MY MIND IS BLOWN?! | Mick Gordon - "BFG Division" | FIRST TIME REACTION

[@MetabolicSpore0]

'The only thing they fear is you', is probably my favourite off of that soundtrack.

[@impswarm5577]

yep, that's the shit !!! She will faint after this one.

[@omegashinra7672]

Not the same soundtrack. That's from the DOOM: Eternal Soundtrack, this is the DOOM 2016 Sountrack.

[@TheLanceUppercut]

@@omegashinra7672 Best song from either game

[@Gandaug]

Great song. Have you seen the Astartes version? kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGGbqY1qeqeSbNE

[@Soladrin]

@@TheLanceUppercut Nah, Cultist Base is the best.

[@thrashdagnarz8103]

Fun Fact: This soundtrack comes with a free game

[@adammayr8625]

FUN Fakt mayde in 1993

[@Kalivon893]

😂😂😂😂😂THAT COMENT NEVER GETS OLD!

[@andrewputnam1047]

"Rip & Tear" and "Flesh & Metal" are also incredible tracks from the doom ost. visceral headbangers!

[@AdeptusCaeiusIII]

Rip & Tear and Mastermind are my two standalone favorites off the OST. I can't just sit still and listen to BFG anymore. I have to punch things when I hear that one without some other outlet.

[@knuckles543]

super gore nest also

[@Wankers001]

Also a shoutout to "Harbinger"

[@ruddthreetrees1104]

...until it is done

[@dropkickpherby6994]

Aileen reacting to the genius that is Mick Gordon? LET'S GOOOO! Also, yes Mick is doing every part. He even engineered a lot of the sounds that are in the game.🎉

[@Zminator1986]

With a chainsaw and lawnmower.

[@Zeta9966]

And ID/Bethesda really told him "GO FUCK YOURSELF". Imagine.............

[@AdeptusCaeiusIII]

@@Zminator1986That was one song, and only in Eternal. He engineered the guitar tone to sound like the classic chainsaw, and used a lawnmower for a synth tone. You're not far off, though.

[@AdeptusCaeiusIII]

Now if she'd compare that to Atomic Heart or Killer Instinct. Very different from the DOOM games. It shows he's not a one-trick pony. He just... Y'know... Invents a new genre every time. XD

[@Zeta9966]

@@AdeptusCaeiusIII atomic heart is Mick Gordon? Lol. No idea.

[@bl3993]

Mick Gordon's DOOM music is absolutely amazing. If you want more Mick check out the Killer Instinct OST that he also made.

[@AdeptusCaeiusIII]

Atomic Heart is also pretty legitimate.

[@DomR1997]

​@@AdeptusCaeiusIIIHE DID ATOMIC HEART?!?!?! I didn't know 😭 I gotta turn in my "I love Mick Gordon" fan badge, now.

[@AdeptusCaeiusIII]

@@DomR1997 Indeed he did. Great OST, too.

[@IndieTimmie]

Mick Gordon absolutely blew the gaming world away when DOOM 2016 hit, and he's been a gem to the industry ever since. He's also worked with Bring Me the Horizon.

[@richardmazkin9994]

He recently did some work with a group called 3TEETH as well. you can hear his influence in their track Merchant of the Void

[@Anomaly188]

He's been around longer than that. He did tracks for one of the last Need for Speed games and the Killer Instinct remake.

[@MrSpannners]

​@@Anomaly188 not to mention Wolfenstein

[@ryanraju6774]

He also did work for the original dooms music wise if I'm not mistaken

[@wolfman-up7dh]

Mick Gordon is a legend. His work on Doom, Wolfenstein, and Killer Instinct is all unrivaled. Also, Mick preformed a medley of his Doom music live at The Game Awards back in 2016. That's worth checking out.

[@ApocGuy]

i add Frank Klepacki on list ; he did amazing job on red alert 2 (after all those years, HELLMARCH 2 is still god tier song for games ever made)...

[@eriklunden5218]

Damn, did he do the main theme for Wolfenstein? So post-rock heavy. Mainstay on the workout playlist.

