultimate silence on public display The living dead stare at the gaping void Waiting for the blade to finally come down Not just yet There's still innards to be ripped out And hanged between the sacred trees Bones to be broken, eyes to be plucked For the amusement of a drooling god Born again in a tidal wave of filth Amidst chants of suffocating angels An offering to a ravenous idol That'll take more pleasure in puking it out Gnawed and spat out Still good enough for lowbrow vultures Torn and led astray Fed scraps of hope until the banal end A bargain pilgrimage to the heart of darkness The stay got extended quite a good bit View is always the same: sorrow upon sorrow And the orchestra keeps playing same song on repeat A canticle arranged for gnashing of teeth Howling of hearts and cracking of spines And there's a hundred eager razors Underneath the conductor's suit Gnawed and spat out Still good enough for lowbrow vultures Torn and led astray Fed scraps of hope until the banal end In this rotten excuse for a world At the bottom of the dustbin of history Let's just try and pretend That our corpses still have some class The cold light The gaping void The final silence At the fingertips The cold light The gaping void The broken cycle Not just yet VI 33:20 Forever uphill atop the remains Of missed chances, of hope and innocence The withered bones of those who failed But more so of those who didn't even try Bursting through the barbed thickets Sharp with guilt, deceit and shame To the petty truths buried underneath Layers and layers of drivel and mud In this day and age The litanies of overskurkens moral Are the only prayers to be heard these days And all those who dreamt about a True Revolution Got distracted by hurting each other What has to be done, has to be done The human nature is what it is We cover our eyes in a call to arms And turn one edge toward ourselves Arm in arm in this futile strife Where cards are marked and odds are little to none Hand in hand with fate worse than death Relentless in discontent In this day and age Empires get wrecked Principles get crushed Saviors get crucified History gets what? History fucking gets over it all And the assassins in rose tinted glasses At the wrong end of the tunnel of light Practitioners of paramount scorn And those who'd rig moral compass rather than bridges Behold the world and spit on it The noble and the scum of the earth Just out of some basic damned dignity In this day and age of excuse What has to be done, has to be done The human nature is what it is We cover our eyes in a call to arms And turn one edge toward ourselves Arm in arm in this futile strife Where cards are marked and odds are little to none Hand in hand with fate worse than death Relentless in discontent What has to be done, has to be done The human nature is what it is We cover our eyes in a call to arms And turn one edge toward ourselves
David Martin Portmann Just ordered a shirt from No Solace yesterday but I ordered the record as soon as it was available a few months ago. For nihilists they’re on their shipping game.
Good guys Mgla & No Solace - straight up uploading the whole album on release date. No bullshit, no ads, just pure music. Keep on going! Will for sure buy the new album.
@@Ecclesiastes11718 It feels as if they're somehow criticizing, while also acknowledging man's view of what is good and what is not. It's not the blackness that is eating our souls, and not the light that will bring salvation, but the gray that is grinding us into dust, with our consent.
AWESOME!! The natural heir to "Excersises in Futiliy". They are adding more drumming complexity, deeper lyrics full of lapidary and epic sentences, riffing with new variations and shades that make Mgla's music grow in intensity. Lyrics are really worth to be read and understood, since they contribute to enchance the musical experience. Best album of 2019 for me. Fav track: VI.
I was never really into black metal out all of my years of being a metalhead. I mean... I've liked a few black metal songs before but not like this. A few months ago I was listening to one of the black metal songs, and then UA-cam Music automatically started playing Exercises in Futility V and I instantly fell in love. It sent me on a black metal rabbithole adventure. I discovered amazing black metal bands such as Grima and Uada just to name a few. All of MGLA's albums are amazing from start to finish and i never get bored.
@@Jurica-mtb Sometimes embracing the emotion you're feeling through music can be cathartic. I have severe anxiety and panic attacks, and I created a song about that anxiety. It sounds like a whirling, abyssal, hopeless, and frenetic spiral into hell. And that's how I help keep my anxiety in check, but making and listening to music like that.
After listening to this album several times since it's release I can proudly say I enjoy this album more than Exercises In Futility even though that album holds a special place in my heart since it was my first album I ever heard from Mgla. This one to me just sounds like a more mature and glorified version of Exercises In Futility and is a great follow up to it as well. All my opinion but man is this band absolutely phenomenal in so many ways!
I agree. EiF was an awesome album. AoE is a masterpiece. I don't know how Mgla can ever top this. Though I didn't think they could've topped EiF and they did. For now I'm just gonna enjoy this masterpiece and appreciate it as one of the best things 2019 has offered me.
@@VideoGameMusicFan13 I agree but if they were able to top EIF with this album then I'm sure they can do it again with their next album even though that probably won't be for another 4 or so years.
I think both records are at the top of their awesomeness. I mean, they are basically the same thing, but EIF is more focused on the failure of religious belief, whiel AOE is more about the rational stream of thoughts that a nihilitst goes through when they become aware of the terrible nature of humankind. These guys go far beyond music. This is the Bible of nihilism.
