First Fragment - La Veuve & Le Martyr (Guitars & Bass Playthrough)

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  • Опубликовано: 21 авг 2021
  • Instrumental playthrough of our 2nd single "La Veuve & Le Martyr" off our upcoming album Gloire Éternelle coming out October 29th via Unique Leader Records. Performed by Phil Tougas, Nick Miller & Dominic "Forest" Lapointe. Filmed and edited by Ismael Mossadeq.
    Dominic "Forest" Lapointe endorses Grind Custom FX, Darkglass Electronics, Aguilar Amplification, Elixir Strings, Nordstrand Pickups
    Nick "Thriller" Miller endorses Empress Effects & Darkglass Electronics
    The line-up on Gloire Éternelle is :
    David AB - Lead & Backing Vocals
    Phil Tougas - Lead, Rhythm & Classical Guitars, Backing Vocals
    Nick "Thriller" Miller - Lead & Rhythm guitars
    Dominic "Forest" Lapointe - Fretless Lead Bass
    Nicholas "Le Fou" Wells - Drums, Additional Backing Vocals
    Credits :
    Phil Tougas - Producer, Recording/Engineering (vocals, guitars), additional editing (drums) at Stygian Studios (Longueuil)
    Hugues Deslauriers - Mixing, Re-amping (Guitars, Bass) at Roarrr Sound Studios (Montreal)
    Mathieu Marcotte - Mastering at Humanoise Studios (Montreal)
    Chris Donaldson - Recording/engineering (drums, bass) at The Grid (Montreal)
    Jonathan Mazzeo - Assistant engineering (drums, bass) at The Grid (Europe)
    Pierre Tougas - Additional engineering
    Andrew Allstone - Additional engineering
    Marc Roy - Additional engineering
    Adam Burke/Nightjar Illustration - Album cover art
    Chimère Noire - Layout, additional artwork
    Charles Benoit - Logo
    All lyrics and concepts by David AB
    All songs composed by Phil Tougas except : 6 by Phil Tougas / Gabriel Brault-Pilon, 7-8 by Brault-Pilon / Tougas
    All arrangements by Tougas, Forest, Wells, Miller, Brault-Pilon
    Gloire Éternelle was composed between 2006-2021 & recorded between February 2020-February 2021
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  • @magnus.nasmark
    @magnus.nasmark 2 года назад +585

    Forest's bass line in the beginning is the funkiest tech death ever.

    • @Moshua_Gerstein
      @Moshua_Gerstein 2 года назад +44

      I’m glad I’m not the only one who thinks calling it “funky” is the only way to go.

    • @slipknot95maggot
      @slipknot95maggot 2 года назад +10

      I'm not one for overstatements, generalizations, nor "the most" statements - ........
      ...but you might just be right about that

    • @slipknot95maggot
      @slipknot95maggot 2 года назад

      I'm not one for overstatements, generalizations, nor "the most" statements - ........
      ...but you might just be right about that

    • @m.a.p.dmstrainingandequipm8076
      @m.a.p.dmstrainingandequipm8076 2 года назад +11

      Close your eyes and you’ll see Seinfeld

    • @sayanmandal2246
      @sayanmandal2246 2 года назад +2

      Definitely funky 😁

  • @DremothSkaphe
    @DremothSkaphe 2 года назад +257

    Archspire and First Fragment really bring me back to life

    • @TerminalM193
      @TerminalM193 Год назад +18

      Archspire just needs a better vocalist. I know this isn't popular opinion but their vocalist has held the master musicians back so damn much. Imagine if they had vocals like spawn of possessions or better yet, old school psychroptic.

    • @eldiyar4519
      @eldiyar4519 Год назад +20

      @@TerminalM193 r u serious? But Oli better that Dennis, and only one vocalist who had better vocal than Oli was Martin Pedersen from Visceral Bleeding.

