The Human Abstract- Vela, Together We Await the Storm

[SyphilisProductions]

Wow the guitarist cracked under pressure and he messed up a lot. :((

[RoastyisToasty]

@SyphilisProductions When?

[Lad0Barn0vi]

what the fuck, can't they play? or it's because of camera?

[goodboy196]

I am really hoping they get in warped next year..

[hopeslostDBM]

thumbs up for security guy in the video the whole damn time.

[omitthealibi1]

lead guitarist; jeffrey dahmer???

[RB26EH]

these guys are textbook givin'er

[COBfan43]

From this video I have determined 3 things.

1- unsynchronized headbanging is way more brutal than synchronized.

2- I need to practice a lot more.

3- I MUST find a vocal prodigy like Nathan around my age.

[Thashark619]

I'm enjoying the comments on this video more than I'm enjoying the video. Lol

1:10 makes me lol

[IVANB056078]

the dude on the left should shave his stash

[BeeTatty]

do you think the security guards really wanna jam to the songs?

[MiKill93]

Security Guard - "Where the fuck is that music coming from?"

[Thashark619]

@MiKill93 This made me laugh so fucking hard.

[blake2112]

1:10

Alright ready guys?...

3...2...1...UNSYNCHRONIZED THRASHING IN 5/4!!!!!

[jonahfox]

I was here.

[alexatetris]

1. AJ's glasses must be glued to his face.

2. 1:08 everybody goes apeshit. best part.

3. Tour guard loves his job.

4. 4:06 nutjob fest.

[FaxMachineDx39]

this song is debilitating to play on guitar. so insane

[greenbeaner69]

how does his glasses not cme off? and aj is always beast

[GraysnE]

ahhh the classic line-up, i really miss it

[DrumsnotDrugz]

These guys can really rock the fuck out.

[GaZeeBo94]

the bassist made me laugh. still a kickass song.

[aggguy666]

headbang !!!! tha ftw

[twiggygibberish]

vocals are hurtin

[shoulderkolibri]

dude the tour guard looks like a retard with down syndrome hahahahaha

[IMHOLUKE]

I hope Travis Richter is awesome. I like Nathan, but Im cool with a change.

[MasterDebator809]

@IMHOLUKE i doubt travis richter will be that great. Hes from "from first to last".  I'm very skeptical.

[12345Carlos]

@IMHOLUKE travis, from from first to last?

[IMHOLUKE]

@12345Carlos

Yes, he's the new vocalist.

[12345Carlos]

@IMHOLUKE oh. good i though he was replacing the guitarist. causeee no offense but travis is not a good guitar player haha. his vocals should be interesting.

[bubbagump9512]

@12345Carlos no more clean i think

[shabbawabby]

the guy in the blue shirt got so much air time on this clip

[medvidmaks]

look at this guy in front :)) he probably think "what a shitty crowd" lol

[Indyingforyou]

Bass PLayer is going fucking insane lmfao. Welcome Travis Richter!!! Cant wait to hear the new fucking album. Aj is my idol

[Sawstinker]

@Indyingforyou that's the rhythm guitarist

[pastunseen18]

the guy in blue looks like meat loaf hahahaha

[ifartoutshit]

ugly nigga in blue

[BuryxThexHatchet]

glad they got aj back :D

[tresl333]

Thats some vicous headbanging!

[krat876]

Is there a special thing you can buy for your glasses so they wont fall in shows when you headbang?

[BeyondRedemption6]

haha his glasses dont fly off when he head bangs!?

[LucasChiasson31]

good point xD

I wud imagine he like tapes it to his head so it doesnt lol

[fazzywuzzy]

omfg - his voice is the real deal! he sounds better live! FUCK yeah!

[DaggersPlunge]

Vocals, Bass & Lead Guitar (Nathan, Mike & AJ)... All are playing live here, and its amazing. Shame that NONE of them are even in the band anymore =/

Vocals were so original and amazing, the guitar is astonishing, and bass is the greatest stage performance I have EVER seen.

[xScuzzleButtx]

AJ is

[DaggersPlunge]

@xScuzzleButtx

AJ is no longer in the band. He quit some time after Nocturne because he wanted to make Midheaven a classical rock album. He is ONLY returning to work on the next album, thats it. He isn't touring nor rejoining the band. AJ is merely helping in with the next album.

