Just to let y'all know, this was my FIRST go at scripted content like this. It obviously won't sound good but I hope whenever I inevitably make more either with DJ or on my own channel, it sounds much better! Thanks for putting up with my shenanigans tho :3
also this layer smacks so hard that my opinion on what's my favourite is literally changing every time i think about it. that's how you know this is a work of video gaming art
@@ipostgarbage8555 to be totally straight with you, there was no way to make the discussion of suicide NOT uncomfortable, I'm sorry that you felt it was out of character, but frankly there was no better way to handle this portion in the video other than not including it at all
@@justarandompersoniguess we like to mention each other a lot :) and by that I mean, I've mentioned Marco 2 or 3 times already and he has not mentioned me once because what would I do that would prompt him to mention me?
@@RiffSilverthe1andonly Thank you for making TWLR my fav song in Layer 7. I always get flashbacks of the first fight with Mannequins when I hear this song.
Hakita had mentioned in the dev stream that he hates people saying that the soundtrack of the violence layer contains the order motif, atleast after 7-1
that's understandable of him 😂 when i hear Requiem in War Without Reason i think of it as mourning for humanity and for the machines. but i won't tell Hakita that
@@emorybest1003 for me it's in War Without Reason around 6:00-the end, but i could totally be wrong. im not a music expert and i love finding motifs so i could be hearing what i want instead of what's actually there yk
8:00 the correlation between Minos and the Labyrinth is that the labyrinth, along with the Minotaur is a depiction of HIS sins during his lifetime as King Minos
@goopy0_0 Yeah well my theory is that it reminds Minos that he FED Innocent Boys and Girls to his Mutant Bastard Son because he thought it was a fitting punishment for Athens killing HIS son
@@DJCerealSauce6455 Additional fact: "Take Care" (The music playing when opening the terminal) is a looped instrumental of Russ Morgan's "Were You Foolin" (I feel hakita will use the full song for the ending of Ultrakill because it is TOO GOOD)
I just got to that part of the video, heard the melody that did like a \_// pattern and figured it was memorable enough that someone would know. And it's one of the top comments, hell yeah.
30:55 I believe the significance of Gabriel’s instrument being played in the suicide level is because of how he has effectively committed suicide through killing the entirety of the council, this is of course referenced in the name of Act 3 GodFist Suicide, GodFist refers to Gabriel as he is the “Right Hand of the Father” and what do hands make? Fists, Act 3, along with the other acts’ names refers to Gabriel in some way, for example “Imperfect Hatred” parallels Gabriel’s speech in 6-2 where he says “All that’s left is PERFECT HATRED”. Act 3 is the end of Gabriel’s story as his iridescent and “immortal” ichor will become only sustenance for the ever-hungering trees of VIOLENCE.
Don't forget about "Death of God's Will"s' album cover: It depicts Gabriel killing himself Because not only is he fully accepting death (and the responsibility that comes with deciding how his final moments will be) He's also renouncing to the role of 'being a vessel to god's will' By following his own wants and interested in his final hours, he's eradicated his past identity, his past self By embracing his true self, and Death... he's killed "the will of god"
Gabriel, is tge main character of ultrakill, its a story of someone coming to terms with the sins of the life one was brought up in and escaping. Though Gabriel's escape should never be an option one is forced to make. I'm referring to Gabe turning off his one life support, not the killing of the council.
I always saw the blood-fuel as a failsafe for sentience. If machines become sentient and develop things like empathy or emotion, then they will oppose to the war without reason. This is because even if the machines realize that what they're doing is wrong, (and they don't enjoy it) then they will not be able to live anymore. That's why after the humans dissapeared they needed to stay alive somehow, and that's why they went into hell, to stay alive, and there's nothing more scary to a sentient being, than death.
You can also see a Gutterman's coffin in a hidden area in 7-2 where it's fairly obvious the Gutterman DID object to the price of it's life, so it crushed the skull of the poor fool locked inside to spare them the mercy of being undying fuel
@@DJCerealSauce6455 YES YOU CAN Earlier, in 1-4, 2-2, and many other levels, V1 is seen scanning and READING the pages. YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE TO BE IN THE EARTHMOVER
I think in terms of who the protagonist is, I think it's still V1, because while you've entered hell looking for blood, everyone you've fought has been either a victim of hell beyond any hope of salvation, a perpetrator of that torment, or just attacks you on sight regardless. The hopeful tone in War, I read as being from Sisyphus's perspective. Not hope that he can win, but hope that his struggle against futility has meaning to him. And in Altars of Apostasy that moment where the music starts to sound hopeful, it also sounds very mournful. It sounds hopeful for you, that you can succeed in your journey, but also mournful because once you make it to the end, once you've purged all life, that's it for you. But it could also be seen as from the enemies' perspectives. The majority of them are tormented by existence, even as they inflict pain on others, it's almost as if the music is framing V1 as an angel of death, granting all of hell the privilege of death that was once a rarity, while also mourning that this is their only hope at escape.
even the album for altars of apostasy kinda frames V1 as an angel of death, all the many hands stretching and trying to reach V1 above who is spreading his "wings", feels like they seek him because he is their only salvation
@@CoisoNull YEAH it really evokes the image of a kind of rapturous religious event, and the way it can be read multiple ways as the hands either reaching out with hostile intent or want, it's just ART
Something I gathered from Do Robots Dream of Eternal Sleep was that it was a metaphor for human discovery. The first section of the song sounds hopeful, exciting. It sounds like progress in science and technology is being made, and humans are discovering new things. And then the accordion comes in, and the tone shifts to tragedy. This is the moment the Gutterman was built and war became what it was. Fittingly, this part of the song also plays the moment you first see the Gutterman. The song is about discovery and technology leading too far into humanity’s doom, sealing their fate. A second thing I noticed was in the name of Hear! The Siren Song Call of Death. I know that the obvious interpretation is that of an air raid/war siren, blaring out like an alarm to get away from danger. But I also think that it has a double meaning, in the “traditional” sense of a siren, lulling people to their death. The song name, much like DRDOES, is a metaphor about how humans drove themselves too far. Every time humans built a new machine to try and save themselves, they were dooming themselves further, coming closer to death. So the Siren Song is a literal Call of Death, not just calling to warn you of death, but calling you INTO death.
violence feels like [REDACTED] is actively playing with you, and it's up to you to figure out exactly how most of its tracks stick with time signatures like doom 2016 players stick with the pistol, all the ambient tracks feature bells making bell noises, and war without reason just casually has like 10 phases i wouldn't be surprised if danse macabre composed itself, and hakita couldn't do anything to stop it
Btw, funfact that is only seen in the credits of the game, Mandalore (the funny man who played the mystical druid knight) actually played the aztec death whistle for the Bull in Hell song. And hakita made a really funny shitpost during october with bros funny death whistle.
Y'know, its crazy how I knew about this Mandalore Death Whistle situation before making the video and yet somehow I had neglected to mention it in the video. Someone in the comments even talked about how he used it to fuck with his stoner neighbors lol
Layer 7 is undoubtedly my favorite layer. When playing this game, its kind of always felt like (at least for me) "haha funny vampire go-pro go brrrr" but when I experienced the violence layer, it hit me like a fucking brick. This game is borderline depressing. Its an amazing and fun game at face value, but when you actually sit down and think about the game's story, its just beautifully sad. The whole idea that the whole world is in chaos because of me just hits different. Especially when you get to witness the consequences of your actions. This isn't a game about a bouncy robot with a gun. It's a story about tragedy, loss, and knowing that even if the real heroic characters in the game end your bloodlust and malice, you will always just respawn a-new, ready to cause more and more death and destruction. (moving away from the depressing stuff) Danse Macabre is best definitely no bias at all. Great video!!! :D
1: thank you for the support on this video 2: Yes, yes, yes, literally everything after Layer 5 is deliberately much more depressing when you play it, and now that I think about it, the idea of "respawning and not being able to be stopped in your bloodlust while everything crumbles around you" gives me Undertale genocide vibes with how eerie and sad stuff is
Layer 7 was an experience to put it simply. Specifically 7-3 and my personal experience with it. Forgive me if I rant a little, but I feel as if this is necessary. It’s a small story in the moments leading up to the 7-3 teaser and then me playing 7-3 for the first time. On August 26th, 2023 at 5:30pm central, me and my other two brothers (I’m an identical triplet) were about to get on for the first time in a few months since one of them had gotten done with BMT (Basic Military Training). The one who just got into Tech School had just got his PC hooked up and ready to go. We were in the middle of a Ghosts of the Deep Dungeon run at 6:08 pm when one of us started getting a call from our dad. It started with one, that being the recent BMT graduate, and we thought it was just our dad making sure that his PC was working. Then it got to the other that was in Germany (he had been in the military for a while), then to me. We were in a Discord call when all of this was going on and we all said something like, “What’s going on? Dad can just text us what he needs to tell us”. Eventually, our dad got us all three into a phone call and asked if all three of us could hear him clearly. We responded with, “Yes sir”. The next words that came through the phone would be the words that none of us would never forget: “I just got an update on JP…” (JP was our adopted brother). “I’m sorry to tell you all this after you all had just got together again, but JP committed suicide last night”. At that moment, the whole world just *stopped*. JP had been suffering from some form of mental illness for some time, and it had gotten worse over the years. Combined with the fact that he was getting in trouble with the law, it most likely made his mental illness significantly worse. When the call was done, one of our buddies joined the Discord call that we were in. He acknowledged his presence and all that one of us said was, “Can you give us a few moments?”. He said, “Do you want me to leave?”. One of us responded with, “No, it’s fine”. By this point, our buddy had noticed our tone had suddenly and violently changed from what it typically is. After a few moments had passed, our buddy asked if everything was okay considering we haven’t said anything for a while. We told him no, and then he asked if it was safe to tell him. We said yes, and told him what had happened. All 3 of us almost made the decision to get off for the day. Fast forward to October 26th, the day the we got the first teaser for 7-3. I had been looking into Dante’s Inferno a few weeks beforehand, as well as watch a summary of it courtesy of Wendigoon. I was on standby just before a small parade for my university. I checked Twitter given it was a Saturday and saw the 7-3 teaser. During the time that I was looking at the teaser I almost cried that day. I knew the context, and now had a personal attachment to the teaser. At that moment, I knew that Hakita and the other devs were going to pull the emotional strings once again. Fast forward to the update’s release. I had just gotten done with 7-2. I saw the screen that shows you what level you are loading into. The moment I touched the ground in the elevator shaft, I audibly said, “Oh shit we’re entering *here* now”. Once I walked outside, pitch black was all I could see. Then but 2 seconds later the light turned on, and I saw the trees. I was in dread that Hakita was going to put a Jumpscare of some kind, and hoped that he wouldn’t pull that kind of a card for something as sensitive as this. Thankfully he didn’t. After finding a feeding the first tree, I made the decision to toss a coin near the base of every last one of these trees. By the end of the level, I was a changed man. 7-3 is a sorrowful level. Not only because of the theme and setting, but also how real the theme can be. As Imp said on the dev stream, it hits a lot closer to home for most people.
