Storm Corrosion - Drag Ropes [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

[@kolbykauffman4180]

Still think of this video from time to time. I can't separate the lyrical, atmospheric art in the music and the haunting, macabre art of the video. Steven and Mikael are geniuses.

[@Kronida]

Then you probably would like Axelexa jobs (early videos on his YT channel). Check it out, hope you like it, specially his Fable Bables series (on his playlist), or specially everything!

[@scammin4pigham150]

I randomly thought of it the other night and was just blown away yet again. Ljudet Innan is my fave off the album

[@James-ke4gq]

For real I saw this in college just as I was getting into my art rock/metal prog phase especially tool ghost and porcupine tree and when I saw this it blew my fucking mind wide open

[@SP-vl1jh]

Yup. That's why I'm here again.

[@kahwigulum]

Steven Wilson is one of those non-bassplayers who does more for the bass than many other musicians. I love how he doesn't bury it behind the mix but rather uses it to accentuate the rest of the music as it was intended.

[@kreiontresadenn5633]

He's actually quite good at playing bass (last PT record, for instance).

[@Ziabatsu]

Anytime you have Mikael Åkerfeldt on vocals, you can't really go wrong.

[@JANsEffectHouse]

True dat!!!!!!

[@codybeinert1109]

Amen. One of my favorite singing voices, up there with Sting and David Gilmour

[@vedranbakic1039]

@@codybeinert1109 But Sting and Gilmour can't growl. Mikael excels in that. :)

[@polymathing1614]

Akerfeldt is one of a kind. From Bloodbath to this and everything inbetween he has always created original and beautiful music

[@jro341]

Just caught up and this is one crazy journey of great music. Like the great composer’s of the past get together now with this.

[@Forsakenvald]

10 years and this still beautiful...

[@dylansantos5958]

The entire album is

[@NorttVander]

12 now

[@SixStringsOfWonder]

I cannot even express how much I love Steven Wilson and Akerfeldt. Saw both of them live last year and they are just on another level.

[@prakaashgonella]

These guys aren't making music for people, so that they may get heaps for praises and loads of flattery. But, they are the kind of men who make/create music for themselves, so that they like to listen to them and appreciate what they are blessed with. It just shows!! That's where the true awesomeness lies too. Genuineness and Simplicity!

[@petardoychev5531]

I can't believe I've been listening to the whole Opeth discography for years and I found this GENIUS piece of art only TODAY. Where have I been ? xd

[@kahlenbrown2278]

The time signatures at 5:00 are insane. The background vocals play a slow 5/4. The line "And the truth will now be told on manifold" is 8/8 counted with triplets. And the bass vocals are 6/8 at that same triplet tempo.

[@michmyers73]

Not sure, but I actually think that the bass and background vocals play in 6/8, just with each phrase lasting 5 bars. Also, I can't really spot triplets in lead vocals - however they are in 8/8, and instead of triplets I think it's just that it has patterns of an eight note followed by one sixteenth, making that "Truth-can Now-be" part feel a little off center.

[@jeremybrown7470]

Stolen from close to the edge

[@asloii_1749]

@@jeremybrown7470 wrong

[@jeremybrown7470]

@@asloii_1749 the Idea, not the part itself lol

[@3601-c3k]

@@jeremybrown7470 holy shit. they stole the idea of polyrhythms! bruh

[@Leishtek]

I once read something in a review of the band To-Mera; something that has stuck with me ever since. It went something like this: "Sometimes it's not the music's job to appeal to or impress you. Sometimes it's you that has to broaden your horizons and learn to appreciate something that was previously out of your scope, like how when you're first learning to do new math you can't do it on your own but you can do it with the help of your teacher." I feel sorry for all the metalheads who can't enjoy Heritage or SC because it isn't metal enough. Musicians that can transcend musical genres and still be good are rare. It's too bad that that Opeth and co. are too big for you.

[@dangoldsmith8905]

I feel sorry for people who can't identify a bad record just because it is produced by a genius. Heritage is an empty failure :(

[@jaredarbizu6373]

Heritage is by no means excellent, and is probably among their worst albums, but it is also nowhere close to being an empty failure. It still had its moments.

