BE'LAKOR - AN EMBER'S ARC | COUPLE REACTION (Official Lyric Video - Napalm Records)
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- Brand new metal reactions channel. Brad and Alena react to "An Ember's Arc" by Be'lakor.
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Definitely check out their song "The Smoke of Many Fires". It's an incredible song. Pay close attention to the lyrics even if she doesn't love the style. It tells an insane story.
the entire album (8 tracks) is one story ;)
One of the most incredible stories!
This entire album is stunning. Your open mind and appreciation of the song was refreshing.
One of my favorites songs of one of my favorites bands, my heart skip a beat after the outro, when the scream enters... Amazing. I would suggest Lethe from Dark Tranquility
Ne Obliviscaris - And Plague Flowers The Kaleidoscope(live), has the two vocals together, it will be a intersting experience. Musically, you'll be astonished.
If you want something lighter and fun, how about Sabaton - Carolux Rex?
Loving Alena journey and Brad discoveries. You guys are awesome! Grreting from Brazil!
@@BradAlenaMetalReactions You're welcome! Thanks for the videos, and stay safe!
I second the Ne Obliviscaris request. Do the live in Colorado version.
Great band, great song! I can understand Alena's reaction. Another band you could do is Ne Obliviscaris - And the Plague Flowers the Kaleidoscope they are also Australian and mix harsh vocals with clean vocals but the harsh vocals can be almost categorised as another instrument and you don't try to understand them as lyrics which changes the way you hear them. This was how I learned to listen to harsh vocals as I could not before, I reacted as Alena does here but now I have no problems with them. Link if interested to the ive show: czcams.com/video/rNuVdsx7qJY/video.html
There are not too much vid reactions to Be'lakor, so when I see one, I watch it. So glad you guys dig it, so may I suggest one of my favorite songs "Fraught" to react to? They are really the apotheosis of music. Cheers from Argentina!
The song was describing how photons(light) are created via the fusion reactions at the core of stars, and its inevitable journey towards earth. Its part of an elaborate tale told over the entire Vessels album with its conclusion, "The smoke of Many Fires." Nice to see normies being exposed to great music across all genres, keep it up :-)
Alena is spot on. The song basically describes the photon (light) production in the Sun, starting from the nuclear fusion of hydrogen in the core, produced as very high energy, interacts again with stuff in the sun, gets destroyed, recreated as lower energy, scatters around, making the sun hotter, then finally escaping the sun's surface and heading towards the earth. The next song in the album is about how the photon hits the earth and what happens on earth - life and all that crazy jazz
Thanks Vasile. We enjoyed this song so much that we're planning a reaction to the full Vessels concept album - to follow the journey of the photon.
@@BradAlenaMetalReactions That will be awesome ;)
Thanks for reacting to Be'lakor! Alena took it very well for a person who doesn't seem to enjoy growls :) They really make beautiful melodic pieces though and have been staying at the top of my playing lists for a couple of years. I would really like to hear your take on something like Amorphis - Amongst stars :)
Enjoyed your review. This is from the album Vessels which follows the Journey of a spark of life beginning with its initial escape from the sun. The Photon passes through a number of Vessels (Plants ,insects, animals) and finally finishes within in a man in "the smoke of many fires" (react to it as a bookend to an embers arc)
@@BradAlenaMetalReactions Yeah, I also suspect that the duration of the song is not accidentally 8:28 which is pretty much how long it takes for light to travel from the Sun to the Earth.
React Whelm,Grasping light, Roots to sever,The smoke of many fires from vessels.. Hell of a band..
Good stuff, Be’lakor never releases anything less than great. Cannot wait for the new album.
Thank you very, very much, Alena and Brad. I really appreciate this reaction. I just love it.
I knew that Brad would enjoy it, and that Alena would like the instrumental part, but not the vocals. The vocals can be a turnoff for some, but I think it fits perfectly. I have not dug into the lyrics, because this song gives me so much emotions and energy anyway. The best part is probably from 6:26 and to the end in the original video. I just love the energy it gives from 7:26.
They have more epic songs like this, at least three albums with awesome music. :)
Thanks a lot again. This made my day. :)
About the lyrics, Be'lakor have said that the album VESSEL tells a story across its eight tracks. I might have to read it now.
They just released all eight tracks as lyric videos, so you can experience the whole story with amazing visuals and clarity
@@mahoganywakefield165 Yeah, I have already given Brad all the links to the lyric videos from Vessels :)
I must have listened to this track 200 times but it gives me chills every. time. And, even if i can understand how the vocals can be a turn off (i HATED that style one year ago...) it just fits in perfectly.
As for the lyrics, this track is part of a concept album (Vessels) that tells the story of energy going from one vessel to another (hence , Vessels :p) in each track. From a photon coming from the sun to trees , wildlife and us. It really is a beautifull album.
My personal favorite song of theirs is (apart from this one :3 ) Countless Skies so i would deffenetly recommend it.
And from other bands : Gojira - Vacuity ( because i love it and they are French :D )
ne obliviscaris - Intra venus ( Because Melodeath + Violin, and it has both clear vocals and top notch growls :D )
Totally agree on this one, and about Countless Skies too. :)
With Be'lakor there's not a single bad song. All their songs from the last 3 albums are great. I couldn't tell which one is better to start with. But agree about 'Countless Skies'. Love 'In Parting' as well.
Great to see some Be'lakor. You should also check out Ne Obliviscaris, who are another awesome Australian prog metal band. I would recommend you watch "And Plague Flowers the Kaleidoscope" Live in Colorado 2016, as their live performance gives you a better sense of what the band is capable of.
