IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT - Rotted Futures (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

[@logarithm41]

Show this to people who say they like "all genres of music"

[@plazmikpond]

fr tho-

[@wehavearighttoremainsilent4279]

lmao

[@GnashingOvTeeth]

Bro I lowkey hate people like that LMAO I’ll be like do you like job for a cowboy? And they’ll be like nah I don’t listen to country 💀

[@justoalvarez3940]

@@GnashingOvTeeth RIP xD

[@cam_1860]

I am the person who says that and here i am, helou

[@jakubvesely5456]

3:36 Everyone gangsta till skyscrapers start headbanging.

[@sebastianarmas897]

Imperial Triumphant quickly became one of my favorite extreme metal bands when I discovered them back in 2018, and this song is just as amazing

[@keyboardcorrector2340]

Same.

[@TheBluntist619]

Not gunna lie, I fucking love metal, love black metal. Jus cant get into this one. Any other good songs from this band youd reccomend?

[@sebastianarmas897]

TheBluntist420 My personal recommendations for this band boil down to the songs “Swarming Opulence,” Lower World,” “Kaleidoscopic Orgies,” and “Dead Heavens,” but Imperial Triumphant is a difficult band to get into, so I don’t blame you if you can’t get into their music.

[@andrescanales9719]

Herbert Munson how far up your own ass is your head?

[@ThisNameIsVeryClever]

Finally, the collapse of our world has a fitting soundtrack.

[@zanrantasa2033]

Try listening to Death Atlas by Cattle Decapitation. Fits the self-destruction of Earth perfectly

[@justinkroboth360]

Plus Igorrr just put out an album - plenty of tunes becoming of the end times.

[@isaackmojica8302]

ULCERATE release that for you 2 months ago!!!

[@DeathMetalRob]

@@zanrantasa2033 oh christ, that's a tough listen right now. lol travis always has such cheery lyrics.

[@Samanthalunamusic13]

100 PERCENT

[@iDeathDev]

If you want to understand bands like Imperial Triumphant, you have to forget everything you know about music! 🖤

[@exaltatiodiaboli8468]

Though if you're used to listen to "Dillinger escape plan" "Ved buens ende" or "Deathspell omega" this is nothing new.

[@tom_stephen]

@@exaltatiodiaboli8468 I wouldn't say "this is nothing new". It's new, but not like "noone tried to get out ot schemes before".

[@crawlingamongthestars3736]

It's new enough.

[@sharinglungs3226]

? How so? Doesn’t sound like anything I haven’t heard a gazzilion times before. I’m just here to check out Tomas Haake work.

[@SadisticKillerXx]

@@sharinglungs3226 Come on now, there are many bands that have a similar sound but this is different, I love every dissonant death metal band there is and I can safely say this has some flavour of its own

[@joewright5249]

Red period King Crimson comes to mind

[@davelanciani-dimaensionx]

If John Wetton did false-chord growl vocals ... ooh, wouldn't that have been something? Fripp in corpsepaint? Bruford doing blast-beats? Okay - since members of The Sword re-recorded Darkside of the Moon, Mayhem needs to play RED start to finish live.

[@rhympestheles]

Mom come pick me up im scared

[@666Winterdemon666]

vile luxury was my album of the year. i guess alphaville will be no exception. music from another world.

[@AbigorRealm69]

I still would put Vile Luxury over this slightly...

[@666Winterdemon666]

@@AbigorRealm69 yeah after a couple of listenings i would say vile luxury is still better than alphaville.

[@franlovelsimic8421]

Brooding, sinister and more ominous than ever before, Alphaville will indeed be different and I cannot wait to hear the full thing. Superb work lads!

[@franlovelsimic8421]

@Franko Majdak thanks! Damn, I really should!

[@guttsjoestar3299]

Bratić tekstopisac

[@zlodrim9284]

@@franlovelsimic8421 lupi blogčinu više, šta se čeka?

