Hacktivist - COLD SHOULDERS - (Official Video)

Official Video for 'Cold Shoulders' Written and Performed by Hacktivist.
Available on the self titled EP "Hacktivist" - www.hacktivist....
Video Filmed And Edited by Zak Pinchin.
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LYRICS:
There's a shining at the skyline and its twisting
manifesting into something big
you can try to hide but it won't do a thing
next level more than anything seen
we take over your days over
two blades on my cold shoulders
contagious like a Trojan you're frozen ice age
these days are far from golden
Volcanoes erupt from beneath
as we stand here gritting our teeth
a thousand years go by in a week
as we lose the world to this piece by piece
as thunder rips through the seams
like a lightening strike
you can never break free can't leave
like a government scheme
your sucked in locked in
without no key
They ain't got no patience
bodies get left with bare lacerations
you don't wanna see their retaliation
no explanation they start an invasion
They've been incarcerated sedated
their pupils dilated most hated
for making you open your mind
to what we've designed
As nations divide
you can't test whats happening
its more real than its ever been
I'm looking from the other side
Times are hard as nations divide
gotta choose a path
hold on hurricanes and shooting stars
hope mother earth takes me with open arms
I'm looking from the other side
I'm nothing but an outcast
hear the sounds from the blast
catastrophic turn the amp up a couple notches
put your hands up if you got this
As nations divide
you can't test whats happening
its more real than its ever been
I'm looking from the other side
this poison's destiny
the one thing that was meant to be
Theres a shining at the skyline and its twisting
manifesting into something big
you can try to hide but it won't do a thing
next level more than anything seen
we take over your days over
two blades on my cold shoulders
contagious like a Trojan you're frozen ice age
these days are far from golden
As nations divide
you can't test whats happening
its more real than its ever been
I'm looking from the other side
this poison's destiny
the one thing that was meant to be
Walk this line
So far from a day dream
how can i choose when i can't see
you will never out last me
I'm on top of this don't put it past me
lets wake to reality
#Hacktivist #ColdShoulders

[@haxborn]

It's 2022 and this song still holds up as one of my favorite songs of all time. Still know the lyrics like I actually wrote them myself. I remember so well when 20y old me, high as a kite, heard this for the first time just as it released, which resulted in me having a sort of divine moment where I felt like this song made me know who I was and who I wanted to become as my eyes started to tear up. Hacktivist has helped me keep my sanity many times!

[@jamesfenriz1204]

Not a truer comment exists on KZbin.

[@whyking0815]

Thx for that open and vulnerable comment. Music has that power. Wish you all the best!

[@xKyleChaosx]

I can't believe that they didn't become one of the biggest rock/metal bands about by now.

[@SalomonX88]

This EP brings back fond memories. Saw them live 2014 they were epic!!

[@yeahnahyeah]

rapping about real social and political issues over metal (what ever subgenre they are) has got me hooked

[@mtchll306]

ikr ! They're like RATM, instead of rocking out to 666's they rap about issues that actually matter.

[@thebeallendallabstractthea7614]

Rap Djent,or Djenty Rap

[@thebeallendallabstractthea7614]

They have Rap Metal,and Nu Metal elements as well..

[@thebeallendallabstractthea7614]

With some Grime elements

[@jacksonp2397]

@@mtchll306 does ratm play about stuff that doesn't matter. oh boy....

[@giovannislasagna]

This song gives me the fuckin chills! Somethin about their rapping with those sick British accents and those harsh guitar riffs with that ethereal atmosphere in the back! o__o

[@alieninstallation50]

Rage Against The Meshuggah Park

[@fleshofgodfog462]

LMAO

[@sergioperezr]

Accurate description

[@lyricus89]

So accurate bro

[@justinpruett7070]

Well said my friend

[@miserirken]

It's more like *Cypress Meshuggah Shikari* to me...

[@skylarwanke5310]

Always nice to hear a metal band go out of the incredibly restricted box of what metal is "supposed to be" or sound like.

[@skylarwanke5310]

xXMarsOzXx Good question. Maybe neither, maybe both. Who knows?

[@superZEUSTER]

xXMarsOzXx metal then grime i think

[@siergiej013]

Zener Oner Grime is more about beats than rap, so i think that "rapcore" would be the best term.

