This song is named after "The Butcher of Bosnia". Ratko Mladic was a Bosnian Serb general of the VRS who spearheaded horrifying genocide during the Yugoslav wars. This includes the mass execution of 8300 civilians in the Srebrenica massacre.

You can NEVER put this on a full volume enough. I just want this track to forever violate my eardrums.

If you can, with whatever money you have, try to see them perform this live, in person.

@Milklatte

7 жыл бұрын

Waiting for them in Mexico !

@november8039

7 жыл бұрын

Where in Mexico?

@nullnodenaught

7 жыл бұрын

Absolutely true. I have seen them play this live twice now. There are a couple of good board recordings of it on btree also.

@sethbosworth1842

5 жыл бұрын

It's an ethereal experience

@williamking6174

5 жыл бұрын

Coachella 2012 weekend 2!

ONE OF BEST PIECES OF MUSIC IN MODERN HISTORY

THIS ISN'T A BAND, THIS IS A FORCE OF NATURE

@mykimikimiky

7 жыл бұрын

with a little help of N Tesla

@tylerbowne1482

6 жыл бұрын

They're so incredible live, too.

@ericbeal7284

5 жыл бұрын

Too bad they're leftists who's envisioned world is leading to the hellscapes of their songs

@gspice4592

5 жыл бұрын

you may find that the overwhelming majority of artists are leftist

@RB939393

5 жыл бұрын

The capitalist system is leading to the hellscapes of their songs.

"With his arms out stretched, with his arms out stretched. With his arms out stretched?" "Okay? Can you get him? Can you see him? Shoot."

@denialfalls2724

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty pretty nine

@KommentarSpaltenKrieger

3 жыл бұрын

Dronestriking?

@andyz9793

3 жыл бұрын

I always figured "shoot" was like they were trying to establish visuals on someone (idk maybe in a hostage situation or something) and then couldn't find him. Never considered it could be an order to shoot someone.

@dahoodsharmoud1676

2 жыл бұрын

@@andyz9793 I think you're right. A line of dialogue is missing in the original comment : after the double question, you can here someone answer "No". So "shoot" is more likely to be an exclamation like "damn" than an order.

@andyz9793

2 жыл бұрын

@@dahoodsharmoud1676 I so, so wish we knew what htis sample was from. It could be anything

17:52 is one of the greatest finishes to a track I have ever heard

@rodtaylor5476

5 ай бұрын

Absolutely. It's just simply epic in every sense of the word.

My headphones never go loud enough for this song

@zaproud

8 жыл бұрын

+Sena Bryer best thing to be said about this song : D

@dhill05

5 жыл бұрын

That's how you get tinnitus.

@mr.manes88

5 жыл бұрын

pair of cowards

@royceedwards1910

5 жыл бұрын

I see you.

@denialfalls2724

4 жыл бұрын

Sena Bryer Same. Nor does my car.

This point where you think "Holy Shit, this can't get any better", and you're only halfway thru...

Unpopular opinion: the drone at the beginning is just as good as the arabic riff in the middle. those plucking sounds are menacing, creates such an uneasy, yet perfect atmosphere.

@garysmith7184

4 жыл бұрын

Not unpopular at all dude! Check out Appendix Out - Ritual Ingestion Of A Yellow Rhizome...similar sorta vibe but for the whole track...

@espirituneutro9696

4 жыл бұрын

@Benjamin T thanks for this. I've always been aware of the influence but didn't know where to start.

@oyoystein

9 ай бұрын

For some reason, they remind me of the sound of ricocheting bullets.

@shiveringisles3509

8 ай бұрын

I prefer 10 hours of that drone over the riff. Btw what is the instrument they are plucking live, not that violin but the one on the floor.

@lucasM6

4 ай бұрын

Every part of this song is important to the piece as a whole, the quieter parts are just as masterful as the explosion of guitars and drums.

I read the comments before listening and I'm glad that I did cause I stopped the song and I'm waiting to get home to my sound system and enjoy what I imagine to be a great experience. I'll update with how I felt UPDATE 3 MONTHS LATER: I have transcended all there is. I can smell sounds and I can count in log base 12. I exist in all points in time simultaneously, so basically I am writing the update at the same time I am writing the original comment.

