Real talk, this is massive for Nik. The dude got a parody song he wrote and produced to premiere on one of the biggest metal platforms in the world. Good shit Nik!
My parents have Octane almost exclusively playing in their truck and I heard this song on the radio earlier today and my exact reaction was "HOLY SHIT DATS MY BOI THAT I'VE BEEN WATING FOR A FEW YEARS" and I was very happy to see your name on the radio that wasn't the Bluetooth in my car
Does this technically make Nik the first streamer/online-specific artist to get a song on national radio? This seems like a breakthrough for musicians where finally it's been acknowledged that there's a whole new place for radio to find music that they can put out and promote. I'm not sure what your intent was but you may have put a massive mark on music history here Nik.
@@thedominator87 True, I was just referring to getting radio play though. Nik also played live though probably not as extensively as Jared but who knows for sure
@@Singraft I must be out of the loop as I don't know/didn't know who Ren even is until I saw your comment. Did he make it onto radio though? That's the thing I'm highlighting here; Radio play is big. Or at least it used to be, idk if it matters as much nowadays as it did 10-20+ years ago
I remember tuning into Octane one time just out of curiosity, and they were playing Inhumane Harvest by Cannibal Corpse. Not exactly what I was expecting, lol
Octane is how i found many bands I love today so its cool seeing this tribute/parody of a radio station i hold so dear. Great song and DL was the perfect choice
Yo, this did literally exactly what was advertised, literally exactly the way I expected it to sound just from the narrative before the song played. 11/10, no notes. Go break the internet, fam. Your record deal has gotta be imminent at this point.
Octane lyrics: [Verse 1] Think you've got the best of me? You think I've had enough Want to see me rest in pieces Face down in the mud Won't get the best of me I'm here to call your bluff disarm my enemies my broken skin is thick as f**k [Pre-chorus 1] There's a flame, a fire exploding Gonna blow, gonna make you mine In my bones feel the octane burning Raw fuel that never dies [Chorus 1] You can build me up just to knock me down Draw me in just to bleed me out Even here on the darkest nights You can't kill the light You can't kill the light [Verse 2] And when the sky turns black And my heart turns cold I'll dig the trenches can't defend this that's the honor code Overlook the underdog? Brandish a lethal bite It's all I've ever learned Fightin for my f*****g life [Pre-chorus 2] There's a flame, a fire exploding Gonna blow, gonna make you mine In my bones feel the octane burning Raw fuel that never dies [Chorus 2] You can build me up just to knock me down Draw me in just to bleed me out Even here on the darkest nights You can't kill the light Dim the beacon, cast me out Twist the blade, put me in the ground There's a fire in my eyes You can't kill the light Heart attack now Bring it back now, bring it back down Make it a night to remember Here we go We keep it active rock Hits like an aftershock Go viral on Tiktok [Pre-chorus 3] You can build me up just to knock me down Draw me in just to bleed me out Even here on the darkest nights [Chorus 3] You can build me up just to knock me down Draw me in just to bleed me out Even here on the darkest nights You can't kill the light Dim the beacon, cast me out Twist the blade, put me in the ground There's a fire in my eyes You can't kill the light You can't kill the light
Holy **** THIS SLAPS AND SO DOES THE OTHER SONG UNDISTURBED. Nik this is crazy. Literally makes the perfect rock. You might have started a new wave!!! LETS GO
Man…I remember the first time I saw The Acacia Strain live back when DL was their guitarist (and while he was still touring with them) at this tiny ass venue in Charlotte, NC, and being just absolutely gobsmacked watching this 6’3”, tatted-up gangsta brick wall of a man who looked like he would curb stomp you if you got on his bad side (and that’s while he’s on stage with VINCENT FUCKING BENNET, the “end of the world” himself), and still to this day I believe he has one of the best stage presences of any heavy musician I’ve seen. And now he’s fronting one of the most popular hard rock/metal bands in the scene these days. What a time to be alive.
My uncle has Sirius and one time we were driving to his house and we passed octane and Viking was playing (by slaughter to prevail) and he said that’s a bit heavy for me but it sounds cool, not even knowing I listen to it, it warms my cold dead heart
I like that there is humor mixed in with with these with an accurate breakdown of different parts of song writing while poking fun at it. Once you’ve been playing long enough it’s not that complicated, but it’s still beneficial to people who get intimidated about starting out writing music. It’s not as complicated as people make out. You just need to have a passion for it.
