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  • vvvv Who the fuck cares if this is technical or not! It is just great music. Simple!

  • God I want to like atheist so bad because i think it would be the coolest thing ever to listen to a band called atheist lol but i just cant

  • The vocals are terrible! the music is good though. The drumming rules.

  • I don't care about your new "mainstream" bands ATHEIST IS JUST GLORIOUS!!!!

  • I was there! Right at the front! 1:13 - Tony Choy is pointing at me xD. I was doing the whole Waynes World 'WE'RE NOT WORTHY' armwave xD.

  • Hah, BTBAM fan is trying to get at Atheist. The reality is, Atheist defined and perfected a style of music that BTBAM can't come close to even trying to imitate. BTBAM isn't a terrible band, but Atheist are one of the leaders in the Technical movement, and a song like this makes any random BTBAM song look bad. BTBAM is more towards the "generic" side. And plus, there are bands far more technical than BTBAM and Atheist, but BTBAM fans would complain that it's "too technical".

  • @Bassbait dont you DARE talk shit on between the buried and me, NOTHING they write is even remotely generic, and they've gotten better with every album. That's not to discount atheist as a great and influencial band, they were ahead of their time but BTBAM is doing a lot of innovative things, they sound amazing, and are great song writers. and as a BTBAM fan, I'd never complain that Atheist's songwriting is too technical - if anything its too simple.

  • Bassist isn't doin anything Stanley Clark couldn't have done twice as good 40 years ago...

  • He has like the perfect bass tone to cover The Chicken. That would be an epic jazz metal cover

  • is this the main stage? and if not? how come atheist is not in it?

  • that fucken bass solo!

  • Im just going to come right out and say it and i know all the atheist fans with freak out but steve flynn has been overreaching his level of ability for years. Most of the live performances i have seen from atheist could be a lot better with a sick drummer. Not saying he's horrible or the band is cause they were mixing jazz and metal before pretty much everyone else. He severely pushes and pulls the beat to point of being off meter.His jazz and funk beats sound like a stiff rock guy immitating.

  • @divinegrinder not really...

  • sounds great, i heard this was reunion without (almost nothing) training, songs are so complicated, and also played live. R.I.P Roger Patterson. Such great bass player.

    Atheist, jazz, death metal, progressive metal, with smart lyrics. Tony Choy, rules also.

  • the bass solo is soo bad , play fast don't mean that you play good !!!!!!

  • yet i have to see them live, it will kinda fuck me cuz i bet i cannot decide if i just watch in disbelief or bang my head...

  • i'm fucking psyched, i'm seeing them for the 2nd time wenesday in nyc.

  • Just for the majority of people who are confused as hell by the comments, BTBAM is "Between The Buried And Me".

    what is "mallcore"?

  • i like the band but the singers sounds too much like the mudvayne singer

  • what the fuck is btbam?

  • @starchmonkey Between the Buried and Me.

  • BTBAM have very influences from Atheist. And both are fucking great. period.

  • 28.04. Atheist + Exhumed + Saeculum Obscurum in der Kranhalle München:)

  • l luv this band!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Dream Theater, I found your new drummer...

  • One ,s gotta love what this drummer does , it got me into the band (90,s) .

  • one,s gotta love that drummer

  • btbam is fucking great. atheist is fucking great. end of discussion

  • why are you talking about btbam on a atheist video. if you wanna talk about them go to a btbam video. i came here to watch some atheist, not read about what sub-sub-sub-sub-genre between the buried and me is

  • This is one of my favorite bands ever, but this videos sound pretty bad. The new album is 1/2 good.

  • are they fucking up like in 1:34 on purpose?

  • @richardthefish they did not fuck up, they inverted the riff.

  • god his bass tone is so bad

  • Mike Portnoy at 1:04???

  • kelly is so humble lol

  • Fucking hell Kelly isn't even trying!

  • I hope kelly gets better on the vocals for their new album :/ He doesnt sound so good. Its a damn shame that he got carpel tunnel syndrome too :( Poor guy. Oh well, Hail Atheist!

  • Kelly is bald. That is why he has the head wrap on.

  • @clubfootforyou I refuse to believe that, he's way too awesome to be bald.

  • Kickass song. Until the shitty bass solo at the end.

  • Tony just made my head explode.

  • everyone in this band is a fucking god 

  • This band is playing riffs and in timing Between the Buried and Me could play in their sleep.

  • @quique360 you're taking the piss right?

  • @TOOLAREFCKINCOOL Taking the piss all over Atheist.

  • @quique360 Well lets see your gay-ass band write something with time signatures this intricate.

