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  • Wow!!!

  • People say these guys just wank around and hit random notes, when this band writes their compositions on sheet music first, meaning while they write these songs lots of thought goes into each and every detail. It's not mindless, it's just different and crazy.

  • @ixrxthethorn Yeah. They draw random black dots and lines on some sheet and when you play it, it sounds like this. That makes sense.

    Sometimes they even let their cats and dogs draw a few bars, which makes for an even more outherwordly and progressive sonic landscape. But the critters never get any songwriting credits. That's animal cruelty.

    Behold ... The Arctopus is a animal abusing band. Boycot these assholes!

  • that looks like between the buried n mes stack on the right!

  • Shit, they sound pretty good to me.

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  • they are great

  • I wish they were all still together

  • Not all metal bands can be like static x or slipknot.

  • cinder block in front of the bass drum is a swell idea.

    fun song

  • 1. u cant mosh to this 2. its gay 3 .fags

  • BTA playing at a church??? Whatever. They still rock!!

  • i think its about time to rethink their lives...

  • What the FUCKING SHIT is this he is all normal then WTF LOL My question is like HOW? HOW the hell no! that ain't possible but DUDE yes aparently it is LOL Seriously? It is freaking crazy. an Warr guitar wow! this is gotta be like the craziest thing I have ever seen. Please become famous so that you can make peoples eyes like pop out of their sockets and explode in a mass blood bath orgy!

  • It's not random notes if they hit the same ones everytime they perform...

  • @Dashizz327 but thats just the thing! you cant tell if they're playing the same kind of random notes because it sounds EXACTLY the same!

  • @demonholocaust101 not at all, you just dont have an ear for it, because you chose to label it as "shit" if you dont understand it straight away.

  • @Mastafly7 first of all i didnt even say it was "shit" so that already proves to me that you have no idea what you're talking about. and second, i've played in numerous metal bands that play ACTUAL songs...this band does not play actual songs, they take meshuggah's polyrythm technique and completely fuck it up and call it music.

  • @demonholocaust101 First of all, is Meshuggah really the closest thing you can relate this to? Do they even have anything in common?

    Second, Meshuggah primarily uses polymeter; not polyrhythm. These guys don't seem to polymeter at all, or at least not the "lining up" technique.

    And third, he didn't say you said it was shit, he paraphrased. You saying "I play actual songs and these guys don't" is the same thing.

    I know this comment was made 2 months ago, but really.

  • Personally, I'm not a fan of this band, but I have to admit, I think they have some serious potential to be something great. This, to me, seems like one of their more well put together songs. It seems to me like they try a little too hard to be different in terms of time signatures and such, but I think with enough work, they could become something spectacular.

  • @DragonFlopp work at what? Im not trying to be a dick, but what musical insight do you suggest?

  • @Mastafly7 Just some more structure to songs. A lot of the songs seem somewhat aimless in a way even though they know what's coming next. I also felt that a lot of the odd time signature usage was simply their attempt at being weird. It just seemed like they were just using odd meters for the sake of using odd meters. It just doesn't flow sometimes in my opinion.

  • sgt pepper fuck ur an idiot they dont suck ass the beatles did im glad john lennon got shot

  • @chrissull89 wow

  • @chrissull89 what the fuck is wrong with u

  • @chrissull89 Yeah man. Like his music or not, that was a real tragedy.

  • @chrissull89 what a douche. show me the number of behold the assholes fans and the beatles fans.

  • @chrissull89 rofl

  • @chrissull89 Even if that guy is a huge douche, The Beatles totally don't suck. They may be over rated, but they don't suck.

  • @chrissull89 HAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA

    that's got to be one of the dumbest things anyone has EVER said! :D

  • I just cant believe they played with between the buried and me. lol

  • EFFIN TECHNICAL. i dont care what anyone says

  • ughhhh sooooooooo terrible

  • holy shit there fucking tight live and have a even faster tempo than on the album and to all those who are dissing need to grow beyond there 4/4 time signatures and1.4.5 chord progressions before even attempting to listen to this music

  • He wears an Emperor shirt, thats pretty cool..

  • Sweet! i saw them in london a while back and they were awesome!

  • This is one of the sickest things i've ever seen... The way they just tear into that opening is insane... good stuff. Not everyone's gonna get it i guess.