[@ruddthreetrees1104]

And red alert

[@GeekMasterGames]

Welcome to the world of "Argent Metal." Created by Mick Gordon for Doom 2016 and refined in Doom Eternal, it's taken a life of its own online. It is an absolute banger subgenre of non-vocal metal.

[@BarrenCosmos]

I can never get tired of listening to this song and just Mick in general. Your expressions throughout the whole video was so cute given how excited you were watching it all the whole time 😭

[@saber7603]

I love your expression, you can tell you're not just 'reacting' to this you legit love this music and all the effort he puts into it. I've played the games and having this cranked up while you fight demons one hell of a morale booster.

[@Paehrin]

You mean, when watching demons trying to survive their worst nightmare haha ? But yeah, I do love her expression, she looks like she'd been a blast to be at a show with !

[@alexthorpe6583]

Yeah, I’ve heard the Alex Terrible version of this. He adds his own vocals over that music. And speaking of the demon, Slaughter to Prevail just released a new single, ‘Viking’. The song is the new definition of Brutal, and I love it.

[@TheEffence]

That heartbeat bpm increase after the drop at 7:03 says it all. Mick is a goddamn genius and everything he touches turns into gold in audio form.

[@eXtotheZee]

He's a wizard! I'm sure plenty of people recommended this already, but just to be sure: The Only Thing They Fear Is You. Just be sure to find a "Mick Gordon mix", because there are other, lesser variants out there... (And no video for that one unfortunately.) Also search for DOOM: Behind the Music. It's a 1 hrs feature with Mick about how he came up with modern DOOM's sound. You'll see why I'm saying he's a wizard. 😄

[@cheezkid2689]

Mick Gordon actually took audio of power tools (ie chainsaws, lawnmowers, etc) and put effects and such on them and used them to make some of the sounds you hear in a lot of these songs. The DOOM 2016 and Eternal soundtracks are insanely good. People like to talk about them just because they're super insanely heavy, but I think the complexity (and the fact that they actually sound insanely good) goes super underrated. We call it Argent Metal, since Doomcore is already a genre and Gordoncore doesn't really flow super well.

[@Peteryification]

I think people really underestimate how much impact Mick has had on the rock/metal genre. You can hear his influences throughout the whole of the 2010s. It's mad! he is the silent reaper! :D

[@Shrimp4Gura]

One thing Mick talked about when writing the music was that he kept the BPM at a steady pace to keep the player absolutely pumped the entire time the OST is playing. Through testing he found a faster BPM proved to be too aggressive, and a lower one proved to not hype the player up enough. I HIGHLY recommend you watch his presentstion at GDC where he explains his process for making the soundtrack for Doom 2016

[@Hammerzero-x]

OK you MUST do the Alex Terrible cover of this now!

[@uncle_thulhu]

Oh god, yes please!

[@francoisvT]

Hell yea man. That vocal cover his is sick and complements the song very well.

[@rafaelxxx8434]

JUST.......DO IT!!!!!

[@thrashdagnarz8103]

i remember saying that it didn’t need a vocal cover but Alex proved me wrong

[@darkreaper3213]

Absolutely!!!

[@skripete2865]

Aileen giving us the best reaction videos out here

[@Average-Tomboy-Enjoyer]

It should also be noted that Mick uses power tools such as drills and chainsaws in much of the Doom OSTs as standard electrical instruments just weren't metal enough for him. Absolute mad lad!

[@Anaerin]

It's also because the game producers said they didn't want guitars. So Mick said "Aight, can do", and used a chainsaw.

[@dooyaunastan]

Mick Gordon is legendary. 'The Only Thing They Fear is You' or 'BFG 10000' next!

[@nomad_devv]

The awesome thing is, this song is for a single gun in this game. The BFG 9000. The Alex Terrible version is like having the BFG 9000 with infinite ammo. The Destroyer of Worlds.🤘

[@marcusblackwell2372]

I thought it was a location. Not a weapon

[@OpticHamster69]

@@marcusblackwell2372 The BFG 9000? No it's a weapon

[@MrSpannners]

I don't believe it's physically possible to stay still listening to this song.

