Bionicle Co-Creator listens and reacts to the new Cryoshell/Essenger Song

[@Essenger]

Thank you for helping this come together!! It was an honor to work with you all ❤

[@STICKOMEDIA]

And thank you for being awesome yourself Essenger

[@thedynasaurusrex2471]

Ayyy it's you!!! Bro , I enjoyed your music tho. I really love it!✨❤️🔥

[@theolast9727]

Yall COOKED

[@nezaniatoimya]

Bro you're amazing

[@Sonsto]

Man you did great, Honestly I hope that im right and this is the start to a good few Collabs with you guys, Christian is spot on your voice really compliment one another.

[@CryoshellTV]

👊

[@jacobcoleman8250]

🤜🤛

[@taylorcorbett8848]

So awesome. Thank you.

[@Hollen36]

Chris, you are legitimately one of the most wholesome people on the internet. As a community, we don't deserve someone who cares about BIONICLE as much as you do.

[@qidanny6144]

❤

[@IBURION]

Essenger is a great artist, and I'm so glad to Cryoshell never stops their actions as "BIONICLE band" even still now.

[@gandalflotr2898]

I agree cryoshell and bionicle is like Stan Bush and Transformers

[@Siren_DarkOcean_Official]

​@@gandalflotr2898Stand Bush definitely need to listen to them, only associated Linkin Park with Transformers so I'll have to give that band a listen

[@father_jordan]

I'm so glad this sort of thing can still happen in 2023.

[@questforfuturecreativity]

We have only just begun;)!

[@STICKOMEDIA]

@@questforfuturecreativity W hype

[@ventsito69]

​@@questforfuturecreativityquiero ver qué nuevos proyectos tienen planeados para el futuro

[@Guciom]

4:55 When you pulled out Tahu and started playing with it just radiated pure joy and happiness :)

[@SolutusEversol]

It’s been 12 years since the toy line ended and Bionicle refuses to die! My biggest wish is to see a return to the original storyline with the same toy models but with improved articulation at the knees, elbows, head and using a beautiful balance of old and new pieces.

[@MythicSuns]

Essenger has something of a Celldweller quality about him (which might be why he's on his label). Him and Cryoshell work so well together, this song is brilliant!

[@theheadshot45]

I was just going to comment "Celldweller vibes!"

[@tahunuva4254]

Holy shit, he's signed with Klayton? My music worlds are colliding

[@S0LITARY927]

Essenger has also made a song with celldweller under synthwave project scandroid its superb

[@HenningsEdits]

@@tahunuva4254 Yes, he even collaborated with Klayton on Empire of Steel. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4mbh2drl9aahbc

[@MythicSuns]

@@S0LITARY927 Just letting you know, the name of the guy who runs the 3 projects (Circle of Dust, Celldweller, and Scandroid) is Klayton.

[@derrickfoltz8555]

Feels like the perfect song for when the Matoran Universe inhabitants are fighting against Teridax's forces during his takeover of the Great Spirit Robot!

[@frankunodostres473]

I was very pleasently surprised by the unclean vocals at the end. it feels like this would have been a song used in the 2010s if bionicle had continued. I'm so glad that essenger exists :D he is one of us and is doing wonders for this community

[@RetroActionUK]

Essenger and Cyroshell go ‘above’ and beyond! Happy BIONICLE day everyone!

[@RetroActionUK]

*Cryoshell

[@darkdoubloontv8906]

This really does feel like the final Bionicle song that we never got! It's really wholesome and inspiring to see people who helped make Bionicle still so enthusiastic about their creation and involvement!

[@Makutros]

810NICLE main event hasn't even started and this song already made my day

[@Draezeth]

What's the main event?

[@Makutros]

@@Draezeth 810nicleday 2023 stream, currently live on the 810NICLE Day YT channel.

[@Okmeis]

I listened to the song for six hours in a loop by now and I still didn't get tired of it yet. This song leaves so much space for intepretation, not only for different eras of Bionicle but also for other topics.

[@bionicleem7]

You can hear the mata-nui theme in the intro the song

[@Matter_Of_Fact]

Happy Bionicle day!

