I've Been Told TOTY? - Humanity's Last Breath "Tide" - REACTION / REVIEW

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  • @METALBIRB
    @METALBIRB  3 года назад +42

    I'm genuinely curious what's your TOTY? Maybe something I missed.

    • @E92M3
      @E92M3 3 года назад +5

      Probably HLB - Vittring. or if you consider Death portrait as coming out this year then most likely that

    • @ThemataFGC
      @ThemataFGC 3 года назад +2

      Either Earthless by HLB or Uninvited Guests by Methwitch for me!

    • @soini4060
      @soini4060 3 года назад

      My Home, My Grave by Mors Principium Est. Loved the whole new album Seven that came out just few months ago🤘🏻

    • @hukenmusic
      @hukenmusic 3 года назад +6

      Insects by DARKO.

    • @BigDenk
      @BigDenk 3 года назад +6

      I gotta give it to Shrouded Sun by Before I Turn. You should check out their album "Lovelorn" which they just dropped like two or three days ago.

  • @galacticriminalx
    @galacticriminalx 3 года назад +82

    Stoked u get it. Even though its not really ur style, u still caught the beauty in the chaos. A contender though. There were alot of em this year 😁

    • @paulgentsch912
      @paulgentsch912 Год назад

      Gotta love seeing my two favorite reviewers sharing music and opinions! Love you both!

  • @guyonagravitronmachinestan7595
    @guyonagravitronmachinestan7595 3 года назад +67

    HLB has shifted dramatically from their older material. They used to be heavy in terms of just straight up brutal instrumentals, now they're brutal in the sense of the dark atmospheres they cultivate, and I love that they've matured in this way.

  • @joelmacy9558
    @joelmacy9558 3 года назад +52

    just when i thought they couldnt top earthless they bring out this masterpiece what an absolute amazing band!!!

  • @joepalladino9257
    @joepalladino9257 3 года назад +32

    Seems like with every track and album HLB goes darker and heavier.

  • @BlackTalonGaming
    @BlackTalonGaming 3 года назад +13

    Ive gotta say man. I appreciate you curating and exposing me to new heavy music. During a time when we lack even like a review radio show (much less tv), its nice to have you and other channels like yours to help review and curate whats going on.

    • @cdula26
      @cdula26 3 года назад +3

      Their new album they just dropped yesterday is a fucking masterpiece

  • @jfsb9531
    @jfsb9531 3 года назад +20

    Getting Black Tongue and Cabal vibes. Took me until the double time groove came in to figure out the time signature and rhythm. Loving this!

    • @mikkelmadsen9776
      @mikkelmadsen9776 3 года назад +7

      Black tongue, cabal and HLB are actually touring northern europe together next year! I'm going to see them live in copenhagen.

    • @RibeiroGames12
      @RibeiroGames12 3 года назад +3

      @@mikkelmadsen9776 Distant will be there too

  • @AgainstTheeWickedlyMusic
    @AgainstTheeWickedlyMusic 3 года назад +7

    I am personally obssessed with this song. I adore Earthless, and I was so pumped when this came out. I listened to it for the first time at like 1:30 in the morning in the dark of my room, and that first experience was incredible. This band just keeps getting more artistic and atmospheric as time goes on. I love the complex rhythms and super heavy riffs on the first few minutes of the song, but that ending is definitely the highlight for me. I love doom metal, and like the ambient style of "black metal" used by bands like Agalloch and Alcest, and that ending reminded me of that. Like you said, extrememly refreshing. These guys have become one of my favorite bands 🤘💪

  • @codybeinert1109
    @codybeinert1109 3 года назад +15

    My track of the year isn't even metal, it is a 12-minute synthwave ambient piece called "Body That Orbits a Star" by Rashida Prime. He is an incredibly underrated artist, and this song is a wonderful example of his wonderful sense of slowly-building ambient. If you do have the chance to check it out, I hope you enjoy it!

    • @FantasticDimensions
      @FantasticDimensions 3 года назад

      Never heard of it, so I'm gonna go check it out! Thanks!

    • @codybeinert1109
      @codybeinert1109 3 года назад

      @@FantasticDimensions hope you enjoy it! Please let me know what you thought of it when you listen to it :)

  • @hukenmusic
    @hukenmusic 3 года назад +22

    no one stonks as hard as HLB do. pure filth

  • @Thenewbronzeagecollapse
    @Thenewbronzeagecollapse 3 года назад +9

    Try listening to Ulcerate... You'll get used to this kind of circular, fluid and cinematic playing.

