NE OBLIVISCARIS - Painters of the Tempest BASS playthrough OFFICIAL

[@Bandit2924]

Not the same without you, Cygnus.

[@cygnusbass]

:(

[@camwjohn95]

Yeah. Martino is phenomenal, but our man here is no less a virtuoso, and shaped so much of the band's hard elegant sound. Plus, NOW THE BALANCE OF LEFTIES IN THE BAND IS OFF! BOOH! Best of luck, man. Someone of your talent will have your pick of great groups.

[@rembo96]

@@camwjohn95 Lol, could you please tell me who is lefty in the band and who is not? I bet Tim is a lefty :)

[@camwjohn95]

@@rembo96 Obviously Benjamin Baret and less obviously Dan Presland. I'm actually not sure about Charles.

[@rembo96]

@@camwjohn95 Oh, you mean their hands... I thought you were talking about their political views XD But this is interesting that they are all left-handed)

[@Lackesse]

This is like the best song in the world.. i'm not even joking

[@mariusciolacu9820]

Lackesse YESSS

[@endze1613]

Tribute... :)

[@michaelable8399]

It is the best song ever made, and I will never be convinced of otherwise.

[@FrostyGoose775]

We'll all miss you Cygnus. You were one of the defining features of NeO and I'm not sure how it will ever manage to be as good without you. Best of luck with all of your future endeavors. Infinite density is cool as hell, hopefully we get more from that project

[@cygnusbass]

Thank you so much! I literally have 2 more infinite density albums written! I can't wait to get started on them.

[@FrostyGoose775]

cygnusbass I can't wait to hear them! 😊

[@havokmusicinc]

Marvelous. One of the biggest reasons I like NeO is the progressives without being selfindulgent, and the virtuosity without loss of soul. For the most part, I, as a hobbyist, could play this bass part - and I love that. There are enough Dream Theaters and Archspires and Dying Fetuses in the metal world already - so for something to be so good while being technically restrained is awesome. This is the kind of bass part people study to learn the intricacies of it all.

[@icipher6730]

Please, don't group Archspire with something like Dying Fetus. They may sound like a boring shredfest akin to Brain Drill on the surface level, but they actually use ridiculous overt technicality and extreme speed to create a very eerie, erratic atmosphere (I call it "The Faceless on crack", lol) and some of the most fun and memorable melodies of all progressive death metal releases of the last decade.

[@Mackathne]

I hope you mean Dying Fetus and not Archspire

[@JayLock]

Yeah who exactly

[@ziel5825]

00:00 - 07:05 (Movement I Creation) 07:05 - 11:05 (Movement II Cynosure) 11:05 -16:40 (Movement III Curator)

[@TheSpliffstarEffect]

I love this. I love the bass tone being more funky and jazzy in sound, similar to Martin Mendez' tones from Opeth tracks. I also love how a lot of it is very simple - but yet sounds absolutely kickass. One of the things that makes me consider a bassist to be fantastic.

[@laurentcolombera4050]

At this point it’s not about the song, it’s just the fkn bass work. You’re up there with the greatest Brendan. Fuck.

[@umiddey8714]

Before, when I used to watch your playthroughs, it brought me a lot of joy. Watching this now, I am in tears. My vision is not clear as I write this. The realisation that I will not be able to watch NeO live with you on stage ever in my life crushes me. You know, my feelings go in sync with this track, begins with numbness that kept the sadness in somnolence. As the track goes on, the feelings come out one after the other and at a certain point, I can't take it anymore. Brother, I may never have met you but you are one of the best people I have ever had the privilege of knowing. If it weren't for you, I may not have even been alive right now. Thank you for everything. May nature bless you.

[@TheNeokiller666]

the tone is so soft that it sometime sound like a fretless

[@lycosa2000]

Alexy I was thinking the same thing. I love that tone!

