Composer/Musician Reacts to Slice The Cake - Stone and Silver i. The Mountains of Man (REACTION!!!)
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- Bryan reacts to and talks about his thoughts on Slice The Cake - Stone and Silver i. The Mountains of Man [Official]
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I´d suggest doing the whole album for this one, if possible
yes and absolutely play it together with the "intro" album to set the mood. "Odyssey to the Gallows" is like a half hour walk through hell.
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@Kyle Jayden Definitely, have been watching on instaflixxer for since november myself =)
This album in particular is just revolutionary. "The Exile Part I The Razors Edge" is also phenomenal.
duuude, every single song on this album is phenomenal :D
Agreed but I think The Exile almost requires both parts to be listened to together. Such a good song
I think it might be my favourite album of all time.
Castle in the sky part 2 is beautiful
Genuinely one of the greatest albums of our time, can't put into words how happy I am they're all back together and working on more material
Garrett Miller (jazz drummer reacts): "Where's one?" Sells shirts with that comment :P
Glad to see another Garrett miller fan in here. Hemiola!
Liked your comments. This is towards the beginning pod the album where he’s trying to decide to commit to his “quest”.
The middle calmer section, to me, is him trying to imagine what it would be like to ignore his “quest” (part of the first and last parts of the song) and stay in his calm and content life.
Love the unraveling comment. It’s him losing his mind.
The Raw screaming portion (one of my favorite portions of the entire album) was him trying to ask his wife to come with him on this “quest” but she won’t come. He struggles with this idea that everything is “but stone and silver”/“all we hold dear must disintegrate”/all things are subject to the “winds of change” and applying these ideas to his relationship with his wife. There’s a few songs where he expresses this and struggles throughout.
Thanks for your thoughts Bryan and anyone who reads/comments.
This album is 100% worth a full listen
This was brilliant, and a great exposition as always. I downloaded this album immediately after.
What do you like to listen to? Seen you comment quite frequently and always open to suggestions!
I totally love this band, I find this record majestic. You should also check out Ulcerate - Withered and Obsolete. These guys are mastermind at writing dissonant, technical, death metal with some post-metal elements. Their drummer is also one of the best in the extreme scene.
YES, I second this, this band is awesome, Withered and Obsolete is also a great starting point.
Their vocalist is absolutely amazing too. For this album telling a story, he not only serves as a vocalist, but almost as if hes playing a character. And that cant be said for any vocalist. Hes seriously underrated as hell
As a solo song it's amazing, but as a whole album it's a whole other level and every minor thing you noticed in this single song the album follows a similar journey as a whole it's an amazing work of art for it
I love this band so much, I was ecstatic when I saw this video pop up in my reccomnded. Thanks for checking it out
P. S. Please just do a whole album analysis on this one, it'd be worth your time
You really need to give the album a front-to-back spin. It's truly incredible. You should do Westward Bound I - The Lantern, The Exile I - The Razors Edge or maybe Unending Waltz. One of the best parts of the album is Gareth's spoken-word bits, they're very well executed/performed and I'm not usually a big fan when it comes to that. Regardless of the sustainability of techniques used, his vocal performance is one of the greatest I've ever heard. Between the incredible lyrics and the fact that you can just hear in his voice that he gave this album everything he had, really powerful stuff.
I wasn't expecting you to react to this but this is so good. I'm so happy you reacted to this!
Do a whole album reaction!
Good observations about the song, I really love this album.
If you do dig into the lyrics, this is a concept album with a story througout the record.
Glad you liked it! Honestly, the entire album is incredible start to finish. Well worth setting some time aside to check out their bandcamp (they have lyrics on there as well). Easily one of my all-time favorite bands and albums, it's very clear as you listen just how much effort was put into the narrative of the entire project.
That was surprisingly good for a band with such a silly band name
The name is actually tongue-in-cheek, making fun of how so many core bands have "verb the noun" for names.
@@bmhyakiri i mean, not the silliest example of being tongue in cheek with that stereotype. Id argue that title goes to literally "Verb The Noun"
11:14 "distressing, emotional journey of a man.."
lol That description is way more accurate than you know.
