Marc Okubo Performs "We Bow In Its Aura" with Signature Kiesel MO7X

[@f2bacon]

im so happy the old songs still get love

[@rjusko89]

f2bacon of course they make him Play old songs where he was good!

[@inki-competitivesniping4798]

The older songs up to false idol was good then veil of Maya just tilted downwards.

[@sourbrothers73]

This was my first veil of maya song. This and not safe to swim, but I fell in love with "we bow in its aura"

[@durfmann12345]

Of course they do, only songs that are actually good!

[@spineless_]

@@inki-competitivesniping4798 they’ve literally released only 3 songs since False Idol lmao

[@fearsbecomephobias2129]

I'm a simple man, I see Mark Okubo playing anything off of Common Man's Collapse, I hit like automatically...

[@codexnecro]

Old VoM was the best. I remember listening to a demo of theirs back in the day and thinking those riffs were the coolest shit i've ever heard.

[@djandrewification]

A thousand alive was such a weird mash up of a bunch of CMCs material ha

[@TobyKBTY]

Saaaaaaame. That demo all the way up to id were such a solid foundation for the modern shit I love today.

[@thelastdaybreathinginetern1385]

codeXnecro Yes!

[@SAKVIII]

The riffs are still fucking amazing.

[@Lenno94]

@@TobyKBTY yup

[@RockerFoo92]

This song is so nostalgic for me! Mark Okubo is seriously an underrated guitar player and artists in general.

[@stevewalker6340]

He's one of the best modern day riff writers

[@dwally631]

510JisatsuNiño agreed! I love Veil but it would be a lie if I said I didn’t go to see Marc

[@SplarfusMcGooble420]

lowkey my favorite guitarist

[@retrocny5625]

Marc has long ass fingers, which blessed him with the ability to write crazy shit like this with insane stretches. These old songs are absolute classics, and still amazing to this day. This and It's Not Safe to Swim blew my mind when I first heard them.

[@a_perfect_human_being]

I’ve always been surprised at how cleanly he plays with his over-expressive fretting hand. You usually see people playing technical shit that make it look easy, super smooth, making minute and efficient movement. Marc makes sure you know that it looks difficult. Because it is.

[@rolandrobledo5952]

I think that thing with his fretting hand is because his fingers are too long.

[@sourbrothers73]

Flexin them long ass fingers too

[@michaelk4896]

Marc is a lefty that plays righty, maybe that has something to do with it.

[@stevenbacakos]

Stuff isn’t even that hard to play mate compared to a lot of other stuff but Yee he is good

[@Nob0dyN0w]

@@stevenbacakos speek for yourself, it's pretty hard. For some reason his stuff I have trouble with, even more than archspire .

[@W1GSPL1TTAH]

“This shit sounds cool” -me every time I hear this man playing guitar

[@IbanezMetal24]

This album is honestly one of the best metal albums of all time

[@Elmothefuzzle]

100%

[@thagomizers6329]

Marc looks like a character that would be in cowboy bebop

[@Ssjcloud3]

Also a character from kill bill and the gorillaz.

[@anthonynelson1699]

@@sahamal_savu Son this is 2020, being yourself and dressing the way you want to regardless of sexual orientation is in. Ear rings and pink don't make you gay.

[@summeronio9751]

@@sahamal_savu actually you can... because it doesn't matter

[@GeneralShermanDidNothingWrong]

@@summeronio9751 imagine it being 2020 and people still believing that liking a certain color makes you gay.

[@M_bags6463]

@@sahamal_savu Great guitar player, but he definitely looks gay af here.

[@ibanezrg7421]

The Chicago metal scene was way ahead of its time when this dropped. It still sounds so good.

[@higler.]

What scene? VoM came out of nowhere and was like nothing else and BOO was kinda similar but shittier.

[@ibanezrg7421]

@@higler. OK troll.

[@higler.]

@@ibanezrg7421 lmao ok then.

