to be fair - _fuck_ Spotify. it's a dogshit service for music discovery. RUclips's predatory recommendations algorithm - the one they use to keep you glued to your computer for as long as possible - happens to be a _phenomenal_ resource for music discovery, on the other hand. that said - this track was never on an album. it wasn't even released on an EP - it was literally just a one-off track. it'll probably never be on Spotify.
The Dillinger Esc Plan always managed to create a lot of scale/size through rapidly switching between high and low frequencies, and that style's complimented here by a punchy and compressed/tight production. The drums are fat, and the guitars, fatter! It might not sound like typical Dillinger, but it's one monolithic slab of alternative metal, all the same.
it kills me that this is just in drop D. i've got 7s and 8s and nearly all of my 6s are downtuned - i love these guitars and i try so hard not to think about how much it really doesn't even fucking matter, at least tonally rofl
The production on this is KILLER. The drum sounds, the guitar tone, the chugs, Greg's voice is clear as day... man. Probably the best-produced Dillinger track. Certainly the most metal sounding (from a production standpoint). Good job, boys.
***** It's an electronic kit. There is even some electro resonance on the kick. It's the 'style' of the song. I don't mind the song, but it's more industrial than metal.
I get goosebumps from how much the musicality resembles something siphoned from my very own veins. I think anyone with anger issues will appreciate this track to various degrees. Musically it flawlessly follows the oscillating waves of pure rage and momentary introspection perfectly, which build a complete portrait of an exhaustive tantrum. As many of us know; these can be triggered by anything.
Dillinger's music is beautiful. All my friends are very good intelligent people, really. And they love good music. But no one from them can understand my passion for this type of music. It makes me sad sometimes.
This shit's thick! I felt a fist fight bubbling up right out of the gate. I like the NIN vibe of the "just a smile" repeater. 'Terrible Lie' comes to mind, and the scream at the end of that segment is fucking ruthless. Love the ending.
So god damn angry that it took me until 2016 to see em live, but at least I made it happen twice this year. So much pure fun, crowd surfing, stage diving I've ever been involved with. Every other metal band, take notes.
These guys are playing live in Tilberg, Netherlands on the 8th of August. They split just before I got into them, so I never expected a chance to see them until now. I've got just 2 weeks to get over my fear of flying, oceans, or tunnels, in order to see my favourite band (by quite a long margin). Lads, if you're reading this, I'm the guy in Scotland that has a ridiculous amount of song plays by yourselves. My pleasure - trust me. Hope to see you in Tilberg, or crash/ drown/get crushed trying.
That fucking guitar part during "a fortress crumbles from inside, no fix when you're building on the broken, and happiness is just a smile" is amazing. Stuck in my head all day.
The production seems to be a problem for some people... Ire Works was a production-heavy record. Anyway, this is just a single, and at least it sounds different. A fun track to please the fans instead of having them wait years for a new record. Also, it has a NIN vibe. More NIN vibe than the last 20 years of NIN discography.
Depends what you call a NIN vibe. I think NIN is always changing, but they have have fundamentals that influence their sound. What you're talking about are some of the earlier NIN fundamentals. But, The Fragile had much of that too and took a turn toward the more beat oriented and as well as brian eno type sound scapes. Yeah, some of what's great about this song that has some of the early as well as melodic NIN vibes is not found as much from NIN's second era (2005-2015), however since this comment was written in 2014, I can see that you were talking about The Downward Spiral and Broken. You should check out the NIN trilogy from 2016-2018. NIN has revisited its early version and given it an innovative twist. Check out songs like Burning Bright, The Idea of You, Not Anymore, Shit Mirror, Ahead of Ourselves, Over and out and finally The Background World. The ending of Happiness Is A Smile reminds me of Tool's Ticks and Leeches. But def some cool NIN & even Deftones influence here. Awesome song.
