When my brother showed me this song my initial reaction was: wtf?? I'll see them live for the 3rd time next year. Broke my leg during the first concert bc we partied too hard. Fcking love them.
"I dont know what direction".... get used to that feeling, it is a running theme. Nobody told them that mixing styles are not done in metal and neither is fun and colors, and now everybody has given up because it is so very good. Enjoy and embrace the chaos like the rest of us and check out their vlogs and making of videos. They are so very likeable.
Welcome to Electronic Callboy rabbit hole, cool EC reaction is instant subscribe ha ha. fantastic German band that mix metal, EDM, and pure pop into memorable earworms. Their Tekkno album was probably last year's best drop, and they made videos for all but 1 of the 10 songs, and just a FUN band. From here go with "Hypa Hypa", Pump It", "Spaceman", or "Tekkno train". Instant subscribe for me for review, EC are fantastic and described as 'the happiest band on earth' by most UA-cam reviewers ha ha.
They are German. Yup, they don't take themselves seriously, but they are excellent musicians. Usually listed as Electronicore, some like to call it partycore. Basically combining the electronic and pop with the metalcore. Formed in 2010, this is from the 2022 6th album, Tekkno. First full album with Nico on clean vocals . He joined in 2020 after original clean singer ,Sushi, left for another project. Kevin does the harsh. David , on drums, is always fun to keep an eye on in the videos. Daniel H. on guitar, Pascal on rhythm guitar, and Daniel K. on bass. Yes Asking Alexandria, that is one of the bands they cite as influences, Attack Attack is another. For more: "Hypa Hypa" and "Pump It" to start.
A thoughtful reaction to one of my favorite bands from such a small channel, that's an instant subscribe for me! It's especially cool to hear your take on the mixing/sound engineering; not many channels talk about this and in my opinion it's one of the most overlooked aspects of what makes their blend of metal and electronic stuff work really well. I hope you continue talking about stuff like that in future Electric Callboy reactions! Thank you! 💚
Love "professional" reactions :-) They record and mix the songs in house, one of the guitarists does. The other guitarist and his brother produce the videos. This one was made during lockdown, mostly as an excuse to have a party. At the time you were allowed to have business meetings up to 20 people, sooo ...
Dig more into their catalogue dude. I'm a hardcore metalhead and not a fan of party/techno music but they make their music so damn enjoyable. I love their stuff.
Wow, watching that whole thing unfold was really fun! It's like you went through the five stages of grief only in reverse. And yes, recognizing the members is a real problem when this is someone's first EC video. Like Chris says, there are six members I don't think they have even one song that doesn't have the electronic bits but I'm willing to be corrected if I'm wrong. You're right though, the metal parts are seriously good. The EDM parts are also seriously good. They're seriously good at every single aspect of what they're doing. Metal, EDM, writing, mixing, video production. It's all top notch work.
Always enjoyable seeing a musician discover them and hearing the feedback from someone who can recognize what they are listening to. The group is a blast. They seem like super nice guys in their interviews and off-stage stuff. They are extremely talented and very creative. The two main vocalists have done videos where they sit down and watch reactions to some of their releases, and you can see how absolutely appreciative they are that people enjoy what they do. They are a reaction friendly group and you can reach out to them directly for help if you have trouble with blocks/claims. The clean vocalist is a newer addition. The song Hypa Hypa was his debut with the group. Prior to that, they have a pretty sizable catalog going back quite a few years, but it will sound a bit different. Not bad, just a difference to be aware of for someone newly exploring the band. They were also known formerly as Eskimo Callboy, so you may come across that name in places where it has not been changed to Electric Callboy. They are definitely one of the better live bands I have seen, both in entertainment value and in how well they sound on a live stage. They do have some "serious" songs, but a large part of what they do is more like this song was. Looking forward to checking out your journey into their catalog.
While they were technically a metalcore band in the beginning, even in the "old days", with the previous lead singer, they were never shy of mixing styles and experimenting with genres. They do have more serious songs too (every now and then) but barely anything with "pure" metal instrumentation. Besides their own/ full band songs, you might be interested in the Drum Solo/ Kurwa Song Live in Cologne Lanxess Arena 2023. Drummer David Friedrich plays it over a remix of Darude's Sandstorm (the "Kurwa Song" title is an inside joke from their tour vlogs). And in the case you are not familiar with them, Amaranthe from Sweden (besides the drummer who is from Denmark) might be right up your alley. Their style varies from melodic death metal over metalcore and electronicore to symphonic metal. Known for having three vocalists (female clean, male clean, male harsh). Latest single Damnation Flame leans to symphonic metal, Archangel is more on the electronicore/ power metal side.
great reaction!!! I have subscribed since you said you were doing more electric callboy!! they are my favourite band and I LOVE them, just so much fun and also yeah they do serious stuff really well too!!
