For Today PORTRAITS Studio Video 2009

[BassDropMassacre]

I wanna be on a For Today album.

[skeleton0578]

haha mattie is preety funny

[WhyIAm7]

candace is so cute. :)

[Hatredismypride]

0:37 what kind of Rock n Roll sign is that???

[littlewahoo27]

@Hatredismypride its the surfer sign, duh.

[FeArTaLeNt32]

Am I the only one who screamed along when they did the group vocals?

[AmongTheRevenants]

They play with the 5150? O:

[y4tricky4]

For Today is what keeps my faith strong.

ps

Does anyone know if the bell on top of the ride is a zil-bell or something else?

[AskMitchJackson]

@y4tricky4 It's a Zil-bell. Sounds solid.

[repentorperish17]

2:33 :) haha

[SuperSayanKakashi]

so thaaaaaaaatssss how you do gang vocals lol

[repentorperish17]

now those are some legit gang vocals!

[cunjoz]

I don't like the new album....Portraits is the best.

[richboy1bill]

lol pause at 0:12

[givemeabreakdownson]

@richboy1bill SCREECH!

[dontbecomplainin34]

for today is so chill haha

[xLOPEZxdrums]

for today <3

[goodkid2014]

these guys can write the greatest lyrics ever, i really admire these dudes, if i can find a band i have songs wrote, i have my own mic, guitar, and drums (no double bass pedals) and everything, just need a band hahah, but my lyrics are more darker, about god rebelling against anti-christs

[curiousdwarf93]

i can't get over how big mattie is. we saw them live and we got to take pictures with them after and he towered over my friend which is 6'2"

[goodkid2014]

@curiousdwarf93 sweet, im 6'3

[beastymann]

im pretty sure the music thats on this is i guess, unfinished? cause it sounds different than on the album, like the intro right after mattie says stuff at the beginning,..its definantly different?

[thricegod1288]

breakdown,breakdown,breakdown,­breakdown,breakdown,breakdown,­breakdown,breakdown,

[man0purple]

THIS ALBUM IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[achillessword87]

Coolskater apparently hasn't been to a show like the other guy said you don't even know what you are saying, I've personally met Mattie talked with him for a while and I prayed with them and his wife. I'd say that they are Christians so get your facts straight there buddy cuz now you look like a fool in a public forum get off the lawn lol

[palaun88]

@coolskaterlikeice dude. everyone messes up. no one is perfect. maybe try reading their lyrics, or actually meeting them. or listen to mattie (the singer) preach. they are hardocre christian man. i get what your saying but just because they do metal horns doesnt mean they are fake and not christians. just saying maybe try reading into them before you pass judgement on them...just a thought.

[coolskaterlikeice]

i dont think theyre realy christian like they say they are.i mean they do talk alot about God and jesus but they have some resemlbens that dont represent God i mean they might have done a few mistakes in theyre past but that still inst an exuse.for the true believers and the ones that HAVE red theyre bibble know what i mean.God did say to depart from evil and to know the difference between what represents God and what doesnt represent God and that consits of all wear actions looks and behavior.

[coolskaterlikeice]

how are they christian??? they always do the devils horns o-e

dont be fooled people DONT BE FOOLED!!!

[coolskaterlikeice]

@coolskaterlikeice God will NEVER be ALONE!!!

[em0drumz]

@coolskaterlikeice metal horns you mean. The pinky and index finger extended. It's not the Devil's Horns, it's metal horns. maybe it started as Satanic, but it doesn't mean that anymore. Now it's just a generic symbol in the metal genre

[johnska12]

matty was wearing t-shirt he used on Saltillo, Mx show.. Love you guys!

[stiffler12goober]

anyone know what david's crash on the right is at 1:15? obviously a zildjian but specifically

[NickIsAPlagueOfGod]

@stiffler12goober 19 z custom

[iScootwell13]

fuck yah!

[Enterthechicken109]

what was the very first song they played, the one with the whammy pedal effect in the guitar? does anyone know?

[elnenebori15]

they should record with joey sturgis, anyone agree?

[LYBER2000]

i love all of your songs,,,

[aguilaslove]

dave looks like a bald version of the drummer from circa survive

[coolskaterlikeice]

@aguilaslove lol

[thricegod1288]

1:04 now you have fucked up.

[morganchavis]

I wish I had watched this earlier, I know half of the people doing gang vocals. I really need to get this album.

