Thrice - The Flame Deluge and Kings Upon The Main

[@briantorsell]

The story behind The Flame Deluge brings me to tears every time.

[@sly11benal7]

Thrice best modern band on the map....great music for any mood you may be in✔💯🔥🌶🍸

[@BakerStreetShootout]

The alchemy index was such a fantastic concept. 4 discs (back when we bought cds lol) each for a different element, each its own style, and each powerful in their own way. I love that you guys are doing Thrice. Also, Vin, love the history lesson. Love your reactions!

[@samseison]

Yeah. The Alchemy Index is such a good listen. Do you have a favorite among the 4? Seeing them listen to this again makes me want to go back and listen to them again. Just in case there's something I missed or forgot. Plus my tastes and ability to appreciate music have changed a lot since I last listened to the albums.

[@ayotrippin]

@@samseison They're all amazing in their own rite, but The Flame Deluge might be my favorite of the four for its sound. The haunting nature of the warped triumphant anthem in the background is too good.

[@BakerStreetShootout]

Samson Aken'Ova I love Water and Earth, cant really decide between the four which is my favorite, each disk has a few that stay on my playlists, but Water I think gets played most for me.

[@zsoltsandor3814]

I really loved the idea that the last songs for each element are sung from the perspective of the element, like how we humans have been using the power of fire to destroy, raw or condensed into bombs, while fire is the "element of the gods", meant to enlighten us, literally and figuratively.

[@jaredmaynard1061]

Each of those final songs are also in iambic pentameter

[@dfbovey]

Vin, you need to binge the entire Vheissu album.

[@compeng2013]

Vin needs to binge all of Thrice from start to finish in order of album release!

[@ChaseVonnegut]

If no one has said it yet, each ending song from the four albums is a Sonnet (like Shakespeare poems, written in Iambic pentameter of stressed/unstressed syllables of exact length for each line). They are all different keys, but have same chord relationships. Written from the perspective of the elements and how man has come to use/abuse/take them for granted.

[@ChaseVonnegut]

Four disks* not albums

[@ayotrippin]

My man is woke to the beauty of them! What you just said is exactly why I requested them all together. That, and they're so different in their sound that the juxtaposition of hearing them together shows the band's range perfectly.

[@ChaseVonnegut]

I think I've been following Thrice since Vheissu. Not just some post hardcore/emo band, a cut above in my opinion. I think "Doublespeak" would be a good song for today's climate.

[@ayotrippin]

@@ChaseVonnegut Definitely a cut above, brother. I've been on since Vheissu too, I must have been 10-ish then, it wasn't until the last few years that I actually paid the attention due to their music. One of the best groups today, in my opinion.

[@ChaseVonnegut]

You down with Circa Survive? Another great band from the era.

[@TheLeviathansMusic]

Oh hey, those are my videos. Thanks for using them for the reactions. Glad you guys enjoyed Thrice. A lot of people sleep on them, but they're amazing. Also if you didn't know, the last tracks on each of the elemental albums are from the point of view and personification of each element. They are all also a sonnet. So for "The Flame Deluge", it's fire talking. and for "Kings Upon the Main" it's water talking.

[@ayotrippin]

Hey, man, I put in the request for these. I'd love to see more of these lyrics videos if you get around to it. Earth, Vheissu, and Beggars deserve some good lyric videos lol. I appreciate what you do, brother! Much love, God bless.

[@TheLeviathansMusic]

@@ayotrippin Working on Earth right now. Should have the whole album out by the end of the week hopefully.

[@Combat9259]

So glad you guys are doing thrice again. They have so much good music you need to hear.

[@DanielRodriguez-eh1qd]

Thrice!!!!! Hell yea. Stand and Feel Your Worth, For Miles, Of Dust and Nations, Like Moths to the Flame.

[@ChaseVonnegut]

Just all of Vheissu :p

[@DanielRodriguez-eh1qd]

Chase Vonnegut lol yup

[@Darrkness]

I love Thrice! Thanks Ayo! I know it's you! Thrice - The Weight Of Glory Thrice - Words In The Water Thrice - The Abolition Of Man

[@ayotrippin]

The Weight Of Glory is so good, dude. Words In The Water and The Abolition Of Man, too. Too many good ones!

