As a guy who's not very into Death Metal, I underestimated the level of artistry it could produce. This album is awesome, and I'm super impressed with the band and the caliber of musicianship and creativity here.
I think a lot of people probably underestimate the amount of creativity in death metal. It's a metalhead music nerd's paradise. I was never the biggest fan (or hater) of old school death metal, brutal death/slam or deathcore, liked stuff here and there, but there are so many bands in tech death, prog death, deathgrind & other death-adjacent subgenres over the last decade pushing boundaries in so many different directions, technically/instrumentally and/or progressively/musically, it's a wild rabbit hole to jump into.
@@mediumvillain An update on the matter since it's been two years since I left that comment, I still don't listen to a lot of Death Metal, but I've heard at least a handful of projects I'm pretty sure are DM now and I enjoy it when other genres have Death Metal influence.
As for my favorite, probably Drain of Incarnation. Really one of three that especially hit me. Other major highlights include Reverie On the Onyx and A.U.M. Update: I think Acrid Canon is my favorite now.
Well considering their last album came out a bit ago they probably played and practiced the bits they liked. Like Dean said Tobi integrated melodic stuff he’s been playing for awhile and they enjoyed it, it gave the album spice and new meaning without loosing out on it being heavy as balls. And for Spencer I’m sure it was just on the spot.
Nice reaction / review dude! I'm a big fan of tech death but have 0 musical understanding. I think what blows me away about Archspire is that their songs are so coherent and internally consistent. Let me put it this way: there's a lot of tech death out there with music that's written to show off how good the musicians are. But it seems like the ideas of the songs are like a patchwork of technical complexity in such a way that it's almost like the purpose of the song is to facilitate that technical complexity / pace. With Archspire, it feels much more like the pace / technical complexity serve the ideas of the song, rather than the songs being written to enable a certain style. Like you get the "wow" factor of how impressive the musicians are, but you *also* get a song with depth and substance. Really impressive stuff, I can't stop listening to this album.
As a classically trained musician, the writing is definitely inspired by traditional compositions. Hell they even throw in Lacrymosa by Mozart into one of the songs. Doesnt feel technical for the sake of technicality. All the songs have a distinct feel and the tech elements serve each song, instead of each song serving the tech parts.
The most likely reason why the motif in the beginning of Reverie on the Onyx was so familiar is because it's the same melody from Mozart's Requiem in D minor, Lacrimosa. They also use classical runs in other songs and they make it fit so well.
the most interesting thing is that all of these songs are above 300bpm which means that whenever Spencer (the drummer) is playing quarter notes he's actually playing at above 20hz which means it's just one tone instead of individual notes.
@@SeenFeen The voicemail message at the beginning of the one track, it's a real voicemail message that some crazy guy sent tobi haha, dean was talking about it on his stream.
The classical motif from Reverie on The Onyx is from Mozart's Lacrymosa (Or the Requiem hymn, if you really want to be a nut). These bois love their classical references. Also, I do believe their tracks all follow a central storyline revolving around the extra-dimensional shenanigans of the A.U.M. (Based on the S.C.P. Foundation).
@@nachfullbarertrank5230 actually not at all if you've followed the continuous storyline through their last few albums. Has nothing to do with the Shinrikyo cult
I think that one of the only features that could keep up to Oli would be Ben Duerr because of that one song he does in Hollow Prophet, I think its Infernal Cleansing where he goes rap god for like 3 seconds
"infant annihilator is the death core version of this". That's true. But the biggest difference is that Archspire can actually *play their own music* ;)
@@BeatMyMeatSkeetSkeet Ok well it's obvious that are some things that sound cool that are impossible for a human to play and I would like those things to exist. So, limiting yourself to only putting out music you can play live is dumb. How can you disagree?
Bleed the Future took many, many listens before I really got it. It impressed me right from the start, but it only gets better and better with each listen.
I had the same feeling when I heard Reverie on the Onyx. The intro sounded so familiar and I don't know why. It reminds me of Alterbeast's Flesh Bound Text intro, but I can't tell if that is why it sounds so familiar.
10:42 lol, seems like you heard that last Tech N9ne single as well :D Hope you check out First Fragment too! Double the lenght of Archspire’s album, and SO much crazy shiet going on, especially with the song lenghts. 220 riffs, 100 solos!
