I have no idea because Cruel Melody is a masterpiece. My best guess is that the subsequent albums departed too much from what they established with CM, although they were still good in their own right. That along with the fact that there hasn’t been any new material from BLB since Lotus Island.
This type of music was on its way out of radio stations, at the time. It got some play time, but it was riding the edge of some 00's ideas that had been overplayed. It's aged well today, as a 00's metal song.
I completely agree, it's also crossed my mind. Wes's voice over Trent's genius!? ( not taking anything from Wes, Cruel Melody was a catalyst for me and still continues to be.
I like what Wes is doing here, and I know people may not agree with me, but he is a good guitar player. So he could be playing the guitar too and create more power .
This was an ABSOLUTE hidden gem of the late nu metal era. Seriously. If you've never heard Cruel Melody you would be doing yourself a favor by giving it listen.
i wish all the modern metal bands recorded with this production technique, it would actually sound killer. modern music is so processed and messed with it all sounds like little clicks and white noise, this music actually sounds like a band, like a pissed off harley taking off from a red light, not like R2-D2 working a cash register
Can we highlight the fact that this is even industrial rock/metal, which is supposed to have electronic elements? There's a way to make music sound sound human, even industrial metal. The human touch is one of the largest factors in making most music sound good. When you start auto tuning and quantizing, that human touch is gone, and its "perfection" sounds boring. Take Killing Joke for example. They're credited with inventing most industrial rock and metal, and their music at the same time is so tribal and raw.
Man I have to fight in my band to keep the soul in it. My guitarist is hellbent on making everything sound "perfect", where I feel like it should sound like us playing music.
Gotta love Wes letting out his Trent Reznor influence . Didn't expect a great song but that industrial metal vibe on this hits hard than anything he does in the latest albums of Limps.
in the style of NIN we need bands like this back that died out n Wes needs to bring this back. not annoying like Freds voice in LB. played the hell out of this album back in 07!! Loved others than Lie. Coward, Mesopothamia, etc
I’m as a songwriter, both composer and lyricist I have a super high standard for what I consider great lyrics. Even though heavy music is my favorite style, most of its lyrics kinda suck. They basically just straight forward communication that rhymes. “by the time I get home you are already stoned you turn off the tv and. You scream at me. I can’t wait for the day when I leave this place”. Lie definitely stands above most in its genre. It early expresses a relatable feeling and situation but it’s done in such an intentionally brilliant way that you are only meant to relate to it if you are intelligent enough to understand. Genius.
I gotta be honest, I always thought Wes kinda created this super creepy character in Limp Bizkit m because he was super self aware about his kinda goofy, not super handsome looks. And in the early 2000s, as 15 year old a round faced fat kid, with a big clump of clay for a nose I honestly really respected for it… but holy hell, this performance, I mean I’ve never given it to a guy before but I would definitely give it to him. He is just so sexy in this. I love girls but I’ve always suspected that my fence may not have one way hinge but watching and listening to Wes just grabbed my fence and gave it a hard push in the other direction. So Wes thank you for opening up my mind with your unique approach to music, your incredibly emotionally intelligent lyric and your hot bod and face. (This is not a joke. Really learned something about myself.)
Wait, you guys knew this song but did not know Wes Borland was the singer? I guess I find it hard to grasp because I remember waiting for this album to come out. Always loved Wes.
two summers ago i had to opportunity to meet wes. I hung out in Limp Bizkit's dressing room while wes was putting together his costume. I was a lucky little bastard :) hes my hero
Honestly Wes has more of a chance of success through female audiences than male seeing as he wore the mask of many women's fantasies throughout his limp Bizkit career. Hell, I am partial to his many faces myself! Wishing you the best of luck fortune and fame, Wes!
Sounds like Korn trying to make a NIN song and Marilyn Manson’s wardrobe people were available for the shoot... which is awesome 😎 LOVE YOU WES! Idc what you say, I’m totally Limpin’ with the Bizkit!
Josh Freese. He is amazing. I saw him play live with Nine Inch Nails and he was phenomenal. His drumming on Judith by A Perfect Circle is unbelievable.
fist time hearing this, i like what i am hearing, a more interesting sound then he had from his old band. I'm willing to listen to a second track after that.
I think he did too many side projects after leaving bizkit and going back and leaving maybe he should of stuck with this band and kept it as his main focus.