  • I'm a prog metal fan for some years now and their music is so extreme for my ears those days.. and now i love it!! all these bean-head guys giving shit to arctopus know nothing! mga putang ina nyo!! hahaha!! does anyone know what that mean?

  • Even if I don't quite like it, I think it must take some skill to play like that. Isn't horrible, though.

  • This is AWESOME! Thank you for posting!

  • Awesome footage!!!

  • that shit is fuckin sick

  • arctopus is real technical metal. go listen to your shitty brocore bands that shove 25 riffs into a song and call it technical if you don't like it. arctopus are for fans of pioneering tech metal like cynic, watchtower, spastic ink, spiral architect, martyr, theory in practice, etc...the real deal.

  • id love to hear that bass/guitar thing in d.i.

  • best band ever i was at this show with my jaw on the ground the entire time

  • Sounds like a bee stuck in the mud. Poor quality. This is a fantastic band.

  • This band is fucking amazing. Such a happy tune. I love it!

  • There is such huge contrast from the Emperor shirt and the music !!!!!XD

  • at 2:28 I just felt like dancing

  • Behold the Arctopus is fucking AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • screw u all,that was flawless!..this band is ridiculously talented,eat the fact or die..

  • i cant wait for them to start touring again! i want to see these guys live so bad.

  • @TheBagelBrotherz

    yeah man! people who don't play "regular" instruments are so stupid!

    noob.

  • theres no reason for a bass with this many strings.

    especially seeing as the guage of the string goes form thin to heavy back to thin.

    he wants people to be like "WOW look at that bass"

    probably why this band sucks so bad.

  • @ccampbell92

    you realized that the "bass" player for liquid tension experiment plays this same instrument?

    i think this band sucks... but it's still dumb to criticize them for using different instruments.

  • @furr0ci0us Well, it's not fair to say "this band sucks because they use this instrument" but there truly is no fucking reason for that thing, unless you're playing in a modern jazz band. Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I feel like a fucking mess band like Behold... The Arctopus isn't exactly going for modern jazz.

  • It's probably because they couldn't find anybody who wanted to play this type of music with them or maybe nobody who did want to was good enough to play it. And if one person can play both parts at once then why bother finding a second guitarist?

  • @retards52 because it lacks the structure that comes with having separate people play the instruments. There's automatically too much for one player to do and it just ends up redundant. And it looks so gay.

  • @TheRealFatassFilms I think it would sound too chaotic with somebody playing rhythm guitar separately since there would be 3 people shredding constantly.

  • Rhythm isn't shred, it's...well...rhythm. They keep the rhythm along with bass and drums. In fact, the fact that the bass is just shredding too makes it more obnoxious.

  • This band is all about shredding and the rhythm guitar would have to shred with them. Power chords wouldn't work too well here.

  • @retards52 he says, as if power chords are the only form of rhythm.

  • What would you suggest for a rhythm guitarist to play for this band?

  • @retards52 I would suggest scaled riffs, maybe some small arpeggio shapes or string skipped sliding chords. Either way something with a lot to it that changes with the time signature, giving it a sense of structure while maintaining speed and complexity.

  • Possibly, but it might end up making it sound even more chaotic. They are playing in some pretty wacky scales and you'd need a pretty wacky rhythm part to back it up.

  • theres no reason to have that many strings besides to draw attention.

    get a second guitarist.

  • i agree fully haha

  • wheres mike's yellow RG ?!?!? amazing performance i wish i could see them live.

  • Flawless.....

  • finally someone able to watch this video and just appreciate their musicianship and not bitch and talk shit about them..

  • what the fuck dude? they fucking suck ass!!!! all they do is play 448 stringed guitars and hit random notes. and think they are cool. if you listen to this you are probably nanocyborg robot fagotron like the name of their album

  • @Sgtpeppers616 I have to say this made me lol. But unlike you, I love them. They never make a mistake EVER.

  • @Sgtpeppers616 actually, if all they were doing was to hit random notes none of their songs would ever sound the same. They're able to produce the same sound live as on the able, thus proving that they don't just play random notes! The beauty of this is their ability to play their extremely complex and random sounding riffs live!

