The Human Abstract - Moonlight Sonata - Movement 1,2 and 3 - Ludwig van Beethoven Cover

[@dave63864]

Thumbs up if you knew when to turn the volume down a tad.

[@gtrob1]

I have headphones on, and I cranked it even higher!! Now I can't even hear myself type on a mechanical keyboard.

[@thaddeusk]

turn down for what?

[@iangarza990]

@@thaddeusk the distortion, drums, heavier bass, just the climax

[@thaddeusk]

@@iangarza990 I was just making a bad song reference :P.

[@iangarza990]

@@thaddeusk lol im stupid

[@Ryanbibisi03]

the accuracy at which they performed it compared to the original is astonishing, they are a gifted group of musicians.

[@jeremiahfulton103]

Too gifted to make money and be happy at the same time.

[@Brianz99]

One does not simply turn down the volume when Ludwig van Beethoven is being played.

[@jeremyhosner8684]

Time to turn it to 11

[@McGroinwad]

MAKE AN ENTIRE ALBUM OF METAL CLASSICAL MUSIC AND TAKE MY MONEY.

[@jeremiahfulton103]

That would be less effort, at least one is classically trained and is clearly capable of doing the "hit list" in his sleep.

[@NcHalfrican]

...with technically-proficient musicianship, two characteristics that bands like THA and BTBAM almost undeniably share.

[@El.Sasquatcho69]

I miss human abstract :(

[@brandonb7519]

Between the buried and me??

[@El.Sasquatcho69]

@@brandonb7519 that's exactly what he meant

[@elidrissii]

I just finished the BTBAM cover of Bohemian Rhapsody, which reminded me of this, and I couldn't not listen to it again.

[@bobbythepsycho]

Between the buried and me are fuckin unreal

[@versiroazversiro424]

What the fuck 3:14 scared the shit out of me.... jesus,,,, >DDDDD

[@jakewilson613]

Even after reading this comment, It scared the shit out of me! :D

[@Anaklasis1]

Yep, saw the comment, braced for it, and still jumped. Fucking headphones.

[@winstonmisha]

Me too. But the immense eargasm I had afterwards could compensate for it

[@Caveman5014]

Thanks for the warning haha

[@courierz9451]

SON OF A FUCK! I HAD THIS WITH MAX VOLUME IN MY NOISE CANCELING HEADPHONES TRYING TO PEACEFULLY ZONE OUT! Imagine my shocking surprise at around 4 minutes... For a moment, I thought it was one of those pranking videos...

[@shaylagarcia1321]

Never fails to scare the shit out of me

[@lunarhaze105]

Courier Z same 😂 I was about to sleep and then that part hits

[@TheEmile96]

Still breaking my speaker in 2019 👌🏼

[@Metalface213]

EPIC! I think Beethoven himself would headbang like hell to this. Amazing arrangement, amazing playing!

[@parkersyoutubechannel]

Movement 1: 0:00 Movement 2: 5:20 Movement 3: 7:28

[@tom_bout]

@0:00 @5:20 @7:28 FTFY

[@SKEPSISsean]

That 3rd movement though

[@cuteblondebaby91]

Read comments, knew it was coming, still jumped. Fuck.

[@Dsnyder000]

This is now my favorite thing to blast on my car radio at a stop light.

[@jubzzinsaine99]

the way these guys blend metal with classical is beautiful to say the least. im impressed. my mother even liked it but thats only b/c my mom is into classical.

[@colin_rose]

It started as a demo. I suppose they could have/should have remixed or remastered it for the "official release", but that's why it has sub-par sound quality.

[@skater7744]

@InciteDATRIOT i suppose he does get too much credit, but midheaven shows what happens when they try to release an album without him.

[@shannoUndead]

Still listening in 2018 🤘🏻

[@jasontower1205]

I keep coming back to it too!

[@innerselfspark1384]

I'm listening to this fine track in the year 2069 ;) I like this calm yet still groovy kinda shtuffs to be blaring at 11 while I'm doing sex on my robot girlfriend! ... she likes much heavier stuff...but she only gets to pick the tunes in September...every other month is mine! Hehe

[@El.Sasquatcho69]

Here in 2021. I'm always listening to my nostalgia years of music though as the algorithm doesn't show me new music nearly as much.:(

[@iangarza990]

i just had this recomended! havnt hear this in a while, feels so refreshing!

