Arcturus - Kinetic

[DuctapePenguin]

stare closely for 20 seconds and you will see the Geico caveman

[francisthechick13]

@DuctapePenguin I don't see it. :(

[TimeKillaKlok]

....could swear I see a baby and a kitten..

[karloney]

Everything about this album is perfect

[legosheet]

very happy moments with this song

[legosheet]

i drink with my friends hearing this song :")

[angienorge]

uhhh nice wonderful song. beautiful voice

[foclz]

return is no option...

[Dougca1985]

The photo at 35 seconds, is all that that looks like "dust in space" really just a high density of planets OR is it something else?

[lotsametalandhumor]

@Dougca1985 its the same photo the whole song, what crack are u on? lol

[thestonedraymondo]

@Dougca1985 if you look carefully its a mixture and if you look at the whole image carefully its a face aswell....:)

[Beta4Life]

@Dougca1985 It is the remnants of a supernova, a mix of gas and dust.  On the scale of that picture a planet would be so much smaller than a spec of dust there is no chance you could see it, the amount of gas and dust there is likely significantly more than the nebula that condensed to form our entire solar system.

[Dougca1985]

@Beta4Life Thank you for clarifying that Beta4life and thank you for all those great sarcastic remarks as well. I knew the answer, but I just wanted to be certain I wasn't wrong. I knew it was the same picture the whole way through, but I guess I didnt phrase my question correctly. :)

[DasTabiias]

want to hear it live with garm o.o

[Maulon69]

Moves me so much… First time i heard it, i nearly cried.

[RottenWolff]

One of my favorite singers! This is what I think of when I think in Avant-garde Metal!

[Sicioldr]

I think this is the kind of song perfect for an epic fight with an enourmous galactic kraken !

[lormendi]

This is one of my favorite records ever. One of Norways best kept secrets.

[Obsidus]

One of the best albums of all time. In my top 5 after 2 decades of scouring the earth for all sorts of metal. And this song is probably my personal favorite on the album, along with Star Crossed. Absolutely brilliant creativity. So glad they're planning to get back together.

[lormendi]

@Obsidus Star Crossed is my fave. They are reuniting, but without Garm =/

[SATANECRONOMICUS]

@lormendi Indeed a treasure, deaf to most peoples ears.

[ClaimhSolais]

Light has departed

from this black sun.

But please put us on

to bring darkness down

from your head and home.

[Asael090]

0:52 that subtle boom made me feel like being pulled into a blackhole

[thestonedraymondo]

Truly Outstanding piece of music!!!

[Postscriptnow]

I don't think any band can capture the tension between light and dark like Arcturus had. Their lyrics and music invoke all kinds of strange thoughts, but its the 'things' that can happen in the cruel, cold, dark indifference of the nether regions of deep space that they tap into which sets them apart from just about any band out there. Its probably also why young teenage boys 'just don't get it'. Its adult music.

[TheMoondrum]

once that Vortex quit out ov Dimmu Borgir, Arcturus must come back !! and hellhammer too :DD

[dattish]

@TheMoondrum Arcturus is back, they're playing at ProgPower USA

[TheMoondrum]

@dattish are you serious? vortex too ?

[dattish]

@TheMoondrum Yes, he's infact the only member we know will be in the band.

[lormendi]

@dattish They cancelled. Ihsahn is taking place.

[TheMoondrum]

@TheMoondrum

[Kallineon]

I just can't...I just fucking can't, and I wont stop to listen this song, for thousand times if I need...because I am beyond the light, and I don't need some stupid lamp haha...

[51Qan1aC]

there's no need for lots of words: great song, great album.

[kslagerman]

does anyone know what the logo/symbol in the upper right corner of the album cover is? maybe it's nothing and just a design for the album, but i suspect there's something more to it.

[BludStatic123]

Nice namee!!!!

[Neueregel]

THIS SHIP. BOARDED BY FOOLS.

[metmass]

I've never heard anything quite like this. FINALLY some interesting music!

[JoNyB0i]

even if you dont like the lyric content, this music is a completely masterful composition

[MultiPosts]

Epic picture and great song :)

[MrAlucard222]

The complicated "morse code" snare intro is killer! The drums on this album are uninspirate?! I don't think so, HH on this recording is absolutely perfect! The triggers sound fits the Arcturus music perfectly, end of story...

[cielseven]

Name ... Arcturus = Game Designed by Gravity in 2000's early

Gravity made Ragnarok Online, most pirated MMO game server online which anyone can run easily at home/friends. eathena is the project...

A good song like this deserve to be in one of the map files... for sure. Much props.

[sidrir]

please you guys have to return! HORNS UP from portugal! (for to end yet again)

[noodlenate]

Aaah, the memories.

[FallenArcturus]

Reading few comments around here...and I cant understand why some people think that this world is depressing and terrible.People why see the negative part only?+ when I listen to this song it rather makes me happy and energetic,not depressed.Just saying...

