I thought I'd wait a little while to see what the general consensus was over this music. I'm so so happy and proud to see everyone enjoying this music so much, it really does mean the world!
+Rabea Massaad rabea i know this is a weird request but can you please please please please please do a cover of glass by incubus because i saw your sounds like video of incubus and you played glass in between and you sounded so amazing and i can imagine you nailing it bit by bit and i remember you doing extreme covers and you sounded so on point. Plus you are an incubus fan so i would be so happy if you could fulfill this tiny request and i love this album to pieces already keep up the good work because you inspire me a lot as a musician.
+Rabea Massaad I wait up on the release day to listen to this ep, I've been listening to it nonstop and lllumo is a killer track definitely my favourite. the transition into the slow groove is insane, can't wait to hear more and see you in London. P.s your honestly in my top 5 of guitar players
+Rabea Massaad Dear Bea - I've been humming the melodies of these songs to myself all day long..... You boyz might want to purchase the entire Jeff Beck collection of albums. Maybe, you might learn something and incorporate it.
I just want to say thank you so much to everyone who has streamed, bought, shared, liked, commented on or generally shared their good vibes for our music. It means a huge amount to all of us!
To record the guitars for this record i used: Chapman Guitars Victory VX Kraken Marshall JVM 410H Peavey 5150 MKI TwoNotes Torpedo Live My Pedal Board: GigRig G2 Strymon Timeline/Bigsky/Mobius EHX POG Buffalo FX Germanium Fuzz Coopersonic Germaniac Mr Black ThunderClaw Mesa Flux Drive
+Rabea Massaad No 5150 or JVM? Well, obviously not, but I mean any reason, or the Kraken just sounding like enough of a beast? Love this man, great song writing and huge tone! I will seriously contribute to the number of views this video gets, and I really appreciate you putting it up!
+Rabea Massed Haha. Nice man. I remember you saying you used the JVM on one side, Kraken on the other and the 5150 as the thickener. By the way, there's real magical moment in this around 14:54 where the soft lead comes in in Illumo, and it's a standout moment on this EP.
+Richard Mason ahh dude thank you so much! Really love how you and lots of others are enjoying this music. It really means a lot. I agree, it's one of my favourite parts on the record!
This is genuinely one of the best albums I've ever heard. Rabea, you are a guitar god, Dave, you are one of the most interesting bass players I've heard in years and Ben your percussion is so well constructed. I look forward to hearing more from you guys, hope to see you gig in the future. IIlumo is my favourite by the way :)
Not a thousand words can describe what this is.. it's not music.. it's not just playing some chords and beats together.. It tells a story. Just from the first note i closed my eyes and imagined all the shit, that happened in my life. From fucking great times i had with my friends, to graduating school and getting a job.. but it also reminds me on all the family members that I've lost, and all the shit that happens in the world.. All the people who get killed by bullets and bombs. What i wanted to say was... This is more than music. It's the masterpiece of you three guys, and the story that you have to tell. And this is what it is all about. If anybody ever got into themselfs like you, and would think what's in their minds, the world would be a better place. Illumo proofs it. The heavy riffs in the songs before sound like fucking war. and the Intro to Illumo sounds like anybody is dead and killed, so mother earth found peace again. which will be the case, if we won't take better care in the future.. What ever was or is in your minds, guys... It was so true and real.. not a fucking thousand words can describe what you've written there.. It is just absolutely mindblowing..
Rabea, I JUST discovered this. And I'm ABSOLUTELY blown away. I'm serious. I've not been floored this hard by an album since Opeth's Deliverance/Damnation double album I bought six years ago. Holy. Fucking. Shit. Wow. Cheers, man.
I really admire this work. One can really tell this is just music for the sake of music. Instead of non-stop pointless shred and endless muddy bass tones; you make more of a progressive style of metal. It really does just exude creativity.
Rabea is very picky about midrange, I seem to remember him saying he balances it with the gain so he can get a heavy sound with can be heard but with as little compression as possible.