[@enkiskayn667]

After this go for the Alex Terrible version of this song. Next level 🤘

[@squivoil]

I want to at least mention the (in my opinion) very underrated Mick Gordon track called The Partisan, from Wolfenstein. Incredibly emotional, but (or rather and) damn heavy.

[@rainerc.7606]

You always cheer me up when I'm feeling down in the dumps.

[@iczero1224]

One of the best game soundtracks of all time, legend 🤘

[@Benobot99]

Classic tune. One of the best modern video game songs. 🤘

[@barral69]

'BFG Division' is one of my favorite tracks, but 'BFG 10k' has one of the most badass heavy metal drop and transitions I've ever felt!

[@harrisonminix]

I’ve been listening to these songs on my speedrun and workout playlists for months now. Even made a few cod edits with them. Some of the best musical masterpieces of the modern age

[@MeatPuppet7861]

This was cool to watch, randomly here because of KZbin algorithm… but glad I checked this out! Have you ever heard of The Black Dahlia Murder?! Sunless Empire is one hell of a song… or their older stuff! lol. Great content!

[@Nueral]

Mick and Alex did excellent covers of BFG division they made it sound 10 times better than the original

[@DInIcRoS91]

i agreed, the cover from alex is just.. demonic

[@rlGinjaNinja]

Was mick directly involved with the cover? I thought it was just Alex? Or have I just completely missed something 😅

[@Nueral]

They did there own covers of BFG division 🙂

[@finalanime23]

i love to jam out to this track when in a metal mood. i wanna say it discovered it via another streamer that played the game at the time and ended up looking for the ost and totally pulled me in. the way u jam out to music in your own lil way is adorable

[@FrostedVisionHD]

6:55 How my brain reacts every time I listen to this song and get reminded about that last 'hit'.

[@roko811]

Very good reaction! I like how you make that mimics, you was deep inside!

[@GarrestheWarrior]

Mick Gordon also did the soundtrack to Killer Instinct, seasons 1 and 2. Spinal's character theme is amazing.

[@johnjohnson7259]

Mick Gordon essentially created a new genre when he released this soundtrack. Nothing else sounded like this and now there is lots of music clearly inspired by it

[@guru42101]

He's definitely great but he is building/improving on what Nine Inch Nails previously did with the Quake soundtrack. Perhaps other industrial/metal artists who I'm not familiar with.

[@lespuder]

Sonic mayhem laughs at this comment

[@j.n.jacksonjr.170]

This is awesome, there is some really great music to be found in Soundtracks of movies and games alike. One of my favorites is from a game that came out back in the late 90’s , N2O , the entire game is set music by Crystal Method , an electronic, trance group , the album was titled Vegas. It pulled me into a genre that I had previously never been interested in and reaffirmed my belief that good music is good music no matter the genre, if it speaks to you and moves you then it’s good! Thanks for introducing me to something awesome and new!🖤

[@ethancarne4830]

You absolutely have to watch “Kar en tuk” by mick Gordon. It’s got a metal choir, throat singing and of course, hellish screaming. It’s absolutely terrifying, brutal and fucking sick.

[@burningdeadman]

Mick is sucha perfectionist and insanely passionate about all the work he does. Check out any of his Killer Instinct music. He made most of the music on a shoe string budget and still made the most detailed musicly dense themes ive ever heard

[@Lface8]

Mick Gordon rules. Since you dug this, I'd recommend checking out some of the stuff he did for Killer Instinct. Standouts for me are "Warlord", "Lycanthropy", "Hinnamatoom", and "Inferno" which he did with LittleVMills

[@SniperMan210]

that breakdown at 6:38 is the best as it plays while you're in "rip and tear" where you're grabbing the demon squishing his head

[@joshuawiedenbeck6944]

This is basically the perfect marriage of dubstep and metal.

[@ryanmatthews3750]

I've been watching and enjoying your content for a while now, but this compelled me to subscribe. (Huge Doom fan since the very first and a fan of Mick's music) The Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal soundtracks are unparalleled. I won't tell you which one to hit next because there's just so many good tracks, but I'm looking forward to the next one for sure.

