Composer/Musician Reacts to The Ocean - Permian: The Great Dying (REACTION!!!)

Bryan reacts to and talks about his thoughts on The Ocean "Permian: The Great Dying" (OFFICIAL)
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[@zangapf4140]

The clipping and overblowing at the end was definitely for effect. The album is a concept record about the Phanerozoic era, and the Permian age is when there was a mass extinction event that killed 90-95% of species on Earth at the time. So the clipping and blasting at the end was to signify all of that life getting blasted and becoming extinct. The extra bit of silence afterwards also portrayed this event.

[@fpjesus2000]

Great stuff! These guys are so good. But they are one of those bands that make albums that you really benefit from listening as a whole, they are biiiiig into those philosophical complex sort of concepts. If you want to do a full album, "Pelagial" is their most critically acclaimed one, each song name is a layer of the ocean, going deeper with each one, but making a parallel with going deeper into our subconscious. If you are into these concepts, you'll love that part of it. If not, it's just kickass music, full of motifs throughout so it all sounds different but familiar.

[@TheRealBSoern]

another great thing about "Pelagial" is that this album was supposed to be fully instrumental and they just tried out some vocals and decided to release the album as a 2 cd version with 1 cd being the instrumental album and the other one the other one with vocals. Which is awesome in itself. And I really love both versions. And the website of them was also build around the ocean depths at that time. You had to scroll down quite a lot. When "Heliozentric" was their newest album the website was a solar system which was also pretty cool.

[@007faya]

I would suggest the exact samething, that album is so incredibly strong

[@denverelisha7878]

I guess I am quite off topic but does anybody know of a good website to stream newly released movies online?

[@terrancedaxton3781]

@Denver Elisha Meh try flixportal. You can find it by googling :D -terrance

[@denverelisha7878]

@Terrance Daxton thanks, I signed up and it seems like they got a lot of movies there =) Appreciate it !!

[@audreycoolbeens]

your viewers have impeccable taste in music

[@mikefearon3577]

Also this is from a concept album, they pretty much always do concept albums. Firmament from heliocentric is a great song.

[@bousculade1035]

To be honest, if I had to pick a song from the Centrics for someone to make a reaction video it would definitely be The Origin Of Species/God because they are more complex.

[@rivo9980]

And The Ocean is awesome, try the song Firmament and/or the whole Pelagial album.

[@trowabarton222]

I was hoping for Devonian: Nascent but you can't go wrong with any song from this album. So good.

[@mikefearon3577]

I saw The Ocean support Leprous last year and they were fantastic. Great energy live too.

[@makjak111]

Lucky! I missed them the last time they came around.

[@VildhjartaFanGurl]

Gawd I'm so jealous there are no words. I would literally cut off a pinky and toe to see that show

[@007faya]

I saw them together as well, one of my best live experiences ever:)

[@CriticalReactions]

That sounds like a killer concert!

[@Crabcore1]

Saw them in Barcelona on that tour ! Their Energy was insane, i lost my shit at Firmament and Permian haha. Didn't think that they would be such a great support for Leprous tbh, loved that night.

The Ocean is so good. I recommend the whole Pelagial album too in your free time, the whole thing is just great!

[@hansikursch484]

Orsolya Fehér i second this.

[@makjak111]

Every album by the ocean has a very different sound. It would be cool if you checked out precambrian album to see them in their sludge post metal phase

[@nickcriado1098]

Great album!!

[@Therealchrist]

Agreed, Precambrian is the GO-TO album from these guys imo. Statherian is my personal favourite track on the record.

[@flagmuffin1221]

@@Therealchrist Nah, Pelagial should be their go-to. Precambrian's "second half" (or last 2/3s) isn't nearly as good as the first 5 songs, in my opinion. Pelagial is just good the whole way through.

[@Therealchrist]

@@flagmuffin1221 It's very strange indeed that you have like Pelagial, but not the second half of Precambrian. The second half (which is the half of the album that sets it apart from other metal albums of a similar ilk that were releasing at the time), is much closer to Pelagial than the first. Either way, the instrumentation compositional arrangements are significantly different on Pelagial compared to Phanerozoic(the album this track comes from) and Precambrian; which are much closer in that regard.

