Behold The Arctopus

[SpawnofBlood]

240p....we meet again

[shellbaranek]

incredible..



[Squidz66]

This is excruciating!

Watchtower will be rolling over in Cynic's grave!

[BAMH7861]

People should really shut up there not that bad there's a reason its called technical

[SApElOn210]

As technical as this may be.. it does not sound good at all

[kid1826]

Too complex for simple minds.... thats why you dont understand, learn music theory then make a decision...

[june32nd]

@kid1826 there is tons of theory here. the reason why "simple" minds don't understand is because even to a trained ear it still sounds like fucking noise at points. There is technical then technical for the sake of technical. it's sounds like noise cause there is to much going on. I appreciate technical musicians like Colin and the rest of them but seriously make music not noise.

[PrimericanIdol]

This is horrible

[ChaseFichtenwashere]

Kay, thats a Warr Metal Series? How many strings does it have and are the top 6 bass or guitar(melody)?

[YungEggplant]

The notes are just as pointless and meaningless as the name of the band and the name of the song

[Abnormalproductions2]

@YungEggplant It still has meaning even though there isn't any structure. Music doesn't need to have a point.

[YungEggplant]

@Abnormalproductions2 That's only your opinion, real music has a point and a sense of harmony and wholeness. In this I only see pointless noise, it can be compared to modern art - dumping some paint randomly on a canvas isn't art and insults true artists who poured their soul into it, it's the same way with this.

[Nick5379]

@YungEggplant Maybe it's not a problem with the music, but the way you're listening to it. This is in no way pointless noise to me.

[battousai555]

@YungEggplant The human brain is incapable of truly random thought. Thus, no form of art is "pointless" because it conveys feelings that someone had in creating it, and the artist conveys different feelings when performing it.

Concerning your "paint dumping" example, what makes someone a true artist? Just because you don't like the medium some artists use doesn't mean they didn't pour their heart and soul into it.

[NightXemnas]

@YungEggplant Well, atonality and dischordance isn't really pointless noise, but we can agree to disagree if you aren't willing to go beyond the surface =)

[splotchyitachi]

Alcoholacaust!!! BTA is sick, it's just incredible how people can actually do that..

[Zaspor]

Damn! I was unsure if they would be able to play good live but holy fuck they do!

[ACDCwarmachine]

not trying to be a dick and i listen to "technical" music such as cynic, meshuggah, tool, and bands like that... but IMO, it does not matter how technically awesome you are if it sounds like justin bieber with tourettes and having a seizure at the same time

[metalfun111]

@ACDCwarmachine dude you're a little faggot for mentioning justin beiber and no one gives a shit what you think, cock ass.

[MaggiesBookshop]

that guy is a monster on that instrument!

[deadlybuzzboi]

mank

[AngLunas]

Guitarist these days,making all that technical shit and the people can't seem to follow,point is not all the crowd are musicians they wouldn't understand technicalities and find their selves lost.sometimes its better to follow the guitarist rule. K.I.S.S. if you know what I mean.

[dontpokesmot422]

@AngLunas why keep it simple? i love it. im a musician but i love it. and there are obviously loads of other people who love it who arent musicians. and besides its what they wanna do, its their art. and its fucking amazing.

[metalheadneji]

i must have this warrguitar

[thefallofvince]

I think the guitars in this band are awesome and would be better suited with a more creative drummer that would actually know how to play to this instead of relying on the guitars to create his drum beats.

The Locust drummer would be a good candidate.

[AMPOVERLOAD11]

0:00-2:26 fucking annoyed me.... its awesome yes they're very skilled, but dude... that was just annoying..... no music at all.

[GoregardenStudio]

@AMPOVERLOAD11,

Just curious, what do you mean by "no music at all"? I am just a little confused at that statement....Do you mean it's not like your typical "top 40" song phrasing?

[AMPOVERLOAD11]

No, it just hurts my ears.

