Brain Garris's vocals can take some getting used to. Something about his vocals just sounds raw and pure emotional. He doesn't try to sound like a demon or a pig, just a guy being super angry lol. The perfect hardcore yelling. Love that Brad immediately liked this record on first listen.
Bryan's vocals are a big piece of motivation for me to get back into music. KL's songwriting has only gotten crazier with time, and their current lineup's vocal stack with Bryan doing highs, Isaac doing lows, and Nicko with mids is CRUSHING. Bryan sticking with highs and putting so much into the performance makes the moments where Isaac and Nicko come in so powerful. It gives them a signature sound and slams
Yeah I've always told people it sounds like a angry guy screaming into a garbage can rather than a guy trying to make metalcore. Which is appealing to my sense of music taste. It does feel raw and gritty, which I love.
@@dmndxdaveit’s supposed to be yeah but it seems people forgot that. Glad bands like this are bringing the actual sound of original metalcore back to some degree. They ain’t no Converge but I can stand behind what they are doing as a metalcore fan.
@@collinqs2541everybody asks for the old metalcore sound back, but when Knocked Loose delivers, they just say "it is an INSULT to call this metalcore!!"
Permanent is probably my favorite off this ep. It really does bring me to tears. Just something about it. Now Brad just has to hear “deep in the willow” and “everything is quiet now.”
lmao fr. Acting all helpless "oh my god its soooo bad i cant stand this its just so bad" like bro just mute and come back no ones making you listen to it 💀💀💀
Fr. At first, it's fine because it's their opinion. But they kept saying it like 8-10 more times throughout the whole stream. Like I get it, they're a mod so they have to keep watching Brad's stream. But god, shut up, we get it, you hate metal.
@@Kalitayyokay but i get it. He knew he hated it and he knew people didn't like that he hated it so he decided to exaggerate his hate for it as much as possible so that he got more of a reaction.
thank god to whoever put this EP in the queue on 24/06/2023, now Brad is a big fan of Knocked Loose (go see his ratings on the new singles on AOTY) and I couldn't be happier edit: he gave a 98 for the new album lets goooo
I know this is months after the fact, but if you see this at all, your chat was blowing up about the vocals in God Knows during the "Terror" callout. That's Matt King from Portrayal of Guilt, and absolute powerhouse band and a beast of a vocalist, I highly suggest you check them out if you haven't!
YES BRAD YES. These guys are absolutely killing it right now, I hope you dig into more of their stuff :) it’s truly amazing seeing someone’s first listen to this gem of a band
and deftones ripped off their style from a lot of dreampop and shoegaze bands. its just where inspiration for music comes from, loathe are incredible artists and them sounding similar to deftones doesn't discredit them
I grew up with punk and hardcore - and Knocked Loose is the best I've heard in a long while. A lot of metal influence musically but otherwise it's pure hardcore ethos. Perfect mixture, comes close to Heaven Shall Burn, number one in my list of all time favourites. Arf Arf! ✊🏴
"A lot of metal influences musically but otherwise it's pure hardcore ethos." So... you're saying that if it wasn't for the metal influences, it would be hardcore? Yeah, that is what metalcore is.
@@neolbioldey Yes, in its most basic definition it amounts to _"Metalcore = Hardcore + metal influences"_ but it gets more complicated at this point in time. With _Knocked Loose_ the black X at the back of a hand showes up, a conscious reference to SXE and the "classic" 80's Hardcore scene - references parts of the modern Metalcore audience are at best fleetingly aware about because just as some bands they basically hail from the inverse approach of _"Metalcore = Metal + hardcore influences"_ culturally speaking. That's not meant to be some sort of quality judgement or gatekeeping, no attempt to draw an arbitrary line of division but merely an attempt to illustrate where my comment came from - objectivly you are right and I'm probably unnecessarily complicating things, but it's just so damn difficult to express qualia in any meaningful way.. 😅
@@kai_plays_khomus although, as complicated (and frankly, a bit hard to understand) as your explanation was, I appreciate it because you explain the scene and the traits they have as part of it and I absolutely agree with what you said.