[@zarasamo]

That’s one of the many reasons I love Cygnus so much

[@bane9832]

i swear to god the first time i heard this masterpiece i thought oh shit a fretless lmao

[@r0d851]

One of the best songs of the decade. Brendan was the sauce, incredible bass playing bro 🎸🔥🤘🏻 No one comes close

[@dave6564]

One of my favorite Bassists :) Keep up the good work man :D

[@zachbowden1993]

your phrasing is fantastic. such a great bassist and performance

[@TriumphAusStahl]

Your work is very inspiring, thanks for posting playthroughs like this! Absolutely love NeO!

[@alu.304]

Underrated master Groove. Come back when you are at peace with your life, Cyg🙏🏻🤘🏻

[@ryanpavlas3264]

Much love from Minneapolis can't wait for some new music!

[@r0d851]

11:55 basslines is legendary 🔥🔥🔥

[@rotos21]

One of the most impressive bands in metal today. Keep shreddin man, brilliant stuff!

[@joTheBonas]

Saw them live and and also noticed how amazing the bass-playing is

[@SpWxScorpion]

I don't know if NeO were right or wrong or letting you out of the band for personal issue, i just know that your work in this album is incredible and you are the main reason i started playing bass a few months ago. Now that i know a bit more on how to play i can only appeciate this playthrough even more as before. The part at 8:45 is just incredible...

[@AndJustlceForAII]

You guys make my life so much better.Best band in the world.

[@theoogy8265]

This guy is a real inspiration to get better at bass :)

[@micheleroberi9680]

Always amazing... You're on the top 5 of my favorite and most influential bassists in my playing style,and it's not "just" tecnique...Your lines carry a huge load of emotions,straight to the heart. Sometimes I feel not good enough but when I look at your playthroughs I always get more confident and inspired. Sincerely,I send you a giant hug and hope you'll return kickin' the music scene as soon as you can. Yours,Mick.

[@Jpicsbass]

Absolutely monstrous playing, sir. Tone is absolutely incredible and what an electric bass should sound like. You play with such clarity and the parts you write are so beautifully nuanced. I am a classical upright player but you make me want to buy an electric bass! I absolutely adore this track, thanks for making a video!

[@AleArzMusic]

A big THANK YOU to NeObliviscaris. Your music makes life better! Please Never stop!!!!

[@andrewdoud9861]

painters of the tempest and devour me colossus are my favorite songs. expecially this song with its transition from harsh to soft and violin work. i have to ask, are all of you in the process of a new album?

[@cygnusbass]

+Andrew Doud yes we never stop writing! some of the riffs in this song are 10 years old! ;)

[@L0rdBuzz1]

+cygnusbass I play bass.. and this stuff man, this is a masterpiece! especially curator.. I'm addicted to that bass intro!

[@nellsonstout7001]

+cygnusbass I hope you guys never stop. I can honestly say I've never heard metal that can be this brutal yet beautiful at the same time, plus as a bass player I'm even more blown away. Keep up the great work

[@haraldeavtraches1598]

Seriously, these guys are right. This is some visionary stuff you're making. I've never heard another band with the same kind of depth and intricacy as what's on your albums, especially Citadel. I got Citadel the day you released it, and I've listened to at least part of it every single day since, no lie. Never stop.

[@damianojeda938]

Like which?

[@windyr]

that Curator intro...

[@r0ryb0ryalis]

God that finale is just so fucking MAGNIFICENT!

[@Sigil_57]

My favorite bassist! I love you Cygnus, there is no one more talented than you. I can't wait for Vipassi to tour in the the USA.

[@lucamaras01]

i cant stop listening to it!!

[@pyrogloc]

indescribable beauty.

[@nyungsepart1215]

get well soon man... we love you and i still loves Ne O even without you. good luck with your solo.

[@vrtar99]

just listened to about 10 covers of this song on bass... some of them are close but not a single one is as perfect as this guy! masterful playing!

