IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT: The Making of 'Alphaville' In-Studio Documentary | Metal Injection

We visit New York's avant-garde blackened dissonant jazz trio, Imperial Triumphant, behind the scenes at the recording studio as they create their latest wild opus, 'Alphaville'. The in-studio documentary covers everything from their writing style and genre placement, how New York City plays an important role in their music, recording with Colin Marston (Gorguts, Krallice, Dysrhythmia), having guest percussion by Tomas Haake of Meshuggah and much more!
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[@NGC_2264]

Colin Marston is the Steven Wilson of extreme metal, he has that Midas touch.

[@pad-dydrummer5929]

I was gonna say Jazzy AVANT-GARDE version of Steven but this works well as well. 😁😅

[@raultp2048]

Jajaja, dude, i agree. I don't found error in your comment.

[@matteopriotto5131]

Yeah I agree, I'm also a big fan of Krallice. Dan Swano is a fair contender though

[@edneragnarok]

I thought that was the dude from krallice

[@michaeljohnston8891]

Even kinda looks like him

[@UncleRJ]

I saw Tomas Haake I immediately like.

[@thepluggy1]

Exactly

[@TheAndrewc5120]

I love that all three of these dudes seem like the 'frontman' as it were. That is a super interesting dynamic when it's done in a wholesome way and not an "I'm better than the other guys" way. Alphaville is one of my favorite albums of the year up there with Pyrrhon's 'Abscess of Time' and I personally like it a lot more than Vile Luxury.

[@paveantelic7876]

AoT was also produced by Colin. Just check everything associated with that guy

[@viki2133]

Colin behind the computer, Tomas behind the taiko drums, Zbigniew Bielak behind the artwork, woah...

[@stormowl7677]

Tremendous musicians! Unique musicians! Nobody tells anyone how to play their instruments! These guys have definitely opened a new realm of musical talent and reality that has been long needed!

[@sebastianarmas897]

Love Imperial Triumphant! Can’t wait for this new album

[@Luemm3l]

if deathspell omega would play jazz and world music, this would be the outcome. pretty excited for the album, just found out about this band recently. The cover evokes strong Fritz Lang/1930s new york era vibes and looks marvelous. Nothing like the standard black and white or monster or whatever trope black metal album cover.

[@paveantelic7876]

DsO deff dabbed in jazz and math

[@Hooeylewissukz]

Absolutely no music until the last 5 seconds. Still hooked the whole way through!

[@chronometa]

I see what they did there.

[@quentinnussbaumer8922]

Alphaville blows my mind each time I play it. Rare gem

[@CM-dw3gh]

As much as i like portals hidden members theme. Im glad a similiar band have aloud us some insight into theyre creativity. Thank you gentleman

[@Facundoviscarra34]

So this is a 28" japanese Taiko drum... i use it as a crash

[@sonicboom20078]

LOL

[@colosseo7827]

I really like everything inside this place, so I may switch to the whole warehouse as a crash.

[@JohannesParra]

HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAH

[@koejoza]

This is just the level of niche I needed this afternoon.

[@Icythot-m6i]

haha low frequency go *BOOM*

[@juliolaurian1777]

Awesome yet Underrated band

[@boomredimprint8411]

This is a gold piece with this beautiful band...

[@nisinduperera7130]

(Pun intended)

[@UnclePhillyMyAss]

One of the best most innovative extreme metal acts right now. Cannot wait for this record.

[@polboye]

hope you liked it man :)

[@UnclePhillyMyAss]

@@polboye Its phenomenal

[@626lifeaa]

Discovered these guys today! Just amazing stuff! Some of the most unique music I’ve ever heard

[@ZakkiLowe]

This band rules.

[@olderthanyouLouisville]

unbelievably psyched to hear this new record!

[@existentbeing9678]

These guys have an extremely huge sound for a three piece.

[@boarderking133]

That's called good mixing

[@TweakFreqStudios]

@@boarderking133 and all the guest musicians they mentioned

[@SlyHikari03]

Y’all need to make a full making of DVD, I’d buy it.

[@find_the_gnar6194]

Love this

[@ancestrosdelsol9494]

trying to put jazz into black/death metal.. yup, these guys are definitely New Yorkers.

[@RafitaPapita2099]

this plays like a portlandia skit

[@iDeathDev]

Yes!

[@franlovelsimic8421]

Beyond stoked for this!

