+Badfish3288 I honestly think Exercises in Futility is one of the weaker tracks on the record, especially when compared to songs like Exercises in Futility.
+Black Metal Promotion This band never disappoints. However, i.m.h.o. "with hearts toward none" is still a little bit better :D But I have to listen to this album a few times more :)
+Black Metal Promotion Okay... I now listen to it the third time in a row, and I must admit, this is... unbelievable. Now I´m totally catched, and can´t stop listening to it. If there´s anything like perfection, this is it! The 3 last songs, especially the last song, are not from this world! I really must revise my first comment, this is the best album for a very long time! After Sargeist´s "Let the devil in" I haven´t heart anything nearly as stunning as this! My top-release 2015, by far!
mgla is good, but it's old, if you want new things, lately a lot of good things are coming out every day, check the black metal promotion channel, it's a quality black metal factory
1. Exercises In Futility I The great truth is there isn't one And it only gets worse since that conclusion The irony of being an extension to nothing And the force of inertia is now a vital factor And there is despair underneath each and every action Each and every attempt to pierce the armour of numbness Burning bridges becomes a habit to support And the front line expands like there's no tomorrow I envy the maggots Their stuff at least sticks together Better than laudations of misinformed seers And those are lengthy annals of shame that we work with It's like dumping dead meat at the brink of Styx With a barge that we made of what was left of Yggdrasil After veterans of spiritual revolts were done with their armchairs And I don't even remember which brink is which The odour of sanctity is just refined stench of existence Shining pearl of Augeas' crown pales in comparison And there is despair underneath each and every action Each and every attempt to pierce the armour of numbness Burning bridges becomes a habit to support And the front line expands like there's no tomorrow The grotesque eagles of misfortune, well fed on thanatos, sit still It's the dignity of scavengers at the ever growing garbage dump of life There is something about the rigid posture of a proper, authentic blind As if extended arms reached to pass his blindness onto others 2. Exercises In Futility II There is a style in total denial A certain elegance of fear Hesychasm is so much convenient With the desert within ourselves Stray dogs lead disciples of Oedipus As the shrouds gently cover Exquisite paroxysms of ruin And well mannered choking on nothingness Nether The cracks in soma, psyche and pneuma Are as one way mirrors It's one well lit desert And the pyres extend beyond the horizon And cold flames flicker upon ashes of hope Through hallways carved in a crystal On to the uttermost parts of the pit Jostling through cadavers of former selves You would swear there's amusement in the eyes of the dead Again, nether A reward for the perseverant: Unceasing howling of the heart Bound to walk this path Nether, again, nether - now and forever I wish it was classic fire and brimstone But clearly there is a very special plan Paved with havoc and shattered virtues As if there were any other paths With every dream The pyres grow taller An enemy of trust A misled scholar Stray philanthrope In vain endeavor Walk this path Now and forever 3. Exercises In Futility III We hold an honorary degree in natural science For stratigraphy of rock bottom The layers were aplenty, as above, so below But mostly below The research is vast, thorough and firsthand And it's a broad array of sources For the complete guide to spiritual asshole of the world A tour in words, sounds and pictures Of the true south of nadir Through burial grounds for broken dreams and crippled souls The graves are shallow We would dig them up with our bare hands Just to rise above for a split second And see them basked in the light of a dead sun Beneath the sky of shit And then take notes Meticulously We would consume deathbed confessions Create a language of fading words For this night is without end We would compute dynamics of grief And logic of venom, and we would listen As history is written on cold skin of prophets With vulture claws soaked in rat saliva For this night is without end 4. Exercises In Futility IV Some are born without a purpose Other than prolonged demise in ornate ways Most of the time it's pathetic, quick and useless And good neighbours don't bother digging up the graves It's rows upon rows of kings, whores and pawns And the storm is rolling The vengeful and the bitter reach out for their fix Rebels never realized that their angst was a mockery Every empire Every nation Every tribe Thought it would end In a bit more decent way It is an unlikely alliance of assorted failures Various degrees of deceit, doomsday prophets The clenched teeth, the vinegar down the veins A stylish pit right next to Judas, Brutus and Cassius Every empire Every nation Every tribe Thought it would end In a bit more decent way Every prophet Every ruler Every seer Will chew on this ruin And repeat ad nauseam 5. Exercises In Futility V Blessed be the tailors The masks are cut to fit Blessed be the woodworkers The crosses and the gallows Blessed be the forgers of iron And the spikes and the barbwire Blessed be the stone cutters It took a quarry to bury the dreams Blessed be the misery, the filth, the discord and the horror Blessed be the lies, the guilt, the fear, the woe and the betrayal For these ones didn't need any outside source For these ones come from within And here it is Grown from within An invincible stronghold Adorned with death A suit of shining armour Replaced the skin And calligraphed sins Are as coat of arms Hollow 6. Exercises In Futility VI As if you didn't know how it feels to lose As if you didn't know how it feels to lose at dice with fate At least have some dignity As if it wasn't a lifetime spent on connecting the dots There was no pattern As if the irony was more than a defense mechanism And we could actually laugh for a change As if steel hooks in our backs were more than a nuisance And we could actually feel something Self crucified - missed the right tree Tore the wrong eye out The hissing of hellfire Self crucified - missed the right tree For this I have gained a victory I burn as I ought to As if everything was to be made right one day Dreams don't come true for people like us As if the gods were bored with peace in our hearts And their fingers are itchy As if we never broke people out of sheer boredom And slept calmly among the wastes And then we see bright and clear As if we would be someone else While mindlessly wandering through the mountains As if we would be someone better Expelling purgatory in Latin alphabet Self crucified - missed the right tree Tore the wrong eye out The hissing of hellfire Self crucified - missed the right tree For this I have gained a victory I burn as I ought to As if all this was something more Than another footnote on a postcard from nowhere Another chapter in the handbook for exercises in futility
I had never heard of this band or this album until I got a random "Recommended For You" suggestion from UA-cam of this video show up one day. I checked it out solely because I thought "Mgla" was a strange name. When I first heard the opening notes of this video, I really liked what I heard. The riff starting at 3:24 is what really sealed the deal for me. Got fucking goosebumps big time. Here it is, six months later, and this album is still in steady rotation on my playlist. I honestly try to avoid it sometimes, because I'm afraid I'll overplay it and get really fucking tired of it, but I can't help my self. I listen to the whole thing almost everyday. Goddamn I love this album. Front to back. Exercises in Futility is a modern-day masterpiece.
I've always felt that the best black metal sounds more cold than evil. Transylvanian Hunger is a good example of that, and Mgla embody it to absolute perfection. It's like a cold wind blasting you in the face, and there's a beauty in that. There's a beauty in winter. Old-school purists probably won't like me saying it, and my warped perception of the world probably plays a part, but I find this so beautiful. It's an absolute masterpiece.
Szaam I never like black metal cause i thought the "evil norwegian" sound was everything black metal had. Then i found Mgla, and this album with With hearts toward none are in my top5 albums.
Marko Petrović Exactly, it gives weird kind of feeling of safety. Especially now in finland when its dark, wet and grey all the time this fits so well to listen when walking alone somewhere.
This album somehow manages to destroy all optimism and joy of life from the first song on. Then it builds up something diffrent. The shining armor, which helps you to push forward anyway. Great journey.
What bass? Seriously, can you HEAR a bass in this? Bass players in metal are absolutely unnecessary. 1. They ALWAYS play along with the rhythm guitar. 2. The bass is always lost in the mix and in most cases not even audible. 3. The low frequencies in Metal are totally occupied by the double bass drum. It becomes even more obvious when you see bands live that have no bass player and hear absolutely NO DIFFERENCE to all the bands who have a bass player. Bass players just take up space and contribute NOTHING to the music at all.
@@Warriorwithin09 As a person with ears i think i don't give a fuck what people who start sentences with "as a guitar player.." have to tell me. Fact is i have never heard any bass in Black Metal and in most Death Metal Bands the bass is pretty obsolete too because the guitars are always downtuned and the rhythm guitar already sounds like a bass. Also, as i stated before, most metal producers have for some strange reason deicided to put the bass drum BELOW the bass frequency wise. This makes absolutely no sense but in Metal and Rock it is standard. If you want an audible bass you need a beefy low end. But you can't mix it like that in Metal because a) metal bands always want that "carpet bombing" bass drum sound so this part of the frequencey spectrum is always occupied b) the bass is always too distorted, this produces too much overtones and gives the signal too much energy in the mix. Therefore you have to mix it with lower volume to the point where it's barely audible.
najlepszy! pomimo że behemoth dał znakomity show to Mgła zmiażdżyła ich występ i nie potrzebowali do tego ani jakiś cudacznych przebrań ani konfetti lecącego na publikę
I'm 47 years old, 1st. sargent of police korps here in Chile, Sgt. on duty this night, drinkin' coffe abd milch, and listenin' such a piece of art for first time, just music for the Götter!!!