I'm living a lie And it's not the best thing for me But anyone and everyone is gonna hear another story I'm building a house Of murderous intention To keep it all from coming down I've gotta focus my attention 'cause confidence is key When violating trust I'm making sure that I believe I'm doing what I must Which is attempting to kill The little boy inside But as hard as I try... The child will not die Now I'm burning alive, just like you I'm irrelevant And I'm living down in the shit I follow these pigs around But I never get used to it 'cause they keep building and building Their feculent franchise I wish I could see this filth Through someone else's eyes 'cause ignorance was bliss But now I must adjust These animals, they operate On jealousy and lust I'm taking back what was lost And I will not be denied I'm crawling my way to the surface outside Now I'm burning alive, just like you
I bet hanging out with Wes is like hanging out with that super smart guy that does fucked up shit just for the fun of it and no matter what you can't keep up with him cause he's always hyped. If he performs like that on stage with this band it would be worth seeing just for the raw energy and aggression, musical and lyrical genius is a plus.
I can understand the lyrics. Chorus has a nice textured yell that's still clear and not screechy. Music is mixed well. Good shit guys. Can't believe I just now stumbled on it.
Wish this had taken off a bit more. Hes a better singer then Fred Durst. Or i wish hed do this and Limp Bizkit. Mark Tremonti makes solo albums, is in Alter bridge and creed still comes around once in a while.
Este proyecto no es posible desperdiciarlo en lo anterior. Es fácil decirlo, pero demostrar que tienes el talento para realizarlo: es otra cosa. Aunque de vuelta a sus comienzos: siempre tendrá la puerta abierta a "sus nuevos sonidos".
Wes was easily the best part of Limp Bizkit. The guy is definitely talented
He holds more talent in one finger than Durst possessed at all.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Fred was the voice of the band and also has one of the best voices in metal.
In my opinion John and Sam are equaly good. Bizkit has great musicians.
I thought Otto was descent
True I can hear his influence in limp bizkit now I heard the legend doing his own thing
Wes Borland is one helluva vocalist for being known as guitarist!!! We all love you Wes!!!
Black Light Burns was so criminally underrated
I didn’t even realize this was Wes singing for a second. This is awesome.
What a great song, I love it! I put it into my "Shellshocked Radio - Recommendations" List: ruclips.net/video/DN9JeTQdMKg/видео.html Very well done!
This is fucking brutal. How wasn't this more well known?
I have no idea because Cruel Melody is a masterpiece. My best guess is that the subsequent albums departed too much from what they established with CM, although they were still good in their own right. That along with the fact that there hasn’t been any new material from BLB since Lotus Island.
@@zenvultra I think might have also had something to do with the fact that Wes was definitely more well known for Limp Bizkit
Wes sounds like the hatechild of Fred Durst and Trent Reznor.
You have a weird definition of brutal.
This type of music was on its way out of radio stations, at the time. It got some play time, but it was riding the edge of some 00's ideas that had been overplayed. It's aged well today, as a 00's metal song.
This sounds like if NIN and Stabbing Westward had a baby.
Jason Hamilton more like a miscarriage
I absolutely love BOTH of those bands I hope they are still doing things I would love to hear some more stuff from them
Tt Tt Sounds like you need your diaper changed. Better call your Mother.
Reminds me of Gravity kills
Don't compare this horseshit to NiN
cruel melody is Wes’s masterpiece. He’s more than “that guy from Limp Bizkit”...
Mauricio Ribeiro Anyone who knows anything about Wes knows that Wes *was* Limp Bizkit
He was Limp Bizkit
@@masterdevil4506 DJ LETHAL was Limp Bizkit
Oh shit. I thought he looked familiar. First time hearing this song.
@TheLaughingMan0603 I love Limp Bizkit, but to be honest, they won't be anything without Wes.
The bridge and outro riff is completely fantastic. One of my all time favorites. Wes is such a unique riff writer.
I just wish he were playing them. Man I've loved watching him play.
1:08 The moment when you think “here it comes” knowing something heavy is about to happen but you had no idea how hard they go.
its my favourite part in the song. it’s so expected but then your like woah there’s no way that just happened
Wes Borland is way more than just Limp Bizkit. This man is very creative with his rhythms and usage of unique sound textures on the guitar.
This dude kicked me in the head during LB moshpit in 2018... Best head kick i've ever had
Haha maybe you are crazy
Lol! Oh man, this comment...
I guess he has to break stuff lol
in Hamburg?