[@danielbrazell]

This song somehow manages to give off such a level of nostalgia despite me never having heard it before. Super cool!

[@randomuserame]

Early 2000s (and late 90s) was a golden age in music.

[@IBURION]

My friend said that the intro of this song is a "techno arrangement of Beach Chant". Yeah, that's the first time I've noticed. This is "Song of BIONICLE", definitely.

[@HenningsEdits]

Thank you for making this collaboration happen, Christian! I've also been a big Essenger fan since his album After Dark on FiXT, and I was beyond excited when this song was announced. It means the world to me and all the other fans of Cryoshell and Bionicle that you're keeping the dream alive and that the band continues to make incredible music like this. This song is extremely powerful and inspiring, and I can see it becoming an instant classic within the community. Lots of love to you, Christine, Mikkel and Kasper! You guys are the best! ❤

[@SogKnight]

As a guy who grew up with BIONICLE this is the best thing that happened this year! Thank you, sir for creating something I still love to this day 🙏

[@ArresvayStudio]

Christian banging his head to a new Cryoshell song may look silly to today's humanity, but the Bionicle family doesn't care. It's what we needed, will always need. Happy 810NICLE Day folks

[@CinderUnit]

Chris using his Kanohi Hat of Telekenisis to summon his Guitar Hero controller. Happy 810NICLE Day everyone!

[@mirage809]

Chris strikes me as such a pleasant dude. Love that he just spends most of his time listening to the song having fun with a Guitar Hero controller.

[@eldriveperu]

Long Life to Bionicle !

[@ils4844]

Surprisingly never really cared for Cryoshell despite getting into Bionicle around the same time as they started to produce for the series but this new single collab is really good!

[@UniheroCyclone111]

Christian Faber rocking out like a true headbanger is not an image I ever thought I needed, but one I’m so glad I have now. * Laughs *

[@freddoesvox9033]

Damn Essenger can scream! 🤘🏻 have you seen any of his AI edits of bionicle commercials?

[@toacaldex4386]

Legends are immortals, BIONICLE is the proof. Thanks to Christian Faber, Chryoshell and Essenger for maintaining the memory of this Universe that has marked an entire generation and even beyond. May the Three Virtues guide you all. For Unity, Duty and Destiny

[@Tezuk_25]

Oh my god! I can't belive this is happening.... New Cryoshell somg in 2023? This is one hell of a year. New Bionicle set, new Linkin Park songs, new My Chemical Romance and now this. I hope I will able to see Cryoshell live some day.

[@RetroActionUK]

Couldn’t believe it when I found out a new BIONICLE song has been released!

[@tudeslildude]

Damn hearing the 'behind the scenes' of how this all got together makes this song so much more awesome.

[@allengordon6929]

There's something about watching a creator listen to a filk song about their work and seeing them realize the references, as the singer and listener's emotionions and thoughts seemingly synchronize. The same thing too when I see the look in his eyes when he read the letter. That feeling of realizing that not only was your work someone's childhood, it was their reason to keep going. Someday I will feel both of these. I'll keep going long enough to feel what you felt Faber, I swear on Matoro's Sacrifice!

[@nk361]

When I was a kid, my favorite toy line was Bionicle (gen 1), I got a lot of them too. I credit a lot of the thinking behind the story and pieces and creativity and all that good stuff that it had with my ability to now become a software engineer as my full time job. All the detail and work put into Bionicle gave me so much more to think about than many other toy lines. Thank you

[@amonconfus]

Cryoshell is the goat for me! So many childhood memories! Much Love to all of the people involved!

[@jarl7380]

I've loved Essenger's music for years, I'm glad to see he's finally getting some more eyes on him. Thank you, Christian!

[@lukestarkiller1470]

I had the biggest smile on my face through this whole video, seeing one of my biggest inspirations react to this amazing new song is probably the best thing I’ve ever seen

[@ebomb1133]

I swear it was like I was back in 2007/8 watching a new Bionicle commercial the moment I heard the beginning of this song. Its SOOOOOO good.

