수능 응원가 (original composition)

[Jlemay117]

Nice riffs and meaning

[fraenkel97]

you singing really bad in that video

[NocturnalOccultist]

the riff sounds like symphomy of destruction

[Viesbaden]

Man, you're a real talent. I occasionally found your Holy Wars full cover and was astonished. After listening to this original song, I'm now your real fan. Damn I feel I have to go to South Korea at some point! ;))

[siul7611]

Mark, can you send me the tabs?

Thanks in advance.

Very good song!

[Mod3stM]

I dont think this is a Korean issue only. Okay they may be much more aggressive there in teaching and concentrating only on school. But for example, here in Hungary, people (usually avarage middle class parents) still think in a way that their children only have one opportunity that is learning. If you work with your bare hands or if you are an artist, you are considered unintelligent and/or lazy. BTW I appreciate that you have the balls to talk about it. Keep doing the good work!

[HBK1337]

the main riff kinda sounds like sepultura

[broodwar1]

Beginning ha a ride the lightning sound. Brutal solo. And sorry I listened to it! I'm not a young Korean kid.. Lol

[IDEALOCCISO18]

es igual a orion¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ah cuando empiezan a cantar es horribleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[tonip420]

fuckin a man....i dig it...

[JoaoVazter]

awesome... love the solo

[siul7611]

Muy bueno! Felicitaciones!!!

[FreedomSector]

I really like this song "Halcyon" :-) Great work! I wish there was an english version though.... Oh well :-]

FreedomSector

[Dmoonicus]

Can you make a page with the lyrics in English please? Sounds great by the way :).

[Blckspawn0]

Epic stuff dude. You should redo this with English vocals.

[BlackBolt56]

good job my friend :D U should make mores stuff like this! But ur covers are still badass

[fuckfuckfoo]

@KoolKluxKlan666 do you want me to murder you?  8D

[RubenGuitarrist]

It's good man!!

I like it, but I don't understand lyrics hahaha

[s13silly]

kind of reminds me of megadeth mix with Chicken Noodle. Chicken MegaNoodledeth

[halcyon1871]

mmm - Chicken MegaNoodledeth!

...sounds like a new KFC menu !

[s13silly]

@halcyon1871 lol, if only KFC was more creative and less detrimental to your health!

[halcyon1871]

no..not all of them haha- but i've had hundreds of 'thank you' comments and

e-mails (even a news article and a mini-interview about my

song) - so certainly it was 'mission accomplished' for me :)

[maceek1]

sick, dude =)

[Wrathofkala]

awesome man!

[MegaTallicaCovers]

how do you record the vocals/guitar?

[UnderworldxAnarchist]

I love this song! I've been watching your videos on and off for a good 3 years now and all I can say is that you rock, the originality and message coming from this song is fantastic, great job!

[mikeymike4g63]

안녕 하세요 마끄. I remember you telling me about this when we were hanging out. I hope this is an inspiration to any Korean kids out there who are interested in music. Pursue your dream!

[aznflea]

bro this is so touching man. you bring out the tense and stressful education system of korea so well. this is pure art man fucking thumbs up.

[halcyon1871]

thanks @aznflea ,

when i uploaded this song to a site in Korea 4 years ago, i remember getting hundreds of thank-u mails. not all people go to crappy schools i know, but so many youths and lives are wasted down that road

[aarb17]

great song

[MegaTallicaCovers]

This song is the shit!

[aerosmithacdc1234]

you should cover hangar 18 anytime soon

[bradderzpartridge]

hehe cool

[Chuweh]

Kinda reminds me of Ride the lightning by Metallica in some parts, cool song!

[Andrew11381138]

Hmmmmm, does this mean you have other sweet songs too?!?!??! :D

[halcyon1871]

@Andrew11381138

i've got a few tracks and hundreds of riffs. but only 2-3 complete songs - and they suck so bad by my standards :) it's hard being original and creative ! even THIS song probably has lots of similarities to other songs out there. it's the lyrics that count, i'd say.