@@danielstephens6193 just one of those days
I didn't know Wes sings, he's got a great voice
He did backing vocals in Limp Bizkit
I wrote a model composition for Wes with Groove Pad using Techno Serum sound kit
Yeah he is really talented
He did a lot of the backing unclean vocals in Limp Bizkit
Should've done lead vocals.
Good song by a underrated band
Aron lewis loves wes borland . Not . This is a good band of borlands . 1st album is the best .
Cruel melody is one of the best albums of all time. Like just straight up.
so true, i am still to this day mourning that this band stopped
@@ottoback5375 Tis a shame
SHIIIT! a decade to find this song FINALLY!
Still listening in '24 this album was an absolute masterpiece in my eyes. One of my favorites.
Shaun para los amigos
😂😂😂
Tu nombre XD jajaja
Este si esta bueno, el primero que recomendó no me gusto tanto v:
@@yeremicarrion2684 ami me aparececio vídeo eliminado
@@fernandonaves1523 lol xD, menos mal pude verlo antes de eso
feels like 90's manson, NIN and few others! I love it!!
Hint of Korn too
I've always liked Wes Borland; but, never checked out Black Light Burns. This is my first song of theirs, on my first listen.... This is pretty good.
Wes should make a song with Reznor, that would be amazing
He (wes borland) turned down guitar spot with nine inch nails to rejoin limp. Also turned down touring guitar for a perfect cirlce
+Aaron Cody what a fool
And a short stint with Combichrist
I completely agree, it's also crossed my mind. Wes's voice over Trent's genius!? ( not taking anything from Wes, Cruel Melody was a catalyst for me and still continues to be.
If he did it would sound exactly the same.cause I'm petty sure that is Trent reznor.
Wes Borland is, by far, THE BEST LIMP BIZKIT GUY, and he proves it by making this kick-ass music, with this awesome band
2020 and still rocking. Such a great song.
2022
@@TheMax550 2023)))))))
Sounds like a song that belonged in Queen of The Damned
Jay Bojorquez much of this stuff was on the Underworld soundtrack. So yes basically.
Dude you nailed that one.. It totally does have that same vibe.
That guitar is the sound of early and mid 2000s that's been missing for so long. Those were the days.
I like what Wes is doing here, and I know people may not agree with me, but he is a good guitar player. So he could be playing the guitar too and create more power .
I don't think anybody can deny that Wes is a good guitar player.
His guitar tone in limp was 🔥🔥 and sought after
you _ain't_ wrong RW
Love that bass in the chorus. So gritty and just diggin it!
This song and the whole Cruel Melody album are a blast!
Another under rated band from awesome guitarist..
This was an ABSOLUTE hidden gem of the late nu metal era.
Seriously. If you've never heard Cruel Melody you would be doing yourself a favor by giving it listen.
This is one of the greatest rock songs of the last 25 years. And the rest of the album is fantastic. How was this album not a massive hit?
i wish all the modern metal bands recorded with this production technique, it would actually sound killer. modern music is so processed and messed with it all sounds like little clicks and white noise, this music actually sounds like a band, like a pissed off harley taking off from a red light, not like R2-D2 working a cash register
Oh My Gods, I love how you stated this! Thank you!
Can we highlight the fact that this is even industrial rock/metal, which is supposed to have electronic elements? There's a way to make music sound sound human, even industrial metal. The human touch is one of the largest factors in making most music sound good. When you start auto tuning and quantizing, that human touch is gone, and its "perfection" sounds boring. Take Killing Joke for example. They're credited with inventing most industrial rock and metal, and their music at the same time is so tribal and raw.
Man I have to fight in my band to keep the soul in it. My guitarist is hellbent on making everything sound "perfect", where I feel like it should sound like us playing music.
Gotta love Wes letting out his Trent Reznor influence . Didn't expect a great song but that industrial metal vibe on this hits hard than anything he does in the latest albums of Limps.
Looks like Brandon Lee's crow in this video
Jon Carlton.
I was just thinking this could have been a hard version of the band that Brandon Lee's character played in, in The Crow.
Thats what I thought when I saw this
Lol, just like my thoughts
2024 ...wes welcome borland 💪💪
if the whole album was on this level...We love you Wes! Bring us another one! Big Dumb Face FTW!
Fuck yeah ... love the sound, it has that 90's style metal that makes me want to rock out
in the style of NIN we need bands like this back that died out n Wes needs to bring this back. not annoying like Freds voice in LB. played the hell out of this album back in 07!! Loved others than Lie. Coward, Mesopothamia, etc
New BLB coming June 2018 apparently. Recording it after he's finished his next solo album, specifically because he said he'd never do it again.