[@Jonny_2099]

What up higler

[@NeThZOR]

@@higler. agreed BOO is nothing compared to VoM

[@The_OG_Smith]

There's just something magical about their old stuff. Seeing them live is awesome, but especially if they play old tracks.

[@xxMisterJxx]

This song has the greatest breakdown of all time

[@fmilton20]

Such a great guitarist. Very unique and unconventional.

[@blackspine343]

It looks super sloppy... and somehow its not at all.

[@KevinStudent]

Marc Okubo is good at playing guitar.

[@sesh517]

Good is an understatement

[@slickrickwillyjames]

he's really good. Just look at them stretches, and not just that but his music is amazing

[@johnnyv5812]

Yes.

[@alexdennison3136]

really?

[@AlexandrBorschchev]

there's so many people that are 'good', with so many people he is well above above average and 'really good'

[@duradrian1]

YESS! Thank you. So happy he chose this song too

[@expression2100]

nice profile pic

[@Pedrhard]

Killer song. Marc Okubo's playstyle is really out of this world and anybody who thinks otherwise should be slapped in the face with his pink guitar.

[@bmw3-er]

Oh the memories

[@kalmah24]

quite possibly one of their best songs known today. and im very glad to see this video. please make more. I loved seeing VOM back in the day live

[@nikhailgogia726]

Simply incredible. One of the sickest guitar styles ever, just look at that gnarly finger placement

[@breathevolume164]

I remember seeing them back in the day with Parkway Drive and After the Burial. Such a great memory. This is personally my favorite guitarist around. The dudes got so much flair it’s silly 😂

[@jonnycutts5254]

One of my favourite guitars like ever

[@neilmacdonald6637]

man, big nostalgia thinking about the original playthroughs of some of these 10+ years ago. He plays them so much cleaner now

[@schafwax9795]

2:43 when you piss off a wolf spider

[@bylertrown]

literally everything about this album still blows my mind. i miss old VoM. Common Man's Collapse will always be a favorite album of mine alongside BTBAM's Colors. yeah, it's THAT GOOD.

[@dahliaday17]

If I pull the phone away it looks like prince is jamming hard.

[@dddd717]

Lol....but seriously prince was no slouch at the guitar

[@taylorw8952]

One of their best somgs

[@Rebelintheshelltfz]

What is it

[@jred3806]

The most slept on guitarist in the world

[@mattynes]

Love to see the old stuff!! Been waiting months for this!

[@metalilatem]

Fantastic!!!! Wait...it's hard to believe this song was released 12 years ago... I'm very happy that I was born in a good era.

[@jloppyear]

the way he plays blows my mind

[@Dismal626]

the 20 second intro is absolutely insane

[@areyoujelton]

One of the all time greats, hands down.

[@cgrind3000]

Legendary breakdown. He is way sick and this album is pretty much untouchable

[@espiritucallejero9127]

Absolutely agree. Also Dude one thing i feel like people forget, the drumming was stellar in this album. Compare this to the new stuff, the newer drum compositions are so bland.

[@brandonTHEshiados]

Still one of the heaviest songs in existence. 🙌

[@jacc8178]

marc is my idol

[@alfredoortiz4214]

Dude this level of guitar playing absolutely blows my fucking mind

[@brunnlake]

Sweet! Really like it as an instrumental

[@timdgd_4397]

TIL Marc can bend space and time.

[@xRyuzakii]

you're awesome too, tim!

[@sesh517]

Rest in peace Tim... Loved your work in Wolf & Bear too.✌️

[@mrdma6262]

Still holds up 🤘

[@bohdilama]

Just discovered this guy just now. He’s a badass!

[@zhamoua]

Just how fuken amazing timing n memory with such a talents wow you deserve to get paid

[@blankbrian]

Marc's guitar playing is so incredibly unique

[@thelastdaybreathinginetern1385]

Yes thank you for this!! I'm waiting for the new veil of maya album to. Fan since 2010.

[@AndrewParente09]

incredible... and he has got some Lo0oO0Oo0ong fingers!

