Yes, he's said multiple times that he doesn't know shit about music theory. He just likes strange sounding melodies and harmonies. I remember meeting him at a record store 2-3 years ago and we were discussing old 70s prog bands who are known for "goofy" melodies, rhythms and harmonies. King Crimson, Yes and Genesis.
the grand conjuration, guitar is tuned to F (wtf) and literally because it sounded cool to him, most of the songs was because it sounded cool and they did it
@@noelhalvordson6465 that's usually misunderstood, he doesn't know shit about the setup (he does it's mostly a joke), like pedals and boards and amps and stuff, he's not talking about theory, although yes there isn't much hard theory it usually just because sounds great
@@hakkenarsk also Means End to the point that they decided to stop making music after their only album The Didact cause they thought they couldn't top what they did as a band
The way you pronounced Waltteri Väyrynen was Waltteri Verinen, which would mean Walther the Bloody translated. He's a pretty sick drummer, I forget who exactly recommended him to Åkerfeldt but they loved him. Looked it up: they had considered Mike Portnoy and Gene Hoglan (a couple of up and coming small drummers), but Jonas Renkse of Katatonia and Bloodbath, Mikael's friend and ex-bandmate, told them to get Waltteri. Waltteri had played as Bloodbath's live drummer a few times. Renkse has told Åkerfeldt that Waltteri is a great fellow and an excellent drummer, and promised they won't run into a single problem with Waltteri. They already had a Finnish drummer Sami Karppinen play some gigs for Opeth as he was one of their live technicians and had tipped Waltteri about the potential call. This seems to be a pattern lately in big bands as Megadeth also hired Teemu Mäntysaari and Mustaine seems to really like him as part of the group. In fact Mikael said that he was concerned that after the first practice Waltteri thinks they are a bunch of buffoons and decides to stay with Paradise Lost. I was very happy to hear this song as a long time Opeth fan who hasn't heard a lot of exciting stuff since Ghost Reveries (of course there were good songs and interesting stuff, but something was missing to get me excited). This song was a really interesting "teaser", my reaction was the same as Doug's: "this got my attention!" And it gets better on the next listens, the first one is just a preview to grab attention, there's a lot of stuff to listen to in the next listens. Knives Out was the only movie I've seen with Daniel Craig other than James Bond. It was a fresh breeze to me as something relatively light but grim.
I was blessed him to watch on live show.. He was so relaxed and played magnificently. Thanks for the info that you shared. But I couldn't hold myself to think what would have been with Portnoy hehe...
The perfect sounding intro/first song to start off an Opeth album. I have a feeling this album is going to be really really good. It sounds like they’ve mixed the things they learned from the previous album with their old school riffs and writing.
This gives me some heavier Raven that Refused to Sing vibes. As a lover of concept albums, I can't wait for this album to be released. Edit. I swear I did not see the Raven album behind Doug before this comment.
My part of the story is.... Mikael Åkerfeldt admitted he doesn't know any music theory, but that his passion is the collection of obscure 60s and 70s psychedelic and progressive rock records.... got a buddy at a record store in Prague and he told me Mikael has popped in there, inquired about local 70s prog rock bands and bought a few LPs that I would also have recommended to him as representing the era with the best of the musicianship and creativity of that era. Point being, like, maybe he doesn't know music theory, he might have an ear and when listening to an obscure prog rock LP from whatever part of the world and just thinking how to count it or what's the chord progression, it might take a number of LPs and all of a sudden, in the most mediocre band with a song that doesn't hit, he recognizes something unusual, and just plays it around until he figures out how to put it in a song. All I'm saying...
@@RohannvanRensburg Exactly. Music theory is a toolkit to understand how something works, rather than a set of tools and pieces to assemble something new. Theory gives you the broad guidelines for what will sound "good" -- for a certain definition of "good" anchored in a certain time and place of music -- but we don't live in 1850s Europe any more so what was codified to make that music sound right might need to be broken to sound right today.
I doubt Mikael doesn't know music theory. Maybe not the proper names of chords, scales or trick enharmonics, but he definitely knows every piece of the gears he's moving around. He at least has his own, let's say, internal music theory.
@@phred23 True, for sure, but it's not just that. "Theory" isn't just "baroque theory", it simply describes what is happening sonically and enharmonically in any genre. V-I's are rooted in physics, as are IV-I's, etc. There's a reason these have been ubiquitous in western music for forever, in essentially any genre. Knowing how to name those is theory. Knowing when to use them -- the *why* -- is experience and understanding. How you codify them doesn't really matter a ton.
