The Contortionist - Eyes Closed

[KneelingBeforeLies]

i was gonna like this, but i can't bring myself to break 666.

[DaedraX89]

666 likes? fuck yeah

[fable765]

Isn't this Flourish?

[Mahoneyisamazing]

@fable765 It's an earlier version of the song that featured their old vocalist and his original lyrics of the song. When the new vocalist stepped in, he changed the lyrics and the name of the song. A majority of The Contortionist fans prefer this version to Flourish.

[MOSP25]

def better than the flourish version

[MrDanteaguilar]

This shit sounds really fresh! Very clean yet kind of heavy-ish with a vry unusual atmosphere. Thanks Whitechapel!

[MegaEarney]

Holy shit!!

[FlorkinLife]

IMO, the production on Exoplanet was better

[HarunaLoveKoh]

AKB４８にカバーしてほしいです。

[yoyoyoElijahArroyo]

@4:15 it sounds like he's saying ; TUNAA FISH ! TUUNAAAAA!! xD awesome song though

[thespencer9]

This is seriously one of the best under rated Metal albums ever (in my opinion) Its heavy, has REAL emotion, and is all around beautiful, and his vocals are near perfect. I love this album!

[21210002121]

@thespencer9 I totally agree, one of my favorites in a long time. Too bad this was with their old vocalist :(

[SuRRePPtiOUsWritings]

This is the best version in its entirety. Apparition is a masterpiece and should be regarded as such. If you don't know the album verbatim, then you truly don't understand the pain and emotion deep within it.

[WznUDn]

imagination man.

[cuminonyourpants]

@IWasSentToDestroyYou You forgot Born of Osiris and Veil of Maya!

[GamerVideosKei]

@cuminonyourpants VEIL OF MAYA! <3

[ErinJanus]

2:29 ... wow

[Nessiestout55]

amazing!



[IWasSentToDestroyYou]

THIS SHOULD HAPPEN INSTEAD OF WARPED TOUR!

Molotov Solution, The Contortionist, Volumes, Tesseract, The Human Abstract, In the Midst of Lions, For the Fallen Dreams, Animals As Leaders, Between the Buried and Me, Serpents, Elitist, Fit For an Autopsy, King Conquer, Periphery, The Plot In You, Mastodon, Betraying the Martyrs, Carnifex.

[11trumans]

@IWasSentToDestroyYou where the fuck is the black dahlia murder in that list?

[IWasSentToDestroyYou]

@11trumans their van van broke down.

[Riche66]

@IWasSentToDestroyYou PLUS ABR. 

[phreestylesk8r]

@IWasSentToDestroyYou and cynic

[swimmerforlife789]

@IWasSentToDestroyYou Yeah man, emo scene bands that play in Warped fucking suck.

[H8000addicted]

@IWasSentToDestroyYou would come to America to see that! (I'm serious...)

[ItsRoom205]

@IWasSentToDestroyYou Probably the greatest thing that i have ever come a cross in my lyf.

[PlanningMyDeath]

@IWasSentToDestroyYou So just a deathcore tour?

[IWasSentToDestroyYou]

@PlanningMyDeath The majority of the bands on this list are not deathcore... but indeed it is a metal tour... glad you caught on to that much.

[IWasSentToDestroyYou]

@IWasSentToDestroyYou if i wanted a deathcore tour... this would be it....

Eat A Helicopter, And Hell Followed With, Aegaeon, We Are The End, Demolisher, Decades Of Deception, The Boy Will Drown, In The Midst Of Lions, Drown My Day, At Rest, Vladimir, Colossal, Murder On The Dance Floor, Chainsaw Disaster, The Imperial Betrayer, Years Since The Storm, Dysphoria, It Came From Over There, The Dauntless, Dead Weight, The Devil Came On Horseback and Catalepsy... sir.

[superawesomegrapes]

@IWasSentToDestroyYou you forgot born of osiris, but that was a nice selection nonetheless :D

[GamerVideosKei]

@IWasSentToDestroyYou OH.MY.FUCKING.GOD.. BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME IS A MUST!