This album helped me through the death of a close friend. The lyrics and theme on this album are a near perfect reflection of his struggles and eventual defeat. Drowned by his imagined sins and crushed by his shining armor.
LYRICS: 1. Exercises In Futility I The great truth is there isn't one And it only gets worse since that conclusion The irony of being an extension to nothing And the force of inertia is now a vital factor And there is despair underneath each and every action Each and every attempt to pierce the armour of numbness Burning bridges becomes a habit to support And the front line expands like there's no tomorrow I envy the maggots Their stuff at least sticks together Better than laudations of misinformed seers And those are lengthy annals of shame that we work with It's like dumping dead meat at the brink of Styx With a barge that we made of what was left of Yggdrasil After veterans of spiritual revolts were done with their armchairs And I don't even remember which brink is which The odour of sanctity is just refined stench of existence Shining pearl of Augeas' crown pales in comparison And there is despair underneath each and every action Each and every attempt to pierce the armour of numbness Burning bridges becomes a habit to support And the front line expands like there's no tomorrow The grotesque eagles of misfortune, well fed on thanatos, sit still It's the dignity of scavengers at the ever growing garbage dump of life There is something about the rigid posture of a proper, authentic blind As if extended arms reached to pass his blindness onto others 2. Exercises In Futility II There is a style in total denial A certain elegance of fear Hesychasm is so much convenient With the desert within ourselves Stray dogs lead disciples of Oedipus As the shrouds gently cover Exquisite paroxysms of ruin And well mannered choking on nothingness Nether The cracks in soma, psyche and pneuma Are as one way mirrors It's one well lit desert And the pyres extend beyond the horizon And cold flames flicker upon ashes of hope Through hallways carved in a crystal On to the uttermost parts of the pit Jostling through cadavers of former selves You would swear there's amusement in the eyes of the dead Again, nether A reward for the perseverant: Unceasing howling of the heart Bound to walk this path Nether, again, nether - now and forever I wish it was classic fire and brimstone But clearly there is a very special plan Paved with havoc and shattered virtues As if there were any other paths With every dream The pyres grow taller An enemy of trust A misled scholar Stray philanthrope In vain endeavor Walk this path Now and forever 3. Exercises In Futility III We hold an honorary degree in natural science For stratigraphy of rock bottom The layers were aplenty, as above, so below But mostly below The research is vast, thorough and firsthand And it's a broad array of sources For the complete guide to spiritual asshole of the world A tour in words, sounds and pictures Of the true south of nadir Through burial grounds for broken dreams and crippled souls The graves are shallow We would dig them up with our bare hands Just to rise above for a split second And see them basked in the light of a dead sun Beneath the sky of shit And then take notes Meticulously We would consume deathbed confessions Create a language of fading words For this night is without end We would compute dynamics of grief And logic of venom, and we would listen As history is written on cold skin of prophets With vulture claws soaked in rat saliva For this night is without end 4. Exercises In Futility IV Some are born without a purpose Other than prolonged demise in ornate ways Most of the time it's pathetic, quick and useless And good neighbours don't bother digging up the graves It's rows upon rows of kings, whores and pawns And the storm is rolling The vengeful and the bitter reach out for their fix Rebels never realized that their angst was a mockery Every empire Every nation Every tribe Thought it would end In a bit more decent way It is an unlikely alliance of assorted failures Various degrees of deceit, doomsday prophets The clenched teeth, the vinegar down the veins A stylish pit right next to Judas, Brutus and Cassius Every empire Every nation Every tribe Thought it would end In a bit more decent way Every prophet Every ruler Every seer Will chew on this ruin And repeat ad nauseam 5. Exercises In Futility V Blessed be the tailors The masks are cut to fit Blessed be the woodworkers The crosses and the gallows Blessed be the forgers of iron And the spikes and the barbwire Blessed be the stone cutters It took a quarry to bury the dreams Blessed be the misery, the filth, the discord and the horror Blessed be the lies, the guilt, the fear, the woe and the betrayal For these ones didn't need any outside source For these ones come from within And here it is Grown from within An invincible stronghold Adorned with death A suit of shining armour Replaced the skin And calligraphed sins Are as coat of arms Hollow 6. Exercises In Futility VI As if you didn't know how it feels to lose As if you didn't know how it feels to lose at dice with fate At least have some dignity As if it wasn't a lifetime spent on connecting the dots There was no pattern As if the irony was more than a defense mechanism And we could actually laugh for a change As if steel hooks in our backs were more than a nuisance And we could actually feel something Self crucified - missed the right tree Tore the wrong eye out The hissing of hellfire Self crucified - missed the right tree For this I have gained a victory I burn as I ought to As if everything was to be made right one day Dreams don't come true for people like us As if the gods were bored with peace in our hearts And their fingers are itchy As if we never broke people out of sheer boredom And slept calmly among the wastes And then we see bright and clear As if we would be someone else While mindlessly wandering through the mountains As if we would be someone better Expelling purgatory in Latin alphabet Self crucified - missed the right tree Tore the wrong eye out The hissing of hellfire Self crucified - missed the right tree For this I have gained a victory I burn as I ought to As if all this was something more Than another footnote on a postcard from nowhere Another chapter in the handbook for exercises in futility
Blessed be the misery, the filth, the discord and the horror Blessed be the lies, the guilt, the fear, the woe and the betrayal For these ones didn't need any outside source For these ones come from within... I love these lines, so true.
I saw this in my recommendations and thought "2.2 million views? Looks overrated" but when I got to listening I understood perfectly why this got so many views. They fucking earned it. This is brilliant, majestic, a tremendous masterpiece of Black Metal.
I totally agree. And seen them live couple of times at Steelfest... damn, they sound good. They feel good. Just can't describe really how it felt to be there. Seeing them. Hearing them. One of the best shows or gigs I have ever seen.
@ROOTSCONTRA Nobody is saying that the band sucks, but drums are so enlightening here. And they cymbals are blended so nicely with a bit muted guitars. Love it!
For black metal that is straight-forward (very fast, not "ambient-y"), also very well produced (not over-produced), I'd recommend Die Eisernen Verse by Negator and Haevn by Angantyr. But Black Metal is really much richer than that. There are plenty of sub genres that are worth to check out. Try Oathbreaker - Rheia The Ruins of Beverast - Rain Upon the Impure Panopticon - Autumn Eternal Trna - Any White Ward - Love Exchange Failure and many, many more...
@Nature Revenge yes, which is not the same as saying "the majority have an IQ of 100". The majority means "more than half", while the average in this case means the mean.
@Nature Revenge Majority and average are named differently because they're different concepts and are frequently abused by media to support their narrative/agenda/view. Just imagine 3 people, 2 unemployed and homeless and one guy with 3 million net worth and 3 villas. On average everyone is millionaire and has villa but majority has nothing.
