SPIRITBOX made Holy Roller 2.0!

Discussing Spiritbox's new track "Angel Eyes"
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[@theopinson3851]

The sickest thing about Courtney’s screams is that they’re in key lol. You can hear she follows the key* changes perfectly, much like she does in Belcarra as well. *chord

[@Cerecyte1221]

Yeah I love that aspect of this band. The drummer follows suit too, he always changes his symbols and heads to match the key of the song.

[@SothorosDjents]

@@Cerecyte1221I hear people complaining about the drummer for this band and don’t understand their beef with him at all. The riffs call for relatively simple and tight drums and he nails it.

[@mortisnoctu]

Yesssssss Courtney is great in that way

[@passagenoir]

idk who tf got beef with him, he is an absolute machine behind the kit!@@SothorosDjents

[@EnvisionedBlindness]

Her screams are *pitched* The *key* is the specific arrangement of intervals you use based on the western 12 note chromatic scale *A-G* with a sharp/flat of each note directly after each note besides the notes B and C + E and F The key in this song does change and I’m not gonna say I can name what they are just after a brief listening, but what you said is just the wrong terminology entirely and you’re gonna piss theory snobs off and confuse others that don’t know anything and then they’ll make a fool out of themselves repeating the shit you said because they saw someone else say it so confidently Addendum for clarification: screams are normally an atonal sound. They can’t be pitch corrected with programs such as Autotune because they lack any tonal consistency that would allow them to be. (Andrew Baena has a wonderful video on this topic) If you can “pitch” your screams naturally, however, it means you can get closer to an actual tonic clarity with a noise that otherwise wouldn’t. It doesn’t mean you’re in key or hitting any of the notes within that key unless you’re “tonally” screaming, or singing with “heavy distortion” which is a sound you can find very often in bands like architects and bad omens, where they are fully hitting notes. Chris liepe has a plethora of videos on learning how to do that very technique if anyone is interested in free and valuable education. You will never find a single instance of anyone referring to screams as being in key, this guy is using anecdotes from entirely different concepts to justify his original stance.

[@andrewwestfall66]

The whole EP has been incredible, spiritbox does not disappoint This breakdown had me chewing on pretzels like I was a breakdown beaver

[@GabrielXDrums]

Spitbox 😂

[@andrewwestfall66]

@@GabrielXDrums brooo noooo not the autocorrect again 😭😭😭

[@PeterTurbo4Ever]

dude, "breakdown beaver" is my new favourite expression

[@dropkickpherby6994]

Breakdown. Beaver 😭🤓

[@andrewwestfall66]

@@PeterTurbo4Ever @niknocturnal anything can be metal part 400 breakdown beaver 🦫

[@mobyhuge6334]

My dawg this literally finished premiering...this man is a time traveller

[@coldmoonlight6361]

*privileged

[@mobyhuge6334]

@@coldmoonlight6361 OR being friends with the artists

[@Benlovescheese]

Yeah he just got it sent by the label

[@Samew0001]

He interviewed them so I imagine he got first dibs, and was sent it.

[@Lycan-Media]

I've had the album since Thursday Privalaged by living in new Zealand

[@jessicastoker8932]

The Void is my absolute favorite Spiritbox song, lol. I love the drums and the tempo and the "soaring through the sky" feel.

[@GeekFurious]

I plan on waiting in hell for people who don't like The Void.

[@MrFearlesskiller]

@@GeekFurious the void was pretty meh, honestly, spirit box kinda fell off

[@gonzaloffline35]

are you drunk or just deaf?@@MrFearlesskiller

[@CyclesAreSingularities]

@@gonzaloffline35 rage bait

[@SG-us4gz]

@@MrFearlesskiller100% agreed. They haven't made a good song since Circle With Me.

[@mertsamig]

01:02 Hysteria highly recommended, imo its best breakdown in modern metal

[@Krzysiek9521]

The track you're talking about is Hysteria. It's one of my favorites from them and it has one of the heaviest breakdowns I've ever heard.