This is a one off B-Side from the Option Paralysis tour that they wrote on the road and recorded in 20 minutes with Evetts via email on the bus. Billy wasn't even playing Drums. They released it as a single EP and have it away on the final leg of the tour to anyone who was buying merch.
Aweome song!!! Love DEP!! This is pretty heavy stuff, i like it...they don't need to play chaotic and a thousand miles an hour all the time to be equally brutal
I feel a weird sense of sadness sometimes when I listen to DEP... like I can never do anything this intense and passionate in my life, it's just not a level that's possible to reach for most.
@@farzana2686 I only discovered them with their final album, it was an amazing experience to be able to devour their whole discography and they quickly shot up the list to my top bands ever. The chaos just really speaks to me on some lizard brain level. I'm just amazed at how everything they did was created and in awe of the skill level combined with the absolute limits of creativity and intensity. Thanks for your comment, it was kinda inspirational haha
I've only come around this year to what a banger this song really is. The riffs and construction are indeed simple when compared to standard DEP fare, but the clean production really helps the band lay in all their punches on every front.
I got to see them, but it was before Greg when they opened for Mr. Bungle all the way back in 2000! Great show, didn’t know who the fuck they were at the time, but I’ll always consider them to be the LOUDEST band I’ve ever went to see! Lol...they were mind-blowing, but that was before they wrote any of the tunes with Greg, which for me, are the cream of the crop! 😉
I understand 💯% why this isn’t on an album. This track really does truly stand alone amongst all other Escape Plan tracks. Pretty sure that’s what they were probably thinking too. 😉
most visited video on youtube for me , must been here atleast once a week for the last for 2 years(discoverd em late(will never forgett meself for that:))
DEP 4 life! This was a one shot they released on a cassette for VIP ticket purchasers on their headlining tour last spring...I saw them at Webster hall with Trash Talk and it was purely amazing....great crowd too...always will be a fan baby!!!!
I remember finding this song after crashing my car due to having a seizure and my friend group kinda fell away from me due to me not being able to come out for a while and I had to walk everywhere and start all over again. I was so angry…luckily I had my family. Family is everything 💯
This band was GOLD. The fact they hung it up is proof you can create something great even when you're not taking what you're doing serious. We all take things way too serious.
I have been listening to God awful heavy music since 1991, and this is probably one of the heaviest, sick as fuck songs in the existence of mankind. As intricate as most of their stuff is, this is so simple its just what the doctor ordered., 🤟🤟
Always been on the fence w this band (like them quite a bit these days tho) but this song made me reevaluate my opinion on the band. Such a killer song!
The sound of this bass during the first main riff reminds me of Admiral Angry's guitar tone (yeah, they tune low as HELL) and its awesome! (if you like TDEP, and you like Meshuggah, maybe a little bit of sludge metal, youd like Admiral Angry)
+Psyfonify i remember ben weinman sharing the illusion of strength on his facebook page a few years ago. so an inspiration from admiral angry.wouldn't be surprising.
This is as close as these guys get to a melody huh? I went through a phase where DEP was all over my work out mix but fell out from them a bit. The news of there break up brought me here. Dig this song
Currently, I guess. One of us is the killer, nothing's funny, and paranoia shields are all very melodic. This song is somewhere in the middle of their abrasive mathcore and their melodic tendencies.
Congreskate Evil can be used as a descriptive word... if he had said it sounded good, would you have asked him to stop associating metal with good? He can use whatever word he wants and associate metal with whatever he wants. I would describe that particular riff as a mean motherfucker of a riff.
connor hayes No because the opposite of good is bad. The opposite of Evil is Righteous... Bad's original definition is the result of an unwanted action. Not a behavior...
6 years later and it's still not on Spotify
and we keep on coming back for this gem...
we can only hope
@@zolasninja daily
to be fair - _fuck_ Spotify. it's a dogshit service for music discovery.