"Exercises In Futility I" 0:00 The great truth is there isn't one And it only gets worse since that conclusion The irony of being an extension to nothing And the force of inertia is now a vital factor And there is despair underneath each and every action Each and every attempt to pierce the armour of numbness Burning bridges becomes a habit to support And the front line expands like there's no tomorrow I envy the maggots Their stuff at least sticks together Better than laudations of misinformed seers And those are lengthy annals of shame that we work with It's like dumping dead meat at the brink of Styx With a barge that we made of what was left of Yggdrasil After veterans of spiritual revolts were done with their armchairs And I don't even remember which brink is which The odour of sanctity is just refined stench of existence Shining pearl of Augeas' crown pales in comparison And there is despair underneath each and every action Each and every attempt to pierce the armour of numbness Burning bridges becomes a habit to support And the front line expands like there's no tomorrow The grotesque eagles of misfortune, well fed on thanatos, sit still It's the dignity of scavengers at the ever growing garbage dump of life There is something about the rigid posture of a proper, authentic blind As if extended arms reached to pass his blindness onto others ... Exercises In Futility II" 7:58 There is a style in total denial A certain elegance of fear Hesychasm is so much convenient With the desert within ourselves Stray dogs lead disciples of Oedipus As the shrouds gently cover Exquisite paroxysms of ruin And well mannered choking on nothingness Nether The cracks in soma, psyche and pneuma Are as one way mirrors It's one well lit desert And the pyres extend beyond the horizon And cold flames flicker upon ashes of hope Through hallways carved in a crystal On to the uttermost parts of the pit Jostling through cadavers of former selves You would swear there's amusement in the eyes of the dead Again, nether A reward for the perseverant: Unceasing howling of the heart Bound to walk this path Nether, again, nether - now and forever I wish it was classic fire and brimstone But clearly there is a very special plan Paved with havoc and shattered virtues As if there were any other paths With every dream The pyres grow taller An enemy of trust A misled scholar Stray philanthrope In vain endeavor Walk this path Now and forever .... "Exercises In Futility III" 15:47 We hold an honorary degree in natural science For stratigraphy of rock bottom The layers were aplenty, as above, so below But mostly below The research is vast, thorough and firsthand And it's a broad array of sources For the complete guide to spiritual asshole of the world A tour in words, sounds and pictures Of the true south of nadir Through burial grounds for broken dreams and crippled souls The graves are shallow We would dig them up with our bare hands Just to rise above for a split second And see them basked in the light of a dead sun Beneath the sky of shit And then take notes Meticulously We would consume deathbed confessions Create a language of fading words For this night is without end We would compute dynamics of grief And logic of venom, and we would listen As history is written on cold skin of prophets With vulture claws soaked in rat saliva For this night is without end .... "Exercises In Futility IV" 20:25 Some are born without a purpose Other than prolonged demise in ornate ways Most of the time it's pathetic, quick and useless And good neighbours don't bother digging up the graves It's rows upon rows of kings, whores and pawns And the storm is rolling The vengeful and the bitter reach out for their fix Rebels never realized that their angst was a mockery Every empire Every nation Every tribe Thought it would end In a bit more decent way It is an unlikely alliance of assorted failures Various degrees of deceit, doomsday prophets The clenched teeth, the vinegar down the veins A stylish pit right next to Judas, Brutus and Cassius Every empire Every nation Every tribe Thought it would end In a bit more decent way Every prophet Every ruler Every seer Will chew on this ruin And repeat ad nauseam .... Exercises In Futility V" 25:10 Blessed be the tailors The masks are cut to fit Blessed be the woodworkers The crosses and the gallows Blessed be the forgers of iron And the spikes and the barbwire Blessed be the stone cutters It took a quarry to bury the dreams Blessed be the misery, the filth, the discord and the horror Blessed be the lies, the guilt, the fear, the woe and the betrayal For these ones didn't need any outside source For these ones come from within And here it is Grown from within An invincible stronghold Adorned with death A suit of shining armour Replaced the skin And calligraphed sins Are as coat of arms Hollow ...... "Exercises In Futility VI" 33:26 As if you didn't know how it feels to lose As if you didn't know how it feels to lose at dice with fate At least have some dignity As if it wasn't a lifetime spent on connecting the dots There was no pattern As if the irony was more than a defense mechanism And we could actually laugh for a change As if steel hooks in our backs were more than a nuisance And we could actually feel something Self crucified - missed the right tree Tore the wrong eye out The hissing of hellfire Self crucified - missed the right tree For this I have gained a victory I burn as I ought to As if everything was to be made right one day Dreams don't come true for people like us As if the gods were bored with peace in our hearts And their fingers are itchy As if we never broke people out of sheer boredom And slept calmly among the wastes And then we see bright and clear As if we would be someone else While mindlessly wandering through the mountains As if we would be someone better Expelling purgatory in Latin alphabet Self crucified - missed the right tree Tore the wrong eye out The hissing of hellfire Self crucified - missed the right tree For this I have gained a victory I burn as I ought to As if all this was something more Than another footnote on a postcard from nowhere Another chapter in the handbook for exercises in futility
2017: I find Mgla and Kriegsmaschine. All: Great drums! Me: I like the whole music, but why the drums being special? Idk, ok if you say so... Fast drumming like everywhere in similar bands. 2021: Me after 2 years of learning drums with a professional teacher who plays everything including lots of jazz, teaching me all the notes etc, all by the book (I still don't play shit, but I don't care. I am too old anyway). Mgla and Kriegsmaschine drumming: it is f*cking unbelievable. I hear much more now. But also the overall music experience is great. Never bored when listening over and over to your albums.... Never! Simple, dark, beatifully cold on the surface. When you dive deeper an abyss of layers opens up. It is better than a glass of whisky and cigarette. It is like a trip to Heart of Darkness with Joseph Conrad to visit Colonel Kurtz but not in Africa, not in Vietnam with Coppola's Apocalypse Now. This time it is a trip into the depth of human mind and soul. The most terrifying one. What a ride!!!
Most of the comments speak about V, but you people should really listen to the number 6. The growing inside this album hits its peak. And the lyrics then... a total masterpiece.
VI lyrics are nihilistic misanthropic poetry, deep and resonating. First time i heard the song i couldn't hear the music, i was sucked in from the lyrics.
Im listening to a lot of different genres but BM still is the only genre that makes me feel "home", that makes me feel understood and accepted. Sounds weird but I never felt like that whe listening to other music.
+Pilsatic BM is the genre that can achieve being depressing and beautiful at the same time the most out of all of the genres, just listen to Exercises in Futility VI 38:29
Swagsuke Uchiha Maybe I used my words wrong, sorry, English is not my first language, what I was trying to mean it's that it can be negative (just, black metal screams negativity and despair, the guitars and everything) and also it can be beautiful at the same time.
So after listening to all the albums with Mdłości, Groza, and With Hearts Toward None standing out the most. I have come to the conclusion that Mgła is not music.. Oh no... This is the Mona Lisa of music. This is pure art.
Absolutne arcydzieło. To był moje drzwi do blacku i deathu. Wcześniej słuchałem jakichś pojedynczych metalowych zespołów typu Gojira, jednak bardziej rocka, punka, ale Mgła otworzyła mnie na tę muzykę.
I had this album in my turntable for 2 consecutive months, without removing it. I didn't listen it daily but more than often. After while I thought that I overplayed it and wouldn't be able to enjoy it for long time. Here I am, few weeks later. A testimony of greatness in my books.
What not to love about this album? Lyrics, compositions, production, cover art and the overall artistic essence is just perfect. A new classic has been born! Hails from Bangladesh!
It is amazing how mgła is consistently my favourite band. It has been 5 years since i discovered them, my taste changed very much. Bands come and go for me but mgła consistantly stays at my top most listened songs. They dont get boring after dozens of listens and for me that's the defining quality of a timeless classic.
Get their merchandise buddies and you would be even more surprised. Exquisite design and only high quality materials. This band has everything in order to be among the greatest.
Even though nihilism is completely the opposite I really want in my life, I find Mgla's music speaking to my soul, to heal my loneliness, regret and melancholy.
Nihilism is not something you choose. I was called a nihilist before I even knew what that was. Nihilism simply means that you have not found anything in life that would make it worth living or fulfilling. Nobody chooses this state because it is the absolute opposite of what people want from life. But there comes a point where you give up the search for meaning once and for all and don't expect anything more from life. I'm actually dead inside.
It's been 3 years now and I listen to this album like it came out yesterday... My little postcard from nowhere, my perfect chapter in the handbook for exercises in futility!!!! This album is immortal.
This album and the mantle by agalloch will always be the best black metal albums, and one of the best albums of all genres of all times. I have never in my life loved an album like that, I already listened to it like no exaggeration, maybe 1000 times, forever a masterpiece.
I prefer Ashes against the grain by agalloch over the mantle. Also, Nokturnal Mortum's Lunar poetry and The voice of Steel are serious contenders for best BM album.
How many Times i have come back to this album already. I'm addicted. How many of you thought :"Normally i don't listen to Black Metal" but this is fucking EPIC !!!! " 10/10. And normally I would say my main genre is Metalcore. Goosebumps again , this drumming and atmosphere.....
In 2015 when the first time I listened to this album I thought , this is the purest form of black metal and no one can't beat these guys . Now it's 2020 and I still feel the same .
@Samael Natterns is cool record dude but this album has got something.... Whenever you finish listening to this record it would feel like some journey .
And in 2021 almost 2022 what's your opinion on this album as being the purest for of bm? V for me always stands out as elite. The album is great but that V...
Every time i listen to this album it makes me feel different sensations. Sadness, joy, calm, rage, understanding, misunderstanding. It makes me come and go into my own mind, the universe around me and inside me. Really thank you Mgla, you are great. Thanks.
+Oakenbull totally agree. I mean in all fairness the whole album is superb but listening to the album in the background as i did work on my computer AND then this track comes on? My ears perked up straight away. A stupendous finisher for sure
+Oakenbull It perfectly captures the beautifully dark and despairing tone of the whole album. Their strongest track on the album, and a perfect way to close it.
Exercises in futility V 25:10 Blessed be the tailors The masks are cut to fit Blessed be the woodworkers The crosses and the gallows Blessed be the forgers of iron And the spikes and the barbwire Blessed be the stone cutters It took a quarry to bury the dreams Blessed be the misery, the filth, the discord and the horror Blessed be the lies, the guilt, the fear, the woe and the betrayal For these ones didn't need any outside source For these ones come from within And here it is Grown from within An invincible stronghold Adorned with death A suit of shining armour Replaced the skin And calligraphed sins Are as coat of arms Hollow
Exercises in futility I 00:00 Exercises in futility II 07:58 Exercises in futility III 15:47 Exercises in futility IV 20:25 Exercises in futility V 25:10 Exercises in futility VI 33:26
My mom was born and raised in Poland. Growing up in a polish household, with polish neighbors etc.. Even then I never fully realized or appreciated my polish heritage. I even speak the language. Being an American, I never thought much of it. But after Behemoth, Batushka, Azarath, Mgła, etc etc. Well, I am fucking proud. It took me too long to realize it.
be proud to be polish my friend. poland and the eastern european countries are the last foothold of civilization in europe. greetings from a dying germany.