Lyrics and music in number III are outstanding (actually, the whole album is excellent). Love it! One of those songs that fill a gap in your life you never knew existed before hearing it for the first time.
W życiu nie myślałem że będę się tak spuszczał przy black metalowych płytach. Zawsze byłem fanem thrash/death, a black metal poza bardzo nielicznymi wyjątkami (jak część Burzum czy np. płyta Hate Them od Darkthrone) był dla mnie raczej hałasem i rzężeniem. Zdarzało się słuchać dla urozmaicenia i tego hałasu, ale do zachwytów i naturalnego gibania głową w rytm było mi bardzo daleko. Aż poznałem Mgłę. No kurwa goście rozjebali mi system. Wcześniej nie mogłem się oderwać od Exercises a teraz gwałce replay przy Age of... Masakra
Saw them playing Age of Excuse II & III at Brutal Assault. I was counting the days for the release, finally it's out now and I am literally in tears. Thank you MGLA for everything..
@@Skate4792 Zwłaszcza, ale nasze i kolejne pokolenia są gotowe zdziałać w tej materii nawet więcej, bo napędzają je dodatkowo niespotykane wcześniej egoizm i egotyzm a to mi wygląda na mieszankę wybuchową...
Człowiek to istota która stworzona do gwałtu i wojen a wszystko napędza to religia.Dazymy do samozagłady.Plyta jest zajebista 🤘🤘🤘 Darkside gra i robi melodyjki grając na perkusji.Uwarzam że ten album już jest w tym roku bardzo wysoko w rankingu płyt.
![MGŁA - Age Of Excuse VI [LYRIC VIDEO]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/kimSW2gwlc8/mqdefault.jpg)
Too late to explore the world, too early to explore the universe, but just on time to enjoy Mgla releases.
Hear hear!
Whats the difference? haha
It’s not too late to explore the world, just too late to be the first to do so.
Another reason to stop me from killing myself
TheMorbidAsshole: Not quite yet.
Wow, I don't deserve this for free... Their music is literally a luxury to my ears.
Buy it when you're able - they really deserve it, imo.
grab their album on bandcamp mate
As soon as my stupid bank aproves my card I'm buying this.
if you wanna full quality or support the band, buy CD, vinyl, shirts whatever. ;)
Bought it before even listening to this version
"The ego writhes in a spasm of insight."
Man, what a way to describe something.
Based slav nihilists ride again
No preposterous marketing, no announcement a year in advance, just ART. Amazing, touching, powerful ART.
I bow to you.
Man, when you know your music's good, you don't really need any of that shit. Look at the musical trajectory of the bands that do that (and I'm sure we'll think of one or two commonly) and you'll understand much .
I love the way it shits on Tool fans and all the hype glitter. Only by default. Fukking precious
@@subixbarbarasson2544 I was actuall thinking of diablo swing orchestra but eh, I guess it still applies.
@@BBQcheese
Your words not mine.
But I rekkon I would fit into such a katagory if ever there was one.
Well said!
Unbelievable work on the drums and lyrics, as always. Few bands can make me boogie down and weep at the same time, but y'all got that magic touch.
should have waited my man, this cover art goes deep and HEFFY
Should we expect a video on this? PLEASE
It’s a dark and goosie one!
Automatically on the list of best heffy metal releases of 2019?
Oh shi-, you are here too.
MGLA is one of the few bands that I can listen to the entire discography without skipping 1 single track! Black Metal at its best!
Damn its true.
Yes. That's true.
👏💯❤👋😊🇦🇷
We are witnessing a black metal Renaissance and bands like MGLA and Batushka are the gold standard. Polish black metal fans should be proud.
@@joebenson528honestly putting Batushka in the same box with Mgla is a monumental insult to Mgla. Come on...
You take out the atmosphere and visuals from Batushka and it becomes nothing. Sorry.
00:00 Age of Excuse I
07:29 Age of Excuse II
14:27 Age of Excuse III
20:43 Age of Excuse IV
26:19 Age of Excuse V
33:20 Age of Excuse VI
this also needs to be pinned
@@NikolasConstantinides it was already included in the video description, along with all the lyrics ;)
@@tllvllp ye noticed it right after i posted that
@@tllvllp Yes, I posted here in the comments because it's easier to click on the songs. In the description is not possible
THX BRO...
I never clicked so fast ..
same here lol
same
Neither did I never think I even will
I've nevered bought an album so fast
Only album I clicked faster than this was Krystof's Batushka album.
Cant stop listening, I spent 140 dollars an all of their LPs and I can confidently say Mgla is my favorite band of all time.
Cause you never tried Darkspace ;)
Nice to see, that you appreciate their work spending money on their relaeses! If we talk about BM, I like them probably the most too, but I also very like Burzum.
Mgla is the best bm no question mate😍
@@DarkspaceIIplease don't compare that garbage band with mgla
@@seth-eh4fp you just went full retard. Never do that.