[@rindanefikirleriolan1flano664]

Daniela Ruso and The Human Abstract are truly masters at Beethoven's pieces...

[@briandennard7989]

3:15 always gives me a damn heart attack! It scares me every time and I know it's gonna happen! >.<

[@fattybergeson]

Masterminds. I really hope these guys don't decide to break up. They are one of my favorite modern metal bands.

[@tomradero]

This is the most awesome cover i've ever heard in my life. It's sad that it's not on Spotify anymore, i listened to it daily for years. This was a very unique band that i couldn't share with anyone beacuse the particular genre it fits. Awesome band, and listen to Art by Numbers that were the spiritual succesors.

[@skippigames]

It’s still on spotify. Listened to it last night

[@tomradero]

@@skippigames so it's not on available on my country anymore then :(

[@c.j.echave]

Art by Numbers also became Artificial Language

[@aerrikhovden2704]

From this day forward, movement three of this piece if the most incredible thing I have ever heard.

[@jdavidcade]

This, and everything about The Human Abstract, is simply phenomenal.

[@hecbox5497]

still listening sept 2024

[@vohnj6151]

Same dude. Same.

[@Seleguadir]

These songs are absolutely entrancing, especially like this. Thank you, THA.

[@IheartToxicWaste]

BLOODY FUCKING BEAUTIFUL!!!

[@michaelexile]

always gotta check the comments for that time to lower my volume because I can never remember for the life of me

[@123123boobies]

Pi! 3.14

[@tybrewing9807]

Watch out for Pi.

[@ganondorfchampin]

You save lives.

[@mohitrahaman]

@@ganondorfchampin Lives of Pi

[@ShreddingStehr]

Aj is such a musical badass

[@ThatDangGingerXV]

@Acousticnoiseuk They didn't break up, but they are on hiatus. This was recorded by the guitarist around the same time digital veil was being recorded

[@flaze3]

This was just ridiculous, but I loved it all the same, and credit goes to the band for their careful attention to the details of the original :)

[@RyanKaufman]

Best guitarist before he even hit his prime. Never forget.

[@FABRIZZLE]

Awesome to see amazing metal musicians paying tribute to the roots!

[@c.j.echave]

This is one of the most amazing things I've heard

[@alejandrolazaro2481]

Beethoven kicked every metal music player's ass before they were born

[@vinayseth1114]

+Alejandro Lazaro True- the guy was metal as hell before metal was born...I mean terms of his attitude to music-making!

[@josuerizo10]

+Alejandro Lazaro he was a metal head of those times along with mozart. his music was not conventional and initially frowned upon because the intense compositions.

[@SirCyan]

Tbh Vivaldi was more metal

[@tabshiftescape]

+Vinay Seth metal was never born. Metal has always been, and will always be.

[@danielleyost379]

Yeah, but Wagner kicked Beethoven's ass.

[@Markeanu108]

This is magnifique , and so godlike

[@ap0calypse31]

Please let this mean they are still together. Also, classical covers is awesome, and bold. Seriously though, if you read these comments, the metal world needs you.

[@Inmestu]

this was recorded during the making of digital veil if i remember right, but they still havnt said whether or not the band is broken up. the only person that has even hinted at it was henry

[@timeslowingdown]

Better than I was expecting... It's actually enjoyable.

[@eduardodiaz5762]

2020 and I would still play this hardcore out my speakers!

[@1010Bass]

Dean is a fantastic musician.

[@TheMan750]

This is the type of music that shoud be outlawed by, that is how good and extremely hard it is to repeat for a novice like myself

[@kyleokok]

@Acousticnoiseuk Released a couple of days ago but it's from their Digital Veil sessions. A couple of months ago Henry their bassist released a Facebook status implying that they were broken up...but the other day Dean replied to a Formspring question and said that basically Henry was out of line in his statement...they're all kind of doing their own thing right now (Dean in law school, Travis left for family) so I really hope they're just on hiatus.