My condolences to you and your family, I’ve been fortunate enough to not have to bear witness to this That said, I feel this fully proves that what I was saying is correct, so unless I missed a mark somewhere, I’m glad to know that I did the 7-3 portion justice 🩷✊
Just wanted to add my own two cents onto the final guitar solo of War Without Reason: it sounds so much like a scream. A very, very powerful and lamenting scream that is basically a retelling of the entire Final War. Knowing that the Final War was an alternate version of WW1 also makes this scream feel even more incredibly depressing than it already is. I can just imagine an almost epileptic film of a screeching, melting skull over grainy black and white footage of soldiers charging into death headlong with the guitar solo as the soundtrack. War's not very personal for many of us. That's why 7-3 probably hit a lot harder for most people than 7-4 did, which applies to me as well. But I cannot imagine how a veteran would interpret such a track.
I find it hilarious that this games community gets made fun of for not being good at staying attentive after like 5 seconds of no high octane action, but we are also susceptible to long form content and we love it I’m glad you enjoyed the video, and we’re slowly getting there, I’ve really only been making high quality content since like early November and only have a few videos out at that
Hello, I'm Mexican and I just wanted to share some info about the death whistle: It is, in fact, an war instrument that is designed to sound like a human scream This was to intimidate enemies but fun fact, if you were to hear a bunch of people playing whistles together in unision, it would sound like howling wind (Which could be tied to how Mino's layer, Lust, is one characteristic for its strong roaring winds) And another note here: I had completely forgotten about how in Aztec culture, blood sacrifices were essential to keep many deities alive, it was their life's essence Makes me wonder if Hakita drew inspiration from this for the trees (or maybe even the machines) And speaking of trees, let's remember that in ULTRAKILL the cross doesn't not represent a crucifix, rather, it represents a tree, the tree of life One filled with blood, blood responsible for the livelihood of all sentient beings I wonder what the connections here may be
4:51 I KNEW they were going to move, and it still startled me, even the third time I went in. I think it works so well in people because the trigger for them moving isn’t “put skull on pedestal” it’s an invisible line.
21:58 Instead of an 11/4 + 12/4 split, I count it as a 5/4 + 6/4 + 5/4 + 7/4 because I think that better shows the similarities and differences on each side of the split. 35:48 To me, the creaking represents being the first to bear the news. Walking around a corner, opening a door and seeing the aftermath.
the only reason I counted it more as an 11/4 + 12/4 split was because it felt like it lacked a sense of consistency if it changed every bar, but also the downbeat would make more sense to associate it with changing every bar. Someone who's more classically trained in music would probably be able to better prove that lmao
while it isn't explicitly stated, it IS implied by the introduced lore ahout the machines that V1 is the earthmover counter; - The Earthmover you're fighting was in the midst of a duel with another; but both stop their fight and focus on V1; Something 30 times smaller than them, and yet becomes a major focus. V1 is a bigger threat to them than they are to themselves - The V line series never got deployed for war due to the New Peace, with V1 being merely a prototype. They had to find some way to keep the V series post-war (hence, V2) - The global damage caused by Earthmovers is what stopped the war, and united humanity anew to attempt to cleanse Earth, since it was incredibly polluted. (Streetcleaners were made for this!) with all this combined, it all suggests that V1 was designed as the counter for Earthmovers (also i had a fucking heart attack when the first mannequins started attacking. god i will never forget 7-1)
The Guttertank lore also mentions that new machine models were made to counter the last one. Which again ties into the fact that the V model never got deployed, and the Earthmovers ended the war by causing the Long Night.
V1 is designed to be a one-machine army. They board the Earthmover, kill the smaller machines defending it, slaughter some humans for blood to heal and refuel, and then charge right into the brain as fast as possible and kill it. All of their crazy movement, their ability to seemingly pick up and learn how to use any weapon instantly, the fact that they can parry the Corpse of King Minos' punches, all of it was to take down Earthmovers. They can move like crazy so they can get on board without any issues. They're able to master all sorts of weapons so they can be ready for any enemy that could be guarding the Earthmovers. The Feedbacker can let V1 parry even giant fists because it was probably meant to let V1 parry any attempted stomp attacks from the Earthmover.
The thing with what you said at 7:15 is actually both correct and incorrect, the people shoved into the mannequins have NO control over their actions anymore, and the somber notes are because of them, the victims, crying for help from someone they're unwillingly attempting to kill
I suppose I misinterpreted this whole point mainly due to the log book, and while I think it’s cool, the idea that people have literally become so mad that they glorify their own violence, it surely makes more canonical sense for it to be a complete lack of control
@DJCerealSauce6455 it's a horrifying realism to losing yourself in violence, because you coherently witness your violent acts with no control over them, crying for release from the fate you're submitting others to. Ultrakill lore is sick
Or, at the very least, an obstacle in p3. I can imagine it now. Three Earthmovers with a specific skull key locked in the brain chamber or something and the need to defeat all three to move onto the next section
The part of Suffering Leaves Suffering Leaves where it slows down is incredibly impactful to me The ticking slowing down like a dying heartbeat as the music rises in almost what seems like joy is soul crushing
I actually really like Bull of Hell ngl, also you totally missed the A Complete and Utter Destruction of the Senses motiff in the beginning of War Without Reason.
Also, I'm thinking that what sounds like Order in the world looks red, might actually be forshadowing to the minotaur, seeing as it was created for minos by [UNKNOWN], but was cast into the labyrinth by Minos, hence why there is a trace of his theme in there, since he was responsible for the minotaur being in the maze to begin with. Edit: whoops you mention that in the video
The main tragedy of minotaur is that for all these years that he spent trying to break out of labyrinth, his body started to broke and decay, making him blind. In his last seconds of life, he stretches his hand up, trying to reach the sky that he wanted to see for the last time
BRO MADE A VIDEO ON ONE LAYER THE LENGTH OF ONE COVERING TWO ACTS WHAT IS HE COOKING. Im eating a whole meal with this one. I love it yess the editing, the script, the analysis.. its amazing My own take of the bravado notes in world looks red was they reminded me of screams or shouts of anguish, instead of mania. The slowing gunfire/tree in suffering leaves reminds me of a engine or a train wheels coming to a stop, like the final slow drag leading to the act.
Bro layer 7s music is JUST THAT COMPLEX, it would be a disservice NOT to spend all that time on it Also I like this perspective on it being like whining or wailing, I don’t think either of our hypotheses can be fully proven per se, but they’re both excellent angles to look at this by I also heard a kind of train type noise, but definitely couldn’t really piece that together until too late in the production process
For me, that part in suffering leaves really reminded me of the creaking sound of a body hanging by a rope on a wooden pillar, till eventually the body no longer is moving giving that slow creak to silence at the end of it as the life leaves. It would make sense as well considering the theme of the level.
one of the best Ultrakill videos I've ever seen. And absolutely, something War Without Reason reminds me deeply of was this chilling recording of the end of WW2. Constant gunfire, bombs, planes and even screams all suddenly stopping the minute the end of the war as announced. Certainly a war without reason. Oh, and saying "the bass of this song is about to shake my goddamn headphones off" is the most real sentence I've ever heard.