That cymbal work is flawless
I thought Hellhammer was the best Black Metal drummer, but then I heard Mgla.
@C L Hellhammer is good. But this one is far better.
C L Hellhammer rulez! Wait till new Mayhem
Trym? Lol I dunno emperor bangs pretty hard.
@@ilikevideos4868 well said bro
who else was here on this glorious day?
Just came, gonna stay here for hours💪
This just made my monday great
Meeeeee
I was there
HERE!
Czesc. Siedze najebny o 12 rano i se slucham tego. Dobre disko.
Wolę Krzysztofa Krawczyka 😅
Darkside's drumming is enough reason for me to listen to this masterpiece over and over again)
Yeah it's rather insane alright
@SonOfVlad yep, thanks, my english is not very good. I need some exercises
@@alferdpaker learning English is just another exercise in futility.
(Just a joke; it'll probably open the door to opportunities actually haha)
Darkside is mgła!!... 👍🏻
Who's the drummer in mgla? Guy is sick! Love his style!
Age of Excuse III is probably one of their best songs. Amazing riffs.
For me the last one really cakes the take. Same with Exercises in Futility.
My favorite by far! The atmosphere is so intense and angry.
my favorite
one of the best lyrics in whole Mgła discography:)
"Donny, these men are Nihilists."
Ve believe in nosssing Lebowski, nosssing!
And let's not forget, Dude, that keeping wildlife, um... an amphibious rodent, for... Um, ya know domestic... Within the city... That ain't legal either.
i am the walrus
@@guilledcf1547 stfu donny
@@nathanharper5670 what are you a fuckin' park ranger now!?
I'm going to enjoy the shit out of this album tonight!
nice to see you here. of course a new Mgla release would bring everyone together. cheers and thanks Black Metal Promotion
on repeat mode !
Glad to see you here, BMP. Yes right bro, I'll play this all night long. Great stuff, can't get enough of it.
Thank you for turning me onto them a few years back!
Thanks Bobby Rock, Booth McGivaren, Somnambulist and 001FirstRule.
Who else literally got goosebumps when saw the notification and then ran to listen to this like an alienated?
Never had a sacred time like this since Exercises in Futility.
Cosmic Significance relatable as fuck
Yes
Exactly. An amazing gift of an album
I can "literally" listen to Age of Excuse II all day on loop... What a masterpiece!!!
For real, that one and VI are addictive
@@Max-lm8pp Hell yeah! II ist for sure the best, but then I i VI. :D
HOLY SHIT THAT COVER ART!
It will look great on a t-shirt.
Ratamahatta12345 it’s on shirts, visit Mgła’s webstore
That’s Zbigniew M. Bielak for ya. Dude’s probably the best artist for metal nowadays.
@Nosferatu Zodd I also think, that the composition looks weird. The horseman is to to bright, his foot is too big, some of the faces float in the air and the 8 legs of Sleipnir look very confusing. Especially the fleeing people seem to be painted in a hurry
There’s always a couple of miserable fucking haters
This album is so melodic, so dark, so authentic !
The opening sound is the most disgusting sound i have ever heard. I love it.
You haven't heard the debates of politicians yet.
It sounds like Zerg larvae or egg sounds from Starcraft lol
yesssssss
Listen to "tooth enamel and concrete" by Cattle Decap, I love that opening sound too (doesn't have the same atmospheric quality the black metal fandom likes tho so the song is optional)
Isnt it the sound of someone hanging from a noose?
Forgot my headphones at home today (first time in the whole damn year).
30 minutes later I got this album notification.
This kind of events can drive a man insane.
I barely survived the next 10 hours.
sign of god
This says a lot of you. Reggeton bullshit use without headphones. Notice how polite we metal are
@@sinistradeathmetal tienes tod la razon señorita.
Kurwa, takie brzmienie to ja szanuje, jesteście zajebiści.
Wole Edytę Górniak
I'm a native American from Albuquerque NM. Love the band, hopefully they come too our city for a live show.
im also a native american, i dont think theyll come to my small town in mexico at least i have internet
@@juannapoles Dude I am not sure they are gonna go anywhere outside of Europe. I don't think they have ever come to a single major city in the US based on the few times I had tracked their tours schedule in the past. I take it that they probably don't have the finances to support doing international touring at all. Plus their fanbase is smaller than mainstream metal bands so that does not help either.
@eVoids they toured South America! it was even before you made your comment
Love the move they pulled with the cover on this one! Showing us only part of it with the song they released and now being able to see the full picture, sorta speak, there is so much more. Bravo!
Mastertouch
Thought the same, I didn't really like the cover on the song but now that it's the whole picture it looks great
They did the same with exercises in futility - just showing the arms - if I remember correctly. The fucked up Sleipnir looks great but overall the cover, for me, looks kind of weird --
but who cares, the Music is as great as expected
@@AllForgottenMemories Plus it goes with the lyrics, there's the double-edged blade and he's covering his eyes.