Exercises in futility V makes me crazy every time I hear. This is still going on a year later. I can not stop. This is an album that god can not make. The most intelligent black metal. amazing.
greetings from Germany our neigbhors are making so insane music, i just cant stop hear this over and over again! I love you Mgła you opend my heart for Black Metal
5.1 millions for a black metal album just Insane!!
Where are the gatekeeping cunts to cancel this mainstream!?
5,2
@@Просточеловек-ю4й4я well.. half of those are mine :s sry
@@m0rb1dd3a7h haha, yes, one of the best bands in black metal, and one of the most beautiful albums)
I mean 100 are just mine lol
Drinking tea and listening to mgla on a beautiful winter morning in Finland. Finnish nature + black metal = something magical
Have the same feelings when im listening "Wolfheart" during long, winter nights in Poland. Poland, Finland, Norway... There's no better Metal.
its the sweetest joy next to getting pussy.
Torille perkele! Kyllä se musta kahvi maistuu tätä kuunnellessa :D
@@seahaw1852 Tupac ?
Ukrainian thunderstorm + mgla = magical))
Black metal is like coffee. You have to learn to drink it but when you get used to it, you just want it darker and darker
Yes and this album is somewhere halfway to the perfect black metal...
Colder and colder..
Va Pe y not fullway?
Nice analogy..
Holy fuck. What a great analogy
This drummer is truly beyond words.
Darkside!!!🥁🤘🏼🔥
i can find some words for his drumming. it sucks balls
Practice makes perfect heheh
This drummer is hands down unmatched!!!
My favorite song on this album is Exercises in Futility
+Badfish3288 same!
+Badfish3288 ehh, I prefer Exercises in Futility
I disagree with but respect your opinion, sir.
+Badfish3288 I honestly think Exercises in Futility is one of the weaker tracks on the record, especially when compared to songs like Exercises in Futility.
+Killa Joestar This appears to be an exercise in futility
A perfect album!
+Black Metal Promotion Thank u for share this album on your page :D
So I wouldn't know that Mgła released an Album :D
My pleasure. :)
+Black Metal Promotion This band never disappoints. However, i.m.h.o. "with hearts toward none" is still a little bit better :D But I have to listen to this album a few times more :)
+Hrimthur666 I listened to this album for about 6 or 7 times and at the moment it's my favorite Mgla album. :)
+Black Metal Promotion Okay... I now listen to it the third time in a row, and I must admit, this is... unbelievable. Now I´m totally catched, and can´t stop listening to it. If there´s anything like perfection, this is it! The 3 last songs, especially the last song, are not from this world! I really must revise my first comment, this is the best album for a very long time! After Sargeist´s "Let the devil in" I haven´t heart anything nearly as stunning as this! My top-release 2015, by far!
pure fucking enlightenment, such a precious art
+Druga Strona Medalu hails Koksie;]
Kriss Kolba pozdro ;) dobry gust masz ;)
jedno z bardzo niewielu rzeczy, z ktorych możemy ostatnio być dumni jako Polacy
+Druga Strona Medalu wpadaj na koncert do PL
Bo mgla jest wykurwista kapela
This has to be a modern black metal classic. This album is just phenomenal
Still one of the best bm albums I have heard. And I have been listening metal for nearly 30 years.
The best 😎
@@oz_jones try Blackbraid ;)
@@Joxer667 Absolutely brilliant. You sir are a gentleman and a scholar.
mgla is good, but it's old, if you want new things, lately a lot of good things are coming out every day, check the black metal promotion channel, it's a quality black metal factory
Mature, extreme and beautiful.
+strappp each word is true :)
+strappp Try google search with those words
good point ;)
NecromanticalSpirit good point
+NecromanticalSpirit I tried it, dear god...why did i try it?
"I will just listen to the the first track"...42 minutes later..."This album is amazing". Every. Single. Time.
The album is 42 minutes long.
Not if you smash that loop button.
*abum
BT Audio Productions Yes it is. But the first one is anyway the most beautiful.
So true man
1. Exercises In Futility I
The great truth is there isn't one
And it only gets worse since that conclusion
The irony of being an extension to nothing
And the force of inertia is now a vital factor
And there is despair underneath each and every action
Each and every attempt to pierce the armour of numbness
Burning bridges becomes a habit to support
And the front line expands like there's no tomorrow
I envy the maggots
Their stuff at least sticks together
Better than laudations of misinformed seers
And those are lengthy annals of shame that we work with
It's like dumping dead meat at the brink of Styx
With a barge that we made of what was left of Yggdrasil
After veterans of spiritual revolts were done with their armchairs
And I don't even remember which brink is which
The odour of sanctity is just refined stench of existence
Shining pearl of Augeas' crown pales in comparison
And there is despair underneath each and every action
Each and every attempt to pierce the armour of numbness
Burning bridges becomes a habit to support
And the front line expands like there's no tomorrow
The grotesque eagles of misfortune, well fed on thanatos, sit still
It's the dignity of scavengers at the ever growing garbage dump of life
There is something about the rigid posture of a proper, authentic blind
As if extended arms reached to pass his blindness onto others
2. Exercises In Futility II
There is a style in total denial
A certain elegance of fear
Hesychasm is so much convenient
With the desert within ourselves
Stray dogs lead disciples of Oedipus
As the shrouds gently cover
Exquisite paroxysms of ruin
And well mannered choking on nothingness
Nether
The cracks in soma, psyche and pneuma
Are as one way mirrors
It's one well lit desert
And the pyres extend beyond the horizon
And cold flames flicker upon ashes of hope
Through hallways carved in a crystal
On to the uttermost parts of the pit
Jostling through cadavers of former selves
You would swear there's amusement in the eyes of the dead
Again, nether
A reward for the perseverant:
Unceasing howling of the heart
Bound to walk this path
Nether, again, nether - now and forever
I wish it was classic fire and brimstone
But clearly there is a very special plan
Paved with havoc and shattered virtues
As if there were any other paths
With every dream
The pyres grow taller
An enemy of trust
A misled scholar
Stray philanthrope
In vain endeavor
Walk this path
Now and forever
3. Exercises In Futility III
We hold an honorary degree in natural science
For stratigraphy of rock bottom
The layers were aplenty, as above, so below
But mostly below
The research is vast, thorough and firsthand
And it's a broad array of sources
For the complete guide to spiritual asshole of the world
A tour in words, sounds and pictures
Of the true south of nadir
Through burial grounds for broken dreams and crippled souls
The graves are shallow
We would dig them up with our bare hands
Just to rise above for a split second
And see them basked in the light of a dead sun
Beneath the sky of shit
And then take notes
Meticulously
We would consume deathbed confessions
Create a language of fading words
For this night is without end
We would compute dynamics of grief
And logic of venom, and we would listen
As history is written on cold skin of prophets
With vulture claws soaked in rat saliva
For this night is without end
4. Exercises In Futility IV
Some are born without a purpose
Other than prolonged demise in ornate ways
Most of the time it's pathetic, quick and useless
And good neighbours don't bother digging up the graves
It's rows upon rows of kings, whores and pawns
And the storm is rolling
The vengeful and the bitter reach out for their fix
Rebels never realized that their angst was a mockery
Every empire
Every nation
Every tribe
Thought it would end
In a bit more decent way
It is an unlikely alliance of assorted failures
Various degrees of deceit, doomsday prophets
The clenched teeth, the vinegar down the veins
A stylish pit right next to Judas, Brutus and Cassius
Every empire
Every nation
Every tribe
Thought it would end
In a bit more decent way
Every prophet
Every ruler
Every seer
Will chew on this ruin
And repeat ad nauseam
5. Exercises In Futility V
Blessed be the tailors
The masks are cut to fit
Blessed be the woodworkers
The crosses and the gallows
Blessed be the forgers of iron
And the spikes and the barbwire
Blessed be the stone cutters
It took a quarry to bury the dreams
Blessed be the misery, the filth, the discord and the horror
Blessed be the lies, the guilt, the fear, the woe and the betrayal
For these ones didn't need any outside source
For these ones come from within
And here it is
Grown from within
An invincible stronghold
Adorned with death
A suit of shining armour
Replaced the skin
And calligraphed sins
Are as coat of arms
Hollow
6. Exercises In Futility VI
As if you didn't know how it feels to lose
As if you didn't know how it feels to lose at dice with fate
At least have some dignity
As if it wasn't a lifetime spent on connecting the dots
There was no pattern
As if the irony was more than a defense mechanism
And we could actually laugh for a change
As if steel hooks in our backs were more than a nuisance
And we could actually feel something
Self crucified - missed the right tree
Tore the wrong eye out
The hissing of hellfire
Self crucified - missed the right tree
For this I have gained a victory
I burn as I ought to
As if everything was to be made right one day
Dreams don't come true for people like us
As if the gods were bored with peace in our hearts
And their fingers are itchy
As if we never broke people out of sheer boredom
And slept calmly among the wastes
And then we see bright and clear
As if we would be someone else
While mindlessly wandering through the mountains
As if we would be someone better
Expelling purgatory in Latin alphabet
Self crucified - missed the right tree
Tore the wrong eye out
The hissing of hellfire
Self crucified - missed the right tree
For this I have gained a victory
I burn as I ought to
As if all this was something more
Than another footnote on a postcard from nowhere
Another chapter in the handbook for exercises in futility
Thank you for taking the time to make this come alive for me. So cool thans
Thank you so much for this!! 🙏🙏
🖤
Thanks, buddy
I never would have thought we'd see the words postcard or vinegar on a black metal album 🤘🤘
6 years later, this is still one of my top album
i dont like the vocals on most typical black metal. so i have to settle for doom metal instead
7 years already
Even their newer stuff doesn’t touch this one.