I absolutely love this album. I wasn't 100% when I first heard it, but the album builds to the end and after a full listen I realized how amazing it is. Favorite songs: Infantile and Illumo.
I like the title and the cover. My interpretation is that the brain represents the creative process of composition : one hemisphere reprents total creativity and chaos, which has to be paired with reflexion and structure. Ideally, the proportion of these should be 50:50 to create good (prog) music (at least, this is my opinion, and it is depicted like this). So, this is litterally an ode to composition and composers.
Bea this is absolute crazy, all the songs seems classical music with modern instruments, stunning atmospheres. That's an'immense EP thank you for write and share this music and keep it up !
Just wanted to tell you that after almost a year this EP sounds as fresh as day 1, I listen to these songs on a daily basis and I just can't stop doing that. Phoneme/Illumo is incredible, i wonder what gave you the inspiration to create such music. What you see when you play it .. Also I can't wait for the live version and the new EP. Cheers from Italy !
would be so sick to get live studio play through of each song. just to see what goes into this music for us who cant see you live. plus seeing Dave rock the fuck out
This album Is extremely underrated... Its amazing I cant stop listening to it, There are parts to this that are musical masterpieces. You guys have something special here thats for sure. I cant wait for more!
Thank you guys for posting this! On 'Chasm', the "filler" riff that leads from the intro section into the break (6:16 in this video) kills me _every time_.
randomly came across this album clicking random yt racomandations. great atmosphere, seems like going 400 km/h out in the desert with each instrument trying to overtake me, then slowing down, going back full speed, a meteor falling down in front of me but dodging it with a sincopated riff. sounds confusing but this is great musicianship and i always try to express the feeling i get from something i listen to. i wish you guys the best of luck. make more. 5/5 /pip
Awsome ep mate!!!Thanks for sharing it with us here on youtube...Your playing is inspiring me so much!!!I wish you all the best...Cheers from Greece!!!
You got me into modern guitar music again Rabea, i have this album and Karnivool's Themata on repeat for the last week. Thanks for that! Also, is there chance there will be another Toska album?
I can't get enough of this!! Whenever I'm at home and am not watching something, playing games or talking to friends I put this on repeat. I've shared this multiple times with everyone I know and a lot of them like it too. This deserves more views my dude, keep up the amazing work and if you ever tour in Australia I will travel to every show!
I love the range of emotion on this album. From soaring heights to the quiet passages. it all just evokes so much thought and feeling. Absolutely brilliant musicianship, too. Still trying to wrap my brain around all the crazy off timing stuff and intricate riffs. I haven't really been listening to any other albums but this, at the moment. Just too great to really get into anything else right now. :)
I know this won't sound like a compliment at first, but hear me out. This music put my 1 year old son to sleep. See, doesn't sound very nice does it? This kid is a rocker. Lullabies just make him angry. When nothing else works, I go downstairs and crank up some Alter Bridge, Baroness or lately Dorje and he goes right out. Thanks for the sleepy music Rebea.
+DuckyShed This might be it: “Toska - noun /ˈtō-skə/ - Russian word roughly translated as sadness, melancholia, lugubriousness. "No single word in English renders all the shades of toska. At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. At less morbid levels it is a dull ache of the soul, a longing with nothing to long for, a sick pining, a vague restlessness, mental throes, yearning. In particular cases it may be the desire for somebody of something specific, nostalgia, love-sickness. At the lowest level it grades into ennui, boredom.” ― Vladimir Nabokov
So Bea, words can't describe how I feel about this album the first time I heard Illumo I almost started to cry, the music is just so beautiful, the power of you guys makes me think: How can a trio have such a massive sound? You guys are amazing. And especially you, Rabea, (as I am learning to play guitar) continue to inspire me everyday. You are amazing! Keep doing what you do because your music means the world to me!
Wow thank you so much man. I really mean that. To consider that this music makes you feel that way is amazing so dude, but hug from me and the guys :-)
Bea this is so amazing. You inspire me every day to be a better guitarist and musician. Thank you so much for your dedication to all of your followers!
