Frontierer (Live at ArcTanGent 2022) | Audiotree Worldwide

"Sonic Violence" best describes the chaos that was captured on the final day of ArcTanGent Festival 2023. The Yohkai tent was packed beyond its borders, as the 5 men known as Frontierer-who just beforehand were in extensive stretching poses, patting and hugging each other, and all around being calm and sweet-took the stage. What happened next was a glorious, raw, childlike cacophony expressed at maximum volume. Their passion showed no boundary, blending the rhythmic complexity of Meshuggah with the antics of The Dillinger Escape Plan, plus the pulses of what sounded like extraterrestrial gunfire. Captured at the expense of a guerilla film team made up of 2 operators, several smartphones and a GoPro taped to the stage scaffolding, it felt like a fitting way to bring this insane performance to you via the Audiotree Worldwide channel.
Setlist
1:00 - Corrosive Wash
4:39 - The Damage & The Sift
7:55 - LK WX
10:44 - This Magnetic Drift
15:39 - Exposure & Aperture
18:22 - Tunnel Jumper
22:25 - The Molten Larva
27:00 - Bleak
30:59 - Lightshow Paralysis
FRONTIERER is widely known for their unrelenting, uncompromising brand of sonic punishment, their brand of metal fusing mathcore cacophony with downtuned bludgeoning tones for a progressive metal sound layered with electronics.
Originally a two-person bedroom project created by Scottish guitarist and primary songwriter Pedram Valiani and American vocalist Chad Kapper, the band has since grown to become a fully-fledged touring machine with bassist Calum Craig, guitarist Dan Stevenson, and drummer Luke Coursey fleshing out the current lineup.
After their debut live performance at UK Tech Metal Festival 2016, FRONTIERER was listed in Rolling Stone Magazine’s Best Metal Albums twice with two subsequent albums in 2016 and 2018 reaching #14 and #17 respectively.
Additionally, the band has made their mark alongside heavyweights in their genre such as Converge and The Dillinger Escape Plan with critical acclaim from Bandcamp Daily's article A History Of Mathcore, citing FRONTIERER as a, "venomous brand of future-punk well worth exploring."
Keep up with the band → linktr.ee/FrontiererOfficial
Video capture by Austin Peters & Sam Buchanan
Edit & Color by Austin Peters
Live Sound by Ian Macleod
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[@Frontierer]

Thank you so much for all of your hard work. And thank you to everyone who turned up to our set and shows this year. It’s been an incredible year. Roll on album 4. We love you, Audiotree! ❤️

[@TAEYYO]

And they're such sweethearts too! I hate watching live recordings so I'm not gonna watch this, but you guys are the epitome of a feel and I'm all for it.

[@audiotree]

We love you right back

[@apateofficial]

Legends of the game

[@tarkenton3895]

This set was FUCKING mental. I absolutely booked it from a hefty mosh at Conjurer to leap immediately in

[@TunnelJumper]

I cannot wait for album 4 and for you guys to tour USA/Canada.

[@electricredcombustion8044]

1:00 Corrosive Wash 4:39 The Damage and the Sift 7:54 LK WX 10:42 This Magnetic Drift 15:38 Exposure & Aperture 18:23 Tunnel Jumper 22:25 The Molten Larva 26:59 Bleak 30:58 Lightshow Paralysis Awesome show!! 🤘 Hope to see you guys in the States someday!

[@emptyapi]

Thanks for capturing, we had a blast playing this show!

[@claycorso137]

Traveled from Chicago to Bristol just for this - was 100% worth it!

[@AustinPeters]

Same!

[@claycorso137]

@@AustinPeters small world! hopefully our paths cross someday!

[@imreallyNextUP]

Only some will understand this. BUT this band playing a east coast US show especially if it was 10 years ago it would of had the most violent mosh of any band. They have the heaviest breakdowns of any band ever.

[@thecartatree]

East Coast. Massachusetts especially goes fucking hard in the pit.

[@EnterTheOcho]

God I need these guys to come do a US tour one day

[@idiot_city5244]

It's honestly shocking they haven't done one yet

[@bootypopper420]

@@idiot_city5244 might just be too expensive for them at the moment, but hopefully one day

[@brodykiller]

Lots of factors have prevented it so far, but it will happen.

[@ryankelly3784]

Can’t wait for that day

[@danielstevenson9649]

@@bootypopper420 that’s exactly why we haven’t 👍

[@NACHOTHEIST]

DAMN I LOVE the live version of Tunnel Jumper way more then the studio!!!! That was fucking sick.

[@Frontierer]

❤️

[@88GwillY]

Audiotree ya'll are the GOAT for giving us a Frontierer live set. Let's go!