@@FraenkL69 lmao EVERY mgla album cover looks weird.
Mgła wjeżdża na salony bez zapowiedzi i dominuje na następne kilka lat, a Krysiuk dalej zgłębia tajniki marketingu
Dobre 😂
Nie ma już miejsca dla krysiuka na polskiej scenie bm
tylko Drabikowski.
This is one of the finest black metal albums ever!
THE imo! For the genre "Storm of the lights bane" held it for me... Until this...
And it's not even the best work of Mgła. :D
@@TheDymeR es en serio?
I would rate this album a modest 11 points out of 10.
I wouldn't go that far. 7 out of 10. EIF is still the best one.
WHTN is better than EIF
@@manfredvonrichthofen8293 nah
whtn is still superb though
@@b.entranceperium This album is better than EiF. Age of Excuse III alone is much more interesting than anything in EiF and I love that record.
This is it, the one for 2019.
Not Slipknot, not Tool....but Mgla.
🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
I like all three. :^)
I like all three, but Tool kinda disappointed (sans one song) and Mgla definitely wins over Slipknot for me :)
In my opinion nothing comes close to Mgla, but tbh I love the new Tool Album
Splipknot is for absolute, literal, massive homosexuals.
Mgła equal boring.The same riff style all the time.
This is one of the best metal (not only black metal) albums I have ever heard! The feeling in the last 5 minutes especially... that was phenomenal! Mgla are the evidence that quality still exists in black metal!
I would say: "This is one of the best music i have ever heard"
Yea sure..
A symphony of unabashed brutal, honest realism! Nothing watered down.
My body is ready for this overdose of nihilism
😂👍🤟
I think one of the best and most unique Black Metal records of the last decade. Great drumworks on the bells and cymbals, great shredding, catchy hooklines and last but not least, it has a Bass ;-)
I have viewed and reviewed this. Studied the lyrics. I've come to the following conclusion: Love you guys. What a bleak view. All hails to Polska.
I also have a little anecdote: When I had my journeyman exam, I made some critical mistakes on the workpiece and was within a hair's width of surrendering. The words " do you believe in victory, or do you hail defeat" came to mind and reinvigorated my doing to the effect of ending within the top 3 of my class. Thank you.
@David Duke wut
Did you read "The last messiah" by Peter Wessel Zapffe?
@@avppr3451 Thanks for mentioning the essay. I read it just now.
This is my very first own black metal record. My cousin, who got me into the genre, gave it to me as a gift.
One of the ebst gifts I've ever received.
What a way to get into the genre!
My first introduction was Burzum and Satyricon back in 1994 or 1995
each album of Mgla is a masterpiece.
What a time to be alive ! One of the very few meaningfull sources of vitality for the spirit: Mgła ! Curious, paradoxal even, as these hollow and barren soundscapes fill up our hearts with contentment.
Hail, my brothers and sisters in this empty existence.
Doing dead-lifts while listening to Mgla is a blessing in the age of excuse!!!
Hashim Almadani I feel this comment bro
Exercise in futility, you're still fat.😬
I love falling asleep to black metal haha, this is going to be a dream inducing blessing each night 🤗
Hell yeah. Tomorrow is deadlift day for me. But surely it will be but an exercise in futility...
It literally got colder in Cracow the day Mgła released this masterpiece.
It is not possible. Correct human temperature is around 37 degrees and in Cracow 2nd September 2019 was 15 degrees, you would be dead.
Buying winter coats isn't a lust nowadays.
No one dies from 15 degrees...lol execpt old people.
Rudy ty też metalu słuchasz???? Hehehehh
Rudy ty tez metalu słuchasz????? Heheheh
“In this day and age; empires get wrecked. Principles get crushed. Saviors get crucified. History gets what? History fucking gets over it all.”
What a fucking song
there i am again! colossal respects from turkey, mgła is one of my favourite bands...
Saw them this week. Completely out of this world. Excellent facial expressions and interaction too ...
TheOniric1 must have been amazing. They"re so gd
Their music is amazing and their smiles are absolutely contagious... i.imgur.com/M0jX5xg.jpg
20 years listening black metal..., this is real black metal and it is so refreshing
see Odraza- Rzeczom album of the year !!!
listen to " Burzum : Aske "
@Fauzi River Not at all, I love black metal.
same what i thought, I've got almost 20 years too and i just wanted to say. it is so pure, classic and modern at a same time
@@ryanmozert Burzum. No thanks. Hard pass.
Now it's time to accept that Mgla is one of the best (Black) Metal bands of all time.
They know they're in a new epoch, they criticize the modern humanity and they knew perfectly how to evolve from the message to the sound to become a style, a new way to create pure and epic Black Metal.
They're geniuses, and I'm glad I'm alive in their time.
Agreed. Their whole discography is excellent. WHTN, EIF, and now AOE are all some of the best black metal albums ever.