[@Titrant123]

Who knew Beethoven made such great metal music?

[@TubeMeeify]

that's what we should talk about BEETHOVEN should be proud of this .

[@fattybergeson]

Awesome man! Yeah, I am really excited for new releases from them. I feel like very few metal bands today write music as well as they do.

[@sixstrinngmunky]

This was recorded during the sessions for Digital Veil. All guitars are Dean Herrera.

[@takingiteasy17]

That moment in all its ridiculous over the top metalness, made me give this video a thumbs up.

[@1KILL1SleepDemon]

@Sodhats I think this works just fine. Just because your lack of taste is in the way and clogging up your ears doesn't mean it doesn't "work". Experimental tracks like this adding metal to classic (which is where Metal was originally truly derrived from), is a pleasant change from the rest of the Metal world.

[@TheGhostGuitars]

I think the sound level on this track is ok. This rendition of Bethoven's Midnight Sonata is different than the others (both before and after this one), but in a cool way. Good job folks! I suspect the problem here is peeps hear the subdued levels in the first 3 mins and crank the volume forgetting the increased tempo and energy of the Second Movement (@3:14) onwards.

[@roideus]

07:28 gives me the chills

[@MagicDragonPuff7]

MY MIND IS BLOWN

[@TheRedMelon]

Holy crap, this just blew my mind.

[@yesfan157]

Maximum ear-fukt. I love it.

[@jesterzach101]

The band never had any intentions of breaking up. They were on hiatus for a while because the Bassist told everyone he was selling his gear and they were breaking up...but the band is still together and looking to tour :)) Quite frankly, this band is one of the greatest bands eveer. Digital Veil was like Ride the Lightning..now im waiting for The Black Album

[@MrRichardBanger]

I know this is a silly subject to debate upon but I honestly think he would have been astounded by it. Hell I bet ole Ludwig would have been a huge Human Abstract, BTBAM, and Animals As Leaders fan. There is no way that someone with as keen a musical mind as Ludwig Von Beethoven wouldn't be able to see the incredible beauty behind bands like the aforementioned.

[@azdarkforce]

The crunchiest part of the piece :D And one that requires most headbanging :D

[@nocheaterspleas]

Human Abstract please don't die on us, the metalcore world is more garbage than ever. We need more bands like you to make it not suck.

[@montikore]

Ah this comment made my heart ache all over again. Sorry on behalf of the future world.

[@rocklobstar5672]

i felt the exact same way at the time. still do....its so sad ....

[@tear728]

The year is 2023 and im sorry to report that music is pretty much dead in general lol

[@Saplingbat]

Y'all need to spend more time actually looking for new music to listen to. There's hundreds of brilliant artists out there, but nobody is going to feed them to you. You have to get out there and do the leg work, or you'll fall into the same exact trap as every other person as they age, ending up a boomer that listens to the same 50 some odd songs and saying shit like "music is pretty much dead".

[@Popovic75]

​@@Saplingbati agree but no one making Neoclassical prog metalcore like those cats

[@basstomouth1822]

These guys gotta come back maaaaan

[@hailsithis1]

Beautiful indeed my friend

[@TheSlainhart]

3rd movement is so beast!!!!!

[@landypaule]

Am i the only one who recognizes that the sound is clipping???

[@laurensdegroote8970]

They kind of overdid it on the drums on this one, imo. In Digital Veil it's an artistic choice. It's not really clipping but a limiter with too low of a threshold

[@johnfossett1423]

Of course we all hear it so watch enjoy the music one of the finer guitarist from the past 2021 May coming up

[@johnfossett1423]

AJ passed on this project this is Dean the king all alone everything done precisely

[@jesterofsynn]

I officially died at 3:14...beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@NicolasIshiki]

cara, não canso de escutar isso

[@kyleokok]

@MegaEpicwin He's doing a lot of teaching...he just graduated his master's program. I'm pretty sure he does Skype lessons so basically anyone can take a lesson from him. But deep down, I know that guy is a classical guitarist at heart. I think he does THA for the fans, but I'm not sure how much he enjoys it. Though I do really hope he keeps playing with them if they decide to get back together in the future.