[@javierbustos5697]

Dan Goldsmith Heritage is by no means a failure. You want a bad record? Metallica has done a large amount of them, same as Megadeth. Compared to them, Opeth has yet to make a shit record. I feel sorry for you, coming here with that attitude as if you were such an expert on the subject (If not, I'm sorry but that is how I see you for the thing you commented) when the reality is that you probably dislike the record for having a totally different approach than the previous ones. In other words, I assume you dislike it for not being metal enough :/

[@dangoldsmith8905]

Don't assume. I posted why I don't like it. Heritage is empty. It has tons of empty space sonically. It is not complex and lush and beautifully arranged like almost all of Opeth's other records. Mikael and company lost their way. I sincerely hope they find what makes them brilliant once more before I die :)

[@slapmetalbassftw]

Dan Goldsmith You mean what makes them brilliant to you. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions. I happen to like Heritage and Pale Communion, and I like all their other stuff. Look, bands change, people evolve artistically; and they should be able to do that without close minded fans giving them shit for it.

[@bishalpoudel8353]

Now my dear friend Now for your sins You're to suffer Here it begins Drag ropes forth ward Shame will save you How can you say no ? Turn of the screw Gallows feel Dawn's relief Hood to blind you Be at peace I was mortal but I am your friend To stay and fear beside you Always here (I know) I’m always with you now And the truth can now be told on manifold And the truth can now be told on manifol Now my dear friend Now for your sins You’re to suffer Here it begins I was mortal but I am your friend To stay and fear beside you Always here (I pray for you) I’m always with you now

[@TheAdam159]

Steven Wilson and Mikael Akerfeldt: the best things to happen to music in our generation

[@Mafroland89]

Love this song! Steven is a mastermind, and colliding with Mikael is just perfect! I've loved Opeth since the beginning, and porcupine tree is my favourite band, so this just makes perfect sense to me!

[@AwfulWeather5684]

That was an amazing story told without words, I don’t know if it was original or based on an old folk tale, but that’s what it felt like, like an old folklore tale from the 1300s

[@Chessdrummer83]

Truly brilliant clip. The artistic expression of these 2 and any person they choose to work with is unparalleled

[@cestarianinhabitant5898]

Damn how did I not know of this collaboration? What a masterpiece! Mikael Akerfeldt never ceases to amaze me!

[@daario4278]

Same I didn't know either

[@TheAdam159]

Opeth and PT are amazing enough on their own, but together? Unstoppable. It's amazing to think that a proper full length collaboration has taken this long to emerge.

[@rupanjanchakraborty8777]

Different layers of music coming in and blending beautifully with those subtle meandering notes creating magic!!!

[@Shornetastic]

Most intense puppet show I've ever seen.

[@cardiacade]

+Shornetastic You obviously haven't watched the Muppet Show. (,

[@keithmcclanahan8117]

Shornetastic.... Probably the most intense you ever will see too!! Lol

[@craigroaring]

You haven't seen The Dark Crystal?

[@ryanpaiva4497]

Dr coomer

[@scyphe]

@@keithmcclanahan8117 I'd say the 2D-puppetry used for Opeth - Watershed - Porcelain Heart is quite intense and very well made (I don't know if it's the same artist but it's very likely that it is).

[@chriscarnell859]

I love the beautiful melancholy of this song so much and the video adds so much to it. If anyone were listening to it for the first time I'd recommend they see the video. It's stuck in my mind for years.

[@lueurtrouble]

I love this album. It's mysterious, a true surprise when it was released. Hope the next one soon

[@luanaf.trevisan5216]

Nem acredito que já vai fazer 10 anos desse álbum maravilhoso. Time flies.

[@sabatagambino2162]

This was the first song when i hear mikael's voice, and was something like "my god Who is This guy, Sounds amazing" then i discover opeth in Im still in Love of the work of mikael, oh and was the first gutural Band that i hear and i remember get scared of his voice and At the Same time in Love. That was 8 or 9 years ago, Just Beautiful memories

[@dinonicle97]

This was a nice piece of Art! Havent Seen something like this in a while.

[@dr.kennethspeers8014]

1:54 when I thought he was comforting the child. That was jarring.

[@ismileatsquirrels]

hadn't thought of this song or album in a few years. it still elicits a strong emotional response. beautifully haunting music and video.

[@Angerissues84]

I cannot stop watching this. Its not my taste of music, but the song & the video just merge, so well 2gether. Its the best music video Ive seen in a long time

[@Mistakesonpurpose]

Wouldn't expect any less from two of my favourite bands.

[@Lalo-cw1fq]

By the time this album was released I thought it was awful. However, nowadays I really love it. It´s become one of my favorite ones. Many of my paintings exist by this music.

[@Zealot_cs]

this album, as well as Bass Communion's most albums, as well as the new Opeth, In Cauda Venenum, hell i could even mention TOOL's new album Fear Inoculum are albums you call "growers" They grow on you, you may not like them instantly, but the more you listen to them you realize what a piece of art is entering your ears.

[@MorgueRat]

Do you share your artworks on any platforms? Would be interested to see what you've created from this music.