...Carnifex? .nope.

[SynVenganceShadows]

@IWasSentToDestroyYou all proggy/ djenty/ deathcore bands and then the plot in you and for the fallen dreams lol.

[IWasSentToDestroyYou]

@SynVenganceShadows its better than bon jovi...

[SynVenganceShadows]

@IWasSentToDestroyYou lmao i love the plot in you and for the fallen dreams. i even love attack attack. im just saying they dont seem to fit in. but yes. bon jovi is shit lol

[MiKeFLo310]

@IWasSentToDestroyYou fuc yah sounds righteous

[AETOGenny]

@IWasSentToDestroyYou Soooo fucking happy to hear someone knows about Serpents.

[IWasSentToDestroyYou]

@AETOGenny yeah man they kill

[AETOGenny]

@IWasSentToDestroyYou Played a show with them over the summer last year. Them and Dweller crashed at one of our guitarist's house. Sick time.

[IWasSentToDestroyYou]

@AETOGenny i talked to them at their last show in town, really chill guys.

[blazethetrake]

@IWasSentToDestroyYou ..and thy art is murder

[TheBabbybuddha]

@IWasSentToDestroyYou I agree with line up but there is one problem The Human Abstract broke up :(

[SuperGizzmo123]

@IWasSentToDestroyYou no STRUC/TURES ??

[IWasSentToDestroyYou]

@SuperGizzmo123 i didnt put every single good band on the list lmao 

[DjentleGiant]

@IWasSentToDestroyYou My asshole would blow out the back of my skull at such a tour.

[allnightlongjoey]

@IWasSentToDestroyYou too bad The Human Abstract broke up, and Mastodon wouldn't never play a show with these bands

[WeAreTheEnd321]

@IWasSentToDestroyYou You forgot Structures

[IMtheONEwhoLEFT]

@IWasSentToDestroyYou Can we get married?

[JobForAMaxboy]

@IWasSentToDestroyYou The Human Abstract and Mastodon are legit, the rest no :P

[Mk927]

@JobForAMaxboy Lol now THATS a joke. You must not have ever listened to the other bands.

[taxigy]

@IWasSentToDestroyYou you forgot about Textures.

[fable765]

@IWasSentToDestroyYou Born of osiris sir.

[zombiespwnedyou]

@IWasSentToDestroyYou Veil Of Maya man

[gutterdweller]

@IWasSentToDestroyYou BTBAM!

[Leviathan919]

@IWasSentToDestroyYou DON'T FORGET EVER FORTHRIGHT!!!!!

[BananaSkater360]

@IWasSentToDestroyYou dont forget about structures!

[CapnKeys]

@IWasSentToDestroyYou Add in Veil of Maya and Decrepit Birth and it's perfect

[joyhaslemonade]

2:25 calms me down sooo much. This song always makes things slow down & seem more beautiful when I'm stressed. <3

[LukeNin9Official]

woah.

[Skateinmysockz]

Isn't this song called flourish?

[JamesDeffinger]

@Skateinmysockz Flourish is the newer incorporation of this song

[mrdunngoofd]

isnt this song just an early version of flourish?

[EntwinedbyVengeance]

@mrdunngoofd yes

[calebcurt]

@mrdunngoofd youll seethat alot look at all the songs to this album the new albums pretty much a remake of this one just new vocalist

[PlanningMyDeath]

@mrdunngoofd yea 

[brandonblaze360]

@mrdunngoofd Actualy Its Goes From (Nonmanual Dexterity = Eyes Closed = Flourish) AMAZING SONGS <3 They Each HAve A few Changes But They Remain Beautiful! 

[mrdunngoofd]

isnt this song just an early version of flourish?

[joepauljoe]

This was very cool!

[CustomLlamaDentures]

1:53 jizzed on my heart.

[razorhead1985]

anyone know where i can get this album?