[@metalhealth4955]

Love these guys. Named their previous album on my video of the best albums of the last decade.

[@NuevaRomay]

AMAZING, AND FOOT NOTE FOR THOSE WHO NOT KNOW... TREY SPRUANCE FROM MR. BUNGLE and SECRET CHIEFS 3 IS THE PRODUCER OF THE ALBUM

[@thomas_lartigue12]

OK THANKS ITS VERY NICE

[@fromthesky1050]

NOICE

[@ZakkiLowe]

Goodness gracious, I freaking love this band.

[@adamparr6464]

Avant-garde Jazz Black Metal.... I like it!!!

[@alex_flamer]

With references to the New York jazz scene in the 1920s (fitting how it was 100 years ago!) Also an interesting aesthetic to go along with their image instead of the stereotypical black and white corpse paint.

[@steamedauroraborealis8208]

This came up as an ad while I was listening to you own playlist. This sounds exactly like something I would listen to anyway, so it didn't really stand out of place, but I was like "Huh? I don't remember adding this?" it's rare that I actually find ads useful.

[@Niamorg1007]

Insane in the best possible way

[@TheDummbob]

Oh my god, this was my first exposure to these Triumphant ones and must say: Yo this is just what I didn't know I wanted! :D Thank youuuu, nice shit

[@eclat4641]

It’s like a more melodical version of portal - awesome!

[@bingobango4840]

I agree, but I like PORTAL much more.

[@eclat4641]

@@bingobango4840 I like both

[@MRSludgedude]

@@bingobango4840 portal ion an avow are the heaviest albums I heard in my life. Meshuggah ,black toung, portal, crowbar, electric wizard, acid bath, imperial triumphant, devourment, acid bath, primitive man, morbid angel, suffocation, cannible corpse, nile all close though.

[@zarwarrior]

Came here by mistake but I'm staying! Love the music very King Crimson during Bruford times. Definitely not a cookie cutter type of band.

[@SwordOfPhoenix]

this album will be Forever Young

[@AbigorRealm69]

Neil Young

[@hauntedhotdog]

The last time I felt like this listening to a metal band (bewildered, but intrigued) was when I first heard Calculating Infinity back in 1999.

[@stefanraduta3414]

Amazing in every possible way and congratulations to them. New album should be killer! ONE thing I have to mention, for people who want to dig deeper into how this band got here. Very powerful influences from Ved Buens Ende, Virus, Deathspell Omega, Voivod. Check them out if you're young and want to do more than scratch the surface. Originality is non-existent, authenticity is invaluable.

[@ApplezKiwi]

Gorguts should be on this list as well. And I feel like it's safe to assume any "young" person seeing this will at least know Deathspell

[@RainbowAceOfSpades]

I would add Abigor and Thantifaxath to this list too

[@МонкВандевелде]

@@ApplezKiwi Don't forget about Portal. These guys are huge fans.

[@kryptoheidi548]

ApplezKiwi well def. Colin Marston not only recorded the album but is also a guest player :-)

[@tax_evad3r]

@Toxic Potato There's nothing cringy about Truth.

[@tonyeckman4822]

It's as if Portal and Voivod had a Black Metal baby who listens strictly to Death Metal, Horror soundtracks and Jazz.

[@thepopgroup3366]

I like how dark, gloomy yet fancy the atmosphere of this album

[@hazardeur]

the thing that baffles me most is that haake is able to play a completely different style extremely convincingly and also with a totally different feel, which probably baffles me even more

[@CBRadioDrums]

Beautiful! Can't wait to listen to the record!

[@6sentient]

the very first metal/,,metal'' video that is genuinely frightening and scary,along with the adequate ingenious music.