@Heca stahp pls :v Groza is excellent too, along with their early EPs. But their crowning achievements are definitely WHTN, EIF, and now AOE (in my opinion)
Because now we are satisfied in mediocrity.
@@sirmanfred6083 I wouldn't say mediocrity exactly I mean I like their music, but people do get carried away with all this best black metal band/album bullshit.
@@matttatt123 true,you got the point, better explained than my observation
The band that taught a generation of metalheads worldwide how to pronounce Polish diacritics.
this is actually the same way in russian the word 'fog' sounds
Mgwa
@@alekseyromanov2322 туман?
@@alekseyromanov2322 in Russian it sounds like Polish L, not Ł
@@альфредпетрович-д7р Yeah ask ruski how to pronounce your own words lol XD
No i pozamiatali chłopcy. Świat patrzy, slucha i zbiera szczeny.
Mgla is one of the best Black Metal bands from all over the world. Impressive grim, epic & melodic Dark Art they create...
Seriously lost count how many times I've listened to this. Mgla are my new favourite band by a long shot.
Greetings from Poland ! :) autumn is coming, Mgła is coming!
Jak zwykle pozdrowienia z gór ! Czysta brudna prawda ! Zalejcie czernią świat !
Damn Polish geniuses... Give those guys a fucking Nobel.
Rigore su Totti
To jest Metalowy czad na najwyższym światowym poziomie. Ten krążek jest po prostu wykurwisty że się tak nie ładnie wyrażę. Mgła prezentujecie zajebiste Metalowe granie dla mnie rewelacja pozdrawiam.Jako fan Metalowego łojenia chciałbym mieć ten album na swojej półce do kolekcji z innymi płytami. Dajecie czadu jesteście świetnym Metalowym zespołem. Dzięki takim zespołom jak Mgła jestem dumny że słucham Polskiego Metalu.
how many cymbals and arms did Darkside grow since last album
Yes
'bout tree fiddy
Can confirm
Saw them two weeks ago, he grew six, I repeat, six arms.
51% in this band. without this drumming, mgła (awesome guitar) riffs would be lost in a boil of "modern black soap" 🙏
75%
I am not a metal expert, but this guys are really something else. Great vocals
Im really happy then im living today, all hails to the best Black Metal band of all time!!!
Sorry PornHub but Mgła has new album out
STOP WATCHING PORN
Is @@aneksjaBombasu a fan of Burzum? Let's find out..
@@aneksjaBombasu *spat in to my palm* why should I stop watching porn?
@@esotericterrorism3308Best comment.
LOL, ++++
Some very interesting guitar parts. Love for the modern metal tone.
I woke up expecting a normal day...
This will definitely be another chapter in the handbook...
...of exerecises in futility!#
This is the music that deserves to be bought, so dear Mgła, in three weeks time at the live show of yours, shirt and this album on cd is a must!
Never heard of this band before. Stumbled across this album by coincidence and I think it's great. Very powerful metal that 'floats' through your head.
That teeth gnashing at the very beginning...
i get shivers every time
You already know what you're getting into.
Asmr chips eating and dab.
Yeah it is so fucking unsettling.
It sounds like a really menacing insect that's way larger than it should be.
Each song is special and exquisite, but Age of Excuse VI is pure magic, angry Black Metal with the power of Classical music.
Unforgettable riffing.
I had lost interest in modern BM many moons ago but always check in from time to time. Mgla's "With hearts towards none" is by far one of the greatest black metal albums ever and one I still routinely come back to. I admit I wasn't AS impressed with their releases after, I just felt "with hearts" set a bar so high that it would be near impossible to ever reach again.... Well I am so happy to be wrong and to come back to discover this masterpiece. I have been waiting for this album since WHTN and I had a feeling deep down Mgla had it in them to pull it off... So happy. Incredible musicians, artist and performers... I will always believe Mgla is the evolution of BM, a perfection of a craft that has been... copied to death but rarely executed uniquely since the early second wave.
I bought this on No Solace before coming here to listen to it. Mgła never disappoints.
I went and ordered the album after 10 mins of listening to this. Hail Mgła
Lyrics:
I 00:00
A species had been armed with a double edged blade
A guardless weapon of delusion
Forged of a mirage of inherent transcendence
In the tangled mechanisms of life itself
As the curtain is being unraveled
The ego writhes in a spasm of insight
Delighted gods grunt like pigs
At the mere notion of a raison d'etre
From the gardens of Semiramis
To the trenches of Ypres
A meaningless uproar
Sublime truths are revealed
In the hammering of hobnailed jackboots
And there's wisdom to be found
In the shameful epitaphs of cowards
From the gardens of Semiramis
To the trenches of Ypres
From the grounds of Comitium
To the cellars of Tuol Sleng
From the spores of presence
And a swarm of pest
Unto the ironies of being
Falling hopes whip the ground
Among laments of sunken millennia
There are no paths to follow
But a nightmare of endless repetition
Those who peruse the annals of humanity
Demanding patterns, connections, developments:
Were there any to be found?