    • @TerminalM193
      @TerminalM193 Год назад +9

      @@eldiyar4519 Oli does inhales.... Fucking inhales... Acts like a cringe rapper, I could go on and on but alas, music is subjective.

    • @seba.4926
      @seba.4926 Год назад +26

      @@TerminalM193 indeed not a very popular opinion lol

    • @bradlynoseworthy7148
      @bradlynoseworthy7148 Год назад +17

      @@TerminalM193 bruh archspires lyricisy matches their timings, hard to do. As much as I love ff don't compare them for music's sake

  • @HumanScourgeYT
    @HumanScourgeYT Год назад +37

    That whammy bar deserves a glass of wine and a cigarette after all that

    • @ArtOfRuin981
      @ArtOfRuin981 16 дней назад +1

      The snare needs one too hahaha

    • @JoeRun88
      @JoeRun88 2 дня назад

      The base needs a whammy too...although, he doesn't act like he "needs" it, it would still be cool and well used (I'm sure).

  • @devondorr8212
    @devondorr8212 2 года назад +29

    Happiest death metal I've ever listened to

  • @mstrasser
    @mstrasser 2 года назад +167

    That harmonic at the end of Forest's (first) solo. Band stops on a dime. PING. Just, awesome.

  • @Neurotripsicks
    @Neurotripsicks 2 года назад +58

    4:11 callback from the opening classical guitar riff. Top tier riff. I love this!

    • @nachfullbarertrank5230
      @nachfullbarertrank5230 2 года назад +5

      Love that part!!! Love it when acoustic intros are integrated into the rest of the song, and the rest of that solo part is just ethereal :D

  • @matiosmi137
    @matiosmi137 2 года назад +54

    This is the right thing to show to a person who thinks DragonForce is pinnacle intensity

    • @nokturnalreign9887
      @nokturnalreign9887 2 года назад +3

      Or any Necrophagist song lol

    • @jakel7213
      @jakel7213 5 месяцев назад +8

      ​@@nokturnalreign9887I'll be the first in line to defend Necrophagist's place as the godfathers of techdeath. But First Fragment and Archspire are truly in a tier completely of their own. Like it isn't even really close.

    • @lunacyosrs8459
      @lunacyosrs8459 3 месяца назад +4

      ​@@jakel7213 I would hope so considering Necrophagist has been defunct since the mid 00's.
      Imagine the genre just stood still for 20 years.

  • @FirstFragmentQC
    @FirstFragmentQC  2 года назад +240

    Thanks for spreading the word! Also, for those who haven't seen it, the video for our first single was uploaded a while back on our label's channel instead of this one. ruclips.net/video/4mU_qLoa3Ds/видео.html. Enjoy the swing grooves!

    • @henryleedupuis6917
      @henryleedupuis6917 2 года назад +7

      Fucking hilarious I have the same Unleash The Archers Matriarch t shirt yo I'm dying laughing yo lol! You guys are ultimate level badass yo !🤘😎🤘🖤🌷😂🎼🎸🥁🎧📣🇨🇦

    • @FirstFragmentQC
      @FirstFragmentQC  2 года назад +26

      @@henryleedupuis6917 Our guitarist Nick is filling in on bass for Unleash The Archers! If you get a chance to catch them live, do it!

    • @henryleedupuis6917
      @henryleedupuis6917 2 года назад +4

      @@FirstFragmentQC I've seen them live before that's how I've got 3 Unleash The Archers t shirts plus other miscellaneous stuff! Wow he's in other band's too wow!I also have your The Afterthought Ecstasy ep album and Dasein album on bandcamp too and going to buy your new one soon at the beginning of next month yo! Also seen you guys live in Ottawa at Tech Trek Fest yo and it's still holds the candle as the best live metal show ever yo you guys are godly yo!🤘😎🤘🖤🌷🇨🇦🎼🎸🥁🎧📣

    • @thelastdaybreathinginetern1385
      @thelastdaybreathinginetern1385 2 года назад +5

      @@FirstFragmentQC Can't wait for the new album guys, you and Archspire are my most anticipated albums including The Zenith Passage..