[@nappatheloveable9486]

I'd Recommend "The only thing they fear is you", "Rip And Tear" and "Master Mind" By Mick Gordon. All of them are Solid Tracks. I'd Also Recommend the DMC5 Sound Track of "Devil Trigger" And "Bury The Light" Which are also some top tier Video Game tracks if not as hard as Mick's work but to be fair it's kind of hard to go as hard as Mick Does.

[@Tongue2Flagpole25]

It's crazy to think how this song, and the game it was attached to, came out 8 years ago - it still feels so fresh, so new.

[@mkennedy319]

The live version he did with Matt Halpern from Periphery was incredible. It was a truncated version of multiple songs mashed together. It was at the 2016 Game Awards. Also the Alex Terrible Vocal creation to this is a MUST WATCH.

[@SEWERHOOVY]

doom 2016 and doom eternal have amaizing soundtracks, theres hours worth of just good stuff waiting for you, in the expansions of doom eternal, you get to hear andrew hulshult and david levy, also hard hitters.

[@WarHoundLACN]

At the end of the song the small flashes showed E1M2 from Doom 1993, where most of the the remixes come from. He used the original classic game tones and enviromental sounds aswell as some samples from the map its song, then added some more remixes and content of his own. Reversed the playback, add an max amped out guitar and repeats the reversed beat on a higher tone as you could see on 666 the normal speed. All Mick then has to do is play his guitar.

[@paulvenkman]

Since the release of Mick Gordon's soundtrack for Doom I've taken a keen interest in modular synths and fx pedals. The sounds I create are thanks to his talk at GDC and are not far off what he's created, he inspires me.

[@jhoncabrera3302]

Many people call this "Argent Metal" referring to the argent energy, it comes from hell itself in the DOOM universe. Even if this is somekind of aggressive dumpstep lol i hope in a future the argent metal is considered as a true subgenre of metal music. Will be neat having more music like this around. Also, don't forget to check "Rip and Tear!" From this same game and "the only thing they fear is you" from DOOM eternal. Trust me, it goes hard!

[@mikeymike1383]

This is a definite banger. Great song. 🤘🤘

[@ricolizaola4030]

You know what I ❤ about your channel you have no filter I so much love it. Please keep it going big fan 😊.

[@saltysteel3996]

MEAT HOOK is another badass track!

[@JustinLaFleur1990]

Mick Gordon when he wrote, composed, and mixed the Doom 2016 soundtrack created a new genre of metal and it is fucking epic! Since then scores of artists have been cranking out music which has since been dubbed "Argent Metal".

[@1938superman]

The irony is that in the early days with the early Doom games (1990s), I used to mute the audio on the game and play music like this instead while I played. So happy that they've adopted these awesome soundtracks for the modern games. And that they're faster-paced now. Way better experience.

[@AvNerdVR]

You asked if he’s doing everything, and the answer is yes, kind of, and also yes. At a convention he did a presentation on how he made all the sounds. It’s unreal. He essentially passed a simple note through up to 30 different pedals, and the resulting sound or sounds would result in those odd pops/scratches/feedback/reverb bits. So he did do everything, and created the Doom music system, which then created all the chaos in the songs. Dude is a mad musical scientist.

[@coleyounger5689]

LOUDNESS.... ASHES IN THE SKY

[@AdeptusCaeiusIII]

Imagine you're fighting off an incoming demon invasion when the tower splits open and the hordes of Hell are infinitely unleashed, and THIS banger kicks on to herald the fifteen minutes of ass-kicking you're about to lay down. That's the energy you get out of the DOOM '16 and Eternal OSTs. To think they told Mick 'no guitar' before he got to work writing this banger. The Game Awards 'Best Soundtrack' performance of this had Periphery's drummer playing that insane drum track live, and it was honestly quite amazing.