This is seriously some of the best stuff I have heard in my life! The incredible level of detail you three have put into your music astounds me. Even when you repeat yourself, you do it in a way that sounds different and interesting. Not to mention the amazing virtuoso quality songwriting in general. That last progression on infantile is just pure genius!
The intro section to Illumo is Still one of my favourite parts of this whole thing, so musical. Very inspiring EP chaps well done. I like the subtle changes from the Pre-release CD's.
His favorite band is Karnivool, I believe. If you're unfamiliar, go give them a listen. This whole EP is oozing with Karnivool influence to my ear (not that there's anything wrong with that), the albums Themata and Sound Awake, specifically.
I just bought it, now on my second play-through. If Rabea hadn't done that collaboration with Leo at Frog Leap Studios I wouldn't have been aware of you guys. This kicks ass! Best music I have bought in ages. Thank you.
You know I'm mad at myself for not checking this out earlier I've just finished watching the progress it took to make the ep and this is my first listen and I'm absolutely blown away, I've never heard anything as fucking awesome as this, toska has definitely earned a place in my all time favourites list, this is absolutely stunning and I cannot wait for what toska has to offer in the future :)
Bea, just curious how this was mixed and who mixed it (sounds like Dave's drum mixing style on the original version of Aeromancy)? Sounds huge! Have been awaiting this release for weeks, about halfway through my first listen. So far it's everything I had hoped it would be. Great job, fellas.
Some of the best music I've heard in years! Makes me want to go buy a guitar and start playing again...so I did and I have! Thanks for the inspiration guys!
I've only recently heard of you and Toska but I just want to say you are making the music I always wanted to hear. You are unique and inventive and full of character and soul. Genuinely something special. Thank you.
1 year on, this EP has become one of my favorite records ....great work, You have a unique sound, so many Djent bands sound the same, and whilst you show Djent tendancies (Djentancies? :D), which I like, you have a unique take on it,. I really dig how you work in "themes" , you develop each one brilliantly, and the sounds used, guitar , bass and drums...are great. This gets serious playtime for me and holds its own against some truly great records from some mammoths of heavy music, great musician ship and songwriting guys...respect keep it up
Yo Rabea! I've been listening to the Toska EP for close to 2 days now on Spotify. And I got to say, I LOVE IT! I especially like the way each song is part of a whole (the EP). If you add a singer it would've even been better! I have a question though, How did you write this style of music. it's pretty complex to me. Can you maybe do a video where you explain the writing process of this EP and Toska in general? I hope that you guys get a very good singer, and I would like you guys to know that you've just been upgraded to one of my favorite bands See ya later -Hendriks PS: Greetings from the Netherlands
+Siem Hendriks I disagree, doesn't need vocals. They created the album for the sake of expressing themselves through their instruments alone. Not hating here, just my opinion.
I was surprised to actually like this. Even though I play electric guitar I am not into metal music. This was a less heavy, slower and sometimes ambient style though, which I actually found pleasing to listen to.
rabea i love the album, you guys are the greatest! i was driving home playing this in my truck and my 6 and 9 year old boys were arguing over bens drum lines in chasm on the armrest with each other as to how they beat goes. made me smile as it should all of toska. keep up the great work
Hey, man! I'm from the Philippines and I really love this album. I have been listening to it since 2017 and I always go back to your channel to listen to your 15 min jam where you are using your green strat that is not an actual fender you said but for me, it is way better than a fender one. Keep blessing us with your godly riffs! LOL
+Richard Harrold no this is very much progressive, the extensive sections of a song, the complexity of the riffs, its on the progrock, leaning towards progmetal side
This is my new favorite album. It has such a positive energy and vibe to it and brings about some great imagery. Your music would be great for certain scenes in movies as its so moving. Great work guys!
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I thought I'd wait a little while to see what the general consensus was over this music.
I'm so so happy and proud to see everyone enjoying this music so much, it really does mean the world!