@@thomaskrukowski7212 1st track is perfect. Possibly my favorite black metal song
same.
"Dreams don't come true for people like us" I felt that
Right in the feel man
Well, I can imagine that being one of the greatest black metal band in the world is anyone's idea of a dream. So why not be proud about that?
Suicidal tendencies on this fucking nihilist life. Avoid Nietzsche and embrance Julius Evola.
@@guilhermemendes4590 cringe
@@Sektoriiiii nerds say cringe
one of the best albums of 2015!!
+Gulacha Eons Lets make a list. I nominate Real Swedish Shining's #9, Akhlys 'Breath and Levitation" and Clandestine Blaze's "New Golgotha Rising"
+A Lex Oh and this one of course
+A Lex Infernal War - Axiom and Blaze of Peridtion - Near Dead Revelation?
+Gulacha Eons Agree. Together with the actuall Leviathan (US) album.
I learn so much from you guys...
Blessed be
The day,
The hours,
The minutes,
And the seconds,
When I discovered Mgła!
Lol
I'm 51. Came back to metal about 5 years ago after 30 year hiatus. this album is bloody marvellous.
fuck yeah it is
Welcome back brother
Go away again Poser
@@68rbj The interweb: where the manchilds grow.
@@daveweston5003
Either way Qweef U Are
-Which is the best black metal band of all time?
-"The great truth is there isn't one".
This is true!
Windir
Trv
@Nature Revenge venom
The greatest album is Hvis lyset tar oss.
I had never heard of this band or this album until I got a random "Recommended For You" suggestion from UA-cam of this video show up one day. I checked it out solely because I thought "Mgla" was a strange name.
When I first heard the opening notes of this video, I really liked what I heard. The riff starting at 3:24 is what really sealed the deal for me. Got fucking goosebumps big time.
Here it is, six months later, and this album is still in steady rotation on my playlist. I honestly try to avoid it sometimes, because I'm afraid I'll overplay it and get really fucking tired of it, but I can't help my self. I listen to the whole thing almost everyday.
Goddamn I love this album. Front to back. Exercises in Futility is a modern-day masterpiece.
Mgla means 'fog'
Indeed! It's 'fog' in Polish - MGŁA :)
haze
It means fog, haze and mist
Highly recommend "With Hearts Toward None" if you haven't checked it out.
I've always felt that the best black metal sounds more cold than evil. Transylvanian Hunger is a good example of that, and Mgla embody it to absolute perfection. It's like a cold wind blasting you in the face, and there's a beauty in that. There's a beauty in winter. Old-school purists probably won't like me saying it, and my warped perception of the world probably plays a part, but I find this so beautiful. It's an absolute masterpiece.
You got it absolutely right
winter is beautiful.
Szaam I never like black metal cause i thought the "evil norwegian" sound was everything black metal had. Then i found Mgla, and this album with With hearts toward none are in my top5 albums.
Marko Petrović Exactly, it gives weird kind of feeling of safety. Especially now in finland when its dark, wet and grey all the time this fits so well to listen when walking alone somewhere.
"like a cold win blasting you in the face"
that's exactly how I would describe mgla
I'll listen to this album probably 50 times a year for the rest of my life
Me too brother
@@bewnik9468 Got these guys tatted on me right on my forearm, MGLA forever
The more time that passes the more i believe this is one of the great artisitc achievements of our time
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I cant believe how perfect that is! Especially the drummer is out of this world!
Best part 00:00 - 42:16. Period.
Best fucking comment 'round here.
It's a period of blood
This album somehow manages to destroy all optimism and joy of life from the first song on. Then it builds up something diffrent. The shining armor, which helps you to push forward anyway. Great journey.
The guitar work . the drums. The bass. The vocals. The lyrics. My god
God Tier.
What bass? Seriously, can you HEAR a bass in this? Bass players in metal are absolutely unnecessary.
1. They ALWAYS play along with the rhythm guitar.
2. The bass is always lost in the mix and in most cases not even audible.
3. The low frequencies in Metal are totally occupied by the double bass drum.
It becomes even more obvious when you see bands live that have no bass player and hear absolutely NO DIFFERENCE to all the bands who have a bass player. Bass players just take up space and contribute NOTHING to the music at all.
@@nikonerf8410 omg as a guitar player i think your comment is ignorant and stupid.
@@Warriorwithin09 As a person with ears i think i don't give a fuck what people who start sentences with "as a guitar player.." have to tell me. Fact is i have never heard any bass in Black Metal and in most Death Metal Bands the bass is pretty obsolete too because the guitars are always downtuned and the rhythm guitar already sounds like a bass. Also, as i stated before, most metal producers have for some strange reason deicided to put the bass drum BELOW the bass frequency wise. This makes absolutely no sense but in Metal and Rock it is standard. If you want an audible bass you need a beefy low end. But you can't mix it like that in Metal because a) metal bands always want that "carpet bombing" bass drum sound so this part of the frequencey spectrum is always occupied
b) the bass is always too distorted, this produces too much overtones and gives the signal too much energy in the mix. Therefore you have to mix it with lower volume to the point where it's barely audible.
@@nikonerf8410 as just a person with ears not contributing nothing to music but negative opinions you should keep your bs to yourself cheers
they gave the best show in Brutal Assault this year, so fuckin' powerful
tak jest!
najlepszy! pomimo że behemoth dał znakomity show to Mgła zmiażdżyła ich występ i nie potrzebowali do tego ani jakiś cudacznych przebrań ani konfetti lecącego na publikę
+Katarzyna Walaszek Mgła jest świetna
Hail
Yep!
Poland is fucking killing it with black metal lately
lately? :D
I'm 47 years old, 1st. sargent of police korps here in Chile, Sgt. on duty this night, drinkin' coffe abd milch, and listenin' such a piece of art for first time, just music for the Götter!!!
Paco perkin
@@diegotorres8143 igual le di a tu mina
Hä, warum baust du deutsche Wörter ein?
@@lucasschachtaudio warum nicht??
@@Lucius.1973 hätte ich jetzt einfach nicht erwartet. Bist du denn eigentlich Deutscher oder Chilese?
I have probably listened to this over 200 times. Never gets old. Ever.
4.7 MILLIONS for a black metal album !!! that's INSANE DUDE wow
Nearly 1mln are my repeated views I guess
5 :)
@@krishanu8636 I keep hearing it 😂
BLACK METAL PLANET!
I downloaded the album and listened to it like millions times no exaggeration
Exercises in futility V is really brilliant
My personal favorite. I'm surprised it's not getting more attention. V, I, and II are the best songs IMO.
whell you just said my thooth!
@@theabsolute23 yes. I, II, V, VI
This album helped me through the death of a close friend. The lyrics and theme on this album are a near perfect reflection of his struggles and eventual defeat. Drowned by his imagined sins and crushed by his shining armor.
I am sorry to hear about your loss. Stay strong.
Fuck your stupid friend.
RIP to the fallen.
🤷♂️
The best 😎
Hands down, one of the best black metal releases ever! I've been listening this record at least 20 times straight and can't get enough! A masterpiece.
It’s winter time here in Montana in the states. Blanket of white. The mountains. The pine trees. Perfect. Mgła are amazing.
Same here in the middle of Urals. Lakes, mountains, snow and pines. Great place to walk and listen to atmospheric metal.
I'm with you! this album is hypnotic..
making me calm ,alive, wise and happy 😀
Can't stop listening...