[@adamseruga9770]

pogledaj onda portal - curtain

[@mat_musicat]

Behemoth - Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel

[@brandonalietti6895]

Yeah I think you need to broaden your horizons a bit 😂

[@bennymountain1]

That Portal video is real spoopy too

[@eclecto]

Brilliant ballad you guys, natural evolution for this álbum is dope👌🏽

[@rockymentis8371]

this is how you avantgarde metal

[@sammyersfingerstyleguitar]

Love everything about this song/band/video.

[@mikepwnsu28]

I feel traumatized now and I love it

[@LucaYoung]

If the world was experiencing Armageddon then this would be the soundtrack... What timing! Great video too!

[@brandofield1280]

Finally found the monster under my bed from my childhood.

[@michaelstonedrums6877]

God damn, guys. The last album was brilliant, and this does not disappoint. That's up another notch. I can't wait to hear the rest.

[@0ldboy1989]

BEHOLD THE FUTURE!

[@Demention94]

Interesting music. The video is also very creative as well. Definitely a modern mood..

[@Vegan_Kebab_In_My_Hand]

I'm digging it, definitely hyped for the record

[@Ignominal]

Here because of a news article...lol

[@MIZORAM_mafaka_hnamte]

me too.. 👍

[@danielross5748]

Same

[@nafisahmohamed4371]

Made me listen to Maximum the Hormone again. They are fun compared to this.

[@rvfiasco]

Yuuup.

[@crimestick6648]

Same, had to see how these guys compare to DsO.

[@MrWrgh]

How could I miss this ...? Exclusively frightened...

[@joshchamberlain1474]

This is what I've been missing in my life!

[@nerfgunz6861]

Popped up in my google feed, soo glad i saw it 👍

[@tenchikid80]

The anthem when the New York Stock Exchange crashes

[@haley-ru7jz]

😂

[@blair3264]

That's constantly changing.

[@triplesixmafia]

dare someone to watch this while tripping acid

[@AbigorRealm69]

Perhaps that's the intent, I wish I was in the same frame of mind I used to be to be able to trip to some of this shit, but as the saying goes, good things never last.

[@triplesixmafia]

@@AbigorRealm69 I haven’t tripped since 2017. kind of afraid to these days but someday i feel like i need to again

[@AbigorRealm69]

@@triplesixmafia I feel like doing DMT on my deathbed would seem fitting lol

[@sixxarctica2811]

Progressive Avant-Garde Black Metal ... amazing amazing

[@zlodrim9284]

Love it, especially the video.

[@joshuaingram9193]

First time coming across this band. Reminds me of Portal, Just way more accessible.

[@justinkroboth360]

That's a pretty fair way of describing them.

[@milesmccollough5507]

i love how portal's insane inaccessibility is such a meme that we can describe this band like this LMAO

[@systempsychovoid]

@@milesmccollough5507 hahahaha im agree

[@__iconoclast7744]

Can always count on this band to blow my tiny brain to pieces.

[@RiverNihil]

holy hell I like the feeling of absolute dread

[@davidfordyoyoguy]

My "friend" just recently DIDN'T eat a quarter ounce of shrooms and listen to "Vile Luxury" in his wife's beautiful garden in the middle of the night. Felt like the whole universe was built just for that night. ...He said. Beautiful! ...He said. Can't wait to see them live.

[@VibrationalLimerence]

The beginning of this video reminded me of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

[@zlodrim9284]

Since they've done nods to Kubrick in the past, could very well be.

[@veritas.vitriol1328]

The same thing happened to me.

[@Banglum]

Ordered around 855 AM.. stellar

[@SanskarWagley]

Last album was great, can’t wait for this one

[@cosmicheruka6251]

God I love this band's visual aesthetic so fucking much

[@gypsyspacewizard8029]

Got some serious Blade Runner vibes at the intro there, these guys need to be huge, mind blowing music/aesthetic.

[@davidfordyoyoguy]

Reminded me of "Age Of Silence" just a bit at the beginning after the intro section. Around 1:30. Edit: I think I meant to say "Ved Buens Ende"

[@JG-qp9dl]

Those guys need to come out with a new goddamn album.

