Arcturus- Ad Astra

[18AeNeA81]

Much aprecieated ftom here. The two combainig Beksinskiye and Arcturus fullfills the greatest homegrown musicvideo on the youtube. RIP Zdiislaw. Come back Arcturus!

[madchenmaidli]

l0ve it

[BandieraRossa1871]

Such a trippy and wonderfull song...Can't wait to see them live!!!

[shigulifan]

this is my favourite song. the pictures are just amazing..

[maximili1du42]

What the fuck, the picture are hard, but the song is awesome

[HardOverdose]

amazing ...

[GolliwoggMusic]

Golliwogg APPROVES of this song.

[boxofcookies]

The drums ruin it.

[mikalakis]

co za asy

[MattWaterman82]

666 likes



[TheMisantrope]

I am a french fan of all kinds of Metal, so I would like to give the translation of these lyrics in my langage: "J'ai cherché partout Et trouvé nulle part Ainsi j'enfonce la sanglante aiguille Et pousse la douleur plus profondément Les corps luisants de l'infinie ciel A pour mon esprit Le charme froid De l'accueillant regard de la mort Dans le secret de mon âme Il y a de vieux idéaux"

[haspat]

@TheMisantrope Thanks :) i put it in a description

[heydudemansup]

best song

[zsefgio62]

sounds like castlevania music. xP

[lateralsx7]

fucking amazing song

and the pictures just add to the epicness of this

[ViannaSilthrim]

i'm delighted...

[MrWajax]

Love this song, the pictures are a nice touch. This gets a thumbs up & favorite.

[enigmatic247]

3:50 and on just destroys my mind

[Azargled]

@Rakknar: calm down, don't take other's opinions too seriously

[IronreaverVII]

Whoa, didn't know you liked Arcturus. ICS Vortex forever!

[Superwondermanhyper]

Amazing. One of my favourite pieces of music.

[c4n0fjuic3]

If I ever had to watch some cities explode in slow motion or something... This would work.

[iivellios]

The music and imagery go together perfectly. I've always loved Ad Astra but adding these paintings adds even more depth.

[Adastra14]

what are these 8 ppl....? gay?

[Rakknar]

@Adastra14 You're an idiot.

[Adastra14]

@Rakknar

Ok. je suis un idiot. explain pls..coz if you wont, then im sorry to say but you are the idiot :)

[psychomurderguitaris]

@Rakknar If the guy likes this song so much that he decided to make his username after it, you can't really question his reaction to the 8 dislikes.

[Adastra14]

@psychomurderguitaris

oh thanks btw now i saw your comment :)

[onwardtovalhalla1]

@Adastra14 Obviously theyre gay. No straight person would dislike this video (music or paintings)

[Rakknar]

@onwardtovalhalla1 @Adastra14 How does being gay factor in any way to a person's taste, idiots?

[onwardtovalhalla1]

@Rakknar If you want to be gay , that is your business. I do not want to hear about it.

[Rakknar]

@onwardtovalhalla1 I completely agree with you on that. But what does being gay have to do with not liking this song?

[AndresPereira27]

¡¡That's true, what a great pictures, what a great song!!

[YourBodyYourTemple]

An orgy of feelings. Marvelous

[Tigreloaded]

Long time no see Beksinski's art work, what a perfect match.

[6kruk6]

Zdzisław Beksiński are from POLAND!!! Great compilation!!

[mikkelsigurd]

Awesome video... Gives fully meaning :)

[muntheraqel]

haspat you are an artist to combine these paintings with this piece of music

[punchsnakeman]

Now i'm gonna have nightmares.

[f1kc1a77]

piekny, precyzyjny klip..

[lokust9ine]

The Paintings with this clip are very cool.

[68ELENI]

...The gleaming bodies of infinite skies

Have for my spirit

The cold charm

Of death`s welcoming eyes

In secret to my soul

They are Ideals of old.....

[RedCovers]

Someone wanna buy me a 7 string so I can play this on guitar? lol

Loved like always, thanks haspat :D

[Valkoisen]

Haunting.. Beautiful

[SheIsntReal94]

well done mate excellent song put together with brilliant pictures !!!