[@linalee_]

Cryoshell are the best!!!

[@user-ly6hg4nq6q]

Ahah, it's so funny) Happy BIONICLE day! Thank you!

[@toamastar]

Such a banger! I cannot wait to endlessly listen to this! What an amazing gift! Thank you all for such greatness! So many people bought together by the legend of Bionicle! Much love!

[@MythicSuns]

Damn dude, thanks for fixing the audio so quickly! I was going to mention it but you patched it up whilst I was typing the comment 😂.

[@questforfuturecreativity]

Big thanks to everyone who pointed it out :)

[@eyre_]

Your excitement is the most wholesome thing ever! Reaction videos are notoriously the ultimate bane/necessary evil of KZbin but this is something really special! And ofc the song is also ✨👌excellent!

[@Onewa]

Seeing Christian rock out like that was perfection. He's the best!

[@Jack_Daniels27]

Faith in humanity restored, bionicle obsession reinvigorated

[@teamnumbskull2846]

Bionicle was a huge part of my childhood, the characters i made and the storys to go with them stay with me always, the main bionicle story itself is so broad and epic and theres nothing like it, out if all the modern movies and storys none can compare to Bionicles creative story and world, ive had bionicles since i was a tot and now im 23 and still have them all and ill never stop playing with them, one day im gonna pass them to my kids, bionicle itself is becoming tradition, even little cusoin knew bionicle all on there own and wanted some and he even knows the story i shared with him some of mine and were always building new heros or beast, and its not just him bionicle has comnected me to so many awsome freinds and its so cool to see what storys they create with there bionicles, thank you for making childhood awsome and setting the standerd for awsome

[@riceniceman548]

Faber reminds me of myself now, or I remind myself of him. The way he sighs and longs for this world he created is just how I feel when I see the community projects and the official media, I just can't wait to savor every last piece of this perfect IP and when new pieces are still released years after the franchises end it sets my insides on fire. I'm almost 30. Nothing gets me as unexplainably excited and happy than Bionicle does, I'm so glad so many other people also feel this way. we keep each other afloat now, and that's Unity.

[@riceniceman548]

The deep "Oohh" is so important at the beginning and he knows it, it's in our DNA.

[@MidTierMenace777]

Thank you for creating 10 years +2 years of my child hood

[@lucapietrangeli270]

Recently got back into bionicle last weekend and scored a fantastic collection of bionicle parts. Had no idea id be celebrating bionicle day a few days later. This communitys awesome rooting for y'all!!

[@chris_wizzudz]

When I first heard this song around 810nicle Day, it whisked me right back to my childhood and all the great adventures of the Toa. Essenger and Cryoshell created something truly special. Long live Bionicle!

[@Xaxerix]

Truly wonderful to see the community together!!

[@Bionickpunk]

Bionicle community is built different and stuff like this makes me so happy.

[@TorridPrime217]

Bro, I got major chills when they used the 'Beach Chant' as part of the instrumentals

[@KnotsOfWonders]

Cryoshell still has it! Essenger x Cryoshell absolute rockstars!!!

[@LeoxandarMagnus]

It honestly blew me away when I heard it. This song has been playing in my head almost non-stop since then.

[@blackdog6969]

I swear, you have proud dad energy, knowing that you've created something so special it inspired a generation. Thank you for that btw. Unity Duty Destiny!

[@GreystenAlzrr]

it like watching a dad enjoying his child's project they did all by themselves, this is really wholesome Faber the Bionicle dad, Father of Mata Nui and Makuta Teridax!

[@bloodeleine]

your passion for bionicle really is beautiful

[@Engelbote117]

Thank you all for creating and shaping our world together! Bionicle is our legacy and we all uphold it!

[@awesomearchivist1705]

Happy 810nicle day Chris! even though I'm a little late😅. Bionicle is and always will be a core aspect of who I am I just finished getting all of the 2005 sets and im working on getting another year of sets. And seeing cryoshell make a another banger of a bioncle song after all these years made me shed a tear it makes me so happy that after all these years this community is not just surviving but growing and evolving and as a fan from the beginning I could not ask for more.

