Twilight: The Opera! Periphery - Dracul Gras | REACTION

My blind reaction to the song Dracul Gras by Periphery.
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[@Jackadiah]

Who gives a toss about lyrics?

[@markabusireactions]

Me ya dick 😂

[@Jackadiah]

@@markabusireactionsthe song is awesome, cringy lyrics aren’t going to ruin it too much lol

[@markabusireactions]

@@Jackadiah speak for yourself 😂

[@XAVR_]

Story behind this song (this is 100% true and testiment to the fact they do not take themselves at all seriously) Mark and Misha came up with guitar parts for the song, Mark pointed out that the sound of it made him think of a fat vampire lumbering around attacking medieval peasants, the working title for the song was then "Fat Dracula" (you can see this on whiteboards tracking album progress in some of thier vlogs), Spencer then wrote a spooky vampire themed song to go with the instrumentals, and Fat Dracula got translated into Romanian, hey presto, Dracul Gras 😂 If you want some more serious thematic lyrics from the band, Alpha/Omega is a full concept double album, all about a man born into an evil cult, with themes of heaven and hell, rebirth, the occult etc. They also have a song called Blood Eagle all about a Viking raiding party 😅

[@tonyi8045]

the clip of Jake showing off the "FAT DRACULA" guitar track was hilarious. i was bummed when that riff wasn't buried in the song anywhere

[@mylife1221]

I highly recommend their song Omega. It's around the same length as this song, but it will fill the void Dracul might have left for you. It's probably my favourite song of all time. There's also the song Stranger Things from the same album, which might be even better. It's a bit shorter, too, and is possibly way more emotionally charged.

[@moatfloater]

Based on this reaction, here are some tracks I think you would love: Satellites, Thanks Nobuo, Absolomb, Remain Indoors, Stranger Things, Luck as a constant, Mile Zero, Jetpacks was yes v2, Garden in the bones

[@markabusireactions]

I already have a reaction to Absolom, loved that song! I keep hearing Satellites getting mentioned… so that may be next

[@foxxinrox]

@@markabusireactions Satellites may literally be their most heartfelt and meaningful song, so yeah you should. I get the feeling from this reaction that you really just don't appreciate "storytime" lyrics at all which I completely don't understand, but whatever. IMO Music is a story in audio form, whether it be historical, personal, or fictional entertainment, so songs like these are amazing to me, with the lyrics being a big draw as part of the atmosphere and story. "That's not what they do" "there's no emotional hook" Yes, It is what they do, because they do a ton of stuff. Yeah, there's no emotional hook, it doesn't mean anything, because it's entertainment in this and many other songs cases. Expecting all their songs to be perfect masterpieces of human thought is like expecting all books people read in their free time to be top-shelf philosophy and introspective works. I understand that you have a different opinion, but in my opinion, you are too elitist and narrowminded in your judgement of what is "good". These lyrics are excellent at conveying what the song was meant to convey, and that is an entertaining and atmospheric story about a fat vampire, and you are somehow managing to both miss the forest for for the trees and miss the tree for the forest. You're focusing way too closely on one narrow aspect you're looking for and missing the forest, and you're looking for a big picture while ignoring that it's just a tree.

[@markabusireactions]

@@foxxinrox I mean, that’s not true at all, I just didn’t like this particular song because i thought it was silly. One of my favourite bands is coheed and Cambria, ans their first four albums all tell one big story.

[@user-mr6kl3rw4b]

13:37 i’m glad you mentioned that, Spencer never sings in a low register like that and it’s like he became a vampire for a second :p super cool and creepy

[@markabusireactions]

It’s a pretty neat creative decision for a joke song!

[@jakepetropoulos1074]

Satellites will shit your pants for you. Sing is incredible

[@nicksteinkamp5386]

Not sure if anyone has said this yet, but the intro being out of time is actually a mistake. Misha cut the riff at the wrong point when he was recording it in his daw. Not realizing he snipped a beat off, he sent it to the drummer Matt, and he just went with it. Misha didn’t realize it was wrong until the drums were already recorded

[@markabusireactions]

Okay well that’s hilarious 😂

[@LawrenceCox-bv9zt]

Some nice guitar and drum work. Thanks for sharing.

[@markabusireactions]

Check their other songs, they’re crazy good

[@vincentrao3466]

the whole song being about a fat vampire makes the lyrics so good haha. Also, this is one of my favorite periphery tracks but it def takes a few listens to really get into it. I will still recommend atropos to you. that's one I know you'll be down with.

