Composer Reacts to Death Grips - Hot Head (REACTION & ANALYSIS)

Bryan reacts to and talks about his thoughts on Death Grips - Hot Head
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0:00 Intro
0:49 Reaction
5:15 Analysis - A Lot of a Lot
14:27 Analysis - Excellent Production
19:12 Analysis - Interesting Vocal Ideas
23:14 Analysis - Black Metal Inspirations
26:06 Analysis - A Moment's Release
30:00 Analysis - Lyrical Dive
37:30 Analysis - Tying Lyrics Back to the Music
40:06 Outro

[@mickjager]

Zach Hill is the main brain behind this band and also the drummer, although in many of their songs the kit itself isn't that present but just the beat. Live he basically solo's over all of those beats. He's a monster drummer.

[@luker.6967]

For anyone wanting more Hill check out his band Hella. Absolutely insane mathrock fuckery

[@Stream_of_unconsiousness]

Zach is definitely not the brain behind the band, ride is 100% the leader of the band. If you have listened to any of Andy Morin or Zach hills projects together you can tell it’s missing a lot of details that ride adds

[@id1550]

@@Stream_of_unconsiousnessDefinitely not true

[@Stream_of_unconsiousness]

@@id1550 im happy to listen to you if you were to actually explain to my why its not true lol

[@JoshBurcham104]

​@@Stream_of_unconsiousnessI agree with this, I rarely enjoy the death grips stuff without Ride

[@kylek4202]

Is this srsly where you started with death grips?! Brave man lol

[@quilbog2085]

ths was actually the song tgat gkt me into death grips and i heard it the first time mf i was flabbergasted i cant even lie i was like dude i gotta listen again, and then bottomless pit was my first full death grils losten through

[@jennifer008]

@@quilbog2085 big W. For me I was basic with tms tho

[@quilbog2085]

@@jennifer008 listened to tms on shroomies yesterday it was the hardest ive ever vibed, it renewed my love for the money store, not that it needed to be renewed its one of my favourites anyway

[@jennifer008]

@@quilbog2085 I don't do drugs because I'm lonely as shit lmao but it means I've listened to the album loads of times and holy shit even after more than a thousand or so listens im still not tired of one track

[@quilbog2085]

@@jennifer008 dawg i do drugs because im lonely as shit, and from experience i reccomend nothing, its not worth it. shrooms are a pretty helpful and safe experience if you do them right tho. whats yr fav sonng off tms tho

[@rijntje73]

I guess I'll be the one to bring the meme: Bryan definitely looked hella noided during the chaotic parts. 😏

[@tylersquanto8938]

What a rabbit hole you’ve just entered…

[@sleepingdrones]

Glad to finally get a full breakdown of a DG track, thanks! For the full, unbridled Death Grips experience I highly recommend their Steroids megamix. It's hard to define - released as an EP but more like a few tracks blended together yet still a (wild) cohesive experience.

[@wavehellhole]

hey listen, you react to more death grips and i'm here for it every time

[@Dee23Kidd]

Nice pfp

[@naomistrand]

You should seriously consider reacting to their full albums because they are fantastic and wildly entertaining to analzye. The Powers That B is my personal favorite. Love your videos!

[@ayo0702]

omg DEATH GRIPS I'd love to see more analysis of their songs man

[@yomama3206]

I fucking beg you, please do more death grips. Not enough channels are reacting to death grips recently, and so many of their songs are worth a reaction. It's basically a pick-n-choose. I dont care what song, but react to more. They are fucking insane man.

[@yomama3206]

just a quick warning, if you do the song "No Love", don't do the music video! it has a bunch of extra edits that take away from the actual song that have confused many listeners in their reaction videos. Of course, the video is still worth watching in your free time. No Love is a fantastic single that deserves to be listened to in full, without any skips/edits. Much Love!

[@bradleybaker976]

he also says something like " ????? grab the the microphone hes bout to blow blo blo blo blo" this song is about the uncontrolled energy of the band

[@jordanmalone2547]

The smile at 1:28 says it all 🤣💀

[@ckokomo808]

Finally could catch a video. Been working alot and and training for ultrarunning has vamped up. Killer song. I remember one of my buddies loving these guys. They have some gnarly stuff! Thanks for checking them out. I’ll have to dive in. This is the weird shit that makes black metal seem a bit more tame 😂

[@jim2win2]

I think the Rasta/doves line is about losing freedom I think. It’s part of the Rastafarian religion to grow out your hair. A clipped dove can’t fly. So a bald Rasta and a clipped dove are without what makes them, them. Also I know rastas used to be forced to shave their dreadlocks in prison so it might be in reference to that.

[@liliIiliIilil]

This is actually my jam. This world needs more weird! Stasis is death.

[@esscue]

they do have a drum kit, Zach hill is their drummer

[@blackwaters26]

Yup. Brian is mixing them up with .clipping I think.

[@rijntje73]

Yeah, I think Zach's using an electronic drumkit on this track, hence the confusion for Bryan.

[@CriticalReactions]

Yes I am 😅

[@joshukata942]

Hell yh i love death grips one of my fav bands would love to see you listen to more like The fever, The Fear, Lost boys, Up my sleeves and Spikes. But there is so much good unique stuff from them.

[@richardbird9725]

i'd love for Lost Boys to get reviewed. the asynchronous rhythmic construction is unlike anything i've ever heard, and i've been immersed in sonic weirdness for decades. killer song. death grips remind me of zappa in that you generally need to listen to a track 3 times before you can fully appreciate what's going on.

[@meowwwmew1007]

if you want complete and total chaos, i would recommend encenathrakh - a brutal death metal band that for all i know is completely improvisation. very impressive drumming and complete and utter chaos

[@freeVDshere]

Jumped right into the deep end with this one

[@TheIonizator]

YASSS Love Death grips, hoping for death grips - Steroids reaction someday

[@Demipaintings]

Dude! Is that an XForce shirt?🎉❤

[@CriticalReactions]

100%! Been a fan of X-Force since I discovered the original run of Cable & Deadpool back in college.

[@progrockplaylists]

abrasive

[@Vexelpops1]

yaaa! it's death grips!

[@DrowningUpsideDown]

please do more DG!!!

[@MrPicos]

Great! React to Yellow Calx by Aphex Twin

[@rustyhook69]

❤

[@loganturner2061]

I'm only just realising what bottomless pit probably refers to with this music video :/

[@M0urnfulD3solation]

To see you react to Rainbow Bridge 3 by sematary would be absolute gold lmao

[@jonathanhenderson9422]

This was definitely a good fit for the week's theme! Not really my thing and I found myself being more annoyed than enthralled, though there's a lot of interesting ideas thrown into this particular chaos blender; I just didn't find that they came together satisfactorily.

[@nicknickson3650]

react to more Swans

[@j.prt.979]

This tbh

[@Rodiroess]

This song has a love-hate relationship with many DG fans

[@j.prt.979]

In a sense it’s good to start with such a ridiculous track. Now you’re ready for anything. But, on the other hand, it can’t be that enjoyable…

[@Vexelpops1]

10,000 year since last death grips reaction video. I wander the streets mindlessly ok i forget the rest of the copy pasta but I tried

[@ducks125]

really shouldve started with some of their earlier softer stuff lol

[@obam6832]

This is not one of their best though

[@Blady99]

Realicide > Death Grips