[@superZEUSTER]

nah, uk grime atm is very lyric based by what ive heard

[@max_matusko]

Progressive Rapcore =)

[@yoe91]

1:30 EXCELLENT clean guitar part. One of the best two-chord parts I've ever heard. Deeply ominous, and mysterious.

[@basickrecords]

Who cares what genre it is? It's Hacktivist and the music's great and that's enough.

[@2BLACKHEARTS]

These lyrics only grow more relevant to how the world is as time goes on.

[@CALL0US.]

Michael Raspini still holding strong in 2020 👁

[@HisPeopleRestored]

Facts, big ass facts

[@brandontadday6288]

@@HisPeopleRestored ooft, 2020 COVID squad where we at!

[@vlagavulvin3847]

2022 comes to its end...

[@k.2768]

Thats the Hacktivist i used to Love

[@TMProjection]

i miss the original hacktivist crew

[@summitthescale]

So much emotion and anger packed into the vocal deliveries, riffs and especially those early 2000 inspired melodies. Its like I'm a kid again.

[@ImNoctica]

I wish the vocals were louder in all of their songs

[@doughty616]

Finally I branch of modern metal that is worth listening too

[@GaryOK]

Heart of a coward are another UK band worth checking out man \m/ But agree Hacktivist are well decent !!

[@aspookyskeletonappears5844]

I don't think it's that we just hate all rap. The Rap-Metal war has always been about philosophy - A lot of rappers talk about getting money and bitches. A lot of metal lyricists talk about "real" (for lack of a better term) things - war, violence, loyalty. Now what do we have? Rap vocals with metal lyrics. Behold this beautiful creation. Does this mean we can all get along now?

[@linktojinx]

Literally perfect tonality on all instruments. Perfect frequency curtain from 15hz to 30Khz so far as I can tell.

[@youtuberobbedmeofmyname]

By far their best track still. Even in late 2017.

[@PiousMoltar]

One of the best songs ever. Even in 2022.

[@lcarusLives]

@@PiousMoltar Absolute banger

[@dayumdayum1149]

even in 2023

[@danyfire12]

man not that i hate the new guitarist but timify riffs was so godamn good and chunky i miss thoses time.. their recent music is still good but will never have the effect this band had when i discovered them with that ep, timify cleans vocals was also the shit i miss thoses man..

[@inspektorsx683]

Truly agree with you man, old guitarist and back vocals were much better than current ones

[@boonbuck13]

A genre is defined by the ability to associate common features between different artists.

[@archa1624]

This would give the adrenaline rush needed to fuel a good run.

[@itsheavymetal]

BIONIC JIVE It's like they still existed and had had a musical evolution.. so to speak. Interesting project, I like the NuMetal approach to some vocals plus the new sounds/guitar tunnings/bass drops etc..

[@Patryk_Luna]

Where was I when this came out?! 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@NatendoSwitch]

Just about to leave the matrix.

[@EckoTrustSkulk]

animals as leaders are still the kings of music.

[@sillymonkey829]

Djinkin Parque.

[@josephhernandez5329]

Finally a groovy genre of metal with rap ! This works guys ! not like washed out attilla

[@gandalfdengra5580]

Saw them in Stockholm together with KoЯn, and holy shit they were amazing live!

[@2ndCthulhu]

The reason people actually argue about this is that "Djent" is more or less just a single element of music that is heavily used by a wide amount of bands which may indicate it's an actual genre. IMHO, the term "Djent" refers to a technique of playing your guitar like sweeping, tapping, tremolo-picking etc., because all the other elements used by "Djent"-bands may apear just as well in any progrock/metal band (ambient, electro asf.) of your choice.

[@mikepro500]

Their style is so djently grime dark and progressive, i love it. *.*

[@XX-bo5pb]

WTF WHY HAVE I NEVER HEARD OF THESE GUYS?!?!?!!

[@haxborn]

My initial thought, although 2 years after you...

[@Vildhjartah]

2:52 omg

[@RazieMal]

This isn't metal and rap. This is Djent and Grime. In other words, Heaven.

