I love Avatar for more than 12 years and I think they are the best Melodic Death Metal band of the last 20 years!! Your videos are amazing!! And this one became my favorite!! đ€đ»đ€đ»
Nice reaction! References to another videos: the statue was in Legend of Avatar Country: A Metal Odyssey, Tim have magic guitar like in The King Wants You, and Kungen policeman with a truncheon again like in Smells like a Freakshow!đđđAlso retro vibes like in films with Julie Andrews. It was supposed to be a band performance, but everyone is slowly turning into monkeys (except John, he's a cat) like werewolves. With a bunch of references to famous monkeys like King Kong, Đoko the gorilla, etc. Yeah, Johannes was supposed to be playing Đoko the gorilla with a kitten at the end. Also, the song used to be called simply Chimp. But John persuaded to expand the name.
Okay I am completely out of the loop. Why has the singer just copied Alice Cooperâs make up, wardrobe, props and moves? Is it a statement? Homage? Itâs weird. They donât sound like Alice but all the aesthetics are 1:1. I mean I understand adopting aspects from your influences but this goes well beyond that. Whatâs the story?
it started from their music music video for 'Black Waltz' where he was dressed up to fit a circus aesthetic, but when they saw the way it all looked they decided that it would be their image
@@lilrejct Well, if itâs not intentional homage then theyâre sadly lacking in originality or creativity. âTheir imageâ is 100% stolen from Alice. Itâs not just using the exact same face paint and wardrobe. Heâs even copying moves from Alice. Maybe those moves just come naturally when youâre prancing around in a cane but Alice has done them on stage for 40 years. The music isnât bad - though itâs not particularly original either, the execution is decent - but itâs like some band deciding that their aesthetic was wearing KISS costumes on stage and telling everyone they thought of it themselves.
â@@bradarnold7834 what are you on about. They didn't 'steal' anything from Alice Cooper. The eye makeup and costumes look nothing alike. Wearing black around your eyes and mouth and circus outfits just means they took inspiration from the black metal scene and dark carnival look, the latter of which is something Alice himself did. By that logic Alice 'stole' his look from Screaming Lord Sutch and Arthur Brown. Do yourself a favour and watch more Avatar (and Misfits, Mayhem, Mercyful Fate etc etc) before you jump to conclusions based on one video. Turbonegro, Motley Crue and Ghost have more in common with AC than Avatar does with type of music and aesthetic. If these guys were doing the horror glam rock thing with a raspy vocal and guillotines and snakes on stage etc then that would be grounds for your argument but Avatar are a cross-genre death metal band that took their influence from bands like In Flames and Ministry. They've come down a completely different music branch. So I'm a fan of Alice Cooper but the two are absolutely nothing alike.
@@kleptoandpyro I didnât say the music was alike. I said the aesthetic was. And itâs not just âoh everyone wears makeupâ. Iâm well aware of all the bands using make up. Iâve seen Misfits live multiple times. Iâve seen Ghost, Iâve seen Black Veil Brides (Not a fan, it was a festival) and my best friend growing up was a huge Merciful Fate/King Diamond fan. Avatarâs music may come from a different place than Alice (though as a long time Ministry fan I donât get that comp at all) but that doesnât change the fact heâs using nearly the same makeup design Alice has been using for decades - itâs not just generic corpse paint or something. And paired with the brimmed black hat, the cane, the long tailed jacket - the whole circus ringmaster vibe - it literally looks like heâs cosplaying Alice. And yes, you are correct that Alice may have lifted his look and act from Lord Such but Such had only been around a few years when Alice emerged and I have no idea if Alice was aware of Such or not. I wasnât alive and the world was a lot less connected then. But regardless of who inspired Alice, Alice has now been around for 50+ years and everyone is well aware of who he is and what his act looks like - including the guy from Avatar who Iâve now read proclaiming âIâm not Alice Cooper. This isnât a clown show.â While basically donning Aliceâs stage persona. Itâs just weird, man. If he would just own it and say it was an homage to someone/something he loved in his youth it would look way better than claiming he was trying to be original and failing.
@@bradarnold7834 I hear you but I honestly can't really see it. For me it's two very different flavours. Alice's makeup is typically racoon eyes with a single or multiple black rivulets down and black rivulets from the corners of his mouth. Johannes puts red and black harlequin diamonds around his eyes and completely paints over his lips and points the corners up like a clown mouth. Hank from Hell of Turbonegro did a direct homage to Alice with his look but with Johannes it feels straight up dark clown/court jester. Sure they both do the ringleader thing with the cane and the hat and tails but, in Johannes' own words, the look came after listening to their Black Waltz album. He was pissing around making the music video dressed as a clown as a one off and it stuck with them. And you have the HellzaPoppin circus sideshow (that also appeared in the Black Waltz video) that probably further inspired their transition into the circus/freakshow aesthetic - Johannes' early makeup looks very similar to Bryce Graves imo. I think what I'm trying to say is - there's some minor overlap, sure, but I think the two looks were just inspired from the same place, rather than one copying the other.
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Went and just saw them in Omaha on the first day of the dance devil dance tour and they played this song live! They are a great live band to see!!
Johannes voice are always incredible, one of the best in the metal world,,,,,
I love Avatar for more than 12 years and I think they are the best Melodic Death Metal band of the last 20 years!! Your videos are amazing!! And this one became my favorite!! đ€đ»đ€đ»
They played this Saturday in Denver and it slayed. They're bringing out some old gems on this tour. So nice to finally see them headline!
