The new drummer is incredible, he brings so much. Both Ryans have improved vocally tho. Great album!

@waldi7080

Жыл бұрын

Did the former drummer leave?

@EzPulsy

Жыл бұрын

@@waldi7080 yes, last year. He's now drumming for Koe Wetzel.

@waldi7080

Жыл бұрын

@@EzPulsy do you know why?

@EzPulsy

Жыл бұрын

@@waldi7080 The band said it was an opportunity he couldn't refuse. It was too big

@waldi7080

Жыл бұрын

@@EzPulsy oh wow, thanks for the info!

I heard ryan talk to nik about criticism and he said he saw someone say that they "held back" with The Path and he agreed so they didnt want to hold themselves back with this one

@GLUTENX

Жыл бұрын

It definitely seems like they did after listening to this album

@zachla55

Жыл бұрын

They made the critics hold the beer

@LemonStrafe

Жыл бұрын

@@GLUTENX this album is incredible bro

@ryanbollinger1759

Жыл бұрын

@@GLUTENX This album is really damn solid my guy

@LemonStrafe

Жыл бұрын

@@ryanbollinger1759 I can't name 1 bad song on it. Love em all

Heavy, melodic, emotional - this record is a 100% hit for me, I put this as one of the greatest albums of 2022 for sure

"The Hell We Create" is a banger off the top. The song has a real metalcore sound. That outro sounds like some of KsE, and those fast kicks really get me "Reaper" would be sick live. Amazing cleans by Ryan. Their new drummer I think stands out on this album. It's FFAK, so their hearts are seen on this album. 🤘

@MigIgg

Жыл бұрын

If you’re wondering, their drummer is also apart of Invent Animate, that in itself explains why the bands drumming is reall good in this album

@RevolutionDrummer47

Жыл бұрын

@@MigIgg To which I started listening to Invent Animate again. A definitely solid drummer.

@Moritheterrible

Жыл бұрын

I’m seeing them next week let’s fucking go the pits gonna be crazy

Ryan has got some awesome lows. Would love to hear more of those deep growls.

I really dig this album a lot. Pretty sure I also read an interview with Ryan Kirby where he talked about the lyrical content. A lot of it has to do with his wife surviving a stroke and more has to do with the trauma their adopted children have gone through. Knowing that makes the album hit so much harder

Well, we can definitely say they have come to their senses again and have made one of the biggest comebacks. This album definitely feel like a journey, which is what I try to experience with every album.

Another solid record from them. It’s fairly by the books and lacks some of the grit from the Slave To Nothing / Disease era, but the melodies are perhaps the best they’ve ever been. They definitely didn’t sell out or lose their flare, just went in a slightly different direction.

Absolutely loved the journey through this album, I thought fit for a king did a great job with song placement because it kept me entertained the whole time and so much versatility and diversity through each song

definitely top 5 metalcore albums of the year! love ffak!

The albums have what the last album was lacking : variations within the songs. Last record was alternating between songs with boring and generic havy songs and decent soft songs. I love that in this album this is real singles, with cleans and screams, with heavy and soft in the same song. The songs feels like big metalcore song, not just filler songs.

Without pointing anything out - I'm genuinely happy with this release.

I love this album. I feel like its's the perfect mixture of heavy and melodic; and I'm all in for that. This is going to be an album I recommend to my friends if they want something heavy, but not the Lorna Shore kind of heavy.

Thanks for this video. I was feeling depressed today, and watching you react to my favorite metal band really helped me out. Keep it up, man.

@bogdanhxc

Жыл бұрын

Of course man, I'm glad I was able to provide some entertainment and escape for you! Keep being strong :)

@yourmatejay

Жыл бұрын

Hope you’re doing better today mate!!

I listened to this album endlessly and can confirm u r right, Reaching Out and Eyes Roll Back are probably the two best songs

I'm so glad I pre-ordered this album. Definitely hit that metalcore spot I had been missing

One of my favorite bands and I'm so happy Ryan and them wrote this killer album. I can't wait for the next album already(or that deathcore EP he teased)

I adore “Fracture”

@fanzarelli1319

Жыл бұрын

Second this

@thelightyears_

Жыл бұрын

Third this

This album is phenomenal. This year has been outstanding, so many 10/10 releases

Kirby has always had the chops, but damn this album everything just seems so much more refined

I haven’t been a FFAK fan since Slave To Nothing but this album brought me back

His cleans on this album remind me so much of Andy from Crown the Empire. This album is simply CTE x AILD. It’s really good. I think it’ll sneak in to my top 10 albums of the year

@user-yw9on4lc4v

Жыл бұрын

Actually in Reaching Out is another Ryan's clean vocals

Reaching out got some The devil wears prada vibe ngl if that's what you were looking for ahah but yeah for an album following The path, this one is freaking good honestly. We got the rough FFAK and the melodic one with some experimentation that goes really well with their sounds. Can't wait to catch them back on tour ♥️

I love that you dug this album.

flawless album in my opinion

The band said they want to create a mix between Dark Skies and The Path and that's what this album is to me!