Matt Delaney me too
This record is really addictive as fuck yeah
LYRICS:
1. Exercises In Futility I
The great truth is there isn't one
And it only gets worse since that conclusion
The irony of being an extension to nothing
And the force of inertia is now a vital factor
And there is despair underneath each and every action
Each and every attempt to pierce the armour of numbness
Burning bridges becomes a habit to support
And the front line expands like there's no tomorrow
I envy the maggots
Their stuff at least sticks together
Better than laudations of misinformed seers
And those are lengthy annals of shame that we work with
It's like dumping dead meat at the brink of Styx
With a barge that we made of what was left of Yggdrasil
After veterans of spiritual revolts were done with their armchairs
And I don't even remember which brink is which
The odour of sanctity is just refined stench of existence
Shining pearl of Augeas' crown pales in comparison
And there is despair underneath each and every action
Each and every attempt to pierce the armour of numbness
Burning bridges becomes a habit to support
And the front line expands like there's no tomorrow
The grotesque eagles of misfortune, well fed on thanatos, sit still
It's the dignity of scavengers at the ever growing garbage dump of life
There is something about the rigid posture of a proper, authentic blind
As if extended arms reached to pass his blindness onto others
2. Exercises In Futility II
There is a style in total denial
A certain elegance of fear
Hesychasm is so much convenient
With the desert within ourselves
Stray dogs lead disciples of Oedipus
As the shrouds gently cover
Exquisite paroxysms of ruin
And well mannered choking on nothingness
Nether
The cracks in soma, psyche and pneuma
Are as one way mirrors
It's one well lit desert
And the pyres extend beyond the horizon
And cold flames flicker upon ashes of hope
Through hallways carved in a crystal
On to the uttermost parts of the pit
Jostling through cadavers of former selves
You would swear there's amusement in the eyes of the dead
Again, nether
A reward for the perseverant:
Unceasing howling of the heart
Bound to walk this path
Nether, again, nether - now and forever
I wish it was classic fire and brimstone
But clearly there is a very special plan
Paved with havoc and shattered virtues
As if there were any other paths
With every dream
The pyres grow taller
An enemy of trust
A misled scholar
Stray philanthrope
In vain endeavor
Walk this path
Now and forever
3. Exercises In Futility III
We hold an honorary degree in natural science
For stratigraphy of rock bottom
The layers were aplenty, as above, so below
But mostly below
The research is vast, thorough and firsthand
And it's a broad array of sources
For the complete guide to spiritual asshole of the world
A tour in words, sounds and pictures
Of the true south of nadir
Through burial grounds for broken dreams and crippled souls
The graves are shallow
We would dig them up with our bare hands
Just to rise above for a split second
And see them basked in the light of a dead sun
Beneath the sky of shit
And then take notes
Meticulously
We would consume deathbed confessions
Create a language of fading words
For this night is without end
We would compute dynamics of grief
And logic of venom, and we would listen
As history is written on cold skin of prophets
With vulture claws soaked in rat saliva
For this night is without end
4. Exercises In Futility IV
Some are born without a purpose
Other than prolonged demise in ornate ways
Most of the time it's pathetic, quick and useless
And good neighbours don't bother digging up the graves
It's rows upon rows of kings, whores and pawns
And the storm is rolling
The vengeful and the bitter reach out for their fix
Rebels never realized that their angst was a mockery
Every empire
Every nation
Every tribe
Thought it would end
In a bit more decent way
It is an unlikely alliance of assorted failures
Various degrees of deceit, doomsday prophets
The clenched teeth, the vinegar down the veins
A stylish pit right next to Judas, Brutus and Cassius
Every empire
Every nation
Every tribe
Thought it would end
In a bit more decent way
Every prophet
Every ruler
Every seer
Will chew on this ruin
And repeat ad nauseam
5. Exercises In Futility V
Blessed be the tailors
The masks are cut to fit
Blessed be the woodworkers
The crosses and the gallows
Blessed be the forgers of iron
And the spikes and the barbwire
Blessed be the stone cutters
It took a quarry to bury the dreams
Blessed be the misery, the filth, the discord and the horror
Blessed be the lies, the guilt, the fear, the woe and the betrayal
For these ones didn't need any outside source
For these ones come from within
And here it is
Grown from within
An invincible stronghold
Adorned with death
A suit of shining armour
Replaced the skin
And calligraphed sins
Are as coat of arms
Hollow
6. Exercises In Futility VI
As if you didn't know how it feels to lose
As if you didn't know how it feels to lose at dice with fate
At least have some dignity
As if it wasn't a lifetime spent on connecting the dots
There was no pattern
As if the irony was more than a defense mechanism
And we could actually laugh for a change
As if steel hooks in our backs were more than a nuisance
And we could actually feel something
Self crucified - missed the right tree
Tore the wrong eye out
The hissing of hellfire
Self crucified - missed the right tree
For this I have gained a victory
I burn as I ought to
As if everything was to be made right one day
Dreams don't come true for people like us
As if the gods were bored with peace in our hearts
And their fingers are itchy
As if we never broke people out of sheer boredom
And slept calmly among the wastes
And then we see bright and clear
As if we would be someone else
While mindlessly wandering through the mountains
As if we would be someone better
Expelling purgatory in Latin alphabet
Self crucified - missed the right tree
Tore the wrong eye out
The hissing of hellfire
Self crucified - missed the right tree
For this I have gained a victory
I burn as I ought to
As if all this was something more
Than another footnote on a postcard from nowhere
Another chapter in the handbook for exercises in futility
Blessed be the misery, the filth, the discord and the horror
Blessed be the lies, the guilt, the fear, the woe and the betrayal
For these ones didn't need any outside source
For these ones come from within...
I love these lines, so true.
It's raw and uncut life!!! beautiful
Still one of the best black metal albums I have heard and I have been listening bm for almost 30 years.
And those who dreamt about true revolution
Got distracted
By hurting
Each other"
Age of excuse
I saw this in my recommendations and thought "2.2 million views? Looks overrated" but when I got to listening I understood perfectly why this got so many views. They fucking earned it. This is brilliant, majestic, a tremendous masterpiece of Black Metal.
I totally agree.
And seen them live couple of times at Steelfest... damn, they sound good. They feel good. Just can't describe really how it felt to be there. Seeing them. Hearing them. One of the best shows or gigs I have ever seen.
over 5 millions now
The cymbal work is an art in itself on this album.
omg yes
as a former drummer I can just agree.
- Dad, why is my sister named Rose?
- Because your mother loves roses, son.
- Thanks Dad!
- No problem, MGLA!
- It's "Mguah", dad.
@@DudeWatIsThis perfect.
Dad why is this joke on every bm page on you tube?
Because people are thoughless, boaring and repetitive creatures son.
Thanks dad.
@@joshuar3632 - Dad, why is my sister named Rose?
- Because your mother loves roses, son.
- Thanks Dad!
- No problem, Exercises in Futility V!
@@joshuar3632 original comment in youtube. What a sight
Wow! never heard of MGLA before, now I'm a fan! this is what I'm looking for in black metal!
+Gerald Perez you have to check out their previous album then, one of my favorite metal albums of any genre
Yes, you definitely have to listen to all their stuff, it's fucking great. check also other bands from Poland, Polish scene is great
*****
Worsen
+Gerald Perez Try Massemord (there are 2 one is from Poland), Furia, and Morowe...
All that stuff is great! Thanks everyone!
I'm so happy I found this band
The guitar riffs are great but it is really the drummer that makes this band special, music-wise. Hail Darkside !
That can be said about all the great bm bands or bm in general
@@bergkajian1257 Not really. Darkthrone.
Cymbals are so effing great! Шикардоссс!!!
@ROOTSCONTRA Nobody is saying that the band sucks, but drums are so enlightening here. And they cymbals are blended so nicely with a bit muted guitars. Love it!
Exactly. Even when the kick is almost absent (mixing issue), drums are the plus of this band.
the first 2 songs are the best..stunning and great lyrics.the ever growing garbage dump of life...fantastic
Literally every riff and melody on this album are the best ones that has ever been created. I can not fathom the masterpiece this album is
After 30 years of living, this album has influenced me the most.
@@redlikewater2453 That's nice to here and it's a great record without a doubt. But there's much more out there!
@@martinparidon9056 What albums would you recommend buddy? I want to delve deeper :)
For black metal that is straight-forward (very fast, not "ambient-y"), also very well produced (not over-produced), I'd recommend Die Eisernen Verse by Negator and Haevn by Angantyr.
But Black Metal is really much richer than that. There are plenty of sub genres that are worth to check out. Try
Oathbreaker - Rheia
The Ruins of Beverast - Rain Upon the Impure
Panopticon - Autumn Eternal
Trna - Any
White Ward - Love Exchange Failure
and many, many more...
Amazing to see a black metal album with over 3 million views. This gives me hope for humanity.
More views = less kvlt
The majority doesn't have an IQ of 100 . This is not how normal distribution works.