[youknowthatoneguy123]

@razorhead1985 exoplanet has a better finished project of this song called flourish so getting exoplanet would be a better bet

[falconer6439]

Breakdowncore, djenty(meshuggah emulator), melodo metal. Cooooool......

[mastertracuer]

what the fuck are you talking about? sarcasm? I don't see any sarcastic remark from you at all. and I fucking love metal so shut the fuck up about "real music isnt made for people like you" I was listening to good music before you were born.

[RaymondPicillo]

screaming is awesome and should always be primary choice of vocalization even in person imo contortionist is amazing if you like metal or halo check out my channel thanks.

[mastertracuer]

Very nice instrumental, too bad vocals are shit.

[CustomLlamaDentures]

@mastertracuer Hate or like the music, but don't be a faggy troll about it. Your mental capacity on any form of social media is that autistic down-syndrome cat.

[mastertracuer]

@CustomLlamaDentures Take it easy dude, I just said I liked the music, but it has it's flaws. Screaming shouldn't be the primary means of vocalisation. It just doesn't sound appealing in any way.

[hYpNoXiDe]

@mastertracuer A good screamer is always better than a good singer, especially in metal.

[mastertracuer]

@hYpNoXiDe no it's not. I'd love to understand the lyrics rather than hear a ear shattering scream.

[hYpNoXiDe]

@mastertracuer A good screamer is able to enunciate his words clearly. Clearly, you're speaking from ignorance.

[mastertracuer]

@hYpNoXiDe im not speaking from ignorance. dont get me wrong, I enjoy metal in all its forms. having said that I cant understand one word this guy says. also that doesnt mean i like every band that comes along. so dont get offended when i say this. i also prefer fry screaming like in bullet or trivium cuz you can hear them more clearly. but thats just my opinion.

[hYpNoXiDe]

@mastertracuer Can't understand this vocalist, implies that this makes all screaming bad.

Also implying that regular singing is easily understood.

[Beenyad]

@hYpNoXiDe Good screamers are always awesome, though they are a dime a dozen. People with range, like the guy from Protest the Hero (who's name escapes me atm lol), Mikael Akerfeldt, and Rob Halford in my opinion are much "better" than people who can only scream. On a semi-related note, more singers outside of metal need to scream. Gives music some balls.

[rsrecordbreaker]

@Beenyad lol.

[SlipknotFTW2345]

@Beenyad Rody Walker is the vocalist from PTH mang

[SlipknotFTW2345]

@Beenyad And you should also add Spencer Sotello to that list (Periphery), he's a beast

[Beenyad]

@SlipknotFTW2345 Yeah, hes amazing. I know a lot of people hate his voice but I really can't think of anyone who could suit the band any better.

[ChainsawVsGod]

The clean section is extremely beautiful.

[headbangerfromhell89]

where can i get this album

[TheBloodyBassist]

lyrics are better in this song but not taking anything away from the current vocalist hes really good i just like lyrics in this version

[headbangerfromhell89]

amazing

[TheBadMovieReviewer1]

The Contortions are way better

[mattdean1111]

Dave Hoffman vox. no beating it.

[DanteLeblanc]

@mattdean1111 He's actually really good. Usually I can't stand the vocals in djent bands. His mids are good too and that's rare to me.

[xikilledthescenekidx]

The one thing i love about appiration more than exoplanet is that the lyrics mean something. Exoplanet is nothin but stars and space. Thats just my opinion. Both great albums. Just this one is better.

[xmagnumheartx]

Exoplanet > Apparition



[SuRRePPtiOUsWritings]

@xmagnumheartx not a fucking chance. Apparition destroys Exoplanet.

[mario1136]

@SuRRePPtiOUsWritings Hell no.

[SuRRePPtiOUsWritings]

@mario1136 ...hell yes.

