This is GORGEOUS! - First time reaction to The Contortionist

[@kleberketi760]

React to their album LANGUAGE, it's incredible

[@MichaelKrahn]

True! 👌🏼

[@SacherPunch]

Yes yes yes

[@jakeallis]

Language is like the gold standard for prog drumming and music theory

[@sleepstaticmass]

This or Exoplanet. They got me into playing techy riffs.

[@SteveOGRock]

High praise! Very intrigued…

[@smrtsvta]

Holy shit, I love the Contortionist. You should definitely react to more

[@DanSkinny]

EXQUEEZE ME?? First listen?? lol I am glad I’m here. Big fan is an understatement. I will follow this band as long they produce and I breathe. Contortionist and Aviations share a similar space in my heart. Also, guitarist and drummer are twins, same can be said for misery signals. It’s a buff.

[@SteveOGRock]

😄 indeed! Very much liking what I’m hearing here so far.

[@brianroachart]

Reimagined and Relapse are highlights, but Clairvoyant as an album is a real work of art.

[@Koivisto147]

I think I listened to this album well over 200 times. one of the only albums I just can't get sick of.

[@HyruleWanderer]

Monochrome (Pensive) is one of the most powerful songs i've ever heard. Makes me cry everytime.

[@sleepstaticmass]

Great band!! I didn't even think of mentioning them to you, but not surprised you enjoy them :) Great review as usual Steve!

[@irizaga]

YES! If you want to get a grasp on their sound before diving into full album reactions, I'd suggest Flourish and then Language I: Intuition. And as mentioned before in the comments, listening to their album Language is an amazing experience.

[@TheMrChugger]

They're one of the best, and I feel like everyone's forgotten how good they were/are. 'Language' was one of the best modern metal albums by a long shot

[@jakeallis]

The entire language album and the EP this is off of are phenomenal. Very talented musicians that are very educated in music theory and are able to make complicated music without being overly busy

[@Dilly-Winkus]

Great track, I also love Courtney Laplante's cover of part of this song she did a while back! Glad to see you checked out the song!

[@SteveOGRock]

Oooh, intriguing!

[@0x74D]

You will absolutely love Language I - Intuition by these guys. Incredible work.

[@JMGMusic]

No, it's gotta be language I and II. They're literally the same song.

[@Owenator26]

Love this band I remember when this single dropped had it on repeat. They really got my attention when they dropped their song Reimagined then a few months later dropped the Clairvoyant album just fantastic stuff then went back and listened to the Language album. These guys are due for some new music this song and EP dropped in 2019 it's been 5 years!

[@dandi-setiawan622]

My favorite band 😍🤘🏼🔥

[@brianedwards-nu7kf]

I had never heard them before, and I fucking loved this! Musically, I was getting some mid-career Thrice vibes 🔥

[@SteveOGRock]

Yeah man!

[@ericpierrebolduc3447]

I had never heard that comparison before, but I am a huge Thrice fan. You might enjoy their album called Clairvoyant, deep deep vibes.and plenty emotion lol. Cheers!

[@jdanyonsan1950]

Ahhh The Contortionist ... really good thoughtful band ... truely unique.

[@Koivisto147]

Anything by them is outstanding. Their first album was very deathcore, screamy, djenty etc, but each album after has been slowly getting softer and softer, more into a modern prog rock vibe.

[@bones6616]

LISTEN TO LANGUAGE ITS GENIUS

[@Iron_Backyard_ChefX83]

Great band! Their musicianship is incredible.

[@LucaLRyuzaki]

Unique band. Great reaction Clairvoyant/Language are very *masterpiece*

[@samcrorie]

That was nice! I got Tool/A Perfect Circles vibes. The harmonies were beautiful.

[@SteveOGRock]

Yes! Great shout with A Perfect Circle ✅

[@Panda_SMM]

the album Language is my top album of 2015. They have new music coming this year and I'm hyped for that, their vocalist is also in a band called Last Chance to Reason, who have released 2 new singles after nearly 11 years, it's very good. would recommend.

[@SteveOGRock]

2015?! Oh I am late to this party haha 😅

[@patoconaros]

Yes yes yes 🔥🔥🔥 pls more

[@saranaturegirl123]

I’ve just got into them!!!.....listened to this track a lot. I love a bit of prog and love the guys voice. Live in Atlanta is well worth a listen in your own time. I just bought cd Language.......it’s epic. Ps. They do heavy vocals too

[@SteveOGRock]

Oohhhh nice

[@BButcher-hg4nr]

Idk I'm more of an exoplanet/intrinsic guy but I do dig the new stuff. Just miss the Exoplanet days

[@florentmartiniere]

EBB AND FLOOOOOOOOW

[@julioivancontrerassoltero9828]

The contortionist lenguage 1 and 2 its a must hear

[@gSWG3R]

Another band whose drummer is VERY good, Joey Bacca's playing is so damn unique and balanced between musicality and technical skill. He's the only drummer, imo, who plays with a level of creativity and uniqueness that is on par with Jay Postones of Tesseract. Both bands are fantastic and are both producers of math/technical madness, but always contained by beautiful ambience, melody, and mature song writing ability in general. Love this band.

[@tylerpd52]

Yeah, you're really gonna have to check out Language I into Language II

[@PeteBaldwin]

If you do a reaction to the song Language Pt 1 by The Contortionist (and you absolutely should) - do the video that has Part 2 included as well (should be 9:40 in length). They need to be heard together as one track. It would be a travesty not to - like listening to Euclid without hearing The Night Does Not Belong To God first.

[@SteveOGRock]

Cheers for the intel!

[@stevenbanks1548]

Runs circles around deftones as far as im concerned