Check out their song Mindreader if you want a more 'serious' song. Or Tekkno Train, Hyppa Hyppa, Hurrican, or pretty much anything else they do for more 'party mixed electronicore' stuff.
I honestly like the mix of metal and not metal. It's like the waves at a beach. It comes and goes and sometimes it hits hard and I'm all for it. We have a range of emotions and I feel they hit all of them well. That's one reason why I like Manowar so much, so many good highs and so many good lows
They've done "straight metal" as you call it, but Electric Callboy is a PARTYCORE band, so where's the fun in that? We EC fans listen to them to laugh and have a good time!
That’s incredible. Multiple characters, styles, feels in one song. A definite catchy chart. Continued success to you!! Keep it up!! Oh! You didn’t catch the lefty drummer in the backyard!!
Welcome to the EC-experience full of love and joy of life. 🤗 That video deserves a sub, and, yes: They can also be more serious (Crystals, Parasite, Mindreader, Nice Boi - to name a few).
Theyre a mix of serious and goofy in their videos, but all their singing is serious. They have more mixed genre stuff, but also some that are more in the metal direction. Definitely recommend checking more out.
So much to say haha In a way they take their not being serious..seriously. They are very serious with the writing/composing of their songs. But they love to have fun during the videos and live performances. But they take what they do seriously but definitely come off as not taking themselves too seriously. They mix so much together and it takes each member knowing what to do and the masterful mixing and mastering of Daniel, one of their guitarists. He is the guitarist who isn't part of the brother duo who own a video production company and handle the filming of their videos. They've down behind the scenes videos such as the one for Catrop X Spandau where you can see him at work in the mix and as a musician/guitarist/mixer/mastering tech I love seeing that. From a drum perspective, David is amazing. Not just for what he does, but even what he doesn't do. And if you can follow..for what he does while he isn't drumming. You will notice that a number of their songs start with programmed beats with the 'techno' intro. Then he joins in on his kit when the drop hits and they hit you with the rock/metal. But instead of complaining that there are segments where there are programmed drums and he isn't physically playing, he takes that time and dances which you can see in the videos and live. Always adding to the song/video/live performance even if he isn't actively beating the shit out of his kit. His drumming is heavy but quite technical but also lays back when necessary. I knew he was a great drummer from the videos and live videos I saw but I just saw them in Denver and he laid down a masterful drum solo. This performance was great because after they released their cover of Every Time We Touch people joked in the comments.. "What are they gonna cover next? Sandstorm?" and lo and behold his drum solo was to Derude Sandstorm. Quite meta and they do reaction videos to reaction videos. They pay attention to what people say about them and I felt that was a solid nod to peoples reactions to that cover video. While they aren't as "HARD" as Lorna Shore (etc...) they certainly have a heaviness and one thing that really helps that which not everyone realizes is the syncopation between the music and the vocals. But not overplaying on drums and the same from the other instruments helps build that heaviness but still fits in perfectly with everything else they do. Apparently your video gave me a lot to say, so I'd applaud you...like and sub forthcoming.
Great reaction. Anyway, can i request your reaction to superb band from japan? The band is call "Lovebites" They all The Beautiful Queens Metal band right now in the earth. They are really really World class musicians. Phenomenal. And they have a lot die hard fans too. The song is "The Hammer of Wrath" Hope you check out, and can enjoy it too. Big thanks🙏
Thoughtful reactions get a sub- thanks! And they do have more single focus metal songs, but they are not my favs. Good? Yes, but I really love the changeups. I can't listen to a group scream through a whole set, so I appreciate this style.
Electric Callboy are the band I never knew I needed before I heard them for the first time. I love the seamless transitions between the different styles. And they are a lot of fun. ❤ Loved your reaction by the way. 😊 Your analysis of the song structure was really interesting. 😊 Even though I don’t understand how you could concentrate with all the silliness being shown onscreen. 😂 I want to hear more from you! ❤
To understand them you need to understand european music of the last 20 years. They're metal af but they got influences from hardstyle, dubstep, even use disco and german Schlager (that's like german pop but always like 20 years behind modern pop and often quite cheesy music). All that stuff is european based like Netherlands, Belgium, France, GB and they mix it like it all belongs together like the bosses they are. The intersections between the parts are well made. Yes, they could do true and well made metal but the thing is they just don't want to. They're goofing around and having a good time, just a few lads combining styles and taking life easy. Those guys are absolute geniuses, the two singers are on point at screaming and can both sing clean, instruments and drums are always on point. It's always a party seeing them live, they're as good live as they are in their music videos.