The bassist is Mike, hasn't been with the band since mid point in Midheaen production when they booted him. They then RE recorded the bass with Dean as Mikes was bad.

Nathan (vocals) was just recently released.

[elvandal22]

@DaggersPlunge wrong at first you were right but he officially rejoined the band recently its in there myspace and stuff

[blumpkincrew]

aaaaaaaajjjjjjjjjjj come back!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rubrubaturservice]

the security reaction at 3:14

[the13chaos]

@rubrubaturservice lol someone musta got killed in da moshpit!

[derpornoesel]

lol the bass player is retarded. Dude take this Bassguitar down it looks awefull

[mmafighter2727]

I'm learning this on drums and man! It's some pretty technical and challanging drumming.

[krat876]

FUCKINNN AWESSOMEE :DD

[IWishGoddammit]

This singer's vocals (i don't recall his name) still sounds very good live. A lot of bands you'll find that the singer can't scream as good live. But it sounds like he's doing pretty good here.

[DDROnline]

Nathan Ross Ells =]

[metaldestruction13]

i wish they would take aj back he was the best part of the band

[Maht25]

like...none of the members are the same from that album as the new one except the rhythm guitar player.....maybe the singer..

[xScuzzleButtx]

actually both guitarist are there and so is the singer and the singer. The bassist is either Mike Nordeen or Henry Selva(who was recorded in the album)

[Maht25]

@xScuzzleButtx didn't AJ quit? i know he wasn't on the newer album..

[elvandal22]

@metaldestruction13 they did hes back in the band and there keeping andrew as well so there gonna have all 3 guitars i cant wait to here what crazy shit all 3 come up with

[aggguy666]

@metaldestruction13 done hahaha

[ReverendNightmare]

@metaldestruction13 That's true man, but AJ Left, so they wouldn't be Taking him back he'd be rejoining :) but he said he couldn't keep lying to himself about playing metal anymore, i guess it's not his thing, but he was definitely there best guitarist to date i think

[ObscureAlchemist]

@ReverendNightmare You are not up on things are you? He has been back for a while now.

[ReverendNightmare]

@ObscureAlchemist This comment was made 3 months ago...I'm not even heavily into Abstract anymore

[ObscureAlchemist]

@ReverendNightmare I realize that, but he rejoined more than 6 months ago.

[ReverendNightmare]

@ObscureAlchemist Once again, Not even heavily into abstract anymore

[j8ers94]

@metaldestruction13 Well, he's back now, hopefully this isn't the first time you're hearing this

[0waggoner]

i like nathan as a frontman, but he shouldnt sing during the solo's.

[KoolKidsKlub1000]

i know right

[freshdamon]

@0waggoner but he sings on top of the solo's in the recorded versions...

[0waggoner]

@freshdamon By "recorded versions" you mean the studio version, yes. And obviously he sings over some solo's from this album in the studio and live, I thought it was pretty apparent that i was referencing the solo's where he is not supposed to be singing.

[heXro]

3:14 is awesome :D :D :D

[shaneisalmighty]

hehehe i was jus starin at that security guard;) hes jus standin there. what a fag

[gundammeistersetsuna]

As opposed to what you think hes supposed to be doing as security?...

[StewieSwan]

Man i hate their old bass player.

[regamenjaro]

i miss aj

[JordanUH]

they died for me when he left

midheaven is terrible

but i still love them because i remember they once created an album as brilliant as nocturne

tapley should stick to guitar wankery and endorsing an amp brand as shit as randall

[lewymcgee]

If your saying that Tapley sucks because of the new album, then blame the other 5 members of the band, tapley only wrote like maybe 15-20% of Midheaven.

[JordanUH]

no, he's an amazing guitarist

i'm just saying aj was better for the band

and

have you seen the studio diaries for midheaven?

he comes across as the biggest "sell out" when he talks about the guitar rig they use to record, the RM series randall, surely a guitarist like him could recognise an amp series as crap as that, and i'm sure they could've afforded to use better amps, to top it off, the get out of it what they used, a shit guitar sound on the album, (EXCEPT SOLOS, solos sound pretty decent)

[thenewcoolkids]

on Midheaven the drummer like stopped trying... The drums on Nocturne are fucking awesome, they blow on midheaven.

[James0543]

I'm sick of looking at the security guard he looks like a fucking fat douche bag and is missing a tooth..WTF!