[@Guarrow]

I've been listening to it since it released. Might be my new favorite song. It's just so so so good

[@sporeham1674]

Might be my favorite song too actually, its insanely good, always blasting in my head

[@Okmeis]

Another comment from me: Is it just me or does everyone else hear a lot of musical references to bionicle songs, melodies and lores in that song? (Timestamps are not those of this video but from the spotify version of the song.) - deep voice: mata nui online game - the dying world could be the planet and/or the matoran universe > planet because "the world outside"; matoran universe because "outside of the waters surrounding Mahri Nui" - don't you fear that it's to late to turn the tide could be an already published lore reference or even lore for the discussed time travel reboot - "these machines were never built to make things right" > Vahki - 0:40 of the song > the drums remind me of the "Hero" song - 0:43 "Wake me now" > mata nui? - 0:47 - 0:51 "while we slowlys drown" > Toa Mahri? - 0:58 "locked in your paradise" > The matorans on the island of Mata Nui because Makuta Makuta didn't let them return to Metru Nui. - "a sanctuary burned when you played god" > either great being or makuta - 1:15 "is there a cure?"...."monsters crowling out" > Hordika movie - "not living, just surviving" > Mahri Nui vibes - 2:25 "wanna see the stars before the fade too far", "I can't see the stars..." > stars that were telling how many toas were present maybe?

[@Arcanist_The]

"These machines were never built to make things right" could also be a reference to how the Inhabitants of the Matoran Universe were never supposed to be more than drones yet they became much more than their creators ever intended them to be. "Is there a cure" could also be refering to Mata Nui/the GSR but I digress

[@dm7206]

My thanks for helping to make this possible, bionicle has such a warm place in my heart and I hope beyond hope this creates a new resurgence.

[@danck941]

I've been a fan of Cyroshell for at least a decade now! I'm glad that they are still going strong! I would also love to see them collab with more groups in the future!

[@TEX474]

I’m just hopping Bionicle came back. When I was younger, the fun and emotion to build and collect the sets was the best, cryoshell and some other groups that made the music for the whole generations was soo good too. This brings me back to the generation of mahri, phantoka, the toa metru etc It’s a great piece of art in all ways

[@cdwizzerd]

as a musican, this really is the exact response you want

[@doomrevolver8387]

I Can't Believe I just witnessed this. To me this is the best reaction video ever.

[@mageside]

NO WAY! Essenger formed off the inspiration they gained from CRYOSHELL!?!?!? WHOA!!!

[@anzullic]

I love the joy in the reaction. Him grabbing Tahu to vibe :D My favorite thing about the song is, thats a good song without nostalgia.

[@Michael_Afton40]

This song reminds me of the Toa Inika comercial back in 2006 I think it was Man....time flies Also R.I.P Matoro I still haven't forgotten his sacrifice

[@pvcvalley]

great song and nice audiophile headphones. its a joy listening to biotunes with such accurate gear.

[@Soulitaris]

Essenger and Cryoshell should collab on re-making / covering Hero and Caught in a Dream from the Hordika era... Just take a moment to imagine that

[@ScornedOne1080]

Now we need a music video of the Toa performing this song. XD

[@willm156]

As someone who has been a huge fan of Bionicle ever since I was gifted Gali Mata by my cousin, today has been overwhelming and truly a portal back in time. Thank you so much for helping this all come together Christian! Seeing Gali in the masks of power trailer with this banger playing brought back so many memories :)

[@wolfluva24]

bionicle was one of my first big sets of lego growing up and then watching the movies, then listening to the tracks, seeing every commercial it was all just heaven to me and still is to this day to hear theres a revival coming has just blown my brain across the state

[@sinuois]

So happy to see you again! The song is fire!!

[@dusksentry5836]

and for just a moment, it felt like the series was alive again

[@suenzhong7891]

Bionicle may have ended over a decade over but it still continues on in my heart and every other Bionicle fan (I still dream of buying Bionicle sets haha). Regrading the song I can't help but think of the part of the story where Makuta Teridax won and banished Mata Nui/was ruling over everyone when I heard it.