[BulliedbyFather]

more than likely if your not a musician and know how to play some form of instrument of are not a big technical metal listener you honestly won't be able to comprehend how complex this is, the bass is on a level which i almost can't even understand, this band isn't about sick riffs or what your probably used to, their technical skill showcased on guitars and 12 string basses. The Warr guitar is a tool few can truly utilize and when done right it is so technical its awe inspiring

[panefuldeath]

LOL

[zben504]

1:20-1:36 had me head bangin

[peaveylove]

facepalm.jpg

[Johnnnybgoode]

This is certainly an acquired taste. Not my style, but the fact that they really do know how to play some incredible metal is undeniable.

[jb0177]

Wow... is this theory 'music?'

sounds like a bunch of uncoordinated noise.

[darkworldteen91]

its straight up theory lol

[infiniteobscure]

too bad for u =)... go and listen some mariah carey or something, that u can understand

[Cipherix]

The Warr guitar covers the range of bass as well as guitar, so technically it's both (to those who are saying it's not a bass).

I love BTA. Their music is so fresh and different that when I'm feeling in a very strange or random mood I just put it on and get lost in the riffs. Colin Marston is a technical god.

[thefeepy]

Absolutely incredible !!

[TrueMuMa]

My friend Max play in CS=)))

[TrueMuMa]

Oy shit! It is sran`

[sxipshirey]

I love the complex noise.

[MeanMaxG]

Good drumming, the guitar playing is technically difficult, the warr guitar player obviously practiced alot, but the music just isn't good. Its overly calculated and complicated. Im down with progressive stuff, but this is just noise. It is very pretentious.

[TheEarlOfDublin]

*doesn't understand a single thing about what hes talking about* *listen to my opinion yall*

[MorfGworfmim]

The idea of "good music" is strange to me... if you like it you like it, if you don't you don't.

For me, the music is very exciting.

Different strokes for different blokes :P

[Phill6KOA6]

yeah that comment sure is not pretentious at all...

[ChrisDulk]

wtf? are you gonna tell me that both the guitarist and the drummer don't play good? They're still a lot better than you are. I smell jealousy.

[GingerKiller67]

only the bass player is good, if he was in a good metal band they wood be amazing

[leftyguitarjoe]

I play an instrument like that, and I'm in a good metal band :D

[BDngr]

actually, the drummer is also brilliant. Check out "Blotted Science".....awesome metal, w/Alex Webster From Cannibal Corpse on Bass.

[douggyfrreshh]

first of all, its not a bass. second, that sentence makes no sense.

[Blackmetal4365]

Mathcore is so fucking lame

[ManOWHOREify]

This isn't mathcore your fucking retard. Black Metal, now there is a genre that is fucking lame. Wearing make-up and cutting up pigs and living in caves, what a great lifestyle.

[rocanella]

wtf, living in caves?

oh, let me ask. do you eat meat?

the whole makup thing is just for stage and photoshoots. they dont actually wear it around. its a stage act thing.

the fact that someone is in a black metal band has nothing to do with their lifestyle.

fucking asshole. i talk shit about black metal too, but at least i know what im talking about, and laugh about bands that take it too far and make it look stupid in the first place

[GingerKiller67]

@Blackmetal4365 this isnt mathcore. Bands like antigama are the shit. Check em out on last fm to find other good bands. and dud if you do have or get an account give me a freind request. its life4death666

[happidae]

I dislike the guitar player but the bass lines are insane

[RaabBlog]

these faggots have fans??!?!?! you probably have to be on crack to be able to tolerate this shit live

[wiinolo]

This is THE BEST CAOTIC MUSIC i've ever heard

[MomoTheBellyDancer]

Wow, that's a lot of notes. Too bad there is no music to be heard anywhere.

[BenadrylAnnug]

There are a lot of notes but there's no music. Ok, that makes sense. Go jump off a bridge.

[MomoTheBellyDancer]

Yes, it makes sense. Playing a lot of notes doesn't mean that you make anything of musical interest.

[BenadrylAnnug]

I'm interested in this music. It's subjective. If you don't like it, fine. Other people do.