[@tdogg1281]

Such a great album. My AOTY right now

[@thomas_lartigue12]

Yeah and i love Blood incantation too (good profile pic)

[@kryptoheidi548]

Earth becomes Saturnian! SICK!!!!!!!

[@oceanmachine1906]

Absolutely fantastic, new band for me to binge

[@edwardking4296]

Refreshing! Second song I’ve heard and I’m hooked!

[@chinitooppah3587]

So this is the theme song for the final apocalypse in 2020

[@Sighbot]

That intro is crazy

[@artoriasdenostradamus3628]

Is me or in the minute 2:38 are of Unreal Engine's Mannequins XD?

[@isolateddemon9438]

Surrealism and metal👹perfect!!!

[@BatteryAcidEater]

Everybody gangsta till the skyscrapers starts headbanging

[@wheelsofmercury]

The masked jazzy deathy boys are back AYEEEEEE

[@shrektical7674]

This song changed my life forever

[@Samanthalunamusic13]

I can't really cope with how good this is. And I love that I can't.

[@zacattack4017]

this is awsome this song reminds me of greed killing napalm death

[@googleplusisterrible4837]

2020. When actual New York is scarier than black metal videos

[@Shroom_Lord666]

I hear thick Voivod influences. Lovely.

[@stevenmal9039]

Fantastic drummer

[@BillyDHughesDrums]

Here cause of fantano.... gota see for my self before I watch his vid

[@AzAtHoTh1666]

He's the least prepared to review this kind of music, i think he would simply miss the point.

[@faunbudweis]

fk fantano

[@fackumon292]

S ame

[@sawyernas4782]

@@AzAtHoTh1666 he gave it an 8/10

[@MrSuperHappyPants]

So... gotta weigh in here and ask y'all to clarify. Honest questions here. I had Imperial Triumphant in my Bandcamp wishlist (Inceste EP, which I wound up purchasing later...), but had sorta forgotten about it until Fantano reviewed the new record. I saw the review, said to myself "hm, this sounds like something I'd like", watched a few videos including this one, and I LOVE this - so I mail-ordered Shrine to the Trident Throne and Abyssal Gods, and I'll get on Alphaville as soon as I get paid. So I'm literally here because of Fantano. But someone said the same thing 3 weeks ago and then I see a bunch of negativity in response. I'm not here to sing the praises of the dude and I get tthat some people just dislike him (hey, some people just rub us the wrong way). I also get that there's bound to be some gatekeeping in punk and metal, so maybe you're just defending your scene. I'd love more detail on why he's "the least prepared to review this kind of music" - I'm sorry but that's some scenester sh*t if I've ever heard any. Regardless.... Fantano's positive review is going to mean that the band probably sells a good amount of the record quickly, and can justify a second press fairly soon. When COVID dies down a bit, people (like myself) will probably try to catch them on tour, and buy a shirt and stuff. This will help the band pay the bills, and make it easier for them to keep doing what they're doing. So I'm really not sure why this is a bad thing. Enlighten me.

[@crawlingamongthestars3736]

Pretty cool stuff you guys. Can't wait to hear the rest of the album. Question though: have you toyed around with the idea very much of doing a full on free improv avant-garde death/black/jazz album? I know I would be interested. Obviously Colin Marston and Weasel Walter and others have been messing around with stuff like that for a while now, but I'd like to see your spin on it, perhaps with more of a jazz emphasis too, like old-fashioned jazz, with traditional instrumentation included, but injected into a whole other, really fucked up context...

[@XtraBees]

They've actually done this on the song Metropolis. They break out into a dissonant jazz swing for a few good minutes.

[@crawlingamongthestars3736]

StayFresh That's not really what I had in mind though. I like that song, but I'm talking more like a full album of hybrid free improv jazz and black and death metal. Like pretty much a fully improvised album with these elements, without regard for tonality or meter, necessarily.