I love this album a lot more than I thought I would

i've only listened through it once, but overall i like it. my favourite is still End, i think because i connect with the subject matter of the song, but also the energy and riffs. Eyes Roll Back though felt a bit more like Creation/Destruction era to me, which I was a fan of, just heavy as hell.

This album is amazing. Im hooked

OMG. Love this so much

This album slaps! Got a bit of everything!

This album has everything. Classic metalcore sound. The real heavy, the soft, catchy chorus' its a good ride!

It goes just so hard man

I think FFAK is in a league of their own right now. They are just too good!!!!

The Path was pretty mid to me. I loved parts of it but ultimately, it didn't click the same way Dark Skies did when I first got into this band. I didn't have high hopes for this record because I thought they'd stick to that sound. But....This album is like Dark Skies 2.0 and I love it. I think if you're a longtime fan of metalcore and FFAK, you'll love The Hell We Create. Realistically though, I don't think its extremely innovative as it's pretty generic metalcore at times, but Its an A grade metalcore record. I only mention that because so many fans claim to hate generic metalcore, trash bands they don't like, yet they simultaneously praise new generic records for AOTY every week lmao

@justdidit3933

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t call this Dark Skies 2.0. It has quite a few lighter songs, the only “heavy” ones on the new record are Eyes Roll Back and Reaper. And the wide, melodic choruses that characterized Dark Skies in songs like Engraved, Youth Division, and Oblivion aren’t anywhere to be found. Don’t get me wrong, I’m enjoying THWC, but it’s pretty old school style metalcore that’s predictable. Remember the first time you heard those Backbreaker screams that tore right down to your soul or those wicked blast beats in Oblivion? The sound and feeling captured in Dark Skies to me seems noticeably absent.

@restoringforce9893

Жыл бұрын

Oh man... give me a f**king break. All that stuff about innovation and etc is lame. Bands don't need to reinvent the whole genre every time they release a new record. The only thing that matters at the end of the day - is it a good record or not. The hell we create is a nice mix of Phinehas and Wage War with pinch of deathcore. Does it sounds generic to some degree? Absolutely. But people do love old generic metalcore. Just wrap it in the modern production and I'll take two:)

This reminds me of manic from wage war. has a little bit from their old old stuff, I mean, sink below would've fit right in on the album dark skies. then reaper was very 'the path' esc. and then they throw in a bunch of new stuff in there. im so spoiled this year between manic, this album and nothing more's new album

Please give The Gloom In The Corner's new album Trinity a listen. Even if you don't do a full album reaction on stream/youtube, you'll love it guaranteed. So many switch-ups in style and the lore is awesome too. It's my AOTY for sure, over Lorna Shore, FFAK, Slipknot, even Tallah once it comes out. They used to be a top 4 band for me, but now they're my favoruite after this album release.

@liamblack4840

Жыл бұрын

Even if you only react to the song Behemoth off the album since Sharptone released a music video for it. It's completely different to the other singles.

@str1897

Жыл бұрын

New album is insane. I liked their previous stuff but this is something else. They manage to make a busy and complex record without loosing catchiness. The melodies are beautiful and the heavy moments hits incredibly well. i love that they brought so many guests, it adds to the mind-blowing effect. For their first real album it's absolutely incredible, it really shows that they already have a few Ep's before because no one can put a first thing as good as this.

@liamblack4840

Жыл бұрын

@@str1897 completely agree with everything you said. I'm so glad I live in the same state as them so i can see them live because they're incredible.

This album slams.

In my top 5 albums of the year. Dark sky's is still my favorite though.

In one day I have listened to this album around 8 times

This bad boy is actually a candidate to my top-9 aoty: quite different, yet dynamic, heavy, emotional. And way better than The Path imo. I even start to guess they returned a bit to Dark Skies formula in this release. Falling Through the Sky, Eyes Roll Back are remarkable and standout for me 8:45 reminded me of Aaron Pauley from Of Mice & Men for a moment )

“WERE BURNING DOWN AT BOTH ENDs!!!!!!” Fuckin sick part of that song!!!

10:04 i thought exactly the same

the gloom in the corner - trinity is 🔥🔥🔥

React to the new Fire from the Gods album!

Eyes Roll Back is the highlight in my opinion.

this is suchhhhh a good album. added 6 of the 10 to my playlist, Metalcore Mansion

Somehow gives me Phinehas vibes. Absolutely love this new album.