[@danindeed]

Such an amazing band

[@spinakker14]

5:00 that segment, starting with the Meshuggah drummer, then the traditional Japanese drums got me thinking: okay, I'm a bit drunk, but am I still in still the BM part of youtube? Damn, I should listen to Alphaville once more

[@zarwarrior]

Cool organic way of composing and arranging music, the human element still alive .

[@sludgefart]

Love this band so much. Metal insanity at its finest.

[@cluppi4491]

Majestic people doing grinding things.

[@robmor81]

Ghostbuster's long sleeve + New York = ❤ Great band 👍

[@Oyhus]

Love you guys!

[@warmetalpacifist]

Nice, can't wait!

[@Astaroth_Belial]

I'm surprised nobody in this comment section has blasted this as "hipster black metal".

[@glenmchargue5461]

They have. I hate be negative toward people but I get tired if hearing hipster used as a way to describe people speaking precisely about something they're interested in. It might sound pretentious or silly but that's how people communicate specific ideas. Also, the comment above mine is awesome.

[@ІванЛисенко-т9ц]

amazing

[@GODCORRUPTED]

I had years without hear something so unique and addictive

[@marcomoscoso7402]

Listening to imperial triumphant while high. Now this is what I call recreational.

[@voidedisolation]

I'm gonna try this tonight

[@makoseda]

I love these guys. I can't wait to sit down with Alphaville

[@AidanMmusic96]

Have this band ever recorded to click? Judging from Rotten Futures (which is my introduction to this band), good god I admire how steady they are!

[@SanskarWagley]

Awesome

[@SHGZR]

these guys are really good looking in a metal way.

[@dcorumyankees]

These guys are goddamn professionals

[@jwd1203]

So they are the Steely Dan of Black Metal ?

[@manuelafesta2283]

Pretty much, LOL.

[@CM-dw3gh]

Donald Fagan would appreciate them. He says..😊

[@chkldflp]

love his guitar sound and playing , and great fuking band and sound too , i like so much this equilibrium of BM and "avantgard" thing

[@sarahwoodsaudio]

I 100% have permanent hearing damage from the 6 train screeching into that station

[@DemonSlide]

To all people here digging Imperial Triumphant, you shouldn't miss out on "Vitral - Asíntota". Go check it out now. Similarly great experimental stuff from 2016 already becoming a classic in itself. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3LJY5-jjcxqirM

[@the6ig6adwolf]

Three jazz soloists started a black metal band. Cool 👍

[@marekchoma5067]

Progressive experimental black metal --- wooooooooow yeah im curious

[@lrb9826]

Jazz black metal 🤯

[@envirovore]

A full fledged tour with Pyrrhon would be the shit. Bonus if you get CarBomb to open.

[@popily47]

This is so fucking dope. Wow.

[@darthnihilus511]

Today’s Rush. The singers voice is almost exactly the same as Geddy’s, crazy.

[@donjaun8435]

Imperial Triumphant and Plebeian Grandstand are the two best bands to ever exist

[@carolczapik8044]

their costumes creep me out as does that music. My son is at a concert with them as we speak. I will say this, I listened to the jazz piano the lead guy plays and that is amazing! I would like to see them do like Disturbed - hang up the creepy and save their vocal cords by singing normal songs. Disturbed was born to sing the Sound of Silence - I get chills in the best way; and their song Best things in Life. What a voice Dramen has! We have enough problems in this world - do we really have to try to turn people onto Santanism? Not saying this band is but the other two bands they are playing with tonight certainly are.

[@TheDeathMetalDungeon]

Nice Grenouille shirt Colin, now I know where 2 of the 24 are ;)

[@2much2na]

These guys must have paid Metal Injection a pretty penny for this feature.

[@OnIoN4UrTrUbLeS]

I like how you guys said you don't always use the click track! Thats what blackmetal does because when you make the click track perfect it destroyed the feeling from the musicians! Love you bros! This is my favorite band recently listed to! I fn love the undertones! Its dark smokey jazz experimental blackmetal death and fog! My friends love you guys! You have excellence!!!

[@osmiloe2776]

Yaaaay djent percussion :D

[@use0fweapons]

Taiko Drums only exist in New York and Japan guys

[@Youtubeissokewl]

👍

[@Krimson5pride]

Can anyone name the track where Tomas Haake plays???

[@rileynarasnek3633]

I believe it's city swine my guy

[@Philtoid]

Just casually throw in tomas haake on guest percussion. No biggy

[@jasonharris4878]

damn, Ilya looks like such an innocent nice guy under the imposing mask, hahaha. nonetheless, they are a super creative band and great live. cheers guys!