    • @classicalmasterpiece
      @classicalmasterpiece 2 года назад +1

      L'attente en valait vraiment la peine! Ça se voit et ça s'entend que vous aimez le travail bien fait \m/

  • @Sebastiside
    @Sebastiside 2 года назад +39

    I love fretless bass solos so much!! Awesome as always

    • @camwaters9875
      @camwaters9875 8 месяцев назад +1

      Hi Sebastiside, I love your cover of tetrastructual minds by vektor

  • @PrivateAlex1324
    @PrivateAlex1324 2 года назад +35

    This shit's so good, it's enough to make a grown man cry... calisse!!

  • @jonbaxter4285
    @jonbaxter4285 2 месяца назад +2

    Ive watched this countless times and I still get the chills

  • @EffigyofChaos
    @EffigyofChaos 2 года назад +92

    Since SoP retired, First Fragment have taken the baton as my favorite techdeath band pretty well. Such a lovely tune!

    • @8man943
      @8man943 2 года назад +5

      Same.

    • @lalol10
      @lalol10 2 года назад +10

      Same, they became the Apex Predator of Tech Death now

    • @theabsenceofi31
      @theabsenceofi31 2 года назад +23

      @@8man943 indeed as well as archspire. But SoP were the greatest

    • @EffigyofChaos
      @EffigyofChaos 2 года назад +19

      @Sir Paul, Spawn of Possession, friend.

    • @theabsenceofi31
      @theabsenceofi31 2 года назад +5

      @Sir Paul spawn of possession

  • @LuciusVulpes
    @LuciusVulpes 2 года назад +155

    Absolute perfection. Can't wait for the entire album.

  • @SeanLain
    @SeanLain 2 года назад +4

    I KNEW I recognized that bass style. Beyond Creation's The Aura

  • @crushededge
    @crushededge Год назад +7

    I've watched and listened to this a million times, but this is the first time that I noticed the little harmonic note snuck in at the end of Forest's solo (3:29) and it's little details like this that show how amazing of song writers the fellas at First Fragment are. It's not just technical wankery for the sake of it, it's very well written, very musical technical wankery. I love it, this album is so good.

  • @yurilyubin3458
    @yurilyubin3458 Год назад +12

    Маэстро просто! Низкий поклон за творчество и музыку! Привет из России!!!

  • @tedpertzborn1480
    @tedpertzborn1480 2 года назад +43

    WOW. That was SERIOUSLY impressive. A technical masterwork, for sure.

  • @GianProgg666
    @GianProgg666 2 года назад +49

    It's playthroughs like these that inspire me to become a better musician everyday! 🙌

  • @patrickmooney201
    @patrickmooney201 2 года назад +32

    This song cracks me up. My brain cannot compute how incredibly technical and fun this is that it defaults to laughter. Thank you for making such awesome toons, they bring me much joy and pleasure 🤘🏻

  • @ChrisBevanBass
    @ChrisBevanBass 2 года назад +27

    These bouncy swing riffs you guys have been writing like at 2:50 are so fucking cool, feel like I've not really heard anything like that in this kind of music before. Wicked stuff!

  • @evilwarnings2419
    @evilwarnings2419 2 года назад +7

    This track is FUN!

  • @marekpetruczynik5084
    @marekpetruczynik5084 5 месяцев назад +2

    OMFSay10! This is so frickin awesome amd fresh sounding! Love the Watch Tower shirt! So good to hear a Spawning of a Possessed Martyr written in Spastic Inc...

  • @DavidHoglanJR
    @DavidHoglanJR 2 года назад +11

    You just doesn't avoid dancing with this. This is Amazing.