[@alienjjj]

this will always be my fav hacktivisto track

[@gustavochavez6308]

Rapshuggah

[@bryanhuamani6099]

lol xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[@marock411]

Kinda reminds me of Enter Shikari

[@89ry89]

yeah the white guy reminds me a lot of the vocalist from enter shikari

[@callumwingrove4899]

Ryan Wolfe They played Reading fest and got Rou Reynolds from Enter Shikari as a guest up on the main stage, was incredible.

[@Patryk_Luna]

Yeah. Except not shit!

[@ideneroozbayani125]

Rap Metal, straight out of '99.

[@AlexanderAndreassen123]

Yep, this is why metal will never go mainstream.

[@jeromepsx]

greetings from france cool sound,cool voices,cool band .....

[@max_matusko]

thats a great support band for KoRn!

[@FormativeApple]

I'd much rather listen to this than Korn

[@gandalfdengra5580]

Sam Willwerth You have KoЯn to thanks for this kind of music.

[@PandemonicHypercube]

Gandalf Den Grå not really. Korn didn't invent rap metal, and the metal part of this music owes more to Meshuggah than anyone I'd say.

[@max_matusko]

you are absolutely wrong dude, but thats ok

[@user-fj6kk1vo8n]

Anonymous2708 __ This guy has the right idea ^

[@CALL0US.]

7 years later this song holds strong! 🖤 That outro omg . “So far from a day dream, how can I choose when I can’t see, you’ll never outlast me, I’m on top of this don’t put it past me, LETS WAKE TO REALITY!”

[@PiousMoltar]

Where does the time go?

[@ThugNerd]

yeah it's still a fresh epic outro by today standards

[@SamMassingham]

Its more of a sound than anything, it's that de-turned compressed bass and guitar noise combined with a level of technical ability

[@doggnuts6815]

djent + rhymes = the new nu-metal? debate

[@Jyotinanda108]

Just discovered these guys, awesome

[@user-fj6kk1vo8n]

They're talking about real shit. That's what the people neeeeed.

[@t.jheitmann6536]

This song unbelievable relevant for the UK now.

[@dedicatedenemy]

The mix in the intro riff is totally off, but as soon as that disappears at around 1min it really kicks on. Loving it more and more on each listen.

[@PsionicMonk]

Lads your vid got 1million views congrats! This shit is straight amazing and I love it. Better rapping than most rappers and great musicianship

[@xDisgorgementx]

Intro sounds so much like Tesseract

[@chrisd.7473]

This is exactly like Tesseract + rapping. It's ok really because it's great, there are some bad ideas and some good. This is clearly a good idea.

[@aragorn767]

I get an old school POD vibe from this, but with Meshuggah style guitars??? SICK. Metal rules and resides over all types of musical genres.

[@simski3000]

The vocalist is called Rou. Infact Hacktivist are supporting Enter Shikari in their intimate tour in April

[@Maverick274]

DAT NU-DJENT!! WOOOOOOO!

[@xvxTRIGGERxvx]

Great Fukin idea. Djent & Rap. Nice stuff guys

[@stefanulbert6218]

they even CAN play! I love the breaks them play!

[@dusted1337]

No one's better than the other, they just have different flows.

[@crunchyjoel]

Hacktivist got me through the drive from Oklahoma to Maryland. Fucking excellent drive.

[@barrywhelchel9005]

I used to listen to meshuggah and I honestly don't hear the so called "ripoff sound". Many bands take influence from others and I see why people think it sounds similar but meshuggah is much lower and monotonous imo. I think the sounds are different enough that they can't really be compared. People need to get out of their old music elitist mindset, it's 2014 for fuck sake.

[@gabriellevi734]

Realy... Meshuggah has a totally different approach for their songs. Can't be compared, but I like both a lot

[@thebeallendallabstractthea7614]

There's many Djent bands Meshuggah fans claim to be a ripoff

[@maximef.994]

Well, Messhugah pretty much started what later became Djent, so yeah I can understand the similarities some people hear (like at 2:23 that's totally Messhugah's style).

[@zoltarwizdom6708]

Barry Whelchel I hear influence, this is an excellent song. It’s own thing, inspired & individual.