I love the intro song. Sounds like something from a 60's grocery store jingle that plays on loop while you do your shopping
Nice reaction!
References to another videos: the statue was in Legend of Avatar Country: A Metal Odyssey, Tim have magic guitar like in The King Wants You, and Kungen policeman with a truncheon again like in Smells like a Freakshow!đđđAlso retro vibes like in films with Julie Andrews.
It was supposed to be a band performance, but everyone is slowly turning into monkeys (except John, he's a cat) like werewolves. With a bunch of references to famous monkeys like King Kong, Đoko the gorilla, etc. Yeah, Johannes was supposed to be playing Đoko the gorilla with a kitten at the end. Also, the song used to be called simply Chimp. But John persuaded to expand the name.
Itâs an album of bangers! Love it!
They have some great stuff all there albums are VERY good especially older stuff đŻ There from Sweden
Cannot wait to hear this live in NY! đ„đ€đż
This is a very cool and underrated band!!
dance devil dance had the song at the end playing in the car.
Love this video, but this song is abit of a miss for me. But damn is this entertaining
Dude on the right, is, obviously, not the editor of their content. Lol!
Both of them edit for the channel, so you're, obviously, a moron. Lol!
Okay I am completely out of the loop. Why has the singer just copied Alice Cooperâs make up, wardrobe, props and moves? Is it a statement? Homage? Itâs weird. They donât sound like Alice but all the aesthetics are 1:1. I mean I understand adopting aspects from your influences but this goes well beyond that. Whatâs the story?
it started from their music music video for 'Black Waltz' where he was dressed up to fit a circus aesthetic, but when they saw the way it all looked they decided that it would be their image
@@lilrejct Well, if itâs not intentional homage then theyâre sadly lacking in originality or creativity. âTheir imageâ is 100% stolen from Alice. Itâs not just using the exact same face paint and wardrobe. Heâs even copying moves from Alice. Maybe those moves just come naturally when youâre prancing around in a cane but Alice has done them on stage for 40 years. The music isnât bad - though itâs not particularly original either, the execution is decent - but itâs like some band deciding that their aesthetic was wearing KISS costumes on stage and telling everyone they thought of it themselves.
â@@bradarnold7834 what are you on about. They didn't 'steal' anything from Alice Cooper. The eye makeup and costumes look nothing alike. Wearing black around your eyes and mouth and circus outfits just means they took inspiration from the black metal scene and dark carnival look, the latter of which is something Alice himself did. By that logic Alice 'stole' his look from Screaming Lord Sutch and Arthur Brown.
Do yourself a favour and watch more Avatar (and Misfits, Mayhem, Mercyful Fate etc etc) before you jump to conclusions based on one video. Turbonegro, Motley Crue and Ghost have more in common with AC than Avatar does with type of music and aesthetic.
If these guys were doing the horror glam rock thing with a raspy vocal and guillotines and snakes on stage etc then that would be grounds for your argument but Avatar are a cross-genre death metal band that took their influence from bands like In Flames and Ministry. They've come down a completely different music branch.
So I'm a fan of Alice Cooper but the two are absolutely nothing alike.
@@kleptoandpyro I didnât say the music was alike. I said the aesthetic was. And itâs not just âoh everyone wears makeupâ. Iâm well aware of all the bands using make up. Iâve seen Misfits live multiple times. Iâve seen Ghost, Iâve seen Black Veil Brides (Not a fan, it was a festival) and my best friend growing up was a huge Merciful Fate/King Diamond fan. Avatarâs music may come from a different place than Alice (though as a long time Ministry fan I donât get that comp at all) but that doesnât change the fact heâs using nearly the same makeup design Alice has been using for decades - itâs not just generic corpse paint or something.
And paired with the brimmed black hat, the cane, the long tailed jacket - the whole circus ringmaster vibe - it literally looks like heâs cosplaying Alice. And yes, you are correct that Alice may have lifted his look and act from Lord Such but Such had only been around a few years when Alice emerged and I have no idea if Alice was aware of Such or not. I wasnât alive and the world was a lot less connected then. But regardless of who inspired Alice, Alice has now been around for 50+ years and everyone is well aware of who he is and what his act looks like - including the guy from Avatar who Iâve now read proclaiming âIâm not Alice Cooper. This isnât a clown show.â While basically donning Aliceâs stage persona.
Itâs just weird, man. If he would just own it and say it was an homage to someone/something he loved in his youth it would look way better than claiming he was trying to be original and failing.
@@bradarnold7834 I hear you but I honestly can't really see it. For me it's two very different flavours. Alice's makeup is typically racoon eyes with a single or multiple black rivulets down and black rivulets from the corners of his mouth. Johannes puts red and black harlequin diamonds around his eyes and completely paints over his lips and points the corners up like a clown mouth. Hank from Hell of Turbonegro did a direct homage to Alice with his look but with Johannes it feels straight up dark clown/court jester.
Sure they both do the ringleader thing with the cane and the hat and tails but, in Johannes' own words, the look came after listening to their Black Waltz album. He was pissing around making the music video dressed as a clown as a one off and it stuck with them. And you have the HellzaPoppin circus sideshow (that also appeared in the Black Waltz video) that probably further inspired their transition into the circus/freakshow aesthetic - Johannes' early makeup looks very similar to Bryce Graves imo.
I think what I'm trying to say is - there's some minor overlap, sure, but I think the two looks were just inspired from the same place, rather than one copying the other.