[@indridcold777]

@@crawlingamongthestars3736 have you listened to Ehnahre yet? That's basically been their MO since their second album. Highly influenced by 12 tones as well, I believe.

[@crawlingamongthestars3736]

@@indridcold777 Actually I have somehow never heard of them before this. Am checking them out now. Thanks for the recommendation.

[@indridcold777]

@@crawlingamongthestars3736 definitely try for "Old Earth" and "Douve" and see how those suit you, happy listening

[@rememarshall2535]

Yup. I love it.

[@MetalTrenches]

Oh yes

[@spagetti001]

it's like a portal+oranssi pazuzu lovechild. amazing.

[@2free2snakes]

I thought so too. Especially Oranssi Pazuzu. This band will be more well-known than both of them just because they come from USA.

[@crimestick6648]

More like a Death spell Omega knock-off.

[@JunkyardGod]

@@crimestick6648 that's like your opinion man.

[@hazardousjazzgasm129]

@@crimestick6648 Nah that's Serpent Column. Imperial sounds way more like Krallice

[@KawaiiHolocaust]

Impossible not to mention some Gorguts, The Residents, à la Zappa, into the blender.... In some sorta way their imagery of Art Decó luxury (including, aesthetically, the Eyes wide shut's mysterious secret society remembrance of masks, power and gloomy ambience) fusions perfectly whit the decay of a Modern Era; a fitting portrait of a new Babylon of Gold and Rust.

[@acidbath3226]

hey this is an awesome birthday present. time to party

[@EliasHariri3]

Creative video and good song

[@johnathonmckenzie7148]

I regret not seeing them when I had a chance. Won't do that again

[@Booboba11]

Big sleepy time gorilla museum vibe !!! Awesome

[@strayferal]

The song is real good. But whoever got the idea for this video is amazingly talented.

[@2122Hellfire]

Honestly the quarantine is bringing out so much creativity in the field of music videos. People are having to come up with insanely creative animations like this and the new Rtj video instead of just recording the artist lip syncing in some fancy setting.

[@Bennick323]

I was not expecting to see the default Unreal Engine editor robot dude in a music video today. lmao

[@SunCityGamer]

I'm scared 😬

[@budogden]

This band just blows my mind!

[@rodolfotuliano8921]

amazing!

[@catalunyallibertat7]

Sounds massive

[@ginolopex7897]

Necesito más destrucción 🍺

[@RS_91]

We behold👁

[@jasongultjaeff9397]

Interesting....I like it. A big shake up compared to alot of metal out there. His chord progressions and appregios are pretty unique and weird/ different sounding. I can't stop listening. 😊 Great creepy and disturbing film clip as well.

[@bingobango4840]

This is PORTAL- lite.

[@FrogOf4Chan]

Imagine listening to Anaal Nathrakh but his voice was slightly easier to hear, and with groovy feels. Thats Imperial Triumphant. Ya'll should come up to Maine since you guys are in NY right?

[@sewerslidemg]

sweet video

[@Nothingiamtheoblivion]

Hope the forever young cover will sound like this

[@ingoledebur2059]

I prefer Sounds like a melody! 😂CHEERS from Germany and stay healthy!

[@pad-dydrummer5929]

Imma trying to find that Zen moment when Tomas Haake s part occurs as he’s involved in this album too! Damn 🔥🔥

[@ElectricMonkey99]

Wait is he playing drums on this song?

[@rresmini]

@@ElectricMonkey99 no, he does taiko drumming on City Swine.

[@bexigah]

Sophisticated!

[@D.F.123]

this is very good 🔥

[@willingtotry]

Too siiiick

[@bythelights]

Why do I like it?

[@bonesaw2716]

is this a creepypasta

[@adrim267]

Musically and visually very similar to ORANSSI PAZUZU - Uusi teknokratia. Fritz Lang is on demand.