On my computer I have a button that puts it into sleep mode and when I got jumped by these enemies had me jerk-clicking the sleep button… and I had to step away from the game for a minute. That level is very creepy.
I meeeean, yes and no, in how most people understand the game, yes, but I also saw this other theory that V1 killing the sinners relieves them of their torment in hell, so maybe if V1 dies sinners continue to be punished for all if eternity, who knows 👀
@@DJCerealSauce6455i think some enemies are confirmed to still be alive after v1 "kills" them, mostly the mannequins that can still be heard breathing after they're turned into a bloody corpse
@@DJCerealSauce6455 good idea!! i dont recall if theres any other direct confirmation of other enemies still living as a dead body besides them, but i think it's a neat headcanon considering Hell Itself's sadism
16:21 fun fact the reason why the Minotaurs description in red and crossed out is because of the book “house of leaves” the Minotaur is important for reasons. (not tryna spoil the book it’s amazing) in the book if you get the full coloured edition any refrance to the Minotaur is in red and crossed out like such.
I do remember hearing about the actual greek mythology version of the minotaur being crossed out and I think that's cool. I also really enjoy how in Ultrakill it's probably crossed out because it's creator now hates it (maybe potentially like the House of Leaves, maybe not, who knows lol)
GOD such a good video! Not only loving the layer 7 and the music on it wasn't enough, seeing a video from you about it just made me more than happy! :D My favourite music from the layer probably its The World Looks Red , the hype that I had for it plus the fan songs where already enough but the suprise and relief of hearing it was just incridible ( but the other ones are also very cool and for the moment layer 7 is the best in my opinion from enemies to level layout every thing is just perfect!!!!!)
Bro, those songs you composed are incredible. They remind me of Hakita's style so much, yet manage to feel original enough to be considered their own thing, similar to Marzuku or Duv's works. Definitely checking those. I'm kind of sad that you didn't talk about the 5:46 part in TWLR though. That part is the sole reason on why I'm so addicted to this song (I literally went from thinking it was mid to considering it a rival for WWR only because of that part)
I mean I kind of did talk about it, just not at the moment where it was playing. I talked about it a bit later at like 6:30 but I suppose it was a bit less of me gushing about it, and more like me finding a really interesting lore implication to it Also I'm glad you like the tracks lol, I don't really hear my songs sounding or being composed similar to those 3, but it's definitely easier to tell when you're not constantly exposed to them and comparing them to your other songs lol
12:38 In the ost versions of Requiem and Sands of Time, the "Motif" section first plays the combat version and then ends with the calm version, essentially describing how everything has just becomes ruins, like its all over, but for The world looks red, the final part starts calm and then ends in combat, like its only just begun. Its a nice addition that gives the song a lot of more emotion.
My absolute favorite detail about Suffering Leaves Suffering Leaves is that there is no combat version, even when fights begin. The song is stuck in its calm loop, much like how these people are now stuck as gnarled trees and CAN'T change or act. It's such a hauntingly somber detail and it adds so much to the weight of the song in my opinion.
Honestly, this specific song is basically what I was referring to when I said "I love how this game doesn't immediately hit you with a combat version just bc you're fighting" lol
For some reason this sound Sounds reversed to me Obviously you wouldn't know till you actually check how it would sound like reversed But kinda reminds me of the ambient sounds like the beginning of "cold winds" and "in presence of a king" Which is the spinal staircase slowed down Not necessarily the same notes but the way of execution of this track Sounds like tampered with og sound track in someway Or we might be looking too much into it and hakita just wanted an uncomfortable unique ambient noise
And another thing to add that that if it is a reference to a thousand greetings, that’s terrifying because of the trees being people “greeting” you to their hell
I just realized that when Hakita mentioned that the Story is of Gabriel but through the POV of V1, he could have meant that the music may be for how Gabriel feels while he watches V1 from a distance. Case? (OH) Do Robots Dream of Eternal Sleep, that could be Gabe asking himself and the music just reflecting on his thoughts. To be honest, as I think more of this, the more it makes sense! "Silence, Introspection", or the other one, feel appropriate for Gabriel's situation, but also for his POV of the situation, they tailor to his emotion! AS MARCO MEATBALL SAID "THE ENTIRE SOUNDTRACK OF THE VIOLENCE LAYER IS INTROSPECTIVE TO WHAT IS LIFE" and it's all after Gabe's second defeat, where he began doubting the order of things!
@@DJCerealSauce6455 “hehehaha as expected, I was unworthy of the holy light from the very start, thank you machine - fucking dies”. One thing that I swear Hakita must do is make 9-1 have an organ part canonically played by Gabriel to hype V1. It be cool as fuck
Im guessing i picked the perfect time to start playing ultrakill. Just finished all the current content, and then this video pops up and it was just *chefs kiss* perfect timing.
Very amazing video man!! As an amateur in music producing, I'm very fascinated in watching analyzing video so I can learn to put them in my songs. This video right here really shows me the way to express emotion in music. My favourite song is probably Danse Macabre. The sudden stop transits Suffering Leaves Suffering Leaves to Danse Macabre when V1 walks into the dark corridor, right after the door closes is adrenaline rush! The soundtrack represents the chaotic scenery that you are facing against and enemies killing each other really makes up the intensity of Layer 7 - Violence. The never ending war, the mourning of the human forest and the hunger of blood trees are truly what 7-3 is about. Hope in the future, you will make some analyzing vid on CRYMACHINA or even CRYSTAR's OST. Those OSTs made by Sakuzyo are fantastic, but the game i think is a bit underated tho...
YESSSSS YOU UPLOADED ANOTHER VIDEO ON ULTRAKILLS MUSIC!! Layer 7 had such beautiful music that had me mystified on the lore implications and I can't wait to see what layer 8 has in store.
for some reason i just love the part of bull of hell where the death whistle is being played for like 10 seconds while gradually increasing in intensity, while the drums are being killed
As someone who has struggled with self harm and mental stability for my whole life,7-3 gave my deepest self hate some well needed reflection. I sat at my desk for about an hour,listening to its track. Never in my life have I hurt for myself, or cared enough to try. I've always put others first in every way,and I gave no attention to the consequences it would have on me. Amongst other factors such as being trans and severely overweight,I slowly grew to despise my body. Throughout my reflection and my time playing this masterpiece,I think I've found motivation to persevere. Aspire to create and mold my own life. Reason to continue. I thank Hakita and their team for letting humanity experience this story. For once I feel human. I feel tangible. I feel home within this seal of skin. Thank you ULTRAKILL,for lifting my sorrow. Justice for the Taken.
Hey I've gotta say I love this video! I've been scavenging around the internet for Ultrakill analysis after P-ranking (almost) all of the game and making a lot of custom machine designs, and this is definitely what I was looking for! Great analysis and personal input, excited to see more !!! Also, :3
I really like the guitar part of war without reason because it just feels like the earthmover is doing everything it can without its main source of energy to kill you with it while also somewhat sounding somewhat desperate
I just wanted to say this is an insanely good video essay. The editing was great and I was hooked with the narration. As someone who knows almost nothing about music I felt like I learned alot! You are very talented at making videos like these and I hope you continue to in the future. Your channel's gonna blow up one day.
I watched the video and enjoyed it. I also discovered you through this video. I also heard your the music from your album and have been listening to some of the songs nonstop for a couple months now. My favourite song so far is fools gold.
30:53 i mean this act is called Godfist SUICIDE so maybe your theory holds more weight than you may have thought given the running themes of the acts being tied back into Gabriel's current....arc? Idk the right word
5:12 I wouldn't have been jumpscared by the mannequins had my friend not been GASLIGHTING me about them. I instantly saw the blood and knew they were sentient, but he said "nah they don't do anything don't worry" like 3 times so I believed him 😭
1:59 It might be only in the OST (maybe not, idk), but that breath-like sound is crazy to me (in a good way). It’s like when you first open a can of soda and you hear that little hissing noise, but instead of carbon dioxide gas buildup, it’s the pressure of all the souls trying to escape the maze rushing past you.
Suffering Leaves Suffering Leaves is my favorite from the layer. I don't feel like writing an essay, so I'll just say I like it because it really does a great job of representing the level where you find it.
I'm usually not one to comment on videos, especially from outside where i live (hello from Brazil, btw) but i have to comment here. This is an amazing analysis on layer 7, one that pulled my heart strings really hard, especially with 7-3. It brought me to tears, especially given how close me, a friend and my sister got to commiting suicide. I had to stop for a moment, and try to control myself. I was aware of the forest (thanks Wendigoon) so i thought i was ready to face this level, until i read more into it's themes and every bad memory i have with this topic just hit me in the face. And your musical analysis did the same, capturing how brilliantly depressing ULTRAKILL is. You're seriously good at this, showing off every tiny musical detail and how it fits into the larger plot, seriously, you should be very proud of yourself. Anyway, hope you're doing well, i wish you success, and remember to take care of yourself, and the people you love.
