Reaction! The Contortionist - Language I: Intuition & Language II: Conspire

[@Hatingmeisconforming]

This was a good choice I'm glad you did both back together.They sound this good live.

[@noahhonkanen2090]

Apparently, this album and their next are about a friend of the vocalist, who was deep into some kind of drug use, and shortly after his mother died, he OD'd. All the songs on this album are supposed to be extremely vague and obscure, like you said "a message", most of the songs share the same lyrical themes about language, intution, the 'mother sun'. The next album, Clairvoyant, which came out in Nov 2017, strikes the topic more head-on, about his friend's descent, if you will, into that pit of hard drug use. It's still got a very spiritual sound, lyrically and musically, but again, it's a little more literal and less figurative. And then theirs their first 2 albums, Exoplanet and Intrisnsic, with a different vocalist. The first is a prog-deathcore space-epic about finding a new Earth, and the second... well, who knows. But it's funky. Integration is a great song off of Language, some great clean vocals, and funky jazziness. Relapse is my favorite song off of Clairvoyant.

[@backburner9624]

It amazes me how much they have changed since Exoplanet (much heavier album) and are still incredible musicians

[@thefloop2813]

Welcome to the Contortionist. They contort. It's what they do. They're the best at it. It's why the call themselves The Contortionist I imagine.

[@funnyperson4027]

About cried when first listening to this. Fantastic album probably my favourite album of all time

[@chrisbarker8513]

Always go back to this album. Like nothing else out there. So good

[@Heisen-d3n]

The Contortionist - Ebb & Flow !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ben1098766654321]

i love how you close your eyes and just let it get you. Drift with the ebb and flow!

[@Xul]

8:32 is basically my reaction ... each time I hear the song :D Can't help it ...

[@funnyperson4027]

The reason the end of conspire was so great was because of how heavy the rest of the song was. These guys are masters of contrast

[@tbolt442]

It's so hard to get people into this band. "Yes it's abrasive, for a bit" ...."But wait it out and you won't understand where you are" Real hard sell.

[@666thehazard]

Another great one to check out would be 'The Myth of Happiness' by The Dali Thundering Concept. Both the song and the video are fucking amazing (like seriously). Love the content!

[@lafalndeathmetal7716]

Yeah!, this is a great record, listen to return to the earth or reimagined from the contortionist.

[@thadavidrain]

She already listened to Return to Earth

[@PeterPeh]

8:32 ❤

[@Heresieskin]

Listen to the rediscovered versions

[@Terdfertersen]

“I’m a bullet girl” Yea, most broads are.

[@nomeru_0]

Check out the parable (the rediscovered version) kzbin.info/www/bejne/famZomyGe8yojLM

[@squashedeyeball]

Very,, very progressive... Amazing work on this one! Not a big fan of he "core" parts (Vocals, chugs etc), but really, a very unique song!

[@TheVashnessItself99]

sit with this whole album for a while, you'll be surprised how much it grows

[@Tarkess]

You might like their newest album (Clairvoyance) better, it has no harsh vocals. Look up Return to Earth or Reimagined from that album.

[@squashedeyeball]

Octavian Malcolm I may have to do that indeed|!

[@squashedeyeball]

Tarkess Thanks mate! I'll check it out. I like harsh vocals, it's just that the "hardcore" vocals are not my thing... But in this case, there is much more to the band, so it does picks my interest...

[@Tarkess]

Yeah I getcha, there's a lot of different approaches to harsh vocals so they're not all gonna click with everyone.

[@josemacaya572]

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