@Lewisevans1618

4 жыл бұрын

Great workout track

@Nobody7720

3 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@OurFreeReflections

2 жыл бұрын

brilliant

@yume9199

Жыл бұрын

lmao dude became a god

@DylanLadouceur-eu7qy

Жыл бұрын

absolute fucking chills

The words to describe these musicians, their work, and the uneasy comfort they bring to the pit of my stomach are non existent. There's really no need for explanation or critic when you can finally feel what you are hearing.

Seen them live 3 times.. they're incredible! This music goes straight through your heart or you don't understand

WITH HIS ARMS OUTSTRETCHED. WITH HIS ARMS OUTSTRETCHED.

@crystalclearMSA

5 ай бұрын

WITH HIS ARMS OUTSTRETCHED?

@skywardstargaze1768

25 күн бұрын

@@crystalclearMSACAN YOU GET HIM? DO YOU SEE HIM?

@crystalclearMSA

25 күн бұрын

@@skywardstargaze1768 shoot

This song was made on the day he was arrested, hence the name (at least, so I was told). Hours ago he was sentence to life, for war crimes comited in Bosnian war. Not that I needed particular excuse, but today this is blasting from my speakers turned to 11.

@pandarosamusic5751

Жыл бұрын

What a horrible, horrible, smug man. And he's still alive, the complete psychopath

There is post rock....then there is godspeed you black emporer...for me they are so pure and spiritual and I do believe god is listening to them

THE BEST GY!BE SONG TO EVER EXIST. IM LITERALLY LOSING MY MIND LISTENING TO THIS RIGHT NOW AND I'VE HEARD FOR YEARS NOW!!!!

This take on merging what is probably derived from psychedelic sound and the theme of war is so out of this world and cinematic, even after the 50th or so listen.

with his arms outstretched with his arms outstretched with his arms outstretched

This song gave me tinnitus but it was fucking worth it

i really think this might be one of the best pieces of music ever made

a wall of sound washed me out in their live performance Athens 24.04.18, what a blast!!!!!!!!! incredible band!

Sometimes I try to find a better fulfilling and satisfying Post-Rock Song than this one, and I just can't. It is too damn fucking Good.

@nicolasbouchard454

7 жыл бұрын

so gay

@denialfalls2724

3 жыл бұрын

@@nicolasbouchard454 Gay? Nice.

@amnesiac5429

3 жыл бұрын

Sleep, the dead flag blues ??

@Walexo45

3 жыл бұрын

@@nicolasbouchard454 wow t gay

@SonicAvalanche

Жыл бұрын

Cos it isn't really post rock

with his arms outstretched

I SAW GODSPEED PLAY THIS IN PHILLY LAST MONTH WHILE PEAKING ON 2 TABS AND IT WAS LIKE AN ATOMIC BOMB GOING OFF

@zinguyen

5 жыл бұрын

incredible. I'm happy for you.

@ijustgotreallystoned638

4 жыл бұрын

Bro you're lucky as fuck, what I wouldn't give to have that experience

@Lewisevans1618

4 жыл бұрын

ASTONISHING

@renosgarage7451

3 жыл бұрын

Druggie

@ixxxxxxx

3 жыл бұрын

made me laugh, ur awesome man

THIS IS NOT A BAND, THIS A NEW INTIFADA.

Have had the honor of experiencing GY!BE live, together with my old man we took a flight overseas from Holland to England just to see them. It was a journey i will never forget.

@bibblytib

2 жыл бұрын

Was this at the 02 academy? I feel like we must have gone to the same gig!

@XpRnz

2 жыл бұрын

@@bibblytib it was actually in some university campus building in Norwich! One of the smaller gigs I think, was really amazing.

@ptolemist

Жыл бұрын

proper father-son time right there

@XpRnz

Жыл бұрын

@@ptolemist Most definitely 👍 cheers.

Welcome to Arco AM-PM Mini-market. We would like to advise our customers that any individual who offers to pump gas, wash windows, or solicit products is not employed by or associated with this facility. We discourage any contact with these individuals, and ask that you report any problems to uniformed personnel inside. Whoops, sorry, wrong song.

@jamesmartin1387

5 жыл бұрын

Welcome to Los Angeles and it's abundance of unsolicited assistance.