  • @alexanderlorusso4482
    @alexanderlorusso4482 3 года назад +12

    They are like a mixture of Behemoth and Black Tongue. It's a masterpiece

  • @yinggolg
    @yinggolg 3 года назад +9

    This song didn't top Earthless for song of the year, but it ties with Pernicious by Signs of the Swarm for my #2 spot

  • @thedonsz9186
    @thedonsz9186 3 года назад +2

    This track made me buy the album. I really can't wait for it to come out. Definitely AOTY 2021 already for me

  • @pain9270
    @pain9270 3 года назад +3

    Wow that ending sounds really epic!
    I already knew this band, but not this song, so I wasn't expecting that.
    Does anyone knows bands who are similar to that ending part?
    Let me know please.

  • @Kjertinge
    @Kjertinge 3 года назад +6

    That ending was just .... wow.

  • @stephenhowes6586
    @stephenhowes6586 3 года назад +4

    It’s definitely not for everyone but I like listening to the soundtrack to the V O I D so it’s a banger for me! It’s like down tempo prog.

  • @KalibroLP
    @KalibroLP 3 года назад +2

    Mostly the china, hi hat etc are keeping the tempo with some pauses, so if you listen closely or repeat it few times - you can easily find groove and rhytm in HLB songs :) i love this band to death, but i respect your opinion

  • @teiwaz656
    @teiwaz656 3 года назад +1

    This will be AOTY. Such an inspirational album!

  • @crimsonstare
    @crimsonstare 3 года назад +5

    I discovered this song 7 hours ago, and have already listened 5- 6 times. good god its epic.

  • @derekd7666
    @derekd7666 3 года назад

    Their videos are up there with behemoths when it comes to artistry. I love it.

  • @oceandrinker3120
    @oceandrinker3120 3 года назад

    absolutely incredible!!! LOVE THIS BAND

  • @adecakaship2486
    @adecakaship2486 3 года назад +4

    I never checked out this band for the exact reasons you mentioned at the end of your review. But I still really appreciate the talent, I was very close to skip this one, but I was curious to actually hear a whole song from them for the first time.
    I’m not personally into those sort of satanic stuff haha so it doesn’t really appeal to me, but like I said, the talent is there and I also understand why some people are obsessed with these guys.

    • @thedonsz9186
      @thedonsz9186 3 года назад

      Where did the Satanic shit come from tho? I don't see how you got that from the song. The lyrics of the song aren't even about Satanism of any kind. They always write about the demise of humanity and how we are killing the earth, but in a way more graphic and brutal way

    • @adecakaship2486
      @adecakaship2486 3 года назад +3

      @@thedonsz9186 I didn’t mean to imply that the lyrics were satanic or that the members of this band are satanists.. But it’s clearly some sort of weird ritual going on in the video clip. It’s dark and moody and it simply not something I’m personally appealed to. I understand your point and maybe the way I phrased it is not ideal.

    • @thedonsz9186
      @thedonsz9186 3 года назад +1

      @@adecakaship2486 I'm glad you're so cool about it and I understand you better now. To each their own! I can't wait to own the album!

  • @chopst11x92
    @chopst11x92 3 года назад +7

    Vildhjarta anyone...?

    • @garrettcampbell204
      @garrettcampbell204 3 года назад +2

      Lol they share members with HLB

    • @chopst11x92
      @chopst11x92 3 года назад

      @@garrettcampbell204 ...oh haha thall on.

    • @GamingSaurusRexYTube
      @GamingSaurusRexYTube 3 года назад

      @@garrettcampbell204 Pretty sure its the same exact members if I’m not mistaken

    • @matthewbratton5003
      @matthewbratton5003 3 года назад

      @@GamingSaurusRexYTube Not quite. The only shared members are the vocalist, Calle Thomer (guitarist for both), and Buster Odeholm (guitar in HLB, drummer in Vildhjarta)

    • @ALEXANDERSTOEV
      @ALEXANDERSTOEV 3 года назад

      @@matthewbratton5003 Filip is in Vildhjarta?

  • @silenc9
    @silenc9 3 года назад +15

    Definitely the best track that has come out this year in my opinion

    • @Smithysmithin
      @Smithysmithin 3 года назад

      There's a lot of great songs. But yeah. This is hard top of the list

  • @punchdrunkfunk23
    @punchdrunkfunk23 3 года назад +1

    My AOTY is between Invent Animate’s Greyview or Currents’ The Way It Ends but my TOTY is Lost Cause by Novelists.

  • @jordanbrown8386
    @jordanbrown8386 2 года назад

    Such an amazing song

  • @darko2644
    @darko2644 3 года назад +3

    Check out Diamonds To Dust - Corpus Christi

  • @evantarracciano4211
    @evantarracciano4211 3 года назад +1

    Perhaps it is just me, but this song had a very Orbit Culture style feel to it, akin to Nensha. I absolutely dug it, as that style is right up my alley.

