John Baizley,the guitarist and main vocalist for this band.He does the artwork for Black Tusk,Kylesa,Baroness,and a bunch of other bands.His artwork is very unique and you can definitely know when its him.Has a very distinguished style.
Saw these guys last night with Mastodon. FUCKING EPIC. My voice is gone from yelling so loud and my neck is sore from the headbanging, but god DAMN I am a happy man.
Favorite Baroness album by far. Not going to call them sellouts, because they are not. But they got too...soft? for my taste on yellow and green. Still good to chill and listen to though.
@@Pleurotus it’s definitely softer and like you said not a bad thing. Just different. I prefer the heavier side of Baroness but I love all of their work
Did a little more digging. Found Jay-Z's The Black Album, Danger Mouse's The Grey Album, some band named Stefy with an orange album that looks positively douchey, and then a Spongebob Squarepants album called The Yellow Album.
Actually, this is in response to moosemf, each Weezer album that has a color attributed to it are also officially known as self-titled LPs rather than their color attribution. So, it's possible that perhaps no band in history other than Baroness has actually titled an album officially after a color.
Awesome song!.. If Baroness would make a next album, I'd hope to hear something more closer to this sludge sound thrown in with some very heavy/intriguing shifting riffs!!
+tyree robinson Green/Yellow and this newer nonsense is nowhere on par with Baroness's earlier works. Sad really. They had been a favorite of mine up through 2009. Blue is still an all time favorite of mine. Wish I could say the same of more recent efforts.
+Aaron Kulukjian I think their current sounds is actually quite good. Not the same, for sure...but the world sorely needed a good, melodic, solid big-ass, kick -ass ROCK band that is nevertheless accessible for the current generation, and that is exactly what Baroness have become. I love Blue and Red for sure, but I was just listening to Chlorine and Wine and March to the Sea and thinking "man I´m glad we have a band like that in 2016."
@musterdsandwich I first heard Blue Record, and it's my favorite of the two. If you want a heavier album, go with Red Album. You really can't go wrong either way because they're both unique and different, but both equally as good.
Mayhem is fucking poop. Where you need to hear Mastodon is in small venue shows. It's fantastic. One time they played "Where Strides The Behemoth". It was like a brick to the face, really. Big places are more fit for 4-chord bands like Disturbed or Slipknot with some places for 13 year olds to mosh, not progressive bands that need at least some sound suspension for all the musical hijinks.
@UnforgivingCritic one of the biggest differences between the two bands is the style of signing.. best thing to do is to simple search for yourself so that you can hear the differences for yourself. Dream Theater in my opinion is not as heavy and it's not that great a band, in other words I shit on Dream Crap any day.
@Infuzor I agree. Just play some notes that sound good to you and not be to worried about scales or progressions just play what sounds good to you. I think thats what your saying.
@ElectricClown1 I cant admit it because i dont find them that great. I dont find dream theatre to be innovative at all, or "beautiful". What makes each part of their songs an individual amazing virtuoso to you? I can explain to you why i find the works of bach to be amazing, Without pertaining to purely "it just sounds good". I'm not calling baroness an amazing musician - but you cannot state that one is factually better if you cannot explain why they are other than "why cant you see it like me"
Baroness was not known to be deadly, until 8 people died. Doctors tried to revive the patients by injecting lameness directly into vein, but were unsuccessful since the awesomeness of baroness transfered to their bodies. The portion of awesomeness was well above the limit a single man can take, thus causing mental confusion such as mixing "like" and "dislike" button. This was followed by instant heart attack.
@zarucarsha Progressive implies progress. Dream theater aren't actually prog. What is the point in making music which isn't new and exciting or at least doing some elements of an existing idea better than have been done before? If you just sit in a bunch of influences whose progeny have already played out every worthwhile variation, there's no musical validity. Baroness don't push boundaries but they mine a vein of music which is not yet spent. The bands just before them, were progressive.
@Roughsauce All four of Mastodon's studio LP covers were done by Paul Romano, and all of their miscellaneous artwork that I've seen was done by him, as well. I can't find a single source crediting Baizley with anything for Mastodon, not to mention that his art is usually recognizable and doesn't have much in common with Mastodon's art.
@juustosiivu Why can't people just accept that every individual has it's own taste? Thumbs down for you, and many others who participate in useless discussions like these. We should just all be happy that we have this freedom which gives us the possibility to listen to what we, as an individual, like to listen. Besides, who compares Baroness to Dream Theater anyway...