[rachskald]

@FallenArcturus exactly!

[darthjavader]

THIS SONG IS A JOURNEY....

[ganondorf59]

One of those very few masterpieces that can bring tears. Most beautiful indeed. This is art, real art. Beyond music, beyond sounds, beyond lyrics and literature. This is pure art. Anyone who claims to know art without having listened to Black Metal and Arcturus in particular, has absolutely no idea what he is talking about.

May Art Live On Forever

[MemetronDaBboy]

@ganondorf59 Agreed. Art is the reason I live through this shitty world of corporatism, fakery and bullshit.

[ganondorf59]

@MemetronDaBboy I'm glad you also share the same feeling I have. It's the same over here. Everyday shows me more and more how depressing and terrible this world is and how many horrible persons live in it. As a Black Metal musician I have discovered that the very few "good people" in this world are mainly my collegues and a few exceptions. It's surprising how self-destructive everyone is. Art is one of the few things that can help endure it all. And Arcturus and Black Metal are pure Art.

[detsomengang]

It's a shame some of usa have to wait until the next life to write/sing this music that is so brilliant.

[Dn8Free]

Is this industrial?

[Goblexter]

@Dn8Free Hell no, this album is about Astronomy

[dfhgjhsdkdkisdksjrep]

@Dn8Free I'd say it's Avantgarde/Experimental Metal

[bandozes]

After listening to Ulver for quite a while, I find that there is never that much singing, which is fine because it works with the rest of the music very well. Only Garm is my favortie singer, so It's great to find an album in which he sings so much!

[snupcho]

@bandozes Then you should definitely check Head Control System. Garm's finest singing is there.

[LoNeWolf386]

This is what music is about. Experimental metal is gota be one of the best styles out there the lirics are brillent the guitar is beutiful well the hole song^^ masterpeace =D

[Aethernial]

Why is it, that always when i search music on youtube i end up at one of your uploads?

[KSCIAA]

@Aethernial /shrug

[fastballonly]

@KSCIAA I think you have a good taste!!

[Thriss87]

@Aethernial Because he has the most awesome music taste? :P

[thestonedraymondo]

@Aethernial I always end up here simply becase so far this guy got the best playlist going hahaha

[MrTex1987]

@Aethernial I guess yall just like the same kinds of music :D

[Goblexter]

@Aethernial Attractive thumbnails ? :D

[Stellarmasterelite]

@Aethernial same here. already happened with neurosis, isis and this one.

[DrSabbathTheWizzard]

0:36 Super riff

[k0oonZ4]

trippy dirt, higher im lesser it works !

[krakljak]

all the amazing black metal bands come from norway or sweeden....im going to start a black metal band from ohio, that'll be weird.

[zyniker88]

@krakljak Lots of the best Black Metal is from other countries too, Check out Peste Noire from France.

[krakljak]

@zyniker88 will do :D

[Chechrisdouv]

Synnexiste ellhnares .Oloi mazi na diadwsoume thn Metal se olh thn Ellada.kai psaxteto mhpws kai ginei kamia ekpomph se kanena apo ta megala kanalia .oi latreis ths Metal to perimenoun pws kai pws.

[GRIMandFROSTBITTEN9]

some trippy shit. gotta love the arcturus universe

[BIoodBath]

I bet that if Mozart or Beethoven were alive, they would listen to arcturus, and other black metal bands

[krakljak]

@BIoodBath one of them was deff, they couldnt even listen to it to begin with :|

[OlavDenDeilige]

@BIoodBath I don't know about Mozart or Beethoven, but Stravinsky and Holst certainly would!

[rachskald]

Funny, comments stating arcturus can't be classified, then try to classify it. The best bands, such as (in my opinion) Arcturus, rise above genres they take elements from - managing to be UNIQUE *and* sound brilliant in an age where most bands are either doing what has been done to death, or try so hard to be 'progressive' they fail at making good music. Arcturus may be progressive, but what matters is they make beautiful songs that are, for some, an almost spiritual experience to listen to.

[manhuntbandtorino]

OMFG Garm is the man

[ghostasas666]

Is a brilliant song also when I play action games or World of warcraft PvP thats the best song I can listen to enjoy 1000% with plesure . I love it !

[deviantelegy]

take this lamp, we are all beyond light

[nolyspe]

To reach our destinaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaati­ooooon !

This gives me chills down my spine everytime.

[TomiJR]

Amazing! Sham Mirrors is a real masterpiece, even though I do prefer La Masquerade Infernale.

One thing that really bugs me about Sham Mirrors (and Sideshow..) is Hellhammer's super triggered drum sound.. Yes, this album is to some extenct a "space rock" album or whatever you want to call it, but goddamn, has Hellhammer gone deaf? The drums sound like the midi sounds on the old Sound Blaster soundcards...