Completely unfounded and unnecessary Sleep Token slander in there but ok glad you enjoyed this one lol. Gotta check the EP video forsure. My comment copied from another video: "So, song 1: Guy convinces his girlfriend/wife/what have you to leave during a storm ("we should have left before the storm"). The car crashes obviously and she dies. The black figure shows up then, representing the beginning of the guilt that's gonna haunt him. Song 2: He is forced to confirm her body and then attend her funeral, the feature at the end as the platform sinks represents her being lowered and his world literally crumbling Song 3: he tries to come to grips with the fact that he has to live alone and can only hold onto her memory, even as he's forgetting the details ("the rain washes you away"). Song 4: he begins to go insane and, towards the end, believes he hears her voice (the light/white cloth represents her, as she "wraps him up"/consumes his mind) Song 5: her voice leads him to the foot of her grave, where he digs her up and brings her home to make a shrine of her and/or necrophilize the body (hide you in my walls, rotting) Song 6: he commits self end ("closure in a physical form", i.e. something real and not in his head) to be with her again, represented by him and her hugging in the hellfire at the end. Also, Forced To Stay is my favorite. Those drums just go insane in the middle."
I will never be able to forgive the Sleep Token slander from my man bradley music, however glad he liked knocked loose, and I'm glad I watched this since I've probably only ever heard their song Deep in the Willow. Hoping Brad takes a look at Sleep Tokens Like That, Alkaline, Jaws, Nazareth, pretty much anything from Sleep Tokens older stuff (but lets be real all Sleep Token is peak, except dywtylm, I dont talk about dywtylm) Also hoping for a possible Bad Omens feature since they've got heavy, and Poppy [ 😉]
I am so glad he reacted to this album. It genuinely blew me away. My first listen I got goosebumps hearing the music and reading the lyrics. Powerful album that was an awesome emotional head bang 🔥🔥🔥
does hardcore fall under metalcore? I've always referred to knocked loose (and heard it referred to) as hardcore, i always thought metalcore had clean singing and some other differences from hardcore like knocked loose
Metalcore is just a mix between metal and hardcore. The metalcore with clean vocals sounds nothing like the original metalcore. People usually call that type of metalcore "melodic metalcore" or "modern metalcore"
like others have said, metalcore was originally created as pretty much just hardcore with more metal influence, but over time got watered down into what it is today, knocked loose is much closer to the earlier styles of metalcore
Metalcore is when the song is more metal than hardcore so I just call it mettalic hardcore because it is more hardcore than metal but still has some metal influences
If you liked this and new metal/hardcore, may I suggest Boundaries Burying Brightness. Real heavy with hard lyrics. My favourite album, metal or otherwise of 2022.
metalcore just refers to bands that blend elements of metal and hardcore, avenged sevenfold leans more into the metal side with minimal hardcore elements, knocked loose pulls more from hardcore with a lot of death metal influence
when i see clueless idiots reacting to a concept ep like this and say "this song was unnecessary" (return to passion) i just get angry. no love and understanding for really emotional music
Bud, dont get angry over other peoples perception or opinions. He gave this a hugely positive score, as well as their most recent release a great score. Loved it, really connected with the emotion in the lyrics. Just because he didnt follow along with the lyrics and the concept of this album the first time doesnt mean he is a person that doesnt understand emotional music, or even connect with it. Everyone hooks onto a different thing the first listen. I wish I had explained to him HOW needed that 1and a half minute track is to the full experience. This album is one of my favorite albums, maybe of all time. The story it tells. But its fine that he didnt pick up on it right away. In this community, we can disagree but we dont call each other names.
I hate that people act like being labeled as "metalcore" is an insult. It really isn't. Metalcore is just a genre of music. In some instances, it kind of crosses paths with hardcore and while bands such as Hatebreed, Code Orange, and Earth Crisis lean more towards the hardcore side, Knocked Loose incorporates many more metal elements into their music, especially in this specific EP.