@Nature Revenge yes, which is not the same as saying "the majority have an IQ of 100". The majority means "more than half", while the average in this case means the mean.
@@Ratamahatta12345 True, but his point still stands.
@Nature Revenge Majority and average are named differently because they're different concepts and are frequently abused by media to support their narrative/agenda/view. Just imagine 3 people, 2 unemployed and homeless and one guy with 3 million net worth and 3 villas. On average everyone is millionaire and has villa but majority has nothing.
"Exercises In Futility I" 0:00
The great truth is there isn't one
And it only gets worse since that conclusion
The irony of being an extension to nothing
And the force of inertia is now a vital factor
And there is despair underneath each and every action
Each and every attempt to pierce the armour of numbness
Burning bridges becomes a habit to support
And the front line expands like there's no tomorrow
I envy the maggots
Their stuff at least sticks together
Better than laudations of misinformed seers
And those are lengthy annals of shame that we work with
It's like dumping dead meat at the brink of Styx
With a barge that we made of what was left of Yggdrasil
After veterans of spiritual revolts were done with their armchairs
And I don't even remember which brink is which
The odour of sanctity is just refined stench of existence
Shining pearl of Augeas' crown pales in comparison
And there is despair underneath each and every action
Each and every attempt to pierce the armour of numbness
Burning bridges becomes a habit to support
And the front line expands like there's no tomorrow
The grotesque eagles of misfortune, well fed on thanatos, sit still
It's the dignity of scavengers at the ever growing garbage dump of life
There is something about the rigid posture of a proper, authentic blind
As if extended arms reached to pass his blindness onto others
...
Exercises In Futility II" 7:58
There is a style in total denial
A certain elegance of fear
Hesychasm is so much convenient
With the desert within ourselves
Stray dogs lead disciples of Oedipus
As the shrouds gently cover
Exquisite paroxysms of ruin
And well mannered choking on nothingness
Nether
The cracks in soma, psyche and pneuma
Are as one way mirrors
It's one well lit desert
And the pyres extend beyond the horizon
And cold flames flicker upon ashes of hope
Through hallways carved in a crystal
On to the uttermost parts of the pit
Jostling through cadavers of former selves
You would swear there's amusement in the eyes of the dead
Again, nether
A reward for the perseverant:
Unceasing howling of the heart
Bound to walk this path
Nether, again, nether - now and forever
I wish it was classic fire and brimstone
But clearly there is a very special plan
Paved with havoc and shattered virtues
As if there were any other paths
With every dream
The pyres grow taller
An enemy of trust
A misled scholar
Stray philanthrope
In vain endeavor
Walk this path
Now and forever
....
"Exercises In Futility III" 15:47
We hold an honorary degree in natural science
For stratigraphy of rock bottom
The layers were aplenty, as above, so below
But mostly below
The research is vast, thorough and firsthand
And it's a broad array of sources
For the complete guide to spiritual asshole of the world
A tour in words, sounds and pictures
Of the true south of nadir
Through burial grounds for broken dreams and crippled souls
The graves are shallow
We would dig them up with our bare hands
Just to rise above for a split second
And see them basked in the light of a dead sun
Beneath the sky of shit
And then take notes
Meticulously
We would consume deathbed confessions
Create a language of fading words
For this night is without end
We would compute dynamics of grief
And logic of venom, and we would listen
As history is written on cold skin of prophets
With vulture claws soaked in rat saliva
For this night is without end
....
"Exercises In Futility IV" 20:25
Some are born without a purpose
Other than prolonged demise in ornate ways
Most of the time it's pathetic, quick and useless
And good neighbours don't bother digging up the graves
It's rows upon rows of kings, whores and pawns
And the storm is rolling
The vengeful and the bitter reach out for their fix
Rebels never realized that their angst was a mockery
Every empire
Every nation
Every tribe
Thought it would end
In a bit more decent way
It is an unlikely alliance of assorted failures
Various degrees of deceit, doomsday prophets
The clenched teeth, the vinegar down the veins
A stylish pit right next to Judas, Brutus and Cassius
Every empire
Every nation
Every tribe
Thought it would end
In a bit more decent way
Every prophet
Every ruler
Every seer
Will chew on this ruin
And repeat ad nauseam
....
Exercises In Futility V" 25:10
Blessed be the tailors
The masks are cut to fit
Blessed be the woodworkers
The crosses and the gallows
Blessed be the forgers of iron
And the spikes and the barbwire
Blessed be the stone cutters
It took a quarry to bury the dreams
Blessed be the misery, the filth, the discord and the horror
Blessed be the lies, the guilt, the fear, the woe and the betrayal
For these ones didn't need any outside source
For these ones come from within
And here it is
Grown from within
An invincible stronghold
Adorned with death
A suit of shining armour
Replaced the skin
And calligraphed sins
Are as coat of arms
Hollow
......
"Exercises In Futility VI" 33:26
As if you didn't know how it feels to lose
As if you didn't know how it feels to lose at dice with fate
At least have some dignity
As if it wasn't a lifetime spent on connecting the dots
There was no pattern
As if the irony was more than a defense mechanism
And we could actually laugh for a change
As if steel hooks in our backs were more than a nuisance
And we could actually feel something
Self crucified - missed the right tree
Tore the wrong eye out
The hissing of hellfire
Self crucified - missed the right tree
For this I have gained a victory
I burn as I ought to
As if everything was to be made right one day
Dreams don't come true for people like us
As if the gods were bored with peace in our hearts
And their fingers are itchy
As if we never broke people out of sheer boredom
And slept calmly among the wastes
And then we see bright and clear
As if we would be someone else
While mindlessly wandering through the mountains
As if we would be someone better
Expelling purgatory in Latin alphabet
Self crucified - missed the right tree
Tore the wrong eye out
The hissing of hellfire
Self crucified - missed the right tree
For this I have gained a victory
I burn as I ought to
As if all this was something more
Than another footnote on a postcard from nowhere
Another chapter in the handbook for exercises in futility
thank you
What a legend. Thank you for that.
You deserve everything you ever wished for.
This album stands up to many of the albums from the 90's when the strongest black metal was released. A modern classic that creates great memories
It surpasses many, if not, MOST of the old releases imo.
+Brian Hughes checkout "Void Omnia"
This record brings back that euphoric out-of-the-world feeling that I was feeling 10 years ago when I first started to listen to black metal.
2017: I find Mgla and Kriegsmaschine. All: Great drums! Me: I like the whole music, but why the drums being special? Idk, ok if you say so... Fast drumming like everywhere in similar bands.
2021: Me after 2 years of learning drums with a professional teacher who plays everything including lots of jazz, teaching me all the notes etc, all by the book (I still don't play shit, but I don't care. I am too old anyway). Mgla and Kriegsmaschine drumming: it is f*cking unbelievable. I hear much more now. But also the overall music experience is great. Never bored when listening over and over to your albums.... Never! Simple, dark, beatifully cold on the surface. When you dive deeper an abyss of layers opens up. It is better than a glass of whisky and cigarette. It is like a trip to Heart of Darkness with Joseph Conrad to visit Colonel Kurtz but not in Africa, not in Vietnam with Coppola's Apocalypse Now. This time it is a trip into the depth of human mind and soul. The most terrifying one. What a ride!!!
Period.
Listen to drummers Dominator and Stormblast. Especially Nordjevel's last album Gnavol and Thunderbolt's last two records.
The lyrics, composition and artwork of this album are perfect.
"Shit, those cymbals"
- Me every time i listen to Mgła
Not only the cymbals, all the metal work, I think there are even triangles in this piece!
Holy Cowbell
I always find a new detail when listening to this from time to time.
Most of the comments speak about V, but you people should really listen to the number 6. The growing inside this album hits its peak. And the lyrics then... a total masterpiece.
Those 2 songs together, back to back, bring you on an amazing black metal journey. I can't get enough of VI. To me it's the perfect black metal song.
VI lyrics are nihilistic misanthropic poetry, deep and resonating. First time i heard the song i couldn't hear the music, i was sucked in from the lyrics.
IV is really underrated. EVERY EMPIRE EVERY TRIBE!
I agree
This drummer has some gnarly chops. Really awesome ride work.
Perfect album, drums, guitars bass and vocal /lyrics on highest level. Amazing.
Exercises in futility V speaks to my soul
Im listening to a lot of different genres but BM still is the only genre that makes me feel "home", that makes me feel understood and accepted. Sounds weird but I never felt like that whe listening to other music.
+Pilsatic I feel you, man!
+Pilsatic BM is the genre that can achieve being depressing and beautiful at the same time the most out of all of the genres, just listen to Exercises in Futility VI 38:29
I feel that way with bands like electric wizard, godflesh, swans..
+francompalmieri bm isn't supposed to be depressing. that would be depressive black metal.