[xdyingfetusx69]

amazing

[lobyte]

Warr guitar = the most fucking cool instrument ever. :O really like this band btw started listening yesterday. that they can play that stuff live

[itachi456789]

What kind of effects is he using?

[ChineseFoodMusic]

Finally, someone was able to answer the question: 'what do you get when you cross wizardry, virginity and ritalin?

[rblasko426]

colin does infact play a warr guitar a raptor 12. But in this video he is playing a Santucci Treblebass. hope that clears up any confusion

[surfincow]

he's playing a Warr "Metal" series guitar. it even says it in the video description

[clarkshapedbox]

i can see how you couldc ome up with that conclusion but that IS a warr guitar. its hard to tell because theyre thrashing around in some dark club lol. just take a look

[warrguitars]

Sorry rblasko426, Colin is playing a Metal Series Warr Guitar. I know cuz I made it :)

Have a nice day,

Mark Warr

p.s. Colin's new bass to soon follow!

[metalfun111]

@rblasko426 dude the uploader is the official warr guitar youtube account.

[conor1148]

i'm being dead serious, does he use his hair to mute strings? if so, thats the most genious thought ive ever seen from a metal head.

[shogun341]

where can i get a war guitar

[StopTheMoti0n]

its warr, search warr guitars on google or blackle

[puffthemagicpenis]

fuck anyone's opinion of them

I like it

[camariottide]

Imbecille!!!! Listen to it better!!!

[XxSconeManxX]

Sync is completely off. Diggin Colin's Warr Guitar though.

[chokolate999]

man thats quite a bass o.0

[BTMandy1]

its technical a guitar, but ur right it sounds more like a bass

[leftyguitarjoe]

it runs through a bass amp and a guitar amp. If you look closely, you can see 2 cables coming from his guitar. The bass half of the neck and the guitar half have their own pickups and outputs. Its truly a wonderful instrument.

[BenadrylAnnug]

5 string bass and a 7 string guitar. no? I know the tuning is not standard at all.

[leftyguitarjoe]

I think its 6 and 6. I couldnt tell you the tuning. Those instruments have such a huge variety of tunings. When mine is done being built, I'm tuning it in matched reciprocals.

[StopTheMoti0n]

ACTUALLY

this "bass" you are talking about refers to an upright, orchestral bass. however a fretted bass (the such that are used in modern music) are for the most part BASS GUITARS.

this thing however.. its.. um... a Warr :)

[mournfullax]

i can take it til the solo. the solo just blows lol. the rest is ok...i guess

[TopazSkillMauler]

they suck

[daevanxxz]

actually they are really good, its just they over progress and it makes them sound really bad

[XxSconeManxX]

Anyone who thinks they suck, are either too obsessed over technical perfection, or are superficial twats who enjoy cliche unoriginal trashy music.

Considering that you listen to Linkin Park, i don't think you are in any sort of position to claim any music sucks besides your own.

[jacob7207]

This is how my mind is right now. All fucked up. This song isn't helping.

[jacob7207]

And the bit at 2:03. Best part of the song.

[Nick5379]

Awesome sauce! I finally have a nice quality video with of them live with mostly Colin!

[ShaggyDavies]

Arctopus is a great band and should get some respect for the technicality, because they write out their songs in musical notation AND THEN learn them, which is most likely why the majority of people don't like it, or just call it shit. If you don't like it, fine, go listen to something you do like.

By the way it's called a warr guitar

[spore24]

Hey! I was at this concert! You can see me in the crowd.

I fully agree with phantitude

alcoholocaust is so well written. "and you can't really rip on these people until

1. you've listened to the albums and

2. you've seen them in concert.

because they're fucking incredible either way"

These guys are amazing musicans, just check out the other bands they're in.

Mikes solo project is Direwolf

Colin is in Krallice, Byla, Disrythmia, etc.

and Charlie has worked with countless bands.

[ShaggyDavies]

BLOTTED FUCKING SCIENCE!!!