[@tfwnoyandere]

this is lower than typical meshuggah

[@ThePokeNest]

0:54 "Ass plunder rips through the seams like a lightening strike you can never break free can't leave Like reverend steve your sucked in and locked in without no key"

[@Jimberley123]

as plunder rips through the seams* very different meanings mate

[@ThePokeNest]

James youmissedthejoke.jpg

[@jordyzomers598]

James idiot lol

[@CommanderVolkov]

If I'm not mistaken, the guy who did the singing (the one with the chinstrap), is the guitarist/clean vocalist for the similar Rap-Prog Metal band Devastator. I liked Devastator before Hacktivist, because Devastator isn't as egotistic as these guys with their narcissistic lyrics, but I really enjoy Cold Shoulders thanks to the beautiful section of Mr. Chinstrap's singing. Just figured I'd mention, see if anyone else thinks it's the same person.

[@TakeMyEternity]

+Drew Vantrease The clean singer is Timfy James, the bands guitarist

[@Octavarium666xyz]

+Drew Vantrease yeaaaah, it's the founding member Timfy James ...

[@DoutorVitominas]

The last 2 minutes of this song are truly AMAZING!

[@tomthebodz]

I really enjoyed the EP when it came out. I was excited as it was a completely new form of music. However, in 2016 I find that the excitement is dying out because of the lack of an album. When/if an album comes out I'll check it out. I just think the long gap between the EP and album has killed momentum the band had. I'm not blaming Hacktivist at all. Plenty of other bands have had this issue. I really hope that an album comes out soon and blows me away.

[@devonwalker8640]

+tomthebodz March 4th 2016 ;)

[@fourfouille3896]

I could spend lot of money in a 10h version of the outro... just saying

[@CALL0US.]

Anthony Fournier I just left a comment how that outro is everything! Calming but heavy, beautiful, intense, atmospheric, FUCKING EPIC 🤘🤘

[@MrBwoooar]

Saw these reprobates supporting The Algorithm at their album launch show. Absolutely blew the bloody doors off. Can't wait to see them on The Shikari cut-back tour. Special band trying to mix it up. If you haven't been lucky enough to see them live, put it on your list people.

[@dusted1337]

Please release an album soon I cant get enough. Please.

[@linktojinx]

Anybody know DVSR? very similar Australian band. 1 at albums is more technical than rest but all are great. They seemingly lost 1 off the guitarists after 1st album. Sound changed to something more up tempo, but still same quality.

[@garrickoestriecher1259]

Yea man, forked tongue was a pretty good one by them from what I remember

[@linktojinx]

@@garrickoestriecher1259 yep, I dig that one. UNCONSCIOUS is their masterpiece. Most technical song they have

[@lNe11yl]

2:22 fuck~!

[@mrlespaulman1]

This convinces me that djent was designed for rapped vocals. Freaking brilliant. More bands need to do this!

[@mightyburee]

now what their missing is some good killer solos. hope to see em in their future songs.

[@ChesterFie1dDev]

Трек ТОПЧЕГ!

[@ragekage209]

The problem with these guys is that all the songs sound the same. Really generic djenty riffing, some "atmospheric" melody with rapping over it, a poorly sung, boring chorus, then repeat. None of the songs stand out from one another. It's a really cool concept and there are some really cool parts, but there's so much wasted potential.

[@Blo0dredRidingHo0d]

Same thing happens with most djent bands, meshuggah and volumes etc. I can't personally tell the different songs apart just listening to them.

[@ragekage209]

Oh silly me. I forgot I'm not allowed to have an opinion about music unless I actually make music myself. Just like how I'm not allowed to critique food unless I'm a chef. Fuck off.

[@paucceri]

Seth Plays Drums who is simon cowell to judge american idol when he can't sing worth shit? ie worst justification ever. nice1

[@ShadowCrowX]

I'm not really into djent, I think a lot of the genre is just trying too hard sometimes. Especially the growly screamy kind...it's like it's already hard enough to process the riffs now you oughta kill the chance of a melody over it with growling or screaming? ANYWAYS I don't even like rap but I seem to like what these guys do with it. I understand and respect your opinion, but if you like them, stick around and see if they improve their sound over time.