@pieisgod1 Shit yeah, it will be. I'm just now looking into Baroness (a friend described them, and I got interested), but I have massive love for Mastodon and BtBaM. Right now, Baroness is sounding pretty rad, so anything that can add to the already epic first two bands is nothing to scoff at. Enjoy the show, I wish I could be there.
1. You know when you have no idea what the fuck your talking about you should prolly just not bother!!!! :) This is metal my friend, anyway you look at it....and to compare a slower metal band (weather it be sludge or doom or gore metal whatever) is fucking ludacris!!!
@astroluxur for me, Baroness is like stuck on a single theme.. while Dream Theater incorporated every theme, whether dark or soft, or underground, bluesy, jazzy, and progressive all the way. but no offense, Baroness rock too in a slightly psychedelic way..
@elpiere I'd personally compare them to Mastodon before I compared them to Metallica. I don't really hear as many similarities with Metallica as I do with Mastodon. I love Metallica, Mastodon and now Baroness thanks to this song :)
Lol metallica's drummer is garbage and has to use a double bass to make up for it, i saw these guys last night and this drummer uses the most simplest drumset, not even that, the whole band is just amazing such an interesting style of music.
finally music to do shit to. you know what it's like when you have one of those guys who enjoy music that's terrible but likes to give them a chance? fucker bust out ke$ha. we had 7 big ass yards to cut. mad as hell.
@CrunkSucks999 well they are both from the same region and both started in sludge metal and became progressive metal. so they will sound similar. ifind them both to be some of the best metal ive ever heard.
@ElectricClown1 Better is a relative term. In what aspect are they better? Playing technical, fast scales? Maybe so. But that doesn't necessarily make one a better musician. You're comparing apples and oranges.
@NaturalCorrection I'm not asking because I don't know, I just want to hear opinions. And if you find this offending(and is very obvious), you have the freedom to NOT to respond. But oh well, being a girl is a freedom too.
Dream Theater vs. Baroness? Seriously? How can you compare two bands that are light years apart in terms of musical style? U2 vs. Slayer, Carcass vs. Iron Maiden ...oh! Got it! Skid Row vs. Morbid Angel!!
@skargsahha how does that even sound like metallica in the 80's to me its got more than what metallica had back then just an opinion and no doubt this will get thrown back at me but guess what i dont care.
@Arnevet if you have a considerate mindset, you will find the discussion not offending, or at least not directly offending. When was the time have you ever been sure that people thinks like you? never.
what could have possbly happen'd with your brain at birth that you now say metallica is better then baroness , while that comercial bullcrap isn't even to compair with this band and genre..
@jroderickToNeSofDeF its not that Im cracking under people trolling me. I really said a stupid comment that I do not actually back up. It was right of them to brutally criticize me.
how can you even compare metallica with baroness? its like comparing britney spears (stays for metallica xDDD) and slayer O.o (i know thats to much but im just tryin to tell somethin xD)
I saw Mastodon back in 2007 in Gothenburg, Sweden. I was actually a little surprised how bad they were live, after reading all positive reviews of their albums. They were really horrible.
Does anyone else think that the guitar riff from 2:39 to 2:44 sounds kind of like the pac-man "wakka wakka" noise, or is that just me? Awesome song by the way.
@Inkremainsforever i would easily pay hundreds of dollars extra to go see baroness play with mastodon and high on fire than ANY metallica show ANYWHERE.
![The Sword - Winter's Wolves [OFFICIAL VIDEO]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/NYCreOzCxP8/mqdefault.jpg)
![BARONESS - Shock Me [OFFICIAL]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/hS5osAdTnm0/mqdefault.jpg)
i LOVE THE DRUMS LIKE A LOT.
This song is how I discovered these guys and it's still one of my favorites.
French Tomahawk?
Yea
Yep
Yep
Yis
Yup
John Baizley,the guitarist and main vocalist for this band.He does the artwork for Black Tusk,Kylesa,Baroness,and a bunch of other bands.His artwork is very unique and you can definitely know when its him.Has a very distinguished style.
I don't see anyone making the vocal comparison to gojira. it's awesome
thank you! 🤘
They sound nothing alike...
This song is super Gojira-esque. With the droning yells, chugs, harmonics and pick scrapes, I totally see the connection.
think you're right dude, never seen that although I'm a fan of both bands
but drummers are nothing alike for me
Still not quite sure how John's mouth can open that far.