[@petercolson2990]

00:32 "I've heard so many people hype this up" You got that around the wrong way, this hyped up so many people that heard it ;)

[@Shinobito1]

YASSSSS Girl :D I've been waiting for this one :D

[@Legion153]

Loving that reaction. Mick Gordon recorded a live chainsaw and samples it in his mucic! Mick is a beast! 🤘

[@Eris_Strife]

The whole Doom soundtrack is fucking amazing! Honestly, it's what i jam when cleaning my house.

[@Eris_Strife]

🖤🤘😈🤘🖤

[@Eris_Strife]

Same

[@Eris_Strife]

Shit. This is my own comment....😅

[@Animo2006]

Mick made this soundtrack completely on his own. Not only that, but the flow of the music in the game depends solely on the flow of combat. The more aggressive you are, the more aggressive the music is. His methodology for the way the music dynamically changed to your combat is something I've never seen in a video game. It made audiophile friends of mine in bands want to play the game simply because of how impressed they were with the composer.

[@kalamander8563]

God, i love seeing people discovering DOOM music.

[@Trooper10231]

If you liked Mick Gordon's "BFG Division" and want to check out more banging video game music... Consider Casey Edwards' DMC5 trio of "Subhuman", "Bury The Light", and "Devil Trigger".

[@nightshade1124]

If you love this Soundtrack, I hope you eventually get to the Sonic Frontiers tracks. "Undefeatable", "Break Through It All", and "Find Your Flame" are a fun listen to. Tho it still shocks me to this day that those songs come from a Sonic game. But if you haven't done so, either play the newest DOOM games or watch someone else play through them. The Sound track just adds something so dang special to the gameplay that gives it that extra UMPH.

[@alveraan1]

I have over 1000 hours in Doom Eternal and lemme tell you, the music STILL hypes me up. I recommend The Only Thing They Fear Is You (the official Mick Gordon mix) from that game. BRG division is from Doom 2016. Edit: also Meathook (Slayer Gates) is a great chill track from the game.

[@redtally999]

You're gonna love Alex's vocal cover of this.. it is brutal

[@darinchamberlain7304]

Took me at least four videos to catch up with your voice and accent....amazing.. on yeah..and Alex is unreal!

[@aaronmalay5497]

1:55 to stankface. It's inevitable in every Mick Gordon react video, it's just a question of when.

[@Flusenjohnny]

On of these titles I have on my playlist for years because its just so epic ^^

[@gervasiocampana6217]

My personal favourite from DOOM 2016 is a track called Harbinger, very underrated imo, that riff is fantastic.

[@eruantien9932]

If memory serves, for the main menu music (track's called Hellwalker), Mick recorded a chainsaw and used pitchshifting to turn it into an instrument via the synth. If that's not commitment to the bit, I don't know what is.

[@southeastchristian713]

Fantabulous!

[@thestew57]

Mick Gordon is probably one off my favorite composers and musicians. Sadly the company did him dirty and probably will no longer be doing anything Doom oriented. That being said the Doom sound tracks are intense and amazing. Also Tyler Bates is another one to check out, he did all the John Wick soundtracks and a lot of the Marvel sound tracks

[@Asmith218]

I love the doom and wolfenstein soundtracks he did but the one I think is truely underrated is his work on Killer instinct. He updated alot of the tracks of the 90's game in interesting ways. Check out Touch Me and I'll break Your Face" , "I'm Back (the Rise)" or "the Warlord".

[@tthompson5707]

Mick gave a GDC talk about how he made a lot of the music. Its a really good watch if you want to learn more.

[@ImportMotion]

It's perfect. Perfect. Right down to the last minute detail.

[@Kulematon]

Doom 2016 and Eternal and Mick Gordon's soundtrack work established an odd space of murder zen gameplay. You just enter this mindset of grinding viscera out of demons which sounds stressful, but it's totally peaceful as long as you keep going and the guts just flow by.

[@MrDeath2033]

Mick Gordon is legend and his tracks are masterpiece yeaaaaa

[@esaedvik]

His live performance at the Game awards might be a good one to check out too. One of the best things ever really. Way, waaaay too short though.