[@speedspoon]

Well... It's not really a cover since he wrote it, he's the bassist of Ne Obliviscaris

[@AndBassForAll1]

He was... :-(

[@cygnusbass]

I still wake up every day thinking i'm in the band. Then the cold hard reality sets in. Groundhog day all over again. :(

[@leturlefr3264]

@@cygnusbass thats... Really sad. I still don't understand what happened, if you beat up your wife or something you would have been in jail so it obviously wasn't that sever no one seems to say what this "domestic violence" was specifically. To me urn wasn't as good because of the bass. It was overcomplicated and the sound was off. Guess I'll never know...

[@cygnusbass]

@@leturlefr3264 it wasn't domestic violence. It was domestic 'Abuse' I sent my ex girlfriend very abusive messages because she was cheating on me with 2 men and stealing money from me for her drug addiction. That's it. And it was 8 years ago. She put those messages online and I lost everything. I actually took her to court and got a restraining order but nobody cares about the truth.

[@phate8775]

11:54 :o that part so cool

[@LordVlader]

The Curator bass intro is what got me into tapping. So much fun to play it!

[@eduardowormittag2113]

Keep it up Cygnus, we are waiting for you !

[@fromthenorth2]

I want to leave a comment but I don't know what to say...I'm pretty much speechless right now.

[@bobrown4609]

great play through. thanks for showing us.

[@animalz6709]

Your playing is so fucking inspiring mate. Sending you all my love and wishing you the very best!

[@mattwatson1744]

absolutely mesmerizing bass playthrough, you are insanely good.

[@vs4ntroy421]

0:00 creator 7:04 cynosure 11:02 curator

[@BruinStrongLifts]

that curator intro kills me

[@RoadToSalvationX]

Beautifully written and played. Gives me motivation to improve.

[@alejandromendoza5442]

you just blow my mind.....this is a masterpiece thanks for sharing the video

[@CULTODEANUBIS]

WHAT A FUCKING BEAST. You're an astounding bass player, Cygnus! And that bass tone? Oh-em-gee.

[@Lackesse]

just brilliant, great playthrough and what a great band this is!!! love you, guys

[@KainLustt]

You're a monster. Great work man. Loved the bass in neo in the first hear and I'm not a specialist neither a bass fanboy. But when there's so much to enjoy you have only one option. Hope you find success!

[@albertoavitabile3522]

Just seen this guy live yesterday @Orion, Rome. He's such a chill dude, and an amazing musician! Too bad NeO played for 30 min only, wish they'd be the headliners. Looking forward to further shows in Rome. Keep on being a wonderful influence on bass players worldwide :)

[@cygnusbass]

+Alberto Avitabile thanks bro! that was an amazing show

[@MM-ql4lt]

seeing you play this live in Sydney tonight was better than Sex & Pizza. see you guys next time!

[@Opteryx]

Fantastic as always! You're my favorite bassist and a huge influence on my writing (I play bass in my band), so thank you!

[@ardipithecus11]

Love these videos. This is fantastic.

[@DouweHummeling]

This is so epic! I really love your music!

[@LMTR14]

great stuff. you can come back to Vienna every year!

[@srenelmelypettersson7581]

Damn that was amazing! I like how you catch the octaves with your third finger :)

[@mobicus1]

Great playing!

[@Nickball97]

We need tabs of the whole NeO discography, please guys.

[@Zyborggian]

+Nicolas Arango Pretty sure theyre workin on it m8 :)

[@ratican]

+Nicolas Arango if you backed their world tour a year ago or more one of the rewards was tabs for the whole The Portal of I album, has guitars, bass and drums. They were in guitar pro form so they should be out there somewhere. Id upload them but im lazy lol

[@Nickball97]

A year ago I didn't know NeO even existed, I'd have donated... And no one has uploaded them, probably because NeO is selling the Tab book at $20

[@soullessSiIence]

Good luck with that. You better go back in time and practice for ten straight years before attempting this. (On guitar at least, even I could play this on bass)

[@zarasamo]

Asked them on facebook and to quote them; "We are (releasing the citadel tab book), just not sure when."

[@Hispanicpanick0]

That bass is a race car, it must feel incredible to play.