[@flagmuffin1221]

@@Therealchrist The first part of Precambrian I love because it's all well written heaviness. The second part I don't like nearly as much because it sounds like Robin Staps' teething issues transitioning to the Heliocentric/Anthropocentric and Pelagial styles (Heliocentric and Anthropocentric are still rough, but Pelagial was that writing perfected). It's well written, I'll give you that, but the writing didn't translate as well to me, especially in the production department where the first part of Precambrian has a fantastic guitar tone and overall production, but the second half constantly gets fuzzier for some reason. The best part of the second half of Precambrian is, funnily enough, Cryogenian, because it's such a good transition going from that to The Cambrian Explosion.

[@ryanlanglands377]

The ocean Jurassic|Cretaceuos there new song is awsum

[@DmitryNevedomsky]

Y E S!

[@turbotreehouse9780]

They just dropped a killer song 3 days ago

[@ckokomo808]

One of my favorite bands! Thanks for checking them out. They have such a deep discography and all pretty different. Would love for you to check them out again!

[@tylerschnabel1743]

Loved this album. Check out Rivers of Nihil’s song The Subtle Change Including the Forest of Transition and Dissatisfaction Dance.

[@nissyenarts]

Think he did RoN already, but i would love to hear Subtle Change here. Such a masterpiece of modern prog.

[@VildhjartaFanGurl]

Yeet

[@xavierbonilla1164]

Hey man! Glad you followed up on my (and others) requesting this! I had a feeling you would like this. The way they take a musical themes and flush it out in so many different ways is exceptional. Their layering is top for me! I hope you get them on the channel again soon!

[@fredspamed7923]

Thankyou for the shout-out in the comments love this channel dude great reactions love from the U.K

[@vesuvius115]

Insane to think that the thing this song is based on, is a mass extinction 252 Million Years ago in the Permian Period. In Siberia, there is a formation called "The Siberian Traps", this was where massive volcanism took place. A flood basalt eruption where tons of ruptures spewed lava everywhere. In the chaos, an eruption 4,000X worse than Yellowstone's worst eruption. 96% of Marine Life was decimated and 75% of Terrestrial Life was destroyed. The main problems weren't even the US-sized flood of lava, it was the chemicals released that allowed aerosol particles to carry nickel to the oceans, making them acidic. The Co2 hurt the atmosphere and freed methane from the oceans. This poisoned and suffocated the ocean and land as well. Earth's global temperature was 15C higher than today. It doesn't sound like much, however, imagine the everyday being like the Sahara Desert no matter where you were. This was Earths worst mass extinction, hence the nickname it gained "The Great Dying". The one-line "Long Time to recover: 30 Million Years" is a hint to how long it took life to recover, the remaining 5-10% took 30 Million Years to recover, which one side is known as Arcosaurs eventually became Dinosaurs, Crocodilophormes, and in the Jurassic, some dinosaurs became birds.

[@codyspinelli5609]

The Permian was a geological era, an age before the dinosaurs, and the great dying was an extinction event that killed about 90 to 96% of life on earth and the way these guys relate that to us/humanity through music is very brilliant.

[@PajamaMuncher]

Another great The Ocean song is the Bathypelagic trilogy off Pelagial. It's a little different but super cool. In terms of layered screams, my favourite example would be The Wreck of S.S. Needle by Cult of Luna. It's a female vocalist and is just awesome

[@thewhorocks515]

The Wreck of S.S. Needle is such a great track.

[@stri8ted]

Damn. This is amazing. I don't remember their prior album drawing me in like this. Will be finding them on Spotify

[@VildhjartaFanGurl]

Lyrics. Do yourself the favor. Eyes on the water Between the continents This is Laurasia It smells so different A strong breeze blows out here The ocean is pitch black Let's not seek shelter I wanna freeze and smell your neck Soon every one of us will be dead In the great scheme of things It makes no difference It's all the same But let's not get sentimental... Eyes on the water Between the continents This is Gondwana It smells so different A cold wind blows out here The sea's already dead Let's get in the water Let our bodies be the last Feel the cold Feel the night Creep up to me Let's stop and wait Until we freeze together And rest like this forever Creep inside my bones Where you have lied Since the day that we were born Since the day that we were born Sea level rise: We'll be among the 5 percent We'll survive the Great Dying There is no denying As the chosen few... Because that's all we've got to know And that's all you gotta know I am not here but you can Still write me Like in the beginning You're no longer next to me But this is How it's always been: You were a ghost Before you became real That's how we got to know That's how we got to know Now that you are not here Now that we no longer talk I can't stop to remember How you've been offended When you realized That I'd kill to relieve a load Yes I'd kill to relieve a burden Feel the cold creep inside I am losing you to your fears Grown way out of scale Yes it's true what they say: I don't love humanity Not a bit But I do value empathy While retaliating iniquities Sea level rise: It's the beginning of the Great Dying Soon it will be over Long time to recover: 30 million years Yes I'd kill to relieve the load Yes I'd kill to relieve a burden I am not here but you can Still write me Like in the beginning You're no longer next to me But this is how it's always been: You were a ghost Before you became real That's how we got to know That's how we got to know Contemplating, trouble making Even now... the air is getting hot and dry Sticking to your skin and your open wounds The sun burns us alive That's how we got to know That's how we got to know That's how we got to know