+Rabea Massaad It's killer man I love everything you put out
+Rabea Massaad rabea i know this is a weird request but can you please please please please please do a cover of glass by incubus because i saw your sounds like video of incubus and you played glass in between and you sounded so amazing and i can imagine you nailing it bit by bit and i remember you doing extreme covers and you sounded so on point. Plus you are an incubus fan so i would be so happy if you could fulfill this tiny request and i love this album to pieces already keep up the good work because you inspire me a lot as a musician.
+Rabea Massaad I wait up on the release day to listen to this ep, I've been listening to it nonstop and lllumo is a killer track definitely my favourite. the transition into the slow groove is insane, can't wait to hear more and see you in London. P.s your honestly in my top 5 of guitar players
+Rabea Massaad Dear Bea - I've been humming the melodies of these songs to myself all day long..... You boyz might want to purchase the entire Jeff Beck collection of albums. Maybe, you might learn something and incorporate it.
+Rabea Massaad Are these real drums, or midi stuff? Fuckin' killer stuff, sounds delicious! Cheers
I just want to say thank you so much to everyone who has streamed, bought, shared, liked, commented on or generally shared their good vibes for our music. It means a huge amount to all of us!
I can't get enough of it!
+Ben Minal I love it how the drums really cut through the mix, such an amazing EP!
+Ben Minal Give me your groove!
+Ben Minal Top grooves!
Ben Minal that bell in Infantile is so perfect. You are an amazing drummer!
To record the guitars for this record i used:
Chapman Guitars
Victory VX Kraken
Marshall JVM 410H
Peavey 5150 MKI
TwoNotes Torpedo Live
My Pedal Board:
GigRig G2
Strymon Timeline/Bigsky/Mobius
EHX POG
Buffalo FX Germanium Fuzz
Coopersonic Germaniac
Mr Black ThunderClaw
Mesa Flux Drive
+Rabea Massaad and also a Movall Audio Rock Highway
+Rabea Massaad No 5150 or JVM? Well, obviously not, but I mean any reason, or the Kraken just sounding like enough of a beast?
Love this man, great song writing and huge tone! I will seriously contribute to the number of views this video gets, and I really appreciate you putting it up!
+Richard Mason yeah man, i used the 5150 and jam, just corrected it to say so, good eyes!
+Rabea Massed Haha. Nice man. I remember you saying you used the JVM on one side, Kraken on the other and the 5150 as the thickener.
By the way, there's real magical moment in this around 14:54 where the soft lead comes in in Illumo, and it's a standout moment on this EP.
+Richard Mason ahh dude thank you so much! Really love how you and lots of others are enjoying this music. It really means a lot. I agree, it's one of my favourite parts on the record!
I love how the album when played in succession like this is like one giant prog song.
28:37 heaviest riff of the entire record, massive as fuck
This is genuinely one of the best albums I've ever heard. Rabea, you are a guitar god, Dave, you are one of the most interesting bass players I've heard in years and Ben your percussion is so well constructed. I look forward to hearing more from you guys, hope to see you gig in the future. IIlumo is my favourite by the way :)
+Luke Saunders Thanks so much man, really appreicate your message!
Not a thousand words can describe what this is.. it's not music.. it's not just playing some chords and beats together..
It tells a story. Just from the first note i closed my eyes and imagined all the shit, that happened in my life. From fucking great times i had with my friends, to graduating school and getting a job.. but it also reminds me on all the family members that I've lost, and all the shit that happens in the world.. All the people who get killed by bullets and bombs.
What i wanted to say was... This is more than music. It's the masterpiece of you three guys, and the story that you have to tell. And this is what it is all about. If anybody ever got into themselfs like you, and would think what's in their minds, the world would be a better place. Illumo proofs it.
The heavy riffs in the songs before sound like fucking war. and the Intro to Illumo sounds like anybody is dead and killed, so mother earth found peace again. which will be the case, if we won't take better care in the future..
