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  • Doesn't really sound like their older stuff, but its still very good. I like it because it has a lot of gothic influence in it

  • I grew up listening to Amebix. In moments where I had no hope, songs like Chain Reaction saved me. Nope, this doesn't sound like old Amebix, but it's equally as brilliant. A moment of salvation in the darkest hour.

  • Nothing short of inspirational

  • sonic mass = killing joke 2003

  • amebix always had that supernatural characteristic in their songs, one of the most interesting and intelligent bands of their era (i suppose). although this sounds totally different i think its still good, and the true spirit of the band remains in there with stig and the baron :)

  • killing joke?

  • I fuck'n love it. its a masterpiece.

  • I don't really like this.

  • i dig it after about the 3 min mark when it starts sounding like amebix again.

  • Are there any other not so hard songs by them? i really really love this song, but so have found the rest rather hard, as I am not into metal :( thanks

  • @Degeneration1984 Listen to anything off of their new album.

  • @ThePERgedOne thank you. would that be sonic mass? or the one from 2010, redux? :) thanks again

  • Reminds me of Anathem,a. Doomy.

  • am i the only one who came here for the crust band amebix? :)))

  • whats the meaning of the song

  • your right hoosiermf. i think the video is fantastic. just to hear new amebix is phenomenal. They were so good in concert on the reunion tour, I was just hoping for some more heavy riffs.

  • Post Rock intro much?

  • Sounds like really shitty neurosis

  • yes,the LP 'Sonic Mass' is available on vinyl,pic disc,CD etc,see if satan clause brings it for you this year ;)

    

  • Sorry if youv been asked this a thousand times but is there any vynal lp's of this new album?

  • I cant believe what im seeing and hearing. Amebix, new stuff, when did all this happen?

  • Good Job!

  • I like this.

  • imho this is the shape of the punk to come and i like it

  • i'm not a big fan of amebix in general, but this is currently my favorite song.

  • @xxkid123 I agree with you. I am not a fan per se, but the way this song ends....amazing.

  • Its more punk that we can talk

  • I think it's an easy listen. Great tunes. Some of the guitars sound like they've been lifted from Geordie's demos. Not a bad thing at all. These two great bands age like fine wines. If you have something to say, a new tune to play, then you can go on till you are a hundred.

  • Excelente

  • @depressor If one goes back through ones old records of both bands in question, then one may realise that new KJ don't sound too dissimilar to mid 80's Amebix. Did Brighter Than A Thousand Suns (1986) sound like Arise (1985)? Certainly not.

    Does Absolute Dissent (2010) sound remotely like Arise? Absolutely! I rest my case. :-)

  • Amebix never really fit in 100% with any particular genre, so I why expect any different now? As for sounding like "modern power metal" - I think that's more down to the production. Amebix were blowing most other bands away many decades ago. I think the new CD is brilliant.

  • @Dalehg I hear the "power metal" in it, it's not really power metal but it mostly certainly has vocal elements and song structure that sound similar.

  • @MorkaGraven I don't hear much, if any Power Metal at all. To me it sounds like they just took huge chapters from Killing Joke. Not that that could be in any way a bad thing, mind.

  • I liked it. ^-^

  • Am I missing something here ? I love arise and monolith, but this honestly sounds like modern power metal to me. If this song were released by any other band, I think most of the posters praising it here wouldn't give it a chance.

  • @frostybob123 ive never heard power metal like this, To me it's just rock music

  • @frostybob123 To me this is unmistakably Amebix.

  • this song would have been so much better if they used the rustic recording equipment of the earlier material...amebix is one of the best bands recorded of all time... they just need a better modern producer.

  • @FloydMariner Stop being sentimental about the past. Amebix always made the music they wanted to make and this is no exception. They aren't kids living in a squat any more.

  • @frostybob123 how the hell is this power metal??? there are no guitar solos, no shitty high pitched singing, no stupid lyrics about dungeons and dragons. this would be more like some kind of modern post punk

  • No two ways about it: This song kicks my ass.

  • This song is my personal anthem

  • Monolithic! so to speak, this is some of the best Amebix have done, all hail!

  • te retumba en el torax,te abomba el cerebro,se te adrenalinan las tripas!!!!!

  • Amebix .... thanks for such exciting sounds .... no one equals !!!!!!

  • no hay nada mejor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • sounds like iron maiden

  • So far, the new album has a modern Killing Joke type vibe for me. I have absolutely zero complaints on this as modern KJ is crushing. It's a challenging listen, but I'm really liking it so far.

  • First I was critical about the reunion.... but when hearing this im fucking glad that you guys do music again... fucking amazing!