[@mr.spirosmav1425]

wonderful song, from an atmospheric cooperation from two great composers!

[@bradfordmoeller]

still waiting for the second album

[@erikvarusio]

Bradford Moeller I guess we will have to wait for long time.. Wiki page says "While the two have expressed interest in working together again, they have not committed to writing another album for Storm Corrosion in particular."

[@manco828]

Erik Varusio Can you imagine a combined PT/Opeth album project? I don't think the world could handle it.

[@erikvarusio]

***** Too much to ask for lol..How'd you call that? "super group" wouldn't be enough

[@AriagilTheLadiesMan]

Bradford Moeller I asked Mikael Åkerfeldt when I met him in the late 2014, on the Pale Communion tour. He said he has actually no plans with Storm Corrosion at all, but I didn't forget to tell him what an awesome project it was (and that another album would be really nice...).

[@Javier-il1xi]

+Cristian Babeș It would be so dark and dense that it would start sucking everything around it. Heck, not even light would escape it

[@RyanWStevensonmusic]

I watched this a week ago and i wasn't overly impressed, but after listening and paying closer attention to the video, i have to say that this is really something special and beautiful.

[@ohman74]

This album is gonna take a while to digest for sure....like anything this unique and new and complex it's brilliance will slowly reveal itself.

[@190Dylan]

The change of Opeth will always shock us. but we all end up leaning towards how amazing Akerfeldts vocals are

[@bertberw8653]

This is not Opeth

[@phillyblunt8473]

@@bertberw8653 I don't believe anyone was confused about this not being opeth since it says Storm Corrosion at the top of the page. But good for you for noticing. 👍

[@vineetpande449]

@@bertberw8653 this is from the opeth family of associated bands

[@Frank1979Zappa]

Which change?

[@deadbodybaby1]

@@bertberw8653 you’re not heterosexual

[@Huija]

It creeps inside you the same way the song develops. It's just perfect.

[@MegaCirse]

Dieu est là pour ceux qui perdent toute chance de s’accomplir sur la terre. Il les accueillera aux portes du paradis mais n’interviendra jamais de leur vivant, ce n’est pas sa politique ! Tout simplement superbe !!

[@andrew12awesome]

Wow, that was absolutely mind blowing. I have almost no words to describe how amazing this was.

[@omairsh8]

*Haunting* No words can truly describe this song. And the video perfectly encapsulates the mood

[@zyga399]

...It is a journey through the darkest depths of sadness and longing, through a land of pure beauty and palpable fear

[@nikollaider174]

one of the most favorite albums in my CD collection. one of the most favorite albums in my CD collection.

[@RickBanerjee1313]

Beautiful concept of the video....

[@jermjansen]

Very impressive! Beautiful music and a sad, dark Burtonesque video. Well done Steve and Michael!

[@mattcecchet3960]

Varg Vikernes shouldn't watch that... Just kidding, really beautiful.

[@Steam1979]

+Matt Cecchet LOL!!!

[@MSA]

@Zedrik Allen turbo lol

[@majsiewiczm57]

Mnie ta muzyka nie przekonuje.Taki groch z kapustą

[@Flaggius]

Wow! What an atmosphere, this is like Opeth and Porcupine Tree combined and taken to the next lvl. Absolutely incredible!

[@patricka5071]

I can't stop watching this video. The art style is absolutely captivating.

[@ingvaldandre]

Jesus Christ... Music is art, art is expression, you cannot change the way a man wants to express himself or what he wants to tell or express through art. Art can be so much! That is what makes it so special. No one told Picasso what to paint, he expressed what HE meant through his paintings!

[@telezonika-mg]

This is just a master piece, both music and video

[@L4L1LuL3L0]

My God, I need to see some Disney movie after this. I dont know, Frozen or Rapunzel. Yeah, with a nice ending.

[@keithmcclanahan8117]

L4L1LuL3L0 This would make the most disturbingly badass Disney movie ever!!!!........... I want it!

[@HighTicket2Freedom]

This is my first listen to Storm Corrosion and so far from i heard i am liking this :)

[@cdnore11]

Glad there are over a million hits on this song. Gives me hope

[@jro341]

This is really good! It changes you every time you hear it.

[@CHAIRLEGSIFY]

I really enjoy the fact that these two can show what they're capable of. They have the means to expand from their respective genres and create something that is truly magical.

[@FourStringFreakk]

\ m/ so metal!!! in a beautiful, abstract way. which is one of the greatest things about metal in my opinion. can be brutally melancholy in a sense like nothing else. well done!