What ever was or is in your minds, guys... It was so true and real.. not a fucking thousand words can describe what you've written there..
It is just absolutely mindblowing..
Uh, y-you too man...
Man. This whole EP is still so good after 5 years. It's mindblowing to me.
I think llumo is the most majestic thing i've ever heard in my entire life.
Saaaaame.
+00000 00000 same
Just discovered. SAME.
i still come back to this album everyday, and everyday it gives me the same great impact.
damn...didn't know jesus was into progressive metal
Rabea, I JUST discovered this. And I'm ABSOLUTELY blown away. I'm serious. I've not been floored this hard by an album since Opeth's Deliverance/Damnation double album I bought six years ago. Holy. Fucking. Shit. Wow.
Cheers, man.
Legion216 haha cheers dude, I glad you like it!
My favorite instrumental album.
man thats the coolest combining of sounds that i have heard for the last 2 years
Please don't get a vocalist
Dan Parks Im late, but they got one...but then they're called "Dorje" ;)
Idk, just imagine Maynard sprinkling a lyric or two throughout this work of art....
Still to find a Maynards bad song
nah
I agree.
I really like the drum sounds on this, really roomy with none of that over compressed in your face crap..
Toska will be amongst the very few to carry on with the genuinely good sounding metal music … Long Live ...
I really admire this work. One can really tell this is just music for the sake of music. Instead of non-stop pointless shred and endless muddy bass tones; you make more of a progressive style of metal. It really does just exude creativity.
TRACKLIST
1. Chalk Teeth (00:00)
2. Chasm (05:46)
3. Phoneme (12:23)
4. Illumo (14:14)
5. Anthropocene (22:20)
6. Infantile (23:42)
The track list is already in the description lol
+00000 00000 alot of people dont even check the description
+00000 00000 I know - I put it there :)
+Dan Davies you think of everything :D
Yes but you can click these links
I think I'm addicted to this.
For anyone thinking that heavy guitar tones come from the bottom end. You're wrong. Just listen to 23:42
That's practically all mid-range.
Fancy FA THANK YOU! And always remember that your bass player has a purpose!
Rabea is very picky about midrange, I seem to remember him saying he balances it with the gain so he can get a heavy sound with can be heard but with as little compression as possible.
I appreciate the variation and dynamic light/shade - so much of Metal sensibility is just foot-to-the -floor heavy so yes interesting!
There's no other band like Toska. Outstanding brains you three
I absolutely love this album. I wasn't 100% when I first heard it, but the album builds to the end and after a full listen I realized how amazing it is. Favorite songs: Infantile and Illumo.
I like the title and the cover. My interpretation is that the brain represents the creative process of composition : one hemisphere reprents total creativity and chaos, which has to be paired with reflexion and structure. Ideally, the proportion of these should be 50:50 to create good (prog) music (at least, this is my opinion, and it is depicted like this). So, this is litterally an ode to composition and composers.
I don't regret coming here from Frog Leap Studios. This stuff is amazing!
I did the same
The whole ep is amazing. My favorite track is Illumo.
Bea this is absolute crazy, all the songs seems classical music with modern instruments, stunning atmospheres. That's an'immense EP thank you for write and share this music and keep it up !
Thank you man, a great description and we're flattered :-) thank you
Just wanted to tell you that after almost a year this EP sounds as fresh as day 1, I listen to these songs on a daily basis and I just can't stop doing that. Phoneme/Illumo is incredible, i wonder what gave you the inspiration to create such music. What you see when you play it .. Also I can't wait for the live version and the new EP. Cheers from Italy !
This comment is on point. I feel the same. Supernatural musicianship in there.
This has to be the greatest EP ever
The epic outro from Toto (Africa) heavy metal cover brought me here.
Like what I found!
would be so sick to get live studio play through of each song. just to see what goes into this music for us who cant see you live. plus seeing Dave rock the fuck out
watch their DVD ode to the author live it shows them playing songs as a live studio recording x
This album Is extremely underrated... Its amazing I cant stop listening to it, There are parts to this that are musical masterpieces. You guys have something special here thats for sure. I cant wait for more!