  • @PanamaSabroso Listen to anything by Between the Buried and Me, anything by the Number Twelve, anything by Protest the Hero, or anything by SikTh.

  • @quique360

    I've listened to some stuff from Between the Buried and Me and Protest the Hero. They're both typical shitty mallcore. They are absolute shit compared to real metal like Atheist.

  • @TheEddyMetal Atheist is shit if you compare them to Necrophagist...

  • @MutedChord Not at all, though don't get me wrong. Necrophagist is great.

  • @TheEddyMetal I see nothing mallcore about Between The Buried and Me. I very much doubt you've actually listened to their music, because they are huge fans of prog and death metal. The mike patton influences are obvious. And before you go calling me a poser, I don't even like their music, but I wouldn't call them shit either. Im with you on Protest the Hero though.

  • @TheEddyMetal Lmao, Between the Buried and me are "Mallcore"? That comment speaks volumes to your intelligence. No, you quite clearly haven't listened to them.

  • @davethehostage Actually, I'm not sure if you know this, but I really couldn't care less if you believe me or not.

  • @TheEddyMetal I couldn't care less about your opinion regardless, I'm simply amused at the sight of Btbam being referred to as "mallcore". It really is moronic. Anyone reading your comment can see you've simply judged them by their name, and likely haven't heard a single thing they've put out.

  • @davethehostage Incorrect. While admittedly I haven't listened to more than a handful of songs by them I have listened to them. Also, I never asked you to care about my opinion. You're the one who commented on it.

  • @TheEddyMetal Oh, goodie. Then upon listening to said songs, you realize how stupid your comment was, as any mentally stable human being would. And as I mentioned before, I don't care about your opinion, I simply found it funny that you classified them as "mallcore", when anyone with any prior knowledge of their sound would find it laughable. As indeed I did.

  • @davethehostage "anyone with any prior knowledge of their sound would find it laughable." Obviously not. I didn't.

    "you realize how stupid your comment was, as any mentally stable human being would." Actually my comment was not stupid and you have yet to defend your stance on that comment. Also, ones taste in music is hardly an indicator of mental illness.

  • @TheEddyMetal Perhaps not, but if one were to classify Garth Brooks as progressive deathcore, you'd imagine them as being pretty stupid.

    And I didn't think I had to prove that Btbam weren't "mallcore". Like I said, I feel that comment speaks for itself.

    Listen to any track off of Colors, or the Great Misdirect, or any release for that matter, and then explain to me wherein you've found "mallcore" tendencies.

  • @davethehostage I'll do that.

  • @TheEddyMetal Both bands are pretty good. Not as good as Atheist, but not Mallcore.

  • @quique360 lol dude you're a faggot.

  • @starchmonkey Damn, that was a gem of an insult. Listening to this band is giving ya da stupids.

  • @quique360 "Giving ya da stupids"

    Wow. You really are a retard. Go back to listening to your emocore, faggot.

  • @starchmonkey Okay tough boy. lololol

  • tony choy is a bass god!!!!!

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  • @marcbassist666 all i'm gonna say is that technicality at its finest is Between the Buried and Me.

  • @qotsa073 Isn't Between the Buried just more wankcore?

  • @LessthanJake14 yeah you can understand that from the band name

  • @CyrillKR 'Cause it's BR00TAL.

  • @CyrillKR well they did take the band name from a counting crow's song

  • @LessthanJake14 wtf is that even supposed to mean

  • @qotsa073 Br00tal is a synonym for a brainless band that aims to just be as heavy as possible.

    I know that's not BTBAM, just takin' the piss. Technically, there are many more technical bands than BTBAM, and use it to a greater effect.

  • @LessthanJake14 i looove BTBAM though you just made me realize how similar they are to Athiest

  • @LessthanJake14 brutal is actually derived from the latin word brutus, meaning stupid

  • @qotsa073 Don't get me wrong, they are a great band, but they're not the finest of technicality.

  • Gay crowd.

  • This band is hard to watch now. I miss the good days when there were two lefties on guitar and Patterson was still in the band.

  • esta banda me da ganas de pajearme...xD!

  • ahuevo!!! pinche bandota

  • No offense, this band is the best fucking band in the world, but Kelly has lost his voice :/

  • drum and bass solo is soooo funky ahahah

  • Anders Fridén mentions them in the old days, during the jester race peroid

  • Atheist isn't a "FUCKING PARTY AND MOSH AND DESTROY SHIT" kind of live band. They're more of a "stand there and digest this musical awesomeness" kind of live band. It takes an extraordinary amount of musicianship to do what Atheist has done.

  • @qotsa073

    I actually agree. The guitars are annoying. I would prefer a much more thrash metal style of playing.