Hello from America! Great to see my Brazilian peeps in the comments 7-3 has had some very powerful effects on people, probably more than any other level or song in the entire game. I’m sure Hakita went through a handful of different iterations of 7-3 before he ultimately ended up at its current version, and I feel like it’s the most appropriate. Glad to see that you and the people you love are safe
@@DJCerealSauce6455 small tip whiplash into the enemy then shoot the canon and look down or up to parry depending on where it goes, aiming straight biffs 90% of the time
I believe I've read somewhere that the people stuffed in the mannequins are not in control. When they wander in the maze they eventually "accept sleep" and get stuffed in. After that, they simply have to witness what the mannequins do.
I think it's kind of funny how the story can be summed up as V1 being an inkling of trolling because people started to like watching machines fend for themselves while invading hell.
Layer 7s music opened my eyes to a whole new level of storytelling that has such intense emotions intervoven into it. The composition, the instrumention feels like a direct translation of someone's feelings regarding the subject matter. It's as if the instruments themselves are talking to the listener. There is no good way to exactly describe it but it feels so real and genuine. It's a style of composition that I want to explore in my works as well. As for my favorite Do Robots Dream of Eternal Sleep? is an easy choice. The title poses such a terrifying existential question, and the music answers it in such a harrowing manner. It's so chilling when you think about it I love it.
I feel that the part where you fight the brain (DUN DUN DUN DUUUUUUUN) is the best part of War Without Reason. I don't know why it hits so hard with me but it just does.
As a console player who prays for ultrakill, i watch these in my spare time. You're fuckin funny and a good commentator my guy ❤ Also, as someone who had suicidal thoughts, I watched the part, you did us justice , basically cryin man 😢
@@DJCerealSauce6455when i seeked professional help, it was hard to talk about it at first but it really did help silence the thoughts out by laughing and shit
I found the Sscide trees so blood chilling, along with the woeful tunes and the asthmatic darkness of the atmosphere that I had to stop playing for like a week until I was as least stressed as I could be and had free daylight in which I could play. It was tooooo macabre that combining it with my real life troubles at midnight delivered me automatic nightmares in bedtime.
Yeah in hindsight it might have been slightly distasteful, but especially when we’re talking about suicidal people going to hell, that’s the standard image in my head
playing 7-1 with the most amount of blood possible makes it feel like a whole other mood as you walk back trough the maze trying to remember where you went.
26:30 it sounds kind of like a carnival song or the distorted music of P-1s spinal staircase when you get near the bottom by walking as intended. Edit: it’s also sped up in the og version you would barely hear in game 26:04 Edit 2: btw also just noticed that the top of the blood trees look like pierced humans
You are like the 8th person to equate the song to the Spinal Staircase, so I’m inclined to believe that lol Also for the spiked human, that was the Yokai we mentioned
Just to let y'all know, this was my FIRST go at scripted content like this. It obviously won't sound good but I hope whenever I inevitably make more either with DJ or on my own channel, it sounds much better! Thanks for putting up with my shenanigans tho :3
also this layer smacks so hard that my opinion on what's my favourite is literally changing every time i think about it. that's how you know this is a work of video gaming art
@@ipostgarbage8555 to be totally straight with you, there was no way to make the discussion of suicide NOT uncomfortable, I'm sorry that you felt it was out of character, but frankly there was no better way to handle this portion in the video other than not including it at all
Idk why but out of context this sounds really funny @ipostgarbage8555
@@grasstouchersensei agreed
@@DJCerealSauce6455what was the comment lmao
I am in your walls. (really good video btw)
WHY ARE YOU IN MY WALLS 😥
also thank you 😁, the feeling is mutual!
How do so many of the youtubers I end up watching manage to connect to each other this is insane
@@justarandompersoniguess we like to mention each other a lot :)
and by that I mean, I've mentioned Marco 2 or 3 times already and he has not mentioned me once because what would I do that would prompt him to mention me?
MARCOS IN THE GODDAMN WALLS
You be whispering stuff I his ear like satan
Fun fact: The death whistle in Bull of Hell was played by UA-camr MandaloreGaming who bought it specifically to fuck with his stoner neighbors
As he should, no smoking the cabbage of the gods around these parts
@@DJCerealSauce6455F O U L S M E L L I N G N E C R O M A N C E R K U S H
Blaspheme. It is not the product of the devil nor is it as meager as the humble lettuce. No, for it is GODS GREEN HERB.
@@hunterdull5024 welcome to the Green Gang
@@hunterdull5024 herb messiah
To me, “The World Looks White” always felt like you’re being watched, judged by countless unseen eyes.
THEYRE IN THE WALLS
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@@DJCerealSauce6455 ooooo how'd you make your text look like that in the 2nd part?
@@Ashhley_the_shawty I literally googled “tiny text generator” and you can copy the message it spits out there l lol
@@DJCerealSauce6455 ah gotcha dude thanks 👍
That’s the perfect description of the track.
We can all agree the riff in The world looks red gives us all an unimaginable amount of dopamine
Dopamine is all my body runs off of when I play 7-1
Not dopamine, that would be cyber grind. This is depression
@@DJCerealSauce6455 ultrakill is just another name for Dopamine
Hey it’s literally me
@@RiffSilverthe1andonly Thank you for making TWLR my fav song in Layer 7. I always get flashbacks of the first fight with Mannequins when I hear this song.
Hakita had mentioned in the dev stream that he hates people saying that the soundtrack of the violence layer contains the order motif, atleast after 7-1
Yeah he made a whole tweet about this and a bunch of people were like "I think I hear a requiem motif in this tweet" lmao
that's understandable of him 😂 when i hear Requiem in War Without Reason i think of it as mourning for humanity and for the machines. but i won't tell Hakita that
@@gingerninja137I genuinely don’t understand where people are hearing order motif after 7-1
@@emorybest1003 for me it's in War Without Reason around 6:00-the end, but i could totally be wrong. im not a music expert and i love finding motifs so i could be hearing what i want instead of what's actually there yk
8:00 the correlation between Minos and the Labyrinth is that the labyrinth, along with the Minotaur is a depiction of HIS sins during his lifetime as King Minos
I totally forgot about the portion where he saw it as a depiction of his own failings, shit, time to edit the WHOLE video and re-upload
@goopy0_0 Yeah well my theory is that it reminds Minos that he FED Innocent Boys and Girls to his Mutant Bastard Son because he thought it was a fitting punishment for Athens killing HIS son
@goopy0_0his wife was the one getting it from the bull
@@DJCerealSauce6455also The Minotaurs description mentions that it was a gift from (hell?) to Minos
dj cereal sauce SPOTTED trying to PARRY with the KNUCKLEBLASTER
19:04
I AM THE ONE THAT KNUCKLEBLASTS, NOT HIM
EXILE HIM
@@DJCerealSauce6455THE CRIMES THY HATH COMMITED AGAINST HUMANITY ARE NOT FORGOTTEN, AND THY PUNISHMENT IS P-2 VIOLENT DAMAGELESS!
@@estenslopPREPARE THYSELF
@@germanscience7246JUDGEMENT!
26:30 knowing hakita, this might be sampling a piece of public domain classical music, kinda like how the intro to 2-1, P-1, and P-2 do
Honestly, I didn't even know that he did that at all, so now I have that bit of knowledge under my belt
@@DJCerealSauce6455 Additional fact: "Take Care" (The music playing when opening the terminal) is a looped instrumental of Russ Morgan's "Were You Foolin" (I feel hakita will use the full song for the ending of Ultrakill because it is TOO GOOD)
Is Take a Look at Molly a sample of P-3’s hellish prelude?
@@feroxino1051 This is also very possible
I just got to that part of the video, heard the melody that did like a \_// pattern and figured it was memorable enough that someone would know. And it's one of the top comments, hell yeah.
30:55 I believe the significance of Gabriel’s instrument being played in the suicide level is because of how he has effectively committed suicide through killing the entirety of the council, this is of course referenced in the name of Act 3 GodFist Suicide, GodFist refers to Gabriel as he is the “Right Hand of the Father” and what do hands make? Fists, Act 3, along with the other acts’ names refers to Gabriel in some way, for example “Imperfect Hatred” parallels Gabriel’s speech in 6-2 where he says “All that’s left is PERFECT HATRED”. Act 3 is the end of Gabriel’s story as his iridescent and “immortal” ichor will become only sustenance for the ever-hungering trees of VIOLENCE.
holy fuck this is so good, why didn't I piece these 2 things together?
Don't forget about "Death of God's Will"s' album cover:
It depicts Gabriel killing himself
Because not only is he fully accepting death (and the responsibility that comes with deciding how his final moments will be)
He's also renouncing to the role of 'being a vessel to god's will'
By following his own wants and interested in his final hours, he's eradicated his past identity, his past self
By embracing his true self, and Death... he's killed "the will of god"
@@Eye-Of-The-Beholder I never thought about it that way, thanks for your insight
Gabriel, is tge main character of ultrakill, its a story of someone coming to terms with the sins of the life one was brought up in and escaping. Though Gabriel's escape should never be an option one is forced to make. I'm referring to Gabe turning off his one life support, not the killing of the council.
I always saw the blood-fuel as a failsafe for sentience. If machines become sentient and develop things like empathy or emotion, then they will oppose to the war without reason. This is because even if the machines realize that what they're doing is wrong, (and they don't enjoy it) then they will not be able to live anymore. That's why after the humans dissapeared they needed to stay alive somehow, and that's why they went into hell, to stay alive, and there's nothing more scary to a sentient being, than death.