This album reminded me a lot of Phinehas' The Fire Itself. Granted, both bands share a member. It's cool, in my opinion. Edit: regarding your review of this album not having the highs of The Path, I kind of felt that way initially, until I realized that this opinion could be biased due to The Path not having that many memorable tracks. So, when we got to the title track and Louder Voice, they stood out the most. However, in an overall solid album, pin-pointing a standout can be a bit difficult, hence the impression of the album not having that high.

@johnathanwilson1363

Жыл бұрын

Who’s the member?

@omarcomin2261

Жыл бұрын

@@johnathanwilson1363 Daniel Gailey does guitar and backing vocals for both bands.

I very much appreciate the minimal use of djentcore, the guitar tones generally feel thick and meaty. As an album it has a very good flow from start to finish, tho I would agree nothing stood out too much. On par with dark skies in my opinion, depending on the day probably my favorite ffak album. Feels complete

4:00 It reminds me of Prey from Parkway Drive

Gotta be honest. This album was good The Path was also really good The only problem I had with this album was the lyrical content. I know I'm a slant plant simp, but the lyrics felt substantially worse than The Path, and leagues worse than Dark Skies Not all of the songs had weak lyrics, Fracture, and the one with Tuckers lyrics as the chorus, were really well made. Overall, solid album. We'll never get another Dark Skies, but this honestly gives me plenty of nostalgia. Also even better that once more, Fit For a King comes through with releasing a motivational album during such a trying time. Much love to the band, can't wait to see them again soon

I had a lot of high expectations from this album from the very moment Reaper was released. It increased even more when End came out. But I found myself unimpressed by the other singles and I was barely listening to the singles that I liked when it came out. So by the time the album came out, I was expecting it to be a worse version of The Path (which I actually really liked). But boy was I wrong. This album was absolutely phenomenal. Not exactly from start to finish but I have been listening to on repeat. I felt like it slowed down a little bit around the end but What You Left Behind really brought back my intrest. Easily my favorite track. Eyes Roll Back was fucking sick too. Overall, it's definitely in my Top 5 albums of the year so far. Ryan has really shown off his vocal range here and I'm glad they're finally using Daniel Gailey to almost his full potential. Overall I personally give this album a 8.5/10

If you don't know whose band this album and only listen, you will thinking this is As I lay Dying band.

agreed 100% also might be one of their best new albums as well and the one before that one in 2020 or whenever also it did the only vocalist from another band the ghost inside lead singer Johnthan vigil on track 6 the only collaboration on the album/tracklist which is kind of baffling and weird. cinematic brakedowns sound badass more bands need to do that as far as any genre of metal. reaper track 5 kind of also sounds badass like the track high horse from wage war's album last year whatever track number it was from the album oh never mind it is track number 4

This album made me feel like a metalhead in my early 20s again. I'm not necessarily saying it was a nostalgic album but I felt that familiar happiness and energy listening to the whole thing. I listened to it 3 times in a row at work on Friday and I felt great.

I ended up really enjoying the album which I honestly wasn’t expecting, BUT I felt like almost every song starts in the same way. And maybe it’s just that generic metalcore intro, but it did start to bug me after a while. Overall tho it was above my expectations, solid album.

This album is great, but I would definitely recommend listening to Trinity by The Gloom In The Corner it's a wild experience to say the least

React to Dead Crown - Konec (ep) 🔥

im in a love

This is what great metalcore is.

@FKaga

Жыл бұрын

I agree with you on this. There is not a standout song. But the album is just so consistent and FFAK went 10 songs out of 10 on this.

@Conundrums._

Жыл бұрын

@@FKaga eyes roll back is stand out for me

@BraydonChannel

Жыл бұрын

This is what generic metalcore is***

it’s way better than i thought it’d be. 7.8/10

I love this album

fav album of the year behind color decay. 10/10.

I just love how he talks about apathy When most, if not all the mods in his discord server are extremely apathetic and uncaring You love to see it

Absolute crusher of an album. Might even beat out Dark Skies for me with more listens, which is my favorite since Creation/Destruction

It arrived yesterday...listened to it 3 times now and every song is great...no filler here...a banger!

Tis pretty good fam

Man this album is everything I wished The Path was musically and lyrically. I feel like the path was just a little too boring. Safe maybe. It had great moments for sure like prophet, but thwc is solid all the way through.

Fir For A King, The Devil Wears Prada, Miss May I, Electric Callboy, Alter Bridge, I Prevail, Coldrain, Bleed From Within, Motionless In White, Cancer Bats, Korn, Slipknot, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Hollywood Undead, 2022 for sure it's a BIGGG years for my taste of music, what a comeback from this pandemic disaster.