  • They need to get Rand Burkley back, he was really good. Highly underated band

  • Actually the best band ever :D

  • @Headbanger9000 RAND BURKEY but yeah i agree

  • They just dont sound the same without the third guitar (sarcasm)

  • whoever stillborn01 is THANK YOU!! this is some great old school shit! i used to love these guys!

  • @RadioJack, Xaviermoyssen is right, there´s nothing wrong with using theyre on shirts at a concert. It wouldn´t be the first band.

  • How did I just discover this awesome band now?! They're fucken awesome!

  • Because Choy is a Jazz player, his entire style is based on Jazz.

  • who wears their own shirts at their concert? seriously? what a tool.

  • if youre in a band as good as atheist, you can do WHAT EVER THE FUCK YOU WANT................ tool

  • @xaviermoyssen I'm pretty sure you need to calm down a little bit. Just cuz daddy didn't love you doesn't mean you take it out on me. sheesh.

  • @RadioJack just cause you're daddy didnt want to stick its finger up your ass doesnt mean you have to take it out on tony choy. Shhh

  • @xaviermoyssen I belive you meant "your". And that makes no sense. It's pretty clear to me that this argument isn't worth it. Plus, the band sounds like shit. This performance sucks. Not clean at all. It sounds like one of STSanders videos. LOL.

  • @RadioJack lololololololololololol dude, REALLY???? do you know how fuckin hard is to play this song?! if you cant play it then fucck you man, you cant touch this performance, try playing this type of technical stuff live, and then give your valid opinion douchebag

  • @xaviermoyssen Can you play this type of technical stuff? didn't think so either.

  • @RadioJack well can you??? listen asswipe, this is an awesome song, try playing it live and give your opinion faggot, i'm pretty sure you will sound like shit, after you try playing it on any instrument, then you can say it fuckin blows........ and try playing like tony choy and then give your valid solid opinion, because the opinion youre stating now, is based on prejudice, asshole

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  • IS that kid rock

  • I always loved Atheist (and always do of course)... One of my favourite bands! But to be honest, I wasn't really impressed by this perfomance... perhaps my expectations are very high! Respect to the band, they're awesome musicians, but livewise, I don't think they perform really great, if I judge from this video... They look kinda bored and the vocals seem to have lost their power or even better their feeling? Just my humble opinion... missed their show in 2006 in Greece, was in the army then :/

  • @asconan

    I agree. Kelly has lost quite a bit of steam since the days of 'Unquestionable Presence'.

  • dude, if you want to desapoint yourself, listen to fuckin and the physic saw from this set............... dont do it

  • I think they're either bored or so focused on playing that they can't make much of a stage show. It's a VERY hard song to play after all. Also, they (especially Tony) seem to be more of jazz musicians than metalheads and you don't see jazz players headbanging very often :)

    As for the vocals, dude's getting old and so are his vocal cords. Not much he can do about it.

  • @DangerSheep yeah well, I respect the fact that they most likely never were a live band (like SLAYER is for example). They are more what one can call "MUSICIANS" and really damn good ones! Nevertheless, although they are Jazz musicians, they are actually playing "jazzy death metal". In such a genre, your fans expect more from you, livewise... I guess it's because I am more into the death metal philosophy rather than the clear jazz way of thinking... Look at Chuck and Death for example ;)

  • chuck didn't headband much actually. like he did but he wouldn't go insane. haha

  • I dont think they r bored mate ^^ they r just rly concentrated... This stuff's hard to play as you say after all ;)

  • @DangerSheep "which is what really messes my voice up. I could sing all day but talking all day is not good, and that's why my voice was so strange on the Wacken show in 2006, I was doing interviews for hours just before playing that afternoon, and well...my voice suffered." Is what he said in an interview about his singing.

  • Yeah, but give them credit, I think this was their fourth show as a reunited band, they've gotten better since 06

  • they need to come to

    Los Angeles

  • i don't know if anyone would agree, but those jazzy complex rhytms reminded me of Yes "Sound Chaser" a bit. anyways, those guys are superb musicians

  • the sickest drummer and bassist in metal EVER!!!! .. so creative and different .. no blasts just complete insanity .. and their really nice ppl too .. i saw them @ the sterling in allentown a few months ago... and flyn was nice enough to talk drum with me and not get an "i'm a rock god" attitude

  • Agreed. I didn't get to talk with Steve too much, but the rest of the band were great guys. Helped them with their gear and shit after the show. Fucking nice guys.

  • samba briza! that was cool.

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  • What happened to the guys voice? It used to be death metal style but now it's all clean?

  • Time, and age. Deathmetal vocals do that.