[@GeekFurious]

He seems to have a problem remembering amazing songs.

[@ThatYellowPokemon]

Spiritbox's breakdowns are so good because they're just unique, not just heavy noise. Courtney's ability to sync with them is insane.

[@Krzysiek9521]

@@SG-us4gz Still a newcomer to the metal world tbh, so far not going much beyond Knocked Loose in terms of heaviness.

[@SG-us4gz]

@@Krzysiek9521I appreciate the honest reply, I deleted my snobby comment and apologize for my tone. Welcome to metal, I hope you enjoy your journey into the wildly different genres until you find what really gets you going.

[@Krzysiek9521]

@@SG-us4gz I didn't find anything worth apologizing for, but appreciate your politeness. I'm taking my time, it's been 2-3 years, but I'm the type of guy to really get into one band and then listen to their catalogue on repeat. So far I only know a few bands well and I'm slowly expanding my knowlege. Going back to stuff being heavier than other stuff, I think it's very subjective. For example, for me slower usually means heavier. Contrast is also very important to me - a nasty breakdown in a diverse song (look: ST's The Summoning for example) hits harder than when the whole track is an "ass-beater" (like Demolisher by Slaughter to Prevail), even though the breakdown by itself is much heavier.

[@kyunasan]

I was waiting for this react so much.. Today was such an epic day to listen to Spiritbox, the contrast between Ultraviolet & Angel Eyes is PERFECT! Discovered them with Rule of Nines & Blessed Be, and they are still my favorite band after all these years.

[@davidpalmer8419]

The transition from Too Close/Too Late into Angel Eyes is beautiful.

[@fadinginthenight]

Nick: "What song should I make a video on Friday?" Courtney and Mike: "Ultraviolet" Nick: ok Angel Eyes

[@evilemuempire9550]

Honestly that was my favourite song on the ep, I do love some chonks and brootality, but the vibes got me in that song

[@Parcivals-Creations]

I’ve been thinking about this for so long now 😭😭😭

[@amandag1337]

Yes I love that you can hear sounds from all their music combining into this masterpiece. I love Ultraviolet and Courtney's performance.

[@kevinquinn6403]

Holy Roller (deservedly) gets all of the clout but Silk in the Strings is right up there and deserves more love, super underrated. Cellar Door and Angel Eyes are right up to par with them. New EP slaps

[@sarahm4669]

I love listening to Secret Garden up to Eternal Blue... start off catchy and melodic, then headbang all the way through Silk in the Strings and Holy Roller, then recover with Eternal Blue 🤘

[@gehtdichnichtsan9323]

silk in the strings bruuv 🙏

[@brasscrown3300]

all of you sleeping on Hurt You frfr

[@Porchungi]

Electric cross is a super underrated banger as well

[@cyancut21]

When first hearing it, I didn’t like Silk In The Strings at all but repeated listening to it in the context of the album anyway…and then one day it just hit me, absolutely loving it since then, as you say deserves much more love

[@lunethias]

I absolutely ADORE Courtney's resting-bitch-face/curious disgust expression, my GOD I wanna aspire to mastering that expression. What an idol.

[@Magdalena8008s]

This EP is spectacular. Simple as that.

[@scottmorey6212]

The djent chug on the breakdown hitting between beats really caught me, makes it more unnerving - love that wrinkle

[@broodiestsnow02]

This new EP is so good! Probably my favorite of their songs. You can really tell they were passionate about it instead of pressured to make it.

[@Zairn12345]

This goes so hard; good lord. From the vocals of Courtney non stop ripping, to the drums, guitar… man. Speechless

[@TastySorcerer]

Song you were missing in the beginning is Hysteria, one of my all-time favorites

[@VinylCollektor23]

Outro is insane

[@PeDDeR27]

Glad to hear of someone appreciating Belcarra as much as I do. I feel like it doesn't get as much love as it should! It was the first Spiritbox song I heard as well, and it's probably still my favorite song by them. This one is sooo goooood though!