RUclips's predatory recommendations algorithm - the one they use to keep you glued to your computer for as long as possible - happens to be a _phenomenal_ resource for music discovery, on the other hand.
that said - this track was never on an album. it wasn't even released on an EP - it was literally just a one-off track. it'll probably never be on Spotify.
It will never be on Spotify, one time cassette release and that was it
Is it just me or is this one of the most MASSIVE sounding songs I've ever heard?
The Dillinger Esc Plan always managed to create a lot of scale/size through rapidly switching between high and low frequencies, and that style's complimented here by a punchy and compressed/tight production. The drums are fat, and the guitars, fatter!
It might not sound like typical Dillinger, but it's one monolithic slab of alternative metal, all the same.
I think the slower tempo and rhythms really add to the beefiness too. It lets the thickness breathe and own its space .
it kills me that this is just in drop D. i've got 7s and 8s and nearly all of my 6s are downtuned - i love these guitars and i try so hard not to think about how much it really doesn't even fucking matter, at least tonally rofl
huge wall of sound and reminds me of a song by author and punisher called Incinerator.
This and Heaviest Matter Of Universe by Gojira
i dont even think THEY knew how perfect this was.
I bet they did, I imagine them being off their heads to nothing more than their own music and shows
Oh they did - look at that mug! 1:11
Yeah this is indisputably their best song in my opinion. This shit just goes so fuckin hard.
I fucking miss this band so much
When a band writes the greatest song ever and doesn't release it on an album
RUclips red, get all the singles and mixtapes to your hearts content.
thank for mentioning this, i never knew about that song, i just downloaded it
For real. I listen to this more than any LP dillinger song
Adriana Kryveshko no
Felix Nilbog what do you mean ?
"The fortress crumbles from inside, no fix when you're building on the broken, oh....and happiness is just a smile..."
The production on this is KILLER.
The drum sounds, the guitar tone, the chugs, Greg's voice is clear as day... man.
Probably the best-produced Dillinger track. Certainly the most metal sounding (from a production standpoint).
Good job, boys.
***** It's an electronic kit. There is even some electro resonance on the kick. It's the 'style' of the song. I don't mind the song, but it's more industrial than metal.
I still think this sounds rad as shit ._.
There is a whole school of thought which thinks metal should sound raw.
Asher Dunitz That's dumb.
Asher Dunitz well technical metal like this should sound technical. but as far as black or grind are concerned - the dirtier the better :)
When the "just a smile" chant thing starts i feel like im being possessed. This single is so fucking epic. Dillinger always impresses
chinfinginner are you okay?
Ngl kinda cringe bro
I love that Greg Puciato sounds like a perpetually-enraged Mr. Meeseeks.
HAHAHA!
Look at meeeee!
no I cant unheard ( im not native english ...so yeah you got the point)
Ooooo he's tryin!
Mr. Meeseeks, I need you to fill in for my vocalist tonight
I get goosebumps from how much the musicality resembles something siphoned from my very own veins. I think anyone with anger issues will appreciate this track to various degrees. Musically it flawlessly follows the oscillating waves of pure rage and momentary introspection perfectly, which build a complete portrait of an exhaustive tantrum. As many of us know; these can be triggered by anything.
Billy Mangino definitely agree, bro!
I miss Dillinger soooo much
What a fucking great song, the outro it's really devastating.
Fire! ❤🔥
8 years later and still no Spotify
Who needs coffee when you are hungover, just listen to this. The world is good again. Ready to go. Cheer DEP
Dillinger's music is beautiful.
All my friends are very good intelligent people, really. And they love good music. But no one from them can understand my passion for this type of music. It makes me sad sometimes.
Beautiful chaos
💚💚
When I find someone at work that likes any intense music with screaming vocals....... we are instantly friends.
I feel your pain. Almost none of my friends have understood what I've experienced from this band.
*cringe*
Greg sounds absolutely unhinged on this track, and I love it!