[@deadwinterknight1981]

I would highly suggest doing Hadopelagic II: Let Them Believe. It's imo the best of the album and the whole album has a concept so sinking deeper and deeper into the ocean.

[@johnsandberg1945]

I love everything The Ocean does. Cambrian II: The Eternal Recurrence of this same album it very good.

[@TheSubsistance]

You should listen to Alcest. Anything from the list of Protection / Sapphire / Kodama / Je Suis D'Ailleurs is really good and very characteristic of this band.

[@StringHead92]

Great reaction, man! This band is awesome. You should absolutely check more stuff by them. I recommend Siderian/Rhyacian from the album Precambrian. But any track might do the trick.

[@coasteraddict10]

The way they cut off at the end is how they're trying to signify the extinction event the song talks about

[@Stroopwafels112]

Regarding the clipping at the end. The song itself is about the Great Dying, an extinction event on earth (in the Permian period) that wiped out 95% of life on earth. The clipping at the end feels to me like the great dying seeping in. You feel for about 3 seconds that everything overwhelms you and you are about to be caught up in an explosion.

[@RuneUwU]

Hey man, just went through most of your videos on a pretty long binge, and I’ve loved every single one! The way you talk about everything is just enjoyable always. Really good stuff. That being said, I’d love to hear your reactions to “Les Friction - Louder Than Words” they’re very cinematic and super dramatic!

[@mmatthews90]

Yesssss I've been waiting for this one

[@rivo9980]

The 20 mim song for tomorrow is Octavarium, calling it

[@wunderbambu]

or maybe its concealing fate by tesseract

[@yotambraunshtein9786]

symphonyX anyone

[@paravarium]

@@yotambraunshtein9786 symphony x was on the poll but just nearly lost out

[@Progroffeenaut]

@@wunderbambu He did Tesseract a few months ago, but the video is not on KZbin.

[@yotambraunshtein9786]

Slice the cake - man with no face

[@kevinfitz1712]

Love this band. Saw them live many years ago and it was amazing.

[@jeremyunseld6846]

I believe I read that the the distortion at the end was intentional, and I would think it has to be intentional given how obvious it is. They wanted to create an atmosphere of chaos at the end, which is in keeping with a theme of the song/album of mass extinction.

[@NightMarized]

You can't go wrong with any The Ocean song really... But latest album hits deep, cant wait for a second part(presumably this or next year). Here's my suggestions: Agent Fresco - Dark Water (sweet math rock) Earthside - Crater (prog metal) Valis Ablaze - The Convincer (similar to Tesseract)

[@PajamaMuncher]

Another vote for Agent Fresco, great song and band

[@ibrahimutant]

Opeth and Animals as Leaders are two of my three favorite artists, and I need to listen to more of these guys.

[@ibrahimutant]

But dude, please listen to more Animals as Leaders. Your compositional analysis is really strong, especially for first listens. Listen to Lippincott, Tempting Time, or Song of Solomon. I think you would really appreciate those songs. Behaving Badly is a song of theirs that reminds me of Steve Reich.

[@LeeGion_981]

These guy are so underrated. Fucking love theses guys.

[@Dr3Yn]

I expect tomorrow to be Haken crystallized

[@Beardfish.]

That would be awesome. Or Celestial Elixir

[@Syvacra]

I'd recommend that you react to The Holy Mountain by Slice the Cake

[@ckokomo808]

I said this earlier in the week but I think it has to Do with the fact that many progressive bands create concept albums. Each song plays a part in the story. Listening to a single is like reading a chapter in a story (not a perfect analogy, I know)- you’ll end up being dissatisfied to some extent. Personally, I think you should listen to an entire album either solo or on the channel to see what you think overall. Ps- I’m a sucker for layered distorted vocals as well!