Swagsuke Uchiha Maybe I used my words wrong, sorry, English is not my first language, what I was trying to mean it's that it can be negative (just, black metal screams negativity and despair, the guitars and everything) and also it can be beautiful at the same time.
So after listening to all the albums with Mdłości, Groza, and With Hearts Toward None standing out the most. I have come to the conclusion that Mgła is not music.. Oh no... This is the Mona Lisa of music. This is pure art.
wzrusza mnie ta płyta. naprawde. niesamowita muzyka, panowie. dziękuję !
Absolutne arcydzieło. To był moje drzwi do blacku i deathu. Wcześniej słuchałem jakichś pojedynczych metalowych zespołów typu Gojira, jednak bardziej rocka, punka, ale Mgła otworzyła mnie na tę muzykę.
The drummer is killing it! Guitars are so groovy... God damn that is absolutely beautiful, they nailed it! Love it!!!
I've never heard such great lyrics interact so beautifully with music.
A masterpiece!
I had this album in my turntable for 2 consecutive months, without removing it. I didn't listen it daily but more than often. After while I thought that I overplayed it and wouldn't be able to enjoy it for long time. Here I am, few weeks later. A testimony of greatness in my books.
Anyone still listening to this album in 2021? What an amazing album and never gets old.
2022
2023
What not to love about this album? Lyrics, compositions, production, cover art and the overall artistic essence is just perfect. A new classic has been born! Hails from Bangladesh!
@@redlikewater2453 :)
It is amazing how mgła is consistently my favourite band. It has been 5 years since i discovered them, my taste changed very much. Bands come and go for me but mgła consistantly stays at my top most listened songs. They dont get boring after dozens of listens and for me that's the defining quality of a timeless classic.
This album is amazing. Musicianship and song writing are off the charts. Those are some mega talented dudes.
Get their merchandise buddies and you would be even more surprised. Exquisite design and only high quality materials. This band has everything in order to be among the greatest.
you see that wind breaker they put out not long ago? that was choice. I was going to get one actually, totally forgot about it (red and black I think)
@@D00M3R_MAVS I got the one, with embroidered big Mgla logo on the back... awesome!
Each time I listen to the album I hear different riffs, and each time it gets better and better
@DerpsterWhen it comes together @ 10:05 best moment on the album.
Exactly the same
Mgla isn't just music. Its philosophy.
exactly, the theme inspired by philosophers
Its Schopenhauer, not Nietzsche. The good stuff
@@Unohdetutkasvot They are both from the German school of idiots just like Marx
It's the musical form of nihilism. Absolutely astounding, how well it fits
Emil Cioran
The alchemy of this album is just perfect. Solid as a rock. I'm buying the LP!
Even though nihilism is completely the opposite I really want in my life, I find Mgla's music speaking to my soul, to heal my loneliness, regret and melancholy.
Same
Nihilism is not something you choose. I was called a nihilist before I even knew what that was. Nihilism simply means that you have not found anything in life that would make it worth living or fulfilling. Nobody chooses this state because it is the absolute opposite of what people want from life. But there comes a point where you give up the search for meaning once and for all and don't expect anything more from life. I'm actually dead inside.
The fifth song has such a repetitive ending, yet it flows perfectly with all the drumming variations. A real achievement.
sounds like Mgla left this album in a cellar to mature for a century or two
Gab on Dirt lmao
And that's a good thing
Gab on Dirt NICE!!! Hahah
Best comment
Yes feed the thousands
Incomparable , marvelous , extraordinary , best album of the year .
Oh God. This is extremely good, so good I didn't expect it.
It's been 3 years now and I listen to this album like it came out yesterday... My little postcard from nowhere, my perfect chapter in the handbook for exercises in futility!!!! This album is immortal.
This album and the mantle by agalloch will always be the best black metal albums, and one of the best albums of all genres of all times. I have never in my life loved an album like that, I already listened to it like no exaggeration, maybe 1000 times, forever a masterpiece.
agreed, the mantle is a fucking masterpiece
I prefer Ashes against the grain by agalloch over the mantle. Also, Nokturnal Mortum's Lunar poetry and The voice of Steel are serious contenders for best BM album.
@MilkyLore its blackened folk.
@@JvG0 I listened to Ashes before Mantle and both are great. Serpent is still my most favorite though.
I cant get enough of exercises in futility II... this album is perfection.
I was listening to II when i read your comment :))
Yes
Альбом Бомба!!!
How many Times i have come back to this album already. I'm addicted. How many of you thought :"Normally i don't listen to Black Metal" but this is fucking EPIC !!!! " 10/10. And normally I would say my main genre is Metalcore. Goosebumps again , this drumming and atmosphere.....
In 2015 when the first time I listened to this album I thought , this is the purest form of black metal and no one can't beat these guys .
Now it's 2020 and I still feel the same .
@Samael Natterns is cool record dude but this album has got something.... Whenever you finish listening to this record it would feel like some journey .
And in 2021 almost 2022 what's your opinion on this album as being the purest for of bm? V for me always stands out as elite. The album is great but that V...
What is pure black metal??
@@Mors_Atra_ I started the same. But now I think that the forst track is the best. Those lyrics are insane.
2023 and still feel the same way !
Wow.
I thought I was too old to be amazed again.
If you´re still alive, you´re not too old to be amazed.
Every time i listen to this album it makes me feel different sensations. Sadness, joy, calm, rage, understanding, misunderstanding. It makes me come and go into my own mind, the universe around me and inside me. Really thank you Mgla, you are great. Thanks.
Exercises in futility VI 33:26 probably the best track on here
+Oakenbull totally agree. I mean in all fairness the whole album is superb but listening to the album in the background as i did work on my computer AND then this track comes on? My ears perked up straight away. A stupendous finisher for sure
+Oakenbull It perfectly captures the beautifully dark and despairing tone of the whole album. Their strongest track on the album, and a perfect way to close it.
+Oakenbull yet I am not sure about that, heard this album for the first time and all songs are simply epic. =) Blackmetal EVOLVED!!! ^^
+Oakenbull "VI" is good, but I think "I" is better.
+Oakenbull Yeah I'm either listening to the whole thing or to just this track. This is the best one for sure.
The cymbal work on V is insane
Yes
Wait for VI
Exercises in futility V 25:10
Blessed be the tailors
The masks are cut to fit
Blessed be the woodworkers
The crosses and the gallows
Blessed be the forgers of iron
And the spikes and the barbwire
Blessed be the stone cutters
It took a quarry to bury the dreams
Blessed be the misery, the filth, the discord and the horror
Blessed be the lies, the guilt, the fear, the woe and the betrayal
For these ones didn't need any outside source
For these ones come from within
And here it is
Grown from within
An invincible stronghold
Adorned with death
A suit of shining armour
Replaced the skin
And calligraphed sins
Are as coat of arms
Hollow
Fucking powerfull.
A Fish It is
unbelievable lyrical beauty
great deep lyrics
Insanely good.
Exercises in futility I 00:00
Exercises in futility II 07:58
Exercises in futility III 15:47
Exercises in futility IV 20:25
Exercises in futility V 25:10
Exercises in futility VI 33:26
one of the best BM albums released in the 21st century 🔥
My mom was born and raised in Poland. Growing up in a polish household, with polish neighbors etc.. Even then I never fully realized or appreciated my polish heritage. I even speak the language. Being an American, I never thought much of it.
But after Behemoth, Batushka, Azarath, Mgła, etc etc.
Well, I am fucking proud. It took me too long to realize it.
No to fajnie! Mam nadzieje ze znasz rowniez Vader, Decapitated i Hate.
Don't forget about Vader :)
Lady Pank,Papa Dance,SBB, Oddzial Zamkniety, Klaus Mittffoch ,Republika. Moze Kazik albo Basia?
be proud to be polish my friend. poland and the eastern european countries are the last foothold of civilization in europe. greetings from a dying germany.
Michał Don't leave out Erebos or Graveland....!!!
I listened to this album 5 times today at work. Love the strong finish
Anyone else loves the really high-speed ride cymbal play? God I love it.
Exercises in futility V makes me crazy every time I hear.
This is still going on a year later. I can not stop.
This is an album that god can not make.
The most intelligent black metal. amazing.
This album is Timeless. Time is an exercise in futility when it comes to this masterpiece
I still remember the day these hymns fell on my ears. Life has never been the same since.
This is one of the best albums ever made.
Absolutely to the point.
There isn't anything else like this
*Absolutely to the pointlessness
FTFY
My first listen of Mgŀa, and I'm blown away. Amazing album, amazing band.
Can't really put into words what I feel when listening to Mgla. There's no way to thank you enough. Long live, Mgla. Thank you for all this music.
greetings from Germany our neigbhors are making so insane music, i just cant stop hear this over and over again! I love you Mgła you opend my heart for Black Metal
+1 from Gemany as well
Thanks on behalf of the band.
We got good neighbors
easily one of the greatest albums of 21 age