  • @sharr3766
    @sharr3766 2 года назад +18

    Forest solo on this one is amazing already been listening to it in loop. So glad to see it played for real so early, thx for that video

  • @nickgmoney
    @nickgmoney 7 месяцев назад +1

    Love that the guitarist is wearing an "unleash the archers" t shirt 🤘

  • @chorsman
    @chorsman 20 дней назад

    5:15 this is the single coolest transition in any song I've ever heard. I listen to this song every now and then and remember that I suck at bass... but want to get better lmao. Forest is who I wanna be when I grow up as a bassist

  • @Guitarmander
    @Guitarmander 2 года назад +5

    I must have watched this 200 times! Love it! Make music forever please, thanks.

  • @stevengibsonelectricbass4370
    @stevengibsonelectricbass4370 2 года назад +11

    🖤🖤🖤
    Beyond impressed and inspired!!

  • @somarriba333
    @somarriba333 Год назад +2

    They played all of my favorite notes in the right sequence.

  • @Davis-kz8rq
    @Davis-kz8rq 2 года назад +8

    I clicked immediately! I love these playthroughs

  • @transforminggravity15626
    @transforminggravity15626 2 года назад +5

    🔥🎸🔥 wow super awesome 🤘

  • @xxitz_pr0gxx631
    @xxitz_pr0gxx631 2 месяца назад

    Jesus, this song just gets BETTER AND BETTER!

  • @papier8956
    @papier8956 Год назад +1

    I had the pleasure to talk to forest for a school project. incredibly nice guy!

  • @TheGrunthor
    @TheGrunthor 2 года назад +6

    Dammit guys this is omafkingawd delicious! Just couldn't stay awake for the drop those 5½-6 hours ago. Woke up now and realised why I should've stayed awake. On the third watch right now and have paused to write this.
    It feels like EVERYONE (including invisible Nick) is unleashing their superpowers sequentially. My soul leaps with joy!!
    When those afterburners kick in at 5:12 holy hell that catchy groove hook to finish....just leaves me wanting MORE of the song!!
    Guys, please consider putting out an instrumental version of the album as well y'all. Pleeeease 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
    Salut from India. 🍻🍻🍻

  • @DavidNwokoye
    @DavidNwokoye 2 года назад +3

    Got this in my recommended. Best thing I've seen in my feed 🔥🔥🔥

  • @kreidos12
    @kreidos12 2 года назад +6

    Insane Groove!

  • @jefferyepstein1228
    @jefferyepstein1228 2 года назад +116

    This is so sick without vocals get to hear everything perfect

    • @anushgunner9164
      @anushgunner9164 2 года назад +4

      Dude, you are such a crybaby,

    • @jefferyepstein1228
      @jefferyepstein1228 2 года назад +14

      @@anushgunner9164 Who are you? lol

    • @Antaur666
      @Antaur666 2 года назад +4

      True with the current vocalist I prefer First Fragment instrumental.

    • @beyborek
      @beyborek 2 года назад +1

      Nice to see that I am not the only one

    • @jefferyepstein1228
      @jefferyepstein1228 2 года назад

      @@robert_sylvester Ty i feel.

  • @blakebuxton120
    @blakebuxton120 2 года назад +14

    Such skillfull execution. You guys have a real flair for performance. Hope to see you guys play this one live. Sounding real good.

  • @christianmichael3120
    @christianmichael3120 2 года назад +12

    This is in tough competition for greatest tech death song of all time for me, against “apparition” by spawn of possession and “stabwound” by necrophagist. Just mind blowing

  • @dewberrygoo262
    @dewberrygoo262 2 года назад

    I cannot get enough of this video. Everyone is so good.

  • @rondecaro
    @rondecaro 2 года назад

    You guys are just awesome. Thank you for doing what you do.

  • @jeroen0011
    @jeroen0011 2 года назад

    I keep on repeating this epicness, this sounds soo amazing, all of it

  • @MindPopsicle
    @MindPopsicle Год назад +1

    Help. I can't stop watching this..