[@Guitar4tw]

you just described every band

[@BaxterJones]

look at these guys pull off a no budget video like pro's!

[@666Hazard666]

It's like So Solid Crew gone Meshuggah/Mnemic's style of Metal but keepin the street sound prominent.. This wipes the floor with most of the shit being released these days. Fresh take on Rap Metal and a welcome change to the scene.

[@user-zp6kb6hc1z]

Бодрячком, бодрячком! "По-любому, всяка! Качает музяка!" Кто в теме, ставит лайк!!! xDDD

[@adz_dl3110]

Reading festival👆

[@callumwingrove4899]

They were so good!

[@ApatheticRequiem]

As I said to someone else, speaking of today's artists. Not the past. I didn't mind Tupac.

[@IamDaReAlSeaN]

Shit like this is the saviour of modern metal, when these days many metal bands and fans have become more pretentious and narrow-minded, this most excellent hybrid will bring the metal world much-needed diversity. MELVIN! DUDULUDUDULUDUDULUDOOOOOOO

[@huiasinden3820]

This track is awesome. People will jump on the negative bandwagon.KZbin metal fans spend more time dissing bands than anything else.Reminds me off when Rage first came out and 99% of metal fans HATED them.Now they all sing their praises. Looking forward to more from these guys.Good band.

[@originalusernameguy]

I freaking LOVE these guys. I knew from the first time I heard them they would be good. This is just a real ass band that talks about dark and important things, and has good imagery in the rhymes.

[@CurtisJames95]

Everything about these guys reminds me of Enter Shikari. I like it.

[@kuroinamida4630]

Well, been listening a few Songs and I have to admit I didn't expext "Prog. Nu Metal" but damn you guys got me stoked, you just got yourself a new Fan

[@mopc1234]

never heard rap and post hardcore together its fucking genious!

[@Charmguitar]

djent + rap = awesomeness!!!

[@DaanRoes]

You're right, it's not metal. It's blues.

[@jereleubanks9590]

god! this is what rap and metal is supposed to sound like. there is nothing cheesy about this at all. i am utterly blown away

[@acepickles]

Im seeing them with Shikari in Dorking, Can. Not. Wait.

[@russbrochill]

How am I just hearing about this? I just listened to this track twice in a row and have been blown away both times. It's what I love about two completely different genres smashed into one. And the last minute and a half is just sex.

[@Tenac91]

dose triplets groove soo effin' hard!!

[@meganbell9593]

old POD + old Linkin Park + djent + UK = Hacktavist dont act like you dont already know.

[@wolf-jordanedwards5112]

Probably the sickest music video ever. Dat Bass.

[@richharvey8604]

this band is amazing and refreshingly different, they make sensor sound like pop lol

[@adirtyscoundral]

I HATE rap......but this makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside! i want the album NOW

[@masonkrzeminski]

its all about how well you can use rythems and flow :)

[@AthenasKiss]

their voices echo eachother's so nicely.

[@PiousMoltar]

One of the best songs of all time

[@haxborn]

For sure!

[@AryaBara]

In an interview with Guitar Messenger Periphery guitarist Misha Mansoor said: I was looking for gear that was djenty. I was like: ‘Are these pickups djenty?’ For some reason it caught on, but completely in the wrong way, because people think it's a style of music and they think it's a style of music I play.

[@Traynor94]

It's come to be used as a genre. Djent bands themselves use it to refer to their genre. It's useful because it's descriptive in ways that prog-metal isn't.

[@failguitarlol]

it's surprising that no one have commented on the lyrics.. these guys are really fucking geniuses

[@aspookyskeletonappears5844]

In this form it would be most accurately described as rap metal.

[@TheSnakeyBlakey]

Anyone else see them last night supporting Enter Shikari?!

[@cat0pult]

going to see these at 53 degrees cant wait :)

[@NatendoSwitch]

These boys are out for blood.

[@19ThreeLions97]

I love this song. Damn. 'As nations divide..!' ringing in my head.

[@Runn1ngWithSciss0rs]

Can't wait to see these guys supporting enter shikari in april!

[@twistedcico]

So Enter Shikari and Meshuggah had a baby? Beautiful.