not sure if their second album was already out when i saw them live for the first time. i checked out some songs on youtube and didn't really like them very much. and then a friend won tickets to one of their concerts and invited me along. i usually prefer to know a bands music before i go to a concert so i didn't expect much. especially since the 2 or 3 songs i listened to didn't really seem to be my thing. and i didn't have time to listen to more of it because i think i was invited the same afternoon. it was quite a small room and the only way i can describe it is as a wall of sound. one of the best concerts i've ever been to. btw, there is a documentary about them called "play with the devil".

2:17 You can barely hear that song playing while you two are talking!

Resident Frost* fanboy checking in, thanks for the reaction! Too bad I'm not more of a metal head because you guys have so much more fun in your videos than most of what I see on KZbin (all the prog reviewers seem depressed lol) and I love it 😁

about the pronunciation of "Greif": spelled like this it's high german and the "ei" would be pronounced like the I in "nine". you might have heard that the german word for no "nein" is pronounced like "nine". "Greif" and "nein" have the same "ei" sound. the funny thing is, "Gryff" (as in "vogel Gryff", the tradition the album is named after/inspired by) is swiss german and would be pronounced the way you pronounced "grief"

I liked it, very norwegian. Have they stayed cramped up in a cottage or bunker in the norwegian Mountains perhaps? Sunbather was great and hoping this is return to form. 🤘🤘

Decent track, damn silly title though.

Im seeing gleemer headline a show next month and im pumped

Got this album on pre order. Glad you guys dug it!

The amount of Norwegian Black Metal inspiration in this track is immense, i enjoyed it sincerely, hoping the full album will have some variation tho

These guys are the absolute best, in studio & live!!

All of them are questioning how they are greater than west ☺

Awww shit

Did you ever read the Harry Potter thing that done the rounds on the net a while back where someone replaced the word “wand” with “penis”? Well, my brain automatically done something similar throughout this review. The album was called Love, by a band called Taynet (pronounced Taint). I chuckled to myself through the 27min runtime. Such a wean! 😂 That said, I don’t mind a wee doad of industrial, so I will go check out Tayne (t)

The fact alot of companies use the æ ø å for astethic reasons makes me chuckle.

big love for the song... and the "who are we going to interview" caught me offguard, immediately subscribed as a result.

Cool reviews! Good news for you. The Limit has already recorded a new album and should be ready for release later in 2025, I guess.

These need power extremely hard to drive i call bullshit that you powered them from your mac book.i have many amps you cant get any output even out of relatively powerful amps i ended up having to use speaker posts on a speaker amp to power these.you ether need an expensive power house amp or a speaker amp.

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I fully agree on the vocalist take. A great vocal range frees up the rest of the band to try new implimentations and styles and get it to work. 🤘 looking forward to 2025 and all its music!

Thanks for these recommendations, nice to see releases that are overlooked . Good to see some people daring to go against the stream of the boring stalemate consensus of music critics, in a world where countless lists of pundits and influencers affect music and art in general negatively. Nice to see some integrity and daring reviewing from your side!

Sorry not a man -but a LONG time metal head.

My list in no order Sorcerer - Devotion DOPETHRONE - Broke Sabbath Monolith - Swarm of the insect order Profanation - Skull crushing violence Wuldorgast - Cold Light Inversion - Heavens Gate Bronson Arm - S/T Cellpress - Cages Coldspine - Nullpunkt Glassbone - Deaf to Suffering Quiet Earth - lifetime in regression Ten Ton Slug - Colossal Oppressor Warlock Corpse / Feu de Saint-Antoine - Split Witch Club Satan - S/T Yersin - The Scythe is Remorseless Warpstormer - S/T

I was ready to look forward to 2025 and then you drop these top 20 videos! Now I have to go back and check out all the great stuff I missed 😀 Keep the content coming and I'll drop my top 10 although it may be altered soon 😁 1. Mountaineer - Dawn and All That Follows 2. Dvne - Voidkind 3. Hippotraktor - Stasis 4. Anciients - Beyond the Reach of the Sun 5. VOLA - Friend of a Phantom 6. Cobra The Impaler - Karma Collision 7. Grayscale Season - Feel Something New 8. Wheel - Charismatic Leaders 9. El Moono - The Waking Sun 10. Sgàile - Traverse The Bealach Special thanks for getting Mountaineer on my radar with the Bloodletting review 🤝

Very cool lists - a lot of other channels top 10s / 20s seem to be full of some fairly big obvious releases so it's good to see a list that calls out some more overlooked acts. That said my own list is also full of some very predictable big obvious releases, so not throwing any shade. Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere Schammasch - The Maldoror Chants: Old Ocean Midnight - Hellish Expectations Striker - Ultrapower Suffer - Grand Canvas of the Aesthete Sorcerer - Devotion Vicious Blade - Relentless Force Molder - Catastrophic Reconfiguration Orange Goblin- Science Not Fiction Tribulation - Sub Rosa In Aeterinum Terminal Nation - Echoes Of The Devil's Den Chat Pile - Cool World Brat - Social Grace Power wolf - Wake Up The Wicked Hauntologist - Hollow Doodeskader - Year 2 Horndal - Head Hammer Man Zeal & Ardor -Greif Unto Others - Never Neverland Tzompantli - Beating the Drums of Ancestral Force