[@jeppeman3]

So beautiful, got tears in my eyes

[@moggotropolis1]

Beautiful.

[@LukeWatts85]

I just heard Knots by Gentle Giant and the whole "Lies are man-i-fold" section is HEAVILY inspired by the start of that song. And I think Steven Wilson even did a remix of the same album "Octopus"

[@wstone2010]

That high hat and strings with the little piano flourishes are so perfect. Wilson is a GAWD.

[@sidewayssky17]

I didn't know Steven Wilson formed Storm Corrosion!

[@saskiakroonsberg]

Sideways Sky Because he didn't. It was something Mikael Åkerfeldt and Steven Wilson made together as a project.

[@keithmcclanahan8117]

saskia kroonsberg Jesus...... wouldn't that mean he did in fact form the band as well. Nice job buddy!

[@Zealot_cs]

@@saskiakroonsberg you see, i just would like to educate u a bit, Steven was there prior to Mikael and Opeth, and Steven was the one who contacted Mikael first. Moreover, Mikael was fangirling all over the place when Steven sent him that email, just like you are now here. So yeah, we could say Steven formed Storm Corrosion with Mikael, but the one who has always been there first is Wilson nonetheless.

[@vanchuvega3696]

Tim Burton Are you watching this?

[@fozza3232]

Best comment so far.

[@vanchuvega3696]

What would he say or think about this video?

[@getlost8027]

the animator already has worked with him.

[@keithmcclanahan8117]

Get Lost Yeah it shows

[@craigroaring]

He refused to watch after finding out that Johnny Depp wasn't in it.

[@carlsedon2571]

another addition to the amazing Wilson canon.

[@ianvanarsdel4342]

5:00 Gah! So good! Powerful imagery, excellent vocals, creative chord usage, and dat bass line.

[@spencergallucci5309]

One of the greatest music videos... wait no, one of the best pieces of art out there nowadays. Absolutely love it!

[@vacuity71]

Damn! Was listening to Opeth and saw this. So glad I clicked on this one!

[@Jarbizu800]

This is a music project between Mikael Akerfeldt (from Opeth) and Steven Wilson (of Porcupine Tree). If you like this and Opeth, you should also check out Porcupine Tree and Steven Wilson's solo material.

[@vacuity71]

Thanks! I'll check it out!

[@stanpol191]

The whole song is masterpiece, but part 7:20 - 8:15 is truly stroke of genius. And fantastic act is combine anime and this music. Great!!

[@luciancioba]

This is art !

[@mladthelad]

I wish people respected others opinions more, instead of being self indulgent. Haters, heartily hate it, but don't openly hate the people who love it. Taste is subjective. And I love this kind of music.

[@carlosb6205]

My best bud Greg showed me this! Always think of him when I listen, and the memories on the road!

[@mattibelli1]

Steven and Mikael, they should do more together 😉👍

[@lemmitelecaster]

This song is the soundtrack of the entrance to hell.-

[@keithmcclanahan8117]

Emiliano Acuña Yep the devil rapes lost souls to the sweet sounds of Drag Ropes lol

[@N199822]

Oh, GodXDXDXDXD

[@iDoqz]

ikr, this would be the perfect track to a horror movie as well

[@Gravja]

Id share this to my facebook but I know noone would even give it a chance. Damn shame so much imagination isnt marketable to "the masses".

[@samdepaepe6534]

+Gravja same here :)

[@Irina35mm]

+Gravja Well, did you comment something in the post? I feel like that 'pushes' or 'motivates' people to actually click on it. Wait, I re-read what you said and you didn't even try! :)) That's just hipster AF :)) Tho, you are technically right. But maybe you're the one who didn't give it / them a chance :D But, like, on fb it isn't exactly ''the masses'', it's our circle of people... with acquintances too, sure, but... Eh, I'd suggest trying to find some peeps who share your values. (I know, how revolutionary of me) (what a silly comment that didn't really say anything, I'm sorry. I guess I just wanna reach out to people that like Opeth-or-Opeth-related-stuff and hug them and/or give them a medal or something ^^ )

[@ivansanchez8799]

you are superior dude! you are above everyone else good for you! xD

[@asloii_1749]

@@ivansanchez8799 oh shut up thats not what they were saying

[@asloii_1749]

youre part of the reason it isnt "marketable to the masses" maybe if youre shared it then they would actually be able to give it a chance

[@Meneziz312]

I love people who think they can say if a music was bad or not for everyone. I love this song and Storm Corrosion but I don't go to see people to say "If you dislike this, you don't know what is good music"...

[@WybjornVR]

I fully agree. Theologically when it comes to justification perhaps not, but Christians as human beings in and of themselves, absolutely agree.