[spoilt14]

awesome vid

[Chonch51]

Translation please. I want to know what it's saying.

[theemrfear]

wish i knew the english translation to the words. great solo

[bulletfmvrocks101]

did you get you razorback back??

[NeoPanzerth]

@bulletfmvrocks101 i think this was recorded a long time ago wasnt it?

[taztherocker]

Cool...

[Kytchos]

YA Korean Pantera

[111balls]

awesome song..i hate school too

[halcyon1871]

@Burtonianz

true that! :) 

[meremisfit]

I'm from Vietnam so i understand the "disfunctional edu system" u are talking about...i believe in the same thing u do man...keep rocking on!!!

[jdbodom]

i liked it. the solo was awesome and i love the guitar tone

[kurtcobain279489]

Actually, this song kind of reminds me of Beasty Boys Fight for the Right to Party. I mean, this a great song. But do you think you can put the lyrics down, both in Korean and English?

[halcyon1871]

thanks @kurtcobain279489,

i thought about putting the lyrics up in 2 languages-

but i thought just the 'memo' in english would work better

- but i will certainly consider an english subtiled version :)

[kirbster]

Cool song man, I really digged the solo too!

[thebix70]

GREAT TUNE MAN!!! Really love the melody! Well well done!!!

[ColmebagDarrell]

i can't speak korean, but that song make me wanna learn, its a great song, i love the solo section, hope you post the lyrics, with a translation. I love the headbanger students at 0:26!!

[gottobekiddingme666]

Sounds great man.

[321JackAttackkkk]

i thought the song was awesome, despite the fact that i can't speak Korean :)

[UkuFromHell]

Somehow the lyrics remind me of Dokuro-chan (from "Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan"), who walks and jumps around happily with her thorn bat, killing Sakura Kusakabe on and on (happily). The chorus is pretty "anime intro theme-ish". I think It's cool that you do some less serious stuff too. Serious or goofin' around - it's all fun. But I like it when people showing such side too. :D Cheers mate! \m/ -Guy-

[halcyon1871]

hey Guy! hope all is well bro-

yeah i'd like to think that this song has both serious and comical elements. sometimes i get too anal and rigid with my videos, so these days i try to relax

and take a more casual approach to things !

[chinogoes69]

Again awesome! Haha XD The video is great, too! I know a lot of youtube-guitarists, but I think you are the most talented I have seen.

[l00t3rsp00n]

this song reminds me of Orion by Metallica, or atleast the beginning

[Clike666ness]

@l00t3rsp00n

Hmm it actually reminded me a bit of symphony of destruction.

[Micku91]

Even if I don´t understand Korean, the song itself is pretty good. Any other original songs coming up soon?

[ImAfuckinTRENDKILLER]

you should post more of your own stuff.

[aguywitha]

TABS?!?!?



[Mandilore]

I really love the chorus to the song. The verse lines seem silly but the chorus is really well done.

[halcyon1871]

thanks @Mandilore,

funny thing is - after i had recorded and mixed the whole song,

I realized how kiddy-and silly the vocals sounded, I even cringed

at my own voicework ! but i think the overall upbeat feel and the

heavy riff balances things out a little, so in the end I was satisfied

with the song

[AssaultModePikachu]

The riffs are delicious but the korean vocals are hilarious to the non-fluent xD

[halcyon1871]

yes @AssaultModePikachu !

hilarious reponse was indeed intended!

but the lyrics are pretty serious so i think its a cool balance :)

[beserker1912]

@halcyon1871 im gonna learn korean.....is it hard??

[halcyon1871]

oooohhh @beserker1912,

the korean language is dubbed 'one of THE hardest languages on earth to learn'

(i'm just kidding) but it is a very scientific and interesting language.

I actually learned English as my 1st language then picked up Korean when i was 10.

if i can learn it, then i guess anyone can! you'd have to live in Korea tho hahaha :)

[eman120730]

this is awesome, i wish i could understand korean ;)