This is a life philosophy
This shit's thick! I felt a fist fight bubbling up right out of the gate. I like the NIN vibe of the "just a smile" repeater. 'Terrible Lie' comes to mind, and the scream at the end of that segment is fucking ruthless. Love the ending.
Still, not on Spotify
Still!!
Stilll!
And one of the catchiest outro/ bridges EVER!!
Damm recently I knew it man this song is a great masterpiece greetings from El Salvador dudes
This is a PERFECTLY written song!! As a musician speaking. 😃
First and only time seeing this live was at the last show. Thank you guys for creating the most beautiful yet chaotic art, ever
I am, SO confused perplexed overwhelmed & amazed.
So god damn angry that it took me until 2016 to see em live, but at least I made it happen twice this year. So much pure fun, crowd surfing, stage diving I've ever been involved with. Every other metal band, take notes.
ChrisMontante gonna be at rock on the range too! i was so happy, i thought I missed an opportunity to see them a second time
ChrisMontante same here. so upset i missed them back in 2014 finally saw then in November for the first and last time :(
Yeah bro i feel you i seen them 3 times this year and will once more in prague. Its worth it to see them before they call it quits
I've listened to this song so many times, yet it still doesn't fail to stir that hype inside. So well written and produced 👌
These guys are playing live in Tilberg, Netherlands on the 8th of August.
They split just before I got into them, so I never expected a chance to see them until now.
I've got just 2 weeks to get over my fear of flying, oceans, or tunnels, in order to see my favourite band (by quite a long margin).
Lads, if you're reading this, I'm the guy in Scotland that has a ridiculous amount of song plays by yourselves.
My pleasure - trust me.
Hope to see you in Tilberg, or crash/ drown/get crushed trying.
How was it? 😊
@@-10 I fell ill and couldn't make it.
Maybe they'll play this side of the water at some point in the future. Till then, this'll get repeat visits.
@@paulgreen2401 too bad, take care and I hope you get a new opportunity soon!
@@-10 Cheers Brother.
Still not on Spotify
That fucking guitar part during "a fortress crumbles from inside, no fix when you're building on the broken, and happiness is just a smile" is amazing. Stuck in my head all day.
so much power in the vocals and the production has a much more grittier sound, i'm fuckin love it.
saw the death shirt. I knew these guys were great but that confirms it.
Those high pitched screams send chills down my spine
The production seems to be a problem for some people... Ire Works was a production-heavy record. Anyway, this is just a single, and at least it sounds different. A fun track to please the fans instead of having them wait years for a new record.
Also, it has a NIN vibe. More NIN vibe than the last 20 years of NIN discography.
So true, specially if you take account that their album cycles usually take three full years. Killer track IMHO
dayaftertomorrow1 parasitic twins seems very NIN-ish to me
Depends what you call a NIN vibe. I think NIN is always changing, but they have have fundamentals that influence their sound. What you're talking about are some of the earlier NIN fundamentals. But, The Fragile had much of that too and took a turn toward the more beat oriented and as well as brian eno type sound scapes. Yeah, some of what's great about this song that has some of the early as well as melodic NIN vibes is not found as much from NIN's second era (2005-2015), however since this comment was written in 2014, I can see that you were talking about The Downward Spiral and Broken. You should check out the NIN trilogy from 2016-2018. NIN has revisited its early version and given it an innovative twist. Check out songs like Burning Bright, The Idea of You, Not Anymore, Shit Mirror, Ahead of Ourselves, Over and out and finally The Background World.
The ending of Happiness Is A Smile reminds me of Tool's Ticks and Leeches. But def some cool NIN & even Deftones influence here. Awesome song.
This is a one off B-Side from the Option Paralysis tour that they wrote on the road and recorded in 20 minutes with Evetts via email on the bus.
Billy wasn't even playing Drums. They released it as a single EP and have it away on the final leg of the tour to anyone who was buying merch.