[@onszammel1631]

little peace of heaven prog version

[@jay4612]

Lmao.

[@ukaszgrzeszczak6408]

8:00 I cry ......

[@terran236]

jesus man, steven wilson cant stop being so dark and bleak. Be happy damnit! lol jk i love his style mixed with opeth.

[@JimInFlames]

When I heard those two would write an album together I was afraid of what I would hear, I cant believe my ears and my eyes now, for me this is magic

[@carloseugeniocarlos4287]

Astoshining song! Mikael and Stevie are true music genius!

[@AnnOrangeable]

5.43 that bass.. ugh

[@ricardomartins3791]

+Ann Spliffy love that part!

[@MikeySkiy]

5:00 Mellotron Scratch inspired?

[@kahlenbrown2278]

The first time I heard mellotron scratch I was so disappointed when it just cut off at the best part. This relieved that itch.

[@williamreynolds3487]

The video makes me think of Still Life.

[@lucianametal]

Simplesmente maravilhoso o clipe... a música então nem se fala.

[@MrRoobsy]

most original music video ive ever laid eyes on...Genius

[@loudpaw8723]

very creative. very

[@scudfly357]

Like watching a Tim Burton movie

[@N199822]

but his movies always had some kind of happyend

[@jessea4438]

So tim burton but alot more depressing

[@1971Sdiaz]

That's why i don't fall in love with witches, lol! Amazing video form Jess Scope, and band of course!

[@AlysounRI]

This is my fave track from Storm Corrosion - the album, as a whole, is darkly cinematic. I enjoy it very much.

[@kraterkop]

My absolute favourite song of 2012 off all genres combined. Just perfect!

[@Gordyan_Knot]

Well, that was dramatic.

[@keithmcclanahan8117]

Barry Muth way to repeat the guy word for word..... Good job buddy

[@canb0]

He uses the potion that he got from alchemist to change the souls with girl , so actualy boy got hanged and girl got her revenge

[@CrabMusicCrabMusic]

or he poisoned her so she wouldnt have to suffer death by hanging ),: we will never know

[@asloii_1749]

thats an interesting take

[@chriscarnell859]

Chloroform maybe so it knocked her out and she didn't suffer from the hanging

[@canb0]

@@chriscarnell859 After a couple of years, revisiting this fascinating music video, you're probably right

[@liquid2114]

And that's how varg vikernes started burning churches....

[@funkyshit76]

What a great Video from Jess Cope, absolutely perfect for the Track

[@sonicx2218]

HOW HAVE I NEVER SEEN THIS? How have I never heard of this before? I have never seen a music video in which the audio and video compliment eachother so well, let alone one longer than 4 minutes. This band, and this video are amazing. More, I must do research

[@porflepopnecker4376]

I think I saw this on Sesame Street once.

[@keithmcclanahan8117]

Porfle Popnecker Nah that's just the cocaine talking

[@jmcateer0]

the story being portrayed is kinda similar to the lyrics from "her ghost in the fog," by Cradle of Filth...I feel kinda ashamed for knowing that.

[@portishphonic]

Dani Filth is a lyrical genius and one of the most amazing poets of our time. Whatever you think of Cradle's music, this point still stands, so there's nothing to be ashamed about.

[@rosalina9768]

What if Steven wilson Devin Townsend collab

[@mVujic92]

+John Adams It would be the most epic outcome one could possibly imagine

[@TheZoomootoo]

+John Adams they both would want to do everything both with the music and in production, and the world would explode in the ensuing battle

[@TheDamnBeast]

Easy, bro, you don't want the earth to collapse.

[@rosalina9768]

Ikr

[@E1666000]

there's nothing in this planet that would endure that epicness

[@MsCygnusX1]

This is glorious- so beautiful.

[@bertberw8653]

One of the greatest sadnesses of my life is knowing that there will probably never be a second Storm Corrosion album

[@dylansantos5958]

Let's have our fingers crossed

[@bertberw8653]

@@dylansantos5958 🤞

[@piyushslayer]

Varg Vikernes, is that you in the video?

[@yurisucupira]

This gives me a lot of Corpse Bride vibes.

[@guidorosende5185]

Only a burning church is a luminous church....

[@Themisssarcasm]

"You're to suffer. Here it begins." This song is beautiful.

[@WybjornVR]

I'm not sure it would get the attention but I don't think it's a bad thing. The whole reason we're here is because we know them and love what they do. If you don't like creativity you probably don't like Opeth or PT. They have a lot of credibility in my books and constantly expand my horizons, this influenced me to start looking in Scott Walker (whose later albums I now love).