They are literally metalcore. Metalcore is when hardcore is mixed with extreme metal. That's exactly what knocked loose is. They might be a band in the hardcore scene but the music they make is by definition metalcore.
Brain Garris's vocals can take some getting used to. Something about his vocals just sounds raw and pure emotional. He doesn't try to sound like a demon or a pig, just a guy being super angry lol. The perfect hardcore yelling. Love that Brad immediately liked this record on first listen.
Bryan's vocals are a big piece of motivation for me to get back into music. KL's songwriting has only gotten crazier with time, and their current lineup's vocal stack with Bryan doing highs, Isaac doing lows, and Nicko with mids is CRUSHING. Bryan sticking with highs and putting so much into the performance makes the moments where Isaac and Nicko come in so powerful. It gives them a signature sound and slams
Yeah I've always told people it sounds like a angry guy screaming into a garbage can rather than a guy trying to make metalcore. Which is appealing to my sense of music taste. It does feel raw and gritty, which I love.
It took me a bit of listening to really get with knocked loose, but now they're my favorite band out there
100%
a friend introduced me to God Knows late last year and it took me a listen or 2 to get used to his vox, but hot damn if that song doesnt go hard
man i forgot how fucking sick this EP was
you FORGOT???????
This ep got me crying in the pit frfr
I saw them on this tour and when they played “permanent” to close out I def got teary eyed. Best show I’ve been too in my 33 years.
Aye, I know everyone wanted this one. Glad I found this stream in the archive, thanks to Dynamic. Love u all.
Also LMAO brads face at 2:07.
Knocked Loose is a Hardcore band by heart and spirit.
metalcore by style hardcore by heart, knocked loose forever
@@dmndxdaveit’s supposed to be yeah but it seems people forgot that. Glad bands like this are bringing the actual sound of original metalcore back to some degree. They ain’t no Converge but I can stand behind what they are doing as a metalcore fan.
@@collinqs2541everybody asks for the old metalcore sound back, but when Knocked Loose delivers, they just say "it is an INSULT to call this metalcore!!"
Fax
There not hc sound wise or metal core wise there it’s awn thing
Permanent is probably my favorite off this ep. It really does bring me to tears. Just something about it. Now Brad just has to hear “deep in the willow” and “everything is quiet now.”
Covering the breakdown in where the light divides the holler with the dj khaled tag is sinister stuff
Did I hear you say "annoying"...............?
Lmfao was thinking the same thing
They talked over all the good parts
Bro in chat says its unlistenable but stays around for the whole EP. LOL
0. Start/Introduction - 0:00
1. Where Light Divides the Holler - 0:58
2. God Knows - 5:18
3. Forced to Stay - 9:30
4. Contorted in the Faille - 15:20
5. Return to Passion - 19:38
6. Permanent - 21:32
7. Closing Thoughts and Rating - 26:20
Thank you, kind stranger
so glad you reacted to knocked loose. the whole band's discography is awesome, but especially this ep
I love how you can see Brad’s mind slowly transport to another state of consciousness while listening to this
There’s a really cool video for the whole EP that adds a lot to it imo too
This is top tier, possibly my favorite ep of any genre. The storytelling, performances, along with the videos....damn!
watching jasho piss all over this, even saying Drake’s worst song is better than this…jasho when i catch you…
Jasho is a major dork, confirmed
lmao fr. Acting all helpless "oh my god its soooo bad i cant stand this its just so bad" like bro just mute and come back no ones making you listen to it 💀💀💀
Fr. At first, it's fine because it's their opinion. But they kept saying it like 8-10 more times throughout the whole stream. Like I get it, they're a mod so they have to keep watching Brad's stream. But god, shut up, we get it, you hate metal.