  • amazing..the vocals are quite unique..ths is the 1st time ive heard you guys.. just read metal hammer and thought idecheck you out!

    aparently you were gone for 20 years..im only 17 so...forgive me for not hearing anything of you haha..

    but yh amazing band

  • @colosalguitarist the older stuff is a lot better imo. 

  • Still blows my mind after a hundred listens

  • One of my formative memories was in 1982 at the age of 15, meeting Rob in the Studio of Radio West in Bristol during a show called "Punk and Disorderly" hosted by the head of Riot City Records, Si Edwards. The mate with me didn't really get the Anarcho punk thing, asked for his autograph. I cringe even now.

    The old imagery had a profound effect on me. I hope this new album doesn't turn them into a parody of themselves. Comments about mystic meanings already? Don't let em drag you down!

  • I am so happy. I loved Amebix, and always have the Arise cd in the car. The wait is over...tonight I am going to drink and be merry...lets hope we get a tour!!!!!!!!

  • I grew up with this band. They shaped me into the person I am today. They taught me to be my own man. Being 24, I never got to experience this amazing band the first time around. 'Monolith' was released in '87 - the year I was born - but I must have listened to it on the bus to school every day for nearly a decade between '99-'09. Now this new album will be released this week on the day after my birthday. Strange coincidences. Just listened through the leak: was an emotional experience!

  • Golliwogg APPROVES of this song and incredible video. This might be the best video clip he has ever seen, in fact.

  • Cult forever! 

  • amazing song, amazing video!

  • wellcome back rotten crew from hell,new sounds old attitude.

  • in, bloody, credible...

  • Stunning video! This is outstanding work.

    One of my favourite bands.

  • speachless...

  • amazing

  • fucking amazing

  • This song and video still has me in awe, I can't wait to get my hands on the album.

  • OK. So I've watched this about 15 times. Truly majestic. Transcendent. Speaks deeply. Clearly a passion project. Thank you.

  • This is absolutely fucking stunning......the most eagerly anticipated release of 2011.....Fucking great to have you back ........Thanx.....

  • Great work by great musicians.

    Greetings from sunny Zaprešić, Croatia:)

  • This is a long awaited crust song: dark and epic!

    The video itself reflects the song very well.

    Good job for both of them.

    Please pay a visit to my country: Indonesia.

    We wish to have a chance once in a life time to see you guys perform :)

  • I came to this by suggestion of bolt thrower and this is bloody fucking awesome...im really chuffed about your guys' music

  • Soooo much emotion

  • Let's just hope that Rob and Stig have enough class to not become shills for music equipment companies.

  • if Neocrust doesn't match to describe new Amebix, why no you tag them as Post-Crust? LOL

  • i have to own this lp so bad! this is one of my favorite bands...so extremely inspiring!

  • So the only songs I've heard by amebix so far are this and Arise.

    i.... I don't know what to think yet.

  • wow... fucking killer track!!!

  • welcome back saw you guys in the riverside newcastle upon tyne many moons ago,still listen to you regularly.personally i think this song would have fitted easily alongside "last will and testament" from monolith slow start slamming finish but with a reborn edge look forward to hearing the new album.be great t see ya play newcastle again if they ever build a decent venue..riverside/mayfair are long gone unfortunatley...

  • uffff.... fuckin good, love their emotional & mysterious touch !

  • this is great!!

  • Epic!!!

  • KICK ASS !

  • undeniably bad ass video created by our friend Andy! Not only a damn good musician but VFX artist!! Be sure to check him out on twitter (at)andylefton

    check his interview with thrashhead

  • '...the hands of clocks are bound and time itself is stopped...'

    It is hard to express how much the Amebix have meant to me over the past 20 / 25 years or so since I first heard them around the time of the Monolith album. When I first heard news of the reformation I did not expect new music... but the rumours filtered through of a new album.Finally found this a few months ago, listened, with trepidation, but -'rejoice, the great god fear is dead'... A work of genius - roll on the equinox!

  • das ist einer der geilsten songs der jungs u das in ihrem alter!respect!voll geil

  • The video remembers me "Good bye blue sky", from The Wall by Pink Floyd. Great Song, great video.

  • This is awesome, thanks for reforming guys!

  • cant wait for the album , and if this song is any showcase its gonna be masterful for lack of a good enough term.

  • this is the song i warm up to everyday. i cant explain the feeling i get when i sing this song. if you feel the emotion and beauty of this song, you know exactly what feeling im talking about. its like a reasurance of the chains chains we broke free from in this world.

  • IN FUCKING LOVE!

  • This track gets better with every listen.

  • Sounds great! Can't wait for the new record.

  • Doing what you want to do,in this case,playing the music they want to play,not trying to fit into genre or stupid rules is more punk then you could ever imagine.

  • @DoubleStandards82 punk ethic-wise maybe. but not punk music.

  • Best Amebix Song Ever!

  • So good.