This EP has made me fall in love with Prog again. Thank you Bea for being an inspiration :)
Really dig the style man !
Weird seeing you here. Big fan! chhhheaah!
bakerXderek dude i see you everywhere i love it im subcribed btw
This might be my favorite instrumental metal album. The style and writing of it is just exactly what I've really been looking for out of an album.
Guys, this EP is amazing. Brilliant, epic, sensitive. So many colors. Pure sound. Just loving it. Please do never stop.
I've listened to this countless times now, but I'll never get over these grooves man!
Listening to this for like the millionth time doesn't make it any less amazing!
Thank you guys for posting this! On 'Chasm', the "filler" riff that leads from the intro section into the break (6:16 in this video) kills me _every time_.
randomly came across this album clicking random yt racomandations. great atmosphere, seems like going 400 km/h out in the desert with each instrument trying to overtake me, then slowing down, going back full speed, a meteor falling down in front of me but dodging it with a sincopated riff. sounds confusing but this is great musicianship and i always try to express the feeling i get from something i listen to. i wish you guys the best of luck. make more. 5/5
/pip
I'm blown away that melody, chunkiness, heaviness, badassery, calmness and harmony is so well combined within this whole EP.
I hear a big tool influence. I love it guys! you guys snapped
that tone is is got some serious balls!
Awsome ep mate!!!Thanks for sharing it with us here on youtube...Your playing is inspiring me so much!!!I wish you all the best...Cheers from Greece!!!
+Spyros Kakalis thanks for listening man! Much appreciated :-)
Just discovered this EP, it is devastatingly beautiful. The stuff that happens at the end of Illumo has me in tears.
You got me into modern guitar music again Rabea, i have this album and Karnivool's Themata on repeat for the last week. Thanks for that! Also, is there chance there will be another Toska album?
I can't get enough of this!! Whenever I'm at home and am not watching something, playing games or talking to friends I put this on repeat. I've shared this multiple times with everyone I know and a lot of them like it too. This deserves more views my dude, keep up the amazing work and if you ever tour in Australia I will travel to every show!
Excellent! Love it. So good not to have any singers getting in the way and spoiling it! (No offence to Rob..Dorje is brilliant!)
I love the range of emotion on this album. From soaring heights to the quiet passages. it all just evokes so much thought and feeling. Absolutely brilliant musicianship, too. Still trying to wrap my brain around all the crazy off timing stuff and intricate riffs. I haven't really been listening to any other albums but this, at the moment. Just too great to really get into anything else right now. :)
I'm not really a fan of Prog Metal but I actually really enjoyed this EP. 1st song was awesome
This is the level of gorgeous eargasmic prog jams I've missed and craved since Dream Theater's "Train of Thought" a decade ago.
Thank you....
Seriously incredible EP, loved every second of it. Been on repeat since yesterday morning.
I was never really into purely instrumental music but this is amazing
I know this won't sound like a compliment at first, but hear me out. This music put my 1 year old son to sleep. See, doesn't sound very nice does it?
This kid is a rocker. Lullabies just make him angry. When nothing else works, I go downstairs and crank up some Alter Bridge, Baroness or lately Dorje and he goes right out. Thanks for the sleepy music Rebea.
Every time I think I'm going to wear this album out, it just gets better.
Just curious, how'd you guys come up with the name Toska?
+DuckyShed This might be it:
“Toska - noun /ˈtō-skə/ - Russian word roughly translated as sadness, melancholia, lugubriousness.
"No single word in English renders all the shades of toska. At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. At less morbid levels it is a dull ache of the soul, a longing with nothing to long for, a sick pining, a vague restlessness, mental throes, yearning. In particular cases it may be the desire for somebody of something specific, nostalgia, love-sickness. At the lowest level it grades into ennui, boredom.”
― Vladimir Nabokov
This is exactly the kind of music I listen to when I study. Gets me hyped up but somehow even more focused on what I'm doing. Unreal!
