They display incredible compositional skills per se. Their pieces arranged for piano sound like 20th century classics. Strange classics, of course, lined with melody. You have strings of chords that almost fly apart from an overload of dissonance. But they not only don't fall apart, they create a melody. It's funny that metal reaches such a level of abstraction at a time when probably all the major contemporary composers are returning to tonality and trying to communicate with a wide audience.
@@tomaszkaminski6495 I've remarked, that their death metal, much as with their cousins in the dissonant side of the black metal scene, reminds me strongly of late romantic and early modern orchestral composers, particularly the composers from Eastern Europe. There's shades of Mussorgsky and Stravinsky in there, and any of the other even more experimental composers (whose names elude my memory) that played with dissonance to an even greater degree. Even the constant flurry tremolo picking the stacked layers of chord progressions are build around is akin to how the string sections were used.
@@alexandersimmons3350 Scriabin, Bartók, Szymanowski... :D Yes, Ulcerate (and similar bands) have "reconstructed" the decay phase of tonality, a frightening and fascinating moment in music history. There is also a lot of death metal that is simply atonal or rather "doesn't reckon with tonality."
It's getting ridiculous how far ahead of their peers ulcerate are. It's like if humanity had perfected the art of death metal 100 years from now and decided to send a band back in time to educate us
@@WackSmackAttack Ad Nauseam is cool but "only" technical. Ulcerate has something more, i can't explain. Like a divine (or diabolic) inspiration, i don't know.
The sheer love this band gets in the new releases' comment section is impressive, yet totally deserved and indeed one cannot thank them enough. It's truly once in a century amounts of talent these guys have.
Cannot wait to see and hear them in Poland (November). Their music helped me a lot with everyday mental struggles. Perfect combination of madness & sadness.
If there's an album I'm looking forward to, I check to see the tracklist, see how many songs there are. I never listen to more than 20% of the album, otherwise you can easily end up listening to too much and spoiling the release ecstasy for yourself.
This band has single-handedly rekindled my interest for extreme music, I do hope one day it's recognised for what it is, and of course, to see them live here in Europe. Cheers from Germany!
I'd like to, selfishly, import them to the U.S.A. but a European country would be good too! I think they would get way more exposure if they could tour more often. Being from NZ is pretty limiting, I imagine.
I agree... death metal was meh until my friend introduced me to Ulcerate. The foreboding doom mixed with clear melody... F anyone who doesn't like it. I do!
I've listened to 'The Dawn is Hollow' and 'To Flow Through Ashen Hearts' more times than I would like to admit. Now I have another one to add to it, while eagerly anticipating this AOTY to drop. I have not been this excited for a release in a really, really long time. I often thought about how they could possibly follow Stare Into Death, and yet here they are, doing just that. It's beyond incredible.
I feel such undescribable melancholy listening to your music... It combines labyrinthian chaos with such beautiful melodies, and the technicality always serves the purpose of, ehm, I guess just throwing my soul into the abyss and making me enjoy it?
What a crushing track with crushing ending. "This discontent is a mirror before me Countlessly broken and unbroken The air becoming thin among the disquiet Resurrection bestowed on the unwilling Embracing the last entropy Reject and betray existence"
That was fucking awsome!!!!!! I adore this! A bit more strightforward than the Ashen hearts, almost had some cathcy parts. But damn, the way they compose these riffs and melodies is out of this world!!!
Definitely the most unique track they've written in years. And here I was thinking they weren't ever going back to their more older, bleak, atonal style of Everything is Fire and Vermis. Boy was I wrong. Proves this band can still surprise me. That last haunting epic riff *mind blown*
@@locust7777 Vitriol - Suffer & Become, Knoll - As Spoken, Wormed - Omegon, Vltimas - Epic, Upon Stone - Dead Mother Moon, Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To
I don't know what I love the most about these new songs. The chaos of the beginning, the melody of the quieter interludes or the emotional catharsis of the ending.
Another amazing song! And the visuals... An experience on it's own! Also, I liked how the album title was incorporated into the video... Very well done!
