The more I listen to Cult of Luna, the more I like it. And I liked it from the start.

Yeah, its something special to hear someone think something about your favorit song of all time. Ive surfed the reactionists-youtube-pages and requested this song for many years, you are the first to bring it. Thanks for choosing this song, thanks for it being the live version. Thank you Bryan. Also, did you notice a second singer came on stage mid-song during the "cooldown"? It was a previous singer of the band, who added a layer of growl to the already existing layer of Johannes. It was mindblowing to see this live irl and it keeps blowing me away seeing this live-version still, as long as i give it some time between listenings. Its a go to song. So much love for it. I' ve seen them live many times and i cant wait till i hear new/(and/or)/old material live form them again. Its a brutal chaotic sigh of meditativ relief every time. I wonder if we, the fanbase of CoL, could agree on one other song for you to react to. Some comments before me wants older material (like Dark man Dead City) which is from an album (Somewhere along the highway) recorded in a remote cabin in the woods, in their early days. Where they used sounds from nature and their isolation as a source of inspiration for the album. Its amazing. The newewst album (& EP) is also something else. The first two songs or their album 'a Dawn to fear' ('The Silent man', followed by the song, 'Lay your head to rest') made the "base" of a movie (music-movie?) Johannes, singer of CoL, made his producer/director debute of, but on that same album is a song of pure jaw-awing proportions. 'Light on The Hill'. Tho its kinda (my opinion) like a more matured Ghost Trail-ish song. Now that i´ve made my passion for this band very obvious, i want to recommend another post-band ISIS. Who also made jaw-awing music. The song: Low Tide. Info: Low Tide is made in a collaboration with another experimental group 'Aereogramme' and the combination of the post which ISIS brings with the experimental noise and clean (unique lyrics) vocals the singer of Aereogranne brings. Its a cure for sore post-ears. Its a beautiful song and i belive every CoL fan, who'm want a another pieace of reactopn from you, could agree that ISIS/Aereogramme split-song Low Tide is another great contribution.

@CriticalReactions

3 жыл бұрын

I must have missed that second singer during the cooldown but even if I had seen it I would have missed the relevance of an older singer momentarily joining up. I can imagine that was an insane moment for fans. As for other post-music, ISIS and Amenra are easily the two most popular choices. I see requests for them all over the place.

@jonathanhenderson9422

3 жыл бұрын

I'd second the Lights on the Hill rec. TBH, I like CoL's more recent recent (Vertikal and A Dawn to Fear) better than their older stuff.

@larssasvensson

3 жыл бұрын

Klas Rydberg was the main singer, not Johannes Persson. And Klas was sooo much better. His departure was a sad loss.

@omgnuub

2 жыл бұрын

Anders, just a heads up: reactionist/reactionists is already a word and doesn't mean what you think it means.

@xavkoston16

2 жыл бұрын

Low Tide is a very good choice, this song deserve wayyy more listeners, the way the drums and the bass are holding the song is mindblowing

I had a feeling this wouldn't be something that you'd listen to casually but I'm glad it made you appreciate Cult Of Luna more! When I first discovered CoL I wasn't a fan of the vocals either, I checked out a few songs but never really came back to them. Then I saw them live. They happened to be on tour with Katatonia and TesseracT, two bands that I really liked at the time, and their performance blew me away. It was a little weird for me at first because I wasn't used to this style of music but I remember hearing them play the outro to this song and something just clicked, they became my favorite band after that show. Also yeah that outro does make you feel small, and hearing it live amplifies that feeling x10. I think it's my most memorable live experience to this day.

@xavkoston16

2 жыл бұрын

I see what you mean, I first saw COL on the Vertikal Tour, wasn't a big fan at that time but when I heard Ghost Trail and Finland live, same thing happened to me, something just clicked like you said ... :)

I also went into cult of luna by finding the julie christmas album first. i liked it the most at the time, but back tracking and then listening to their newer material has been amazing! they're my top 3 bands right now!

I. Dig. It. Wall of sound, my favorite thing!

@andersliffner6986

3 жыл бұрын

Slipknots supposed "wall of sound" is kinda small compared to this bands "under the radar" mastery of soundwallery. :)

Maybe my favorite CoL. That build up, climax, and release is just massive, even by their standards. Definitely a band I'd love to see live. "Wall of sound" stuff can sound awesome through good speakers (effect is definitely lessened through headphones), but there's just no replicating the weight of live instruments.

