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  • great song for baroness

  • ok... lets get this straight.... Mastodon sounds like Baroness... you could tell when you hear Crack The Skye... thats when they semmed to focus on the Prog... Boing!

  • @diRTyNeEcH ....Mastodon is 4 years older than baroness

    so Baroness would sound like Mastodon

    But agreed they do have many similarities

  • How can you compare mastodon and baroness. -.- if your discontect go out there and try yourself.

  • I found this guys a few years back, they're still good as I remember. This is amazing.

  • that was a poor excuse for Mastodon

  • The vid. is the hostile/amateur version of Schism (tool) lol

    nice song btw

  • @rnieto2112 Tool blows!!

    SLUDGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

  • Somehow the intro to this always plays when I walk naked into a room full of women, and then nasty things start happening..

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  • I don't think Baroness was lacking in video production, I think all you new schoolers just don't dig music videos that aren't made by a huge team of Big Media designers and computer/Photoshop geeks. Watch some Sleep videos

  • the music is quite good but it's a little boring. the video is horribly bad but slightly interesting. for some reason it's an exciting combination!!

  • nothing like a good ole vision quest

  • q buena, me encanta!

    

  • This video reminds me of the video for Curl of the burl by Mastodon, both of them are massively fucked up :) lol

  • 156 people are jealous they don't have a horse called golgotha.

  • Love the song, but the video is straight bad hahaha.

  • I'm kind of disappointed by the poor production of both the video and the sound in this compositionally above average song.

  • @samyazza23 Agreed... the drums especially sound awful, throught the fault of the production, not the drummer.

  • Great song, but the video is tripping balls.

  • I love the song, but the video's a little bit like watching that one scene in The Big Lebowski, with the landlord's interpretive dance.

  • they sort of sound like mastodon cuz theyre both sludge metal and i love both

  • Blue record and crack the slur both fuckin owned in their own respects. They were released pretty close to each other and I could never decide which I liked best because they were both masterpieces.

  • @Jpope0148 lol "crack the slur" I was wondering what you were trying to say, then I looked at my keyboard and realized the last three letter are next to the ones you meant to type on the keyboard.

  • 1:45 That's how i walk into my classroom in the morning.

  • this band and mastodon are both fucking awsome

  • Prison Break - last season!

  • Fuck, that is awesome.

  • It's stoner metal pilates &self-exploration, y'all.

  • A lot of people say that Baroness sounds like Mastodon. I would say that they both sound like Thin Lizzy.

  • I can see the Mastodon resemblance only really in the odd guitar work. This is my time ever checking Baroness out, but I dig it a lot. Not because of Mastodon, but because I think they sound pretty damn good.

  • This song. Is an eargasm.

  • I think my earphones are too quiet, I want to listen to this so loud that my ears will explode.

  • The solo sounds just like the one in divinations (Mastodon)

  • kids this is while you make music. drugs are an afterthought, do them or don't. never overdo anything and don't get into the hard shit.

  • kids this is why you make the music while your on drugs, when for vids be slightly sober..

    anyways love the song love the band :)

  • Sorry to Baroness but this video kinda ruined the song for me. I don't know what they were trying to achieve. Maybe Baizley's mind is just too much for me to comprehend.

  • Question: what the fuck is this song even about?

  • mastodon+baroness= the plateau of music

  • *generic Mastodon/Baroness comparison quote*

  • I love Mastodon. Baroness sounds very little like Mastodon.

  • Saying Baroness is a Mastodon rip off is the same thing as saying any thrash metal band is a Kill Em All rip off... Grow a fucking brain and learn to accept that same genre doesn't mean rip off.I don't even understand how can people compare the two bands.It's like comparing two completely different colors.

  • The vocals aren't nearly as good as Mastodon.

  • Reminds me musically of Mastodon, with the vocals of Tommy Victor of Prong. Good song...

  • Is this video a joke? wtf

    

  • i'm the biggest fan of this band but this video suck

  • Just talk about a point pleaze for instance the vid -the chords-the lyrics what's been evocated in you. We all have differents views and music background don't contaminate this particular space. Where i met music i don't want brains pollution. Merci pour votre compréhension les amis je suis taciturne. Enjoy.

  • I don't caim to understand the music industary with any degree of accuracey, but wehn a popular band is signed, the label will then sigh loads of similar sounding/themed bands, hense Baroness, Bison b.c. etc. They're not rippin' eachother, Mastodon got there first...

    ...Well Neurosis actually...

  • ...and btw: how retarded to discuss the definition of a music style. i seperate music into 2 categorys: good and bad. thats it.

  • @satanic666sonic Same here.