You can also see a Gutterman's coffin in a hidden area in 7-2 where it's fairly obvious the Gutterman DID object to the price of it's life, so it crushed the skull of the poor fool locked inside to spare them the mercy of being undying fuel
This game is so good that you can talk about 4 levels for a hour and act III ain't even out yet (fully) . what a game
right? What an age of video games we live in
@@DJCerealSauce6455 it's beautiful ain't it?
The power of queer finnish autism makes great games
@@DJCerealSauce6455 erm actually video games suck and stink or something because i saw a woman somewhere outside without a hijab
I like how the earthmover has the "No V1" sign as though I am supposed to listen to the sign or something.
“That sign won’t stop me bc I can’t read”
@@DJCerealSauce6455 YES YOU CAN
Earlier, in 1-4, 2-2, and many other levels, V1 is seen scanning and READING the pages. YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE TO BE IN THE EARTHMOVER
@@theneverwatcher9860that sign won’t stop me because I do not care!
This sign won’t stop me because I have no fucking clue what it says!
@@theneverwatcher9860 the sign is in JAPANESE
I think in terms of who the protagonist is, I think it's still V1, because while you've entered hell looking for blood, everyone you've fought has been either a victim of hell beyond any hope of salvation, a perpetrator of that torment, or just attacks you on sight regardless. The hopeful tone in War, I read as being from Sisyphus's perspective. Not hope that he can win, but hope that his struggle against futility has meaning to him. And in Altars of Apostasy that moment where the music starts to sound hopeful, it also sounds very mournful. It sounds hopeful for you, that you can succeed in your journey, but also mournful because once you make it to the end, once you've purged all life, that's it for you. But it could also be seen as from the enemies' perspectives. The majority of them are tormented by existence, even as they inflict pain on others, it's almost as if the music is framing V1 as an angel of death, granting all of hell the privilege of death that was once a rarity, while also mourning that this is their only hope at escape.
This is a hard ass comment, I’m pinning this
even the album for altars of apostasy kinda frames V1 as an angel of death, all the many hands stretching and trying to reach V1 above who is spreading his "wings", feels like they seek him because he is their only salvation
@@CoisoNull YEAH it really evokes the image of a kind of rapturous religious event, and the way it can be read multiple ways as the hands either reaching out with hostile intent or want, it's just ART
so that's why they always run right into my saw traps
"you play as V1 but in case you hadnt noticed he has very little connection to any of the story that’s unfolding"
-Hakita
Something I gathered from Do Robots Dream of Eternal Sleep was that it was a metaphor for human discovery.
The first section of the song sounds hopeful, exciting. It sounds like progress in science and technology is being made, and humans are discovering new things.
And then the accordion comes in, and the tone shifts to tragedy. This is the moment the Gutterman was built and war became what it was. Fittingly, this part of the song also plays the moment you first see the Gutterman.
The song is about discovery and technology leading too far into humanity’s doom, sealing their fate.
A second thing I noticed was in the name of Hear! The Siren Song Call of Death. I know that the obvious interpretation is that of an air raid/war siren, blaring out like an alarm to get away from danger. But I also think that it has a double meaning, in the “traditional” sense of a siren, lulling people to their death. The song name, much like DRDOES, is a metaphor about how humans drove themselves too far. Every time humans built a new machine to try and save themselves, they were dooming themselves further, coming closer to death.
So the Siren Song is a literal Call of Death, not just calling to warn you of death, but calling you INTO death.
violence feels like [REDACTED] is actively playing with you, and it's up to you to figure out exactly how
most of its tracks stick with time signatures like doom 2016 players stick with the pistol, all the ambient tracks feature bells making bell noises, and war without reason just casually has like 10 phases
i wouldn't be surprised if danse macabre composed itself, and hakita couldn't do anything to stop it
I like the idea that Hell picked up a DAW and just wrote the soundtrack
The time signature of 7-2 changes practically every bar it’s mental
Btw, funfact that is only seen in the credits of the game, Mandalore (the funny man who played the mystical druid knight) actually played the aztec death whistle for the Bull in Hell song. And hakita made a really funny shitpost during october with bros funny death whistle.
Y'know, its crazy how I knew about this Mandalore Death Whistle situation before making the video and yet somehow I had neglected to mention it in the video. Someone in the comments even talked about how he used it to fuck with his stoner neighbors lol
that minos gif fucking killed me. awesome video dude
Hes SHMOOVING bro
Thank you for the kind words lol
Yep
ARO PFP SPOTTED‼️‼️‼️‼️
@@okay-oliver fr
@@DJCerealSauce6455 anytime man its good content ^_^
Layer 7 is undoubtedly my favorite layer. When playing this game, its kind of always felt like (at least for me) "haha funny vampire go-pro go brrrr" but when I experienced the violence layer, it hit me like a fucking brick. This game is borderline depressing. Its an amazing and fun game at face value, but when you actually sit down and think about the game's story, its just beautifully sad. The whole idea that the whole world is in chaos because of me just hits different. Especially when you get to witness the consequences of your actions. This isn't a game about a bouncy robot with a gun. It's a story about tragedy, loss, and knowing that even if the real heroic characters in the game end your bloodlust and malice, you will always just respawn a-new, ready to cause more and more death and destruction.
(moving away from the depressing stuff) Danse Macabre is best definitely no bias at all. Great video!!! :D
1: thank you for the support on this video
2: Yes, yes, yes, literally everything after Layer 5 is deliberately much more depressing when you play it, and now that I think about it, the idea of "respawning and not being able to be stopped in your bloodlust while everything crumbles around you" gives me Undertale genocide vibes with how eerie and sad stuff is
Layer 7 was an experience to put it simply. Specifically 7-3 and my personal experience with it.
Forgive me if I rant a little, but I feel as if this is necessary. It’s a small story in the moments leading up to the 7-3 teaser and then me playing 7-3 for the first time.
On August 26th, 2023 at 5:30pm central, me and my other two brothers (I’m an identical triplet) were about to get on for the first time in a few months since one of them had gotten done with BMT (Basic Military Training). The one who just got into Tech School had just got his PC hooked up and ready to go. We were in the middle of a Ghosts of the Deep Dungeon run at 6:08 pm when one of us started getting a call from our dad. It started with one, that being the recent BMT graduate, and we thought it was just our dad making sure that his PC was working. Then it got to the other that was in Germany (he had been in the military for a while), then to me. We were in a Discord call when all of this was going on and we all said something like, “What’s going on? Dad can just text us what he needs to tell us”.
Eventually, our dad got us all three into a phone call and asked if all three of us could hear him clearly. We responded with, “Yes sir”. The next words that came through the phone would be the words that none of us would never forget: “I just got an update on JP…” (JP was our adopted brother). “I’m sorry to tell you all this after you all had just got together again, but JP committed suicide last night”. At that moment, the whole world just *stopped*.
JP had been suffering from some form of mental illness for some time, and it had gotten worse over the years. Combined with the fact that he was getting in trouble with the law, it most likely made his mental illness significantly worse.
When the call was done, one of our buddies joined the Discord call that we were in. He acknowledged his presence and all that one of us said was, “Can you give us a few moments?”. He said, “Do you want me to leave?”. One of us responded with, “No, it’s fine”. By this point, our buddy had noticed our tone had suddenly and violently changed from what it typically is.
After a few moments had passed, our buddy asked if everything was okay considering we haven’t said anything for a while. We told him no, and then he asked if it was safe to tell him. We said yes, and told him what had happened. All 3 of us almost made the decision to get off for the day.
Fast forward to October 26th, the day the we got the first teaser for 7-3. I had been looking into Dante’s Inferno a few weeks beforehand, as well as watch a summary of it courtesy of Wendigoon. I was on standby just before a small parade for my university. I checked Twitter given it was a Saturday and saw the 7-3 teaser. During the time that I was looking at the teaser I almost cried that day. I knew the context, and now had a personal attachment to the teaser. At that moment, I knew that Hakita and the other devs were going to pull the emotional strings once again.
Fast forward to the update’s release. I had just gotten done with 7-2. I saw the screen that shows you what level you are loading into. The moment I touched the ground in the elevator shaft, I audibly said, “Oh shit we’re entering *here* now”. Once I walked outside, pitch black was all I could see. Then but 2 seconds later the light turned on, and I saw the trees. I was in dread that Hakita was going to put a Jumpscare of some kind, and hoped that he wouldn’t pull that kind of a card for something as sensitive as this. Thankfully he didn’t.
After finding a feeding the first tree, I made the decision to toss a coin near the base of every last one of these trees. By the end of the level, I was a changed man.
7-3 is a sorrowful level. Not only because of the theme and setting, but also how real the theme can be. As Imp said on the dev stream, it hits a lot closer to home for most people.
My condolences to you and your family, I’ve been fortunate enough to not have to bear witness to this
That said, I feel this fully proves that what I was saying is correct, so unless I missed a mark somewhere, I’m glad to know that I did the 7-3 portion justice 🩷✊
I am sorry for your loss, man, RIP to your brother
jesus... that's rough. I feel bad for you. hope you are still okay.
