Dude... welcome to VOLA. This was a joy to watch! Some liken their earlier work to Meshuggah (no small thing) but they are so much to digest in just 4 members. The Discography is a wonderful journey - emotional, staggering and unforgettable. Enjoy! ;) Likewise bands for me at this level would be TesseracT [English melancholy, heavy Djent, gorgeous vocals] and Leprous [Prog rock space opera, super emotional and impressive musicianship]
I agreed wholeheartedly. The difference between vola and tesseract/leprous for me is... with Tesseract and especially Leprous, some of their tracks are more experimental or just don't really jive with me, and it takes effort to appreciate them. With Vola I've come to effortlessly enjoy every song they've ever written (and, on Witness, I enjoyed it all before even going through the "breaking in" period). But, I understand some of it is just preference. Many Leprous and Tesseract songs blow me away (Tesseract's latest album is especially amazing and has hardly any misses for me).
VOLA is VOLA, but maybe "The Contortionist - Language" album could give you this same Déja Vu. :) And yes, you should listen to all VOLA discography. It's solid af, no bad song.
Love these types of album reactions! If you’re interested in doing one for an album I think is really worth it by a much smaller band, I’d highly recommend Tetrachromat’s self titled LP-came out in early 2018, I believe. Not only were their live shows insane in the before-times (lmao) but that album is one of the tightest gapless pieces of art I’ve heard out of any band, period. Fully instrumental, one drummer, one bassist, two guitarists (one FX and one lead), and they write some craaaazy good songs. They really know how to find an amazing riff or groove and just HAMMER it, love listening to their drummer vibe in the pocket of a groove. Totally understand if it’s a little too unknown for your channel, but if you get a chance I’d definitely put it up there with any album recommendation sharing, period. Great video, I totally get what you mean by the Deftones connections in particular. My partner and I were listening to it front to back together and we got to Stone Leader Falling Down and Inside Your Fur and she turned to me and said it was giving her HUGE Deftones vibes.
I’m having a similar experience lately, I had heard “Straight Lines” and “Paper Wolf” a few times and thought “some day I’m going to check these guys out more.” That happened 2-3 weeks ago when they put “Break My Lying Tongue” out and I just dove in. Currently obsessed. Can’t wait for the upcoming album.
Damn, I just loved your reaction through the album because it's EXACTLY how I felt listening to it the first time!! By far my favorite album of 2021. Thanks for this video!
You should listen to Agent Fresco's album Destrier. Not exactly the same vibe, but also fantastically written, layered prog rock? It has many different genre flavors throughout.
Ya like most people here say vola is vola. But i have suggestion for you. If you not already familiar with puscifer give em a try. they are also a progressive rock band. Not as heavy as vola, but you get the big sound and they do it with a nasty electronic 80`s sound on Existential Reckoning
My man, do more Vola, or if you looking for something similar there are 2 bands I'm just loving these days: Leprous (pretty much everything but you can start with Bilateral album) and Rishloo (is not that heavy but you may like it, although I'll recommend to listen their last 2 albums)
Vola has this amazing ability to be good either as background music or as something to completely absorb into. Granted, it seems a waste to leave them in the background.
Excellent band. The have a few absolutely golden tracks (like Graves. I'd say up in the top 50 songs of all time) but most of their music doesn't grab my emotions the same way Vola does.
Timestamps:
0:00 - 0:20 Intro
0:20 - 4:43 Straight Lines
4:43 - 10:22 Head Mounted Sideways
10:22 - 15:06 24 Light-Years
15:06 - 20:58 These Black Claws
20:58 - 25:51 Freak
25:51 - 30:46 Napalm
30:46 - 35:47 Future Bird
35:47 - 41:12 Stone Leader Falling Down
41:12 - 46:06 Inside Your Fur
46:06 - 48:15 My Thoughts
Napalm on repeat. Period. Seriously bring tears to my eyes.
They don’t have a bad song. Every album is pure gold.
Definitely my favourite album of the year.
For sure.
These guys became my favourite band within a week. I am fucking obsessed with them. They're just so perfect.
I had a similar experience
@@Nahtan.9758And then I got blown away by Whitechapel's Kin album later in 2021 😂
Nasty intro for a breakdown on stone leader 🔥
Dude... welcome to VOLA. This was a joy to watch! Some liken their earlier work to Meshuggah (no small thing) but they are so much to digest in just 4 members. The Discography is a wonderful journey - emotional, staggering and unforgettable. Enjoy! ;) Likewise bands for me at this level would be TesseracT [English melancholy, heavy Djent, gorgeous vocals] and Leprous [Prog rock space opera, super emotional and impressive musicianship]
I agreed wholeheartedly.