  • maybe mastodon and baroness share the somewhat heavy sound and the fact that they are both progressive, meaning their songs develope instead of the classical structure, leading to a mix-up by some people who encounter the sound the first time

  • @nightmareganon dude true sludge is slow and dark not

  • Don't get me wrong, but I still don't see why they call these guys sludge metal. There's nothing heavy, dirty, or hateful about their music (as far as I've heard) and those are all pretty important elements to sludge. They don't sound fucked-up enough, or at all, really.

  • @NightmareGanon Sludge has to be hateful? Since when? And Baroness is plenty heavy. Kylesa isn't hateful, but they're Sludge. Weedeater isn't hateful, and they're Sludge/Doom. I fail to see your representation of what should and shouldn't be Sludge.

  • @Cessate I haven't heard any other other song from this guys, but at least this song is by no means sludge. Sludge is hateful... since the classic era of the genre: Grief, Eyehategod, Buzzoven, Crowbar, Iron Monkey, Corrupted, Fleshpress: all undeniably hateful, sounding dirty as fuck.

  • @NightmareGanon You have to understand/keep in mind that genres DO progress. And where Iron Monkey, Grief, and Buzz are only bands I like from that list, and where they ARE Sludge. All of them are easily identified with heavy Doom elements as well.

    There's PLENTY of "Modern" Sludge bands out there that still have Doom elements (Black Tusk, Jucifer, Cough), and others who still dig Sludge but chose not to have Doom. Like Kylesa, and Baroness. I find they have Post-Rock influence with Sludge.

  • @Cessate I don't think sludge can be sludge without doom metal influence. A sludge band can change their sound... but there's a point where it stops being sludge. I haven't listened to much more by them, but I would classify this song as just prog metal, as there's very little doom or hardcore element in there.

    Also, what's up with not liking Eyehategod? I know everyone has different tastes, but they're just... so accessible.

  • @NightmareGanon I don't think Sludge needs Doom influence at all to survive. They're separate genres that just so happen to work well together IMO.

    As far as Prog goes? I don't see it. I think of Porcupine Tree, Opeth, BTBAM, Rush and others as Prog. Baroness don't fall into anything like that haha.

    And meh. Eyehategod is good, but nothing I'd buy or go see live if they were headlining. I'm big into Sludge, but EHG and Highonfire are two bands I just can't get into.

  • @NightmareGanon I don't think Sludge needs Doom influence at all to survive. They're separate genres that just so happen to work well together IMO.

    As far as Prog goes? I don't see it. I think of Porcupine Tree, Opeth, BTBAM, Rush and others as Prog. Baroness don't fall into anything like that haha.

    And meh. Eyehategod is good, but nothing I'd buy or go see live if they were headlining. I'm big into Sludge, but EHG and Highonfire are two bands I just can't get into.

  • @Cessate What is "pure" sludge then, if it isn't a combination of doom metal and hardcore punk?

  • @NightmareGanon I'd say typical stoner rock would be more so what Sludge is; if you were to take out the other genres that generally make it (ie: Doom or Post-Rock). Kyuss, Unida, Truckfighters, and so forth. All have very strong similarities to Sludge, but clearly what makes Sludge... Sludge is the mix of other genres. And I don't think it solely has to be Doom, obviously if I still count Mastodon, Kylesa and Baroness Sludge.

  • @NightmareGanon the melvins

  • Im a huge fan of Baroness and Mastodon...

  • What is this song/video about? in their opinion? or yours? lol

    im just wondering...i enjoi this band tho..also red fang and zoraster, weedeater and fleshgod apocalypse. also pagans mind ..yeeeeeee

  • Whats the meaning of this video?

    I think it's all about the Allegory of the Cave

    BTW, it's epic!

  • If any of you think Mastodon and Baroness are the same band, then obviously you have not listened to any of their albums and you are morons.

  • They would sound like Mastodon if they were good.

  • I've heard church quires that sound harder than this band. :)

  • @C2CONTINUE The only way u could have know this if u have actually been to a baroness show live, there a heavy fucking band...dumbshit

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  • Crystals... what could that be a metaphor for?

  • everyone know baroness was the one who filled masthodon run away, good to have to bands to refresh our mind¡¡

  • Brilliant band. Really refreshing. I love how a lot of their songs are in major key's too. And as for the Mastodon comparisons. Yeah they sound slightly similiar. And that's all that really needs to be said on the matter.

  • 151 people think that talented bands don't deserve recognition.

    "Aw man, someone else likes them. That means they suck now!"

  • Mike judge is starting up beavis and butthead again, this should totally be on the show.

  • I thought after opening for Metallica last year these dudes would have a lot bigger following. Sad really, cos' they're fucking awesome.

  • @ad4yas They only supported Metallica in the oceanic. That's nothing compared to how much Gojira and Mastodon toured with 'em.

  • Just wondering, what does "critically acclaimed" mean?

  • @happy5crazy it means the critics liked something....for once.