14:00 interesting.. i think there is something to be said here about how the expectation of the rythm section to uphold the time of the music. Its weird because if you just let the vocals lead you in the section discussed its easy to follow but if you let the rythm section lead you it does indeed all fall apart. Its like the anti djent (where djent usually has a strong 4 4 rythm to lead you and the vocals and guitars expand around that rythm) here the vocals and guitars hold the rythm and the percussion and base expand around that. Its good shit
Nice comment! Neat idea. I’ll pay attention to it more.
love this band, the song Westward Bound part I - The Lantern starts out super mellow with pure spoken word vocals, and gradually he goes from soft speaking to yelling, to growled vocals in a smooth transition, and then theres another classical acoustic, almost Spanish inspired mid section. fantastic album
Wow im late i didn't know you already did this reaction and thanks for the shout out! you should definitely do holy mountain next if you get a chance
If I had to curate a list I specifically wanted you to do this band would appear ☺️ hope it was something else haha. People ask me if I like deathcore and I say it better be like STC lol
Their self titled song from The Man With No Face is one of the most cohesive 20 minute tracks ever. Never feels like it's meandering away from being this one song, yet never boring either. Amazing feat.
I’m the same way. Deathcore can be alright (most is crap but there’s some gems). STC is all gem.
Haha yeah. I was a pretty fresh out of high school when Job for a Cowboy blew up, and it was really fun for a couple months then I got tired of everything revolving around breakdowns. I love solos damnit lol.
Early contortionist was damn good deathcore too.
Can anyone suggest me some bands that are almost like stc?
Slice the cake Westward Bound Part I - The Lantern is definitely my favorite off the album because of the vocalist performance and they have recently announced that they are getting back together so potentially new music in the near future.
Never heard of this. Very impressed - going to listen to the album now.
Absolutely need to listen to The Exile Parts 1 and 2. They're the first two tracks (really one song) on the album and they're incredible.
I died at "This is not anything I'd like to feel while I'm slicing a cake" haha love these guys their vocalist always puts a lot of passion into his parts & has a lot of interesting phrasing amongst all the amazing instrumentals. I'd definitely recommend listening to this album in full as well as the 'Other Slices' album.
Also maybe check out the band Party Cannon if you need more misleading band names lol
17:01 yep it sure is. I listened to this album several times without reading the lyrics or even thinking about it. But u nailed it right away. Wait till u get like half way through the album. The character starts to slip into a bit of madness. He has moments of doubt then finds clarity and resolve, then doubt even worse because his clarity fell apart. The whole album I'm like....Ok is this truly about his struggle and search for God or it just an allegory for other struggles in their life. Still don't know the answer to that
I’m definitely going to have to listen to more of their stuff. This is right up my alley.
kow otani's castle in the sky is one of my fav songs
My man
Great review!
I have to recommend Seth Angerer - Kynikos. It's a single Austrian guy who writes all of his own stuff that is sadly unknown. Epic progressive death metal that is seriously up there with the best.
“This is not anything I’d like to feel while slicing a cake” loved that
Always difficult judging one song out of a concept album. Needs a complete album listen for context for sure. And what an album it is!
This album made this band stop existing they got arguing etc but in late 2019 they came back and ate apperantly working on new music
I thought they split up before because they just couldnt commit like they wanted to.. living in different countries they said it was too hard to keep in constant contact. I didnt know they were also arguing
@@R3adybreck If I remember correctly the composer of the album didn't think that the members were talented enough for the music that he wanted to create so arguing started happening and the members decided to release the album as it is (wasn't fully finished) and then disbanded.
This is just me recalling what someone else recalled so probably details that are wrong/missing.
Do Novena now. It's the vocalist of Haken with the vocalist of Slice the Cake together
Love this album, was crushed when the band broke up but I'm so happy they came back.
Replying to a 3 week old comment, but have you heard of Novena? If not you should check them out. Band with members of StC, Haken, and other prog/metal bands. They just dropped a new album this year too.