So Bea,
words can't describe how I feel about this album the first time I heard Illumo I almost started to cry, the music is just so beautiful, the power of you guys makes me think: How can a trio have such a massive sound? You guys are amazing. And especially you, Rabea, (as I am learning to play guitar) continue to inspire me everyday. You are amazing! Keep doing what you do because your music means the world to me!
Wow thank you so much man. I really mean that. To consider that this music makes you feel that way is amazing so dude, but hug from me and the guys :-)
I love that Phoneme sounds like the American Beauty soundtrack, the whole EP is just full of emotion
yes it does..
Bea this is so amazing. You inspire me every day to be a better guitarist and musician. Thank you so much for your dedication to all of your followers!
Fantastic! I can just see that album cover on a t shirt, can't wait for the physical copy!
Rob's probably going to come here and slap me.
This is better than Dorje.
I honestly think that bea is a better guitarist too lol
@@user-bu3mb7gk3e I feel he is much more versatile, but both are quite good.
This is seriously some of the best stuff I have heard in my life! The incredible level of detail you three have put into your music astounds me. Even when you repeat yourself, you do it in a way that sounds different and interesting. Not to mention the amazing virtuoso quality songwriting in general. That last progression on infantile is just pure genius!
Thank you dude, that's a really nice thing to say! Really glad you enjoyed it dude :-)
The fact that the guitars were tracked through a loadbox for this blows my tiny mind. You guys need bigger stages, don't get too busy for Toska :)
in love with the brightness and brutality of the guitar *_*
Is Toska a reference to Nabokov?
The intro section to Illumo is Still one of my favourite parts of this whole thing, so musical. Very inspiring EP chaps well done. I like the subtle changes from the Pre-release CD's.
Bea, do you listen to TesseracT? Getting similar vibes at times and I'm loving every second of it
His favorite band is Karnivool, I believe. If you're unfamiliar, go give them a listen. This whole EP is oozing with Karnivool influence to my ear (not that there's anything wrong with that), the albums Themata and Sound Awake, specifically.
I just bought it, now on my second play-through. If Rabea hadn't done that collaboration with Leo at Frog Leap Studios I wouldn't have been aware of you guys. This kicks ass! Best music I have bought in ages. Thank you.
Already listened to it a good 6 times, I fucking love it man
You know I'm mad at myself for not checking this out earlier I've just finished watching the progress it took to make the ep and this is my first listen and I'm absolutely blown away, I've never heard anything as fucking awesome as this, toska has definitely earned a place in my all time favourites list, this is absolutely stunning and I cannot wait for what toska has to offer in the future :)
Bea, just curious how this was mixed and who mixed it (sounds like Dave's drum mixing style on the original version of Aeromancy)? Sounds huge! Have been awaiting this release for weeks, about halfway through my first listen. So far it's everything I had hoped it would be. Great job, fellas.
Hey man, we both engineered, mixed and mastered this record, Along with Dorje also. We like to work as a pair when it's our own music
Super good new sttyle music
This is by far the best thing I've heard this year
Musically genius. Please tell me you're releasing physical copies!
Bea, I'm blown away. Usually, i'm more into rock/ blues rock stuff, but daaaaamn, this EP is great!
Sounds awesome man. I love this kind of music for the guitar, but have no affinity for Cookie Monster vocals or screamo whatsoever. Well done lads!
Some of the best music I've heard in years! Makes me want to go buy a guitar and start playing again...so I did and I have! Thanks for the inspiration guys!
Please give us the tabs :3
I've only recently heard of you and Toska but I just want to say you are making the music I always wanted to hear. You are unique and inventive and full of character and soul. Genuinely something special. Thank you.
illumo is a killer track /,,/ very very decent ep indeed
1 year on, this EP has become one of my favorite records ....great work, You have a unique sound, so many Djent bands sound the same, and whilst you show Djent tendancies (Djentancies? :D), which I like, you have a unique take on it,. I really dig how you work in "themes" , you develop each one brilliantly, and the sounds used, guitar , bass and drums...are great. This gets serious playtime for me and holds its own against some truly great records from some mammoths of heavy music, great musician ship and songwriting guys...respect keep it up
Yo Rabea!