This was a really cool ride! Haven't checked out to much by them (although being a Swede myself... )

@andersliffner6986

3 жыл бұрын

Tiden är inne. Du har många timmar musik att förkovra dig i :) (The time is now, many hours of music to indulge in)

@progperljungman8218

3 жыл бұрын

@@andersliffner6986 Looked like Swedish to me 😁

When you think about it, the growls with Cult of Luna are really used as an instrument. It's always well placed. Of course, you need to be used to it, but when you listen to when they appear, it make sense. But you need you be used to. Took me some time. For myself, i never take care of lyrics, but if i want to, it gives usually a more fluidity to the all (sorry, english is not my language) and sometimes (i think about the band ISIS), when i usually think about "out of place" vocals, it's really natural if i understand what they say, and the meaning. It give a new understand about the song. And so on...

Leave me here is probably my favorite song of them, it's also really short (compared to their other songs) so worth checking out. But it's a little bit like whiskey, you gotta give it some time, get used to it, mature and refine your taste

No Amenra yet? bah

Always upboat for more Cult of Luna.

@andersliffner6986

3 жыл бұрын

a boat of CoL fans would surely agree.

You should listen something from their album "Salvation", my favourite of them, the most various, melodic and catchy. The first track for example is a good choice.

@TransparentBarriers

3 жыл бұрын

Echoes. The live version from Years in Days is...

Hey, you open to free-form/improvised music? Kurushimi is an excellent band that improvises their whole discography and what I lile about them compared to other groups is even though it is very chaotic and dissonant, they're extremely coherent and actually play together instead of random nonsense like some other free form jazz bands. They mix a lot of elements from metal, drone, noise, and like psychedelic music. If I had to recommend a piece from them I'd have to say either Kimon or Amanojaku which are both from their self-titled release, but their selection is very wide and no piece truly captures everything they're musically capable of.

@CriticalReactions

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely, I'll look into them.

@ckokomo808

3 жыл бұрын

@@CriticalReactions They released a really cool album this year!

I feel like you would really enjoy Brutus. Very fun band. Sugar Dragon or Cemetery would be good reactions.

I was listening this song just some days ago. Always a pleasure. If you like non conventional metal, i suggest you another band from Sweden, quite different from this but very interesting. They are a '90s cult band, and his mastermind Dan Swano is also an important sound producer, friend of many sweden bands you already reacted like Opeth and Katatonia. They are Edge of Sanity and play a melodic death metal with prog vibes and other things. They could be defined as a rock band that sounds like a death metal band. As first song well be fine "Velvet Dreams".

@andersliffner6986

3 жыл бұрын

I listened religiously to Edge of Sanity along time ago. They never got their break and faded away even in the metal world (which typically is a loyal bunch). Awsome of you to bring them up :)

@HateMich

3 жыл бұрын

@@andersliffner6986 They never played live often in those years, and always been a free band with an open minded sound, never joined a pre-established genre. And they broke up before metal went out of underground. Maybe these are reasons why they never became so popular. Those years are full of these unique bands, especially in Sweden and Europe in general, that blended metal with anything else. Some became popular over the years (Dark Tranquillity for example, but also Opeth, Paradise Lost, etc), but if you dig in the underground you can find true forgotten pearls.

@andersliffner6986

3 жыл бұрын

@@HateMich Yeah, it would be fun to re-live the Winamp days with all the downloaded MP3´s. I scoured the internet back in the day for "melo death" bands and the "gothenburg"-type of metal. ahh.. the nostalgia of it all!

@jbasti227

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this! I always heard of and wanted to get into Edge Of Sanity but never really knew where to start

@HateMich

3 жыл бұрын

@@jbasti227 "Spectral Sorrows" and "Purgatory Afterglow" are must imo. If you are into progressive go with Crimson I and II

Next up, gotta be doing Amenra to finish up my Culf of Luna, Leprous and Amenra favourite modern band triangle. (or just do Dark man dead city live from CoL's Year's in a day show imo :D).

@CriticalReactions

3 жыл бұрын

Amenra is highly requested and they almost showed up on the channel once. I suppose I should get around to featuring them sooner rather than later.

@chopchop080808

3 жыл бұрын

@@CriticalReactions I get the feeling it won't be your jam, but they're pretty much a must listen in this space, they create such a soul crushing atmosphere that it's at least worth checking out at some point.

Best sound I've heard live was these dudes. Amenra - A Solitary Reign pls :D

@jonKowalski3210

3 жыл бұрын

Such a great song