Great lists guys, this is what I had for metal/metal-adjacent albums last year - nice to see we had a bit of overlap! Seeing Heriot in Bristol in a couple months, cannot wait 🤘 1. Pallbearer - Mind Burns Alive 2. Alcest - Les Chants de l'Aurore 3. Heriot - Devoured By The Mouth Of Hell 4. Gatecreeper - Dark Superstition 5. Unto Others - Never Neverland 6. Ulcerate - Cutting The Throat Of God 7. Gaerea - Coma 8. Sylvaine - Eg er framand 9. Mountaineer - Dawn And All That Follows 10. Spectral Voice - Sparagmos 11. Lowen - Do Not Go To War With The Demons Of Mandazaran 12. Folterkammer - Weibermacht 13. Thy Catafalque - XII: A Gyönyörü Álmok Ezután Jönnek 14. Thou - Oblivion 15. Botanist - Paleobotany 16. Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To 17. Sgàile - Traverse the Bealach 18. Ihsahn - Ihsahn 19. Poppy - Negative Spaces 20. Castle Rat - Into The Realm

Yall are D1 yappers holy hell

I AM DOG NOW.

Charli started with hyperpop back in 2015 with Vroom Vroom EP (it's great, give it a try). Thanks for these videos, guys

Late entry to my aoty list, loved it more and more from each listen, there's a very familiar sound that reminds me of (old) Thrice and other bands in the genre, yet it still feels refreshing because they do mix a lot of different styles like Dave mentioned. I love the more atmosphere sections as well, shoegazy at times but then the breakdowns and screams really really hit. Nice review guys, this album's a gem.

Spiritbox have never called themselves prog. Courtney has always said she doesn't care about genre, she writes whatever she wants and if it fits in a genre, that's fine, but she doesn't do it intentionally, ever.

46:00 RIP David Lynch.

Was also not a big fan of this single, Black Hole (the next single) was a little more up my alley, but it's really the drumming and vocals that imo make it better than this one, unfortunately I don't think we'll get the guitar work we used to from these guys. Also not a fan of the Jordan Fish production style, it's not the type of metalcore I love, and I did enjoy the later Architects stuff from Lost Together Lost Together and All Our Gods

Definitely a really good album from a band that's in their comfort zone, it's worth checking their backlog specially if you're looking for more variety and overall imo their best work - Anymore, Down Through and Moving Away albums specifically

One of my favorite albums of 2024! Mad props to y'all for reacting to a track!

Cheers for doing these, always something new in there ❤️👌

Like you, I'm generally pretty good at steering clear of legitimately bad and or objectionable music. However, every now and then, curiosity gets the better of me and I check out something it seems people are hyping, which is how I had the displeasure of checking out the intensely nu-metalised and poppified 'metalcore' of Avralize and Windwaker. It's just mish-mash rubbish that seems like it's been made for a Tiktok generation with zero attention span and that doesn't actually like heavy music. I did not subject myself to the full Falling In Reverse release, listening to two of the singles was enough for me to know that it'd be despicable.

you guys should check out a band called "moreru" (volume warning :D)

This is excellent. I just randomly stumbled onto this band as well

I'm not that deep into hardcore / metalcore etc, so I have to admit I'd never really heard this band before, but I did really enjoy this album. What I particularly enjoyed was the melodic, more punk rock (even pop-punk) choruses, reminded me of Pennywise or even Sum 41 (I mean that as a compliment) - it gave me a way to get into the more metallic hardcore side of things, which isn't something I'm always into. Thanks for the review as I'd probably have not heard this otherwise👍

I really appreciate the video and idk how long you guys have been doing this for but just some advice as a first time listener. I recommend cutting out the music in the background while you guys are talking, it is extremely hard to listen to your reviews while the songs are playing and the audio is way too loud over your voices.

hai guys , awesome and keep up the good....as ever :)

Fall in line and prepackaged are decent songs

1995-2006 is Mushroomhead’s best work in my opinion

I'm VERY late to this record but was really impressed on my first play, particularly the vocals - oh my days this lady can sing! Don't know about you guys but that combination of gorgeous Middle Eastern-sounding vocals and heavy instrumentals reminded me of the Bulgarian voice choir on that one track from Herod's 2023 album? Really great stuff.

True, nothing here quite reaches the heights of Within Reach, but both Magnetic and After the Sun are incredibly good standout tracks on a very high quality and constant (if a little short) album. Thanks for the review and happy new year to you all!

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Nice. Always love your comments! Please do Bekhauf next. Bloodywood & Baby Metal...what can go wrong?

That was a fascinating review, enjoyed the descriptive terms. Very insightful.

Angular progressive hardcore, what a great term to describe it.

Have you guys done a best-of list yet or is it "in the pipeline"?