And was it sapience indeed that kept pushing this broken cart?
The wonders
The misery
The ascent
The emptiness
Falling hopes whip the ground
Among laments of sunken millennia
There are no paths to follow
But a nightmare of endless repetition
II 07:29
The stench of zeitgeist
Is the incense of discarded shrines
As the corpses put on powder and rouge
So that the hoax can proceed, ever sidewards
A cheaped out incarnation into a shopworn sarx
The soul congeals into a grimy lump -
Substance of the world, dreary and pale
At the feet of a spirit detached
Between the grinder and the abattoir
Such are the landscapes of grief
Grayness and glitz
Glitter and gehinnom
Between tedium and fright
Such is the song of the nether world
The hissing of rats
And the jarring chants of angels
A sacrifice to the gutter gods
Squandered redemption, misplaced grace
As an ailing mole burrowing in Eden
Living breathing downfall
Between the grinder and the abattoir
Such are the landscapes of grief
Grayness and glitz
Glitter and gehinnom
Between tedium and fright
Such is the song of the nether world
The hissing of rats
And the jarring chants of angels
It's a land of sun gone down
In comical grandeur
A sluggish danse macabre
Hyenas waltzing about
Would a new flood please finally come
A real rain and an assortment of plagues
And when all is said and done
Even the Devil won't care enough to spit in the mud
III 14:27
Out of howling of prophets
And curses of the righteous
In the ivory halls
A new kind of champion is bred
Herostrates for the modern day
High on good conscience
A noblest of sufferers
On disinformation highway
At the end of the day it's the same old script:
Do you believe in victory or do you hail defeat
Those finaglers of justice
Expert wrights in deceit
Carvers of the crooked timber
And their finely tuned farce
Proclaiming anger and rage
Under the mortal threat it thrives
At the end of the day it's the same old script:
Do you believe in victory or do you hail defeat
Ersatz revolt
Ersatz rebellion
For a new world would come
Every once in a while
"Purer", "brighter", "clearer", "better"
And the last of misbelievers
Will be trampled in the greatest of marches
Toward the radiant future
Where sheep are promised fangs
And only after the graves are filled
With remains of dissidents
And the frame of reference is torched
Together with forbidden thoughts
Then, and only then
The disciple is relieved
The true believer has overcome the evils
Of engineering of dissent
At the bottom of things it's the same old script:
Do you believe in victory or do you hail defeat
Ersatz revolt
Ersatz rebellion
For a new world would come
Every once in a while
"Purer", "brighter", "clearer", "better"
Ersatz purpose
Ersatz alliance
Ersatz ideals
Ersatz communion
IV 20:43
Ground zero of transgression:
Whether ironic distance is true subversion
As it is carved in the structure
Of the system being opposed
Therefore the language of the scourge
Should be instilled in further discourse
The language of strife and hunger
In a state of relentless panic
Henceforth the struggle takes form
Of an absolute order, a total institution
The clandestine laws of the night
Should be exposed in broad daylight
Mocked by many - known by the few
The arsonists of perpetual aporia
Acknowledge the presence of a sinister side
That reaches far and wide beneath the surface
Acknowledge that there are aspects of self
Only to be revealed in burning, blinding hatred
The blades shall be sharpened
Upon gravestones of "kind" hearted
The measures shall be chosen
For maximum impact upon illusion of safety
The ordnance which will tear
Into the heart of daydream
Shall become the testament
Of the hopeless quest of prelest prophets
Acknowledge healthy confusion, the dirt behind the reverie
Unearth madness and probe into the absurd
Deconstruct with no promise of a restore pattern
And become free through the truth of the prelest prophets
V 26:19
The gruesome caravan is crawling in circles
Around pillars of cold grey light
Pale horse is there, but the rider's away on business
And the lion went roaring somewhere else
It's a begging time for dissolution
The commodity of ultimate silence on public display
The living dead stare at the gaping void
Waiting for the blade to finally come down
Not just yet
There's still innards to be ripped out
And hanged between the sacred trees
Bones to be broken, eyes to be plucked
For the amusement of a drooling god
Born again in a tidal wave of filth
Amidst chants of suffocating angels
An offering to a ravenous idol
That'll take more pleasure in puking it out
Gnawed and spat out
Still good enough for lowbrow vultures
Torn and led astray
Fed scraps of hope until the banal end
A bargain pilgrimage to the heart of darkness
The stay got extended quite a good bit
View is always the same: sorrow upon sorrow
And the orchestra keeps playing same song on repeat
A canticle arranged for gnashing of teeth
Howling of hearts and cracking of spines
And there's a hundred eager razors
Underneath the conductor's suit
Gnawed and spat out
Still good enough for lowbrow vultures
Torn and led astray
Fed scraps of hope until the banal end
In this rotten excuse for a world
At the bottom of the dustbin of history
Let's just try and pretend
That our corpses still have some class
The cold light
The gaping void
The final silence
At the fingertips
The cold light
The gaping void
The broken cycle
Not just yet
VI 33:20
Forever uphill atop the remains
Of missed chances, of hope and innocence
The withered bones of those who failed
But more so of those who didn't even try
Bursting through the barbed thickets
Sharp with guilt, deceit and shame
To the petty truths buried underneath
Layers and layers of drivel and mud
In this day and age
The litanies of overskurkens moral
Are the only prayers to be heard these days
And all those who dreamt about a True Revolution
Got distracted by hurting each other
What has to be done, has to be done
The human nature is what it is
We cover our eyes in a call to arms
And turn one edge toward ourselves
Arm in arm in this futile strife
Where cards are marked and odds are little to none
Hand in hand with fate worse than death
Relentless in discontent
In this day and age
Empires get wrecked
Principles get crushed
Saviors get crucified
History gets what?