I've long been wondering why SiriusXM doesn't play Nik Noc, Termina, Scion, Jared Dines, and all the other popular social media musicians. IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME!!
My mom and I listen to octane in her car whenever I visit but as soon as slaughter to prevail came on she was about to turn it off. Let's just say threats of swerving of the road are a good deterent for having people switching stations.
The challenge isn't the point. They put in effort to provide a link, I'm pretty sure they would want to know if it wasn't directing people where they meant to.
I really wish that the newer Whitechapel stuff would make it onto Octane. Stuff like Hickory Creek and Anticure definitely have the buttrock vibes but obviously have the sick deathiness as well.
DAMNIT Nik why did you have to make a troll song (thats in all good fun of course (mostly)) thats such a fuckin banger. Its fucking good work dude and I am fucking here for it.
HELL YEAH BROTHA!!! The next step is to make people acknowledge the new genre out there and make it a real name so that the bands on wikipedia would tagged as octane-core
Great job Nik. This is huge for yourself and all the hard work getting on a national radio platform. Song is a banger for sure. Fun metal things indeed
blasting my eardrums early in the morning before work with such an amazing banger is the best that could happen to me. FUCK YESS from start to finish non-stop headbanging
So, like at the beginning of the day in olden days, when they played the Star-Spangled Banner, Octane will play this at noon every day as a station identification????
Congrats Nik! The work you're doing to put metal further on the map is awesome, and it's amazing to see you continue to dig a path for yourself to success that's also going to help elevate so many other musicians. You seem like you work pretty hard, so stay well and take care of yourself too through all this so you can keep kicking ass!
My favorite album of all time is Reckless and Relentless Most of the time the music you react to or make yourself is not exactly for me But this song actually made it to my playlist. The verses were kinda cliche but the breakdown saved the deal and by overall impression(sorry, not a native English speaker) it worked! THANK YOU!
Haerd this song on Octane. And I was like this. Sounds like almost every single chart topping song that I've heard back in the '90s and early 2000.... Now I know why. Good stuff! Love the song
I like it a whole lot, Nik. It slaps, it bangs, it has the right rawrs, the right amount of 0s and 1s and I can understand the words enough to be able to sing along. Keep making more music! Why FL, though?
Bro I heard this last night coming home from work! I was like nik noocturnal on octane? With Bad Wolves? So i searched your channel to see if I missed one of these and it wasn't there so I'm like ohhhh this that NEW NEW shit coming out in a couple days, and here we are!
"Florida man makes fun of everyone and accidentally wins"
Lmao hahahaha
😂😂😂 its so true tho
i really hope this sticks, nik is now florida man😂
Nik better pin this. 10/10 comment
He's already wearing the Florida man tank top. Nik has acclimated quickly
The how to bad wolv... I mean how to octanecore song actually bangs so hard. FUN METAL THINGS HERE!!!!
Its so funny that this has no comments lol. Everyone just agrees
@@krucialraider yeah no other words needed lmao
LETS GET THIS SONG TO THE TOP
PS: Nik sent me footage for this at 2 am, can we get an F in the comments for my sleep schedule
F 🫡
1 I mean F
I think sleep is your enemy. Your editing has been on point for niks vids lately. The reason for many laughs. Appreciate the hard work bro!
F(sleep overrated anyway)
F 🖤
the metal things certainly are fun
Nik : here’s octane
RUclips : here’s an ad
More like two adds for video... xD
I went here just to comment this 🤣
Joe rogan has adds every 8 minutes now.
Yep
lmao my whole audio just gave up and crashed when he said that
Moved to Florida and already has the “HELL YEAH, BROTHER!” Down
It happens as soon as you enter the country 😂
@@pool_deck5241
“country” 💀💀💀
Real talk, this is massive for Nik. The dude got a parody song he wrote and produced to premiere on one of the biggest metal platforms in the world. Good shit Nik!
My parents have Octane almost exclusively playing in their truck and I heard this song on the radio earlier today and my exact reaction was "HOLY SHIT DATS MY BOI THAT I'VE BEEN WATING FOR A FEW YEARS" and I was very happy to see your name on the radio that wasn't the Bluetooth in my car
Smash like and stream "OCTANE" here: open.spotify.com/album/2hj7tDlhsOO8mZiyh60ZVX
I can't be the only one who thinks this sounds like a Vespera song on Slipknot.