[@BallisticMystic]

It may be partially luck, but I really like the songs you end up doing. Starting with me seeing your reaction to "Ants of the Sky", which is by no means BTBAMs most popular song but is easy top three for me, and I was really hoping anyone had done a good reaction video to The Ocean, so to find you again doing a reaction to a top three song for me by The Ocean... Awesome.

[@VildhjartaFanGurl]

Another group I never thought I'd see you doing! Fucking love these guys. This is why youre the best

[@VildhjartaFanGurl]

Ur a real thiccc tone dad

[@kool_thing]

Such a great band. I would suggest to check out Firmament and Rhyacian: Untimely Meditations by them. Also, you should do some post-metal reactions. So many amazing bands there: Isis - So Did We, In Fiction, Carry Neurosis - End of the Harvest, Locust Star, Burn, Stones From the Sky Cult of Luna - The Fall, Hollow, Eternal Kingdom Amenra - Razoreater, De Dodenakker, A Solitary Reign

[@tmayne220]

man cant believe you still haven't checked out intronaut...

[@That.One.Guy.66]

Great reaction! I love this band. Other good songs by The Ocean are Swallowed by the Earth, Metaphysics of a Hangman, Ecstasian, Origin of a God, Origin of a Species and Firmament.

[@lastweekslightning]

They faded up the ending. They push/overdrive the master buss compressor for effect

[@jarunia17]

The song is the last on the record. Probably my favourite from them, very groovy and fun to sing along to😁 Makes me feel emotional every time. The layering as you mentioned is quite intricate, not just in vocals but the strings as well.

[@jarunia17]

Oh and also you're talking about Octavarium huh?

[@rolandweigert5169]

Did anyone suggest Disillusion yet. Back to times of splendor is my number two album of all time. Number one is hyno5e: Acid mist tomorrow.

[@ColdDaBlood]

I call for Vektor - accelerating the universe it's a band with trash metal, prog and death metal vibes

[@thefantasia7693]

You should check out Vektor. They are a progressive thrash metal band that make some really good unique, technical music. I would recommend the songs Recharging the void or Tetrastructrual Minds.

[@paravarium]

Don't support assholes like David DiSanto.

[@paravarium]

Loveee The Ocean! I'm guessing tomorrow is the song half my namesake comes from. Don't want to say too much about it, but just keep in mind the theme of coming full circle.

[@lukef4166]

11:31 Every song by the Ocean goes into another song by the Ocean 🙂

[@sVieira151]

ooh, I didn't expect to see these guys here. I would have chosen Devonian as a first song but Permian is also excellent! Interestingly they ended the album on this song. The album is a continuation of concept albums based on geological eras - this song represents the Permian period that ended with the P-T extinction event, also known as The Great Dying. The next three eras in time where the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous which are ones you may know of. I assume the next album in the series will start with a song or two for each of those time periods. I reckon the clipping at the end is meant to be a representation of the extinction.

[@joshuajavens1816]

That violin sound you heard was likely a cello? I think.

[@DatSpaiinGuy]

The Unlocking by Dødheimsgard 😭

[@simonf943]

So, I'm guessing Dream theater for tomorrow? Anyhow The Ocean is awesome! Not their biggest fan but saw them live opening for Leprous last fall and it was a really nice energy and feeling, my colleague who was with me had never heard them and was totally blown away. My favourite Ocean album is definetly Pelagial. It also has a few Mastodon-ish sounds wich by the way, also is a band you still haven't reacted to ;)

[@zyklqrswx]

progressive rock/metal has a few important aspects to it that are used to different extents by different bands and artists one thing that many bands like these guys, Tesseract or Tool for example do a lot of is slow progression while sitting comfortably in that pocket, gradually building tension then again there are artists like Dream Theater or Animals as Leaders who focus more on making jagged timefeels work for them the other important aspect which you may have noticed is the willingness to include instruments not normally associated with rock or metal bands, like saxophones, organs, marimbas or strings like you've been hearing here and there from a few bands

[@taterhamster]

Please check out one of their older songs, Rhyacian. Awesome sludgey prog with a different vocalist.