Daniel McLellan Not that it should matter, but possibly. Who cares. Maybe he just really likes beer. Still a fun song.
@@danielmclellan7762 same
I’ve always wondered what else that mouth can do
best song on the album so intense!
Man the early riff along with the riff from Iron Tusk, just define Sludge to me. So good.
My two favorite songs. Good taste, man.
crowbar?
Saw these guys last night with Mastodon. FUCKING EPIC.
My voice is gone from yelling so loud and my neck is sore from the headbanging, but god DAMN I am a happy man.
@UnforgivingCritic
Dream Theater sucks dick, Baroness doesn't.
Still remember the first time I heard this song live in Savannah, GA. That was an experience. The whole set they did was awesome.
Still bad ass to this day
Favorite Baroness album by far. Not going to call them sellouts, because they are not. But they got too...soft? for my taste on yellow and green. Still good to chill and listen to though.
i wouldn't say soft, just more mature.
@@TinkerToneworks And soft. It's not a bad word, really.
@@Pleurotus it’s definitely softer and like you said not a bad thing. Just different. I prefer the heavier side of Baroness but I love all of their work
Weak take Breh. You ain't that hardcore
Any band that has Baizley art is usually worth listening to.
This is my favorite song right now
discovered this band Christmas of 2009. then I spent the entire christmas break listening to their albums. it was sick dude
Such a masterpiece ! Indeed, all red album is a masterpiece to me
Holds the test of time amazingly well. I hardly even listen to any metal or hard rock these days, but this album is/was special.
the beginning totally has a melvins feel to it
Yes, heavily Melvins feel to it. Like something from "a senile animal"
This bands like Mastodon uses these 3 tuning (try the one u want):
D G C F A D
A G C F A D
C G C F A D
(all of them from the high string to low)
@HexagramMan i love both bands but i don't i hear them sounding the same they r just both very talented
And this particular song is in drop-A# so A# F A# D# G C 😉
Baroness uses this tuning a lot, it's darker than Mastodon
Did a little more digging. Found Jay-Z's The Black Album, Danger Mouse's The Grey Album, some band named Stefy with an orange album that looks positively douchey, and then a Spongebob Squarepants album called The Yellow Album.
Good Sound , horrible Singer .....
Actually, this is in response to moosemf, each Weezer album that has a color attributed to it are also officially known as self-titled LPs rather than their color attribution. So, it's possible that perhaps no band in history other than Baroness has actually titled an album officially after a color.
same here. first second i heard it i had to learn that riff.
Love Baroness especially the Red & Blue albums.
This is my favourite Baroness song, it makes me think of Vikings rowing.
Purdie shuffle
i like cheese
Mood
This band needs to be much more famous
BRAIIIN EXPLODEE!!!!!!!
Awesome song!.. If Baroness would make a next album, I'd hope to hear something more closer to this sludge sound thrown in with some very heavy/intriguing shifting riffs!!
Mzler1388 Have you not heard any of the Blue Album or Green and Yellow?
tyree robinson hahahahaha +1
I liked the Blue Album more than I did when I listened to Green and Yellow.. Red and Blue are standout masterpieces imo
+tyree robinson Green/Yellow and this newer nonsense is nowhere on par with Baroness's earlier works. Sad really. They had been a favorite of mine up through 2009. Blue is still an all time favorite of mine. Wish I could say the same of more recent efforts.
+Aaron Kulukjian I think their current sounds is actually quite good. Not the same, for sure...but the world sorely needed a good, melodic, solid big-ass, kick -ass ROCK band that is nevertheless accessible for the current generation, and that is exactly what Baroness have become. I love Blue and Red for sure, but I was just listening to Chlorine and Wine and March to the Sea and thinking "man I´m glad we have a band like that in 2016."
Dat drum beat.
my name! and my dads yelling! you you stole it! you monster!):I
@musterdsandwich
I first heard Blue Record, and it's my favorite of the two. If you want a heavier album, go with Red Album. You really can't go wrong either way because they're both unique and different, but both equally as good.
loved that intro
Isaaaaaaak! \m/
love them
Mayhem is fucking poop. Where you need to hear Mastodon is in small venue shows. It's fantastic. One time they played "Where Strides The Behemoth". It was like a brick to the face, really. Big places are more fit for 4-chord bands like Disturbed or Slipknot with some places for 13 year olds to mosh, not progressive bands that need at least some sound suspension for all the musical hijinks.