Sorry but watching more of the video I had something else to say despite my previously posted novella. Check out Mindreader and Crystals (seriously listen to everything they've ever done and ever will do) but listen to those two for the more metal leading however still electronic elements mixed in however... you can feel how they can lean more to one than the other but do both awesomely. And leaning towards electronic or metal takes away nothing from the one they aren't leaning towards. Just wanted to point out that I feel that your assessment is pretty spot on without you having heard them do it...yet. But seriously..listen to em do it!
Hi, cool reaction! If you want to see something more "serious" by them, you should definitly check out their songs "Hate/Love" and "Mindreader". They definitly have those, also before 2020, they had a different singer, there they have stuff like "Prism" for example
These guys are great! Try BABYMETAL mirror mirror or Devine attack if your interested In proggy Japanese metal with soaring chorus and beautiful vocals
You will never understand German music. And Germans at all. We have so much humor, but every foreigner thinks Germans have no humor at all. We have humor and we have high quality music. My favorite band.
When my brother showed me this song my initial reaction was: wtf??
I'll see them live for the 3rd time next year.
Broke my leg during the first concert bc we partied too hard.
Fcking love them.
"I dont know what direction".... get used to that feeling, it is a running theme.
Nobody told them that mixing styles are not done in metal and neither is fun and colors, and now everybody has given up because it is so very good.
Enjoy and embrace the chaos like the rest of us and check out their vlogs and making of videos. They are so very likeable.
Watching people react to this song never gets old. And the band is great, I'd love to see them live. Glad you liked them!
Welcome to Electronic Callboy rabbit hole, cool EC reaction is instant subscribe ha ha. fantastic German band that mix metal, EDM, and pure pop into memorable earworms. Their Tekkno album was probably last year's best drop, and they made videos for all but 1 of the 10 songs, and just a FUN band. From here go with "Hypa Hypa", Pump It", "Spaceman", or "Tekkno train". Instant subscribe for me for review, EC are fantastic and described as 'the happiest band on earth' by most UA-cam reviewers ha ha.
They are German. Yup, they don't take themselves seriously, but they are excellent musicians. Usually listed as Electronicore, some like to call it partycore. Basically combining the electronic and pop with the metalcore. Formed in 2010, this is from the 2022 6th album, Tekkno. First full album with Nico on clean vocals . He joined in 2020 after original clean singer ,Sushi, left for another project. Kevin does the harsh. David , on drums, is always fun to keep an eye on in the videos. Daniel H. on guitar, Pascal on rhythm guitar, and Daniel K. on bass.
Yes Asking Alexandria, that is one of the bands they cite as influences, Attack Attack is another.
For more: "Hypa Hypa" and "Pump It" to start.
Based in Germany and formerly known as Eskimo callboy that's about all you need to know.
A thoughtful reaction to one of my favorite bands from such a small channel, that's an instant subscribe for me! It's especially cool to hear your take on the mixing/sound engineering; not many channels talk about this and in my opinion it's one of the most overlooked aspects of what makes their blend of metal and electronic stuff work really well. I hope you continue talking about stuff like that in future Electric Callboy reactions! Thank you! 💚
Love "professional" reactions :-)
They record and mix the songs in house, one of the guitarists does. The other guitarist and his brother produce the videos. This one was made during lockdown, mostly as an excuse to have a party. At the time you were allowed to have business meetings up to 20 people, sooo ...
Loved the reaction
Dig more into their catalogue dude. I'm a hardcore metalhead and not a fan of party/techno music but they make their music so damn enjoyable. I love their stuff.
Great reaction. More EC please.
Wow, watching that whole thing unfold was really fun! It's like you went through the five stages of grief only in reverse.
And yes, recognizing the members is a real problem when this is someone's first EC video. Like Chris says, there are six members
I don't think they have even one song that doesn't have the electronic bits but I'm willing to be corrected if I'm wrong.
You're right though, the metal parts are seriously good. The EDM parts are also seriously good. They're seriously good at every single aspect of what they're doing. Metal, EDM, writing, mixing, video production. It's all top notch work.
Always enjoyable seeing a musician discover them and hearing the feedback from someone who can recognize what they are listening to.
The group is a blast. They seem like super nice guys in their interviews and off-stage stuff. They are extremely talented and very creative. The two main vocalists have done videos where they sit down and watch reactions to some of their releases, and you can see how absolutely appreciative they are that people enjoy what they do. They are a reaction friendly group and you can reach out to them directly for help if you have trouble with blocks/claims.