The difference between vola and tesseract/leprous for me is... with Tesseract and especially Leprous, some of their tracks are more experimental or just don't really jive with me, and it takes effort to appreciate them. With Vola I've come to effortlessly enjoy every song they've ever written (and, on Witness, I enjoyed it all before even going through the "breaking in" period).
But, I understand some of it is just preference. Many Leprous and Tesseract songs blow me away (Tesseract's latest album is especially amazing and has hardly any misses for me).
One of the most complete albums I have heard in a loooooooong time.
Wonder why this only has 20 views. I was looking for an album reaction of this, and this is the only one I found.
yeah I've been looking for reactions since it came out and this JUST now popped up on my search
Same dude. This guys reaction was similar to mine when hearing this album but I’d heard VOLA in the past, years ago and forgot about them. 🙃😉
"There's no build up at all"... UH OH.
VOLA is VOLA, but maybe "The Contortionist - Language" album could give you this same Déja Vu. :)
And yes, you should listen to all VOLA discography. It's solid af, no bad song.
Language and Clairvoyant by The Contortionist are the closest to this vibe and feel imo. But more technical and experimental in ways
@@DrSensiblekarmanjakah's new ep feels like vola but thall /pos
@@iris_the_cat thanks for the recommendation, I like it a lot!
Love these types of album reactions! If you’re interested in doing one for an album I think is really worth it by a much smaller band, I’d highly recommend Tetrachromat’s self titled LP-came out in early 2018, I believe. Not only were their live shows insane in the before-times (lmao) but that album is one of the tightest gapless pieces of art I’ve heard out of any band, period. Fully instrumental, one drummer, one bassist, two guitarists (one FX and one lead), and they write some craaaazy good songs. They really know how to find an amazing riff or groove and just HAMMER it, love listening to their drummer vibe in the pocket of a groove. Totally understand if it’s a little too unknown for your channel, but if you get a chance I’d definitely put it up there with any album recommendation sharing, period. Great video, I totally get what you mean by the Deftones connections in particular. My partner and I were listening to it front to back together and we got to Stone Leader Falling Down and Inside Your Fur and she turned to me and said it was giving her HUGE Deftones vibes.
I’m having a similar experience lately, I had heard “Straight Lines” and “Paper Wolf” a few times and thought “some day I’m going to check these guys out more.” That happened 2-3 weeks ago when they put “Break My Lying Tongue” out and I just dove in. Currently obsessed. Can’t wait for the upcoming album.
Damn, I just loved your reaction through the album because it's EXACTLY how I felt listening to it the first time!! By far my favorite album of 2021. Thanks for this video!
Dude VOLA is fucking awesome. One of my all time favorites along with TesseracT, Skyharbor, BTBAM, The Contortionist and Unprocessed
You should listen to Agent Fresco's album Destrier. Not exactly the same vibe, but also fantastically written, layered prog rock? It has many different genre flavors throughout.
Please check out the band Leprous - the sky is red (drum play through).... amazing
I love that thall influence in head mounted sideways and stone leader falling down
Ya like most people here say vola is vola. But i have suggestion for you. If you not already familiar with puscifer give em a try. they are also a progressive rock band. Not as heavy as vola, but you get the big sound and they do it with a nasty electronic 80`s sound on Existential Reckoning
My man, do more Vola, or if you looking for something similar there are 2 bands I'm just loving these days: Leprous (pretty much everything but you can start with Bilateral album) and Rishloo (is not that heavy but you may like it, although I'll recommend to listen their last 2 albums)
oh bro please react to Raised In A Doomsday Cult by Good Tiger........it was my album of the year last year
Vola has this amazing ability to be good either as background music or as something to completely absorb into. Granted, it seems a waste to leave them in the background.
Have you checked out Caligulas Horse?
Excellent band. The have a few absolutely golden tracks (like Graves. I'd say up in the top 50 songs of all time) but most of their music doesn't grab my emotions the same way Vola does.
Correct would be - Music Band - Vola, Album - Witness
Check out Sky Harbor's album Guiding Lights.
This album sounds super "clean" to me if that makes any sense