These guys break all kinds of personal rules of mine for music: songs sound similar, vocalist uses similar patterns and ranges, guitar uses “noises” (even the same ones between songs and albums!)… and somehow they are never repetitive, monotonous or unsurprising. What a creative and unique group. Killing it!
@diogobaia3738 no kidding man. Ever since it dropped I haven't stopped listening to it and because it's so good it doesn't even feel like it's been 4 years. If this new album holds me for 4 years as well I may consider getting an ulcerate tattoo 😂😂
This is the new chapter of extreme metal....neither predictable nor artificial...i love the complete disregard for the typical counting riffs so common in metal....this is above and beyond even in the dissonant Masturbation scene!!!
If the rest of the album is as good as these 3 singles, this is going to top Stare Into Death and Be Still, which I thought was impossible since that album is a perfect masterpiece.
I keep thinking "this one is their best one for sure", but in the end all it means the whole album is of that same quality and the best thing will be to hear it all combined in one package.
Omg, this is soo awesome! I mean, I don't want to sound surprised, with Ulcerate the bar is always super high so that's kinda expected, but god damn, this album will certainly exceed my expectations!! Second single is still my favorite, though :)
The joy of hearing each one of these songs for the first time is such an unique and irreplaceable moment in the eternity of my life that i can only say thank god i am still alive to witness these guys deliver such majestic music. This is also the most weird and surprising song they've released in a while. Love from Argentina dudes i hope to see you someday ♥
Not sure why but get the same vibes from this tune I had after listening to Entombed’s Left Hand Path - so simple and familiar yet difficult and strange, brilliantly beautiful and disturbing in unpredictable waves of emotion
Ulcerate used to be an "in small doses" band for me, while technically astonishing and without being for the sake of it, I would still get tired after two songs. This new material is just melodically above genius though, and consistently. I can't believe their peers are even allowed to be called "music". They are not the same thing.
Greatest metal band on the planet bar none, nothing else even comes close. Everything here from like 3 minutes onwards is some of the greatest music ever recorded. HOOOOOLY SHIT
Little late to comment to this considering I got the notification for the video right away but... this has been their best video to date and the best new song shown so far from the new album. This one had a bit more polish that was needed to create the best possible way to absorb all the details and ambience of what it's doing
Damn, and the 3rd song from the new album crushes aswell! This gonna be another monster, godlike album, a sure pretendent for AOFY (let's remember that Mgla is also scheduled to deliver a new baby this year). Album is already ordered, now just have to be patient for another month ... *gnawing*
Best thing about Ulcerate's music is there's melodies underneath the layers of dissonant madness
They display incredible compositional skills per se. Their pieces arranged for piano sound like 20th century classics. Strange classics, of course, lined with melody. You have strings of chords that almost fly apart from an overload of dissonance. But they not only don't fall apart, they create a melody. It's funny that metal reaches such a level of abstraction at a time when probably all the major contemporary composers are returning to tonality and trying to communicate with a wide audience.
This is pretty overtly melodic compared to the old stuff
@@tomaszkaminski6495 I've remarked, that their death metal, much as with their cousins in the dissonant side of the black metal scene, reminds me strongly of late romantic and early modern orchestral composers, particularly the composers from Eastern Europe. There's shades of Mussorgsky and Stravinsky in there, and any of the other even more experimental composers (whose names elude my memory) that played with dissonance to an even greater degree. Even the constant flurry tremolo picking the stacked layers of chord progressions are build around is akin to how the string sections were used.
@@alexandersimmons3350 Scriabin, Bartók, Szymanowski... :D
Yes, Ulcerate (and similar bands) have "reconstructed" the decay phase of tonality, a frightening and fascinating moment in music history. There is also a lot of death metal that is simply atonal or rather "doesn't reckon with tonality."
May I recommend Vildhjarta?
It's getting ridiculous how far ahead of their peers ulcerate are.
It's like if humanity had perfected the art of death metal 100 years from now and decided to send a band back in time to educate us
Ad Nauseam
Dont think they have peers at this point hehe
Exactly
@@WackSmackAttack Ad Nauseam is cool but "only" technical. Ulcerate has something more, i can't explain. Like a divine (or diabolic) inspiration, i don't know.