[@darkphoenix2]

It'll grow on you, I remember this song specifically being hard to keep up with until I knew each section and what section it lead into and it was all memorized

[@markabusireactions]

There’s no chance I’m memorising a 12 minute song lol

[@DeFFicationISgolD]

@@markabusireactions I thought I felt the same way until I heard Reptile for the 6th time and realized that I now know the parts (which feels fuckin sweet because the riffs/arrangements are so dam good) and that fuckin song is almost 20min hahaha

[@jakeberry9120]

One thing you'll learn about Periphery as you explore them further, is that while they do have some of the most profound music you'll ever hear, they also don't take themselves too seriously. The last 3 seconds of the album previous to this one is one of the guitar players saying "suck my balls".

[@markabusireactions]

I know that now lol, I learned the hard way 😂

[@stonecutter24]

It might help you to realize that most of their riffs are actually in 4/4 more often than not. The phrases and accents might move around over or before the bar line… but they wrap around a 4/4 pulse. Follow the hi hats or crash cymbal. The outro riff (before the electronic part) where you were trying to count the time signature was literally in 4/4. I’d highly recommend the song Atropos. Lots of amazing singing with some screaming as well. But it does a similar thing where if you were to count, might sound like 4 bars of 7 and 1 bar of 4. But it actuality just wraps perfectly around a 4/4 pulse. Just lock into that pulse and let the rhythms circle around you. Looking forward to future reactions!

[@Kelly.sapphire]

Just saw this live the other night and was awesome! My favorite band and singer.

[@markabusireactions]

You’re so lucky!

[@HeatedRain980]

This song definitely grew on me after a few listens for sure and I really enjoy it now. It's essentially just a song about fat Dracula. It's from their album, Periphery V, which came out earlier this year but it's not the first time they've done a song like this. When they released Periphery IV back in 2019 there was a song on there called Reptile and it was about a stoner who tried to save the planet from reptilian aliens. It goes for almost 17 minutes but it's one of the best songs they've ever released imo, though I can't be sure whether you'd like it or not haha. I'd recommend stuff like The Way The News Goes..., Flatline, It's Only Smiles, Luck as a Constant and maybe Stranger Things.

[@markabusireactions]

I think if I gave it a few more listens, knowing the lyrics are a bit stupid, I could probably ignore them enough to enjoy it, but after the previous songs I heard, I just think I had my expectations raised to a silly level!

[@thomas12997]

​@markabusireactions Haha I can't blame you man. It even took me a few months into release to really start digging into Fat Drac

[@markabusireactions]

@@thomas12997 fat Dracula is… fucking incredible 😂😂

[@spinnymathingy3149]

Yeah, after a few listens this band is starting to really grow on me 👍🇦🇺🤘

[@markabusireactions]

They’re not shabby man! This is the weakest one but the other ones were stunning

[@jackmonaghan834]

Most of Periphery's previous albums have a consistent sound/concept/style to them over the course of each album individually. This is from their most recent album which really breaks that mould , so you get tracks like Wax Wings which are full of nostalgia and emotion, Silhouette which is very electronic like the guitarist (Jake) side project, Dracul Gras which is a comedic, thematic story and then of course the orchestral influence throughout the album which reflects Misha's side projects as a composer. I can understand you being thrown off given your lack of context about the band and you listening to the songs in a very random order rather than following the album from start to finish.

[@markabusireactions]

I like doing it this way though, cause you guys then come in and correct me, or fill in the blanks I had, and I get to learn stuff as I go along that then bleeds into the next video etc.

[@jackmonaghan834]

@@markabusireactions yeah I think the way you do things is fine since you’re an open minded guy (especially compared to some other reactors)

[@markabusireactions]

@@jackmonaghan834 just not with kpop 😂

[@Aaron-ui9tj]

The lyrics are supposed to be a bit of a joke. The song title means "Fat Dracula".

[@markabusireactions]

Well they are! 😂

[@jgeir5672]

Yoyo! I understand your thoughts on this one tbh.. And it might need more listens for you to fully enjoy it. Another song you should check out is «Satellites» ..as I might have mentioned😝 Its the last song of the P4 album from 2019. One of my fav Periphery songs along with Wax Wings

[@markabusireactions]

Wax Wings was a fantastic song, but I think my fave so far might be Absolom!

[@Kelly.sapphire]

Satellites is definitely a great one and shows Spencer's vocals.

[@jgeir5672]

@@Kelly.sapphire oh for sure! Maby the song with the highest note from Spencer?🤪

[@RJMP2023]

dracul gras is themed on Elden ring if im correct so i can see why the lyrics are a bit meh... they fit the song though if you have played the game. they are all massive gamers! :)

[@markabusireactions]

Oh I used to stream, but only Mario lol 😂 and then I gave up cause it broke me haha

[@moatfloater]

Your previous experiences tricked you a bit I guess. They are a prog metal band that likes to expore musically, this includes concepts and themes. Sometimes they can take the lyrics seriously, sometimes they just want to write a vampire song! They have a few tracks like this where it is storytelling and even a record that is pure concept storytelling, ofcourse some of there music is written in a way that its up for personal interpretation as well. The reason I love Periphery is because of there diversity and exploration musically while still having there own reconisable sound when so many other bands are actually quite stale in this genre.