[juvydude]

1:10

can't stop laughing at the bassist's sense of rhythm

[lifeguard212]

haha wow you are totally right. its horrible! but this band was still freaking awesome

[Jakethysnake93]

Punk stage!?

[met4Lfrenchy]

their headbangs rules :ppp

love their style

[MegaMatt1991]

the security guy is like wtf how is he doing that

[xReMukhaNx]

jajajaja 1:15 jajajajaja LOL!

and about the video is fucking awesome!

[knowtoknow]

The Human Abstract FTW!!!!!

I miss A.J he had a style of playing that I love, some go to his headbanging skills

[don0425]

the human abstract style headbanging!! yeahh :D

[AFacemarkedbyFea]

one of my all time favourite-songs!

[blamagenkind]

The man standing in front of the camera is fucking great. Just look at him, OMG!

[bucketheadmyhero]

lolololololololololol

1:10-1:17

[homerj621]

genius, a.j. manette, wish you were still there.

[qwertythecrazyllama]

like nearly all bassists are wierd in some way its just a fact of life... but we all need em

[matt060892]

bassisits. cant live with them. cant shoot them

[BelialNaoe]

We gotta be noticed some way! =P

[juvydude]

the bassist is fuckin crazy

[gseeber1]

the bassist doesn't even do anything he just stands there for 90% of the video. watch the bassist for Cephalic Carnage

[cupcakeNpanda]

reminds me of the old bassist from Bela Kiss....xept he used to jump off walls

[No1karz220]

Love the bass player's sense of rhythm at 1:10, lol.

[uoath7137]

Aj plays better live than most people play at all.

He owns their new guitarist.

[Thrasher305]

how doesnt AJ's glasses fall off? lol

awesome performance

[jewtastic71]

thats what I said! I was there lol

[guitargodd1234]

I'm surprised aj's glasses don't fall off haha

They're badass.

[Pyrochyde]

The base player does some kinda lead guitar solo at 2:00 lol wtf

[AMeN420]

sounds pretty badass to me, considering it's the shitty warped "scene" tour, I mean if you want to go to this festival and see a band with creditability, your going to be hard pressed, I mean am I am or am I right.

[garbear2321]

my friend said they are bad live they are ok

[biglilsef]

I'm sorry .... but it just sounds soo sloppy played live.

[Senderdrake]

they got a new guitar. hes SO MUCH BETTER.

and usually ajs not that bad.....guess he had a bad day.

[brandon2784]

he isn't using his neck pick-up

[Mikesane]

look at the bass player bullshitting everyone at 2:00

[ZeroPNDSTR]

Hes not Bullshitting he is just that good

[Mikesane]

nope

[juvydude]

what happened to the guard? 0_0

[freakonaleash3112]

when i saw them in new jersey he was practically crowd surfing while he was singing. it was crazy

[lpk12321]

3:15 security guard ahhahaha

[lilolliebooboo]

wow they sound shit here i saw them back in november and it was way better

[kaix9x]

lol that guard got his teeth punched out. look like retard

[MetallicaSlayerGNR]

dean was freaking the hell out

[FIndelCOB]

I miss A.J.

[fangs1234]

which one is AJ?

[beanerboy4]

haha i wonder if theyre heads hurt from headbanging so much

[dman642]

what i like about them is that they sound like actual people playing...when some bands play it sounds like it came right off the album but tweaked a little..this is pure lol and even if its sloppy atleast we know its him playing not some cd

[areureadytodie]

I miss A.J.

[Carlito148]

who cares if it was a little sloppy?

do you know how hard most of that is to play

[robbyisftd]

probably cuz the security guard is into macy gray and moby haha

[quintmasterM]

im with ElementSk808...id be jammin on the spot..

[wincashfast]

OMG this video freezes my laptop and gives me the blue screen of death =S

fucking weird,does someone knows why?

[teeevon]

because THA owns your laptop

[wincashfast]

yeah fucking acer... more like GAYcer

[doublebassaxisdrummr]

i have acer and i hate it.

[wincashfast]

the aspire one?

i love mine, it has all that i need and its super portable.

[doublebassaxisdrummr]

mines the asprie 5100 and it sucks. gets viruses all the time, crashes all the time...ugh its horrible. hahah

[ElementSk808]

How can tht security guy just stand there!! I wud be rockin out.!!

[IBuBoNiKplAgUeI]

I think they need a new singer...