Does this technically make Nik the first streamer/online-specific artist to get a song on national radio? This seems like a breakthrough for musicians where finally it's been acknowledged that there's a whole new place for radio to find music that they can put out and promote. I'm not sure what your intent was but you may have put a massive mark on music history here Nik.
not taking anything away from nik, but there was the time a few years ago when jared dines toured with trivium
Ren got a number one album through mainly RUclips creator releases
He also worked on a side project with Matt... Dines X Heafy @@thedominator87
@@thedominator87 True, I was just referring to getting radio play though. Nik also played live though probably not as extensively as Jared but who knows for sure
@@Singraft I must be out of the loop as I don't know/didn't know who Ren even is until I saw your comment. Did he make it onto radio though? That's the thing I'm highlighting here; Radio play is big. Or at least it used to be, idk if it matters as much nowadays as it did 10-20+ years ago
Here’s your reminder to request Octane all day every day so Nik takes this meme all the way and gets his Grammy.
"I did it for the memes."
Song unironically slaps lmfao 🤣 I am dissapointed in the lack of warehouses used in the music video though
We're on a budget in order to maximize profits :v
I remember tuning into Octane one time just out of curiosity, and they were playing Inhumane Harvest by Cannibal Corpse. Not exactly what I was expecting, lol
Guarantee Jose Mangin was DJ-ing then. When I had Sirius XM he would always spice up Octane when he could
@@mattlievens3573 Pretty sure it wasn't Mangin, actually. Didn't stick around long enough to find out who, though, but I know it wasn't him
@@tswizzlemcbizzle in that case it might have been one of those times where a band or artist plays songs they like for an hour or so.
Octane is how i found many bands I love today so its cool seeing this tribute/parody of a radio station i hold so dear. Great song and DL was the perfect choice
Yo, this did literally exactly what was advertised, literally exactly the way I expected it to sound just from the narrative before the song played.
11/10, no notes.
Go break the internet, fam. Your record deal has gotta be imminent at this point.
Sign to RCA and work with Sleep Token
Dude Octane will EAT THIS UP you don’t have to worry about asking us for anything 😂
just heard it on SiriusXM Octane on the way home! super cool and its fantastic
Bro!!! That breakdown was undersold. I wasn't ready for it to be THAT good. Well done! Adding it and requesting it.
the chorus gives killswitch engage howard style. and boy goly am, i HERE FOR IT
Gimme fuel
Gimme octane
Gimme... dabadabadah 🤘
They played Ikari - “Synthetic” a couple weeks ago on Liquid Metal
Ok, I'm addicted to this song. It has me nostalgic for Octane from the 00's. DL's vocals are always "S" tier. You outdid yourself, Nik
DAMN! That double kick part in the breakdown with the alternating chugs at 8:55 is just... *CHEFS KISS* Keep winning Nik!!!
Octane lyrics:
[Verse 1]
Think you've got the best of me?
You think I've had enough
Want to see me rest in pieces
Face down in the mud
Won't get the best of me
I'm here to call your bluff
disarm my enemies
my broken skin is thick as f**k
[Pre-chorus 1]
There's a flame, a fire exploding
Gonna blow, gonna make you mine
In my bones feel the octane burning
Raw fuel that never dies
[Chorus 1]
You can build me up just to knock me down
Draw me in just to bleed me out
Even here on the darkest nights
You can't kill the light
You can't kill the light
[Verse 2]
And when the sky turns black
And my heart turns cold
I'll dig the trenches
can't defend this that's the honor code
Overlook the underdog?
Brandish a lethal bite
It's all I've ever learned
Fightin for my f*****g life
[Pre-chorus 2]
There's a flame, a fire exploding
Gonna blow, gonna make you mine
In my bones feel the octane burning
Raw fuel that never dies
[Chorus 2]
You can build me up just to knock me down
Draw me in just to bleed me out
Even here on the darkest nights
You can't kill the light
Dim the beacon, cast me out
Twist the blade, put me in the ground
There's a fire in my eyes
You can't kill the light
Heart attack now
Bring it back now, bring it back down
Make it a night to remember
Here we go
We keep it active rock
Hits like an aftershock
Go viral on Tiktok
[Pre-chorus 3]
You can build me up just to knock me down
Draw me in just to bleed me out
Even here on the darkest nights
[Chorus 3]
You can build me up just to knock me down
Draw me in just to bleed me out
Even here on the darkest nights
You can't kill the light
Dim the beacon, cast me out
Twist the blade, put me in the ground
There's a fire in my eyes
You can't kill the light
You can't kill the light
Holy **** THIS SLAPS AND SO DOES THE OTHER SONG UNDISTURBED. Nik this is crazy. Literally makes the perfect rock. You might have started a new wave!!! LETS GO
Man…I remember the first time I saw The Acacia Strain live back when DL was their guitarist (and while he was still touring with them) at this tiny ass venue in Charlotte, NC, and being just absolutely gobsmacked watching this 6’3”, tatted-up gangsta brick wall of a man who looked like he would curb stomp you if you got on his bad side (and that’s while he’s on stage with VINCENT FUCKING BENNET, the “end of the world” himself), and still to this day I believe he has one of the best stage presences of any heavy musician I’ve seen.