So nice !
sanggat bagus saya penggemar kamu
saya pun !
Raw, heavy, fucked up, and so Dillinger Escape Planesque. These guys NEVER disappoint!
I love so much how this band become over time more emotional and energetic.
Still the best thing I've seen live!!!!
Aweome song!!! Love DEP!! This is pretty heavy stuff, i like it...they don't need to play chaotic and a thousand miles an hour all the time to be equally brutal
It's only through death or love that we'll be free.
This just hits me like a brick wall every single fucking time.
I feel a weird sense of sadness sometimes when I listen to DEP... like I can never do anything this intense and passionate in my life, it's just not a level that's possible to reach for most.
If you can recognize it for what it is, it is inside you :) many people out here can listen to this and think it’s garbage.
@@farzana2686 I only discovered them with their final album, it was an amazing experience to be able to devour their whole discography and they quickly shot up the list to my top bands ever. The chaos just really speaks to me on some lizard brain level. I'm just amazed at how everything they did was created and in awe of the skill level combined with the absolute limits of creativity and intensity. Thanks for your comment, it was kinda inspirational haha
I've only come around this year to what a banger this song really is. The riffs and construction are indeed simple when compared to standard DEP fare, but the clean production really helps the band lay in all their punches on every front.
Streaming services please
My one greatest regret of my life is that I never got to see this band live.........kill me now^%$#@!
Greatest band of all time!!!!!!!!
Best live gig I ever went to and I am not the biggest fan of their music.
The best live experience of my life!
I got to see them, but it was before Greg when they opened for Mr. Bungle all the way back in 2000! Great show, didn’t know who the fuck they were at the time, but I’ll always consider them to be the LOUDEST band I’ve ever went to see! Lol...they were mind-blowing, but that was before they wrote any of the tunes with Greg, which for me, are the cream of the crop! 😉
Damn I truly sorry to read this. It’s pure chaos. I have seen them in NY and NJ. Many times. Brace for impact.
How did Dillinger get less technical but still stay super technical?
Still no Spotify 😡
Gutted that I never saw them play live.......
I understand 💯% why this isn’t on an album. This track really does truly stand alone amongst all other Escape Plan tracks. Pretty sure that’s what they were probably thinking too. 😉
I'm cool with that. But just get it up on Spotify for us :)
Its refreshing how straightforward it is, reminds me of Greg's solo material a bit.
Why isn't this on spotify yet?
blankbrian cuz spotify sucks.
+blankbrian This
Limited release
2 years later same prob
It probably never will be now :/
god I would kill for one more show...
Heard this for the first time. I’m in love! This is going to weird out my teenage daughters. Can’t wait to listen to it in front of them.
This song calms me
Does a higher quality version of this song exist anywhere? This audio is compressed as hell
most visited video on youtube for me , must been here atleast once a week for the last for 2 years(discoverd em late(will never forgett meself for that:))
Leave nothing unspoken
DEP 4 life! This was a one shot they released on a cassette for VIP ticket purchasers on their headlining tour last spring...I saw them at Webster hall with Trash Talk and it was purely amazing....great crowd too...always will be a fan baby!!!!
awesome vid, great production sound, banging song, favorite band...
my favorite song by them now
Fuck, that's heavy! Something different and i love it. They literally never disappoint!
best stuff I've heard in along time. Dillinger are so on the money right now
Production sounds massive!!
I remember finding this song after crashing my car due to having a seizure and my friend group kinda fell away from me due to me not being able to come out for a while and I had to walk everywhere and start all over again. I was so angry…luckily I had my family. Family is everything 💯
Fuck me I miss live shows...
The longer DEP doesn't exist....
the older i get.
😔
Yeah, I discovered them after they broke up, sad.
This metal song is on its own level
Great band
Such an amazing and intense song. I somehow missed this one. Now im listening to it like everyday for the last week
Brilliant work, guys.