Had my ticket for seeing them live next month for a while now, the announcement and release of this single actually makes me very hyped for the coming show!
I would like to recommend anything from the album Still Life, their last full concept album and their first real change from the style of music they played. Before that they were more of a cross between Death and a renaissance fair. A full album listen would be amazing, but the weird key from the beginning of this reminded me slightly of the song White Cluster
When I first listened to In Cauda Venenum, I thought they were merging their prog style (which I love) developed over the previous three albums with their death metal side (which I also love) that came to a hiatus after Watershed. I'm excited to hear that they are continuing in that direction, even bringing back the growls!
When all those weired dissonances, chromatics, tritones and chaos of different meters is finally and surprisingly solved into the f sharp major chord in the climax gives me always chills! The effect is actually so fantastic that you have to call it a masterpiece.
To be really honest, Doug. We (you) shouldn't be THIS surprised should you...? After all that Opeth has done... Mikael is growing... as is his music. Since day 1. Love you brother.
I saw Opeth live on August 6. when they played in Dortmund, Germany for the second time, 'cause I saw 'em live the first time on November 15, 2022 when they played in my hometown of Wuppertal, Germany, a nice little city near the big city of Düsseldorf.
Just want to say I fully support the idea of an EPL on this one upon release! Also very stoked myself about this album! The single has my musical brain buzzing too!
Reintroduction of the death growls aside, I'm curious about the story that's going to be told. He mentioned Succession... But the eerie music reminded me more of House of Usher. I love the eerie atmosphere of this first song. I'm excited to listen through the whole lot in 1 go and just let it marinate for a while.
Since my first listening, I was here waiting for this react. Amazing Opeth song and aways a great time to listening with you, another great metal monday! Tks! Greetings from Brazil!
Recently saw Opeth live, August 7th. I had hoped they would play this one, but Mikael said to the audience; These new songs are F'king hard.. we have to practice you know ;p
They released an Atmos version of this song and I have a 7.2.4 Atmos set up. The background vocals/samples scared the fuck out of me, but also made me excited for the full album.
I've not seen Succession but I know Knives Out well, and it's 'successor' Glass Onion. Mikael's conceptual themes also reminded me of the new Netflix series Fall of the House of Usher.
Thought it was pretty decent the first time I heard it, I knew it had potential and the album definitely had potential. Took me til about the 5th listen to really enjoy the song, and the subsequent times just kept getting better
Hey Doug, I'd love it if you reacted to more from Frost* - they have a new album coming out in a few months which they just dropped a new single for. I know you did Milliontown, I think you would really like their sunlight suite, which is a stretch of songs making up the second half of their album Falling Satellites. The songs are really varied and brilliant musically, but the lyrics are so profound as they were written in response to Jem's Dad passing, and thinking about life and mortality. The final song Last Day I think is super underrated and has such emotional vocals, and Closer to the Sun has a superb guest solo from Joe Satriani, who Jem had toured with as his keyboard player. The final thing that I think you'd love as a Genesis sound is that Jem had just gotten an ARP Quadra when he recorded this album, which became one of Tony Banks' signature keyboards to play leads in their 80s period, so in the song Nice Day for It... in particular there are these amazing leads and pads that sound straight out of Duke or Abacab!
The song sounds so good. I really love the pacing. For some reason that is what I have been most continually impressed with when listening to it. The sound of the Album sounds like they have taken everything they have learned since moving away from metal and put it back into the Watershed style metal. Not gonna be too hopeful, but it might become their best! The lyrics videos remain pretty uninspired though, but even the stock footage montages was better than this AI slop. Surprising since Mikael has disavowed AI. I guess they didn't really make the call on that. Hopefully they will hire artists that can do their music justice in the future, like they have with album art and promotional images.
I hope you take a listen to Godhead's Lament. It is one of their best songs, that demonstrates their progressive death metal elements with folk inspired music, featuring some demonic growls and angelic singing.
One of the best way to write interesting and creative music is to write it by ears only. I think it's a big part of the genius of Akerfelt, the man just love music. Also, the best way to make great metal music is to not listening metal anymore.