[hardcoresh0e]

david = fav. drummer

[chevyman8329]

david is my favorite

[jakubrox19]

i dont like when the gang sings

[yeeeeeeeeeeop]

is mattie married?

[x712xdamx]

yes

[yeeeeeeeeeeop]

haha thats awesome

[UnAshamed34]

@yeeeeeeeeeeop

i heard thats why he cut his dreads off like he wanted to look clean for his wedding :)

[nickers18]

@x712xdamx bummer :/ haha

[JFlo17]

@yeeeeeeeeeeop and his wife is a babe!

[ballahater08]

at 2:06 hahaha

[BryceButler2]

haha David doesn't look like a drummer but he's a freaking beast. His face at 0:12 is hilarious lol

[keeshgoboom]

gofusiebass, i love you. praise Jesus.

[sk8screamerguitar]

true that...and there is nothing wrong witth it

[Zachattack22]

they aren't trying to convert anybody to anything. they are trying to show the world their message about god. not force people to believe in him.

[MuDvAyNw]

@Zachattack22 exactly man, they just want people to know why they are here and let them know they are loved by something great

[b16swap]

I dunno whos more about reaching people these guys or sleeping giant I love both of them and both of them love god.

[RalphTheSpanker]

sleeping giant is legit, i saw them with for today, it was phenomenal

[AskMitchJackson]

@b16swap I'm going to check out Sleeping Giant since you posted this. Thanks.

[toweryman]

and converting u to a religion is bad thing?? thats why they entertain people so ppl can see how the glory of God has worked in them... i guarantee if you ask any of the members of that band theyll tell u thats why they play...for God and him alone

[bmthx1]

i feel like they are trying to convert me instead of entertain me..

[hrgiger6]

they'll come to their senses just give em a few years...

[toweryman]

never

[SalahMay]

Thats the main reason they want to make this music. Convert people into christians so they dont spend enternity in hell. Plus they make good music.

[gofusiesbass09]

well it's more than music. it's glory to god. sorry you feel that way. but it's the truth. and everyone needs to know it.

[toweryman]

if you love them enough to listen to them... it will change you..

[bmthx1]

i don't love them, i just like the drummer.

[ihaveicecream]

Kamikaze756

the song they were recording is the

8. Ezekiel( The Visionary) ( Ezekiel was one of the prophetic in the Hole Bible, he wasnt apart of the 12 disciples but, he spreaded the word of God as well)

For today is the greatest band that have ever came out

i am looking forward to new albums.

but I Do no think anything will come close to "the Portraits" album

[bbruno00]

this vid was updated on my birthday... also the day of my conversion to Christ

[kamikaze756]

song at 3:31?

[bbruno00]

5. Immanuel (The Reedemer) : ) hope it helped

[TonyJames95]

0:12 david is the man!

[ConveyTheKing]

2:11, hahahahahhaa.

I love you David; no homo.

[exneo002]

tried to meet mattie @ scream the prayer

[naamra]

at a small local show last year in Novemer, i actually met all of the band members and talked to all of them. They are probably the coolest people EVER!!

[777ForToday]

matti's so cool!!! i love  him:))

[casemanoh7]

dude is 1:05 like matties wedding picture?

[xxSURROUNDEDxx]

yeah!

[lDavid13l]

U are amazing thanks!!!!

i love JESUS

[connoryeayea47]

HAHAHA!!!! i love this band!

AND! it was so cute. when hes all like. "lets go see what everyones doing" :D

aww.

[AndrewConfides]

sounds way better here than the cd

[manilalions29]

I agree

[ADTR12366]

0:43 hahahaa

[fatalkauz]

Check My Sickest Breakdown Vid Out: /watch?v=V4TX3AZdTGU

[clemson99]

does anybody happen to know the the name of the song that starts @ 1:06 showing Matt and his lovely bride

[MattWestThePossum]

its called Isaiah (the willing) from For Today's new album, Portraits

[subasta101]

isiah the willing?

[clemson99]

thanks for the song name

[marcostjohnable]

isiah(the willing)

[battleaxbass52195]

i dont know why everyone is giving mky last comment a thumbs down. i know half of their album and its sick. but if you know anything about recordig or ever have recorded. you can tell.