[@zc720]

I can tell you used midi. Care to share how? I really enjoy this and will likely be coming back often to listen to it. But before I do I would much more enjoy if you told me how you did this.

[@CRABBATTLEOLIOLIOOOO]

Well man, just think about it. Heavy metal has only been out for, let's say, 30 or so years. Your grandpa didn't grow up listening to that. I'm sure when you're a grandpa, you'll still be listening to this, because everyone else reading this, including me, will still be rocking this shit 40 years from now.

[@greentelyse]

He stayed so true to the dynamics of the real song.good stuff! @Omgtkseth: I think u mixed bach and beethoven. Moonlight sonata was composed by ludwig van beethoven.

[@rawen127]

hey. some time ago aj wrote that on facebook. he postet a link to this vid and said that it was dean herrera playing all the parts. thats at least what i have in mind :P should be correct

[@grimripper4179]

I'm not a huge fan of the second movement but I think that The Human Abstract did a good job at making it just as interesting as the other two movements. :)

[@thtguywiththeface]

I dont care so much for the not so great quality but the moonlight sonata is still great (both beethoven and the human abstract)

[@SkyCatStudios]

I've played this on piano. Pretty cool cover.

[@winstonmisha]

Wow this is a totally different way of experiencing this piece! Can't say I don't like it though ;)

[@JasstoJazz420]

This is awesome!

[@adam060792]

Best $2 I've spent in my entire life.

[@kornelpanko3248]

This is THE music !

[@Klex816]

This motivates me to practice ear training.

[@MrROFLKNIFE]

My favorite part of this is that it sounds only slightly different than their original stuff in terms of complexity

[@kimmcglothlin8543]

love this

[@gavin__]

Movement 3... good thing it's laundry day

[@Vinniewashere]

SO MUCH BASS IN THE FIRST PARTS AHHH

[@EddyMorino]

The band isn't necessarily broken up yet, check their wikipedia page.

[@delicojeje]

This is fucking amazing.

[@Sodhats]

@1KILL1SleepDemon ...right You realise I was talking about the compressed, heavy drumming being used in otherwise quiet sections, right? Because the opinion you just patronised doesn't bear much resemblance to mine.

[@thetosman]

Holy shit this is awesome. It's $1.99 on iTunes by the way, definitely pick it up.

[@sweetdemiurges]

Holy shit.

[@MissAdrenaLinn]

13:31 I had the volume up really high for the first part and it scared the b'jesus outta me. :b

[@Pr0x1mo]

@InciteDATRIOT he's the actual musician in the band, everyone else are just technicians.

[@kryptictao]

@technicalnote4t no you are not. I too was startled as well. This is awesome.

[@TheMan750]

@TheMan750 i was so enthralled with this song i misword a sentence

[@MegaDomnick]

TONE TONE TONE TONE TONE TONE! bahahhaha it's beautiful ;( how does A.J do it?!

[@thomasblanche9642]

Where are you guys??

[@BDChupacabra]

Thomas Blanche dead

[@Meirnon]

We're already assuming that he's been brought back to life which is impossible enough. Not giving him his hearing back would just be cruel.

[@omgtkseth]

Ah, its nice to see some havent forgotten about Jason..

[@AeonAxisProductions]

amazing

[@sertralinazero1]

EPIC

[@TheBrianna4555]

It's actually you that doesn't 'get it' - Yngwie has been doing classical inspired and classical covers since the 70's. If I'm not mistaken, he performed a dozen or so songs with the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra. I didn't say "This needs flashy solos" or any of the other shit you're throwing into my mouth. I'm just saying that this was a pretty poor effort and there have been people doing this, but better, for dozens of years.

[@MrWiggerdale123]

Daaaaaaaaamn

[@RyanKaufman]

Yes. So do kids in high school. THA and BTBAM aren't rare in their talent, they're rare in the fact that they make money off their talent. Most go unnoticed, and the rest don't even try, as they feel they'll never make it. Jason Becker would be an example of someone who would catch their eye, I believe anyway.