  • @jemappellejade6455
    @jemappellejade6455 3 года назад +1

    I like it, but as you say need to be in the mood. I tend to listen heavier stuff while working out, although I feel this would be hard to exercise to as there's not much of a rhythm until the ending? I did really like that bit though, and with all the hooded figures I thought Vessel from Sleep Token was going to do a cameo in the video.

    • @f7744dread388
      @f7744dread388 Год назад

      Exercises with the cymbals and snares lol

  • @monkvsiron
    @monkvsiron 3 года назад

    The cleans remind me of a band called Novembre. If you wanna get obscure check out Ursa by Novembre. BEAUTIFUL music

  • @drkstrnd
    @drkstrnd 3 года назад +13

    Holy Roller is definitely banger of the year, toty over all im not sure

    • @MrRaven420
      @MrRaven420 3 года назад +2

      @Stephen j not at all just because you like this kind of style doesn't make the others boring and people find this music boring too

    • @drkstrnd
      @drkstrnd 3 года назад

      @Stephen j im genuinely curious about what's some of your fav songs of the year...
      I was gonna insult you big time but I realised this is just an opinion thing and honestly, when I don't like a band I talk much worse about them than you did.
      I have to disagree tho with architects... They literally ARE the genre, for a few years every bands goal was to write riffs like them (although I agree, with holy hell it started to become repetitive)
      As for Spiritbox, I'm actually not a big fan of Courtney's cleans, that's why Constance did nothing for me, but I enjoy her screams a lot and also their instrumentals (although their instrumentals could be more unique)

    • @Goldenhanded
      @Goldenhanded 3 года назад +2

      @@MrRaven420 I LOVE Spiritbox, but Holy Roller is literally so boring, there aren’t lyrics it’s the same chorus and not an interesting or impressive riff repeated over and over and over again with electronic shit thrown in. That is LITERALLY all the song is. It’s like a 30 second part of a normal song repeated for an entire track instead with NO deviation whatsoever. I don’t think people are dumb or anything for liking the song, but I just truly don’t get it with that one.

    • @rippermalone
      @rippermalone 3 года назад +1

      Lol yeah right. Gimmicky bullshit song

    • @drkstrnd
      @drkstrnd 3 года назад

      @@rippermalone lemme know whats your toty then?

  • @jonathancarl2427
    @jonathancarl2427 3 года назад +1

    The ending almost feels like an early 2000s Jesu track

  • @thefishvette3163
    @thefishvette3163 3 года назад

    Hey dude, just found your content (via Vola, Head Mounted Sideways, which is incredible) and really like the vids.
    I disagree a bit about HLB, Earthless; proper good song to listen to while driving round town as it feels like me driving through rush-hour; slow and angry and hanging out of the window shouting and an idiot in a Prius feels doubly meaningful with Earthless blasting out. So that's always good.
    Would be curious to see your reaction to Origin of Escape by Monuments and/or Matter by Arcane Roots. Older stuff but both bands do a full send on these.

  • @emmetmcnamee5227
    @emmetmcnamee5227 3 года назад +1

    I would say Insects by Darko US is my track of the year ❤️

  • @azure8696
    @azure8696 3 года назад +1

    This is some nasty filthy music right here....AND I LOVE IT

  • @NobodyMoves777
    @NobodyMoves777 3 года назад

    Song is so fucking good! Idk if I’d consider it my song of the year, but it’s easily my THALL of the year

  • @ShadowPKMNTrainer7
    @ShadowPKMNTrainer7 3 года назад +1

    This track isn't my TOTY, but I still think it's a great one. TOTY for me is either Within Destruction - Kings of Darkness or Defamed - Doves

  • @Smithysmithin
    @Smithysmithin 3 года назад +1

    I don't mind your opinion. I see you respect it even if you don't feel like it's the best song. Hell most of the time you have to explain why metal is so great to normal pop people. So at least you already understand it haha. And I feel like HLB taps into this very niche sound. Same thing with doom metal. It's down tempo, slow, and most people can't really get into it. Obviously HLB has some uptempo deathcore elements but mostly that down tempo slug sound. The same way I don't expect everyone to love Draconian as much as I do, same thing with Humanity's Last Breath. But great reaction man.

  • @thedailyp00per
    @thedailyp00per 3 года назад

    That new novelists track be up there for me

  • @Death_metal_Dibby
    @Death_metal_Dibby 3 года назад +1

    I could be wrong but isn't Buster a drummer first? Which would explain how he is able to play and write with these odd timing etc?