[mario1136]

@SuRRePPtiOUsWritings Well, it's a matter of opinion. Better to say that than to go HELL NO HELL YES HELL NO HELL YES all day lol

[SuRRePPtiOUsWritings]

@mario1136 true! but you know its more fun to do the latter! :) no man, i do enjoy Exoplanet, don't get me wrong. But i think that Appartion's recording is far superior. The Drums are louder, the Bass is crisper. The album itself isn't over-produced. It seems like with Exoplanet, they took something that was already great, and tried to make it better, but sadly fell short.

[mario1136]

@SuRRePPtiOUsWritings You know, you're right about the drums and the bass, but however, I think the drums sound much better on Exoplanet.The kit is more professional sounding. One of the main reasons why I'm more into Exoplanet than Appiration is because I just happen to like Jon's vocals more. I'm not really a fan of Dave's deathcore sounding vocals, but they're good.

[WhitechapelxX1]

Jive as fuck..

[Gavin776]

this was there first album, they go a new vocalist and re did the album as expo planet

[PirateMonkeyFilmz]

i like this vocalist better

[bahamut6667]

this sounds amazing and i love bands that do long songs like 5min+ i love how it goes from heavy music to really calm instrumental there geniuses my first time hearing this band

[ohnickoli]

you guys should listen to Substructure, they are very similar. Sub seems to make better use of the synth/kb but Contortinist has lengthier parts which i like.. both albums easily listenable all the way through... and on repeat =D

You can thank me later.

[xGRiiM]

4:46 and after..my mind actually slipped into an alternate state, and I couldn't get out

[LetsGoSnipeHuntin]

this is flourish with different lyrics.

[matty0234]

13 people jack off to Bullet for My Valentine

[mastertracuer]

@matty0234 and the rest of you fags enjoy hearing a man squeal!

[AstronautJ]

@mastertracuer uMad bro.

[laurensDG]

@mastertracuer Yep, that's what Contortionist is about. Idiot.

[mastertracuer]

@laurensDG thought so. it's really shit!

[laurensDG]

@mastertracuer dude, people like u should cut off their ears. real quality music is not made for people like you. and learn to understand sarcasm.

[cubturbo]

@DarthRoy1292 What?!?!? Never heard of The Human Abstract?! They are amazing!!! The only problem is that they got a me vocalist...

[tobi123man]

dildos...nuff sed

[IIIFrenchyIII]

Sick show last night!!!

[Thorryst]

why is there two names to this song?

[bobduud]

This shit is unhealthy as fuck!

[siverarrow2]

I thank my English teacher for showing me this band last year.

[mehtabb1]

I'm really digging this new batch of progressive deathcore bands. MUCH better than all those terrible bree bree breakdown bands.

[neilpeartrocks2112]

@mehtabb1 i love me some dr. acula every now and then, but this stuff is the shit. Born Of Osiris is easily my favorite

[metalfuk1]

isnt this flourish?

[CoreThrasherGLB]

@metalfuk1 Yes that was what I was wondering! XD It is flourish

[iCecilJacksonI]

@CoreThrasherGLB this was recorded wayyy before exoplanet. exoplanet has alot of pieces taken from apparition.

[CowPuncher]

@metalfuk1 On the new album Flourish is like a re-interpretation of this. A lot of songs on the new album are from Apparition.

[JoeyThe14th]

@metalfuk1 it is, but this has a way better mix and it isn't as over-produced as flourish

[TheCatalyst210]

@metalfuk1

bitch no this is Eyes:closed it was here first

FUCK EXOPLANET

[metalfuk1]

@TheCatalyst210 okay but it turned into flourish. but this version is still the shit

[TheCatalyst210]

@metalfuk1

yeah, apparition>exo

[RayRayImmortal]

@TheCatalyst210 What's wrong with Exoplanet faygo? It's a fucking masterpiece, and the vocals are much better :D.

[TheCatalyst210]

@RayRayImmortal

fuck the vocals

[RayRayImmortal]

@TheCatalyst210 Enlightening.

[TheRadrussian1]

@metalfuk1 pretty much. they just redid all their songs with a new vocalist.

