Marc Okubo Performs "Its Not Safe To Swim Today" with Signature Kiesel MO7X

[@TheZookajesus]

Marc Okubo performs “the song with every note”

[@moose1164]

He does this shit live too while being free moving on stage. The thing I like about Marc is.. He actually plays his music and doesn't rely on a backing track to play for him like a ton of "technical" artist do.

[@davidgarvin1889]

@@moose1164 dude yes! I always thought it was cool that Marc would loop a lead with his pedal live and play the rhythm part over it. instead of having a backtrack. Super skilled.

[@mineradjustments6094]

This album should be remastered and re released. It’s a fucking classic

[@HorizonEyes]

If it were remastered, I would listen to it. That would be cool. I can’t listen to anything before subject zero because their mixing & mastering was so terrible. Say what you want about Lucas, but the mixing instantly got better. Ps, I know Lucas wasn’t on Subject Zero. They must‘ve just had to drop their old producer or actually got one in the first place around then.

[@DallasStewartMusic]

@@HorizonEyes it took me a few listens to get into their old production. Born of Osiris had the same sound back then too, I think Sumerian stepped up their production around 2012 or so. I would say Eclipse and onward are super high quality mixes, but Comman man and ID are amazing in terms of writing so I look past the mix!

[@JamesSweeper]

That would take so much away from what made that album so great.. Lukas is phenomenal in his own right, but he's not a replacement for Brandon, just isn't. Just as Born of Osiris showed The New Reign was best when it wasn't over produced, so is TCMC. It's from an era we will never see again and shouldn't really be fucked with. As far as I'm concerned you can't make TCMC any better as it is. There is something to be said for their demo stuff, though. Just as Born of Osiris did, with glorious day, showing that there is a case and point to a remaster. But TCMC album cannot be improved, or it's at least so risky it's not worth the effort. Less is more. TCMC/a higher place/the new reign are case and point. Such a brilliant era. Also Subject Zero was a masterpiece and a stamp from a one of a kind vocalist. I miss his depth and writing. And of when Veil of Maya was less pressured to cater away from whatever techniques they wanted to keep using. They're still a top teir band but they were so much more original with Brandon. Those were 100% their golden years.

[@CVholik]

Hell no, this album and born of Osiris first album have such a iconic 2008 sound. The warm and dark overall sound and the bassy kick is iconic

[@liamsweeney4754]

@@HorizonEyes I couldn't agree more

[@stammeh22]

Honestly, ever since I saw them live I've thought he was probably one of the greatest guitarists on earth.

[@enigmaburrito1390]

he is. this dude is my idol.

[@joshthomasrotin3245]

This album back then was way ahead of its time !!!!

[@brandonTHEshiados]

Without a doubt

[@justintavares9730]

still is!

[@Jin_Raiden]

I remember seeing it played live when it first came out. Mind absolutely blown. Still is.

[@Crcmvnt]

Still is a piece of gold from the djent gods

[@juvedoo99]

I didn't even know what to call it exactly when it first came out. It had a bit from everything. Way before the term djent became a mainstay.

[@nonholographic]

Common man's collapse gang reporting in

[@farhathussain4534]

Old is Gold

[@garyzel5842]

Yes!!!

[@mattynes]

🙏🙏🙏

[@djc741]

Lmao 2:29 the cameraman was so ready for the sweep

[@agelessstudio]

hahahh , nice eyes broo..

[@jasonl9255]

The Djentist Formerly Known As Prince

[@01234567897982]

why does he look like my 87yo grandma ???

[@lobster272]

This isn't djent.

[@ElonSmallPP]

@@lobster272 it'd be weird if he was talking about the guitar player and not the song

[@SplitSauce2289]

@@lobster272 I called VoM, ATB, BOO, ERRA, etc. 'Sumerian Records metal' back in the day. It isn't djent. Djent wasn't really a term back then. It isn't really deathcore or metalcore either. Has a little different flavor. Seemed like everyone on Sumerian had a little different flavor. A lot of phrygian dominant.