[LiSrD]

i love Arcturus, AMAZING, and Zdzislaw Beksinski just so happens to be my favorite artist! go figure :P thanks, haspat!

[VforVanish]

The keyboardist of arcturus is a genius, the shadowthrone of satyricon is another proof

[cockasuck]

impessive art, nice song, thanks

[ELDERDREADFUL]

superb song

[cultoay0utube]

Te mamaste con las imágenes

[dudechicken2]

Z każdego jego obrazu można by było zrobić conajmniej dwa filmy różne gatunkowo :) Niesamowita sprawa

[angrepspanser]

nice

[PureCore]

im floating...

[tacityrn]

they are ideals if old

[kobaomg]

Awesome song, really inspiring, but the vocals kinda ruin it for me.

[1YinYang1]

Inspiring...

[verigar]

Man the artist is awesome!!!!!!Thanks for this!

[pollograssopollo]

quiet after the storm

[enigmatic247]

just and amazing beautiful dark song, i hope arcturus reunites and makes more music, they are just so dam unique

[Sanisaninja]

beautiful...

[Forlo12345]

Ad astra is Latin for "To the Stars."

("The gleaming bodies of infinite skies" refer to stars)

Very appropriate title for this song. I really do feel as if I'm going to the stars when I listen to this.

[th3n3wc4d]

This video, really brings out the creativity and artistic talent in this band, the artist and in particular this song. Highlighting the beauties in dark culture.

[angroment]

best album, this is

[kiszeski7]

Magnifique ! Great video ! Thanks. 5 stars.

[igotwoodhaha]

Which album is this off of? I only have Aspera Hiems Symfonia and The Sham Mirrors...

[Wazza12111]

@igotwoodhaha it's from La Masquerade Infernale

[gluckyjm]

this is from the masterpiece "La masquerade infernale"...u have to update your discography man...

[icketypickety]

the music and the paintings are out of this world ,thank you for posting......

[IDISIV]

this song is amazing but with this paintings i enjoyed more... Thanks!!!

[majmarek]

author /genius/ of this graphics died few years ago, his son /awesome and talented music jurnalist/ commited suicide. If they lived in States or Britain- they would be known all over the world thanx to Oscar price for the biography movie.....

[Justifier7]

La Masquerade Infernale is by far the greatest single musical piece ever composed. It is the very pinnacle of mankind's artistic evolution. It is Lucifer made flesh.

[Bloodbucket666]

Those paintings are most excellent, so is Arcturus.

[ArcturusFan]

So beautiful. I tried so hard to play this song on my guitar for the longest time, and when I was finally able to, I did nothing but play this song. I cry almost every time.

[MoonXxXprincess]

perfect!

[PAGANRoots]

Excellent! You managed to combine my favorite painter with the music I love the most!

[SonofSorat]

questi so dei geni

[SabbathBloodySabbat]

Veramente dei geni

[KolomparVinetu]

It gives me the goosebumps every single time I watch it. Can't describe the atmosphere and feelings this video has. Void, noire, hopelessness, cold, warm, dark, light, destruction, death, withering, sorrow everything and nothing.

[Rheaume100]

check out,,,EMPYRIUM--(mourners)

[KolomparVinetu]

I did and I very much liked it. Thank you

[KolomparVinetu]

Oh, and you may check out MY Dying Bride... well any of them but especially The Cry of Mankind, if you don't already familiar with it. I think that's the ultimate song of sorrow and rage.

Maybe Amorphis - Tuonela would take your interest, too. Never could listen to it without tears.

[Rheaume100]

thanks i will,love there song- For my fallen angel--

[lelekcsepp]

@KolomparVinetu

I agree.

[darkunorthodox]

@KolomparVinetu EMOOOO!!!!! ha just kidding

[KolomparVinetu]

Zdislaw Bekinski and Arcturus.

Arcturus and Zdislaw Bekinski.

I really can't tell if the music fits perfectly to the images or the images fits to the music. Anyhow, it couldn't be done any better.

Thank you mate.

[NightRanger77]

This was kind of a bore to listen to for the most part.