  • @megleyd Awesome, thanks for telling me :D

  • the projections on the faces makes me think of madame leota

  • Baroness is seriously one of the most underrated bands, theyre amazing i love them \m/

  • Love the opening riff.

  • @ToxicMayo09 Money. Or a lack thereof. That's why videos like these seem so cheap and generic. If more people would, metaphorically speaking, unhook themselves from the soulless, atonal, mainstream, AutoTune matrix of Bieber and GaGa-wdawful, and listen to decent music, bands like this would have bigger budgets for music videos.

  • @Greysockmadman Relapse has a pretty good budget man, I don't think it's lack of money lol.. I think they honestly did this because they wanted to create a 60's - 70's esque psychedelia video. Personally, it doesn't matter to me I love the music. Bands like Baroness are too far and few between.

  • @Greysockmadman It's not like they needed it anyway; I like it the way it is.

  • I honestly don't see the huge Mastodon resemblance everyone's pointing out. I mean I see some similarities both both bands feel completely separate to me.

  • @BustedZen that's because that "everyone" only knows Mastodon when it comes to "sludgy" genres, since Mastodon has grown pretty mainstream. It's within the boundaries of the same musical genre/attitude/approach (even geography), it would be weird if they did not resembled each other.

  • @BustedZen they're just two excellent metal bands from the same generation

  • @BustedZen I don't really any band having more resemblance to Mastodon than Baroness. Which isn't a bad thing. Baroness & Mastodon are both awesome

  • 4:26 = yoga for headbangers

  • i'm sorry but this is a terrible video

  • I like this new video layout it makes metal videos look cooler.

  • kinda sounds like killing joke a little bit

  • saul of the mole men?

  • wtf

  • The song's great, but WTF was up with the video? That was almost "Zardoz" weird.

  • he totally stole the pants from the guy in the locust star video, i wonder if they are related?

  • the video looks like the performance of the dude´s landlord in the big lebowski!! Great song though!

  • Tree solo like a boss.

    

  • i may or may not be responsible for about 300,295 of these views

  • Has anyone noticed that Mastadon and Baroness are 2 different bands?

  • @jakerrocks They sound very different to me yep.

  • @jakerrocks Saw them both live about a year ago. Baroness tore down the house. Mastodon was way too drunk and limped their way through "Crack the Skye." Baroness wins.

  • @jakerrocks clever troll is clever and oddly telling the truth.

  • @jakerrocks am i even more weird for liking Baroness but not Mastodon?

  • @jakerrocks I dont think the director did.

  • @jakerrocks I have. I love how all of my favorite progressive bands are from the same state i live in lol

  • @jakerrocks YOU ARE A LYING SON OF A BITCH! MASTODON AND BARONESS ARE THE SAME BAND NOW GO AWAY TROLL!

  • @jakerrocks they might bear some resemblance, but i'm pretty sure mastOdon and baroness are different bands.

  • @jakerrocks They are different bands. But Mastodon is a very good band to be compared with.

  • @jakerrocks slow down... two bands... that are kind of sludgy... from Georgia... can be... different?

  • HAHAHAHA this is exactly like being on acid... this is like... so accurate...

  • Why is every single metal music video so gay?

  • @ToxicMayo9 how is this gay? are you so insecure about your sexuality that a bunch of cavemen make it gay? and the majority of metal music vids are just the band playing a song in an abandoned building so.....

  • @Metal09Master Fine, its not gay so much as its just terrible. The effects look cheaply made and the concept is corny, That stupid eclipse shit and the cheap looking environments just make the video terrible. Even if they were going for that intentionally tacky look, it still sucks.

  • @ToxicMayo9 i'd say if it really bothers you, try drugs, they make just about everything better, except funerals...i wouldn't recommend that...doesn't end well

  • @ToxicMayo9 This song is so full of awesome that the video could be Richard Simmons covered in peanut oil doing the Macerena and I would still watch it.

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  • i think baroness and mastodon are both fucking badass. mastodon has more of a ...well... refined musical prog metal take to it. Baroness is still fucking great, but they have more of a straight up rock n' roll groove to them and more of a garage band feel i think. Both fuckin' blow my god damn mind and make me wish i had some fuckin' acid or something to drop. I love them both. \m/

  • this is fuckin genius here.1st listen ever and my brain has a happy deep smile all over

  • 0:22 CLEAN YOUR TEETH BRO!

  • I saw these guys open for Mastodon last year and it was an absolutely incredible show. One of the best I'd ever been to.

  • Awesome

    

  • Meaning of video - A man tries to escape the prison of his depression and fear where many have fallen. Then he fights his demons and himself endlessly until he realizes the way out: regaining his pride.

  • Pure epicness.

  • SÅÅÅ JÄKLA FETT

  • Its a great band but the vocals just dont live up to the music like they do in mastodon

    

  • The beginning reminds me of a Kenneth Anger film.