[@rafaelandrade07]

5:04 put the face with "did we Go lower?!" On a shirt, i'd buy

[@David-fh3rv]

Never heard of Spiritbox until I started watching your channel. Can’t stop listening to them now

[@reloadingdontshoot1]

Unleash the Archers, Spiritbox...man, Canadian metal is great Also love how every vid has Courtney just singing normally, but the actual in studio voice she's done for the song destroys your soul. The contrast really adds to the whole experience

[@thepotatolord3052]

My favourite Canadian metal band is blasphemy

[@DrDipsh1t]

Are they really Canadian? Mike is the only actual Canadian in the band now lol. Courtney is a southern belle from like Alabama, zev from Pennsylvania if memory serves right, and Josh from Alabama as well

[@Diesel27]

@@DrDipsh1t kind of both. She moved to BC as a teenager.

[@trevorfogel7140]

Brand of sacrifice too

[@jamesb120]

UTA is awesome

[@wraithwastaken.]

The breakdowns on Fear of Fear are just BRUTAL. Spiritbox is so amazing.

[@xMakeyourself28x]

Brooo it blows my mind that I saw Courtney and Mike back 2015 at the All Stars Tour in Atlanta with IWABO and to see them now is like wow, amazing stuff 🔥🔥

[@sethjenkins9263]

Spiritbox: Breathes. Nik: Time for a new reaction video

[@JmR201]

SAME

[@jhamilton1007]

Man, Zev is such a beast. Plus, Mike is a genius at arranging Wow! Good stuff, Spiritbox

[@anthonydowling9569]

"Spiritbox, they just make me smile" Perfect

[@JesseRich-q9r]

The shots with the burning steel wool are FIRE, They’re also pretty sweet lol mad props to the cinematographer

[@cycl0ps0297]

Hysteria!!!!❤❤❤❤❤ (that's the song you were blanking on Nic)

[@DaanPunaan]

OK my favourite breakdown of 2023. Haven't heard a breakdown that hits me instantly in a long long time. It's that clever rythm

[@Onetwistyboi]

I listened to the ep beginning to end on release and made the STANKEST of faces when angel eyes kicked in

[@WiseWordsofWill]

Love that they brought back lyrics from the bridge in Jaded and put them in the pre breakdown to Angel Eyes, not sure what that's called, like a motif? Idk lmao but I like

[@currentlyvibing9916]

Finally got the riff that had me anticipating this song for the entire time until now. Worth the wait 100%

[@JjsWorld77]

This track literally blew my mind. Being a newer fan..I didn't realize they got down like that

[@lxsmddws4553]

I just watched their new video. Wonderful as always! And I agree with you, Nik)

[@Griffolion0]

It's genuinely not fair how far ahead of everyone Spiritbox is right now in the scene. Genuinely incredible.

[@Choombus]

I swear to god, Spiritbox just keeps getting better. I was shocked at many parts

[@paragonca9736]

Hysteria. The song Nik couldn't remember

[@Nick_ID_1VFXArtist_und_Cutter]

Love it❤ and the little Premiere -OfflineFile at 3:40😂

[@williamsummerson1204]

Thx for the reaction nik. Spiritbox is a phenomenal band, this song is greatness. Courtney is a goddess, Mike's guitar playing is insane and Zev's drumming is ridiculous.

[@El.Sasquatcho69]

Bruh imagine my complete surprise realizing thats iwabo vocalist and guitarist in spiritbox metal musicians be changing up they look so much i never realized an i never look into the individuals mostly. Unless it's guitarist and they gotta be shredding. Wild

[@StarlordStavanger]

People on Reddit think this EP is boring, but those people don't matter, EP freaking slaps!!!!

[@libEluLLah]

you really take into consideration opinions from reddittors? 💀💀💀💀

[@SeventhCircle77]

R/metalcore is a joke bro don't worry

[@geraltoftexas7631]

Reddit is full of a bunch of neckbeard coomers that complain about everything like cringe liberals.