[@PortalEMCioranBrasil]

Where's Kenny G?

[@johnmckusick1512]

I wish I had a budget

[@oddmetre]

I'm sorry but did he just say they record with no click?

[@bennymountain1]

Daaaamn, those guys are such freaking hipsters, haha. Anyway, love their tunes.

[@kevinberstler]

Bro fuckin New York bro

[@Fortenhell]

such nice people :D...Not like on stage, where I shat my pants

[@crawlingamongthestars3736]

Barbershop quartet on an avant garde black/death metal album? That's gotta be a first, right?

[@2much2na]

💤💤💤

[@crawlingamongthestars3736]

And so which metal bands do you actually find interesting then?

[@nisinduperera7130]

@@2much2na go back to generic stuff, which is not bad cuz there's a lot of great traditional bands This is not for everyone I guess

[@2much2na]

@@nisinduperera7130 sir, you misread my 💤 - this band is just beyond a lame and tasteless commodity-core band. They have attempted to sell sheet music and branded coffee. Putz.

[@2much2na]

@@crawlingamongthestars3736 probably the bands Imperial Triumphant is trying so hard to aspire to, but failing, because they're clueless entitled trustfund jerkoff - you have the internet too, find out about: Little Women, Cadaver INC, Virus, Impetuous Ritual, Loss, Fudge Tunnel, Nuclear Death, "Lightning to the Nations," Xysma. 💤

[@lindseymckirdy1830]

Not like anything I have ever heard and that’s a good thing

[@loganrandall780]

Why does the singer/guitar player look like if Armie Hammer took a different path in life?

[@stormshadow2k]

Menegroth The Thousand Caves!? Wtf! Why steal from Tolkien? Its cheezy enough when the singer from Dimmu did it.

[@codexnecro]

2:20 lol Now I understand why they use masks.

[@nikolademitri731]

I love it

[@vincemelson9655]

wtf I thought these guys had secret identities??

[@DemonApple1982]

You can actually tell these guys play progressive music by the way they describe it: saying the same thing using different words for about eight minutes when the point can be made within a single sentence or two! 😅

[@zoohuman]

This is not the making of anything, its an explanation of how they compose. People need to stop click baiting their viewers.🤨👎

[@upsidedownchurch]

This is some next level pretentiousness.

[@nikolademitri731]

They’re definitely hipsters, or at least they fit that stereotype big city hipster “idea” I’ve encountered many times. It’s not a value judgment, or criticism, just a statement of fact. That said, there are way worse things in black metal than hipsters, and considering the art they create idgaf what they are or wanna be, their music kicks ass.

[@levis569]

Grohowski? Lol

[@Mari000]

Avant-garde black metal. Too much for me.

[@GAVELovADONAI]

they don't use a click track. how impressive. NOT.

[@peatrick33]

Listen, Imperial Triumphant is one of my absolute favorite bands...but Alphaville? When does the companion album Toontown come out?

[@economyoflanguage]

It's a reference/homage to an amazing 1965 Jean-Luc Godard sci-fi noir film of the same name which kinda fits the bands themes perfectly.

[@mammontustado9680]

I discovered this band just a few weeks ago and I liked what I heard, but damn that bassist seems so pretentious. "We think of the sound first and the music second." WAT?

[@googleplusisterrible4837]

Why these dudes all so skinny? How you gonna win a fight?

[@freakocheks]

Hope their masks don't weight too much

[@isaackmojica8302]

Lol idiot

[@Mari000]

👎

[@Outward777]

The only thing more boring than this band is listening to them talk about it

[@erasmusschmoody3197]

So, the most prententious guys in the Times Square Guitar Center formed a band and Trustfunded their way into lame costumes and gilded froofroo instruments to re-create the annoying, aural drudgery of New York City within the gimmicky, nostalgic framework of "muh jazz age." OK!

[@AR-ch5ix]

Erasmus Schmoody that’s cool, what have you made that can measure up against their works?

[@warmetalpacifist]

How dare these jazz musicians play something jazz inspired!

[@freddymarcucci6915]

I think euronymous would love these hate filled blackmetallers

[@JG-qp9dl]

Pretentious comment. Lol

[@erasmusschmoody3197]

@@AR-ch5ix cool reaction

[@michael-tx8rw]

awesome