[@mementomori2839]

Looking up this song, the last thing I thought I'd see is rendition within the last two years. Good shit.

[@HellRaiseHer]

Still i Got Their Cd Album for a Very Long Time, Miss the old stuff

[@adefalco815]

... What?

[@minuswon]

Goosebumps

[@cak1213]

The first three albums are glory especially TCMC what a gem

[@Reaper17ZeN]

Damn went all the way back to a common mans collapse. I learned so many of their songs back in the day.

[@aldrinxchuaexecratedph2116]

I can see the real Marc Okubo in this playthrough song. ...more old songs please.

[@idrkginaf4204]

So Clean 😩😩

[@ifgwelf]

Love this classic song!

[@Nikolaos34]

why is your intro twenty seconds long

[@josemendoza1746]

The fucking precision when he goes from the 1st fret to the hammer on’s is insane

[@levithomasorourke3117]

Common man's collapse might not only be my favourite metal album but favourite album of all time, not into the new stuff anywhere near as much

[@sauced4183]

Common Man’s Collapse was definitely way ahead of its time. Same as Exoplanet (Contortionist) and Colors (BTBAM), but you’ve gotta let em grow and respect the growth. No prog metal band is gonna stay stagnant for more than 2 albums. It’s the whole point of the genre. Gotta be progressive.

[@NeThZOR]

same man. can't stop listening to the older albums. newer ones make my ears hurt after a while.

[@jeffbell4434]

Exactly dude. If only all their albums could be as timeless as the common man's collapse. I saw them live in des Moines when this was the only album they had released and when they played this song, everyone went nuts. All 50 of us. Still one of the best shows I've ever been to.

[@brycehall4995]

Common mans collapse is amazing. Went and saw them live and they opened with pillars and crawl back......the place was a madhouse. Fuckin awesome

[@gabrielrosario8435]

The new stuff with the clean vocals and melodic elements is light years ahead of the old stuff, it’s just way more advanced and you can actually blast in public and people will appreciate it as opposed to the old stuff

[@donttalktome4696]

I smoked Marc down at a born of osiris show once. Didnt realize who it was till halfway through the session.

[@bkngvkng]

Same. Smoked with him SEVERAL years ago before a show. Didnt know who it was until he got onstage 😂

[@cornwallets5385]

Lol. Smoked with him twice in St. Louis several years back. Once in the Veil of Maya merch trailer. Great times, humble guy.

[@xxczerxx]

I sold him a bag outside a White Castle in Oregon back in 2012. I didn't know who he was until someone told me after he was in some band.

[@joshuacameron2594]

I'm jealous of all you pricks haha

[@beratsamil]

goat himself

[@patrickkeenan6331]

Okay, never heard of this guy, but this video made me a fan! Phenomenal!

[@NeThZOR]

you need to get into VoM's older music (which this song is obviously from). it's insanely good stuff.

[@davidmace4353]

He is honestly one of the tightest guitarists in metal and that's WITH the crazy unorthodox shit he writes.

[@Lucasryan]

That fucking haunted house riff though... Omfg ❤🤘🤘🤘

[@edjim3789]

Superb

[@shugahhigh3204]

This song has the best breakdown outro.

[@thesummit615]

2:43 🤯 that pointer finger and pinky stretch! I think we have a confirmed alien sighting.

[@diatonicjon]

Yeah that was definitely alien finger

[@DavidWoodMusic]

Its literally just 1 to 5.

[@rustyfuzz470]

WTAF

[@espiritucallejero9127]

@@DavidWoodMusic for real, its like the easiest part of the song lol

[@murphysanders9878]

I bet u struggle with power chords

[@SchitwsorthMcderpins]

UUUUGGGGGHHHH SO EPIC!!!!!!!!

[@Mikasa186_]

Marc okubo the best guitarrists one of in the world

[@greenblackswerl]

What a great sense of style this dude has! Ridiculous at guitar too!

[@SafelandingRecords]

Marc is insane man...