[@MrLarionsBH2023]

The new BIONICLE theme!

[@EinfachNoah]

Ive heard this song so many times in the last 24 hours that it feels like it’s always been there

[@AGASHBAALAH]

This was such a good experience. I didn’t expect to actually cry.

[@andrewhoffman1087]

I've been listening to this song on repeat for the last 24 hours, and it's still giving me goosebumps! I can't wait to see what happens with the "Next To Machines" album! As I said on Cryoshell's channel (the day the song released) I will pay $100+ for a physical copy of that album when it releases. Also, side note, Chris (in the chance you see this) thank you! You have no idea how much Bionicle and Cryoshell still mean to me, all these years later!!! I'm currently in the process of slowly collecting all the sets I missed back in the day from G1. What a nostalgic journey it has been!

[@seanmurphy046]

The song here "as above so below" gives me he same hype and vibe as when i hear the whole song of "gravity hurts" did when i heard it as a kid. I felt like sharing the experience listening to gravity hurts with friends as well as if any family were interested at those days, and as above so below is no different. Like, im an adult now but i kid you not i had my eyes watering a little in happiness and nostalgia after hearing as above so below. Also, the song somewhat sounds like one that would be something from breaking Benjamin or a rock band around 2006 or 2007, but in all the best ways and taken to a whole nother level (as in its way better but combines similar qualities from slightly older rock music).

[@ventsito69]

Esta colaboracion estuvo increible y un gran forma de celebrar esta gran leyenda

[@heyguysiguessthatsit4610]

I am so happy they still make music! Thank you for making this video!

[@Ailinth]

Thank you for featuring this awesome song on your channel! Essenger is living the dream for all of us right now 🖤

[@joeltrekwars2162]

I am so happy there's Bionicle content, no matter how unofficial it is. All of Cryoshell's songs are spiritually attuned to Bionicle, to me anyway. All of them have some sort of parallel, thanks to how deep and expansive the lore Greg Farshtey created. I hope he's doing all right, he and his family.

[@davidbyqvist4133]

we need more Bionicle sets and a new movie .

[@Sadtiric]

This is one of my favorite songs of all time, and this story is so wholesome. I'm not gonna lie, I'm crying a bit.

[@BasementDweller_]

This year of Bionicle day was amazing.

[@IntoGamesLP]

listened to the track today in the morning as it came out and i got so excited, such a powerful and nice piece

[@bromion5809]

the only thing that would make this better would be to hear some words from Greg Farshtey himself!

[@CharuzuAutomatonArtificer]

Mr. Faber, thank you so much for helping keep such a wonderful series alive. Essenger and Cryoshell sound great together, the whole thing just bleeds Bionicle and it makes me so happy!

[@taylorcorbett8848]

It is so gorgeous seeing this love for bionicle still. Busting out Toa Tahu to dance along was so charming. Never let the passion die.

[@P8H5]

the songs great! really awesome to hear from cryoshell again too. plus the song was used in the fan game too which was epic

[@zenfaku4526]

Thanks for bring Bionicle to my life ❤

[@jamesfulton215]

Chirs your work was such a huge part of my childhood that I still love bionicle to this day. You take care and God bless you and your work.

[@ThatTarkur]

Happy 810 Faber and awesome video as always! Do you have any plans to tune into the 810 stream later today?

[@questforfuturecreativity]

Yes I will definitely tune in:)

[@Biofan813]

So Incredible to hear these voices again after almost 2 decades. Unity Duty and Destiny forever ❤

[@1UnderKable]

Watching you jam out like this was amazing. When I saw the trailer for the Masks of Power demo and heard this song I was going nuts.

[@STICKOMEDIA]

I absolutely love 810incle day, this year's 810nicle was probably the best from my almost 3 year experience with the community, cannot wait to see what is in store for this amazing community in the future

[@ModernEraTemplar]

I have so many joyous thoughts after seeing this! But I think it can be summed up by saying: What an emotional experience! Long Live Bionicle!