The clean vocalist is a newer addition. The song Hypa Hypa was his debut with the group. Prior to that, they have a pretty sizable catalog going back quite a few years, but it will sound a bit different. Not bad, just a difference to be aware of for someone newly exploring the band. They were also known formerly as Eskimo Callboy, so you may come across that name in places where it has not been changed to Electric Callboy.
They are definitely one of the better live bands I have seen, both in entertainment value and in how well they sound on a live stage.
They do have some "serious" songs, but a large part of what they do is more like this song was.
Looking forward to checking out your journey into their catalog.
For a more metal-heavy song, I recommend the recently released video for "Parasite"
Thats the thing, they do take them seriously, but they love to have fun.
Oh boy we're in for a journey with this UA-camr. Keep it going you'll be surprised what ma boys are capable of. :D
While they were technically a metalcore band in the beginning, even in the "old days", with the previous lead singer, they were never shy of mixing styles and experimenting with genres.
They do have more serious songs too (every now and then) but barely anything with "pure" metal instrumentation.
Besides their own/ full band songs, you might be interested in the Drum Solo/ Kurwa Song Live in Cologne Lanxess Arena 2023. Drummer David Friedrich plays it over a remix of Darude's Sandstorm (the "Kurwa Song" title is an inside joke from their tour vlogs).
And in the case you are not familiar with them, Amaranthe from Sweden (besides the drummer who is from Denmark) might be right up your alley. Their style varies from melodic death metal over metalcore and electronicore to symphonic metal. Known for having three vocalists (female clean, male clean, male harsh).
Latest single Damnation Flame leans to symphonic metal, Archangel is more on the electronicore/ power metal side.
great reaction!!! I have subscribed since you said you were doing more electric callboy!! they are my favourite band and I LOVE them, just so much fun and also yeah they do serious stuff really well too!!
This Reaction was dope, please do more of them. I love it! Greetings from Germany
Check out their song Mindreader if you want a more 'serious' song.
Or Tekkno Train, Hyppa Hyppa, Hurrican, or pretty much anything else they do for more 'party mixed electronicore' stuff.
I feel like you're GETTING IT.... MORE EC
Yes they have "serious songs" check Parasite or Mind Reader for the ones with the new clean vocalist.
I honestly like the mix of metal and not metal. It's like the waves at a beach. It comes and goes and sometimes it hits hard and I'm all for it. We have a range of emotions and I feel they hit all of them well. That's one reason why I like Manowar so much, so many good highs and so many good lows
Is this your first EC reaction? Welcome to the club
They've done "straight metal" as you call it, but Electric Callboy is a PARTYCORE band, so where's the fun in that? We EC fans listen to them to laugh and have a good time!
That’s incredible. Multiple characters, styles, feels in one song. A definite catchy chart. Continued success to you!! Keep it up!! Oh! You didn’t catch the lefty drummer in the backyard!!
Welcome to the EC-experience full of love and joy of life. 🤗
That video deserves a sub, and, yes: They can also be more serious (Crystals, Parasite, Mindreader, Nice Boi - to name a few).
Definitely look into more! Basically anything off of their Tekkno album is 🔥🔥🔥
Theyre a mix of serious and goofy in their videos, but all their singing is serious. They have more mixed genre stuff, but also some that are more in the metal direction.
Definitely recommend checking more out.
Electric Callboy is a great adventure. If you liked this and want more, definitely check out "Hypa Hypa" and their cover of "Everytime We Touch."
EC is the best thing to happen to music
They have serious songs aswell! Like Mindreader or Hate/Love
should check out Hurricane from them haha
Live show is a must
So much to say haha In a way they take their not being serious..seriously. They are very serious with the writing/composing of their songs. But they love to have fun during the videos and live performances. But they take what they do seriously but definitely come off as not taking themselves too seriously. They mix so much together and it takes each member knowing what to do and the masterful mixing and mastering of Daniel, one of their guitarists. He is the guitarist who isn't part of the brother duo who own a video production company and handle the filming of their videos. They've down behind the scenes videos such as the one for Catrop X Spandau where you can see him at work in the mix and as a musician/guitarist/mixer/mastering tech I love seeing that. From a drum perspective, David is amazing. Not just for what he does, but even what he doesn't do. And if you can follow..for what he does while he isn't drumming. You will notice that a number of their songs start with programmed beats with the 'techno' intro. Then he joins in on his kit when the drop hits and they hit you with the rock/metal. But instead of complaining that there are segments where there are programmed drums and he isn't physically playing, he takes that time and dances which you can see in the videos and live. Always adding to the song/video/live performance even if he isn't actively beating the shit out of his kit. His drumming is heavy but quite technical but also lays back when necessary. I knew he was a great drummer from the videos and live videos I saw but I just saw them in Denver and he laid down a masterful drum solo. This performance was great because after they released their cover of Every Time We Touch people joked in the comments.. "What are they gonna cover next? Sandstorm?" and lo and behold his drum solo was to Derude Sandstorm. Quite meta and they do reaction videos to reaction videos. They pay attention to what people say about them and I felt that was a solid nod to peoples reactions to that cover video. While they aren't as "HARD" as Lorna Shore (etc...) they certainly have a heaviness and one thing that really helps that which not everyone realizes is the syncopation between the music and the vocals. But not overplaying on drums and the same from the other instruments helps build that heaviness but still fits in perfectly with everything else they do. Apparently your video gave me a lot to say, so I'd applaud you...like and sub forthcoming.