The whole album is fucking insane and 🔥🔥. The second to last song and the last song fucking killed me. Great reaction bro. And Whitechapels new album was fucking sick to
Bleed the Future: 10 reactions. Gloire Éternelle: 0 reactions. You gotta do it man, so many of us would appreciate it. It's one of the best tech death albums and released the same day as Bleed the Future (in fact FF announced first, dunno why Archspire decided to release the same day, really overshadowed FF). First Fragment - Gloire Éternelle, do that full reaction :)
Gonna be brutally honest but the FF album just didn't do it for me. Great songs, great writing, great musicianship, but it wasn't at all memorable. Top notch musicians, who write music for musicians. Doesn't translate well to casual listeners or anyone who doesn't geek out over all the instrumentation.
@@chairmanofthebored6860 I can def see that man. I don't play any instruments due to a congenital disability but I listen to music like, 8 hours a day, much of which is tech death, so I guess I've just kind of changed my brain to not get overwhelmed by this kind of madness.
As a guy who's not very into Death Metal, I underestimated the level of artistry it could produce. This album is awesome, and I'm super impressed with the band and the caliber of musicianship and creativity here.
I think a lot of people probably underestimate the amount of creativity in death metal. It's a metalhead music nerd's paradise. I was never the biggest fan (or hater) of old school death metal, brutal death/slam or deathcore, liked stuff here and there, but there are so many bands in tech death, prog death, deathgrind & other death-adjacent subgenres over the last decade pushing boundaries in so many different directions, technically/instrumentally and/or progressively/musically, it's a wild rabbit hole to jump into.
@@mediumvillain An update on the matter since it's been two years since I left that comment, I still don't listen to a lot of Death Metal, but I've heard at least a handful of projects I'm pretty sure are DM now and I enjoy it when other genres have Death Metal influence.
As for my favorite, probably Drain of Incarnation. Really one of three that especially hit me. Other major highlights include Reverie On the Onyx and A.U.M.
Update: I think Acrid Canon is my favorite now.
True.@YarleyDCL
If you watch the documentary, Oli talks about the concept for the songs/lyrics. It's not random at all. All of the song titles make sense.
Well considering their last album came out a bit ago they probably played and practiced the bits they liked.
Like Dean said Tobi integrated melodic stuff he’s been playing for awhile and they enjoyed it, it gave the album spice and new meaning without loosing out on it being heavy as balls.
And for Spencer I’m sure it was just on the spot.
Nice reaction / review dude! I'm a big fan of tech death but have 0 musical understanding. I think what blows me away about Archspire is that their songs are so coherent and internally consistent. Let me put it this way: there's a lot of tech death out there with music that's written to show off how good the musicians are. But it seems like the ideas of the songs are like a patchwork of technical complexity in such a way that it's almost like the purpose of the song is to facilitate that technical complexity / pace. With Archspire, it feels much more like the pace / technical complexity serve the ideas of the song, rather than the songs being written to enable a certain style. Like you get the "wow" factor of how impressive the musicians are, but you *also* get a song with depth and substance. Really impressive stuff, I can't stop listening to this album.
As a classically trained musician, the writing is definitely inspired by traditional compositions. Hell they even throw in Lacrymosa by Mozart into one of the songs. Doesnt feel technical for the sake of technicality. All the songs have a distinct feel and the tech elements serve each song, instead of each song serving the tech parts.
The most likely reason why the motif in the beginning of Reverie on the Onyx was so familiar is because it's the same melody from Mozart's Requiem in D minor, Lacrimosa. They also use classical runs in other songs and they make it fit so well.
the most interesting thing is that all of these songs are above 300bpm which means that whenever Spencer (the drummer) is playing quarter notes he's actually playing at above 20hz which means it's just one tone instead of individual notes.
The talent is unmatched
Dean said they almost named the album "Bring back the Danger" because of that lunatic that left tobi that voice message LMAO.
Wait I haven’t heard of this. What happened?
@@SeenFeen The voicemail message at the beginning of the one track, it's a real voicemail message that some crazy guy sent tobi haha, dean was talking about it on his stream.
Oh damn
The reason 'Reverie on the Onyx' sounds familiar and Neo Classical is because it is Mozart. Check out Lacrymosa some time.
The classical motif from Reverie on The Onyx is from Mozart's Lacrymosa (Or the Requiem hymn, if you really want to be a nut).
These bois love their classical references.