[@cosmicanbu]

This dude kills it! \m/

[@Saplingbat]

I never could figure out what kind of effects processing they were doing to that one bit in the recording version. It'll probably bug me to my grave at this point. It's just so cool and unique, and I've never really heard something like that anywhere else

[@YuroStudios]

Ngl I came here to see if there was pedals for it or get a irl representation of the effect

[@rockyowitz]

Are you talking about the part at 1:37? It sounds like a really fast tremolo/volume ducking effect, like it mutes the string or close to it every 16th note. Or something like that. Then probably some EQ or filter (probably a wah) to take off top end, maybe a neck humbucker too. Hopefully that points you in the general direction!

[@mikecast8643]

hell yea.

[@SEATACx]

His performance is so fucking tight. This is awesome.

[@akamyaku]

Master level 🧡

[@misterkenova6695]

so sick

[@Eumabaa]

I came to watch a trill video, and this did soothe me. Thank you, Master Marc! That 5 fret finger span is crazy. One day I will be able to count out and follow your breakdown patterns ---- ロックンロール!----

[@matthewlayne4656]

People that don’t truly appreciate this mans skill set just don’t understand it

[@SuperPresko]

Far beyond impressive - what agility, what endurance, it`s useless to try to describe anything.

[@Farticusprime666]

thanks man thats nice of you to say about me

[@Sandra-pb2xd]

MARCCCC

[@chariotonfireID]

SOLID!!!!

[@_hexes_]

I'm actually glad that his new stuff isn't this crazy for his own sake. Can you fucking IMAGINE playing six albums worth of stuff like this every night?

[@michaelgutschow5994]

I remember the first time I heard vom was live and I was like “what is this like Persian influenced progressive metalcore”. It didn’t makes sense. And his looping. From not having any reference point to seeing it live was like an acid trip. I walked out of the show in probably 2007 like “why do all the hardcore kids wear their merch” and just dove in.

[@anthonyderosa7730]

His playing is so much cleaner now

[@MySpaceDxC_Suffo_AtTheGates]

His hands are so big that he’s always been able to hit notes that others couldn’t. Hahaha

[@71hvymtl]

He has to be Prince's and Jimi Hendrix's kid. All great guitar players and style!

[@leeloolevay]

great guitar!!!!!! would love to demo it one day.

[@franktothemax]

I wish I knew what his 7 was tuned at to play these classics. Does he drop b on a 7 and ignore the high e or transpose for b standard I wonder

[@TheWolverine7]

ay malcolm pugh cameo on the poster bottom left. and dean lamb behind him lol

[@excellent-choice]

Fuck yes take me back to 2008!!

[@ChandlerWeaseGuitar]

Is that the light pink or the hot pink color option for that model

[@jesseroberts5728]

I just want those CMC instrumentals.

[@giuseppebernardini9254]

searching for this instrumentals...

[@kire123erik]

How good are you at playing guitar? Marc - Yes

[@tobiaswellner1891]

Haven't heard any good music from them for a long time. Like their old material.

[@erickmontejanoofficial2459]

Fucking sick, such great picking technique!

[@jdizzleh3]

Where can I find the instrumentals for these?

[@santaclause6839]

Damn he played the shit outta that guitar

[@sanjeetsingh4743]

God, look at those fingers man. Like a crab walking on the fretboard

[@RichardGarcia93]

Does anyone know what his 7 string tuning is compared to his 6 string drop b? Like, what is his extra string? Is it low? High?

[@STM51]

It's drop b with the 7th string tuned to f#

[@YuuGotSlamd]

I wish my hands could stretch across 17 frets like that...

[@adrianvelante8014]

I don't know if it's the camera angle or if his fingers are just really long.

[@rKAL-EL]

Not a fan of their new stuff but it’s hard to deny Marc has one of the most unique playing styles in heavy music. I can’t really think of anyone else that plays like him, even in that djent genre. Yes you have rhythmic breakdowns similar to what he does but just look at the chords he uses and comes up with (although I couldn’t speak to regarding anything past “id”). Nothing like it out there though