Just wanted to add my own two cents onto the final guitar solo of War Without Reason: it sounds so much like a scream. A very, very powerful and lamenting scream that is basically a retelling of the entire Final War.
Knowing that the Final War was an alternate version of WW1 also makes this scream feel even more incredibly depressing than it already is. I can just imagine an almost epileptic film of a screeching, melting skull over grainy black and white footage of soldiers charging into death headlong with the guitar solo as the soundtrack.
War's not very personal for many of us. That's why 7-3 probably hit a lot harder for most people than 7-4 did, which applies to me as well. But I cannot imagine how a veteran would interpret such a track.
Inb4 I wait for a veteran to comment on my analysis of 7-2 and 7-3 lmao
THE WORLD IS YOUR CANVAS
SO PICK UP YOUR BRUSH
AND PAINT
THE WORLD
*R E D*
no paint the world gay... wait wha-
AND PAINT
THE WORLD
B R E A D
@@scale10-47 YES!!
@@Zenith-TheMachinei ultraboosted bread for 3 days
@@anshsgh6092 How. Much.
Long form ultrakill videos are the best I loved this, you really deserve more subs
I find it hilarious that this games community gets made fun of for not being good at staying attentive after like 5 seconds of no high octane action, but we are also susceptible to long form content and we love it
I’m glad you enjoyed the video, and we’re slowly getting there, I’ve really only been making high quality content since like early November and only have a few videos out at that
Did not expect to see Ms. Slop master here. Hello Maddy.
@@TheRoosterManWastaken you 2 know each other?
@@DJCerealSauce6455 she makes funny ultrakill BRAINROT videos, famous in the ultrakill slop community
@@Theheavyiskilled Correct, the brainrot is strong with this one.
Hello, I'm Mexican and I just wanted to share some info about the death whistle:
It is, in fact, an war instrument that is designed to sound like a human scream
This was to intimidate enemies but fun fact, if you were to hear a bunch of people playing whistles together in unision, it would sound like howling wind
(Which could be tied to how Mino's layer, Lust, is one characteristic for its strong roaring winds)
And another note here: I had completely forgotten about how in Aztec culture, blood sacrifices were essential to keep many deities alive, it was their life's essence
Makes me wonder if Hakita drew inspiration from this for the trees (or maybe even the machines)
And speaking of trees, let's remember that in ULTRAKILL the cross doesn't not represent a crucifix, rather, it represents a tree, the tree of life
One filled with blood, blood responsible for the livelihood of all sentient beings
I wonder what the connections here may be
This is very cool information you've given me about the death whistle, thank you. for the insight :)
"Forget Mann Vs Machine this is Machine vs Machine squared!" -this got me coughing from how funny it was
I meeeeen,
Benjamin is L O R G E
4:51 I KNEW they were going to move, and it still startled me, even the third time I went in. I think it works so well in people because the trigger for them moving isn’t “put skull on pedestal” it’s an invisible line.
That’s how they get ya, you KNOW it’s gonna happen, but if you’re not ultra fast, then they still might scare you
21:58 Instead of an 11/4 + 12/4 split, I count it as a 5/4 + 6/4 + 5/4 + 7/4 because I think that better shows the similarities and differences on each side of the split.
35:48 To me, the creaking represents being the first to bear the news. Walking around a corner, opening a door and seeing the aftermath.
the only reason I counted it more as an 11/4 + 12/4 split was because it felt like it lacked a sense of consistency if it changed every bar, but also the downbeat would make more sense to associate it with changing every bar. Someone who's more classically trained in music would probably be able to better prove that lmao
unironically, the time signature visualization was the best way i learned how they work
Same, every time I hear a song that sounds off, I always just count on my fingers like “1, 2, 3, 4, 1- oh wait no. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7- yeah ok good”
19:04
DJ cereal sauce SPOTTED trying to PARRY with THE KNUCLEBLASTER
I was trying to guard break :(
while it isn't explicitly stated, it IS implied by the introduced lore ahout the machines that V1 is the earthmover counter;
- The Earthmover you're fighting was in the midst of a duel with another; but both stop their fight and focus on V1; Something 30 times smaller than them, and yet becomes a major focus. V1 is a bigger threat to them than they are to themselves
- The V line series never got deployed for war due to the New Peace, with V1 being merely a prototype. They had to find some way to keep the V series post-war (hence, V2)
- The global damage caused by Earthmovers is what stopped the war, and united humanity anew to attempt to cleanse Earth, since it was incredibly polluted. (Streetcleaners were made for this!)
with all this combined, it all suggests that V1 was designed as the counter for Earthmovers
(also i had a fucking heart attack when the first mannequins started attacking. god i will never forget 7-1)
The Guttertank lore also mentions that new machine models were made to counter the last one. Which again ties into the fact that the V model never got deployed, and the Earthmovers ended the war by causing the Long Night.
V1 is designed to be a one-machine army. They board the Earthmover, kill the smaller machines defending it, slaughter some humans for blood to heal and refuel, and then charge right into the brain as fast as possible and kill it.
All of their crazy movement, their ability to seemingly pick up and learn how to use any weapon instantly, the fact that they can parry the Corpse of King Minos' punches, all of it was to take down Earthmovers. They can move like crazy so they can get on board without any issues. They're able to master all sorts of weapons so they can be ready for any enemy that could be guarding the Earthmovers. The Feedbacker can let V1 parry even giant fists because it was probably meant to let V1 parry any attempted stomp attacks from the Earthmover.
The thing with what you said at 7:15 is actually both correct and incorrect, the people shoved into the mannequins have NO control over their actions anymore, and the somber notes are because of them, the victims, crying for help from someone they're unwillingly attempting to kill
I suppose I misinterpreted this whole point mainly due to the log book, and while I think it’s cool, the idea that people have literally become so mad that they glorify their own violence, it surely makes more canonical sense for it to be a complete lack of control
@DJCerealSauce6455 it's a horrifying realism to losing yourself in violence, because you coherently witness your violent acts with no control over them, crying for release from the fate you're submitting others to.
Ultrakill lore is sick
Everybody gangsta til the Earth Mover shows up as a common enemy
Or, at the very least, an obstacle in p3.
I can imagine it now. Three Earthmovers with a specific skull key locked in the brain chamber or something and the need to defeat all three to move onto the next section
Me when a radiant Earthmover
35:31 "The level just feels way too quiet for it to be mortar grounds."
*looks directly at the fucking Earthmover towering above the forest.*
It’s ok, he’s not hurting anyone…. Yet
The part of Suffering Leaves Suffering Leaves where it slows down is incredibly impactful to me
The ticking slowing down like a dying heartbeat as the music rises in almost what seems like joy is soul crushing
I actually really like Bull of Hell ngl, also you totally missed the A Complete and Utter Destruction of the Senses motiff in the beginning of War Without Reason.
y'know, after just picturing both songs in my head, I'm upset that I missed that motif (if you can even call it that)
Also, I'm thinking that what sounds like Order in the world looks red, might actually be forshadowing to the minotaur, seeing as it was created for minos by [UNKNOWN], but was cast into the labyrinth by Minos, hence why there is a trace of his theme in there, since he was responsible for the minotaur being in the maze to begin with.
Edit: whoops you mention that in the video
@@danielc2894 lol you were so close
The main tragedy of minotaur is that for all these years that he spent trying to break out of labyrinth, his body started to broke and decay, making him blind.
In his last seconds of life, he stretches his hand up, trying to reach the sky that he wanted to see for the last time
BRO MADE A VIDEO ON ONE LAYER THE LENGTH OF ONE COVERING TWO ACTS WHAT IS HE COOKING. Im eating a whole meal with this one. I love it yess the editing, the script, the analysis.. its amazing
My own take of the bravado notes in world looks red was they reminded me of screams or shouts of anguish, instead of mania.
The slowing gunfire/tree in suffering leaves reminds me of a engine or a train wheels coming to a stop, like the final slow drag leading to the act.
Bro layer 7s music is JUST THAT COMPLEX, it would be a disservice NOT to spend all that time on it
Also I like this perspective on it being like whining or wailing, I don’t think either of our hypotheses can be fully proven per se, but they’re both excellent angles to look at this by
I also heard a kind of train type noise, but definitely couldn’t really piece that together until too late in the production process
@@DJCerealSauce6455 Yeah! thanks for making the vid.
For me, that part in suffering leaves really reminded me of the creaking sound of a body hanging by a rope on a wooden pillar, till eventually the body no longer is moving giving that slow creak to silence at the end of it as the life leaves. It would make sense as well considering the theme of the level.
one of the best Ultrakill videos I've ever seen. And absolutely, something War Without Reason reminds me deeply of was this chilling recording of the end of WW2. Constant gunfire, bombs, planes and even screams all suddenly stopping the minute the end of the war as announced.
Certainly a war without reason.
Oh, and saying "the bass of this song is about to shake my goddamn headphones off" is the most real sentence I've ever heard.