@jacobcelo7040

4 жыл бұрын

Not sure what you're referring to, but I want to

@Daudlagid

4 жыл бұрын

@@jacobcelo7040 He's referring to this song, also by GYBE: kzread.info/dash/bejne/dJebxtymcqe_c7A.html

@matthewxuereb7707

3 жыл бұрын

@@Daudlagid fucking brilliant song, that one.

Just got back from their Athens show. The live version of Mladic is the greatest thing I've ever experienced. Words cannot describe...Do yourself a favor and go see them perform this live.

My favorite part is from 08:11 to 12:40 very intense, the bass is so damn epic. One of my favoritest GY!BE songs.

1 With his arms upstretched!? 2 With his arm upstretched!! 1 With his arms upstretched? 2 Do you see em? OK? 2 Ok!!? Can you get her!? Do you see her?! 1 No. 2 Shoot 1 Hang on!! Hang on!! Hang on!! With his arms upstretched?! 2With his arms upstretched!! 1 With his arms upstretched!? 2 Ok!!? Can you get her!? Do you see her!? 1 No. (Lil chuckle to each other presumably at the end)

@geonx001

6 жыл бұрын

right on

@geonx001

6 жыл бұрын

shoot

@SykwtiMayro

6 жыл бұрын

The song is called Mladic so its obviously "inspired" from the serbian genocide of the bosnians in sarajevo srebrenica etc

This is how it feels marching through the streets of Baghdad, past midday, when the sun is at its peak spilling gluey inferno in your skull while puffing the dense and harsh dust of years of wars and conflicts breathing through dry cracks of the ground you step in rapturous vertigo till you collapse in post-orgasmic delirium disorder. I love this song so much... dammit.

@MrHeksasens

8 жыл бұрын

+illmatc Yes but is the song about Ratko Mladić(c), so its more like a war hornes...

@ThirtyTyrantsProductions

7 жыл бұрын

Dude, we have exactly the same imagination concerning this song. Except for the collapse. But yes it's a sad story. And violent.

@arnold.j.meijer846

6 жыл бұрын

The only question that haungths me is how much more cut dicks I could have shot... ten, hundred?

I WISH I HAD LOUD ENOUGH HEADPHONES THAT WOULD MAKE ME FEEL EVERY CHORD OF THIS SONG TRAVEL THROUGH MY ENTIRE NERVOUS SYSTEM

second most favourite gy!be song next to moya, just listening to that build up and amazing guitar sequence makes it feel like going through intense war in the battlefield

@patrickcummins6064

8 жыл бұрын

Bosnia??..

@mcrmehmet

7 жыл бұрын

Kaden Clancy Best comment! Moya is the best and this is the second.

@mcrmehmet

7 жыл бұрын

People are still commenting about removal of kebab. But better not listen this band. As a Turk born in Balkans i love both Bosnia and Serbia. All Balkans we enjoy the same we listen the same, we dance and laugh the same. Better not fight eachothers. Balkans are our homeland.

@clark985

3 жыл бұрын

Holy

Well, Putin just invaded Ukraine.. considering this song is named after another, angry, warmongering Slavic person, I feel this song is appropriate now, more than ever.

@user-zu3wq3lf3h

2 жыл бұрын

Literally listening this in Donetsk as another shell has detonated near my house.

@yeheyuan

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-zu3wq3lf3h stay safe men)

Walking through the old streets of Lahore with this song playing through your headphones is an experience.

@monkehitstring

5 жыл бұрын

Okay I'm gonna pay a visit to androon now just to experience it myself.

@maddoscientist1905

5 жыл бұрын

Guess I need to try this someday

13:31 to 14:21... aural bliss...

I just keep listening to this over and over...

One of the few songs you can come back to and it gives you the same thrill every single time.

Thank you 28 Days Later, for introducing me to an incredible band.

@patrickcummins6064

8 жыл бұрын

same

@Milklatte

7 жыл бұрын

whaaat I didn't even know they were in it, wow

@occams_chainsaw

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, their song 'East Hastings' is played at the beginning of the movie.

@carthag

6 жыл бұрын

please listen to Nervous-Sad-Poor and/or The Dead Flag Blues

@rudivincent7442

6 жыл бұрын

Lonus Bjonus DEAD FLAG BLUES

Saw them perform this in Dallas. The sound was goddamn enormous, immense. What a wonderful group of people, to have done this.