@@WackSmackAttack Imperative Imperceptible Impulse is no joke my favorite metal album of all time
This and new Akhlys will be very hard contenders for AOTY.
June 14th 2024 = AOTY day 🔥
AOTY gets bandied about far too often. Ulcerate are beyond that.
yeah i think similar it'll be a definite contender for end of year accolades, thoroughly deserved too coz they are just so unique in style & sound.
As soon as I heard that first track they dropped I knew it was gonna be my AOTY.
My brothers. Whazzz up?!
Hail
These NVIDIA RTX demos are getting weirder every year
Benchmarks DM is my favorite genre.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Hahaha
Stable Diffusion models evolving so fast. Or you mean music generation?
These tensor cores cooking
The sheer love this band gets in the new releases' comment section is impressive, yet totally deserved and indeed one cannot thank them enough. It's truly once in a century amounts of talent these guys have.
What we need is some guitar playthroughs by Michael.
For real! Dude is a visionary.
Never expected to see 3 music videos ahead of their album releases. Definitely best death metal band of this generation.
Cannot wait to see and hear them in Poland (November). Their music helped me a lot with everyday mental struggles. Perfect combination of madness & sadness.
If the apocalypse doesn’t have Ulcerate playing as its theme music, I’m not going.
I have literally been saying for years they are the movie score to the end of days...
During the MGLA and Ulcerate tour would've been great timing for a little apocalypse 😂
Is this maybe why there is such a relevance and timeliness to this?! Does the Kali Unga have a soundtrack?!
can we just name this as best album of the century?
Esa mezcla de acordes melódicos y blast beats conduciendolos a lo disonante me encanta 👌🏽🤘🏽.
Another one!? Your spoiling us.
Thank you Ulcerate, DMP and Dehn Sora! Bring on June!
Best writing and arrangements for extreme music. Hands down. Perfect
This rips way harder than the other singles. holy mother of god
The final riff reminds me of the main riff from everything is fire. This style lined with the more melodic approach of their recent works is just epic
Incredible! A new level of songwriting!
You were a band recommendation that was made to me today and I love your immersive, atmospheric sound. Dark Blessings!!
This band hypnotizes me into such a dark place. In a good way.
Its crazy how this guys completly mastered their craft. I simply cannot believe how can you top the level of musical excelence that they present.
This new abum seems to have the most amazing guitar riffs of their discography till now! And Sora nailed it againd!
Excited for this album!!! Just jammed the shit out of Shrine of Paralysis last week ...these guys are so good
Still there finest album front to back in my opinion, but this maybe a close second
@@RawBrutalAussie True! That album is pure gold
Must.....resist..... listening..this..... I wanna wait the album!
I tried but failed.
If there's an album I'm looking forward to, I check to see the tracklist, see how many songs there are. I never listen to more than 20% of the album, otherwise you can easily end up listening to too much and spoiling the release ecstasy for yourself.
This band has single-handedly rekindled my interest for extreme music, I do hope one day it's recognised for what it is, and of course, to see them live here in Europe.
Cheers from Germany!
They're playing the Servants of Chaos festival in Germany later this year, you should check it out. Incredible lineup!
@@ingolfrvargr You just made my day, cheers mate!
I'd like to, selfishly, import them to the U.S.A. but a European country would be good too! I think they would get way more exposure if they could tour more often. Being from NZ is pretty limiting, I imagine.
I agree... death metal was meh until my friend introduced me to Ulcerate. The foreboding doom mixed with clear melody... F anyone who doesn't like it. I do!
I've listened to 'The Dawn is Hollow' and 'To Flow Through Ashen Hearts' more times than I would like to admit. Now I have another one to add to it, while eagerly anticipating this AOTY to drop. I have not been this excited for a release in a really, really long time. I often thought about how they could possibly follow Stare Into Death, and yet here they are, doing just that. It's beyond incredible.
You gotta know how to measure your pre-release listens bro. Listen to a maximum of 20% of the album, don't overplay it, let yourself get hyped for it!