Arcturus is my all time favourite band, but goddamn the drums sound horrible!

[Rappelescu]

@TomiJR you're perfectly right. drums are uninspirate.

[Rappelescu]

@TomiJR

[npopovic1]

find me a some new band, that isnt from metal genre, but sounds this good, I haven't find many/any

[YourBodyYourTemple]

We're stardust harvesting starlight, onwards!

[Postscriptnow]

A 'screamer' isn't always sending the loudest message.

Many listeners do not appreciate the world class production behind creating such sounds and music. In this case the attention to detail is brilliant.

[superiormusic]

It is a but strange concidering that the same guy who is singing here did the vocals on "Nattens Madrigal".

Anyway, both Sham mirrors and Nattens madrigal are among my favourite record ever, mostly because of Garm.

[SiriusAeon]

zukunftsweisend...einfach einzigartig in dieser art von genre...hammer album! *****

[icketypickety]

thank you for posting this,this is the first time i'm listening to them,so bad this kind of music is not by everyone ,i'm happy that i've found them....thanks again....

[icketypickety]

symphony in space

[duffman3030]

i love this album, but had long since forgotten it until just now i thought "oh man that band arcturus was pretty bitchin" lol been 7 or 8 years since ive heard this awesome song

[RootsMaggot]

Their music is absolutely brilliant! * - *

[fuji091]

garm best metal voice

[TheMeister31]

Postscriptnow have you been deaf all your life and this was the first thing you heard..haha at that point a garbage truck would sound good..this isnt bad, but isnt brilliant like that..its certainly no Meredith Brookes or Paula Cole..lol.

[OpethToolMetallica]

@TheMeister31

How can you slam this band and like ICP at the same time? That band is for 10 year old kids who think they're cool by listening to that shitty band.

[johnyboy1977]

This is what happens when the gods are inspired. I guess this is the only 'creationism' I accept. =)

[Lsatanset]

@TheHeIlKnight esta canción la canta Garm

[cerealbloodx]

the quality of the sound is awesome, so amazing! this is art metal!

[Forlo12345]

This is beautiful music!

[Postscriptnow]

Head banging music does not = Metal

This is metal. But it is missing the point entirely.

No-one has been able to produce this sound. Otherwise it would have been done before, right? It took a genius to come up with the lyrics of this song, the compilation is world class and the finished product has no rival. This music transports its listerners via wormholes to the the darker places of the universe.

[chinaownsusa]

@postscript, talk about an overstatement!!!!! theyre good, not great

[johnyboy1977]

LOL! They're unique, you mean! I mean... what other band composes music like this?!? IMO, they are beyond good or bad, since UNIQUE is the only word to describe this band.

[SiriusAeon]

was für ein wunderschönes lied... mit soviel atmosphäre und gefühl....das wirkt so wundersam surreal auf mich....haut mich einfach um das lied....***** thanks for the upload

[juuhaa1]

Masterpiece1

[modoki666]

Man (KSCIAA) thanks so much for sharing so good tastes in music.. enjoy so many of your uploads like this one !

[immortalx50]

♪♪Wormhooooles!!!♫♪

ಥ_ಥ

[th3n3wc4d]

What a brilliantly written song, anybody that complains about metal should listen to Arcturus and understand true art.

[bajeatu11]

i agree,this song is truly an work of art...but i don't know what to say about the genre.where would you fit arcturus?black maybe?

[th3n3wc4d]

Avante Garde.

[nageljeuk]

Except that this track is closer to progressive rock. Still a really good album, but for the most part this album is progressive rock and not 'metal', even the 'black metal' parts are more 'black progressive rock' than 'black metal'.

There's just not a shred of any 'metal' left, it's progressive rock. There is no way to headbang to any of the tracks, it has no riffs, it uses unusual signatures at various parts, it's music of structure, and not of moment, it's progrock.

[th3n3wc4d]

I wouldn't call this progrock by any means, progrock I would consider to be more Kamelot or Sona Arctica, nor is it black metal in my opinion, the techniques, style and sound is too unique to be considered anything other than Avante Garde Metal. IMO.

[nageljeuk]

SA and Kamelot progrock? I think your definition of progrock is extremely nonstandard.

Progrock are things like Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Utopia, some things from Pain of Salvation. Devil Doll, Fragments of Duration.

Effectively it's rock music that focuses more on the structure of a song, eschews verse-chorus-verse songs, has elaborate breakdowns, unusual signatures, concept alba. Music like this. It's just rock that's more 'serious', if you get the idea.

[cobhc987654321]

This album is definitely metal, fast tempos, distorted guitars etc just with a lot of progressive/ avantgarde - nes.