  • @JannikBork
    @JannikBork 3 года назад

    „It‘s so random, but it‘s so structured.“ lol

  • @billybobthekidiswack
    @billybobthekidiswack 3 года назад +2

    check out the new Slice the cake- homecoming" track

  • @loganflanery4586
    @loganflanery4586 3 года назад +1

    HLB does a great job at making deathcore interesting, but not TOTY. The new Before I Turn album that came out two days ago is album of the year for me. They do melodic deathcore/metalcore the best imo

  • @15Diggity
    @15Diggity 3 года назад

    "Pawn" by Antipath
    Brand new hardcore band just dropped a sick music video.

  • @cdula26
    @cdula26 3 года назад

    Their guitarist plays a left handed just that’s strung upside down lol

  • @paulcarbis6436
    @paulcarbis6436 3 года назад

    Checkout the band Genus Ordinis Dei!!
    If you haven't already 😉

  • @todd_halfacre
    @todd_halfacre 3 года назад

    This is hands down my tops. Bu really it depends on what you like. I want a song I have to chew. Ya know? Repeatability be damned. However. If that’s what I was after. Toss up between darko and carcosa. Lol. Just pick a song

  • @ThcBanaman
    @ThcBanaman 3 года назад

    My TOTY is probably Phoenix Rise by TGI and „world_of_black“ by Born A New

  • @QuantumPause
    @QuantumPause 3 года назад

    One of my SOTY contenders is From the Bind, by Pathogen

  • @COLDHARBOUR
    @COLDHARBOUR 3 года назад +1

    Such a fantastic track! Love your review man, would love to hear your thoughts on our new track "Overdose" we just released

  • @mickribz3963
    @mickribz3963 3 года назад +1

    Yeah man this band doesn't do it for me for pretty much the same reasons. Sure they're heavy and technical, and I respect that, but it's not for me. As far as toty, that's a really tough one because there have been plenty of great songs that dropped this year, but it's honestly a toss up between Aviations, Spiritbox, and Silent Planet for me. The band Captives were signed recently to Sharptone and put out a good track called Glass Heart. I know you've reacted to a couple songs from them before, they're a band I'm looking forward to hearing more from next year.

    • @residentevilclone
      @residentevilclone 3 года назад +1

      Also not feeling it. Heard absolutely no melody until nearly 90 seconds in.

    • @muro4796
      @muro4796 3 года назад

      @@residentevilclone I'm generally a big fan of melody as well but there's something about this band's original sound that grabs my attention. Took a while to grow into their music but I can really appreciate them now

  • @LIL_Juice40
    @LIL_Juice40 3 года назад

    Metalbirb I know you receive a million comments with the same favors of asking to do reactions to certain bands but there’s this band called indighxst they’re a very unique group with no screams but they’re instrumentals are so heavy and bouncy. It makes me upset how an amazing band like that gets little recognition and the with the support of your channel I feel like they’d be able to grow a lot more with your reaction and support. Give them a listen? They just put out a brand new song called Limbo. Indighxst - Limbo

  • @jonathanmolina4799
    @jonathanmolina4799 3 года назад

    HARD REST - TERMINATED.EXE

  • @pietandersen6120
    @pietandersen6120 3 года назад +1

    I dunno man, this song was great, but that cinematic ending shouldve been ended off with an absolutely massive breakdown. My favourite tracks of the year are between:
    Afflicted from Hollow Front, the “EVERYDAY” before the final chorus gives me chills every time
    Torchpassing from Kardashev, which is just a truly beautiful song
    Blindsight by Allt, which is from their first EP and is just great
    Or the Shadowing from Orbit Culture, the epic part in the middle just gets me everytime

  • @bornindissonance
    @bornindissonance 3 года назад

    Whens metalbabe returning?

  • @yaroslavverba1298
    @yaroslavverba1298 3 года назад

    RIP HLB.

  • @zerozeeros
    @zerozeeros 3 года назад

    They are my fave band these days but this aint SOTY, Earthless is better.
    My song of the year would maybe Aviations one. Id have to really sit down and think.
    May i suggest Castaway Angels by Leprous mate, it just dropped and its perfection

  • @alexandrepoirier8600
    @alexandrepoirier8600 3 года назад +6

    Landmvrks - Lost in a Wave, check it out bud

  • @peterbagosi3862
    @peterbagosi3862 3 года назад

    thats what happen when a high skilled drummer pick up a guitar... i dont know how he write these stuffs but man.. thats the shit

  • @FantasticDimensions
    @FantasticDimensions 3 года назад

    Good track, but not in my Top 20. I can see why Galactic Criminal loves it though, and certainly don't begrudge him his opinion!