@Doug.Helvering Now you mention Waltteri Väyrynen, i remember that you have never done a Pradise Lost video yet. I have ask for it many times, i hope someday you make one. Also i wish a video for Anathema, another band i like a lot. For both of these bands it will be a little tricky from witch period will be the song you pic because they change style a few times, i like them all personally, but for a new listener the first impression may be crucial for continue and listen the rest of their work.
Although it's not the main topic of her son, Taylor Swift touches the subject of inheritance in "Anti-Hero". I don't expect you to react to her music video for copyright reasons, but I would definitely recommend that you watch it if you haven't yet. It has some interesting and fun theatrics on it.
Really looking forward to this album. The previous couple of albums didn't really do it for me; if this track is indication, the new album is a return to form. Or rather, a melding of the best of their metal side and their proggy side. Blackwater Park meets Pale Communion, anyone?
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Opeth just shared your video man
really? where?
🤣🤣
They did mention Doug, yes. :)
Opeth just shared your reaction to this song on their X/Twitter page.
Mikael doesn't really write in keys, he writes what sounds cool! And boy does it work wonders 🤘
That’s how progmetal swedes do it; Meshuggah writes in mysterious ways aswell.
Yes, he's said multiple times that he doesn't know shit about music theory. He just likes strange sounding melodies and harmonies. I remember meeting him at a record store 2-3 years ago and we were discussing old 70s prog bands who are known for "goofy" melodies, rhythms and harmonies. King Crimson, Yes and Genesis.
the grand conjuration, guitar is tuned to F (wtf) and literally because it sounded cool to him, most of the songs was because it sounded cool and they did it
@@noelhalvordson6465 that's usually misunderstood, he doesn't know shit about the setup (he does it's mostly a joke), like pedals and boards and amps and stuff, he's not talking about theory, although yes there isn't much hard theory it usually just because sounds great
@@hakkenarsk also Means End to the point that they decided to stop making music after their only album The Didact cause they thought they couldn't top what they did as a band
The way you pronounced Waltteri Väyrynen was Waltteri Verinen, which would mean Walther the Bloody translated. He's a pretty sick drummer, I forget who exactly recommended him to Åkerfeldt but they loved him.
Looked it up: they had considered Mike Portnoy and Gene Hoglan (a couple of up and coming small drummers), but Jonas Renkse of Katatonia and Bloodbath, Mikael's friend and ex-bandmate, told them to get Waltteri. Waltteri had played as Bloodbath's live drummer a few times. Renkse has told Åkerfeldt that Waltteri is a great fellow and an excellent drummer, and promised they won't run into a single problem with Waltteri. They already had a Finnish drummer Sami Karppinen play some gigs for Opeth as he was one of their live technicians and had tipped Waltteri about the potential call.
This seems to be a pattern lately in big bands as Megadeth also hired Teemu Mäntysaari and Mustaine seems to really like him as part of the group. In fact Mikael said that he was concerned that after the first practice Waltteri thinks they are a bunch of buffoons and decides to stay with Paradise Lost.
I was very happy to hear this song as a long time Opeth fan who hasn't heard a lot of exciting stuff since Ghost Reveries (of course there were good songs and interesting stuff, but something was missing to get me excited). This song was a really interesting "teaser", my reaction was the same as Doug's: "this got my attention!" And it gets better on the next listens, the first one is just a preview to grab attention, there's a lot of stuff to listen to in the next listens.
Knives Out was the only movie I've seen with Daniel Craig other than James Bond. It was a fresh breeze to me as something relatively light but grim.
The snare hits on the palm mutes are just such an awesome groove decision.
I was blessed him to watch on live show.. He was so relaxed and played magnificently. Thanks for the info that you shared.
But I couldn't hold myself to think what would have been with Portnoy hehe...
I discovered Waltteri Väyrynen in Paradise Lost and he really add something to their music. And he keep leveling up !
I am soooo stoked to see Opeth live this Fall, 4 days after this album drops. Its going to be one of their best!!
October 15th at the Olympia in Montreal.
My tickets are purchased and I can't wait to see this show.
@@guygermain5391 See you there, mon ami. Horns up!
Mikael likes to throw a wrench into the listener's musical expectations 😁 Sounds like this album is going to be a monster.
Especially after all the clean albums we've had, it's gonna feel like a whole new era I hope 🙏 huge fan of the clean and dirty vocal mixes
It was in the key of kick ass!!
major kick ass that is!
The perfect sounding intro/first song to start off an Opeth album. I have a feeling this album is going to be really really good. It sounds like they’ve mixed the things they learned from the previous album with their old school riffs and writing.