    

  • 4:00 = Chills.

    For the haters - Sure, it's obviously a bit of a polished evolution from the days of Monolith and Arise, but the guts and harsh beauty are still in there, and the very fact that Rob and company have taken the time away from sword-making on far-off Scottish isles to reignite the epic flames of Amebix should have us all feeling very grateful.

    The remastered work on Redux was great, too - proof that good production values can be a GOOD THING!

    Another U.S. tour, please!

  • only two days of work and then i get to see my girlfriend for a week. . .long distance relationships. . .Amebix, you just saved my day with this song. . .

  • i don't know whats worse. the song or the digital bird. rip amebix.

  • @warisoblivion Fuck You Bitch How Dare You Disrespect Amebix And The Crust Punk Genre, I Hope You Die

  • @zachary902101 amebix is now to crust, what star wars is to science fiction. maybe george lucas should produce the special editions of the old songs and release it on profane existence, oh oh wait.

  • @zachary902101

    Amebix was not crust at all, despite what everybody says.

  • @Dedukrovski - What an odd thing to say. Amebix was crust before "crust" even existed, actually. There wouldn't even be such a categorization without them. Not sure where you are getting your perspective from.

  • @TheWanderingPrimate

    Their primal roots is Sabbath, Motorhead and Killing Joke, they create their own sound mixing bands like that, and the result is not crustcore, but a kind of a metallic post punk. I don't consider any of their songs crust. Crust for me is ENT, Doom, Antisect, etc. Well, but fuck it, this is only a term.

  • @Dedukrovski - But that's all that crust actually is - punk meeting metal. I'm no scholar on the subject (if such a thing exists) but I know that at some point, the UK peace-punks started listening to a lot of metal, and the result was bands like Amebix and Antisect. ENT too, though I see them more like proto-grind. But these labels are starting to sound kind of silly, eh? In any case, whatever you want to call it, Amebix was definitely a monumental influence.

  • where can i find the lyrics?

  • @FreakyPunx they're on darklyrics

  • @RCGreven got it tnx

  • Some good feedback, some bad feedback. I'll hazard a guess that all the bad is coming from people who were never there. I'm an old bastard and I've been a fan since the beginning. This is quite simply the greatest thing I've heard this year. My vinyl's just turned up in the post a couple of days ago and I for one, can't wait for the album. Roll on September.

  • Great tour, good video and a killer new track!! Can't wait for a full lp!!!!!!

  • What's more punk then having a drummer that played with Vanilla Ice? Nothing! This rules!

  • anyone have the lyrics

  • Thank you for coming back Amebix. Old Amebix? This is the best shit they've ever put out, if the new album is like this, then its gona be a fucking masterpiece. It's epic, dark, heart-ripping and crusty to the fucking bone. since when has sound evolution and growth in a band been a bad thing. Fuck yeah, welcome back boys!

  • @mattiacore Agree with every word. They have reached a new level here. Taken the old stuff and really progressed, still keeping their original roots. Excellently put.

  • Great Song! Great Video! Can't wait to get the new album! Cheers!

  • This is the best thing in a long time.

  • Dan and Nick of SELO VATRA greatly marvel at this triumphant song! Thank You Amebix!

  • PUTA Q PARIU MTO FODA!

    AMEBIX IS THE LAW!

    UP THE AMEBIX

    WE ARE AMEBIX!

    AMEBIX É FODA.

  • The video is pretty good, but this song sucks...

  • I think they mean the alchemical black sun, sol niger, not the nazi one. It makes sense because ravens are apparently associated with sol niger. Please excuse a beginner in mumbo-jumbo if I got it wrong ;) 

  • @christthi its in fact more like a tao cross then a double axe head.

  • @MrFin66 yeah it's definitly a tau cross. It's apparently a symbol of death and rebirth so it makes sense. A labrys would have a "knob" at the top above the blades.

  • @ depressor

    Ooh, 'ark at eee..

    Nope, sorry, my butt doesn't appear to be hurting like yours, guess I'll just carry on enjoying the music...

    Here's how I see your comments, digital and silly.

  • @christthi well, I find it hard to believe they've turned fascist, since their lyrics always has been anti-authoritarian. I'd like to hear them explain the symbols though, to end the speculation.

  • @christthi The labrys, or pelekys, is the double axe Zeus uses to invoke storm. Similar symbols are found in indian and nordic mythology (Indra and Thor).

  • Cool!! I'm well excited to hear the new album now, I was looking forwards to the new stuff before but this makes it much more interesting, to actually hear songs from where they are at now.

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  • Holy good to honest fuck. That was brilliant. Everything was excellent.

  • Beautiful and powerful, both musically and visually.

  • Great song indeed.