That live performance was amazing but the studio version is still far superior in my opinion, also the video live can distract you from their musicianship and talent.
Oh my god you even react to Be'lakor, holy shit that's badass
@@BradAlenaMetalReactions I 100% will
Since you seamed to enjoy the style of the song I have to recomend Wintersun. This is another Melo-Death band. Check out their song Sons of Winter and Stars live at Sonic Pump Studios for some heavier/epic tunes and Loneliness for softer ones. I also think the singing is a bit more accesible than Be'lakors singing.
I'd suggest to rather dive in into Be'lakor. More melodic and clean sound than Wintersun. Be'lakor is the best melodeath band.
@@oksidum I agree. Be'lakor is the best melodeath band, in my opinion ;). But I think they should at some point react to "Sons of Winter and Stars" as well. :)
AWESOME reaction guy.s. Now ya got to try Ne obliviscaris live in Denver, like everybody else is saying, you won't regret it
Please don’t listen to new Belakor songs on your own so we can see your reaction to each one!
7:38 - stankface engaged - I was the same through that entire sequence
If you wonder how they are live, check this video: czcams.com/video/mm1ZVsM7hWw/video.html
A bit bad sound (not all the details are there). They play "Countless Skies" and what I think is "Roots to Sever". This recorded in 2015, and Vessels was released in 2016. They changed the title of that song on the album, they called it Exogeny in this video.
BTW: Brad, you have to wait until you have reacted to Vessels and "Countless Skies". :P
I'd recommend: Dream theater - The Ministry Of Lost Souls.
I'd have to say death and black are my favourite subgenres... but I can never get into Be'lakor's because of the vocals. As someone else suggested... Wintersun is a really good band to react to... I'd also suggest Rivers of Nihil, Ne Obliviscaris and Agalloch - you will totally love them if you love Gojira.
@@BradAlenaMetalReactions They are probably better suited for you, but to elaborate a bit more about them it's mostly the instrumentals that steal the show even though the vocalists are really good - but they do have some accessible songs:
Agalloch - In The Shadow Of Our Pale Companion
Ne Obliviscaris - And Plague Flowers The Kaleidoscope
Wintersun - Sons Of Winter And Stars / Loneliness
What Alena would probably enjoy more is something in the realm of doom metal. I can think of two bands right now, Katatonia and Trees of Eternity. I'm not sure if you made a pledge to react only to metal bands... but I think she would enjoy prog rock more, bands like Tool, Porcupine Tree, Opeth.
@@BradAlenaMetalReactions It's quite hard to draw a comparison between prog rock and heavy metal and pretty much anyone who tries to do one just steps on a nail. For me it's mostly in the composition of the instrumentals - don't know if it makes a lot of sense but in heavy metal they are much denser compared to rock and they are mostly used to create a wall of sound.
Prog rock is a very hard genre to describe mainly because everything that steps out of the box can be considered prog and one band can sound completely different from another one within the same subgenre. Some people might argue that prog means time signature changes, different instruments like violins or electronic sounds... and you couldn't say they're completely wrong.
Regarding Tool... they are considered an actual rock band but they have so much diversity that they step a lot into the metal realm - and a lot of the times they even get heavier than most of the ordinary metal bands. Opeth I agree with you that they used to be mostly a metal band but they devolved from that almost a decade - Mikael stopped doing harsh vocals and they're not that heavy anymore.
Porcupine Tree is definitely rock even though in some songs they get pretty heavy... but that's the Opeth influence on Steven Wilson - who was the band's main composer (him and Mikael were close friends back then and also did an album together, he also helped Opeth with sound mixing for a couple of albums).
Not a Warhammer gamer but love the instruments in this, vocal part samey, reminded me of Dimmu Bogir who do it better, say's Inigo, Lydia say's Wahammer!? Pfhh...
@@BradAlenaMetalReactions Yeh, looked them up before klikd play, where i got the wrhammer link .
what do you find funny literate compositions? Wintersun were funny? Listen to clever compositions and laugh like a comedy. I don’t understand, maybe you are still too young for this music?
I don't think you understand her laugh at all. It's nothing about humour. Many people laugh as a sort of defence mechanism when being out of their comfort zone - for example an introvert filming herself for CZcams - as is the case for Alena.
She actually really enjoyed this and Wintersun too. We both did. I don't know if you listened to our discussion or just saw her laughing and made your mind up already?
The music at the beginning was really interesting, but then came in the Incomprehensible growl vocals... Sorry, but I'm out!
@@BradAlenaMetalReactions I wish it was for me, because there are great bands and music with growl vocals like Epica, Jinjer, Wintersun, etc. but because of the growling, I just can't get into it. 🙁
@@shuriken4852 I'm not saying it will happen but it can. I avoided growls for years because I thought they ruined the music.. these days I really enjoy them if they're well done and suit the music. Maybe they're not for you ever but you never know :) If you really feel like you'd like to "get over it" or however you see it I'd recommend listening to pieces that instrumentally really fit your taste. I think growls are an acquired taste.. a bit like coffee or something.. it IS bitter and acidic but can be a wonderfully tasty drink if you've grown to like it.
@@digitalspecter I can live with it if it fits the song and I can understand what they are singing, but I am still wishing they would properly sing the song. 😉
@@shuriken4852 Well since they intended the song to be that way, they are properly singing it ;). It is an artistic choice that can be debatable I guess, but I think it fits the song and I wouldn't want a version of this amazing album without the growls.
@@alexandremarchand8815 Well good for you, but I am still out!!! 😉