[nickr2793]

except not. i record all the time. the album isnt quiet. guitars sound beast. drums sound a LITTLE weird but not fake. dont know what your talking about haha

[battleaxbass52195]

well, to each is own.

i just know one thing i can play one of their songs with one definite volume level. and go to another and its a little louder and a little fuller.

but its not like crap or anything. i still love the album

[Metaldoctrination]

I love u guyss!! hoping you will comeback to Costa Rica hope you will record the sing alongs with your friends from Costa rica on your next record !!! this is Alonso by the way jajaja take care

[battleaxbass52195]

love their new album. but the recording quality vis very weak. recorded at low volumes, guitars are weak and the drums sound fake.

[TSTrombino]

Touche, except Besieged's "Atlantis" had exceptional production quality...and the drums actually were fake

[emeskin]

men is very good

exelent work

bless

bye!

[hbdarkman]

I'm the big guy in the black hoodie and the flatbill hat on the right doing gang vocals. yay me! haha

[AlexIbenez]

people who are swearing and stuff and didnt no that they are a christian band u are the peple that they are trying to get to the most so plz just open your hearts let jesus in and listen to the lyrics

[SLIPKNOT2494]

00:10 david face hahahaha

[Val0n]

new album is AWESOME!! i love it

[erkver12]

i cannot wait for the new album sounds so epic

[monkeys8ter12]

lyrics make a song. it wouldn't be complete, or serve a genre without lyrics. obviously, those who listen to this music that aren't Christian are being convicted of something. "The Rich will be poor, and the poor will be Rich" the Rich lose life, for they're ignorance, and they're lack of understanding. while those who are poor are humble, and humbleness brings about the righteousness of God, who gives eternal life.

[tylerbfw]

dude. you have your shit together. lol. thats fucking right. i agree with you 100%

[muf318]

im not even religeous but this is one of my favorite bands

[snapascrew]

what does religion have to do with for today?!

[muf318]

their a religeous band....

[snapascrew]

They're a christian band. Huge difference.

[deathmetalben]

Dude like we would care.. where "neither" religious or christian, we wouldn't know the difference. fuck off.

[snapascrew]

ahahahh

[emnity33]

Nothing. They are followers of Christ tho :)

[nolanfrye]

you guys are seriously bad as fuck

[TouchdownProductions]

what was the first song"

[Looktowardsthesky]

i love the song at 1:06

[PlagueOfHonor]

from 3:55 - 4:38.

is Saul Of Tarsus.

[PlagueOfHonor]

at 2:34.

"Saul of Tarsus." its on For Today's myspace, new song this morning.

[TDGuitarplayer2009]

That song is AMAZING :D I cant wait for the album to come out

[xmartyrx777]

The music sounds heavy. I'm not too happy with the gang vocals thing. SO MANY bands are doing that these days. I'm excited to here the finished product though. It's just weird seeing Mattie havin' all these fans because I grew up knowing him as the drummer from Bedside Redemption and the vocalist for This My Soul. FOR TODAY NEEDS TO COME BACK TO ADRIAN. Please?

[bigshuck2]

but they always had a ton of gang vocals

[217xCHRISx]

matties wife is sooo tiny!!

shes gotta be like 5 feet tall or less!! haha

[litaford12]

matties wife is hott i takled to her feb 13th at one of there concerts

[PlagueOfHonor]

For Today is my favorite band now.

"revenge is best served cold."

[devonsusername]

I thought that was a line from a "The Subtle Way" song haha

[Reistance2]

at 1:58 - 2:04 Mattie kinda looks like Kumar.

[Reistance2]

iPortraits.

[steveocanivo]

1:05

cant wait to hear the whole song!

[jordanxisxcool13]

i cant wait to get the song that starts at

0:53 the other ones on my ipod!!!

[xJUSTxPRAYx]

How did you get it??? MESSAGE ME OR SOMETHING.

[jordanxisxcool13]

no i meant when the new songs

that they are making come out

i want to get them on my ipod.

not that i already have them.

[xJUSTxPRAYx]

Then why did you say the other ones on my ipod?

[jordanxisxcool13]

when i mean other ones i mean

all the other songs thats going to

be on the new cd.

[mybrain0nska101]

"Make the world know that I am yours, I will never be silenced"

Its so awesome to see heavy bands with good lyrics, I'm soooooooo pumped for this new album.

[mybrain0nska101]

0:50 and 3:54

The parts you wanna watch over and over

[Hydraulacost]

haha i loved that first attemp on the gang vox. you guys are awesome, i cant wait for more.

[jaba06]

wow it feels like ekklesia is still fresh to me now a couple of months to wait and a new album comes out SWEET xD

[kineticx]

it is fresh for you!! for me i cannot wait more, i am getting crazy i need this album ç, FOR TODAY has become my favorite band!! bless ya!