History fucking gets over it all
And the assassins in rose tinted glasses
At the wrong end of the tunnel of light
Practitioners of paramount scorn
And those who'd rig moral compass rather than bridges
Behold the world and spit on it
The noble and the scum of the earth
Just out of some basic damned dignity
In this day and age of excuse
What has to be done, has to be done
The human nature is what it is
We cover our eyes in a call to arms
And turn one edge toward ourselves
Arm in arm in this futile strife
Where cards are marked and odds are little to none
Hand in hand with fate worse than death
Relentless in discontent
What has to be done, has to be done
The human nature is what it is
We cover our eyes in a call to arms
And turn one edge toward ourselves
Alejandro Serra WOW thank you man! 🤘
Bro dankie millions, ....
Could you share this to me, is that even possible on u tube. ?
This is the SHIT
you da real MVP of this comment section!
I almost feel guilty for being offered this for free, I'm not sure I deserve it
I'm pretty sure u deserve this honor
@@scr7eam617 awww that's so sweet
so order cd!
bought cds and 2 tshirts... tshirts are high quality and love the details on it.
David Martin Portmann Just ordered a shirt from No Solace yesterday but I ordered the record as soon as it was available a few months ago. For nihilists they’re on their shipping game.
Roses are Bleak
Violets are too
I already ordered this masterpiece
and so should you!!!
Already done. Can't wait for it.
done!
Good guys Mgla & No Solace - straight up uploading the whole album on release date. No bullshit, no ads, just pure music. Keep on going! Will for sure buy the new album.
I've listened to black metal for 25 years now, I never experienced a feeling like from 37:53 until the end.
This is a beauty, thanks
i expererience that feeling since mgla formed
perfect timestamp
listen to deus mortem ull experience that in most of their songs
dude,hell yes.This hits so deep,.it's not satanic scary,it's not pretentiously dark,it's so fucking raw
@@Ecclesiastes11718 It feels as if they're somehow criticizing, while also acknowledging man's view of what is good and what is not. It's not the blackness that is eating our souls, and not the light that will bring salvation, but the gray that is grinding us into dust, with our consent.
Riffs cleave, like a two-edged blade.
AWESOME!! The natural heir to "Excersises in Futiliy". They are adding more drumming complexity, deeper lyrics full of lapidary and epic sentences, riffing with new variations and shades that make Mgla's music grow in intensity.
Lyrics are really worth to be read and understood, since they contribute to enchance the musical experience. Best album of 2019 for me.
Fav track: VI.
I was never really into black metal out all of my years of being a metalhead. I mean... I've liked a few black metal songs before but not like this. A few months ago I was listening to one of the black metal songs, and then UA-cam Music automatically started playing Exercises in Futility V and I instantly fell in love. It sent me on a black metal rabbithole adventure. I discovered amazing black metal bands such as Grima and Uada just to name a few. All of MGLA's albums are amazing from start to finish and i never get bored.
Hey, after two years since this post, do pleas tell me whihc are your fav bands now?
Every song is a 10/10 mgla topped themselves again i can‘t believe it
New cure for my depression has been found. Thank you.
I'd rather call it a depression booster.
@@Jurica-mtb lyrics are but the music still keeps me fired up
@@Jurica-mtb Sometimes embracing the emotion you're feeling through music can be cathartic. I have severe anxiety and panic attacks, and I created a song about that anxiety. It sounds like a whirling, abyssal, hopeless, and frenetic spiral into hell. And that's how I help keep my anxiety in check, but making and listening to music like that.
After listening to this album several times since it's release I can proudly say I enjoy this album more than Exercises In Futility even though that album holds a special place in my heart since it was my first album I ever heard from Mgla. This one to me just sounds like a more mature and glorified version of Exercises In Futility and is a great follow up to it as well. All my opinion but man is this band absolutely phenomenal in so many ways!
I agree. EiF was an awesome album. AoE is a masterpiece. I don't know how Mgla can ever top this. Though I didn't think they could've topped EiF and they did. For now I'm just gonna enjoy this masterpiece and appreciate it as one of the best things 2019 has offered me.