[@aussiecoastie72]

Excellent 🤘

[@willstanbury9725]

Christ thats amazing. I love how mellow your bass lines can get at some points while beingn able to just flip 180 and play super aggressively. Ive been playing bass for almost 2 years now and i absolutely love playing it. Im having trouble figuring out how to eq and balance my pickups. What do you reccomend for a sound like this?

[@Jairon_Junior]

Awesome, and by the way do you know if TIM plans to do a playthrough sometime too? didnt seen any violin video of you guys :/... Keep the awesome work o/

[@alexanderqbe]

You enslave and determinate with you bass guitar. But somehow i want to see famous players and artists to play such parts and pieces. Go NeO and be awesome) You and your band rule. man

[@EliasOliveiraBass]

Thank you man..... really.... THANK YOU! Your dry tone sounds a little bit like the Adagio's bassist (Franck Hermanny)

[@velvetbellend8175]

Amazing man!

[@danielharper5009]

Happy Birthday! ;)

[@MikkoTolonen]

any rig rundowns anywhere ? Really liking NeO´s !!

[@josemartins8152]

i liked more the bass on Portal Of I, because in this disc i feel like the bass was kinda wipped out in favor of everything else to be honest, the drum is louder so you had to pay attention to tell apart the bass from the snare, and the guitars owershadowed the bass, people said that the drum in this disc is "heavier", but in Portal Of I it was heavy too (Im not saying its not heavier because it is), only that the bass drum was sorta drawn back from the snare and you could tell the patterns perfectly, and the bass guitar was more natural or organic i guess, it was always there not on top of everything but in its place... this is the kind of band where there should be a really great master so we can hear that sweet bass on all it`s gloriousness... So guys please for your next masterpiece take advise from Horrendous and Opeth which lasts discs sounded amazing (master wise or wherever its called) and dont make it louder...i would give my ass away for a remaster of those two discs (mostly citadel).. rant aside, i still listen to this album more than anything else. sorry for the grammar

[@marklund117]

the bit following 4:43 always catches my ear

[@Kolbein837]

Absolutely fantastic! Anyways, don't you ever get tired in your fingers after playing a technical and long song like this?

[@cygnusbass]

+Kolbein Toreson Foldøy thank you! no between bass playing, typing on computers all day and lifting weights my hands are very conditioned to being overused haha,

[@TheKlavierkrieg]

Amazing bro!, u are the best in a best band! Go NeO! Visit Brazil!!!!! hahahaha :D

[@tubadude07]

Sucks you're not in the band anymore. I would have never developed my playing the way i did without listening to this album countless times.

[@matt.lemonnier]

Yeeeeah, awesome man !!

[@XenofluxRaiden]

Nice job. Holy moly! If you don't mind me asking, how did you record bass before your axe FX?

[@Vukf1]

The very ending is actually very fittingly sad... I just feel sad when this song ends...

[@KDW12312]

I can't for the life of me figure out the little riff at 0:16, 0:19, 0:23 note for note. Anyone know the notes he's playing there

[@TylerJMacDonald]

Sweet vipassi shirt ;)

[@rinavampir1090]

you are still the best

[@ObeliskVredesbyrd]

I'd love to hear this on a fretless ;)

[@zanesmith7727]

please post tabs

[@cygnusbass]

I am selling all my transcriptions. Send me an inbox :)

[@Cygnus99]

Any chance of a play through for of the leper butterflies?

[@time_itself]

RIP Cygnus

[@pijips123]

He's gone Terminal.

[@Asztalot]

pijips123 Returned to Alshain?

[@ladenbin]

Sadly he died last week

[@weber247]

Status bass is gold. Like you cant hit wrong note.

[@666aiolia]

Wow, the beginning av the third movement is almost the same as the beginning in Atypical reverie from Sceptic. Was it a major influence in the writing process?

[@paulravin1]

Hahaha that sauna in the background tho :p

[@julitrows]

Love your tone and your playing. Any chance you could describe the Axe FX patch you're using? Thanks a lot for doing these kind of videos.