[@drewharrito5705]

Boy this is just the bees knees

[@whydoyoukeeptalking]

Its not safe to swim today and Mowgli will always be my two favorite VOM songs

[@Peron1-MC]

"we bow in its aura" is probebly my favorite but yes those two are solid :)

[@kristopherdardeman8286]

so humble. this dude is literally one of the best guitarist of our time crazy

[@adtthosa]

This album laid the groundwork for a lot of the techy metal stuff we hear today. I remember seeing Veil of Maya play to like 50 people on tour with After The Burial and both bands just completely melting everyone's face off.

[@nickdowdy2161]

IF WE CANT EVEN TRUST OURSELVES, HOW CAN WE TRUST ANYONE ELSE?!

[@TheMcSteezy]

ooooooohhhhh IT'S NOT SAFE TO SWIM TODAY

[@nickdowdy2161]

I dont think I can be saved this shallow water is my grave. It's not safe to swim today

[@gorehammer42o]

@@nickdowdy2161 OPEN UP and INHALE WATER! OPEN UP! AND EXHALE BLOOOD!

[@ImDatOoz]

Masterpiece album for real

[@JohnnyShikari]

Marc Okubo performs "Be Marc Okubo, play a song and make it look simple" He's an amazing artist.

[@technickn9n3]

this should be on the hub for what you did to that guitar

[@erik.kangas]

Marc out here looking like a lesbian librarian from the 90s.

[@PorscheJon]

Still looking fresh af

[@Pauly027]

Hahaha who had a baby to Prince

[@GopherHockey689]

Bahahaha

[@cej3940]

1000/10 would smash

[@mkseed9188]

And that my friends is how to get the ladies

[@isaacupton9188]

Absolutely hands down, one of the most unique guitarists of our generation. Amazing as always 🙏🏼

[@stevenparsons1211]

Dudes got slender man fingers. The reaches he makes look simple are bizarre.

[@bobleshingle13]

Bro the section @ 2:00 hurts the top of my hand soooo much, I have pretty small hands so most of his shit is a bitch for me to play lol

[@yarnewolfenschlegelsteinha4293]

Keep in mind he's playing a six string song on a seven string too 💀

[@Peron1-MC]

yep hes not exactly doing the spider tecnique XD

[@gibbles12]

Always blows me away how incredibly good marc okubo is

[@1sheldon]

Miss old VoM

[@thejrfanclub628]

i don’t last 2 albums were their best work in my opinion and this 3rd album sounding spicy so far

[@espiritucallejero9127]

I love Commans mans collapse so much. Its far from perfect but man it was just so fun. Always in the rotation.

[@brandonTHEshiados]

Fuck yes man

[@kakadu2004]

@@thejrfanclub628 Damn right, bro!

[@BANGOUTL8R]

same. Their music went downhill imo as soon as they replaced the old vocalist and started sounding like a diet Periphery.

[@joedirt3265]

I love him, it’s like he never gets tired

[@bommie]

Whenever he smiles I just imagine him saying to himself, "Man, I'm awesome."

[@bnzboy]

Timeless. Classic.

[@kevinreed3983]

No words !! ## look at those gifted fingers!!!

[@FlipperWolf]

1:18 That's one of if not THE MOST satisfying riff I've ever heard in all of Metal, and I've heard thousands...

[@cej3940]

Goddamn Marc and Tim Henson out here making me want a pink guitar

[@yungplague5534]

Oof

[@parkerpetty3314]

after learning this i can’t imagine how he wrote it

[@BrutalAwesomeMusic]

This guy is a beast, I learned this song and this is rough af aha!

[@spiritbox9039]

been trying to learn this song since 2011 and i still cant play it haha

[@GopherHockey689]

Its fucking impossible.

[@edima]

Been learning this for a few weeks. I can play it perfectly in segments but putting all Together and playing it in time is a hell Of a workout.

[@DamianVega00]

@@edima now imagine doing that at a show and then doing songs off that album just as hard as that one perfectly. Dude is a stamina wizard but that’s just what happens when you do play these songs night after night. He is a true inspiration and I’ll be just as good or almost as good as him one day lmao.

[@jamesstreet910]

Yusss! I got to about 75% of this song back around 09 or so. Marc Is just An Alien. This entire album is still one of my favorites this century (😎)

[@AmanKhan-qk7pu]

The most underrated riff writer there is

[@Shiggidy88]

Love me some Mark playthroughs!