  • for me it feels tragically beautiful, provokes strong emotions,, incredible video GREAT work :)

  • @LeCherryUppurd Thank you for the kind words. It means the world and to the people who have made this happen. Cheers to you all!

  • @amebixngnm best work so far bro, keep em comin!

  • @amebixngnm I don't feel the new album as a new masterpiece like what I expected from the previous albums, but this is the best song in the last 10 years at least.

  • this is a great song from a great band. I like with what sound they are heading to.

  • absolutely anthemic! Awesome!

  • this is so fucking great D':

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  • fukin beutiful the boys are coming home

  • Fuck, this song is the most unfuckinbelievable comeback ever. Finally we can hear Amebix with a decent recording and production sound too!

    Go Amebix!!! We missed you, welcome back!

  • Nu metal? My balls.

  • Great Riffs .remarkable drumming ;)Roy is the man!!!

  • The song is really great and I am very happy to hear Amebix. All the best with your project!

  • Some people give me a pain in my arse. A band releases a song that doesn't sound VERBATIM like the stuff they made when they were in their teens and early twenties and they're fucking castigated for it. "Real" Amebix is in the idea and in the message and in the tone of the song. Fair play to Rob, Stig and Roy for realising a dream and for pressing on with the music THEY wanted to make. Lovin it lads, keep it up and fuck the begrudgers.

  • @depressor

    You're fucking depressing me mate, if you don't like the song go and watch something else...

  • @depressor Jock drumming????? I hate sports!!!!!! well.....not all. But I gotta say I'm living a childhood dream and busted my ass and payed my dues to get where I'm at today and it didn't just start with Vanilla Ice. There is a history of other band I was involved with. At the end of the day Rob , Stig and I are having the times of our lives.

    its not so bad......life is great!

  • @RoyMayorga1

    Roy you don't have to explain yourself.... I think it's amazing what you have accomplished in your journey threw life. You have definately put in the the work and you have gotten what you deserved...

    I'm glad you're in Amebix now and can't wait till the LP comes out... Thanks for the music.

  • @RoyMayorga1

    f'real man, it's bullshit how many people can hate cause you worked with some people they don't like, people don't understand sometimes how hard it is to earn a living as a musician. also, why does it matter who you worked with? you're a fucking fantastic drummer and it shows in every recording i've heard with you, as well as in the amebix reunion i saw a while back, keep rocking man!

  • @RoyMayorga1

    Keep it real man, never mind the haters! Great job with the song and the production. Its amazing!

  • @RoyMayorga1 no gods no masters

  • @RoyMayorga1 no gods no masters. You feeling ok now?

  • @MrSlattocks way better now....thanks for asking. just getting back to hitting those skins again.

    :)

  • @RoyMayorga1 marvellous news. We need more amebix gigs over here in the uk soon.

  • Its really good, the vocals should be lower in the mix and bass higher though.

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  • Haters gonna hate...

  • renovados, buelven ala axion con mas fuerza, actualizados como todos , pero sobresaliendo como pocos , de las mejores bandas que hay y abra , leyendas

  • This song is to great for words, i dont expect any less from these legends.

  • @crustcrew . i am sure that the album will have a lot more for the older fans of the Band,choosing a single without alienating too many people is a tough one,so hang on in there!

  • Awesome song!

  • Wow, sounds great.

    The new Amebix I like totally.

  • This new single sounds too much metal or better modern metal i listen to amebix for for 16 years now but i really don't like this song i'm sorry but if you ask me it's not that what should it be.

    I hope that the album will be good like the others.

  • OH MY GOD MY FUCKING GOD MY FACE WAS COMING OFF DURING THE LAST 5 MINUTES OF THAT, OH WAIT FUCK, THAT WAS ONLY 5 MINUTES MY FACE WAS EXPLODING EVERYWHERE, I COULDN'T SEE THE TIME FUCK.

  • AMEBIX REFORM & PLAY OLD STUFF or AMEBIX REFORM & CREATE NEW STUFF ABOUT THE NOW = A POINTLESS NOSTALGIA PANTOMIME or SOMETHING INTERESTING, POIGNANT ABOUT THE NOW ! The past is gone. REALITY OR IMITATION OF PAST REALIT, THERE IS NO CHOICE TO MAKE.

  • Andy, my man, nice work bro! -riz-

  • AMEBIX return..........great news to an old duffer who still has his original vinyl of winter and no sanctuary...................mu­sically changed but undoubtedly AMEBIX.

  • made me cry! great song awesome band!!!!

  • Cant wait to listen to the rest....cheers!!!

  • THE POWER REMAINS!!

  • Do any other old school Amebix fans think this sucks? Am I alone in this?

  • @Deflecto3

    YES, YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ALONE. JESUS TITS, MY ASS.

  • @FleshIsFlawed Sure pal, sure..