[@BakerStreetShootout]

Really love Burn The Fleet too

[@ayotrippin]

@@BakerStreetShootout Oh, trust me; so long as I draw breath, we're gonna get through all of them.

[@red19dh]

Thrice is one the most diverse bands out there and the alchemy index strongly proves that. The music and lyrics are always amazing.

[@MrJordwalk]

"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." - HP Lovecraft "What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy." - William Butler Yeats

[@b2ickwall978]

I appreciate you building off the ministry of these songs. Love it!

[@cruxis27]

I see Thrice, I immediately click. Alchemy Index is such a diverse and unique album. It is so amazing!! Can't wait to see where this journey takes you.

[@sly11benal7]

Same....Thrice is my favorite band n always will be. I want to see them live again!

[@curtiswilson3569]

Thank you Ayo! The best!

[@noahgossman1868]

Can’t go wrong with Thrice!!

[@idhaname1]

Just listen to the whole Alchemy Index on your own time--so much going on through the whole "album."

[@ayotrippin]

Why on their own time when we could watch them react to all of them, song by song. Soon, brother.

[@georgejaxxon481]

You probably dont give a shit but if you're stoned like me during the covid times then you can stream all of the new series on Instaflixxer. Have been watching with my brother during the lockdown =)

[@lancewilder6037]

@George Jaxxon yea, been using Instaflixxer for years myself :)

[@ayotrippin]

Awesome reaction! I always appreciate it, guys. Sorry if the two-in-one was a bit chaotic, but I guess it's well-fitting for the themes lol The chaotic sound of the first one takes from the casual listening experience for sure, but I believe the impact of the message is much harder for its sound. As Sori said, the vocals sound harsh like a roaring and uncontrollable fire, the dissonant sirens echoing throughout the song, and the distorted and warped warlike anthem playing in the background really captures and reveals war for what it is. Hell. Also, I heard Vin mention the atomic bomb off-hand and I wanted to draw attention to the namesake verse of The Flame Deluge, as it's referring to the atomic bomb and the nuclear deterrent; "So I hid among the smallest things; you found me there and ferried me above. The flame deluge is waiting in the wings, the smallest thread holds back the second flood." Thanks again, I can't wait for the next two! As always, God bless!

[@curtiswilson3569]

Ayo Trippin you are my favorite. Thank you so much for more thrice!

[@lauriepoo928]

Absolutely beautiful!💞

[@nathanhilty6850]

Great point about Dresden. If you want to learn a little more about Guernica, Garrett from Silent Planet wrote a song about it - Northern Fires (Guernica) - and speaks quite eloquently about how he believes it was a turning point for how modern societies war. Definitely worth a look.

[@k.d2430]

Was this the first time listening to Thrice and any of their songs? The Flame Deluge is only small part of Dustin's lyrical genius. One of the best song writers of the past 15 years. And also song is about the bomb. Two perspectives being told within it. Very powerful stuff indeed!

[@jaybeezy4124]

Vin you are correct he is a Christian. He was at one point a minister. I can't recall if it was a youth or adult minister.

[@stevymartin1509]

I follow because I love your reactions. I really love Thrice. A Digital Sea is one on these albums that will maybe peak your interest. It’s funny I would consider myself an atheist but Vin should definitely teach religion. I’ve listened and learnt more relatability to the teachings in 3 short videos than I did in years of curriculum. It may not have changed my mind as of yet, but if everyone approached expressing their love and faith this way we’d probably not be where we are today. Stay safe 😊

[@ayotrippin]

Digital Sea is an amazing track, I'll see if I can request it soon. Look into DMT for the spirituality stuff, that chemical turned me from a hardline atheist to a universalist with a bookshelf full of world scriptures lol.

[@Kai_kmk]

Funny that in a animistic worldview fire and water have a soul. Shit hit the fan for the Humanity when we went from hunter-gatherers to farmers.