  • @cardinal7407
    @cardinal7407 2 года назад +1

    This is incredibly cool ! Thank you so much for your work, it brightens a day

  • @etienne.duchesne
    @etienne.duchesne 2 года назад +1

    Such an epic track, cant wait for the full album 🔥

  • @besiprimitif9513
    @besiprimitif9513 2 года назад +1

    You guys are so awesome, love it!!!!!

  • @TheSSunter
    @TheSSunter 2 года назад +4

    This song is so much fun, I was smiling through the whole thing.

  • @Chaosdude341
    @Chaosdude341 10 месяцев назад

    I absolutely love that bass tone. I cant get enough.

  • @TragicTumble
    @TragicTumble 2 года назад +2

    absolutely next level. love this, so fruity and fun

  • @theicemancometh3
    @theicemancometh3 2 года назад +1

    absolutely jaw-dropping how you make billions of notes memorable and danceable

  • @YabaDabaYeetus
    @YabaDabaYeetus 2 года назад

    Another phenomenal song, this album is already in my top 5 for this year

  • @samuelhernandez1081
    @samuelhernandez1081 2 года назад

    This is insane…that bass is fire 🔥 I can’t stop watching this epic band

  • @franrivers7803
    @franrivers7803 2 года назад +1

    Perfect, sublime. 🤘🏻👍🏻

  • @daddycationxx
    @daddycationxx 2 года назад

    maaan, what a prescision on all the string instruments. definitive masters on their work

  • @bruhthe3rd436
    @bruhthe3rd436 2 года назад +1

    You guys are quickly becoming one of my favorite bands. Never stop experimenting with new sounds always progress, you guys are amazing 🤘🤘

  • @sicmop512
    @sicmop512 2 года назад +1

    No words to describe how I feel watching these guys.. Absolute perfection.

  • @emandude
    @emandude 2 года назад +1

    That's the coolest video I've watched all year.

  • @Imokyourok440
    @Imokyourok440 2 года назад

    Yeah. That is badass. I’m floored!!! Amazing!

  • @flashman9755
    @flashman9755 Год назад +1

    They played this perfectly live. And I mean perfectly.

  • @Themysterybeats
    @Themysterybeats 2 года назад +1

    I wish I could like this video Everytime I watch it

  • @BleakFlesh
    @BleakFlesh 2 года назад +2

    Yesss! Super nice work.

  • @dyingwish1
    @dyingwish1 2 года назад +1

    Musicality, groove, and sheer technicality. This was my AOTY 2021. Thanks for putting out inspiring brutality.

  • @Lucas.Uzabal
    @Lucas.Uzabal 2 года назад

    Se volvio unas de mis canciones favoritas,Gracias First Fragment

  • @francescoballetta7945
    @francescoballetta7945 2 года назад +5

    the bass is insane, incredible

  • @tromboneman4517
    @tromboneman4517 2 года назад +1

    I can’t wait for their next album. It’s going to be wild.

  • @giorgioodegarth941
    @giorgioodegarth941 2 года назад +1

    Pure skills 🤘perfect my favourite playthrough

  • @jacobguitars214
    @jacobguitars214 10 месяцев назад

    Thank God for this......flawless players

  • @JackKapral
    @JackKapral 2 года назад +4

    This is hands down Your absolutely best piece :D. So fun, groovy, yet still metal!

  • @ryanst.pierre7561
    @ryanst.pierre7561 Год назад

    These guys are scary good. The mastering of their respective instruments is Quite impressive

  • @JPBotero717
    @JPBotero717 Год назад +1

    what a beasts. This is playing to another level.

  • @ivanduran9518
    @ivanduran9518 3 месяца назад

    Amazing. Beautiful. Brutal

  • @profanepropane
    @profanepropane 8 месяцев назад +1

    Every single solo is amazing especially that last one before the final bass solo comes in. Those tapped harmonics (if I remember right, that's what they're called) at the end are an amazing touch

  • @clx5229
    @clx5229 2 года назад

    Raaaah encore une semaine à attendre !! Depuis le temps qu'on attend ! 🤘

  • @DoggoWillink
    @DoggoWillink 2 года назад +1

    I could listen to the into riff on the first track forever I think (then I realized they put the song at the end too). Now I’m just sitting here listening to that over and over. That riff is killer.