[@thewolfden4680]

still one of my favorite songs ever

[@technodealer9782]

I miss Brandon Butler. My favorite days of Veil of Maya. Had their albums on repeat.

[@scp69420]

I absolutely adore new VOM, but the older albums were so fucking brutal. It’s almost like a different band

[@antnyneveruploads]

This is still the most exciting and challenging song I've ever tried to learn on guitar. I only ever got 90% of it, that last chord progression into the breakdown always ruined me. Marc is masterclass

[@daddyfrank8838]

Try human murmuration by archspire 🤣

[@jaymando5175]

Learning the song at the moment, so many fuvkiny riffs omfg

[@franktothemax]

@@daddyfrank8838 that’s my goddamn favorite man. Gives me chills every time I hear it. I got to film them playing a show, check it out if you dig the band 🤘🏻

[@osm1718]

​Mine's berserker by ATB

[@gozeros7611]

Sick guitar player, and sick song writer.

[@tarfathewise]

Can’t hate. Marc’s so good.

[@what2watchyt]

Best album you guys made.

[@mmmmmmmmdaaaamnnnnbabyyyy]

The simplicity of the guitar is incredible

[@DevinsDen]

Crazy seeing them make it after playing shows with them in the underground Chicago metalcore scene. Use to book shows with Born of Osiris and Oceano. Good times when we all were just looking to get away on the weekends in high school and just book everyone coming together cause there wasn't shit to do.

[@kaizuey]

Marc pleaseee cover All Eyes Look Ahead thats one of my favorite songs ever

[@DjentDragon]

Good to see Marc's still got it!

[@clxwnfish3404]

mark is my fav guitarist.

[@wackjetze8403]

Dude, Marc is actually one of the best guitar players of all time holy shit, better than Tim Henson in my opinion and I love Tim Henson I think he’s a genius too

[@killjoi3736]

Marc is a better composer, and performer. Tim technically has more skills. As a guitar player, Marc wins by a hair. Polyphia's vision, however, is on another level.

[@rustyfuzz470]

Idk why but he looks like he just woke up one day and was suddenly a beast on guitar for no apparent reason

[@rustyfuzz470]

Also think he deserves extra credit for not having any fret markers

[@catcs]

absolute banger

[@beratsamil]

this man is an alien.

[@michaeldlonzo]

Christ that 20 second intro is a bit much

[@joseeduardoparra2812]

x2

[@Josephhof]

x3

[@kahn5636]

x4

[@pmil101]

x6

[@JeremiahFernandez]

x7

[@arifnugroho4424]

PLAYING A SIX STRING SONG IN A 7 STING GUITAR HE IS A BEASTTTTT

[@jazzymichael]

brings me back

[@gerardleaf]

This made my day

[@jamesmatthews3749]

I mean definitely lose the 20 second intro with no audio

[@elliotskunk]

i think this man ALONE may be getting me back into metal...

[@xalpha322]

1:11 The way he goes from a two hand palm mutting chugging to straight up going to 13th fret still chugging clean blows my mind. Master at work here 👍

[@Dragonforce22]

Best album by far

[@douglasboylan3477]

time for my yearly ritual of attempting to learn this song and failing miserably

[@edima]

Gotta love the dean lamb cameo behind Marc in this video.

[@TheMcSteezy]

who could possibly downvote this

[@mikecast8643]

Hell yea.

[@GrannySoupLadle]

Classic 💜🤌👌

[@tjspaulding5600]

The GOAT

[@frankJ809]

Yeahhhhh buddyyyyyy

[@toemasmeems]

I can appreciate the camera man didnt do any annoying camera edits

[@shredshrooms]

Legend!

[@michaelwhite2310]

Love that song and guitar!! \m/

[@SplitSauce2289]

Those hands are a cheat code. This song is so frickin hard. I still can't play it.

[@richarddantz4256]

The fact that you can hear his pick attack the whole fucking time makes it that much siqur!

[@BajaShouta]

1:09 this manz is straight up having a conversation while playing that breakdown I just can't even

[@tc5328]

To be fair, playing those types of chug riffs is 100% muscle memory once you’ve played them enough and you don’t even have to think. Don’t get me wrong, it takes tons of hours to get to that point.