[ratzaidraeq]

Zdzisław Beksiński is now my favorite painter. Just do a google search on images section with his name. His paintings are incredible. If u want to know more read on Wikipedia abaut his life, what kind of person he was and what incredible end his life had. Tx for the video, opened my eyes on one of the greatest painters ever.

[kagarlo]

totally a great music!

[zephyrous7]

thanks for uploading and thus showing me this painter! i didn't know about him before and i absolutely love his style!

[HandsomeDynamite]

Great video. Fits the song perfectly.

[MrArghhhh]

totally agree

[RedHotChilean]

Gran acierto, me encanta Beksinski y Arcturus.

Maravillosoo!!

[HeinrichJamslather]

I would kill to get my hands on some prints of his art.

[FinlandsThunder]

HOLY SHIT...

my respect for Arcturus just SKYROCKETED...

damn...

I've heard of the painter before and 9000<he<Salvador Dali

[serpiccio]

this is art o.o

the song and even the pictures xD

[CokekilledtheQueen]

Love this song. I'm more of a fan of Zdzislaw's other art work, you know, not his graphic art.

[Destruction3402]

Garm's voice in this song is 'eargasmic' :P

Arcturus is a great band. Maybe the greatest.

[HeSiU696]

te zdjecia sa super !! O_o

[Dreaddo]

One of the best pieces of music ever created.

[Thrashaero]

talk about the perfect video/tune to listen to while baked...holy shit

[JoSeZPERU]

Arcturus = Pure Art!

pd: where you found this paintings? they are great! share the info plz

[CokekilledtheQueen]

There is a whole gallery somewhere. I will send you a link.

[JoSeZPERU]

yes, thanks! but i already found the gallery.

There are really good works that i will enjoy later =D cya.

[dmh091]

6:23 : the keyboard takes over from the dark guitar making an inspiring turn of the music

[dmh091]

Good for the drums (Hellhammer) 6:50 - 7:05

[BLCEK]

This is classical music is a metal outfit

[ThyTyrant13]

I don't know whats the best, the song, or the illustrations. Great video.

[mitchell0406]

@ThyTyrant13 youre right, and it fits so good together

[xaphanxaos]

Fantastica vero?

"The gleaming bodies of infinite skies

Have for my spirit

The cold charm

Of death` s welcoming eyes

In secret to my soul

They are Ideals of old"

[Betwithell]

This is absolute perfection.

[Skipioza]

intro reminds me of zest riddle :D

[lochnarus]

Cool paintings. I think this and For To End Yet Again are my favorite two Arcturus songs.

[Morax666666]

still the best video on youtube.

[shaftiel1989]

:o beautiful pictures, great song

[Frak98]

Those pics and that song really remind me of the Dark Tower series by Stephen King

[Morax666666]

I read the first two books, but only started on the 3rd one, that was a long time ago, I wish I'd have kept going, that was the best book series I've ever read.

[DrSoltberg]

So right brother!

I love that series...

Oh god, nearly the best books I know.

I found this band through Ulver.

Sounds great!

[Frak98]

Do you know a Ulver song that sounds like Ad Astra? Because I never really was convinced by that band.

[Fulham1969]

Blinded By Blood?

[DrSoltberg]

Blinded by Blood is incredible, but the problem with Ulver is, that no song sounds like the another.

This is avantgardistic music, and to be honest, thats the reason, why I love this music.

Arcturus and Ulver are far beyond compare!

[Destruction3402]

Nice artists, both Zdzisław Beksiński and Arcturus

[wasafogle]

fuck nice taste uploader im fucking subscribing in the sheer hope theres more

[l33tmaster104]

God damn. Zdzisław Beksiński and Wayne Barlowe are some of my favorite artists.

[judasiscariot3]

wow..what amazing paintings

[I514]

some of the pics are nightmare inducing O_o

[HSMW]

Great paintings great song. *****

[Guovencia]

the artist was killed in robbery by chaws (sorry for possible misspellings), what a shame. I met him once, he lived in Polish wilderness, small mountains called Bieszczady, look for photos of that place, and see what His imagination came from.

[pilimysokinadwisla]

Beksiński in fact did lived in Warsaw since late 70's(after his family left Sanok). Killed by a teenager in a money-motivated attack on 22th Feb, 2005. Poland lost another artistic icon and genius. All his works can be watched in a Historic Museum of Sanok, Poland.