[@markabusireactions]

I can’t fault them for trying to do something different. Even though I wasn’t overly keen on it, every band has at least one song that I don’t rate highly!

[@JMDrummer]

You should listen to the P2 Trilogy (Muramasa, Ragnarok, Masamune) Then Erised, Feed the Ground, and Marigold.. Then Reptile and Satellites..

[@markabusireactions]

You’re a solid drummer dude! New sub from me!

[@JMDrummer]

@@markabusireactions wow.. awesome.. thank you!

[@daaaaaave]

Is the Coheed storyline good? I think it’s hard to do a good job telling a story through song. I was only listening to this while feeding my son, so I wasn’t watching the video, or reading the lyrics, so I missed the story completely, but the parts felt so disjointed, I thought I spaced out and missed your outro and I was listening to some random other video by the end.

[@markabusireactions]

Hahahaha 😂😂😂 I actually don’t know tbh. The albums tell it out of order, and most of it makes zero sense to me at all, and I can’t be assed reading the comic to find out lol.

[@johnquinn7794]

This one was hard to like honestly. After a lot of listens it’s grown in me but I still find myself skipping to certain parts that are better constructed. I recommend an older song Flatline. Much different sound.

[@markabusireactions]

Honestly I loved the three I heard before this, I was so disappointed about 2 minutes in once I realised I wasn’t enjoying it

[@GlassPieceGames]

I get the feeling this song was more for fun instead of trying to have a deep meaning. That being said, as much as it tries to hold my attention, it's longer than I'd prefer. There's parts about it I really enjoy, but I'd rather not have to go through 12 minutes to only like 4 to 5 minutes of it. If you get the chance, try out their song Alpha.

[@markabusireactions]

That’s my problem. If you’re giving me a 12 minute song, I expect epic. And if I expect epic and you give me silly vampire song, I’m gonna get annoyed eventually 😂

[@seanrookee]

Definitely do satellites.

[@markabusireactions]

Fiiiine

[@seanrookee]

@@markabusireactions it's up there with wax wings as far as vocals go. You enjoy the same aspects of periphery as I do so it should be right up your alley brother.

[@seanrookee]

@@markabusireactions also Lune and Stranger Things. Even if you don't do videos on all of them do yourself a favor and listen to them at some point. Periphery really is a cut above the rest.

[@markabusireactions]

@@seanrookee I’ll make sure it’s my next Periphery song! I have a couple other bands to do first (Gojira and Tesseract), but then it’ll be back to Periphery again!

[@lassiliimakka]

The lyrics don't mean anything. The guys got high and decided to write a song about fat dracula as a joke so that's what they did. even the title Dracul Gras is romanian for fat dracula

[@markabusireactions]

Well now I don’t feel as bad about saying the lyrics were stupid 😂

[@lassiliimakka]

@@markabusireactions Yeah I think that was the exact vibe they were going for😂 As you said, none of their previous songs were like this, they tend to do some goofy stuff just for the shits and giggles

[@markabusireactions]

@@lassiliimakka kinda wish someone had told me this before I did the bloody reaction, I would have taken it into consideration 😂😂

[@moatfloater]

Yer, this tracks more about the vibe, lyrics aren't supposed to be taken seriously. This tracks more about complexity. Also I wouldn't say the lyrics aren't good, in story telling sense they do that quite well, they just aren't something you connect to on a personal level, there supposed to convey a theme instead.

[@moatfloater]

I actually recommend this track without the lyrics video because it's really distracting and is actually silly.

[@MetalGuitarTimo]

the lyrics are meant to be funny but ok ..

[@markabusireactions]

Well I know that *now* 😂 at the time I thought I had just been lucky with the previous reactions and this was how they normally sounded lol

[@MetalGuitarTimo]

@@markabusireactions np , cheers mate :) they have alot more "clean" songs with little to no shouting and with good lyrics. maybe check out "lune" or "mile zero" i personally love these tracks

[@markabusireactions]

@@MetalGuitarTimo ahh nice! I have periphery slotted in for next month, but didn’t have a song to put to it, so now I can add in one of these, that’s great!

[@MetalGuitarTimo]

@@markabusireactions in that case take "lune" :) but dont cry, or do it :D better for the views

[@bbobjs]

I have to agree... I really liked Wax Wings because it felt like despite going everywhere, the song as a whole went somewhere. This song is also all over the place, but instead of gripping me... it's just kinda boring? Actually VERY boring, I kinda just zoned out while you weren't talking.

[@markabusireactions]

My talking makes it, they should include it on the album