And they play their songs live 💚 I think they only use tracks for the EDM parts, but they go full live band in the metal sounds
Please go with Pump It
Great reaction. Anyway, can i request your reaction to superb band from japan?
The band is call "Lovebites"
They all The Beautiful Queens Metal band right now in the earth.
They are really really World class musicians. Phenomenal.
And they have a lot die hard fans too.
The song is "The Hammer of Wrath"
Hope you check out, and can enjoy it too. Big thanks🙏
that's not a breakdown.... it's a Döpdown 🙃
EC , definitely not for the narrow minded.
Thoughtful reactions get a sub- thanks! And they do have more single focus metal songs, but they are not my favs. Good? Yes, but I really love the changeups. I can't listen to a group scream through a whole set, so I appreciate this style.
Electric Callboy are the band I never knew I needed before I heard them for the first time. I love the seamless transitions between the different styles. And they are a lot of fun. ❤
Loved your reaction by the way. 😊
Your analysis of the song structure was really interesting. 😊 Even though I don’t understand how you could concentrate with all the silliness being shown onscreen. 😂
I want to hear more from you! ❤
To understand them you need to understand european music of the last 20 years. They're metal af but they got influences from hardstyle, dubstep, even use disco and german Schlager (that's like german pop but always like 20 years behind modern pop and often quite cheesy music).
All that stuff is european based like Netherlands, Belgium, France, GB and they mix it like it all belongs together like the bosses they are. The intersections between the parts are well made. Yes, they could do true and well made metal but the thing is they just don't want to. They're goofing around and having a good time, just a few lads combining styles and taking life easy. Those guys are absolute geniuses, the two singers are on point at screaming and can both sing clean, instruments and drums are always on point. It's always a party seeing them live, they're as good live as they are in their music videos.
Subbed for more EC 🖤🤓
Sorry but watching more of the video I had something else to say despite my previously posted novella. Check out Mindreader and Crystals (seriously listen to everything they've ever done and ever will do) but listen to those two for the more metal leading however still electronic elements mixed in however... you can feel how they can lean more to one than the other but do both awesomely. And leaning towards electronic or metal takes away nothing from the one they aren't leaning towards. Just wanted to point out that I feel that your assessment is pretty spot on without you having heard them do it...yet. But seriously..listen to em do it!
You have to watch the Electric Callboy’s Hurrikan music video.
Yepp, there goes Another one down the EC rabbit hole. Enjoy your Trip… 😅
Welcome to the Callboy Show.....😂
Party Core
Crystals (Old singer, one of my faves), Mindreader, Hate/Love are all pretty good more "straight" metal styles. I'll be here if you give them a shot
You should take the whole journey with them
Hi, cool reaction! If you want to see something more "serious" by them, you should definitly check out their songs "Hate/Love" and "Mindreader". They definitly have those, also before 2020, they had a different singer, there they have stuff like "Prism" for example
or "Crystals" with the previous clear singer
These guys are great!
Try BABYMETAL mirror mirror or Devine attack if your interested In proggy Japanese metal with soaring chorus and beautiful vocals
the chorus is a country vox hook
I can send you the drum solo from the Denver & Arizona show’s good shit. If you have an opportunity to see them Live don’t pass it up.
Did I almost died the first time I saw this.
Subbing for Callboy and maybe Babymetal in the future?!
You should for you self see they Live version of this or maybe react to it to think we will be ok with It' :) .
Try out Band Maid
the whole bob cut and glasses are a parody of Elliot Tree
20 seconds in the MV: "It's probably more than one people..." Or how to say I'm dumb and stupid in just one sentence.
^^ How to say "look how rude I can be on the internet" in one sentence ^^
You will never understand German music. And Germans at all. We have so much humor, but every foreigner thinks Germans have no humor at all. We have humor and we have high quality music. My favorite band.