Feeling all the vibes.
Yo lemme get this on Spotify
This band was GOLD. The fact they hung it up is proof you can create something great even when you're not taking what you're doing serious. We all take things way too serious.
Love it, it sounds huge like Godzilla kicking the shit out of Mount Everest.
New album please.
this shit is amazing. dillinger at their most relaxed, comfortable, and their most savage
This is my shit dude, prob go crazy without my boi Greg coming throu with the outlet for my frustrations
seriously, all these dudes. They are a cathartic blessing.
This song takes a big shit on Pharrell Williams's "Happy" lol.
This might be my favourite RUclips comment
an angry shit
it's okay to like different genres of music
Looking forward to seeing you guys with Soundgarden and NIN!
i love this one
Saw this in Houston last night. My poor goddamn ears. They killed it though!
i think this song is tight as hell, they did something simple, and it worked out fantastically
The song that got me into The Dillinger Escape Plan
I have been listening to God awful heavy music since 1991, and this is probably one of the heaviest, sick as fuck songs in the existence of mankind. As intricate as most of their stuff is, this is so simple its just what the doctor ordered., 🤟🤟
I AM I IN AWE, this is all I want musically! Love kisses and more love!
Pia Nyström You do have nice tastes then haha
I think I do!
I miss them so much
They're coming back 😊
That fucking riff on the verse!!!!! Should've made the cut for the album!
I hope we hear a lot of industrial type songs like this on the next album!
So Dillinger. Much good. Very music
Always been on the fence w this band (like them quite a bit these days tho) but this song made me reevaluate my opinion on the band. Such a killer song!
It's a bonus track. They have the versatility to do whatever they want.
One of my FAV bands!!
The sound of this bass during the first main riff reminds me of Admiral Angry's guitar tone (yeah, they tune low as HELL) and its awesome!
(if you like TDEP, and you like Meshuggah, maybe a little bit of sludge metal, youd like Admiral Angry)
Psyfonify also, the electronic drum samples on this song, reminds me of admiral angry as well (in a good way, not a bad way.)
Psyfonify of course this song is 10/10
+Psyfonify i remember ben weinman sharing the illusion of strength on his facebook page a few years ago. so an inspiration from admiral angry.wouldn't be surprising.
+Psyfonify also, 9 month late comment lol
They are touring with NIN this Fall. I'm going Friday to see them Soundgarden and Nine Inch Nails.
God... I miss them soooooo much
my most favorite song by them.... siccckkk !
i wish i was 22 again so i could enjoy this. don't grow old, kids!
fuck age
That snare though, not even being sarcastic, I fucking love it.
This is as close as these guys get to a melody huh? I went through a phase where DEP was all over my work out mix but fell out from them a bit. The news of there break up brought me here. Dig this song
Currently, I guess. One of us is the killer, nothing's funny, and paranoia shields are all very melodic. This song is somewhere in the middle of their abrasive mathcore and their melodic tendencies.
Holy fucking shit, this is melting my fucking face off and it feels so good. New album or something?
No, it's just a single.
Am I seeing this correctly? Playing in June?
Yes, no values festival
that riff at 0:25 ! its fucking evil
stop associating evil with metal please.
Congreskate sorry, just trying to say its bad ass.
Congreskate Evil can be used as a descriptive word... if he had said it sounded good, would you have asked him to stop associating metal with good? He can use whatever word he wants and associate metal with whatever he wants. I would describe that particular riff as a mean motherfucker of a riff.
amen brother
connor hayes No because the opposite of good is bad. The opposite of Evil is Righteous... Bad's original definition is the result of an unwanted action. Not a behavior...
Mid tempo facemelting geniuses GODDDDDD THESE FUCKING GUYS MAKE MY BLOOD BOIL. in the best way possible
Its only through death or love that we'll be free
i want to ride my bike with this Music.... at the speed of 240 kmh at the highway...