[@Zombehz4lyfe]

I am once again asking for your support in the form of a Protest The Hero reaction. Drumhead Trial would be awesome.

Please listen to Ego from David Maxim Micic, the whole album is 4 songs and it just weaves together so well and there's an awesome clipping effect thing at the end too like here, it is amazing, my favourite thing from him (and he's got lots of great stuff)!

[@toxxedgaming3885]

So, prog week. You didn't get to my instrumental request, lets try for prog week now :p Opeth - Blackwater Park. NESS ESS AIRY. And holding out hope for Angel Vivaldi - Sea of Heartbreak. When prog week is over I would love to hear your opinions on that masterpiece. Also, The Ocean - Pelagial is one of my absolute favorite albums of all time. Give it a listen, maybe not as a video, but it's so worth it.

[@akitamayne1507]

Please check out any one of these: Cynic 'Adam's Murmur' Storm Corrosion 'Drag Ropes' Opeth 'Universal Truth' Katatonia 'Pale Flag' And to go off genre: Heilung LIFA 'In Maidjan' Wardruna 'Runaljod' Skáld 'Valfrejudrápa'

[@miqbalev]

Pelagial is a must!

[@yotambraunshtein9786]

There's a huge difference between modern prog and old school prog you'll notice this instantly modern prog has more heavy feals and lots of parts but old school prog is more about different signatures and less about creating a feeling/buildup

[@theseventhammer]

You reacted to Plini - but didn't react to David Maxim Micic... what? Micic is considered by many to be unparalleled in his composition - check out his guitar playthrough of Someone Else's hat kzbin.info/www/bejne/boDRpH2mgs2Wi8k

[@bccr13]

dude I love the ocean but I always listen to the instrumental versions they hit a little harder imo

[@bccr13]

for some stuff sort of kinda in a similar vein, check out Russian Circles. Vorel and Afrika are great off the top of my head

[@Nobody039]

Hatfield and The North - Mumps

[@nebojsadraksimovic5266]

some stuff you should check out: BENT KNEE - Bone Rage THE WORLD IS QUIET HERE -The Benign Author: Construct Cult Of Luna & Julie Christmas - Cygnus Slugdge - The Spectral Burrows Alkaloid - Rise Of The Cephalopods/Kernel Panic Slice The Cake - Odyssey to the West; i just can't pick a song Cold Night For Alligators - Black Swan Whitechapel - Third Depth/When a Demon Defiles a Witch Zeal & Ardor HYPNO5E Car Bomb Chat Pile glass beach etc...Some new artist's for ya'

[@paravarium]

He'd go absolutely nuts for bent knee. Like next level.

[@nebojsadraksimovic5266]

@@paravarium i think so too

[@kennyw7895]

Wilderun - The Unimaginable Zero Summer

[@paravarium]

Folk week is coming and they're pretty much guaranteed

[@ДмитрийПотапенко-ц1ш]

Can you react to "Palaye Royale - lonely" or "Motionless in white- another life" please?

[@yotambraunshtein9786]

Have you done Caligula's horse or TesseracT?

[@paravarium]

He's done the of matter in studio but it was taken down. Really hoping he'd do Dream The Dead by Caligula one day but I'm sure graves will be it 😬

[@yotambraunshtein9786]

@@paravarium ah shit why was it taken down I love of the matter

[@lizzieturbett7444]

did you ever figure out what that concept album you couldnt remember the name of was??

[@CriticalReactions]

The one from the Porcupine Tree video? It was Anathema's A Fine Day to Exit. I haven't had the time to track down which song it reminded me of though.

[@jakelee8789]

I'm not really into this type of prog but however I do appreciate and respect it. Im more into dream theatre and rush. When I think of prog i think of those 2 bands and even pink Floyd. Love your channel and respect your opinion but yeah im not so much into the tool sound. Its great and musicians are skilled just not my cup of tea.

[@paravarium]

You might enjoy Homesick by Airbag.

[@jakelee8789]

@@paravarium ill check em out thanks for recommend

[@citrus7115]

Please react to Dream Theater- Octavarium

[@kevwelyk]

If you want a prog song that has a much different feeling from what you've already listened to this week, at least emotionally, please check out Allegaeon - Roundabout (originally written by Yes)

[@LeeGion_981]

Just stick with prog because it’s the best genre imho.

[@CriticalReactions]

Like any music, it has a time and a place.

[@makjak111]

First