[@comradesub9166]

Hey man to each their own. I found this EP pretty okay but mostly forgettable. This song and the Void are pretty good though.

[@thatbitchashley828]

This band as a whole is boring.

[@facuwind4758]

hace mil años no hace estás "reseñas" y las únicas dos en mucho mucho tiempo son de sus amigos de spiritbox, rarísimo...

[@voidedgeSTofficial]

This song goes so hard his video got an error message at 3:43 🤣🤣

[@ryanmiller167]

You need to write a spirit box song and use Harper for the vocals, that'd be badass

[@actuallyasriel]

The song you couldn't name was Hysteria by the way lmao

[@ReinkeEric]

😂😂🤣🤣 ..."are we doing dummy again?" love it Nic!

[@Med___Lee]

1:02 The breakdown of Constance probably

[@Aeryon_616]

It can’t be heavier and filthier than Cellar Door I thought.. and then Angel Eyes happened 🥲 what a beast of a track!

[@seanredgate]

7:03 My exact reaction of when my boss emails me that I have to come into the office on Saturday..

[@jonathanshore5768]

I love I loved iwabo for a long long time but I’m glad they when in this direction playing more in her zone instead for the memes

[@thygreenknight_0]

I got an ad right as the breakdown started. Needless to say, i am now using an ad blocker, and don't care that KZbin hates me for it. Don't mess with my breakdown happy moments.

[@houstilicious]

vildhjarta and dethmask ep influence is awesome omg i love new spiritbox

[@keeganwilliams2507]

i know Courtney is a busy woman but man oh man i hope she makes a one take video for cellar door and angel eyes gahdamn

[@lovelycutemute]

the song hit so hard the video of his cam corrupted at 3:40

[@pantheratora]

I really liked when Nik transformed into a Adobe missing footage error screen. Was that your Halloween outfit?

[@Gobbostopper]

Im very hungover and that comment made me giggle thanks dude

[@rz5260]

Hysteria from Rotoscope is absolute destruction

[@heavylayers]

Haha listened to this ep this morning and when this song kicked in… I was sold

[@devcor]

3:42 "...автономном режиме", Nik are you fully embracing russian at this point? :D

[@ВинсентПуух]

вот я тож не понял, че за нафиг. то ли софт нашенский(?) то ли фиг пойми че за намёк... а может... а может... он на астралинксе сидит О_О =)))

[@mathcorenya]

Тусич с Сашкой так просто не проходит)

[@Nick_ID_1VFXArtist_und_Cutter]

This is the standardgraphic for a Missing/Offlinefile in Premiere pro, his faceccam Videofile was Missing there, they contain 3 or 4 lenguages on that graphic😅

[@Bloodfeathers]

this EP is my favourite new music for a while. So good!

[@russellhagy]

This song bangs. This EP bangs. Spiritbox bangs. That is all.

[@LemmyCliff]

Spiritbox are gods of metal.

[@Duckk35]

I discovered spiritbox because Elizabeth. Its such an amazing band

[@GeorgiGeorgiev69696]

too close too lost is my fav song from this EP

[@syntezjaofficial4240]

I love how Nick try not to say anything bad about The Void, especially after watching podcast with Courtney and Mike

[@heidiakapineapplel.f.9795]

This gives me Mara or Belcara. SOME END. I cant put my finger on it. but I HEAR IT! & THIS IS MY FAVE! As soon as Mike teased us with it MONTHS ago, I knew I'd LOVE!

[@Emil_Stoltz]

The thumbnail makes Courtney look like Mama Welles from Cyberpunk 2077😂😂😂

[@bryantwiltrout5492]

Not gonna lie I had a big smile on my face from the get go. I knew it was gonna be heavy. This made me so happy.

[@timonuotio6395]

I listened this ep 3 times in a row today. And I like spiritbox, but my chaotic mind loves IWABO!!!