[@Rogueeeeee]

Frontierer is so absurdly good. What a great recording

[@TheEmperorMack]

I watched this live, hungover with a coffee. Was a lovely way to start the day.

[@leefchapman]

Doing that right now

[@Frontierer]

Hell yeah. Don’t need a coffee with these riffs

[@WhirlwindDrums]

Freaking baddest band in the game rn. Frontierer, Car Bomb are keeping mathcore alive

[@fructosecoma2721]

I really like how they all stand apart from each other though as well, all bring something different

[@IDGAFRANK]

When you guys come to the US I am going to be the happiest man in the country

[@apateofficial]

THE BOYS! This is incredible to see

[@distor_sean711]

Absolutely incredible!! The energy that comes of this stage is staggering.🤘🏻❤️

[@greateagle5555]

We need these guys at Outbreak fest, I feel like the mosh would be insane

[@towersthetoad2161]

Still more to announce... pls let them be included

[@Chilipotamus]

The fact that these guys can pull this shit off effectively in a live setting is leagues above their contemporaries.

[@Maniahg]

Unreal seeing well recorded live show from these giants!

[@sahinlandman4667]

Well recorded?

[@Maniahg]

@@sahinlandman4667 sound quality, they don't have live shows recorded with good sound quality

[@sahinlandman4667]

@@Maniahg Yeah and this one is bad as well

[@Maniahg]

@@sahinlandman4667 it's better than their previous ones lol

[@braindedpxl]

Absolutely sick… Thanks for posting this!

[@allentastic]

Was hoping to see a truss climb, got one less than 5 minutes in 😎 hope to see y’all stateside sometime! Keep killin’ it!

[@-cobainism-]

"the rhythmic complexity of Meshuggah with the antics of The Dillinger Escape Plan, plus the pulses of what sounded like extraterrestrial gunfire" is exactly correct.

[@thisissentimentalillness]

I love this band. These guys are monster musicians and they dare to break that sonic frontier. (of course)

[@alexanderrestucci3604]

I’m a little late to the party, but wow this performance was amazing. So clean. Frontierer can play their stuff really good!! Hope they come to the southwestern U.S. in the future. I would go nuts seeing them live 😂😂

[@collisiondevices]

Loved this show! ATG is killing it.

[@billjones5741]

YESSSS. Such a great band

[@rocketlawnchair1965]

TIL 9 out of 10 doctors recommend smoking a pack of Frontierers. Keep up the good work boys.

[@jordanwhetson320]

Someone please bring them to the States. 🥲

[@IElrekkaI]

starting w corrosive wash is emotionally irresponsible and frankly im here for it

[@_greenkelly]

oh yes here we go

[@S0cialCrisis]

Wow, never thought I would see a show from these guys posted on this channel and I so stoked that you did! Fucking incredible!

[@NataliaAleks]

It was an amazing set. Melted my face off and destroyed my ears

[@scottquinn1365]

The absolute bois

[@jonathanbrimhall2727]

Nice. Reminds me of The Chariot

[@NAlbert2008]

First I've heard them and it was my first thought. I didn't get into the chariot until the band was already broken up so I'm excited to find a new band that compares.

[@TunnelJumper]

@@NAlbert2008 I really hope you’ve seen the video of The Chariot performing at Plan B in Russia. To this day, I have not seen a crowd close to that insane and it would be the greatest to see that crowd reaction for Frontierer.

[@The.natrix]

Hell yeah

[@tarkenton3895]

This was so fucking good. Immensely glad I decided to just dump a whole water bottle over my head on the jog over instead of actually pausing to recover from the Conjurer pit

[@avrianobrien]

You love to see it

[@funkyjimbob]

So fucking sick

[@Djdjipe]

oh yes

[@thanksyoutubefortakingmyhandle]

hell yeah nastyy

[@Ezraph2001]

YEEEESSSSSS 🫰💞🫰💞🫰💞🫰💞

[@Jorgetime]

Absolute bonkers of a band

[@marshallweimer99]

WORKING AGAINST WHAT ROBS US OF OUR METAL

[@user-gu6qb9mt2q]

Chad and ped!!!

[@frankenstone777]

$iiick!

[@idiot_city5244]

Couldn't get a mix straight from the board...?

[@brooksrocco]

yeah, this sounds fucking awful

[@idiot_city5244]

@@brooksrocco it sadly does

[@WehlerDealer]

i'm just happy we got video of a full set

[@brodykiller]

Issues at the board unfortunately prevented it. Didn’t know until afterwards

[@idiot_city5244]

@@WehlerDealer oh definitely I'm happy for sure, just wish the audio quality was as good as the video

[@olliew6642]

HEFTY

[@FatLikeKessel]

2:50 -3:13 is hard AF

[@oxidiezed]

LKWX sounds way nastier live