[scOttydOezntnO]

why does no one like nathan hes a great vocalist. they dont need a new singer they need AJ back and i definately agree that the guitar is sloopy in this video but it wasnt when i saw them live

[MoonyMorphine]

I love them no matter what

[a7xonelife]

hey it's meatloaf doing security

[jw31]

woww so sloppy

[dmunkey770]

are you kidding AJ is ezly the one of the best guitarist of the melodic metal style

hes clean and he knows what hes doing if u relize it skipps on his part cause its a badd recording

so kno your stuff b4 u critisize a master

singer sucks tho hes flat

[Rollincaddybc17]

AJ is missed. and no one has better dreads than the lead singer for Shadows fall.

[anthonyguitar1591]

just for this song tho mea culpa he plays amazig

[anthonyguitar1591]

wow aj sucks live... its either very sloppy or their effect sucks balls IM SORRY PPL BUT ITS TRUE AGREE WITH ME

[deathbydegrees20]

Lol this isn't necessarily the easiest music to perform live. But I get what you're saying.

[anthonyguitar1591]

yea lol well it could of been one of those shows that they didnt play their best

[JMan2400]

Or, it could just be a person with a shity ass camcorder, if you watch vids on youtube you should know how that kinda stuff works out. I do agree there are a few parts that are obviously sloppy, then again, how many people could even manage to stay on tempo and make through the entire song without having to just stop and take a break, atleast give em props for that.

[SaylorsSetFire]

LOL aj missed the last 5 notes for the tapping.

before the sweep part. LOL

[sliknik874]

does anyone else think that there new cd sounds like pure garbage? AJ COME BACK THEY NEED U BAD!!!

[LordoSlauter]

agreed 100%

[GuItArKiKsAsS]

i agree. the new album sucks a fatty.

[BeforEvilsDemise]

yes new album blows!!!!

[tdwprulezd00d9494]

amen.

[0redthunder0]

lol :P aj has to concentrate so much when he sweeps... then theres the psycho bassist XD

[EpicIxion]

are you guys insane? The new album is awesome. Granted, it's not as heavy as Nocturne, and AJ should come back (along with the bassist), but Midheaven is really a very good album. Personally, I love it.

[Rodriguito123456]

3 words........

AJ TOTALLY ROCKS!

[vormitsssa]

u guys sick!

[ColorItBrokenMusic]

oh my. i love watching this band perform live :]

[letthechaosreign]

you gotta love those fucking riffs, bassist is doing god knows what, but hes good lol

[xsixstring7]

Security guard looks hungry =[

[mantastic32]

seeing them monday night!!!!

[caleb817]

so luckY!!!!!!

[jmaguerra]

He should take his meds then, looks like he's having some sort of convulsions...

As good as he may be (and he is a pretty good bass player) he doesn't know how to headbang.

[jmaguerra]

That bass player is the most annoying thing since the crazy frog.

[Bobbaaayyyy]

not true. hes ill

[Waitingmakesmebrutal]

* musicans

[Waitingmakesmebrutal]

Aj is king,new album is okay,Human Abstract succeeds where so many bands fail so the fact they could still make a decent album is sweet.I feel musicains have to make music that makes themselves happy,either Aj had personal beef,or he just matured and decided to venture off.

Underoath's drummer is coo,I can't stand the lead singer though.

[Twixgtx]

bad fucking ass! that sucks that A.J. quit the band. does anyone know the story or what happend to make him quit and what he did afterwords?

[ramonOATH777]

i heard that he quit to be in a jazz band, idk for sure though, but it does suck

[KryKslr]

he quit to study english

[knowtoknow]

Warped tour amazing

[metalmitch559]

the human abstract

progressive metal

from LA, look up on myspace;D

[denztrivium]

where are they from and what genre they are making plz infrom me i do really like tham i can't google a much info about them so if there's a huge fan of them tell me ok reply ... waiting thnx..

[apelancoretko]

just look up myspace dude.

[mensendike]

hah shipshape rulez

[blumpkincrew]

2008 warped tour, dread head over there was playing all of the leads and they sounded superb.

[kingman1111]

ok around 1:10 when they all start violently thrasings just watch the security gards face and try not 2 laugh........i love dis band but i think they go a bit over board some times

[apelancoretko]

you dont compare THA with TDWP. thats like, saying to everyone "hey i'm retarded,please kill me"

[guimaj1435]

2:37 is definitely tapping, not sweeping buddy.