@@Kalitayyokay but i get it. He knew he hated it and he knew people didn't like that he hated it so he decided to exaggerate his hate for it as much as possible so that he got more of a reaction.
thank god to whoever put this EP in the queue on 24/06/2023, now Brad is a big fan of Knocked Loose (go see his ratings on the new singles on AOTY) and I couldn't be happier
edit: he gave a 98 for the new album lets goooo
Bruh the Jasho guy in chat seems like an absolutely miserable human being to interact with
I know this is months after the fact, but if you see this at all, your chat was blowing up about the vocals in God Knows during the "Terror" callout.
That's Matt King from Portrayal of Guilt, and absolute powerhouse band and a beast of a vocalist, I highly suggest you check them out if you haven't!
The terror callout is not him, but yeah the we are gathered here today and after is him
ah shit i worded that horribly yeah my bad. after the terror callout ye.@@hortobagyidavid6341
the terror callout is isaac, knocked loose's guitarist
Bro you talked during the best part of the first song. "A tear in the fabric of life" makes the breakdown hit so much harder.
Yeah no respect for the breakdown
Also the talking over the initial car crash
Jasho in the chat was pissing me off so bad bro. He talked like his opinions were facts meanwhile no one agrees with him
Jasho says "0/10 worst music ever conceived"
@@neolbioldey fr instead of saying “I hate this” or “I don’t think this is good” he shat on it like it was a fact
@@ThomasCapozzi666I hate when people do that
jasho is a loser
YES BRAD YES. These guys are absolutely killing it right now, I hope you dig into more of their stuff :) it’s truly amazing seeing someone’s first listen to this gem of a band
The best Hardcore band there is right now
i found these guys thru Motionless in White and they kick ass
sameeee
How are you guys finding them from Motionless in White?
@@neolbioldey Knocked Loose toured with them last year - also Bryan Garris is featured on Slaughterhouse
@@neolbioldeyit’s because of their Slaughterhouse collaboration
@@brittaniawhittick1821 ahhh
Thank you!
surely brad likes Loathe, right?
he gave I Let It In And It Took Everything a 73/100, so take that as you will
@@DoomedUser_ lemme guess, "too much deftones"?
edit: LMAOOO I JUST READ THE REVIEW
@@lessur is there a reaction somewhere?
@@lessurThey do rip Deftones off allot
and deftones ripped off their style from a lot of dreampop and shoegaze bands. its just where inspiration for music comes from, loathe are incredible artists and them sounding similar to deftones doesn't discredit them
Damn homie talked over the “a tear in the fabric of life” part lmao
this EP changed my life, easily the EP of the decade for me lol K//L
Def
I agree!! :)
I grew up with punk and hardcore - and Knocked Loose is the best I've heard in a long while. A lot of metal influence musically but otherwise it's pure hardcore ethos. Perfect mixture, comes close to Heaven Shall Burn, number one in my list of all time favourites.
Arf Arf! ✊🏴
"A lot of metal influences musically but otherwise it's pure hardcore ethos." So... you're saying that if it wasn't for the metal influences, it would be hardcore? Yeah, that is what metalcore is.
@@neolbioldey Yes, in its most basic definition it amounts to _"Metalcore = Hardcore + metal influences"_ but it gets more complicated at this point in time.
With _Knocked Loose_ the black X at the back of a hand showes up, a conscious reference to SXE and the "classic" 80's Hardcore scene - references parts of the modern Metalcore audience are at best fleetingly aware about because just as some bands they basically hail from the inverse approach of _"Metalcore = Metal + hardcore influences"_ culturally speaking.
That's not meant to be some sort of quality judgement or gatekeeping, no attempt to draw an arbitrary line of division but merely an attempt to illustrate where my comment came from - objectivly you are right and I'm probably unnecessarily complicating things, but it's just so damn difficult to express qualia in any meaningful way.. 😅
@@kai_plays_khomus so they play metalcore to a hardcore scene
@@neolbioldey Exactly. Somehow you managed to put it a lot more concise.. 😅
@@kai_plays_khomus although, as complicated (and frankly, a bit hard to understand) as your explanation was, I appreciate it because you explain the scene and the traits they have as part of it and I absolutely agree with what you said.