[@modernwarriorsystems7347]

Does anyone notice that they use the same melody and everything at the end of Flame Deluge as they do at the end of Silver Wings and Kings Upon the Main.

[@RudyCantGame]

Thrice used to sound so different

[@samseison]

Their sound has gone all over the place, honestly. Just the variation in the Alchemy Index collection is crazy.

[@RudyCantGame]

@@samseison i liked theit "punk" phase.

[@-AK-]

Thrice is always switching sounds and genres, I love all of it.

[@d.a.5161]

They sound diferent every time they release an álbum.

[@bryanfoster7684]

"How people didn't speak up even though they knew, but they didn't say anything or do anything, because they were trying to save their own skin." Sounds like someone should listen to Under a Killing Moon by Thrice. That entire song is about that concept.

[@troybaker8113]

Vin looks very on edge today. World events? Or too much caffeine or not enough?

[@ayotrippin]

I saw that too, I think it may have been the two songs in one video, it's off format and was probably a bit chaotic to try and address it all in one go. Or maybe it's because they just had a video claimed while they were filming the intro.

[@davidmachado11]

Moonspell - Full Moon Madness Moonspell - Night Eternal

[@troybaker8113]

Very interesting two choices from these albums. I’m a huge fan of Thrice and I wouldn’t necessarily ever pick these two songs for a reaction. Both very difficult to stay focused on. You have to be ready for lyric reading. Not too much musicality in them to me. More like essays

[@ayotrippin]

All four of the ending pieces are sonnets in the same fashion. They're not songs you'd listen to regularly but as stand-alone art pieces or the whole as a piece in itself... Well, unless you're like me and suffer the format for the meaning, though I've grown to love the format and sound of them.

[@troybaker8113]

@@ayotrippin I realized that after I wrote the comment. I went oh they're doing all four final songs.

[@ayotrippin]

@@troybaker8113 I got you lol. I requested all four since they're so unique but tied together conceptually and they're also an amazing display of Thrice's versatility.

[@troybaker8113]

@@ayotrippin I'm glad you did request them. I love me some thrice.

[@zockor]

Epica - Kingdom of heaven

[@rebelllionlad8049]

Myrath - Dance / Endure The Silence plz Vin&Sori

[@frankiecolombo5889]

I've been commenting on your newer videos to do thrice... I'm very late to the game

[@Raul-vl7ly]

Pedro where are you? Don’t give up bruh.

[@skaface32]

GG ALLIN live video review please

[@Joster80]

Oh yeah, this would be awesome :D

[@chrisclarke5430]

Please do VNV Nation - Illusion. Read about Sophie Lancaster and why this song is so important in the Goth community 💜

[@jamesmarshall4110]

Amon Amarth - Into the Dark!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Justiceforall55]

React to red fog by orbit culture

[@forestduffe9586]

React to the group: Scars of Life. Song: purity

[@giorgikavsadze3185]

Hi Vin & Sori Id appreciate if you could do a review about ULVER - Proverbs of Hell Plates 7-10. its from Themes From William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell CD1. since you guys are by far fairly knowledgeable about CHRISTIANITY and its all about CHRISTIANS talk BLACK METAL would be great to listen to you talking about it. after all thats what you are best known even in the PART OF THE WORLD I AM WRITING TO YOU. One of the most ancient CHRISTIAN COUNTRIES EVER! LOVE RESPECT from CAUCASUS. GEORGIA. TBILISI !

[@Brombit]

Jinjer - The Prophecy

[@steveconley838]

Acheron...I am heathen

[@StevenLamkin-z6e]

Do gojira's clone and blow me away universe you'll love it,it's seriously heavy 🤘

[@mimic4844]

Gorgoroth Open the Gates please.

[@jiwaplastik6520]

I just watch Led Zeppelin Stream HA HA Anybody?

[@k.d2430]

You clearly are both trying your best to dissect lyrics but you have missed so many points. It's crazy that you didn't mention nothing about the calm part of The Flame Deluge and wonder why Dustin begins to sing softly after all the aggression before. And yes he is a big Christian.