[XxxKRAV3NxxX]

the song playin during the pics slideshow was epic!

[markxxmyxxwords]

Hey FT! David, i was wondering if you could give me some inside scoop again, hah. Since the album is focusing on the fathers of our faith, will all the songs start with a name, and follow with (The ______) such as Immanuel (The Redeemer) and Joel (The Watchman)? and, if so. will there be in instrumental and or intro this time 'round?! please let me know what you can!!! peace, love and thanks!

[x712xdamx]

Hey man,

I don't want to give away too much info on the album. It's almost done being mixed and mastered, and we should be releasing a ton of info on it in just a couple weeks here on our Myspace! Be on the lookout. Sorry for the lame answer.

xdavidx

[markxxmyxxwords]

Hahha, no problem dude, i'll always be on the lookout myself. I honestly can not wait for Portraits, most anticipated album for me, from the people who put the best music I have ever heard through my ears. I'll be waiting for a full track or two. Untill then, take care and keep the good stuff coming! Love from Wisconsin-

Bill Mod.

P.S. MILWAUKEE NEEDS YOU!!!

[HeavenFort]

OMG sounds amazing im gonna buy it for sure.

[russell2raw]

are these guys high?

[mybrain0nska101]

Naw, they're just goofy fellas.

[predator965]

holy fuck this album sounds amazing

[shawn11291]

he still does his high pitches just not as much as he used to he use mid range vox now but he still uses his high pitches

[colorblind101a]

oh mattie i bet you got your vox done all in one day...like the time u drove like 4 hours to come and record at my place most prepared vocalist I've ever had in my studio

[JayLeGee]

His vocals sound much better. I like his lows rather than his highs. He kinda sounds like Carl from Misery Signals.

[rrryyyaaannnn]

EPICCCCCCCC. cant wait

[xpoopypoopsx]

he alone is god!

victory will be ours!

heck yeah! you guys always pump me up for jesus everytime i see you. so pumped for thursday.

[gibson21893]

YEAAAAAAAAAAA april 9th. can't wait

[xxaznjustinxx]

june 9th..

[gibson21893]

i kno, i get to see em in concert april the 9th..

[xxaznjustinxx]

niiiiiiice.

[asdfxchris]

haha gang vox, love it!

get stoked yahh

[jgallagh8964]

holyyyyy shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

so fucking pumped for this

[xJUSTxPRAYx]

David always looks clueless lol. Its hilarious. CANNOT WAITTT.

[josephblakenigguh]

are you crazy? mattie's vocals were always epic. gargling spit? hahahaha

anyways, cant wait to hear the new stuff, it sounds alot heavier

[RideEmCowboy7861]

Listen to With A Passion Burning. He sounds like he's gargling spit so badly (on the highs mostly).

His high vox in Besieged were super good.

[j2m3r93]

i think ill go change my pants now......

[nawcuh]

dude ill be seeing you guys april 6..

[RideEmCowboy7861]

Finally, Mattie doesn't sound like he's gargling spit.

[Maccarpenter]

Yeah man

thats what i was thinking.

[Michaelolol]

I love his new vocals. I rlly didnt like the high pitched vocals on ekklesia :(

[whitechapelmusic123]

new for today sounds so brutal

[UserXnames]

HERE I AM GOD!!

[iusedtohaveabeard]

This is going to be great, i cant wait!

this, plea for purging, and the chariot, all out in 09! what i great year for christian hardcore.!!!

[UserXnames]

For today, best band in the world.

This stuff on the video is THE best sounding music EVER!!!

[Lambesis1144]

I AGREE!!!!!!!!!..so pumped for the new album

[umwho]

holy crap they're new songs sound soooo heavy

[NealHXC]

When will you guys post your first full song on myspace? Got an approximation? haha

[evilclownbobo]

This album is going to be brutally amazing!!

Can't wait!!!

Also, that's hilarious when Mattie's voice slows down towards the beginning. LOL.

[widicuwous27]

Dude I can't wait for the new album, it sounds sick!

God Bless

[slaughterdlikeswine]

That First Gang Vocal Attempt Was Hilarious.

The New Shit, Is Heavy As Fuck.

[ryanyalee12]

You guys are the greatest band ever. David is amazing. Can't wait for the new album.

God Bless!

[Lambesis1144]

Ok...at 3:50 keep your eyes on David, he like dissapears for a second, when i first watched it i was like what just happened haha