Yoooooooo, THANK YOU FOR UPLOADING THIS!
Love to see peoples reaction to this EP.
How did i miss this??? i love this ep
This band and EP are amazing. One of the most exciting bands in the genre currently.
WWWWWW‼️‼️‼️
i saw them live shortly after this ep was released it was FANTASTIC
My ranking:
1) Contorted In The Faille
2) God Knows
3) Where Light Divides The Holler
4) Forced To Stay
5) Return To Passion
6) Permanent
What’s crazy is they’ve evolved so much after this EP. Super excited for the future of this band. Can’t wait to see them this May!
Completely unfounded and unnecessary Sleep Token slander in there but ok glad you enjoyed this one lol. Gotta check the EP video forsure.
My comment copied from another video:
"So,
song 1: Guy convinces his girlfriend/wife/what have you to leave during a storm ("we should have left before the storm"). The car crashes obviously and she dies. The black figure shows up then, representing the beginning of the guilt that's gonna haunt him.
Song 2: He is forced to confirm her body and then attend her funeral, the feature at the end as the platform sinks represents her being lowered and his world literally crumbling
Song 3: he tries to come to grips with the fact that he has to live alone and can only hold onto her memory, even as he's forgetting the details ("the rain washes you away").
Song 4: he begins to go insane and, towards the end, believes he hears her voice (the light/white cloth represents her, as she "wraps him up"/consumes his mind)
Song 5: her voice leads him to the foot of her grave, where he digs her up and brings her home to make a shrine of her and/or necrophilize the body (hide you in my walls, rotting)
Song 6: he commits self end ("closure in a physical form", i.e. something real and not in his head) to be with her again, represented by him and her hugging in the hellfire at the end.
Also, Forced To Stay is my favorite. Those drums just go insane in the middle."
I will never be able to forgive the Sleep Token slander from my man bradley music, however glad he liked knocked loose, and I'm glad I watched this since I've probably only ever heard their song Deep in the Willow. Hoping Brad takes a look at Sleep Tokens Like That, Alkaline, Jaws, Nazareth, pretty much anything from Sleep Tokens older stuff (but lets be real all Sleep Token is peak, except dywtylm, I dont talk about dywtylm) Also hoping for a possible Bad Omens feature since they've got heavy, and Poppy [ 😉]
@@kordell8199 dywtylm is a banger man suit yourself
Sleep Token is trash 😏
It was not unfouded, since someone mentioned their vocals would be better on this album, and he reacted to that
@@hortobagyidavid6341 twas a joke my friend
Knocked Loose wrote and recorded this in a week, in a secluded cabin.
Wonder if he'd dig Errorzone
i think the songs on errorzone will get a bit repetitive for him towards the end of the project, but that album is so great
It's a great fucking record. So was there last one.
I can’t believe I missed this stream
You werent reading bro return to passion is the craziest song on there. He brought his dead girlfriend HOME
And lit candles to cover up the smell
@@alexr9564 that line and the way he delivers it gives me chills
I am so glad he reacted to this album. It genuinely blew me away. My first listen I got goosebumps hearing the music and reading the lyrics. Powerful album that was an awesome emotional head bang 🔥🔥🔥
“Return to Passion” makes more sense if you watch the animated film that goes along with the entire EP
I appreciate brads ability to fairly rate music of a wide variety of genres, I love knocked loose
Oh woah. I sent Light Divides the Holler to brad’s stream, like, 2 years ago(??). Sick to see him finally listen to the whole thing
Wish I found this reaction earlier
They are great live.
This EP still washes me away.
does hardcore fall under metalcore? I've always referred to knocked loose (and heard it referred to) as hardcore, i always thought metalcore had clean singing and some other differences from hardcore like knocked loose
You should hear a common popular metalcore band, August Burns Red
@@classicbananamilkmetalcore is supposed to be hardcore with metal elements. That is exactly what this is.