I feel such undescribable melancholy listening to your music... It combines labyrinthian chaos with such beautiful melodies, and the technicality always serves the purpose of, ehm, I guess just throwing my soul into the abyss and making me enjoy it?
Just discovered you guys a few weeks ago and you're absolutely killing it with these singles. Amazing band.
What a crushing track with crushing ending.
"This discontent is a mirror before me
Countlessly broken and unbroken
The air becoming thin among the disquiet
Resurrection bestowed on the unwilling
Embracing the last entropy
Reject and betray existence"
"Resurrection bestowed on the unwilling"
Such cold violence. Truly hits deep.
Never clicked a link so fast in my life
That was fucking awsome!!!!!! I adore this! A bit more strightforward than the Ashen hearts, almost had some cathcy parts. But damn, the way they compose these riffs and melodies is out of this world!!!
This is so gonna be a GOAT album
another Masterpiece!
beautiful lovely sounds! cannot wait
F yeah! Love from Australia!
Okay, thanks Ulcerate for another masterpiece, I'll be busy for a future few weeks trying to figure out wtf is happening in this track lol
I do the same lol. Understanding and appreciating Ulcerate tracks is a process and I love it haha
Dont try, let it happend as it comes. Too much chaos. The vocals are as sinister as anything else Sinister lol
Definitely the most unique track they've written in years. And here I was thinking they weren't ever going back to their more older, bleak, atonal style of Everything is Fire and Vermis. Boy was I wrong. Proves this band can still surprise me. That last haunting epic riff *mind blown*
Ulcerate can do no wrong. Great track 🤘
This is the best thing I've heard in a long time
I can’t be nor excited for this record. This is the most excited I’ve been for something this year and there’s been a lot of good stuff this year.
Please share other good 2024 albums. I've been struggling to find anything half decent at all 😞
@@locust7777 Vitriol - Suffer & Become, Knoll - As Spoken, Wormed - Omegon, Vltimas - Epic, Upon Stone - Dead Mother Moon, Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To
I don't know what I love the most about these new songs. The chaos of the beginning, the melody of the quieter interludes or the emotional catharsis of the ending.
Another masterpiece from the death metal gods.
With this new sound they're going for Id almost call on the Black Metal gods as well.
@@justsomejusstsome8994Yeah, maybe.
The riff/drum interplay starting at 2:51 rules so hard
I have no words to describe Ulcerate, with each album they surpass themselves.....
Beyond Madness as always 🤘🏼🔥 Cannot wait for the Album ❤️ #ulcerateforever
Another amazing song! And the visuals... An experience on it's own! Also, I liked how the album title was incorporated into the video... Very well done!
These guys break all kinds of personal rules of mine for music: songs sound similar, vocalist uses similar patterns and ranges, guitar uses “noises” (even the same ones between songs and albums!)… and somehow they are never repetitive, monotonous or unsurprising. What a creative and unique group. Killing it!
Their album from 2020 is the only record ever I just cannot get enough of, across all genres
@diogobaia3738 no kidding man. Ever since it dropped I haven't stopped listening to it and because it's so good it doesn't even feel like it's been 4 years. If this new album holds me for 4 years as well I may consider getting an ulcerate tattoo 😂😂
@@diogobaia3738 For some reason thats the only record of thiers that I dont enjoy listening to that much.
@@richardgamrat1944 that's a rarity 😂 I have to dig up their old stuff
Album of the year period
YES.
i think this is the best. i mean for this year and maybe last year next year... incredible song... cant say any word.just perfect..
banger after banger 🔥
Yes.
Album will be released on my birthday!!! Best birthday present ever
Hope you treated yourself to a limited LP pressing of this album :D
Simplemente increíble, 🤟🏻🇲🇽🤟🏻
Amazing track! love the album
This is the new chapter of extreme metal....neither predictable nor artificial...i love the complete disregard for the typical counting riffs so common in metal....this is above and beyond even in the dissonant Masturbation scene!!!
#StayDissonant 🔷
Ulcerate casually dropping song-of-the-year candidates whenever they damn well please. Another absolute fucking banger!!