[phatnitude]

ahaha, i love this song.

alcoholocaust is so well written. and you can't really rip on these people until

1. you've listened to the albums and

2. you've seen them in concert.

because they're fucking incredible either way.

[666sausageofanal666]

This sounds like shit, 12 string giant sounds like shit with the guitar, and it sounds like the theme song for taking a dump

[slipknotrocks365]

its not my thing it sound like nothing goes together

[LordOfKarma]

yes you have to be intelligent and have some respect for what it is to be a musician to really like this stuff.

Behold is pretty awesome, not sure i like the new axe? i mean i probably wouldnt have ordered it like that but hey it sounds just as good as the other warrs so.. maybe the next recording will show a difference.. the live sound recording isnt exactly great

anyway .. behold is a fuckin great band!

[xplicitvio]

Intelligence? Wtf are you talking about. This band is shit. Just go shove your head in the toilet and go flush it repeatedly.

[jerseyrayashley]

You guys just get better and better! Colin, your old Warr must be relaxing in the 'retirement home for old and abused guitars' after all you put it through. It's great to see your new axe.

[triviumdstruct87]

this isn't music, this is just random noise. it's horrible

for the record, the only reason that i looked this up is because my friend told me to look it up to see how bad this is

[Humanure22]

lol this opinion coming from some one with trivium in their name

I would like to see you even attempt to play this, let alone even be able to wrap your mind around the concept of what they are playing

[triviumdstruct87]

i couldn't care less how fast they play, and i didn't even realize that there was actually a concept behind all this

gee, i guess im not as much of a music virtuoso as you are.

you're never gonna change my opinion, and i will never respect this. there's no coordination, no structure, no nothing. it's just a clustferfuck of notes.

i understand that they're just trying to be progressive, but find a better way  /\

just so im not just trashing the band, im offering advice

[Humanure22]

Hahah im not trying to change your opinion, but rather just burn it down by siting your terrible taste in music

No coordination?? Complete proof that you have no fucking idea what it takes to play this.

In order for them to play this ,inadvertant time shifts and all, they have to practice for hours on end, completely syncing up the "Clusterfuck of notes" and playing them dead on every single time....

but no your right lets not respect hard work and musicianship

[triviumdstruct87]

okay enough of this crap

these guys can play really fast, then again, so many other bands can.

the guitarist is pretty good, but there's such a better use for his talent.

what i meant by no coordination is that at one point, the guitarist just goes off into a solo, leaving the bassist (or whatever that thing is called) to fend for himself. it seems like everything is coming at you so fast, that you dont know what to think, because the song is almost impossible to comprehend.

[triviumdstruct87]

lastly, im giving credit for being so far out there, that people challenge their style. the thing is, find a better way ,like i said before. have a bassline that can support the speed and craziness. this song needs a backbone so bad, im almost willing to rip out mine. have an understandable riff and a crumline, not just a bunch of ridiculously fast notes that just fly right past you.

im done, have fun trying to make me care what you think

[BucketheadXprimus]

Fuck Trivium, listen to some real metal you pussy

[Humanure22]

your just constantly proving my point

you cant understand where the music is coming from, or how it is written, or how some of these riffs are even comical in a way

All im trying to get across to you is that music doesn't have to have any shape or form

and the second you try and trash some ones style because you cant understand it, your just flailing out your poor understanding of music

Im not about to say this band is amaizing, but i recognize talent and technicality

[GuitarGuy01]

mario and metal in one,

its cool =_=

[Lagrattouille]

God, is that music ? Those things dont even go together !! 2 parts from 2 different songs maybe ? YEah thats it ... They mixed up

[curbowman]

AT LAST!! METAL ON A WARR GUITAR!!!

[surfersaucer]

What a nooooooise!

[L0stlunatic]

Amazing. Even more so now that Colins got a new epic Warr guitar.

[skatinsince97]

dude i noticed that!!it looks fuckin soo sick!!!

[artyomelyoskin5]

Goodd!!!!

[RedOnChrome]

wow this is much faster than on cd. love that metal series warr guitar!

[jerseyrayashley]

MONSTERRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!