[headbangerfromhell89]

@metalfuk1 first version

[69michaelskates69]

@metalfuk1 listen to the lyrics

[demonpulse2]

@metalfuk1

they made 3 time this song

Flourish

Eyes : Closed

Nonmanual Dexterity

[SuRRePPtiOUsWritings]

@demonpulse2 non manual dexterity is not redone. they simply took the clean phrase and carried it on...the rest of NMD is entirely different.

[Wiian95]

@metalfuk1 No, Flourish is Eyes: Closed. This was first.

[deathquota1]

this is beauty

[JpMetalify]

FUCKING DJENT!

[abyssalspecter93]

@JpMetalify It's progressive deathcore lol. Anyways, it has the wrong guitar tone to be djent.

[Drumfetus]

If you like this, then go check out Malevolent from Antelope CA. can find on face book /malevolent1

[akakylebunker]

duh bro, its progressive deathcore. but you can call it wat you want. i love me the progressive shit

[DeathcoreSoftie]

Is this a different version of another song of theirs? Flourish maybe?

[MrCeebez]

@DeathcoreSoftie This is the original version of it actually. They redid a lot of stuff from Apparition for Exoplanet.

[abyssalspecter93]

@DeathcoreSoftie This is the original version of that song.

[akakylebunker]

Whoever hates this is a total fag. and probably listins to pussy metal. They just can't handle how this shit makes you wanna cream in your jeans. Haha

[uGxDemiZe]

@akakylebunker this is a branch of metal dude.

[Strongerthananyfaith]

I don't mean to be a dick, I'm just a motherfucker with an opinion, but I really dig it, but some of the chugging annoys me, since they're such great players, I feel like something better coulda gone in those spots. BUT I LIKE IT. and im seeing em with Periphery soon,

[imarcacci]

@Strongerthananyfaith Periphery, The Human Abstract, The Contortionist, Textures. Better believe that shits going to be sick! ima be there

[MoreThanHardcore]

@imarcacci theyre playing an early show today at 3pm in Greensboro NC I'm stoked :D

[Noa4h]

@imarcacci

Where at?

[dahudge14]

@imarcacci

I'm going tomorrow. Can't wait. I'm gonna get some serious whiplash, haha

[rwfsmith]

@imarcacci I was there, and it was unbelievably amazing.

[DarthRoy1292]

@rwfsmith same here bro, seattle show, VIP...kicked so much ass

[aznsenzation7]

@DarthRoy1292 Dude, I was there too. Lol. Smoked out the contortionist.

[DarthRoy1292]

@aznsenzation7 i didnt even know who the opening bands were, ive never heard of the contortionist, Textures, or Human abstract....that concert made me instantly fall in love with Contortionist and Human abstract....fucking life changing concert

[LoveSomeoneDumb]

@imarcacci ME TO!!!!



[lifeside091]

@imarcacci and Intervals, you had better be stoked for that shit. if you dont know who that is search "intervals still winning" and watch the lead guitarists playthrough.

[FatalyMaimed]

@imarcacci THAT WAS THE MOST EPIC FUCKING CONCERT

[Chickenbreast97]

@imarcacci i went.

it was fucking amazing

[netcompany3]

@imarcacci amazing show

[SASPython]

Awesome stuff one thing (just to be picky) is that the vocals ( in some parts) seem like they have too much reverb on them, which stands out only just a bit compared to the norm. still, saying that, this song, album and band kill!

[witdofficial]

THIS ALBUM FUCKS EXOPLANET IN THE ASS

[MrFiendlord]

Apparition is one of the best fuckin albums out there

[PacDiv77]

this song is called flourish dumb fuck

[calebcurt]

@PacDiv77 Okay, Dumb Fuck this is eyes closed they re-mastered it into Flourish on their new album.

[CarllelRs]

@PacDiv77 Yeah it's Eyes Closed dude. Different lyrics, different concept, different song name to fit.