Composer/Musician Reacts to The Dear Hunter - In Cauda Venenum (REACTION!!!)
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- Bryan reacts to and talks about his thoughts on The Dear Hunter- In Cauda Venenum
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Do yourself a favor - set aside about six hours and start on Act I.
Hahaha this is the best comment on any TDH reaction video! It’s a must. No context at all when people choose random Act songs but I’m glad people are being exposed to this group nonetheless
you prolly dont give a shit but if you're stoned like me during the covid times then you can watch all the latest series on instaflixxer. I've been binge watching with my girlfriend for the last couple of days :)
@Curtis Emmett yup, I've been watching on InstaFlixxer for since december myself :)
I've listened to the entire thing and I have no idea what the story is, but I know what the narrative *feeling* is and it's incredible. Just exploring all the facets of love and how it sometimes looks and feels like hate and vice versa. Absolutely Epic.
AND THEN, JUST DIVE IN THE 'ACT 2 - BY PROTOMEN' ALBUM
The singer/songwriter/polymath Casey Crescenzo does all the vocals you hear on the song. He also plays guitar/keys and just about every instrument under the sun.
They play just about every genre minus metal and rap. They often switch genres mid song like you heard here.
Would love to see more reactions to them here! I search every week or so to see if anyone else is checking them out.
The Acts album series is one big story with multiple characters (certain melodies, moods, genres represent these characters and are often reprised throughout the albums).
A few other suggestions for songs, "Gloria", "Is there Anybody Here?", "Mr. Usher on His Way to Town"
@Michael Nalley Their cover of Rapid Calm is in no way a metal song though. The original was definitely Prog Metal, but TDHs cover was just Prog
@Michael Nalley For sure. Casey was in TREOS (RIP) after all.
@@axelthesot TREOS is playing live again tho!
Michael Nalley and it was beauuuuutiful! And btbam covered them 😭🖤
I really love "she said she had a story" and "go get your gun"
Once you can see the story in your head and know WHY that genre shift happens, it hits different!
Super late to this video and channel, but it should be a CRIME to listen to this song without listing to track 1 first. The transition is sublime.
This song definitely isn't just a one-off in terms of tone and style, the whole Acts series of albums is very theatrical - albeit in different ways. It'd be awesome if you could react to their song A Night on the Town, which is from Act IV (the album after the one In Cauda Venenum's from). The Dear Hunter is one of the best bands no one knows about, and I try to spread word of them whenever I get the chance lol.
CloudMountainJuror In Caude Venenum is track 2 off of Act III: Life and Death following the first track Writings on the Wall
Their best album (in my opinion) is act V: hymns with the devil in confessional
That’s a good one but I like Ms Leading better
I agree, act V is straight bonkers.
Kinda late but I agree with all my heart
You should definitely listen to A Night on the Town, from Act IV. On that album, they really dropped the aggression that was present on their first three releases, in favor of more carefully constructed symphonic elements and song structures. I prefer Acts IV and V over Acts I, II, and III because of this, personally
The whole album is amazing and it's sometimes hard to know when one song ends and another starts
Its beautiful and undeniably entrancing
Its been a year since this video came out and I HOPE you've taken the time to listen through all 5 acts and follow along the story, TDH is honestly one of the most compelling, underrated, beautiful and moving masterpieces I've ever had the honour of stumbling upon, the motifs that run throughout drive the story with so much power and strength that I've never felt before and the intensity of the vocals combined with Casey's delivery of some of the lines just paints the horrific painting that is the story of The Dear Hunter
I know, its a nearly 6 hour long commitment and it requires a good focus to keep track of the story, I personally suggest opening up the analysis of each song on a lyric page or one of the many discussions on reddit to anyone who hasn't given it a listen through, but trust me, it's worth every second
This was beautiful to read because it very clearly reflects my own experience with Casey's collection. Also don't write off the Color Spectrum, that one is a microcosm of what the Acts deliver, it took me a while to fully appreciate it. Red and Purple still my favorites.
@@drew21t oh certainly, I adore many of the pieces from the color spectrum, the different genres and feels of each colour truly being a wonderful experience! and the color spectrum as a whole really boosted Casey's skills and solidified his sound which just makes me love it even more!
Casey's work is honestly one of the most inspiring things I've ever found and Im glad that all I've shown his music since I first listened through the Acts has fell in love with the story and the songs the exact same way I did
@@sparkkitsune His style is absolutely captivating. Everyone I introduce him too gets sucked in completely and takes the journey and it's interesting to hear their story because everyone's is different.
You gotta react to the Flame is gone/The Fire Remains, off their 5th album, it’s incredible
I used to call this album thier "cirsus tent" album since it kind of always gave me an old school steam punk kind of verssion of a "circus and it's ringmaster" vibe to it. At least it did to me.
"Vaudeville" is the word you're looking for!
I found the first song on this album completely by accident and got intrigued. Following up that song with this one hooked me for life! Then i discovered the story behind the albums and dove head first into the three Acts that were out at the time. Waiting for Act IV to drop felt like an eternity!
If you liked the Dear Hunter, check out The Receiving End of Sirens. That was the singer Casey Crescenzo's first band where he was a guitarist/keyboardist and one of 3 singers in that band.
If you do check them out, make sure you checkout a song from "Between the Heart and the Synapse" album. That was the album Casey was on... And he's back in the band now as they are touring again!