Metalcore is just a mix between metal and hardcore. The metalcore with clean vocals sounds nothing like the original metalcore. People usually call that type of metalcore "melodic metalcore" or "modern metalcore"
like others have said, metalcore was originally created as pretty much just hardcore with more metal influence, but over time got watered down into what it is today, knocked loose is much closer to the earlier styles of metalcore
Metalcore is when the song is more metal than hardcore so I just call it mettalic hardcore because it is more hardcore than metal but still has some metal influences
God damn this album fucking SLAPS
If you liked this and new metal/hardcore, may I suggest Boundaries Burying Brightness. Real heavy with hard lyrics. My favourite album, metal or otherwise of 2022.
Yeah dude you have to review gideons new album “More power more pain” its metal core thats super heavy and unique
What a good recommendation, absolute banger. Seeing them March 7th
If you like this you would definitely enjoy their newest single blinding faith
More KL
I’ve seen these guys twice live without knowing who they are years ago lol
I got hit in the back of the head
PLease watch the video, its a claytmation of the music
You should have streamed their EP video playthrough
knocked loose best band
You should look into gideons latests album bro…. You wont be dissapointed seriously
When you try to show someone music but they talk over the best parts
I need Jasho biting the curb 4K HD 120fps
I'm sorry did I hear you saying that Sleep Token is garbage?
WHEN DID GE REACT TO KNOCKED LOOSE
You should watch the video that goes with it
Metalcore is the most confusing genre. How is this in the same category as Avenged Sevenfold?
This is in the “metallic hardcore” style of metalcore
metalcore just refers to bands that blend elements of metal and hardcore, avenged sevenfold leans more into the metal side with minimal hardcore elements, knocked loose pulls more from hardcore with a lot of death metal influence
Did you just play a Limp Bizkit sample in a Knocked Loose track?!
Shame on you, Brad - shame on you..
😝
Did he just say sleep token has garbage lyrics?
the likes are at 666. cant touch it, hope you understand
The hell was with that dig at Sleep Token you’re tripping 😭
Take Me Back to Eden was his #16 worst album of the year
@@neolbioldey criminal, I don’t watch this dudes channel but I’ll just assume he’s not big into the metal scene so it makes sense
@@gabe854 DWYTYLM was also in his honorable mentions for top worst songs of the year
Nah it’s pretty mid
I like genre blending but I don’t think they do it well and his voice isn’t the best
Pop punk eh?? Lmao 🤣😂
Your twitch chat is actually horrible
when i see clueless idiots reacting to a concept ep like this and say "this song was unnecessary" (return to passion) i just get angry. no love and understanding for really emotional music
Bud, dont get angry over other peoples perception or opinions. He gave this a hugely positive score, as well as their most recent release a great score. Loved it, really connected with the emotion in the lyrics. Just because he didnt follow along with the lyrics and the concept of this album the first time doesnt mean he is a person that doesnt understand emotional music, or even connect with it. Everyone hooks onto a different thing the first listen. I wish I had explained to him HOW needed that 1and a half minute track is to the full experience. This album is one of my favorite albums, maybe of all time. The story it tells. But its fine that he didnt pick up on it right away. In this community, we can disagree but we dont call each other names.
“i don’t like metal and i like it” is so annoying lol
Hardcore not metalcore
Please stop calling knocked loose metalcore, they hardcore. To lump them in with metalcore is a huge insult to their music
I hate that people act like being labeled as "metalcore" is an insult. It really isn't. Metalcore is just a genre of music. In some instances, it kind of crosses paths with hardcore and while bands such as Hatebreed, Code Orange, and Earth Crisis lean more towards the hardcore side, Knocked Loose incorporates many more metal elements into their music, especially in this specific EP.
They are literally metalcore. Metalcore is when hardcore is mixed with extreme metal. That's exactly what knocked loose is. They might be a band in the hardcore scene but the music they make is by definition metalcore.
They’re a fusion of both
This project in particular carries a bit of deathcore influence as well
There are tons of great metalcore bands. You just need to know where to look