I'm not sure I like any song enough to play any songs on repeat, but I like the album enough that I will be throwing it on to listen to with regularity. 9 of 10 for me, only thing that it would need to be 10 for would be to have some far and above standouts

This album was absolutely ridiculous and I had no clue FFAK would have a come back like this

I love FFAK and The Path and THWC have been mildly disappointing. Eyes roll back and THWC are the best ones

So much great music dropping right now... is there any chance you could do an album reaction to Demon Hunter's "Exile," Bogdan??

This album is Dark Skies’s twin brother and I love it. That’s all I want from this band and they delivered.

@ThePikmin18

Жыл бұрын

Idk about that. I feel like it’s the path part 2

Am I the only one who only enjoyed maybe 2 songs on this album?

I’ll still see them when they headline, but there is nothing impressive to me about this album. It has nice grooves, melodies, and breakdowns, but I’d still rank it below The Path.

FFAK doing what they do best, making fun metalcore. Another banger from the boys!

Did a couple listen throughs and it’s better than the Path imo. Love the production, all the instruments and the vocals sound huge. Who produced and mixed it?

React to Crooked Royals please, they are soo 🔥

It was weird to add every single non single to my playlist (except fracture). What can you say, this album is so, so good overall. Hard to pick favorites, but Reaching Out and Eyes Roll Back are up there.

I love this album 🙌🏻

Its an decent record! I hear alot as I laying influence

It's a little too standard metalcore for my taste these days. Love Is Noise - Euphoria, Where Were You? took the release week for me personally. You should check out their track Movement. Big Loathe vibes.

I REALLY enjoyed this album. My fav from FFAK.

Very solid album from FFAK! I agree that every song is great. The Path was weaker and more cliche imo but it had some great songs. Dark Skies was phenomenal as well, but I think as a cohesive unit, this is my favorite album since Deathgrip. My favorite songs have to be The Hell We Create, End (The Other Side), Eyes Roll Back, and What You Left Behind.

Was wondering if we'd get this reaction. Now back to wondering if we'll get a gloom reaction too

This album have such old BFMV vibes

@fidelsanchez6528

Жыл бұрын

I agree big time!

i'm so happy with this ffak album, sometimes we need a classic and cliche metalcore, for me the best of the year so far.

09/10

pleasently surprised by this album. Definitely in my top 10 albums of the year Non Singles are better than the Singles

As much as I loved this album, the breakdown of "What You Left Behind" brought up my trauma from "A Day To Remember - Brick Wall"

I just really wish they’d stick with their heavier sound. This is the best version of their melodic stuff. But even when it’s good, it’s still generic.

Times Like This is sick. Gimme 16ths in a chorus

You should do the Lorna shore album reaction.

The hype for this album is throwing me for a loop. I’ve listened to it 3-4 times through so far and it’s just very… mediocre. The only songs that really stand out are End and What You Left Behind. The rest are just kind of boring and the heavy tracks are so forced that they hurt to listen to

@justdidit3933

Жыл бұрын

I’m enjoying it but I understand your perspective 100%. I feel like the two heavy songs are only there because fans wanted the Dark Skies heaviness so FFAK just forced them, when really they wanted a lighter album. Personally I think even The Path was better than this one. And Dark Skies was in a tier of its own.

@dreero_

Жыл бұрын

@@justdidit3933 Yessir. I really wish metalcore fans would stop harassing bands anytime they aren't writing 0-0-0 breakdowns/heavy for the sake of being heavy songs. The genre really needs experimentation because it's starting to get stale I'm afraid.

@CrownlessStudios

Жыл бұрын

It's hilarious because I've seen a bunch of people with this opinion, but their 2 stand put songs are all different from each other. Basically the whole album has been listed at this point by people with the "mediocre album" take.

I mean its not a bad album, but its really not interesting to hear at all. No hate, but its there is nothing new here, but I think I get this feeling since the The Gloom in the Corner LP dropped on the same day, and their record is SO much more interesting to hear for me. Just my opinion, dont wanna spread any bad mood

@Johnty270

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately people like you get opinions lol

@torwart.tempel

Жыл бұрын

@@Johnty270 ?

@Lexxifyy

Жыл бұрын

@@Johnty270 Unfortunately people like you exist

There only 1 singer

@Avenged7Fold923

Жыл бұрын

There’s two, their bassist “Tuck” sings the intro/chorus on Reaching Out; also sings the intro on What You Left Behind. 👍🏻

@treweis1141

Жыл бұрын

@@Avenged7Fold923 backup singing

I'm not against clean vocals but these absolutely does not fit

I haven't listened to this album enough to get one compact feeling on it. For me it is a good album, but it doesn't feel special for me. I am always waiting for those special ones.

@pandaonsteroids5154

Жыл бұрын

My fav AOTY is Stray From The Path Euthanasia. 😂😂