And now he’s fronting one of the most popular hard rock/metal bands in the scene these days. What a time to be alive.
The Underground?
@@charredolive Tremont!
🔥🔥🔥 Lower tuning definitely = better person.
DL slayed this! This was a killer collab Nik! You picked a good one! DL rips and so do bad wolves🔥🤘🏻🖤
The song is great man, the chorus reminds me a bit of old Soilwork. You need to record an official video for that
Dude, this is actually a really good song !!👏
I love when thrashing around with the synth you can see the cord damn near smack Nik in the head
Nik was the guy who kept me practicing guitar without him i would not have learned or kept going! Thanks nik and congrats!
Some of the best vocals I've heard from him since he joined Bad Wolves ngl
sounds a bit like a Falling in reverse song.... or am i crazy? the speaking/rapping in the verse and then cleanse in the chrous.
I hate how good this is, knowing there's not another 12 other tracks on a studio release ready to go
As soon as you said "here's the song" it went to an ad that was 100% jazz music and I was so confused.
Heard the new song this morning. Was very Octane.
I wish they played Termina on Octane and Liquid Metal.
My uncle has Sirius and one time we were driving to his house and we passed octane and Viking was playing (by slaughter to prevail) and he said that’s a bit heavy for me but it sounds cool, not even knowing I listen to it, it warms my cold dead heart
Your best collab song with clean vocals. Very good one 😺 Greetings from Finland.
Nik, your songwriting sensibility is off the charts! Congrats on the song on Octone! Certified and meme-ified banger 🔥
I like that there is humor mixed in with with these with an accurate breakdown of different parts of song writing while poking fun at it.
Once you’ve been playing long enough it’s not that complicated, but it’s still beneficial to people who get intimidated about starting out writing music. It’s not as complicated as people make out. You just need to have a passion for it.
The radio edits that are built into the song is a nice touch!
The first clean vocal after the rap is the exact notes and style of Howard Jones and Light the Torch from the song "Die Alone". Just noticed it.
I'll vote for this in the Nik Nocturnal awards this year for best chorus haha :D
I've long been wondering why SiriusXM doesn't play Nik Noc, Termina, Scion, Jared Dines, and all the other popular social media musicians. IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME!!
My mom and I listen to octane in her car whenever I visit but as soon as slaughter to prevail came on she was about to turn it off. Let's just say threats of swerving of the road are a good deterent for having people switching stations.
As an Octane listener, you nailed it. You really did.
this is such a fun metal thing moment, great job fellas.
So fun to hear this on Octane earlier today! Can’t wait to hear that breakdown again!
Bro!!! So proud for what uve done with hard rock. Take it to the next level!! Get big on em!!!
I have been absolutely BINGING this song. I've listened to it probably 20 times since last night.
Now we need a song called Liquid Metal next! This song with DL of Bad Wolves was sick!
The spotify album links to Undisturbed by you and Archie not the OCTANE song
edit: he fixed it my comment is no longer relevent lets go
Came to say this.
Then just search it up. It’s not challenging
The challenge isn't the point. They put in effort to provide a link, I'm pretty sure they would want to know if it wasn't directing people where they meant to.
It must be fixed now because it worked for me.
I really wish that the newer Whitechapel stuff would make it onto Octane. Stuff like Hickory Creek and Anticure definitely have the buttrock vibes but obviously have the sick deathiness as well.
They played on Octane when they were new. Otherwise they're on their actual heavy station Liquid Metal
DAMNIT Nik why did you have to make a troll song (thats in all good fun of course (mostly)) thats such a fuckin banger. Its fucking good work dude and I am fucking here for it.