[@cygnusbass]

+Julio Antequera Galiano Thanks man. It's just an SVT patch. run pretty flat. my fingers and bass are %90 of that tone. having old strings helps too!

[@julitrows]

+cygnusbass Thanks a lot for the response :D Keep up the superb work with NeO!

[@llud4th]

16 minutes of playing the bass with fingers takes way more stamina than an fc on painters in osu

[@chuvacaf2556]

i love you man

[@lucamaras01]

A W E S O M E

[@AXPena]

Would saying what kind of bass you're using? I love the tone and looks of it. I always thought you played fretless bass. Your tone is so interesting. You've got some magic fingers!

[@cygnusbass]

+Hybrid138 its a Status S2 carbon graphite bass. but tone is %80 in the fingers :)

[@triptychlux]

NeO indeed is not going to sound as good without you:( love from Turkey Cygnus

[@connorvoss652]

Nice job man! I wish I was as good a bassist as you. One question though, what tuning is the song in? Huge fan btw. Keep up the good work.

[@cygnusbass]

+Connor Voss B standard!

[@connorvoss652]

+cygnusbass Thanks so much man. I'll get right on learning it. Hope to see you guys live someday!

[@230mps]

WOW!!!

[@XxJust4RunxX]

can anyone explain me why there isn't the "thing that is supposed to be here" ( i'm french and don't the the english equivalent ) at the end of the neck?

[@haydenryan4731]

+Just 4 Run The tuning knobs are at the bottom end of the bass do it doesn't go out of tune. This type of bass also has a different sound and feel to it.

[@XxJust4RunxX]

thank you!

[@Shawry]

+Just 4 Run headstock

[@samalberti4545]

+Just 4 Run What those guys said, but also it allows for much more comfortable playing as there is far less weight at the end of the guitar, therfore you dont need to waste fretting energy by holding the weight of the guitar up while youre playing

[@CentiZen]

What kind of a bass is that? Saw you playing it at your Toronto show with Cradle and thought it sounded and looked amazing.

[@horriblequin]

+Centi Zen well this bass is a custom made headless bass from the brand Status model m2 in mahogany, i hope it helps

[@Teemaino]

nice

[@warzzy619]

Can I ask which scales are you using? :) I want to put fills like this in our songs, but I'm stuck. Sorry for my english btw. :D

[@jeannaipas]

Dammmmmnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@RamilArt]

Оох как я хочу так же на басу играть... вроде просто, сложных рифов нет, надо попробовать... ах да... у меня же нет баса((

[@BruinStrongLifts]

9:02-9:10 ... oh god.

[@horriblequin]

my question is, how do you remember all of this?? what you're gonna do next? NeO have really long songs, is it really hard to remember all? or what tips do you use?

[@gilanggifari4895]

+horriblequin play it by your soul,

[@boarderking133]

Dude you gotta do atleast the tapping part of devour part 1. I can't figure it out from the live videos alone. Also what tuning are you in?

[@federicoleuzzi5873]

+Dylan Howard Do you still need it? I can write it down

[@boarderking133]

Sure. I think I got the gist of it but I'll still take just to double check it.

[@boarderking133]

+federico leuzzi

[@federicoleuzzi5873]

+Dylan Howard You can find the tabs on ultimate guitar now

[@TheNuclearHawk]

Whats the song that took the longest time to write?

[@seththomas942]

I'm a bit out of the loop on why Cygnus left NeO. Was it because of personal/artistic differences, or what?

[@rbnh9827]

It was personal matter. A bit controversial too. But what he did in two albums was mindblowing and he will be remembered for that .

[@seththomas942]

No doubt these albums won't go away anytime soon; thanks for the response.

[@cygnusbass]

I was kicked out, over the phone. But I am putting all my focus into my solo career with Infinite Density and 3 other projects.

[@DamagedIncorporated1]

cygnusbass Is 1 of those projects Vipassi?

[@anne-cecilemouget1657]

you are incredible musician !!! Keep working on your projects !!!!