  • @jstnedgrtn
    @jstnedgrtn 3 года назад

    React to Vittring by Humanity’s Last Breathe

  • @rippermalone
    @rippermalone 3 года назад

    Band is stupid good

  • @JSTPband
    @JSTPband 3 года назад

    React to their track Vittring

  • @DanikaOliver
    @DanikaOliver 3 года назад

    First time I hear this... this song confuses me. It was like they wanted to showcase that they are capable of creating different heavy styles, but mashed everything on one song. I'll search other songs of them to see If can understand what they are trying.

    • @Zaque-TV
      @Zaque-TV 2 года назад

      Dehumanize is feeeeiiiilthy

  • @hothmeister
    @hothmeister 3 года назад

    TOTY has to be SUPERNØVA by Ghøstkid

  • @moongodkys5508
    @moongodkys5508 3 года назад

    Ending sounds like Opeth but make it Thall

  • @TheWitness369
    @TheWitness369 3 года назад +5

    Idk, TOTY should have more vibes than grrrr lol

  • @devinguy
    @devinguy 3 года назад

    THALL

  • @DooDooDaddyTV
    @DooDooDaddyTV 3 года назад

    Good track. Idk about TOTY though

  • @wouterarmyx-s8954
    @wouterarmyx-s8954 3 года назад

    better late than never

  • @AirRedbox
    @AirRedbox 3 года назад +1

    Honestly I just can’t even picture how this could be a song of the year contender at all. I got bored so quick.

  • @duradrian1
    @duradrian1 3 года назад

    I thought it was Thall of the year

  • @wouterarmyx-s8954
    @wouterarmyx-s8954 3 года назад +1

    there is no too heavy

  • @Frank-sd8xr
    @Frank-sd8xr 3 года назад +3

    “Heavy” doesn’t mean it needs to sound like a fax machine getting it on with a blender. Painful listen.

    • @fitzy28101
      @fitzy28101 3 года назад

      Very true.

    • @bicasualtea7563
      @bicasualtea7563 3 года назад

      i’m guessing you think black sabbath is the heaviest band to exist dont you

    • @Frank-sd8xr
      @Frank-sd8xr 3 года назад

      @@bicasualtea7563 No. Br00tal =/= good music. It literally sounds like broken machinery.

    • @bicasualtea7563
      @bicasualtea7563 3 года назад

      @@Frank-sd8xr i agree a song being heavy does not always mean that its good. but to say that something isnt good because its too heavy is just saying that its out of your own personal comfort zone

    • @Frank-sd8xr
      @Frank-sd8xr 3 года назад

      @@bicasualtea7563 i didn’t say it’s too heavy. I said it’s painful to listen to what sounds like busted office equipment. If that’s what you’re into then by all means lmao

  • @anotherlife6334
    @anotherlife6334 3 года назад

    AgonyCORE

  • @dekle7785
    @dekle7785 3 года назад

    React to ice nine kills bro, come on....

  • @bigbunn_
    @bigbunn_ 3 года назад

    These guys are def the best downtempo band out there no question

  • @kimeklund8880
    @kimeklund8880 3 года назад

    Probleby good that not everyone has the same taste in music... i dont like the Aviation song at all... try to like it and Spirit box new is boring as hell to... but everyone like different things .. I love this track and listen alot to To the grave and Enterprise Earth 👍👊🏼

  • @ericadams2045
    @ericadams2045 3 года назад +2

    Trilogy by Silent Planet by FAR

  • @aliasfakename2267
    @aliasfakename2267 3 года назад +1

    I just can't get into hlb. Their old stuff was cool. Their recent songs sound like the soundtrack to a game and it's all an interlude track with little song structure. I don't get the hype over this band, metal is my main genre but this just sounds like boring droning noise to me.

    • @Thenewbronzeagecollapse
      @Thenewbronzeagecollapse 3 года назад

      They're closer to bands like Ulcerate and Mitochondrion than to any deathcore band now. It's kinda some sort of "Djent Deathspell Omega" . Not everyone's cup of tea. Personally I love it, but it depends on the person's taste.

  • @p1motorcarsltd
    @p1motorcarsltd 3 года назад

    Meh

  • @ericadams2045
    @ericadams2045 3 года назад +1

    Idk man. I got bored quick

  • @jordanwendell6279
    @jordanwendell6279 3 года назад

    Not toty. Sorry

  • @blackwater4100
    @blackwater4100 3 года назад

    Kinda boring. Uhh, nice deep guitar...