Never heard of these guys. Good stuff! Added to spotify list!
Always been a huge fan of the 2 voices. The growls and the cleans in the same song. It keeps you on your toes and the energy is just awesome.
I do recommend one of my favorite bands in this genre. Scar Symmetry. If you haven't already...
Pre- Holographic Universe.. not to say the currsnt stuff isn't just as awesome. The singer from this band Christian Alvestam is also multi talented in the realms of what Mike Patton does he does for the melodeath genre. Even has and 80s synth pop cd. Since then the band had to replace him with 2 singers. LOL. Christian went onto his new outfit Solution 45. Highly RECOMMEND! And Per Nilson the guitarist is one of my heros next to Satch and Vai.
omg that was amazing
This album is an fucking journey, worth a listen yourself all the way through with some beers and lyrics in front of you.
Edit - about what you said at the end about a man on a journey, this song is near the beginning of the whole concept album about a man on a journey! you have to listen to the rest!
Has anyone suggested Others By No One - Dr. Breacher and the Time Travel Anomaly? If you like songs that take you on a journey, this song takes you on a 20 minute journey all over the music spectrum. I think you'd dig it
Never heard of them. Def gonna check out more
I love your stuff! please react to Liquid Tension Experiment - When the water breaks
The full album is well worth a listen. If you only want to do individual songs then Unending Waltz, Westward Bound Part 1 and 2, or The Holy Mountain, all of which show their spoken word side better
amazing video
Awesome dude! This entire album is a masterpiece. And I don't throw that word out there lightly.
Still going to recommend Mechina hard. It's one of those hidden gem bands. Niche for sure but they have their cult following. Basically highly Cinematic/Sci-Fi Cyber/Death Metal. A futuristic version of Fear Factory in space, plus orchestral backdrops. "Xenon" is my choice now. (Not the Compendium version.)
I wonder if you've heard a band called The Dear Hunter? They are way on the kind of Indie/emo side of prog. There are some heavy elements, but it's far from metal. I think you might really love them from a compositional standpoint. The bulk of their discog is made up of 5 acts which all connect and tell the story of a boy named Hunter through the era of WW1. It's a must-listen for any music lover. Casey Crecenzo, the lead singer, I think also employs some less than healthy vocal techniques. I think it shows live, but I haven't seen them too much live so idk if it's a regular thing for his voice to sound strained. Their more commercial album is Migrant, and they also have a collection of EPs called The Color Spectrum. It's all really phenomenal, easy listening prog music. I think it's the type of prog you could share with anyone. My introduction to the band was a song called "Is There Anybody Here" so I suggest that. It's more ballady than most of the rest of their stuff but its great and has a really satisfying guitar solo.
I checked out two of their tracks so far and love them!
I can only repeat what others have said. This song represents a very small piece of a larger picture. If you haven't already, listen to the full album with lyrics. Do it.
Surprised that for a "popular request" I've never heard of these guys. Hate the band name, but the music's great. Nothing super revolutionary or surprising, but very solid. Definitely piqued my interest.
Hi Bryan, please react and analyse "Cotard" by The Hirsch Effekt! This song especially is heavily influenced by Dillinger Escape Plan and it's just sooooo beautiful!
Check out something off the album Terminal Redux by Vektor.
Please do augment of rebirth by Between the Buried and me. Or do something from Karnivool. Or Silent Planet. Honestly though I don’t care what you react too just as long as your doing it!!
Dude, you should check out the lantern by them
Waiting for you to do another TOOL reaction. Rosetta Stoned
That timing was uncomfortable almost the entire time.
please tell me you have found time to listen to this album in your free time.
I'll be checking out Odyssey to the West this weekend. I've had a lot of music hit the top of my listening list since then but it's finally time to dig into Slice the Cake.
Instrumentally loved it, but the vocals sounded heavily tuned
They aren't fyi
@@alexg91024 (:
To think this album almost never came to be. Glad Gaia decided to move forward with it...even if there was internal issues with the band.