  • @abhorash74
    @abhorash74 2 года назад

    trop fort, excellent, je suis grave fan j'ai hâte qu'il sort bravo et merci a vous pour ce sublime titre

  • @gtrguy76
    @gtrguy76 2 года назад +1

    Awesome- love the groove of this-and love the Watchtower shirt🤘

  • @anyarkwt4097
    @anyarkwt4097 2 года назад +1

    Love this song !

  • @ohadellert6319
    @ohadellert6319 2 года назад +1

    This is beautiful.

  • @KillingOnAdrenaline
    @KillingOnAdrenaline 2 года назад +1

    So psyched for the full release!!!! \m/

  • @chiefbrownfart
    @chiefbrownfart 2 года назад +5

    What the hell did I just witnesses hahaha!?!?! You guys are crazy talented... that was definitely a god tier performance, keep up the amazing work!!

  • @s6y9l
    @s6y9l 2 года назад +1

    Flawless Victory

  • @salvatoreemulo5178
    @salvatoreemulo5178 2 года назад +2

    Magistrale!!!!!! 🤘 💯 🖤

  • @rubentorrero4613
    @rubentorrero4613 9 месяцев назад

    What an absolute masterpiece

  • @gizibaikk
    @gizibaikk 2 года назад +2

    Hands down, Gloire Éternelle is indeed one of the best sounding metal albums this year. Amazing sound, amazing song, amazing album!

  • @emerajid6646
    @emerajid6646 2 года назад

    You guys are amazing! Best tech death of last time!

  • @user-mu1qk6jy8z
    @user-mu1qk6jy8z 2 года назад +1

    Amaaaaaazing, guys! 🤟😎

  • @shaokanzk321
    @shaokanzk321 2 года назад +3

    Muita perfeição! Som incrível.... parabéns.

  • @ZagrasNixillis
    @ZagrasNixillis Год назад

    This is so far outside "Technical Death Metal" it deserves its own genre. Bravo!

  • @Matt-nk2tp
    @Matt-nk2tp 2 года назад

    Cannot wait for the full album to drop, love the 2 tracks already out

  • @janseidel4849
    @janseidel4849 2 месяца назад

    Lovely stuff! ❤

  • @continuum288
    @continuum288 2 года назад +3

    You guys make me sick lol.. I can't get enough.. I remember a time many years ago when i had heard several bands that made me feel alive again.. This is another one of those bands that makes me feel all funny inside.. haha! love it!

  • @pabloo2018
    @pabloo2018 Год назад +1

    Incredible... Once started u can't pause it. U have to finish it's do beautiful and perfect. Incredible. Both melodics and technique are sublime 🤤

  • @ChrisAllendestroysall
    @ChrisAllendestroysall 7 месяцев назад

    My face is still melting and I can't make it stop

  • @ivanzamora1980
    @ivanzamora1980 2 года назад +2

    Simplemente extraordinario!🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

  • @bobbydigital8111
    @bobbydigital8111 2 года назад +1

    Guitargument... The future of metal🤘

  • @EternalAwait
    @EternalAwait 2 года назад +1

    Haven't heard such an awesome song in quite some time :)

  • @kirehj_sm
    @kirehj_sm 2 года назад +2

    the funniest Tech Death song I've never heard before, hands down

  • @Carkhass
    @Carkhass 2 года назад

    Tout simplement monstrueux.

  • @Zackmild.
    @Zackmild. 2 года назад

    Finally!!! Been waiting for some more first fragment I thought they stopped making music

  • @nicjohn6375
    @nicjohn6375 2 года назад

    Incredible! Instant fan