Paul J. V.P. I'm with u on that.
MY GOD. HOW COME I NEVER SEEN THIS!!!. ❤❤
I’m as a songwriter, both composer and lyricist I have a super high standard for what I consider great lyrics. Even though heavy music is my favorite style, most of its lyrics kinda suck. They basically just straight forward communication that rhymes. “by the time I get home you are already stoned you turn off the tv and. You scream at me. I can’t wait for the day when I leave this place”. Lie definitely stands above most in its genre. It early expresses a relatable feeling and situation but it’s done in such an intentionally brilliant way that you are only meant to relate to it if you are intelligent enough to understand. Genius.
Cruel melody is the best album Wes has ever made, also better than any limp bizkit Album. I wish he would do more of this style.
3:06 That fill is sick!!!
Please song, be more famous, people need you.
Amen to that prayer homie. So true it feels wrong lol
awesome comment !
Such a great song. Such lyrics!
"Victor - Where is that creature, Michael?
Saleen - You'll never have him!"
*farts* World explodes. FATALITY.
I gotta be honest, I always thought Wes kinda created this super creepy character in Limp Bizkit m because he was super self aware about his kinda goofy, not super handsome looks. And in the early 2000s, as 15 year old a round faced fat kid, with a big clump of clay for a nose I honestly really respected for it… but holy hell, this performance, I mean I’ve never given it to a guy before but I would definitely give it to him. He is just so sexy in this. I love girls but I’ve always suspected that my fence may not have one way hinge but watching and listening to Wes just grabbed my fence and gave it a hard push in the other direction. So Wes thank you for opening up my mind with your unique approach to music, your incredibly emotionally intelligent lyric and your hot bod and face. (This is not a joke. Really learned something about myself.)
This song kicks ass majorly!!!
Vengo por Shaun :v
Yo igual viejo
Shaun para los amigos
@@pogo2.058 FUCK ME
Nos exhibiste :V
Men , escucha counterfeit de limpbizkit , en realidad escucha three dolar bill y'all , el mejor álbum de limpbizkit
This video shows that as people try to make it black when a man is a man, he remains so.
Christian Chrustev I strongly agree with that statement.
This guy is my spirit animal/angel.
I am now strangly attracted to this, I mean it’s Wes (which I never knew it was him until now)
Welcome to the club
Wait, you guys knew this song but did not know Wes Borland was the singer?
I guess I find it hard to grasp because I remember waiting for this album to come out. Always loved Wes.
@@stirl I did know Wes was the singer
One direction, bieber, lil wayne, none of today's mainstream has SHIT on this band bro. THIS is talent.
Wow. Where have I been? I never knew this was Wes Borland lol I don’t even remember when I first heard this song.
two summers ago i had to opportunity to meet wes. I hung out in Limp Bizkit's dressing room while wes was putting together his costume. I was a lucky little bastard :) hes my hero
Honestly Wes has more of a chance of success through female audiences than male seeing as he wore the mask of many women's fantasies throughout his limp Bizkit career. Hell, I am partial to his many faces myself! Wishing you the best of luck fortune and fame, Wes!
he looks like brandon lee when he plays the crow in this videooo!! :o big love for Wesley Borland
I was gonna say something but, Magnusson spoke poetry.
this video is great Much respect to director and the music engineer !!!!
Sounds like Korn trying to make a NIN song and Marilyn Manson’s wardrobe people were available for the shoot... which is awesome 😎 LOVE YOU WES! Idc what you say, I’m totally Limpin’ with the Bizkit!
That dude is one hell of of a fucking drummer! 💀🔥🔥🔥
Don Killuminati Josh Freese
Josh Freese. He is amazing. I saw him play live with Nine Inch Nails and he was phenomenal. His drumming on Judith by A Perfect Circle is unbelievable.
This is what what Borland should've always done. I'm so glad about my recent discovery of this band.
-Joe (Architect Zero)
Shaun me trajo.
Buen distortion 🤘⭐
Shaun Track, si es por él ya también vine luego de ver un video
Estoy muy orgulloso de ustedes :'v
a mi tambien me trajo shaun
no puedo creer este comentario soy uno mas jajajaja Muy buena banda por cierto y sobretodo la faceta vocal de Wes que al menos yo no conocía
yo igual llegue por shauntrack lml
I'm crawling my way to the surface outside..
Hes a work of art himself.