[@SSG_Meathook]

Mick Gordon in absolute animal. I would recommend checking out other tracks from him. For example, Rip and Tear, Super Gore Nest, Cultist Base, Meathook and The Only Thing They Fear is You.

[@darth_dan8886]

I think the subgenre had been generally dubbed "Argent Metal". Of course, Mick Gordon is unique and an absolute genius, but some people have made attempts to emulate it with different degrees of success. Personally I really enjoy some pieces by GeoffPlaysGuitar, where he takes some other game soundtrack pieces, like Halo or The Witcher, and reimagines them in this style.

[@gourab6604]

Them:- Which musical Instrument do you play Gordon??? Mick Gordon:- CHAINSAW!!!!

[@JMEAUS22]

Now this is going to go real hard

[@psychogoreman198]

The bridge between the chorus breaks and verse breaks are made using the SFX of the chainsaw noise from the original DOOM game. No he has a drummer but the rest is Mick.

[@Whiskers74]

I've been waiting for you to get to this one. Your heart rate monitor is gonna blow up. 😅🤘🤘 Alex also dropped STP's new track Viking about 2 hours ago on his channel, and it's yet another banger from them.

[@360Julian]

We all know what this rabbit hole will lead to. "Bury the Light" by Casey Edwards & Victor Borba. Let's gooo!

[@toddabel13]

In case you missed it Slaughter to Prevail released the video for Viking today

[@albertkowalski5629]

Mick Gordon and his beautiful Mayones Regius guitar.

[@Ryno337L]

Mick Gordon was highly using the the most recent motionless in white album you can mostly hear it in the song cyberhex same sounding tunes

[@eriklunden5218]

It is fortunate that 8-string guitars got popular right in time for the new Doom. The stars aligned.

[@Gamer026]

You gotta check out the Killer Instinct soundtrack Mick Gordon worked on. Its because of the music he made in that game he got the job to make the music for this.

[@blindedtodeathh-]

Since we are going into the doom world... Alex Terrible bfg cover Alex Terrible The only thing they fear is you cover Super gore nest Cultist base Rip and tear

[@geoffreyprill]

"Is he doing all the parts?" Oh you sweet summer child... Yes, he did. He even created the synths. He actually held a clinic after Doom 2016's release showing his process and how he got to where he did with the soundtrack, and even how he GOT some of those sounds. Definitely work researching, VERY interesting process. He was also pretty funny lol.

[@darkphoenix2]

Pretty much every track Mick Gordon came up with for Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal has something awesome in it, but I don't think this version of BFG Division really represents how good they are when you're in the middle of gameplay. There are a lot of quiet sections and the main melody and riff are distinct, but I think there are some tracks that just hit harder. The Only Thing They Fear Is You is a popular one, but Super Gore Nest, BFG 10K, and Metal Hell are also some of my favorites. Shit, even after Mick left, there were some good tracks made by Andrew Hulshult for the DLC. Blood Swamps and Reclaimed Earth. I guess what I'm saying is that you have to play it.

[@RedEyesTops]

I bought the soundtrack on cd about a year ago, it's like 2 hours long. I'm just surprised there are still people who haven't heard Doom before

[@nahco3994]

Mick Gordon also did an absolutely **brilliant** talk at GDC 2017 about how he ... well ... "engineered" and produced the whole DooM soundtrack. If you're interested in this sort of thing, it is absolutely phenomenal, and refreshingly geeky: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2Wpf3WDj9ikqLs&pp=ygUUbWljayBnb3Jkb24gZ2RjIHRhbGs%3D

[@DamienBlade]

I need to know if she has done "Bury the light" now. The original, then the version that GeoffPlaysGuitar did, because he's the guy that Doomifies game songs, and even Mick Gordon commented on his version. It's SICK AF.

[@romhanyitamas8839]

You should listen to Mick's other masterpiece soundtrack: Wolfenstein - The New Colossus. There are reallygreat songs like Reich Between the Eyes, Right Trigger Warning, Blazko Kill the Nazis, Horton Hears a Revolution, Nazi Punks Gtfo, Der Zerstörer.