@UnforgivingCritic one of the biggest differences between the two bands is the style of signing.. best thing to do is to simple search for yourself so that you can hear the differences for yourself. Dream Theater in my opinion is not as heavy and it's not that great a band, in other words I shit on Dream Crap any day.
@Infuzor I agree. Just play some notes that sound good to you and not be to worried about scales or progressions just play what sounds good to you. I think thats what your saying.
@ElectricClown1 I cant admit it because i dont find them that great. I dont find dream theatre to be innovative at all, or "beautiful". What makes each part of their songs an individual amazing virtuoso to you? I can explain to you why i find the works of bach to be amazing, Without pertaining to purely "it just sounds good". I'm not calling baroness an amazing musician - but you cannot state that one is factually better if you cannot explain why they are other than "why cant you see it like me"
Baroness was not known to be deadly, until 8 people died. Doctors tried to revive the patients by injecting lameness directly into vein, but were unsuccessful since the awesomeness of baroness transfered to their bodies. The portion of awesomeness was well above the limit a single man can take, thus causing mental confusion such as mixing "like" and "dislike" button. This was followed by instant heart attack.
@zarucarsha
Progressive implies progress. Dream theater aren't actually prog. What is the point in making music which isn't new and exciting or at least doing some elements of an existing idea better than have been done before? If you just sit in a bunch of influences whose progeny have already played out every worthwhile variation, there's no musical validity. Baroness don't push boundaries but they mine a vein of music which is not yet spent. The bands just before them, were progressive.
This is such a bad ass tune. I love Baroness.
@Roughsauce All four of Mastodon's studio LP covers were done by Paul Romano, and all of their miscellaneous artwork that I've seen was done by him, as well. I can't find a single source crediting Baizley with anything for Mastodon, not to mention that his art is usually recognizable and doesn't have much in common with Mastodon's art.
@juustosiivu Why can't people just accept that every individual has it's own taste? Thumbs down for you, and many others who participate in useless discussions like these. We should just all be happy that we have this freedom which gives us the possibility to listen to what we, as an individual, like to listen. Besides, who compares Baroness to Dream Theater anyway...
@pieisgod1 Shit yeah, it will be. I'm just now looking into Baroness (a friend described them, and I got interested), but I have massive love for Mastodon and BtBaM. Right now, Baroness is sounding pretty rad, so anything that can add to the already epic first two bands is nothing to scoff at. Enjoy the show, I wish I could be there.
1. You know when you have no idea what the fuck your talking about you should prolly just not bother!!!! :) This is metal my friend, anyway you look at it....and to compare a slower metal band (weather it be sludge or doom or gore metal whatever) is fucking ludacris!!!
This is not sludge metal, nor doom metal. Not thrash metal either. This is Everything Metal! he he.
Gotta love their covers...
@astroluxur for me, Baroness is like stuck on a single theme.. while Dream Theater incorporated every theme, whether dark or soft, or underground, bluesy, jazzy, and progressive all the way.
but no offense, Baroness rock too in a slightly psychedelic way..
@elpiere I'd personally compare them to Mastodon before I compared them to Metallica. I don't really hear as many similarities with Metallica as I do with Mastodon. I love Metallica, Mastodon and now Baroness thanks to this song :)
Lol metallica's drummer is garbage and has to use a double bass to make up for it, i saw these guys last night and this drummer uses the most simplest drumset, not even that, the whole band is just amazing such an interesting style of music.
finally music to do shit to. you know what it's like when you have one of those guys who enjoy music that's terrible but likes to give them a chance? fucker bust out ke$ha. we had 7 big ass yards to cut. mad as hell.
@CrunkSucks999 well they are both from the same region and both started in sludge metal and became progressive metal. so they will sound similar. ifind them both to be some of the best metal ive ever heard.
@ElectricClown1
Better is a relative term. In what aspect are they better? Playing technical, fast scales? Maybe so. But that doesn't necessarily make one a better musician. You're comparing apples and oranges.
@NaturalCorrection I'm not asking because I don't know, I just want to hear opinions. And if you find this offending(and is very obvious), you have the freedom to NOT to respond. But oh well, being a girl is a freedom too.
Dream Theater vs. Baroness? Seriously? How can you compare two bands that are light years apart in terms of musical style?