I listen to this everyday when I get back from work, smoking a cigarette.

Truly, Truly special... noise of the highest quality 😎💚👍

Holy crap, you were really, really lucky to have managed to randomly pick up one of the greatest albums by one of the greatest bands ever.

Hands down best album since Lift Yr Skinny Fists. Well done, lads and lasses, looking forward to seeing y'all in Portland, been listening since 1999

This is basically ambient, space rock, post rock and reggaeton all chunked together. Dope

how is this not in a film holy fuck

@icehot900

9 ай бұрын

gybe got used in a film once

@joshkier

9 ай бұрын

east hastings in 28 days later @@icehot900

Man1-With his arms outstretched Man2-With his arms outstretched? okay Man1-okay, Can you get him, can you see him? Man2-No. Man1-Shoot... Man2-Hang on, hang on, hang on... (voices in the back)

@bobwinston4634

4 жыл бұрын

Where does this audio come from?

This is simply the best that modal music can get! Can't believe I hadn't heard this sooner!

Album (GOODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR Allelujah! Don't bend! Ascend!) in my collection, vid in my favs. Thanks.

@ekelalfred219

8 жыл бұрын

No one gives a fuck

@RB939393

5 жыл бұрын

@@ekelalfred219 damn

Ratko Mladić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ратко Младић, pronounced [râtko mlǎːdit͡ɕ]; born 12 March 1943) is a Bosnian Serb convicted war criminal and former warlord who led the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) as a general during the Yugoslav Wars.[1][2][3] He was later found guilty of committing war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

@Mistralincessant

4 жыл бұрын

Peter Derouen Mladic fought for his country and his fellow countrymen. Good speed Mladić!

@91iamlegend

2 жыл бұрын

Mladic is a hero and one of the rare humane actors of that war, don't let western propaganda fool you.

@RoteAnarchie

2 жыл бұрын

@@91iamlegend Systematic genocide against Bosniaks begs to differ

@91iamlegend

2 жыл бұрын

@@RoteAnarchie When you understand what Systematic, Genocide and Bosniaks actually mean, then perhaps we can have this conversation.

This is my favorite song of all time. Period.

CRIkEY what a piece of Music . Thankyou Godspeeds ❤️🏴😇from the Wilverley Enclosure Phoney Witches

tfw hear the song for the first time.

@moritzzz1

5 жыл бұрын

I wish I could rehear this song for the first time

@sophiem3560

3 жыл бұрын

🙌

I have been waiting for this for years!

Saw them live, and i wouldn't say which one is better, both are epic

This song pumps me up like hell

holly fuck is anybody else baked as fuck chilling out to this??

@P4Kdrone

8 жыл бұрын

+Kristof's Konnection *STOP*

@patrickcummins79

8 жыл бұрын

+Kristof's Konnection i like ur style!! i get fucked up n listen to this song a lot!

@faltrax

8 жыл бұрын

+Kristof's Konnection - Fuck yeah, man.

@sm-xc6fn

8 жыл бұрын

+Kristof's Konnection dude weed lmao

@khazzakul569

8 жыл бұрын

+Kristof's Konnection hellz yea... trippy even though im not baked yet xD damn

this band makes love to me.

16:09 That sound gives me the chills

@shapereinhardt3151

4 жыл бұрын

Yupe

I saw them at The Cannery Ballroom in Nashville, TN. They started their set with about 15 minutes of droning noises (some of the noises were pre-recorded and started before anyone was even on the stage), which eventually went into Mladic. They also played Moya, their newest song (which has been labeled "Behemoth" on the interwebs), another seemingly endless array of droning noises (which I thought was amazing), and ended the set with Gathering Storm. The show was absolutely incredible and LOUD!

Yesterday, Mladic was finally convicted of organizing the Bosnian Muslim genocide, a sincere apology to our friends in Bosnia for supporting the Serbs during this period. This does not mean that the bombing of Serb civilians is not a crime against humanity and should have been condemned as well. peace in the whole world. dimi from Athens.

if I were ever the villain in a series, this would be my theme music.

7:26 Yeah motherfuckers

@ledzeppize

8 жыл бұрын

9:18

Might be the hardest song ever

Best 20 minutes ever.