  • LOL

  • Hahahaha! That's a good joke, saying that Between the Buried and Me is more talented than Atheist! Hahahahahaha, God I am crying of laughter right now!

  • they're both talented now stfu

  • Wow man, is he talking serious?

    I can believe what I read....

    Its true, good joke!

  • @AllAboutMetalMusic BTBAM is a good band, but musically talented, Atheist blows them away.

  • @K3VIN552 I do absolutely love BTBAM. but i can't disagree that atheist has more musical talent. BTBAM has an insane amount of talent but i don't think i can name a band that has more musical talent than atheist

  • @jakeisaguitarist I think Cynic and Death come pretty close to Atheist, they are all very good bands

  • @jakeisaguitarist Brain Drill and Spawn of Possession. Check them out, I don't like them, but they are some of the most talented bands I've heard.

  • @MySwordForPaganGods I'd say they have more skill than talent.

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  • Fail.

  • I am very curious as to how you calculated that precise estimate.

    Tool.

  • Theyre even better live!

  • Choy's bass solo....as a bassist I was cringing. That was the kind of incoherent noodling that needs to stay at home. I wanted to be impressed by this video (never heard Athiest) but can't say I am.... I'll check out a few more tracks...

  • haha idiot

  • I'm humbled by your acute analysis of my comment and your insightful comment on it.

  • i'll be curt and surely articulate my thoughts more concisely next time.

  • See that you do. But for now, can you tell me what, specifically, is so great about the bass jam that makes me an idiot for my comment? Was it the melodic phrasing? The linear poetry of notes that spoke to you? The thematic drama portrayed in it, almost like a solo from an early King Diamond album? Dude's a good bassist, that solo SUCKED. Now go ahead and "thumbs down" this comment and call me an idiot. I know when I'm right.

  • actually thumbs up, i respect your opinion, haha. here's what i like in the bass jam, maybe not so much as what I like but what i find objectively good: the fact that he did a spinal tap jazz solo at a metal show, the tapping, essentially his performing, but when the drums come in the groove is fresh, but the jam itself wasn't the best, i admit, i think it's more of the mythical aspect of his solo in the middle of a metal show

  • Haha, Spinal Tap Jazz Solo. Yes! I understand what you mean about the sheer presence of the jam being cool and it did get better when the drums kicked in.

  • was thinking the exact same thing lol. i was like... solo eh. but at fucking wacken! lol! good stuff man...

  • That's crazy! So awesome! xD

  • Wow that was a good performance.

    Atheist!

  • I was in this crowd somewhere here. One of the best bands at Wacken that year

  • The singer looks like a douchebag from some 80s glam-metal band. Though i really like the music. Intresting band.

  • Same, this was the first video I saw and I that's exactly what I thought he looked like, a douchebag lawl. I guess appearances can be pretty deceiving. I also think the singer from Nevermore looks like a douche, but they're still sweet.

  • Liking Atheist gives you a bigger dick. Get used to it.

  • lol Well the complex rhythms, the technicality of each musician, and the energy behind it all. That's just off the top of my head.

  • Tom morello on drums xD

  • Tony Choy rulez

  • It's a great preformace, but I hate when the remove the crowd.

  • 1:12 I wish I was the guy he was pointing at

  • seeing them this sunday =D

  • What did you think, man? I was there too.

  • fucking crazy shit, and i caught one of steve's drum sticks.

  • I think I saw you outside, if not, it was someone else who caught a stick.

  • i doubt it was me. i had my drum stick in my pants cause i didn't want it taken away.

  • Im waiting to see Atheist In Jalometalli!

  • Flynn is so underrated in the drumming world.

  • yes ... one of the founders of one of the greatest genres... metal!!!!

  • Not Choy's best..But this is still very solid..And for being out of the game for 13 years at the time of this video, these guys still fucking kick ass. Can't wait to see 'em in two weeks.

  • You think? What do you think it is?

  • On the official site it says that Shaefer won't be doing the guitars on the new album either. That makes me want to cry, these substitutes are terrible.

    Sucks about Shaefer's voice. Sometimes it sounds way cool (like at 1:05-1:16, wtf at how awesome those screams are) but most of the time you can tell he smoked it out. Can't say much about the other guys, they don't seem too far off of their game.

  • They're not really substitutes....They're members of the band now. I don't think they're god awful, but they're not amazing either. Still sounds like the Atheist I know and love, minus Shaefer's voice.

  • the guitarists are pretty bad imho. They always sounds off and fuck the solo's up pretty bad at times...

  • By this time their guitarist kelly had to switch to rhthym guitar because of a condition that made it harder for him to play, if this was a few years ago he woulda done it ez.