  • Blue(and pretty much all of Baroness's albums) is most deffinitly a concept album. In my opinion you can't just listen to one song by them because it's just soooo much better to chill out and listen to the album in it's entirety. To listen to just one of the songs by itself just can't compare to the full experience.

  • This band is interesting, but this song is such a tease, to me. Its like building up tension the whole time with no climax. ugh. I like it but im just waiting for that burst

  • This makes me think of a mars volta video

  • This song has a huge penis.

  • @godsizedhole Like we don't know that! It's so huge, it casts a shadow over my house sometimes.

  • Personally i find mastodon more musically inclined, as far time signatures and difficulty goes.

    But i still really enjoy this band ! =)

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  • @dreadface101 You'd be wrong, then. Baroness have a far better grasp of melody and tonal relationships, which is more indicative of musical inclination. Mastodon aren't horrible at it, there are far worse, but Baroness are just really good with notes. Techical difficulty does not equal musical prowess. That said, Baroness certainly owe a lot of their musical stylings to Mastodon, and I'm sure they'd admit that.

  • @dreadface101 I think the biggest difference to me are the drums. While both intense the drums in baroness seem far more "war oriented" and in mastodon while they are great they don't meld as well with the guitar. Plus, the vocal harmony is DYNAMICALLY different.

  • @dreadface101 is music a display of skill or just a pleasurable catharsis?

  • @dreadface101 Baroness speaks to me more. talent is useless unless it connects.

  • How is baroness like Mastodon? Baroness's vocal quality is more consistant than Mastodon (From Leviathan to Crack the Skye, Mastodon sounds completely different vocally while from Blue Album to Red Album Baroness vocals don't change.) Baroness has more poppish guitars while Mastodon has more Heavy Metal-esque Guitars

  • i dont get the video at all...

  • ...I'm lost

  • Anyone notice the strangeness of the vid? hahaha

  • Stop comparing. Please. You're ruining the buzz.

    This is the first time I've ever heard Baroness, and they're awesome.

    I've been listening to Mastodon for a year now, and Baroness is a different entity altogether in my mind.

    It's all epic.

  • This song is a one way ticket inwards to the glowy crystal cave of the self.

  • These mastodon comparison comments are ridiculous. People need to get up on their sludge, baroness is quite unique, even when compared to mastodon.

  • This is a great song. I've had always had trouble with Baronesses singing style, it just annoyed me. It was such a shame because I would have liked a lot more of their music otherwise. But this song, it works for me.

  • that was just like i was trippin!

  • Just because they're influenced by Mastodon doesn't mean that they're ripping them off. I mean, I can hear the Mastodon in there, but it's still Baroness' ideas and Baroness' music. It's like saying that Slayer ripped off Metallica.

  • I don't understand all the comparisons between Mastodon and Baroness. Other than the fact that they're both sludge/progressive metal bands I don't hear any resemblance.

    Stylistically the two are worlds apart, you may as well say any two thrash bands sound the same because they can be put in the same genre, etc. (Nothing against thrash, I personally love it, just picked it as an example)

  • wenn das intro mal nicht von beatsteaks geklaut wurde, also nicht baroness von beatsteaks sondern die steaks haben von den baronen gemopst....

  • why the comparisson? Baroness is much more technical and progressive. Mastodon is more like stoner metal.

  • @fievelcafe actually this sounds like a mix of mastodon and SOAD to me. Just kinda dumbed down and not as good. Still pretty good though i guess.

  • I made a page for this video on facebook. Like it and you will gain a free beard

  • I halfway expected Lee Dorrian from Cathedral to pop out sing him, both bands have werid videos.

  • there is absolutely.. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING wrong with this video.. or the music.. <333333

  • Anyone else realize that metal just sounds better when you head bang?

  • I like sound dont think guitars on this song sound like mastodon as much (except the solo parts) but vocals sound like a cross of troy sanders from maston and J.D. cronise from the sword.

  • Never heard them before but their name made me think it was going to be some goofy prog metal band from Norway with a female vocalist. Pretty good stuff.

  • does sound like mastodon. big deal. like no one's style has ever been influential before? also sounds like some janes' addiction vocal stylings in the melodies

  • they sound like mastodon. especially the guitar solos

  • infuenced by masstodon. yes. In a good way noway.

    you get that

  • infuenced by masstodon. yes.  In a good way noway.

  • I saw this band open for Mastodon last year and they were good. they rock live and being on the same label Isee whythey opened besides sounding influenced by Mastodon and The Sword which i give second place after The Fucking AWSOME MASTODON then this here baroness for bronze. My band will sound in this direction!

  • WHAT THE FUCK i thought he was going to do a back flip at 4:41 would have made this video even better