This is dark horsing its way to being my favourite godspeed track.

listening from the back of an ancient Toyota Tacoma pickup as me and my fellow tribe tear through the deserts of a dead America. The year is 2047.

@joshkier

2 жыл бұрын

alright mad max

@RyanBachman-uy9zk

5 ай бұрын

I bought an older Toyota to prepare for the impending collapse. I don't know if well make it to 2047 at this rate. But ill be listening to this while were still kicking

amazzinnggg album art. I LOVE IT!!

montreal represent!

@esldave

8 жыл бұрын

hup hup or something

eargasm

Music is not dead

This is the soundtrack to drive through the balkans.. but more precisely i would say Albania, and even more so, Kosovo. trust me, it's awesome, already done it.

@Adyman182

8 жыл бұрын

+AnRTPgA This is the soundtrack for living in the Balkans.

@creevyj6948

8 жыл бұрын

+AnRTPgA Me: Mom! I'm going to Kosovo Mom: What's in Kosovo? Me: I'm gonna listen to this kickass post-rock band there on my stereo. It's gonna be great XD

@Symphomaniac1

8 жыл бұрын

+AnRTPgA Just don't tell anyone that the song's name is "Mladic" while you're there...

@Adyman182

8 жыл бұрын

Doom III of House Zappo SAYING MLADIĆ IN THE BALKANS 2016 [GONE WRONG] [GONE SEXUAL] [GONE GENOCIDAL]

@DJYungHoxha

6 жыл бұрын

wtf is this bs, I'm neither American NOR from a NATO country, In fact, I'm ethnically Albanian living in central europe. Also, of course, Americans will be Americans, acting imperialist everywhere they can. But, I'll tell ya something: I'm a communist anarchist. BUT: I'll take being colonised by the US 100x times over being genocidally raped and murdered by the Serbian Army. Call me an imperialist, but I prefer my family non-raped.

Quite possible the greatest song I've ever heard

It is physically imposible to play this song "too loud".

Amazing band. They deserved the Polaris for sure and it's about time it went to a group like this one.

I don't even know what to say... Just hits you like a tidal wave

Just announced earlier this week as guest curators for the Sled Island festival in Calgary. Will be the first time Godspeed has ever performed in Alberta.

could listen to this all day

It's exciting. It's an adventure to pick something up based purely off the art, not knowing quite what you're gonna hear when you spin it. To have that adventure with a band like Godspeed... I did, with F# A# Infinity, and will never regret the moment I found noise so beautiful that I'd never even tried to imagine it.

"Wth his arms outstretched, with his arms outstretched...do you see him, can you get him...?"

Eargasm. They would be brilliant in concert, wow.

Tunes for the end of days

Ugh just phenomenal.

"come and see" is one hell of a movie.. opening line of song reminds me of closing scene in movie.. "..isn't this where we came in??.."

What begins as a ringing becomes a powerful hum, that becomes the heart of the sound, that sits in the middle of al the chaos creating beautiful, organized chaos... wild... free

Truly amasing band. Unique.

I totally agree, they describe more things than before, but without being boring, I like their new style .Anyway, this is so good to hear them again ! I don't know if you guys knows about GRAILS, they are a great similar band; I suggest you to hear their song "soft temple" or "I led three lives" or anything else, you may love them if you like this song :)

saw them play this on tuesday and it was amazing

@denialfalls2724

3 жыл бұрын

nice username lmao

Foooook, I'm only half way through the song and I'm already mind blown! Brain, be prepared to explode...

Most underrated album. I like it as much as F# and Yanqui

I remember listening to the 17:52 part for the first time and bursting into tears

Absolutely mindbogglingly astounding!!!!!! Hallucinogenics are definitely not needed!!

this album along with the rest of their catalog is totally worth buying/owning. their sound is second to none, their live shows are epic and crushing at the same time!

easily their best song

I saw them play this last night, winner!!!!

I really didn't think Godspeed You! Black Emperor could possibly get any better. I was so wrong!

Love that percussion at the end! :D

This song is beyond incredible, the way it captures the middle eastern feeling and turns it into this huge fucking monster of a song, i literally can't get enough of this. If i ever journey to the desert, this album will be coming with me.

Listened to this "song" again since a long time. Now I love it.