    You don't see this because you aren't able to acknowledge anything other than your own preferred music genre, therefore labeling yourself extremely narrow minded.

  • @Sgtpeppers616 1. Learn to count. The guitarist is using a six string, and the bassist is playing a 12 string Warr guitar. 2. GTFO TROLL!!!

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  • @Sgtpeppers616 ROFL

  • @Xetrev13 just remember those fags that dont understant the importance of this band wont ever be anything and they will only listen to what the trend is doing....hahaha i like how the retard below says they just hit random notes on a 448 stringed guitar...is he really retarded (sgtpeppers616)?

  • ... except maybe playing at your church :)

  • Nothing says douchebag more than hair flipping.

  • i can think of one.

    calling it 'hair flipping'

  • Nice comeback Potsie.

  • You are all fags

  • Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

  • @Oraflora thats the point of art dumbfuck.

  • Fuck all you haters. I saw these guys live when i was on shrooms and i straight tripped into the next dimension. BEHOLD

  • I don't really think that they are trying to expand musical boundaries, or that they are trying to make their music different and out there. I usually just picture them as two ridiculously talented musicians who's obscure and technical music is simply a product of their talent. I feel that they write music that's interesting to them and that they don't pay much mind to whether it's different or unique... and for that matter whether people are going to accept it.

  • wonderfully said. i agree with you 100% man.

  • @ilikeyoualottt +1, absolutely hit the nail on the head.

  • i can't believe all that bullshit talking in here. i listen to all kinds of music and i don't think BTA are the best band in the world but they're unique and try their best to expand musical boundaries. and even if i didn't like what they're doing i've had better things to do than telling everybody on youtube that a band is "bullshit". get the hell out of here and try doing something meaningful in your your spare time.

  • around 3:38 to 3:47 is the most badass part ... rofl, the crowd always goes wild when Colin does that part ...

  • he does not need a pick on that warr man...shame

  • he's only really using the pick at the beginning part, and for another part later in the song, for like 5 seconds.

  • i dont know, but i do like BTA songs, thats my point of view n___n

  • That's. Fucking. Hardcore.

  • god ur a fucking retard

  • go broomfuck your sister

  • People always fear and ridicule that which they do not understand.

    ROCK ON ARCTOPUS!!!

  • erratic vibration = noise - melody Step up and play distinguishable harmony + melody

    Or just do this shit and impress yourselves and a few other people.

  • you are just too retarded to distinguish... plus the quality of the vid is poor.... if everyone wasn't so brainwashed and mindless like yourself, maybe they have more high quallity dvds

  • Retarded? Fuck you. You are are entitled to your subjective opinion to what like musically...but so is everyone else you moron.

  • well nobody cares about your opinion here so take it somewhere else

  • i'm still amazed how that motherfucker is headbanging like a insane person and still manages to play and use tapping at the same time, and that Warr must weight like a ton... this band is fucking awesome.

  • ya their so sick.. im glad enough people can really appreciate their talent.. it amazes me that so many people seriously consider them the "worst band ever"...

  • those ppl are stupid and think the only good music in the world is the bullshit they listen to

  • You know they actually won an award for worlds shitest band

  • this can't be a church... can it?

  • its the basement of the church.. its one of the best venues in philly... they also hold shows in the main chapel of the church.. i saw efterklang with peter broderick and that was held in the main chapel.. its was fucking euphoric.

  • but its an actual church/religion? that was my question...

  • oh ya.. its a Unitarian church.. its a religion that basically allows people to believe whatever they want as long as they stay within certain boundaries.. i don't know much else about it.

  • I am from Philly. The First Unitarian Church was one of the few highlights of living there. Always some crazy fucked up music there at any given time. I miss it.

  • that guy's hair was made for headbanging.

    love the fucking close up on his guitar sickkkk

  • behold...the arctopus...PLUS btbam??? id give my left..no...BOTH my nuts to see that show

  • ya man it was a stellar experience, being able to see two amazinggg bands at one amazinggg venue.

  • did you distort the sound as a joke. or is this for serous.......?

  • i didn't distort anything.. the mic on my camera just couldn't handle it...

