I don't have a TikTok channel for personal music, only for my band's music. But, feel free to use this if you want to. :) My band's TikTok is @circlesofnamibia Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for listening!

@epicredhead13 I originally just posted this video, so my grandmother could see it. I'm happy that so many other people are enjoying it over the past 4 to 5 years I decided to post this just for my grandmother. Lots of people have been asking for a new cover. Once I'm back in South Korea and reunited with my guitar. Then I might have to make another one, I think. :)

You're about 95 percent correct. There are parts of their music were Dream Theater uses voice with distortion (gritty singing) and he does do pitched fry screaming (End of Octavarium Prophets of War post chorus section) But, their music takes dynamic changes more in their instrumental sections and LaBrie is good using his voice for more intimate moments. They tried to "scream" when Portnoy was in the band with Black Clouds and Silver Linings, but it missed the mark. At least for me it did.

@@lostinmyworld5499 Thank you. 😊

@@Wtfhistory93 Hahaha. If you know, you know.

@@adamdriskelldriskellmusic How do you feel about a heavy metal remix of He Is Risen?

@itssjenkins Ironically, I've kind of stopped doing this series. Because I didn't want to give people the wrong impression of me. But these are also hands down my best videos on KZbin. I know a lot of modern-day LDS and Mormon people are really interested in this kind of thing, and a lot of them are closeted metal heads. If there's demand for it, then I might continue doing it. But I haven't done one of these videos in about 2 or 3 years. Again. I just want to make sure that I'm being a man of integrity when it comes to this kind of thing. I don't want. People to think I'm LDS. I'm not. They are very good reasons for it. But if it gives other people within the LDS church some happiness, then I'm very okay with that. :)

@@adamdriskelldriskellmusic I’ll venmo you $20 on Friday when I get paid if you do Heavy Metal He Is Risen

@@adamdriskelldriskellmusic Aye it’s payday lol. Offer still stands. AND my birthday is next week. AND it’s Friday the 13th so we can use heavy metal LDS hymns to keep the demons away. Also please 🥺

@portishphonic Totally agreed. I loved the latest single, P1. His voice and screams both improved with modern production are amazing.

Personal reasons. :) I can't really discuss it on the internet in full context. But, thanks for watching the video. I appreciate it.

Hell yeah! I loved it! Everything I said on my video was accurate to the single and almost nobody is complaining about it. Song had a simple structure with parts that added dynamics by screaming constrasted by singing, which is what I said. I dig it! Have you listened to it yet?

I know. XD Good time on my end. Hahaha. But, I really liked the new song and it did everything I mentioned in the video, so I guess it is still relevant. How did you like the new single?

@@bolejonny I am very out of the loop with modern Opeth! What's the name of the single? I'll look it up immediately.

Paragraph 1 (but with paragraph symbol). The album is called last Will and testament, seems to be a concept album where all songs are listed as paragraphs. Really good song, looks promising

@@bolejonny This sounds very promising. If it is anything like old Opeth with modern production, then I will be on board. Haha. Have you listened to it yet?

@@adamdriskelldriskellmusic yes, a couple of times already, I liked it a lot, definitely got the sound of watershed and earlier albums. It proved your point about them being better with screams

@@bolejonny I will listen to it today then. If it half as good as what you're saying, then I will be excited to hear it!

This is an original song that I am recording for my second album. :) My band was instrumental on the first album, but now we have changed it to having vocals. It will still be a few more months before this in particular song gets released. But if you sub to the channel, then you should be able to see it when it comes out. Or you can follow my band, Circles of Nambia, on Instagram for other updates. :)

@@adamdriskelldriskellmusic awesome thank u fpr the reply will check it out that ne goes hard

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@@GatitoEmpanadas Thank you for watching and commenting! All preparation for my second album. :)

@@adamdriskelldriskellmusic Excellent! :D

@@teejmorrison I agree with Watershed. I watched them play that entire album when I was in high school in Knoxville. Blew my mind.

Same. And it wasn't because of the genre switch or even the lack of harsh vocals, but rather, what the band lacked without the vocals and the general production/songwriting of death metal. It is still possible to write very moody, dynamic music, Porcupine Tree for example, without ever once using a harsh vocal. If Opeth turned into PT 2.0, then that would had been sick, but it went into the direction it did.

@IgorVonE Yeah, it's painfully true. As I talked about in the video, so much of their dynamics came from the death metal part of their sound. Which they more or less abandoned with more modern day music. A sizable number of musicians that I've worked with that's in the progmetal scene have influence from Opeth. Specifically, from the late 90s through early and mid 2000s Era.

They could've easily gone the Katatonia way. Still heavy, still metal, still THEM, but with no or less harsh vocals.

@potatodude6273 As a songwriter and vocalist myself, I totally agree with you. That's more the perspective I was looking at it from. The good news is that they're still playing old music with harsh vocals live. Just not on new studio recordings. I'm jealous that you get to see them soon! I've got to see them live three times, and every show was awesome!

I never would had thought that this extremely simple video would touch so many others. I am not Mormon/LDS, so my content recently has been more for other creative things, but I will keep this in mind and try to think of ways for other people to enjoy this kind of content even though I am not doing it often anymore.

Oh! I didn't know they weren't touring anymore. I live close to Japan, so I would had loved to see them. I also really dig Babymetal. Their song they just did with Electric Callboy was so good!

This part was fun to relearn. I remember being absolutely blown away when I was right down the first time I heard it. Haha. Thanks for watching! :D I watched through some of your guitar covers, and they're solid man! I also subbed to your channel. I used to be a professional guitarist, but I lost a lot of my ability to play after being a professional teacher for 5 years. Developed a bit of. Arthritis. XD That's why I switched to being a vocalist primarily. I don't know how to get in contact with you more privately, but I would absolutely enjoy doing a vocal and cover of a song in the future with you if you want to do something like that.

Good Idea! Old or newer? I really like both eras of VOM.

@@adamdriskelldriskellmusic Same!! I love both too!! but Matriarch is still my fav 😁

Matriarch would be very challenging, but I would enjoy giving it a shot. :D

Thank you for watching! Song writing is passion. I am the primary songwriter for a progressive metal band, Circles of Namibia. I have been writing and recording the second album, and I thought it would be fun to show my creative process to people. :D