La Masquerade Infernale was more like extreme classical music

[rachskald]

@nageljeuk "There is no way to headbang to any of the tracks" Of course you can.. despite the unusual time signatures there is a straight 'line' in most of the songs... I can headbang to this and most arcturus songs just fine, if I didn't have back problems that is.. Not a moment the rythm feels awkward or unnatural...

[npopovic1]

I def. agree. this is top quality music. I also listen to some old rock, but I cannot find goog quality music that is not metal, but is created this days, like goog rock doesnt exist no more, it only evolved to some metal bands, but onestly, I'm having trouble finding good bands outside metal, the last one is Last shadow puppet, but it can't compare to this in terms of style, of course :)

[themadtapper]

@npopovic1 TOOL...."lateralus" takes time but it is composed magnificently and has some superb drumming by mr danny carey

[saiAhikaru]

@themadtapper tool is fucking amazing!!!

[scud8393]

@th3n3wc4d  agreed.

[St33leReserve]

@th3n3wc4d true but some people are too brainwashed by filthy major scales and poppy feelings... curse them! they will never understand.

[nirvanaspirit666]

@th3n3wc4d yeah like mastodon, MASTODON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BrootalCannibal]

i think ics vortex does the job as vocalist for arcturus really well they sound alike

[Asator66]

Masterpiece.

[ektoplazma]

Can't stop singing this in the shower :S

It keeps finding its way to me

Too bad Garm quit Arcturus.

[TheSeventhSon]

I have wet dreams about Garm's voice.

[Tear84]

Ahahah, best comment ever! ;D

BTW I totally agree, Garm's voice is amazing and this song is pure genius!

[starway2heav3n]

awesome voice

[Peccath]

Best song ever.

[ImperataLexinor]

Via Wormholes.

Great

[osmanthrax]

via wormholes....AWESOME MASTERPIESCE

[thevillageyid]

"Our eyes were remoooooooooooved"

awesome voice.

[Postscriptnow]

...And then there is this

"The Mothership

Boarded by Fools"

Amazingly evocative ideas in theme of this song, and album. Just brilliant.

[Canciondeinvierno]

That snare at the beggining its talking to me. Awesome. Arcturus forever

[nikyninjasex]

lol this is so weird it's enjoyable. :P

Chorus sounds so good.

[IXYPHON]

Masterpiece of the Masterpieces..

[SharDarksoul]

Garm is such an awesome singer

[ToxicCadaverine]

What a song!!

[Postscriptnow]

"The mothership

boarded by Fools ..."

Great lyrics.

[cobhc987654321]

this is garm? wow, he's got a huge vocal range.

[Reno498Turks]

I LOVE ARCTURUS !!!

[ZanderXVIII]

Garm's voice is surreal.

[ad0llfo]

the best album from norway grouP!!!!!!this is a real progressive !!!!!!!!!PLAY'S LIKE from another UNIVERSE !!!!!!

VIA WORMHOLES

[baalchivo]

Super album,,, grandioso....

[badarmak]

I like it, this song sounds like some Paradise Lost's stuff

[Ograja]

Dude, saying stuff like this out loud will get you killed...

Paradise Lost and Arcturus are galaxies apart...

[aocidicoa]

eeehhhmmm no

[D3v71n]

wat

[aocidicoa]

Just replying to "badarmak", he said this sounds like Paradise Lost.

Youtube is stupid for not showing the replies in reply form instead of showing it as a new comment.

[D3v71n]

agreed.

paradise lost is faail.

[DyingWater]

(Garm=shivers..every fucking time, on every different records, albums, and projects.)

[DyingWater]

KSCIAA...again and again..thank you :-)

wonderful, as usual.

[kirbyy]

wormholes.. wormholes....

[depechehim]

fucking awesome!!!!!!!!!!!\m/

[stephen394]

this album is awesome

[EMKTTHL]

Agalloch is forest music and Arcturus is outer space music.

[metalballs666]

this song is the best...VIA WORMHOLES

[MIGUELRESO]

i love this song

[Thriss87]

Dawvis.. That is true..

I am realy glad i got to see em live before they disbanded..

[dawvis]

not enough people appreciate how great and creative this band is

[kspillett14]

Greatest song ever written.

[saksilangit]

dude! this is rare!!

[Darkasha]

I LOVE ARCTURUS

& I LOVE THIS SONG Great band!

[skysilcox]

I love this track!

[dwellerofrhymes]

Wait, wait, wait, when did you start uploading Arcturus? You rock!

[KSCIAA]

I kinda wanted to upload some Arcturus before. But it was mindtraveler's request that really sparked it. Thank him. :)

[mindtraveler2350]

Kind of hard to get these pictures wrong (out there, eh?), but I like the change of pace. Thanks!

[KSCIAA]

Yep, can't all be pictures of forests.

[dwellerofrhymes]

Say, how about "Ad Astra" next? Pretty please. :)

[KSCIAA]

Perhaps.