@@VideoGameMusicFan13 I agree but if they were able to top EIF with this album then I'm sure they can do it again with their next album even though that probably won't be for another 4 or so years.
I think both records are at the top of their awesomeness.
I mean, they are basically the same thing, but EIF is more focused on the failure of religious belief, whiel AOE is more about the rational stream of thoughts that a nihilitst goes through when they become aware of the terrible nature of humankind.
These guys go far beyond music.
This is the Bible of nihilism.
Same !
This sounds like a more inept, boring and clueless version of EIF. Not sure how you came to that conclusion...
What a great way to start my Monday before hurricane Dorian hits 🤘 this album is fantastic! Mgla can do no wrong!
nooooo to juz wiem czego bede sluchal codziennie przez najblizdze dwa lata, dzieki mgla mocne 11/10
Mgla has done it again. Another incredible album. Thank you for gracing us with this beauty today.
It gets better with every listen.
My first introduction to this band because of UA-cam notification. I feel like an ass for missing out for so long! Wow! This is so epic!
Lyrics and music in number III are outstanding (actually, the whole album is excellent). Love it! One of those songs that fill a gap in your life you never knew existed before hearing it for the first time.
Summer is gone and Mgła is back. Now we are talking!
Have been listening to this album atleast 1 time a day since it it was released....it just never gets boring. A true gem.
0:01 Me eating an apple at night, trying to not wake up my wife
lol
Me, gnashing my teeth, annoying my wife
@@mglaza If your teeth makes a noise like that, I'd recommend you to get checked by a dentist lol
0:02 Me eating my wife at night, trying to not wake up my wife
@@maxzhurenkov142 Must be tasty
W życiu nie myślałem że będę się tak spuszczał przy black metalowych płytach. Zawsze byłem fanem thrash/death, a black metal poza bardzo nielicznymi wyjątkami (jak część Burzum czy np. płyta Hate Them od Darkthrone) był dla mnie raczej hałasem i rzężeniem. Zdarzało się słuchać dla urozmaicenia i tego hałasu, ale do zachwytów i naturalnego gibania głową w rytm było mi bardzo daleko. Aż poznałem Mgłę. No kurwa goście rozjebali mi system. Wcześniej nie mogłem się oderwać od Exercises a teraz gwałce replay przy Age of... Masakra
a gdzie to black metal?dla mnie to deathcore albo metalcore to nie jest czysty metal a w połączeniu z hardcorem
@@pb1976ful ok prawdziwku
What tranquility!
What sweet peace!
What inward serenity!
What supreme felicity!
A new album of Mglaaaaaa...
Saw them playing Age of Excuse II & III at Brutal Assault. I was counting the days for the release, finally it's out now and I am literally in tears. Thank you MGLA for everything..
Simply amazing. It perfectly stands on it's own. Every Mgla album brings something different and I would'nt want it any other way.
Age of Excuse III - masterpiece. Only creative minds could come up with such divinity. Hail Mgla
This could be Album of the Year. Its so good. Thank you Mgla.
Holy shit. What a glorious day today is
What an amazing drums I'm blown away by this rides
yet another amazing album... these dudes are not letting go off the throttle.
Piękne podsumowanie ludzkości - bezmyślne stado baranów prących na oślep ku zagładzie... Super okładka! Po pierwszym odsłuchu, muzyka i teksty też! 😎
Michał Kwiatkowski podsumowanie Boomerów
@@Skate4792 Zwłaszcza, ale nasze i kolejne pokolenia są gotowe zdziałać w tej materii nawet więcej, bo napędzają je dodatkowo niespotykane wcześniej egoizm i egotyzm a to mi wygląda na mieszankę wybuchową...
Człowiek to istota która stworzona do gwałtu i wojen a wszystko napędza to religia.Dazymy do samozagłady.Plyta jest zajebista 🤘🤘🤘 Darkside gra i robi melodyjki grając na perkusji.Uwarzam że ten album już jest w tym roku bardzo wysoko w rankingu płyt.
Wake up sheeple! Ben Shapiro dzwoni i mówi że żyjemy w społeczeństwie
Pryszczaci młodzieńcy mają święto.
finally, a drummer like no one usual black-metal drummers...
Yeah Darkside is unique for this genre. You should check Kriegsmachine ,the other band of some of Mgla members its proper drumming eargazm.
@@MrMessiah44 Feels like i wrote this myself
Darkside Is the Danny Carey of Black metal
What about Absu
Also try Crionics - Neuthrone. Incredibly underrated blackened death metal with darkside on drums.
Immediately stopped what I was listening to.
Already know I will listening to this almost exclusively this week.
Speakers at 10 out of 10. I was mesmerized. This is perfection.
I use this album for my workout every morning.
What a glorious day.
Also: Zbigniew Bielak's Artwork is amazing.
Another masterpiece. Thank you 🖤
Absolutely!