Also, I do believe their tracks all follow a central storyline revolving around the extra-dimensional shenanigans of the A.U.M. (Based on the S.C.P. Foundation).
afaik A.U.M. is also based on the real life japanese doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo
Woah I didn't know aum was based off scp that's awesome
@@nachfullbarertrank5230 actually not at all if you've followed the continuous storyline through their last few albums. Has nothing to do with the Shinrikyo cult
I think that one of the only features that could keep up to Oli would be Ben Duerr because of that one song he does in Hollow Prophet, I think its Infernal Cleansing where he goes rap god for like 3 seconds
Based!
@@SeenFeen on what
@@carlchameleon9847 ketamine idk
"infant annihilator is the death core version of this". That's true. But the biggest difference is that Archspire can actually *play their own music* ;)
Idk why anybody would give a shit though. Why limit yourself to what you can play?
@@adino20 Goddamn I hope you're joking.
@@BeatMyMeatSkeetSkeetwait do you seriously disagree with me? lol
@@adino20 absolutely.
@@BeatMyMeatSkeetSkeet Ok well it's obvious that are some things that sound cool that are impossible for a human to play and I would like those things to exist. So, limiting yourself to only putting out music you can play live is dumb. How can you disagree?
Bleed the Future took many, many listens before I really got it. It impressed me right from the start, but it only gets better and better with each listen.
And just like that in less than 30 minutes 3 years of these guys's musical life's condensed in there
I had the same feeling when I heard Reverie on the Onyx. The intro sounded so familiar and I don't know why. It reminds me of Alterbeast's Flesh Bound Text intro, but I can't tell if that is why it sounds so familiar.
It's Mozart
Lacrimosa by Mozart on requiem
10:42 lol, seems like you heard that last Tech N9ne single as well :D
Hope you check out First Fragment too! Double the lenght of Archspire’s album, and SO much crazy shiet going on, especially with the song lenghts.
220 riffs, 100 solos!
Welcome to the world of tech death and the kings of it.
The whole album is fucking insane and 🔥🔥. The second to last song and the last song fucking killed me. Great reaction bro. And Whitechapels new album was fucking sick to
Hey!
@@thelastdaybreathinginetern1385 hi!!
Hey glad you enjoyed it especially since it’s a new band for you!
@@Someguyy867 they ain't new no more now 😂😂 yea it was fantastic
Thanks for reminding me of recent releases and listening to them with me mate. Greets from Germany.
“Metaldy” is actually the perfect kenning for what Archspire does. Phenomenal album and fantastic reaction \m/@@\m/
this album is a masterpiece just like their last 2 :D
Aye their we go I was looking forward to your reactions!
That was fucking dope
Wronk, the whole bands discography.has a vast continuing storyline
Besides all shall align
LOL what type of music does Archspire play? Ricky Bobby metal! What are Archspire lyrics about? Flubber!
@@raddkahnengels uhhhh what? Your comment is nonsensical drivel. This is technical death metal of the highest order
@@sethmartin8038 It's actually sets up the basis for the next 3
28:04
This. This killed me.
haha this album definitely gave me them chills too xD
I got double body-checked by both this record and Whitechapel. I wasn't ready.
they need to do a tech n9ne feature in the future lmao Oli loves that dude
Pretty sure Attila has been doing similar vocals for a while.
Lol yep that was Rock Reference but non jokingly that was quite an enjoyable song.
you have to react to a between the buried and me track! i suggest Between The Buried And Me - Modercai
surprised you don't know btbam
i always read "seen peen"
Rn I’m feeling seen pain after reading this ngl
Bleed the Future: 10 reactions. Gloire Éternelle: 0 reactions. You gotta do it man, so many of us would appreciate it. It's one of the best tech death albums and released the same day as Bleed the Future (in fact FF announced first, dunno why Archspire decided to release the same day, really overshadowed FF). First Fragment - Gloire Éternelle, do that full reaction :)
Gonna be brutally honest but the FF album just didn't do it for me. Great songs, great writing, great musicianship, but it wasn't at all memorable. Top notch musicians, who write music for musicians. Doesn't translate well to casual listeners or anyone who doesn't geek out over all the instrumentation.
Archspire >>>>>> First Fragment
That's the main reason :)
@@chairmanofthebored6860 I can def see that man. I don't play any instruments due to a congenital disability but I listen to music like, 8 hours a day, much of which is tech death, so I guess I've just kind of changed my brain to not get overwhelmed by this kind of madness.
when they started doing flamenco i was like thats brave but also lmao i dunno if i can get down with this