  • couldnt handle the awesomenes

  • You don't anything about music. <3 <3

    And I'm not being cute either. If you think they "suck cock", you don't know anything of music. Revelation? I hope it is. Go educate yourself, so the next time you decide to voice your opinion you wont look like a total philistine. Dumb twat.

  • He doesn't know anything about music, are you kidding me, these guys suck, you would have to be deaf mentally retarded and FUCKING STUPID in order to even call this music, they suck, and you suck for liking this shityness

  • Tell me what's wrong here? No subjectivity either - tell me what's factual wrong with this music. That it seems like nonsense? Ever heard of serialism, or atonality?

    That it's hard to follow? Constant time signature changes - it's a way to create interesting rhythms within in the music, so it's not the same crap we hear all day long. Your ears aren't use to music like this, so if you don't like to listen to it that's cool. You have an opinion. But you cant say they're bad musicians. theyre not

  • They are and since i am black your statement is invalid I WIN!

  • Uh huh. Cool story, bro. Have fun losing at life. <3 <3

  • What the fuck does that even mean

  • It's fairly simple, and I don't know how to make it any clearer as it was as blunt as possible. If you need me to clarify, then you suck even harder at life than I initially thought. Just stop talking. You're a bad troll.

  • Nice come back fuck tard

  • Cool story, bro.

  • how dare you. go educate yourself or something stinky retard

  • Fuck you I know more then you could ever know, and that isnt must its SHIT like you and your mom, speaking of which i had sex with her last night.

  • u suck cock

  • up yours

  • i need hd

  • ant the start sounds like extreme metal

  • lol, no countoff...

  • intense

  • wooord

  • haha irecognize dans bass cab from btbam

  • sounds like shit

  • it is the biggest shit in the world

  • orange cab. beauty

  • yes... i'd do anything to have one..

  • The sound is a bit too loud, so the bass isn't picked up properly.

    I like BTA, but the sound quality really kills it.

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  • ya i kno =\ .. the mic on my camera couldnt handle it.. the input volume was all the way down but i was in the front and it was realllly loud...the part near the middle with the clean tapping is the only part that is decent in this vid.

  • i love these guys because they don't care if people hate there music, if they think it sounds cool then they play it.

  • HEADACHE

  • i want that fucking guitar! now!!

  • HOLY FASHIT UASHFIUHFEG <3

    I have such a crush on that tanking... bass guitar?

    I'd skip the headliners though, if I'd been at that show. But that's just my personal opinion.

  • its a 'Warr' guitar

  • What is it good forr?

    Sorry, had to do it.

  • fucking A!!

  • lots of bands who have the skill dont have the attitude... and lots of bands who have the attitude dont have much skill

    those guys combine both!

  • well said... its a shame how alot of people can't appreciate their amazing talant =\...

  • This video was actually overdubbed with a studio quality recording...this is just how it sounds.

  • duh... people who say otherwise know nothing...

  • best band ever

  • the concept is stolen from PsyObus

  • first of all please spell psyopus right... your not impressing anyone saying the name of a band you think only you know... and if you think their sound is trying to imitate psyopus you are very very stupid.

  • fail argument is fail this kind of music existed way before psyobus

    this kind of music comes into progressive rock

  • Impressive that they manage to keep count of such a weird time signature through the absolute shitiness of the music

  • EMPEROR!!

  • Great band - see it live or buy a record if you want to really hear what's going on. This video is blown out.

  • ya man...ppl r judging this band souly on this vid... the mic on my camera couldnt handle it...i know it sounds like crap.. but ppl need to acctualy hear their recordings or see em live like you said...

  • how do they make these kinds of songs?

  • Lots of theory, chord changes and tweaking with things they compose before jamming I believe.

  • LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLZ!­!!! O_o This is f-in hilarious

  • Hell yeah, EMPEROR! But these guys kick the hell out of emperor by a long shot!

  • The bassist reminds me of the bassist from Unexpect

  • its a warr guitar, but yeah you're right

  • I'm surprised no one cut them off.

  • They play way to fast, just sounds like a complete bag of shite. They can play fast ill give em that but my 3rd pube from my shithole can write a better composed song than they can.

  • haha wow your obviously fucking retarded... the reason this video doesnt sound great is cause of my camera mic's shitty quality... actually listen to their recordings..lisen to the song Canada by them.. their fucking amazing songwriters...