[Nattleite]

one of my favorite songs ever.. nice clip

[magariellocello]

pochi gruppi come gli Arcturus sono destinati a rimanere immortali nella storia del metal. anche se sono italiano, lontano dalla loro patria, questo gruppo merita un riconoscimento ed apprezzamento internazionale..

[enricoloz]

assolutamente d'accordo... sono molto originali, melodici e potenti nella loro trama armonica e surreale. originali

[Staminalis]

one of the most beautiful music videos I've seen so far.. thanks so much for this

Long live Arcturus!

[loaffer4607]

amazing combination of pictures and music. Good job!!!

[pronova33]

If only we would see such alternative video suggestions in youtube more often. We wouldn't stop discovering Art. I mean I love Arcturus but yet didn't know about Zdzisław Beksiński. Keep the good work my friend...

[Rahziel666]

same here, great video

[Worignition]

amazing artwork

[PoetikkJustice]

I know this is odd, but does anyone know of a band that uses the image at 1:13 as an album cover? I've been trying to remember what they were called and its driving me mad.

[PoetikkJustice]

Found it. band called pandemia

[absoluteterrorfield]

The beginning is amazing

[TehFr4nK]

Awesome video. My favorite song by Arcturus, and you made me discover such a great painter. Thx for the new background ideas :)

[DarkGuardian87]

Fucking Amazing!!!!!

[Dantaron]

This was and remains one of my favourite songs, and the paintings set to this are brilliant - true meshing of culture and awesome, here.

Hail from Canada, my friends, and long live Arcturus!

[eyehategumbo]

great song from a great album

La Masquerade Infernale

[artemisia78ro]

beautiful! great video!

I love beksinski and this song

[neutronhomer12]

Came for Arcturus found Zdzisław Beksiński.

[HitByTime]

At last! One Arcturus video without comments about the abilities of Hellhammer, Garm or Hestnaes!

Long live Arcturus (in our hearts)! Ad Astra!

[DyingWater]

immense..the perfect union between metal and some upper dimension..

a celestial voyage

[lollerzor55]

arcturus, stunning as always. good art too !

[chinananhai]

amazing

ooooof

[Daddyporky]

Very cool music (and paintings) :)

[rcarass1]

ooh these guys are different, thought theyd be so shitty prg band or something, someone was on about them on 4chan, im gonna have to carry on listening to more and the artwork is awesome!

[celticknife]

fuck off newfag

[NukeClock]

gtfo rulefag

[vladimir88x7]

enlighten yourself with the first album and the constellation ep

[Pavelness]

Brilliant indeed.

[PhenomZ]

Brilliant.

[dhushw]

the violin starting around 4:06 is just amazing, it may not be very complex, but it conveys so much. It still gives me chills.

[tanitisistv]

on 3:57 is my fav part of music...^^

[juuhaa1]

Sverd is Master!

[bladeofmetall]

that isn't the original song!

[MrFups]

of course it is ;)

[haspat]

it is the original version from "La Masquerade Infernale" album. There are also remixed and acoustic versions from "Disguised Masters", but i'm absolutely sure that this one is orginal :).

[rottedfacegrind]

Awesome song and awesome pictures.

[Goblexter]

It gets kinda bad from 5:30 but everything before it is brilliant!

[Morax666666]

what? Sverds keyboard solo is fucking sweet! after that the song just kinda dies down though.

[Goblexter]

tjhat's probably computer graphics,i don'tthink anyone could do it with some stationery equipment.

[ClarinetistViolinist]

thats not computer graphics. Thats Beksiński ' s real paintings

[mermangel]

In the 90's Beksiński did some computer graphics. His paintings are better though.

[haspat]

some of these pictures are computer graphics, but most of them are real paintings :)

[MrFups]

Zdzisław Beksiński was a genius . A crazy genius . Arcturus is soooo special . one of the best video !

[swordmaster2007]

Really beautiful song, and nice pictures.

[joekiser]

Holy crap.

[Crucifuck]

Wow!Two of my favorite artists combined for an awesome video!

[KoraxGT]

Awesome artwork and audiotrack. Very wellcomposed video. Great upload.