I be listening to War without Reason in my car and literally cannot hear anything from the outside world
To me, The World Looks Red perfectly embodies “the beginning of the end” fittingly for the first layer of the final act of course
Almost like a "look at how far you've come, and the worst is only just beginning" type of deal, love it
4:50 this was one of the scariest jumpscares I’ve ever seen
that shit got all my buddies too
On my computer I have a button that puts it into sleep mode and when I got jumped by these enemies had me jerk-clicking the sleep button… and I had to step away from the game for a minute. That level is very creepy.
When I came to this portion I just screamed “FUCK!” and jumped. Shit got me good 😅
19:56 local dj caught trying to parry with the knuckleblaster
THEORY:
diying in a level is the good ending.
I meeeean, yes and no, in how most people understand the game, yes, but I also saw this other theory that V1 killing the sinners relieves them of their torment in hell, so maybe if V1 dies sinners continue to be punished for all if eternity, who knows 👀
@@DJCerealSauce6455 oh nvm.
@@DJCerealSauce6455i think some enemies are confirmed to still be alive after v1 "kills" them, mostly the mannequins that can still be heard breathing after they're turned into a bloody corpse
@@FilmBucket oh wait this is sick, I need to jump on the game and look at that!!
@@DJCerealSauce6455 good idea!! i dont recall if theres any other direct confirmation of other enemies still living as a dead body besides them, but i think it's a neat headcanon considering Hell Itself's sadism
16:21 fun fact the reason why the Minotaurs description in red and crossed out is because of the book “house of leaves” the Minotaur is important for reasons. (not tryna spoil the book it’s amazing) in the book if you get the full coloured edition any refrance to the Minotaur is in red and crossed out like such.
I do remember hearing about the actual greek mythology version of the minotaur being crossed out and I think that's cool. I also really enjoy how in Ultrakill it's probably crossed out because it's creator now hates it (maybe potentially like the House of Leaves, maybe not, who knows lol)
Yeah the Minotaur in house of leaves is actually just referenced and taken from the Greek mythology
GOD such a good video! Not only loving the layer 7 and the music on it wasn't enough, seeing a video from you about it just made me more than happy! :D My favourite music from the layer probably its The World Looks Red , the hype that I had for it plus the fan songs where already enough but the suprise and relief of hearing it was just incridible ( but the other ones are also very cool and for the moment layer 7 is the best in my opinion from enemies to level layout every thing is just perfect!!!!!)
Now that’s something we can agree on, the soundtrack is banger after banger after banger!!
7:56 - Minos jumpscare got me fucking weak
He shmooves for his kingdom, and we would do well to respect that
Sisyphus laughs. Because he did his best, has no regrets, and knows you're gonna push that boulder up the hill
He will NOT get me to push a boulder, I will NOT succumb to his fate
Bro, those songs you composed are incredible. They remind me of Hakita's style so much, yet manage to feel original enough to be considered their own thing, similar to Marzuku or Duv's works. Definitely checking those.
I'm kind of sad that you didn't talk about the 5:46 part in TWLR though. That part is the sole reason on why I'm so addicted to this song (I literally went from thinking it was mid to considering it a rival for WWR only because of that part)
I mean I kind of did talk about it, just not at the moment where it was playing. I talked about it a bit later at like 6:30 but I suppose it was a bit less of me gushing about it, and more like me finding a really interesting lore implication to it
Also I'm glad you like the tracks lol, I don't really hear my songs sounding or being composed similar to those 3, but it's definitely easier to tell when you're not constantly exposed to them and comparing them to your other songs lol
12:38 In the ost versions of Requiem and Sands of Time, the "Motif" section first plays the combat version and then ends with the calm version, essentially describing how everything has just becomes ruins, like its all over, but for The world looks red, the final part starts calm and then ends in combat, like its only just begun. Its a nice addition that gives the song a lot of more emotion.
My absolute favorite detail about Suffering Leaves Suffering Leaves is that there is no combat version, even when fights begin. The song is stuck in its calm loop, much like how these people are now stuck as gnarled trees and CAN'T change or act. It's such a hauntingly somber detail and it adds so much to the weight of the song in my opinion.
Honestly, this specific song is basically what I was referring to when I said "I love how this game doesn't immediately hit you with a combat version just bc you're fighting" lol
The fact that enemies fight each other in 7-3. Yeah.
That part goes hard
Infighting, my beloved
26:35 sounds like a Thousand greetings from 1-1
Hope that helps
@@kandykane4964 This does, or at least it puts me on the right track to start investigating lol
For some reason this sound
Sounds reversed to me
Obviously you wouldn't know till you actually check how it would sound like reversed
But kinda reminds me of the ambient sounds like the beginning of "cold winds" and "in presence of a king"
Which is the spinal staircase slowed down
Not necessarily the same notes but the way of execution of this track
Sounds like tampered with og sound track in someway
Or we might be looking too much into it and hakita just wanted an uncomfortable unique ambient noise
And another thing to add that that if it is a reference to a thousand greetings, that’s terrifying because of the trees being people “greeting” you to their hell
World looks Red feels like a funeral march to the end of Ultrakill. As once the final levels kick in, the finale is coming close.
V1 walking right into his own grave
Same with "Hear! The Siren's Call" in 7-2. This is just a prelude to V1's demise. Fitting.
I just realized that when Hakita mentioned that the Story is of Gabriel but through the POV of V1, he could have meant that the music may be for how Gabriel feels while he watches V1 from a distance. Case? (OH) Do Robots Dream of Eternal Sleep, that could be Gabe asking himself and the music just reflecting on his thoughts. To be honest, as I think more of this, the more it makes sense! "Silence, Introspection", or the other one, feel appropriate for Gabriel's situation, but also for his POV of the situation, they tailor to his emotion! AS MARCO MEATBALL SAID "THE ENTIRE SOUNDTRACK OF THE VIOLENCE LAYER IS INTROSPECTIVE TO WHAT IS LIFE" and it's all after Gabe's second defeat, where he began doubting the order of things!
Thrice? Beaten an object? Thrice??
@@DJCerealSauce6455 “hehehaha as expected, I was unworthy of the holy light from the very start, thank you machine - fucking dies”.
One thing that I swear Hakita must do is make 9-1 have an organ part canonically played by Gabriel to hype V1. It be cool as fuck
@@eagle32349I like this idea, let Gabriel hit the organ again!!
Doth thine organ shred, Machine?
@@charlieseely3464 Doth thine skateboard shred, Gabriel, judge of Hell?
Im guessing i picked the perfect time to start playing ultrakill. Just finished all the current content, and then this video pops up and it was just *chefs kiss* perfect timing.
you are my people!!
1:00
Mindflayer: WooahoohOHOHOHAHHH-
Yeah this pretty accurate
18:07 Have I gone crazy or is that the drum sample from Glory
Uhhh, honestly I don’t know
7:50 every time I hear Order's motif all I hear is the "She was in the forest looking to see the trees" from Miracle Musical. Am I the only one?
Imma need more commenters to find this comment, because I’ve never heard of Miracle Musical lol
@@DJCerealSauce6455 if you've never heard of it or it's connected band Tally Hall. I highly recommend them cause they are a vibe and a half.
19:14 literally the best thing I’ve seen all week. Thank you.
:)
Great way to end off your week
The feed it theme in 7-3 is actually credited in the rest room in the credit level, the song is called "take a look at molly"
WAIT WHAT? WE HAVE IT??
@DJCerealSauce6455 Yeah I found it randomly while goofing around in the credits level, the rest room book even calls it the "Feed it" theme
Very amazing video man!! As an amateur in music producing, I'm very fascinated in watching analyzing video so I can learn to put them in my songs. This video right here really shows me the way to express emotion in music.
My favourite song is probably Danse Macabre. The sudden stop transits Suffering Leaves Suffering Leaves to Danse Macabre when V1 walks into the dark corridor, right after the door closes is adrenaline rush! The soundtrack represents the chaotic scenery that you are facing against and enemies killing each other really makes up the intensity of Layer 7 - Violence. The never ending war, the mourning of the human forest and the hunger of blood trees are truly what 7-3 is about.
Hope in the future, you will make some analyzing vid on CRYMACHINA or even CRYSTAR's OST. Those OSTs made by Sakuzyo are fantastic, but the game i think is a bit underated tho...
YESSSSS YOU UPLOADED ANOTHER VIDEO ON ULTRAKILLS MUSIC!!
Layer 7 had such beautiful music that had me mystified on the lore implications and I can't wait to see what layer 8 has in store.
A RETURNING VIEWER I SEE!!
STAY TUNED FOR THE SERIES
for some reason i just love the part of bull of hell where the death whistle is being played for like 10 seconds while gradually increasing in intensity, while the drums are being killed
It’s not “for some reason” it’s because that part goes hard as hell
As someone who has struggled with self harm and mental stability for my whole life,7-3 gave my deepest self hate some well needed reflection.
I sat at my desk for about an hour,listening to its track.
Never in my life have I hurt for myself, or cared enough to try.
I've always put others first in every way,and I gave no attention to the consequences it would have on me.
Amongst other factors such as being trans and severely overweight,I slowly grew to despise my body.
Throughout my reflection and my time playing this masterpiece,I think I've found motivation to persevere. Aspire to create and mold my own life.
Reason to continue.
I thank Hakita and their team for letting humanity experience this story.