Opeth completely blew this out of the park for me. Best song I've heard in a long time. Can't wait to hear the album.
This gives me some heavier Raven that Refused to Sing vibes. As a lover of concept albums, I can't wait for this album to be released. Edit. I swear I did not see the Raven album behind Doug before this comment.
He reacted to the whole album on his Patreon.
@@Mitch_NZ Wow awesome and he has 73 full album reactions including Opeth Damnation!! Thanks.
@@Arrow2theACL yup! Worth the $16 I paid.
My part of the story is.... Mikael Åkerfeldt admitted he doesn't know any music theory, but that his passion is the collection of obscure 60s and 70s psychedelic and progressive rock records.... got a buddy at a record store in Prague and he told me Mikael has popped in there, inquired about local 70s prog rock bands and bought a few LPs that I would also have recommended to him as representing the era with the best of the musicianship and creativity of that era. Point being, like, maybe he doesn't know music theory, he might have an ear and when listening to an obscure prog rock LP from whatever part of the world and just thinking how to count it or what's the chord progression, it might take a number of LPs and all of a sudden, in the most mediocre band with a song that doesn't hit, he recognizes something unusual, and just plays it around until he figures out how to put it in a song. All I'm saying...
No one writes good music with music theory, it's just a codification process and a communication device.
@@RohannvanRensburg Exactly. Music theory is a toolkit to understand how something works, rather than a set of tools and pieces to assemble something new. Theory gives you the broad guidelines for what will sound "good" -- for a certain definition of "good" anchored in a certain time and place of music -- but we don't live in 1850s Europe any more so what was codified to make that music sound right might need to be broken to sound right today.
I doubt Mikael doesn't know music theory. Maybe not the proper names of chords, scales or trick enharmonics, but he definitely knows every piece of the gears he's moving around. He at least has his own, let's say, internal music theory.
@@phred23 True, for sure, but it's not just that. "Theory" isn't just "baroque theory", it simply describes what is happening sonically and enharmonically in any genre. V-I's are rooted in physics, as are IV-I's, etc. There's a reason these have been ubiquitous in western music for forever, in essentially any genre.
Knowing how to name those is theory. Knowing when to use them -- the *why* -- is experience and understanding. How you codify them doesn't really matter a ton.
@henrique88t yeah it's a total misnomer that he doesn't know theory. He obviously understands harmony quite intimately
Love seeing Doug surprised xD
I love watching Doug getting excited and following the brand new chord progressions.
Had my ticket for seeing them live next month for a while now, the announcement and release of this single actually makes me very hyped for the coming show!
Yeah, the weirdness of the chords is so cool, I absolutely love it.
Mikael delivers the best growl vocals ever, hands down.
Not section one , in scandinavian it’s paragraph one!
Paragraph indeed. :)
both are correct
@@MrZip420 yup , it is. But if you’ve seen the latest interview with Mikael he says it’s paragraph. I’m norwegian so it’s the same here as in sweden!
In Dutch it's called paragraaf. And what we call alinea is called paragraph in English.
Paragraph makes more sense...as in the paragraphs of the will, each song representing the one being read
Opeth is ridiculously talented. I can't wrap my head around what they do.
I would like to recommend anything from the album Still Life, their last full concept album and their first real change from the style of music they played. Before that they were more of a cross between Death and a renaissance fair. A full album listen would be amazing, but the weird key from the beginning of this reminded me slightly of the song White Cluster
When I first listened to In Cauda Venenum, I thought they were merging their prog style (which I love) developed over the previous three albums with their death metal side (which I also love) that came to a hiatus after Watershed. I'm excited to hear that they are continuing in that direction, even bringing back the growls!
I couldn’t click on this fast enough.
So excited for this album. Great analysis as always.
Exciting! Greetings form Sweden 🇸🇪
Looking forward to you doin' a full album reaction of their new album!!
This is a fabulous band. Been around forever. They still put out amazing records.
As I wrote earlier, this may be the best metal album in recent years, not only from Opeth.
Nice video! the § Symbol is used for Chapter or Paragraph. As it is a testament Paragraph makes sense.
When all those weired dissonances, chromatics, tritones and chaos of different meters is finally and surprisingly solved into the f sharp major chord in the climax gives me always chills! The effect is actually so fantastic that you have to call it a masterpiece.