Def a NIИ vibe here. Brilliant.
This album is wildly underrated
this song brings me back to when I was a senior in high school. Good times 🤘🤘
one minute i'm watching cat videos; next thing you know it... I'm here.
fist time hearing this, i like what i am hearing, a more interesting sound then he had from his old band. I'm willing to listen to a second track after that.
oh this and that, what up with you
2024 here baby 🔥
î let this video running while the Game of Thrones intro was running, and it fitted totaly perfect lol
Didn't expect to see you here.
Ok, it's s free country
this song got me right in the feelz, sad to see you here ginger, we in this together
Who is here in 2021? 🙈
MMhhhhh..Wes..
I think he did too many side projects after leaving bizkit and going back and leaving maybe he should of stuck with this band and kept it as his main focus.
i honestly think he wanted it to be this way, and focus on something thats not LB
Yep black light burns kicks wes borland is on fire & the band is on point.
Still great in 2022!
For sure. I found an old case of CD’s cleaning out my shed a couple weeks ago and Black Light Burns was in it. Nice surprise to be sure.
I'm living a lie
And it's not the best thing for me
But anyone and everyone is gonna hear another story
I'm building a house
Of murderous intention
To keep it all from coming down
I've gotta focus my attention
'cause confidence is key
When violating trust
I'm making sure that I believe
I'm doing what I must
Which is attempting to kill
The little boy inside
But as hard as I try...
The child will not die
Now I'm burning alive, just like you
I'm irrelevant
And I'm living down in the shit
I follow these pigs around
But I never get used to it
'cause they keep building and building
Their feculent franchise
I wish I could see this filth
Through someone else's eyes
'cause ignorance was bliss
But now I must adjust
These animals, they operate
On jealousy and lust
I'm taking back what was lost
And I will not be denied
I'm crawling my way to the surface outside
Now I'm burning alive, just like you
Brilliant
Some people listen to this and feel nothing at all it's amazing
still one of my fav🖤
What a great song, I love it! I put it into my "Shellshocked Radio - Recommendations" List: ruclips.net/video/DN9JeTQdMKg/видео.html Very well done!
Amazing band Wes has great voice great music much love ❤ rock on
Awe struck!!! This makes Limp Bizkit look like amatures....this is what WES needs to do more of....
I bet hanging out with Wes is like hanging out with that super smart guy that does fucked up shit just for the fun of it and no matter what you can't keep up with him cause he's always hyped. If he performs like that on stage with this band it would be worth seeing just for the raw energy and aggression, musical and lyrical genius is a plus.
Maximus Aralieous actually met wes back in 2001 ish for big dumb face show. sooooo cool and funny. goofy dude but just such positive vibes. lotta love
Saw them in Nashville they were awesome and he was crowd surfing and landed on us
I can understand the lyrics. Chorus has a nice textured yell that's still clear and not screechy. Music is mixed well.
Good shit guys. Can't believe I just now stumbled on it.
Yeah, man....love it.
The album was badass entirely. A talented and under rated band for sure.
Wes looks like Brandon Lee from the Crow.
Thank you Wes for blessing us with Cruel Melody, feel like only handful of us know of it's existence
Wish this had taken off a bit more. Hes a better singer then Fred Durst. Or i wish hed do this and Limp Bizkit. Mark Tremonti makes solo albums, is in Alter bridge and creed still comes around once in a while.
actually it sounds like gravity kills mixed with INXS I like it :D
This is Incredible!!!
This was always my favorite song
Masterpiece
bizkit pays for wes to be able to make good music like this
@Pedro dos Santos and that's a fact!
@Pedro dos Santos funny joke
NIN inspired, and I fucking LOVE it! mahalo, Wes and production.
Fuse 1990,still listening 2019
Shauntrack?
HI ..TE GUSTA EL TEMA?
Si me encanta 😍
@@antonellacaballero2796 Y TU AMI
Jajaja v:
Si jaja
This joint stills goes! 2021
Sure it ain't "original", but unlike Limp Bizkit, I can actually dig this
Lol
I like it. Feels like what I heard back in high school. I need this feeling.
You're missing out. Bizkit is 🔥.
Don't know why so much hate amd dislike towards LB. It was always very creative IMO
Este proyecto no es posible desperdiciarlo en lo anterior. Es fácil decirlo, pero demostrar que tienes el talento para realizarlo: es otra cosa. Aunque de vuelta a sus comienzos: siempre tendrá la puerta abierta a "sus nuevos sonidos".