U2 vs. Slayer, Carcass vs. Iron Maiden ...oh! Got it! Skid Row vs. Morbid Angel!!
@skargsahha
how does that even sound like metallica in the 80's to me its got more than what metallica had back then just an opinion and no doubt this will get thrown back at me but guess what i dont care.
@Arnevet if you have a considerate mindset, you will find the discussion not offending, or at least not directly offending. When was the time have you ever been sure that people thinks like you? never.
what could have possbly happen'd with your brain at birth that you now say metallica is better then baroness , while that comercial bullcrap isn't even to compair with this band and genre..
@jroderickToNeSofDeF its not that Im cracking under people trolling me. I really said a stupid comment that I do not actually back up. It was right of them to brutally criticize me.
how can you even compare metallica with baroness?
its like comparing britney spears (stays for metallica xDDD) and slayer O.o (i know thats to much but im just tryin to tell somethin xD)
I saw Mastodon back in 2007 in Gothenburg, Sweden. I was actually a little surprised how bad they were live, after reading all positive reviews of their albums. They were really horrible.
Start of the song = Shoot me again
I was thinking the same thing
@0nePumpChump looks very similar to this art, but john still has my vote in terms of detail and originality
Does anyone else think that the guitar riff from 2:39 to 2:44 sounds kind of like the pac-man "wakka wakka" noise, or is that just me? Awesome song by the way.
@Infuzor wow, wow, wow, hold on now, dream theater AND Baroness are two of the best bands out there, but they are very different so dont compare them
@UnforgivingCritic Dream Theater is more rooted in technical skill and prog metal, whereas Baroness is more raw and simple, with a more organic sound.
@Inkremainsforever i would easily pay hundreds of dollars extra to go see baroness play with mastodon and high on fire than ANY metallica show ANYWHERE.
@InFlames767 ...I agree for the most part, but you can't throw Justice into the massive pile of crap. That was thier last really good album.
Named their albums after colors. did they just ignore that fact that weezer already did this. they couldve at least picked different colors
@UnforgivingCritic Dream theater has long ass songs and insane solo's which are incredible if you take them from a guitarist point of view
worst call mate... but i will agree that metallica's first 3 albums were awesome... then they turned into a massive pile of steaming crap
@Gargiuloth2 DT aren't even that great professors. They just write out their songs via chords on a whiteboard and that's about it.
@Phlemancy Sorry, my comment was asinine and i was in the wrong mind when i wrote it. Just write it off as the drivel it was.
@Bonzoso21 Nope, but Baizley has done art for Black Tusk and Kelevertak. And I love it, great artist. So is Paul Romano.
@97warlock "Allowed" ಠ_ಠ This is the internet, kid. there is no such thing as "allowed" here.
loving the bass in this song, especially around the 2:44 mark. great song
That’s a sick tune.
@Pwnedyallz for me, Baroness is too surreal and metaphoric, though i like the way they preserved sludge metal.
grrrrrreat!
@Renicks1
I'd rather believe your theory than believing people dislike this. Which is why i believe you!
@Arnevet seriously...they play 2 totally different styles....i mean wtf.....both amazing bands imo though
Such a kick ass riff, and song of course...
@Gargiuloth2
Whoa... you sound so rebellious... i can do nothing but agree, professors are square doood
just discovered these guys. awesome!!
@chocostyle thanks for saying this for all the ignorants that shouldn t listen to music at all.
@UnforgivingCritic Dream theater are straight-up progressive metal, Baroness are sludge metal.
You can't even compare Baroness and Metallica. They're two completely different types of metal.
:( now everybody made me wish that i had the money to see them tonight....i hate being poor
great song great album great band.
@M45T3R84T10N there is a slayer song called psychopathy red... maybe he misspelled that ?
doesnt one of the dudes from pig destroyer draw up there shit?! its fuckin breathtaking...
@ZeGermanSVEN reasons?or are we just spewing inconsequential and unmitigated rhetoric?
They are cute, if Mastodon does not exists. They seem like Mastodon, only short handed.
As long as it "sounds nice" to you, you're quite welcome :)
white isn't a colour its a tone actually
Not at all. I heard of these guys because a friend said they were just like them.
@UnforgivingCritic they sound nothing alike....why would you even consider asking?
i actually found this informative, i really don't listen to metal myself honestly.
They sound a lot like mastodon along with high on fire. But still a badass band.!