Nik. We freaking made it man!! I can’t believe it. This song is actually 🔥 though! Lol
I actually heard it on Octane today and seen your name on it and was like. “Ain’t no way” and came here to look 😂
HELL YEAH BROTHA!!! The next step is to make people acknowledge the new genre out there and make it a real name so that the bands on wikipedia would tagged as octane-core
I could see the chorus being a wrestlers entrance music. Like Edge with Metalingus, rearranged with the breakdown before the chorus.
Turned on Octane to hopefully hear it... came on at 5:11pm EST today on Feb 22
This is so cool. I understand this song is somewhat satire, but it's still so good.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
This shits fire 🔥
Damn Octane used to be legit, back when it was on Sirius. Didn't know they changed so much
Nik could probably make a killing ghostwriting stuff at this point
Holy shit you really surpassed yourself with fun metal thing m8 !!!!
Yeah, you smashed it, great tune....letz stream it like hell, folks!
The song is awesome!
Dig the hell out of this..fr good job
Great job Nik. This is huge for yourself and all the hard work getting on a national radio platform. Song is a banger for sure.
Fun metal things indeed
This is the first song in a really long that got me bopping, thankyou Nik and Bad Wolves!
You are a fucking legend... I salute you, Sir.
blasting my eardrums early in the morning before work with such an amazing banger is the best that could happen to me. FUCK YESS from start to finish non-stop headbanging
So, like at the beginning of the day in olden days, when they played the Star-Spangled Banner, Octane will play this at noon every day as a station identification????
Octane is ok but can be to light sometimes. Can never go wrong with Liquid Metal and Jose. Good tune Nik. Thank you once again 🖤
How to “From Ashes to New” is what this sounds like to me!
Sounds like Light the Torch, Asking Alexandria and Veil of Maya were told they had to collab for a 'hell yeah, brother' ballad.
Congrats Nik! The work you're doing to put metal further on the map is awesome, and it's amazing to see you continue to dig a path for yourself to success that's also going to help elevate so many other musicians. You seem like you work pretty hard, so stay well and take care of yourself too through all this so you can keep kicking ass!
Plz keep everybody up to date on how to fuck the industry yes thank you
FUCKIN AMAZING, NIKKI!! Can't wait to hear it while I'm driving! I will die laughing if this ends up on Big Uns.
The song played 7 times in the last 24h on Octane radio!
Congrats!
Hagámoslo posible no solo en la comunidad anglo
Damn, this is really good. Like we would say in Portuguese, sometimes "menos é mais"
SICK F**KING SONG MAN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Will Ramos' friend is going places!
LovebNocturnal but bad wolves have to understand they've lost their edge if it takes a collaboration to get something this cool!
My favorite album of all time is Reckless and Relentless
Most of the time the music you react to or make yourself is not exactly for me
But this song actually made it to my playlist. The verses were kinda cliche but the breakdown saved the deal and by overall impression(sorry, not a native English speaker) it worked!
THANK YOU!
Also liked the modern more comressed and clean mix. Bad Wolves do a more natural sound, which is also slightly not for me
Bravo sir, heard this the other day and loved it. If radio played more of this, I'd start listening again.
Aaand once again, my playlist has one more actually good song. Keep it up Nik ❤
Haerd this song on Octane. And I was like this. Sounds like almost every single chart topping song that I've heard back in the '90s and early 2000.... Now I know why. Good stuff! Love the song
That song was like the exact blueprint to 80% of the stuff on Octane. That breakdown was great!
Nik Nocturnal & Jeris Johnson out here lampooning modern metal and it’s glorious.
Yo this is a genuine fucking banger on all fronts!! Huge props
This might just be the BEST song I've ever heard from you! Kudos MF'r!!
I believe this is the real definition of “breaks the internet”
You're incredible Nik. So great to have a creator like you in the metal scene
That breakdown is some INK shit and I'm LOVING it
I like it a whole lot, Nik. It slaps, it bangs, it has the right rawrs, the right amount of 0s and 1s and I can understand the words enough to be able to sing along. Keep making more music! Why FL, though?
dude fl is the best stte in the US
fl best state in us
The song is fantastic Nik! DL is awesome on the vocals and their is still some "fun metal things" in the song. Congrats! 🎉
Bro I heard this last night coming home from work! I was like nik noocturnal on octane? With Bad Wolves? So i searched your channel to see if I missed one of these and it wasn't there so I'm like ohhhh this that NEW NEW shit coming out in a couple days, and here we are!
Pretty sure this is Blues Traveler “Hook” for modern metal.