Beyond stoked for this
9:23 absolute geniuses. thank you for pointing this out
Drummer was in Paradise Lost for several years.
He’s amazing 🤩
Hell yea! He’s a beast! 🤘💜
This is Opeth at their very best. ICV was incredible, but now we have death metal back!
Speaking of Testament, someday you'll do this great band. Metal heads already know.
Souls of Black, Disciples of the Watch, Practice What You Preach, Trial by Fire, The New Order...
Yes. Yes
Eerie Inhabitants!
@@Laguna69 I disagree, I think their more recent stuff will be much more up Doug's alley. Almost anything off Formation Of Damnation is a win.
As a longtime follower of this channel, I was pleasantly surprised to see this on my Facebook feed - shared by Opeth themselves
Totally agree with Doug, this is exciting!
One of my favorite things about your videos is your response to unexpected major chords
I love Opeth since the day I downloaded The Drapery Falls from Napster. I can always expect the unexpected from Mikael and crew.
I am so stoked for the Montreal date with Opeth. Fifth time seeing them live!
Seeing Doug so excited for Opeth is awesome.
To be really honest, Doug.
We (you) shouldn't be THIS surprised should you...? After all that Opeth has done... Mikael is growing... as is his music. Since day 1.
Love you brother.
I saw Opeth live on August 6. when they played in Dortmund, Germany for the second time, 'cause I saw 'em live the first time on November 15, 2022 when they played in my hometown of Wuppertal, Germany, a nice little city near the big city of Düsseldorf.
Please do the full album reaction with your brother!
Just want to say I fully support the idea of an EPL on this one upon release! Also very stoked myself about this album! The single has my musical brain buzzing too!
Opeth just tagged you Doug on their facebook site :D
This song is, excuse my language, a FUCKING RIDE.
the drum sound in this song is amazing
素晴らしいコンセプトアルバムになりそうで楽しみ！
Reintroduction of the death growls aside, I'm curious about the story that's going to be told. He mentioned Succession... But the eerie music reminded me more of House of Usher. I love the eerie atmosphere of this first song. I'm excited to listen through the whole lot in 1 go and just let it marinate for a while.
It's so funny to see you react in so many ways to this gem, the album sounds promissing, and no doubt a muscial masterpiece
holy crap exceeded my expectations too - that was AWESOME!
Second time I watch this reaction video. First time I found it on RUclips, Second time on the Opeth website. Awesome!
A full album Halloween special would be pretty cool.
This track SMOKES !!!! Opeth is back stronger than ever !
This track is MAJESTIC 👏👏👏
Crazy that Opeth themselves saw this reaction and posted it to their FB account!
Since my first listening, I was here waiting for this react. Amazing Opeth song and aways a great time to listening with you, another great metal monday! Tks! Greetings from Brazil!
Check out Mikaels soundtrack he made for the Netflix movie "Clark". He made it sound so good.
The more I listen to this song the more I like it. Cant wait for the album
Official Opeth just shared your reaction. Crazy!
Lines, sound material like in expressionism, were there in the 70s groups and seem very fresh in the metal sound, great!
Love this song and analysis, this song is clearly in the key of "Opeth"
Recently saw Opeth live, August 7th. I had hoped they would play this one, but Mikael said to the audience; These new songs are F'king hard.. we have to practice you know ;p
What a laid back guy he is.
We are back to the golden age of Opeth. Growls mean love❤
Not the growling stuff is the thing that makes their music so brilliant.
@@mateszatvari no but it brings me back to Blackwater Park and Ghost Reveries.
@@mateszatvari definely not, In Cauda Venenum proves that, just a underrated masterpiece
Its been the Golden Days all the time. Have you been away?
Every era of Opeth is the golden age tbh
They released an Atmos version of this song and I have a 7.2.4 Atmos set up. The background vocals/samples scared the fuck out of me, but also made me excited for the full album.
I've not seen Succession but I know Knives Out well, and it's 'successor' Glass Onion. Mikael's conceptual themes also reminded me of the new Netflix series Fall of the House of Usher.
You must watch Succession. It’s excellent.
Great vocals
There going to be touring the US for this album
You should preorder it on vinyl, sit down in a chair with your prefered drink and do reactions on the whole album :)
§3 is out now!
Thought it was pretty decent the first time I heard it, I knew it had potential and the album definitely had potential. Took me til about the 5th listen to really enjoy the song, and the subsequent times just kept getting better
Pre ordered my vinyl for this album ❤ super keen
cant wait for the rest of the album
This is proggy af! Love it!