Here wondering if you ever did check out the rest of their catalog? TDH is my favorite band, and I love to see people reacting to them the first time.
I haven't. Antimai is in the list for a full album review though.
@@CriticalReactionsDo yourself a favour, and listen to Acts I-V in full.
The screen shot idea is a great one...its a small gesture that for us fans is really big to see ourselves recognized
Second i want to say thank you to the suggestion of this band...this song took me by surprise and I'll be looking into them a bit more
Lastly another suggestion would be Shai Hulud...anything from the, that within blood, album
(the band in which Chad Gilbert from New Found Glory used the success of to launch NFG)
honestly man, you're not doing the dear hunter justice unless you do a review of the whole album
I'm sure you know by now that the transition in the end is apart of the experience of Act III. That's how all his albums are and its amazering.
You should check out Where Owls Know My Name by Rivers of Nihil
Gotta back up the requests for you to react to some of their later stuff.
Would be very interested to hear your reaction, as a composer, to one of these:
1) The first two tracks from Act IV - back-to-back - Rebirth & The Old Haunt (it's gonna be hard not to go into track 3, though!!)
2) A Night on The Town (which on the album blends perfectly into the next track, Is There Anybody Here)
3) Gloria
I know some fans absolutely love Acts I-III, and I totally respect that, but I personally find Acts IV and V to be far more representative of The Dear Hunter's abilities - if not a slightly higher production budget lol.
Thanks for this video!
Definitely watch some of their live stuff
Yes great stuff I thought about going to euroblast or prog power Europe for this band
Dude Casey's voice is fuckin phenomenal. You should check out the song Home ua-cam.com/video/IJyH1pwniew/v-deo.html it's live and just amazing. Also it's super cool seeing people just now get into TDH and I suggest in your free time listening to each of their albums from beginning to end, the transitions from one song to another really clarify each album and tell the full story. Plus they don't have a bad song imo (not biased 😋) but start with act 1 and work your way up.
And yes it does go into a new song. “Ohhhh you were born with the sun and ohhh you will die with the moon!“ it's honestly strange to me not hearing that right after lol. Love the video and reaction!
I'd love to see his reaction to a strange song I've never forgot over the years by Emery named "From Crib To Coffin".
Me and my dad love them they should be famous and there so awesome!
I took this as being a lot closer related to a ska/ ska punk genre sort of like Streetlight Manifesto but also fused with Thrice.
One my favorites bands. The Dear Hunter feels like they're presenting art, not music.
All three of the acts are amazing. Easily my favorite albums from the dear hunter
Don't you mean all 5?
@@mr.incrediblysupermoistdud6169 I dont unfortunately. While I do enjoy all the acts. And a good amount of The color spectrum. The first 3 acts have something to them. A certain "edge" or palpable need to be created. Maybe it was the years he spent playing other music, longing to do something else. Idk just something about those first 3 acts particularly. Maybe it was just where I was in life when I heard them. But they resonate with me in a way not many albums do. Kind of like Native Construct. Absolutely love "Come Hell or High Water" and "Mute" but the rest of their album is a lot of hit and miss for me.
Act 4 might actually be my favorite, though it’s hard to beat act 2
Right band, right album, but Id have chosen the song "What it means to be alone", or others like "The Squeaky Wheel" from Act IV or "Cascade" from Act V.
If you are interested in bass players not being relegated, i would reacommend listening to a live performance from The Warning, man that bass is so clean and powerful in all of their songs. Keep up the good work.
Also react to Nightwish, your suscribers and views will go up without explanation haha
*looks into The Warning* No way! I remember when they were playing Metallica covers at their school. Now they have albums out and are touring and stuff. That's amazing to hear. I'll definitely be doing one of their original songs soon.
He is the band :)
I know this is an older one Bryan but If you never explored their actual acts albums it might make for a perfect full length reaction! I would recommend act II or act v if you did!
Casey is a genius his music is like a well written musical from start to finish
Attempt #4-5 Uneven structure - frost/hail
This must be where Opeth got the name for their new (and awesome) album named In Cauda Venenum. ;)
And I don't see a single Opeth reaction in your list of videos. I'd recommend "Dignity" as a warm-up from their latest album "In Cauda Venenum". No growls the last 4 albums. They've moved to experimental progressive rock/metal with clean vocals.
Holy shit! I never see anyone doing reactions to the Dear Hunter!
man , 'the tank'.....
The one band that comes to mind whenever I listen to The Dear Hunter is The Mars Volta. They had to have been a huge influence. Has nobody requested a reaction to TMV yet?
Never heard this band before.......
Try listening to the 2 solid albums before this one. This song was so different from what TDH ever did before.
THD is what has happened best for music since 2000 !!!
PLEASE DO NATIVE CONSTRUCT-COME HELL OR HIGH WATER
Type O Negative - Haunted
Its hard to react to one song from acts 1-3 for me its always been one whole story/song from start to finish.
Een cow-duh ven-en-oom. Awesome song!
Dang, I was close with the pronunciation. A lot closer than I expected, at least :)
The v is pronounced as a w
@@philip863 You're right!
Mustard gas is one of the best songs ever.
Igorrr - ieuD
React to act V
And this is surely not its best at all. First EP and first two albums (and the last) are better.
Deerhunter is better . Fight me