[@BajaShouta]

@@tc5328 muscle memory doesn’t mean that you can inherently multitask while doing the muscle memory thing though haha I can play some pretty complicated stuff without thinking about it in the slightest, but the second I try to talk or sing over that, I will immediately mess whatever I’m playing up lmfao

[@cristianromano8524]

sick!

[@tylerbranski9853]

Such a banger. I miss this old shit

[@Rideforlife3]

Such talent 🤟

[@RichardGarcia93]

This song is in drop b on a 6. Does anyone know how he tunes this 7?

[@douevendjent3125]

Seen him live couple times always worth it. At their shows a pit is formed in the middle and another of just marcs worshippers and chicks. No lie.

[@ChristheDowned]

lmao marc stated multiple times he doesn't get girls even though he is a fucking god

[@Craftymantiss]

Damn, straight up one take

[@shaymiantewhau3014]

Dean Lamb is watching closely from behind 👀

[@macwanderer7195]

What a Chad!!!

[@camdenwyeth316]

Wish we could get this instrumental version. Anyone know where to find it?

[@Djehouty1618]

Yeah 😍

[@peripheryfeb8461]

His glasses are nice!

[@jamesreed8517]

The kid got sum serious chops Jeff was not bullshiting

[@mezmur_]

This song was originally in drop B right? How does he tune this?

[@joelboyd9744]

Brandon Robertson he still plays in drop B with the 7th string tuned to an F#. F#,B,F#,B,E ,G#,C#.

[@nickodemusmaximus8559]

You can see that he mutes the top F# with his thumb when he chugs the open top strings

[@6idangle]

5 steps down on e, 3 steps down for the rest

[@GrahamScanlonDrums]

@@joelboyd9744 Considering his sig guitar has a 25.5" scale length, that low string must be either ridiculously loose or ridiculously thick

[@LoMeinTim]

@@GrahamScanlonDrums it's a 70, so it's gonna be insanely loose

[@niranmistry]

What a fucking hero, this tune is nuts hah!

[@skatevidcentral]

The Artist Formerly Known as Marc

[@julianhogendobler5271]

All Things Set Aside had the better riff grooves, the title track anyhow, but this song was always one of my favorites, the intro is so beautiful and his fingers are so damn long and player like.

[@francisofthefilth2970]

Thanks Ichika

[@Prayedpoetmusic]

The bloodlines camera doesnt do justice to how pink marcs guitar is. Its SO pink

[@Peron1-MC]

it looks like such a fun song to play. i could probebly play a few parts. with emphisis on few, but still XD

[@theocatti1236]

Fuck yeah

[@lostinlucidity]

This grandma can really play the guitar

[@raviolimaster]

no one else gonna talk about how has playing a song he wrote on a 6 string, on a 7 here? not as easy as it sounds especially with the way this guy writes.... i mean 0:45 for example, good laawdd this man has chops!!!!

[@Panupanplaydrums]

Marc playing sick riff : XP

[@j03T3XAz]

my GUY

[@fabiankl3931]

Damn, I want to be his Guitar...

[@richardpaulus9823]

I dont like the band or the music, their style, or color of that guitar but i admire this dudes dexterity. Quite impressive i must say

[@edima]

Honestly, that's my biggest respect to him besides his writing. The song isn't ludicrously difficult to play, but it's a hell of workout for those fingers

[@ellyisonyoutube4017]

He literally said "Not bad" at 0:58 after the crazy ass part

[@gamesnguitars1459]

Well that little granny plays amazing lol 😂

[@zer0ed779]

Mark using Polarity Pickups now or in the past?

[@BCFFLGENERAL]

🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@rizzinthebox7124]

did he really have a short chat unbelievable

[@offchance9053]

I honestly simp for this dude. Through all these years i just cannot get over the ability to not only play these riffs with such excellence but to compose them as well. I'm not the best guitarist in the world but i try most days to get better at playing VoM songs. I can play this one pretty well, but not like papa marc

[@waxyboy420]

Intro was so long i almost left bruh

[@BrendanDormanMMA]

the jokes are too good, so his playing from 1:00 to 2:10 ish is def interesting. I don't know if it normally has vocals, but the playing is terrific.

[@diabeticmonkey]

I see he’s got that “someone’s grandma” look going on