Seeing Opeth next Wednesday in Phoenix! 💜🤘
It's in the key of Opeth.
Luminol in the background
I'd love to see a music theory analysis of Opeth's back catalogue, they use similar, super unique phrases and keys(?) that sound uniquely Opeth.
Look up Doug's reaction to Opeth - Harvest.
Hey Doug, I'd love it if you reacted to more from Frost* - they have a new album coming out in a few months which they just dropped a new single for. I know you did Milliontown, I think you would really like their sunlight suite, which is a stretch of songs making up the second half of their album Falling Satellites. The songs are really varied and brilliant musically, but the lyrics are so profound as they were written in response to Jem's Dad passing, and thinking about life and mortality.
The final song Last Day I think is super underrated and has such emotional vocals, and Closer to the Sun has a superb guest solo from Joe Satriani, who Jem had toured with as his keyboard player.
The final thing that I think you'd love as a Genesis sound is that Jem had just gotten an ARP Quadra when he recorded this album, which became one of Tony Banks' signature keyboards to play leads in their 80s period, so in the song Nice Day for It... in particular there are these amazing leads and pads that sound straight out of Duke or Abacab!
Recommend for reactions:
Stratovarius - Destiny, Black Diamond, Hunting High and Low, Infernal Maze
How about some Dimmu Borgir for the future ?
Can you do "Nymphetamine Fix" by Cradle of Filth for the next Metal Monday?
If this is to be a Rock Opera album judging by this song, i shalll call this post Newpeth... Operath. 😎
The song sounds so good. I really love the pacing. For some reason that is what I have been most continually impressed with when listening to it. The sound of the Album sounds like they have taken everything they have learned since moving away from metal and put it back into the Watershed style metal. Not gonna be too hopeful, but it might become their best! The lyrics videos remain pretty uninspired though, but even the stock footage montages was better than this AI slop. Surprising since Mikael has disavowed AI. I guess they didn't really make the call on that. Hopefully they will hire artists that can do their music justice in the future, like they have with album art and promotional images.
Love it, paragraph 3 has just dropped.
Time for Paragraph 3 my friend. :D
I hope you take a listen to Godhead's Lament. It is one of their best songs, that demonstrates their progressive death metal elements with folk inspired music, featuring some demonic growls and angelic singing.
serching. LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE - A Fairy's Breath LACRIMOSA - Der erste Tag
Tangerine Dream -Alchemy of the Heart . :)
From a guy that has no musical talent, I love seeing people who have musical talent appreciate Opeth so much. Groovy ✌️
Mikael calls the tracks Paragraph # not sections. Found thay very interesting at their first show last night!
Yeah, he and everybody else assume that "paragraf" means paragraph. It's a bad translation but very understandable and rather unimportant.🤘
One of the best way to write interesting and creative music is to write it by ears only. I think it's a big part of the genius of Akerfelt, the man just love music. Also, the best way to make great metal music is to not listening metal anymore.
Try the new "Ritual" (Swedish prog band) album. Just came out this weekend.
It also has the potential to be in the top albums of the years.
OPETH is BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yea ( i know they never left, lol)
@Doug.Helvering Now you mention Waltteri Väyrynen, i remember that you have never done a Pradise Lost video yet. I have ask for it many times, i hope someday you make one. Also i wish a video for Anathema, another band i like a lot. For both of these bands it will be a little tricky from witch period will be the song you pic because they change style a few times, i like them all personally, but for a new listener the first impression may be crucial for continue and listen the rest of their work.
Nice Growl Doug! :D
Doug, that was my reaction as well. Hahha
Lovely 😍
Although it's not the main topic of her son, Taylor Swift touches the subject of inheritance in "Anti-Hero". I don't expect you to react to her music video for copyright reasons, but I would definitely recommend that you watch it if you haven't yet. It has some interesting and fun theatrics on it.
Friends! Let's wait for this concept album! Ya'll! And you missed that Ian Anderson took part in this track.
He did mention him though
Это не просто круто- это убойно!!!
Really looking forward to this album. The previous couple of albums didn't really do it for me; if this track is indication, the new album is a return to form. Or rather, a melding of the best of their metal side and their proggy side. Blackwater Park meets Pale Communion, anyone?
Agreed. It is a good mix of both older Death Prog metal and the newer jazzier progressive metal.