For once I feel human.
I feel tangible.
I feel home within this seal of skin.
Thank you ULTRAKILL,for lifting my sorrow. Justice for the Taken.
Music is a powerful thing, and it's great to see you in a much better spot than you were previously
Will 100% be checking out ur album!
Bless 🙏
as an earthmover i can agree with the statements about war without reason
Thank you for your good graces, Earthmover 🙏
Hey I've gotta say I love this video! I've been scavenging around the internet for Ultrakill analysis after P-ranking (almost) all of the game and making a lot of custom machine designs, and this is definitely what I was looking for! Great analysis and personal input, excited to see more !!!
Also, :3
Hell yeah, glad to see you enjoying what we're putting out right now
:3
I really like the guitar part of war without reason because it just feels like the earthmover is doing everything it can without its main source of energy to kill you with it while also somewhat sounding somewhat desperate
I just wanted to say this is an insanely good video essay. The editing was great and I was hooked with the narration. As someone who knows almost nothing about music I felt like I learned alot! You are very talented at making videos like these and I hope you continue to in the future. Your channel's gonna blow up one day.
Hey man I'm glad I could impart some knowledge into you, I'm glad you enjoyed the video, and I'm also praying for my continued success lol
In 26:30 all I can think of is some wicked Circus hell is making fun of those who offend themselves
Seeing that song as a circus motif is mad fucked up, but in a way Im down with
I watched the video and enjoyed it. I also discovered you through this video. I also heard your the music from your album and have been listening to some of the songs nonstop for a couple months now. My favourite song so far is fools gold.
Ahhh so long time content consumer, first time commenter huh? Well I’m happy to see you here!
30:53 i mean this act is called Godfist SUICIDE
so maybe your theory holds more weight than you may have thought given the running themes of the acts being tied back into Gabriel's current....arc?
Idk the right word
Arc is a fair word to describe this games chapters lol
Astronomically excited to watch. Your original music analysis video was great and this layer has some of my favorite songs in the game!
Hell yeah bro lets goo!!!!
5:12 I wouldn't have been jumpscared by the mannequins had my friend not been GASLIGHTING me about them. I instantly saw the blood and knew they were sentient, but he said "nah they don't do anything don't worry" like 3 times so I believed him 😭
you absolutely fell for his silly tricks, this has served as good character development
1:59 It might be only in the OST (maybe not, idk), but that breath-like sound is crazy to me (in a good way). It’s like when you first open a can of soda and you hear that little hissing noise, but instead of carbon dioxide gas buildup, it’s the pressure of all the souls trying to escape the maze rushing past you.
That hissing sound is definitely only in the OST, but it’s not a bad comparison to make
Suffering Leaves Suffering Leaves is my favorite from the layer. I don't feel like writing an essay, so I'll just say I like it because it really does a great job of representing the level where you find it.
No essay needed good sire, it's a good opinion
I'm usually not one to comment on videos, especially from outside where i live (hello from Brazil, btw) but i have to comment here. This is an amazing analysis on layer 7, one that pulled my heart strings really hard, especially with 7-3. It brought me to tears, especially given how close me, a friend and my sister got to commiting suicide. I had to stop for a moment, and try to control myself. I was aware of the forest (thanks Wendigoon) so i thought i was ready to face this level, until i read more into it's themes and every bad memory i have with this topic just hit me in the face. And your musical analysis did the same, capturing how brilliantly depressing ULTRAKILL is. You're seriously good at this, showing off every tiny musical detail and how it fits into the larger plot, seriously, you should be very proud of yourself. Anyway, hope you're doing well, i wish you success, and remember to take care of yourself, and the people you love.
Hello from America! Great to see my Brazilian peeps in the comments
7-3 has had some very powerful effects on people, probably more than any other level or song in the entire game. I’m sure Hakita went through a handful of different iterations of 7-3 before he ultimately ended up at its current version, and I feel like it’s the most appropriate. Glad to see that you and the people you love are safe
So from what I can tell, the Minos leitmotif is essentially more of a "Mankind" leitmotif, and Violence has kinda made that clear
MankindCore
22:32 HOLY SHIT HE HIT THE CANNON BALL PARRY LETS GOOOOO
After so many failed attempts, I finally got it 😇
@@DJCerealSauce6455 small tip whiplash into the enemy then shoot the canon and look down or up to parry depending on where it goes, aiming straight biffs 90% of the time
I believe I've read somewhere that the people stuffed in the mannequins are not in control. When they wander in the maze they eventually "accept sleep" and get stuffed in. After that, they simply have to witness what the mannequins do.
I think that’s basically the Mannequin lore you can read in the terminal
Pretty much most of the ultrakill enemies or areas have a tragic story behind them and the ost represents most of it.
I like how in The World Looks Red, the drums have this sorta militaristic march feeling. Makes sense, for what happens later in the layer
Marching band drums in this games soundtrack is bitchin
SUCH A BANGER VIDEO!!!!!! also I'll check out more of your music, that's exactly my jam
Hell, Fucken, Yeah, BROTHER!
hearing "The World Looks Red" for the first time was litterly that one danny devito gif of him crying.
I still feel that tightness it my throat even to this day
Personally i think The World Looks Red portrays Grief, specifically the Bargaining and Anger stages.
I think almost all of layer 7 has the feeling of grief, and I love how most of the levels portray it in a different way
@@DJCerealSauce6455 i love how it portrays grief as this ANGER instead of just the depression stage that every other piece of media shows
I think it's kind of funny how the story can be summed up as V1 being an inkling of trolling because people started to like watching machines fend for themselves while invading hell.
V1 is the jester of hell
Layer 7s music opened my eyes to a whole new level of storytelling that has such intense emotions intervoven into it. The composition, the instrumention feels like a direct translation of someone's feelings regarding the subject matter. It's as if the instruments themselves are talking to the listener. There is no good way to exactly describe it but it feels so real and genuine. It's a style of composition that I want to explore in my works as well. As for my favorite Do Robots Dream of Eternal Sleep? is an easy choice. The title poses such a terrifying existential question, and the music answers it in such a harrowing manner. It's so chilling when you think about it I love it.
I love existentialism
fun fact about 7-4: benjamin has a little tophat on his head
he's a dapper gentleman
Awesome analysis for Layer 7's music. Learned some new things I didn't know before too.
That’s what I’m here for BB!!!
@@DJCerealSauce6455 Same here. It's great.
I feel that the part where you fight the brain (DUN DUN DUN DUUUUUUUN) is the best part of War Without Reason. I don't know why it hits so hard with me but it just does.
The song loses a lot of it's musicality, it has crunchy synths, a lot of bass, shits bitchin, hella
your spotify album is awesome! great work man :)
Thank you for the kind words. Turns out ultrakill players love their ultrakill adjacent albums lol
As a console player who prays for ultrakill, i watch these in my spare time. You're fuckin funny and a good commentator my guy ❤
Also, as someone who had suicidal thoughts, I watched the part, you did us justice , basically cryin man 😢
oh thank god I did a good job. I hope the thoughts become easier to cope with
@@DJCerealSauce6455when i seeked professional help, it was hard to talk about it at first but it really did help silence the thoughts out by laughing and shit
@@carriejames6818 hell yeah 🔥🔥
I found the Sscide trees so blood chilling, along with the woeful tunes and the asthmatic darkness of the atmosphere that I had to stop playing for like a week until I was as least stressed as I could be and had free daylight in which I could play. It was tooooo macabre that combining it with my real life troubles at midnight delivered me automatic nightmares in bedtime.
“Video games are supposed to help relieve stress”
Said someone who hasn’t played 7-3, probably
27:12 "obvious hanging elephant" i see what you did there
Yeah in hindsight it might have been slightly distasteful, but especially when we’re talking about suicidal people going to hell, that’s the standard image in my head
Im loving the music and also im listening to your music now great stuff!
That looks like a double win for both of us 👀
omg i didnt notice Soundsmith ULTRAKILL uploaded new music discussion video.
NOOOOOOOO
EVERYBODY GANGSTER UNTIL *BULL OF HELL*
Everybody gangsta till they hear unimaginable horrors coming from within the walls of the violence layer
playing 7-1 with the most amount of blood possible makes it feel like a whole other mood as you walk back trough the maze trying to remember where you went.
bro literally, it's so wild walking back through 7-1 and seeing how much you've tainted this place
@@DJCerealSauce6455 i mean the book did tell us to paint the world red
however my brush was a shotgun
26:30 it sounds kind of like a carnival song or the distorted music of P-1s spinal staircase when you get near the bottom by walking as intended. Edit: it’s also sped up in the og version you would barely hear in game 26:04 Edit 2: btw also just noticed that the top of the blood trees look like pierced humans
You are like the 8th person to equate the song to the Spinal Staircase, so I’m inclined to believe that lol
Also for the spiked human, that was the Yokai we mentioned
@@DJCerealSauce6455 oh alr
Whoever does 'that' eguitar/violin part of WLR needs a raise
Hakita does deserve more money for these tracks, stream them endlessly
18:15 this song brought me back to my middle school days when dubstep and Skrillex was a thing, holy shit…
Welllllll I did use an EDM sample to make that happen 👀