Fuck me. Sideways. Under a backwards sun. With a kiwi in my mouth. I can't wait to incorporate this album into my being...
It's always a landmark day when we get a new Ulcerate song
I think... this is my favourite song & possibly MV of 2024 🙇🏻♀️🙏🏻
If the rest of the album is as good as these 3 singles, this is going to top Stare Into Death and Be Still, which I thought was impossible since that album is a perfect masterpiece.
This is exactly like my fever dreams! And they enveloped it with a chaotic sound
I keep thinking "this one is their best one for sure", but in the end all it means the whole album is of that same quality and the best thing will be to hear it all combined in one package.
This is the best of their new songs released to date. Period.
This album will make my list for Best of 2024 💯
Here is the benefit of being the fastest in the race for life.
Masterpiece
This song is pretty sick! That riff at 3:30 is giving me some Krallice vibes, which is very cool!
Masterful. Nuff said.
Omg, this is soo awesome! I mean, I don't want to sound surprised, with Ulcerate the bar is always super high so that's kinda expected, but god damn, this album will certainly exceed my expectations!!
Second single is still my favorite, though :)
These singles are making me think this album is going to be their best. There’s something massive about how it all sounds.
I knew the BM would appear after Verberis 🔥 and it fits perfectly.
The joy of hearing each one of these songs for the first time is such an unique and irreplaceable moment in the eternity of my life that i can only say thank god i am still alive to witness these guys deliver such majestic music. This is also the most weird and surprising song they've released in a while.
Love from Argentina dudes i hope to see you someday ♥
I NEED THESE RIFFS IN MY VEINS
Humanity has been gifted once again. We truly do live in a blessed time
Mein lieber Herr Gesangsverein... Meisterstück
these guys make DM great again
This is the last time I listen to Ulcerate because everytime I hear their singles, I end up in the hospital due to skeleton ruptures
Not sure why but get the same vibes from this tune I had after listening to Entombed’s Left Hand Path - so simple and familiar yet difficult and strange, brilliantly beautiful and disturbing in unpredictable waves of emotion
bro i fuckin cried
I actually also cried, kinda Insane since this is the only song that ever made me happy cry
That riff is choking me up as well. Stunningly beautiful and emotional.
It feel good knowing there is more of us.
Bro no you didn't
Honey to my ears
Ulcerate used to be an "in small doses" band for me, while technically astonishing and without being for the sake of it, I would still get tired after two songs. This new material is just melodically above genius though, and consistently. I can't believe their peers are even allowed to be called "music". They are not the same thing.
03:20 Majestic.
Best one yet
Wow!!!!!!
Absolutely love this !
3:20 ❤❤❤🤘🤘🤘
Just absolutely stunning!
These guys are unreal.
Greatest metal band on the planet bar none, nothing else even comes close. Everything here from like 3 minutes onwards is some of the greatest music ever recorded. HOOOOOLY SHIT
Metal supreme
Video is way better than A.I. ever could be... fucking fantastic new tunes guys wvery single has been fire!
People worshipping those popular bands have no idea what a gem they're missing out on with Ulcerate
Got here through a random Facebook post. Can’t believe I’ve never heard of this band before, so good 🤘
@@cognitivedisruption5375 great :D
Pre-ordered on Bandcamp! 👍🏻
"This discontent is a mirror before me
Countlessly broken and unbroken..."
Little late to comment to this considering I got the notification for the video right away but... this has been their best video to date and the best new song shown so far from the new album. This one had a bit more polish that was needed to create the best possible way to absorb all the details and ambience of what it's doing
For sure album of the year 24👊🏻
Как же это охуенно!!!
Это ещё мягко сказано.
One of the very few bands that still has a unique voice and something to say in modern metal. These dudes are geniuses.
Damn, and the 3rd song from the new album crushes aswell! This gonna be another monster, godlike album, a sure pretendent for AOFY (let's remember that Mgla is also scheduled to deliver a new baby this year). Album is already ordered, now just have to be patient for another month ... *gnawing*