I've been listening to the Toska EP for close to 2 days now on Spotify. And I got to say, I LOVE IT!
I especially like the way each song is part of a whole (the EP). If you add a singer it would've even been better!
I have a question though, How did you write this style of music. it's pretty complex to me.
Can you maybe do a video where you explain the writing process of this EP and Toska in general?
I hope that you guys get a very good singer, and I would like you guys to know that you've just been upgraded to one of my favorite bands
See ya later
-Hendriks
PS: Greetings from the Netherlands
Nah a singer would ruin it
+Siem Hendriks I disagree, doesn't need vocals. They created the album for the sake of expressing themselves through their instruments alone. Not hating here, just my opinion.
Illumo is my personal favourite, it's just amazing.
3:52 ayy this is groovy
4:08 :O *explosion*
I like how you have this as your intro video on your channel. Let the music speak for itself.
I was surprised to actually like this. Even though I play electric guitar I am not into metal music. This was a less heavy, slower and sometimes ambient style though, which I actually found pleasing to listen to.
Olly Yeung thank you very much!
***** Mate wth.. I only wrote that comment a few seconds ago. Are you a bot or something?
Olly Yeung hahah no im not. I'm just responsive as best I can be!
Do you guys have official merchandise(like T-shirts for example),if so,where can I find them?
Greetings from Costa Rica!
Metal 2487 hey man, yeah we do, just follow this link:
officialtoska.bandcamp.com/merch
best EP I've ever heard... EVER
At 13:30 that 3-note melody is from a song of american beauty, right? It sure as hell sounds like it.
No it's not. I've never seen that film. It's heavily inspired by Thomas Newman's work. I love film music
+Rabea Massaad Remind me House MD soundtrack hahahaha
Awesome job Bea! Greetings from Brasil!
+Hiouji I can see what you mean mate, everyone should watch that film.....
+Rabea Massaad oh well. if you ever decide to watch it, you probably would see, what i mean tho
This whole thing sounded awesome. I'm glad I gave it a listen.
killer guys funkn awesome!!!!!
I am *completely* in love with this EP. From start to end. IN LOVE.
DAVE!
DAVE!
Dave.
DAVE!
DAVE!
+Michael Daniel Schutte Dave.
rabea i love the album, you guys are the greatest! i was driving home playing this in my truck and my 6 and 9 year old boys were arguing over bens drum lines in chasm on the armrest with each other as to how they beat goes. made me smile as it should all of toska. keep up the great work
this must be my birthday present :D
+banaantjexx164 Gefeliciteerd!
Hey, man! I'm from the Philippines and I really love this album. I have been listening to it since 2017 and I always go back to your channel to listen to your 15 min jam where you are using your green strat that is not an actual fender you said but for me, it is way better than a fender one. Keep blessing us with your godly riffs! LOL
progressive rock
Lol
+Mr........ErO_666 This is more alt-metal. Prog rock is stuff like Pink Floyd.
+Richard Harrold no this is very much progressive, the extensive sections of a song, the complexity of the riffs, its on the progrock, leaning towards progmetal side
+Pelle Rigter Yea, sounds Prog Metal to me.
to me its prog with rock, metal, ambient djenty some almost lo fi moments, great sounding recording, and most importantly it fucking rocks!!!
Dude! Toska that's some heavy music man, what a day to find a band making such an influential sound! Rock on you!
I would like to reffer one handy advice for all students. This is the perfect study music!!!
This is my new favorite album. It has such a positive energy and vibe to it and brings about some great imagery. Your music would be great for certain scenes in movies as its so moving. Great work guys!
Filthy, mesmerizing, titillating.
Feels like I've been looking for this kind of music for ages. Sounds brilliant guys, genuinely creative.