[@MaddoggTrading]

Love that Josh Gilbert joined up, made me get into Spiritbox and they are awesome all around

[@resq2nick]

1:02 hysteria

[@winklerdinkler8309]

Jaded is a song that i need playing in my ear while i sleep

[@uncle_thulhu]

Man...Spiritbox's bteakdowns lately are just f*ckin' ridiculous. Like being carpet bombed. In the best way possible. I literally felt that in every single cell of my body.🤘🤘🤘🔥🔥🔥🤯

[@bunky8077]

Mike had a short showing the recording of the chorus riff from a while ago. I knew I had heard it somewhere before

[@jirojarin2142]

3:43 He was so stoked that the source video went offline!

[@accordingtokayla]

The Void grew on me tbh. One of my favs now lol

[@megalithaaa]

exactly what I thought when I first heard this song. it's like they released a draft song of what holy roller would've sounded at their first attempt.

[@cerberus3504]

This song is like Obzen from Meshuggah mixed with Ashen from Humanitys Last Breath Amazing

[@lookimabat]

You got this video up so fast!

[@WrathfulCat585]

This might be the best spiritbox song ever.

[@MrMikko5000]

Angel Eyes rocked my socks.

[@wickedPrints3256]

Belcarra 2.0 but with beats and crunchy wholesome goodness. That pitch shift together with the drums is so good. The drums and guitars are super tight. They really drive the groove into your bones. Solid track!

[@Jordo_1]

@1:31 Duly noted 😂

[@banorant833]

Spiritbox never disappoints, have you watched falling in reverse watch the world burn live?

[@smellslikebillydoo]

I've absolutely loved this piece of art!! I've been ecstatic all day about the fact that I have noticed things each time I listen to it. Just pure fucking awesomeness!!!

[@LionheartSJZ]

The one Nik is referring to in the beginning is Hysteria. Still one of my favorite songs.

[@dastardlygonzo]

Spiritbox just gets better and better.

[@jesseeminonieminoni7398]

Nik your forgetting there work before that with like beauty of suffering and Maria effect like that

[@bradleyzorg]

I felt just liked you felt. subbed, keep on entertaining us! RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

[@thecreatorofallviolence]

The mara effect pt 1 and 3 are my fav

[@Flawlezz91]

1:03 Nik is talking about HYSTERIA (I assume) which has a nice breakdown (aka "boo boo buuh") and released along with ROTOSCOPE and SEW ME UP

[@Remmy-iq3bs]

Phenomenal. Keeps getting better

[@ninjasownpirates]

I also agree with the creep. This and Cellar Door went hard throwing it back to the whole spooky, scary spiritbox schtick of pre 2020. I'm not mad one bit. Very sad that we probably will never hear another Ryo feature going forward. This would have been a perfect throwback opportunity.

[@Virelia-V]

absolutely in love with spiritbox...

[@isajmody2344]

I was working on my Music Around the World Project and started my Canada (12 bands) part, while I was whittling down my Costa Rica pick and finish Austria. Just wanted to let you know, you made my Brand of Sacrifice section, Nik. I waited for today to finish my Spiritbox section.

[@kenobi4146]

funny thing is that this Spiritbox track was published at the same time with this Nik's video :D spiritbox paying to nik, nice

[@zona9155]

I didn't realize the 5 head nic has before now. Wow. I'm astonished

[@hunnaspain18]

Courtney is such an amazing vocalist!! Also she and Mike will join me on my member only stream tonight.

[@Austinwevo]

I agree with Cellar door being more evil and this one more bouncy.

[@Austinwevo]

Nah I take it back. Watched the music video like 4 times. This shit is evil too if you are ready the lyrics while watching the video.

[@WrekuiemForAMeme]

Oh so excited. Nik, I much preferred when you played it through uninterrupted first them did the commentary 🖖

[@rhyswatkin]

3:41 went so hard he lost the media