Time is on trial

Generation and collapse
inside the space of things

Series of inertia
A trial and a time

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scarrobin

13y↑3

I love Hellhammer's drumming. He is a God among men.

Roy Batty

Hellhammer is one of those insane drummers that if you heard him but didn't know him you'd think they were using a drum machine lol

Kaz Crowley

13y↑3

I absolutly love this band. There should be more like it. If there are, I want to know their names lol Gotta say, It's so NICE to see so many INTELLIGENT people who are respecting each others comments and being friends =) The way the world should be Go on any other vid and it's like 'Your mum, this band suxxx111!!@!!' 'Awh what ya chattin' bout boi, fight me' So yeah, hi5 to everyone here =)

I want to be a pirate!

8y↑11

This is exactly the sound I expect from Andromeda's collision on the Milky Way.

Kristof Kristoff

12y↑1

very good stuff... i give them a 10/10

PauMetal90

14y

Amazing song! Arcturus rules!

TheMoi

14y

Amazing song, incredible band.

Thalita Costa

2y↑1

Banda atemporal
Melhor do planeta, quem discorda, ouviu errado!

Hunt season

Realmente, é me faz lembrar da época de escola, quando usava o discman para escutar durante o trajeto. Rsrs

Co D. Wltn

8y↑32

I like how this video is so old that the description links to Arcturus's MySpace

Roy Batty

I was in 9th grade when this album came out lol

Tryambakam108

3y↑3

Your comment is 5 years old.

RoboDuck

14y↑1

It just reminds me of the fragments of time and space deteriorating whenever I love this song..So chaotic sounding..

Oliver Conlon

12y

We named our band after this song! Even though we are a punk band, we love black metal and one of our main influences is Arcturus, they are fucking amazing! Demonic as shit, and if you walk through a forest on a cloudy day listening to Arcturus, you will trip out and get paranoid/scared! Love Arcturus to death.

GalactixPirate

one of the best songs,years later you will come back to listen to Vortex voice that touched me years ago..This is Best album ever from Arcturus-just magical.Let's not forget one song in this album/project IHSAHN (EmperoR) was an Invited as musician of honor.

Marc Hoyland

There is no Vortex here. Only Garm.

João Alegre

13y

I just love this song =")

Christian Holt

13y

There is no other bands like Arcturus, that' the band thing about it. Arcturus had it's own UNIQUE style, and it's sad that they don't make music anymore So all: Let's hope they make a reunion in some years =D

Keith Cambra

8y↑7

2:45 Freaking brilliant.

Claudiu Gatina

11y↑1

Ive been looking for a song like this for 3 months. Finally found it :D

Rovelius

13y

Haven't listened to this song in a while... man its badass.

holy sauron

8y↑3

as far as i can hear this band is really nice, but i've only heard about two songs. can someone recommend me some other songs from them?

tasuto91

7y↑1

@holy .sauron the album "The sham mirrors"(where this song comes from) is one of the best ive heard in metal. also the song "the chaos path" from LMI album is good. some say LMI is their best album but i like the sham mirrors cause its more melodic. also a new song came out recently called arcturian sign which is also great

Bolthorn

8y↑2

Actually, no. Every song of their has its own world and atmosphere, and every one is ****ing great!

Diego Hervalejo

14y

the thing is, the keyboard (synthesiser) is really a instrument which can change it sound as the musician wants; the problem is that there are lots of bad keyboardists which play lame typical pop-style keyboard arrangements. however, there are good keyboardists which adapt the sounds to metal and make the whole sound of the band awesome, not only an atmosphere (which is also very important). for instance, electronic sounds dont have to sound techno-dance if the keyboardist is good.

Pablo García

13y

goooooood,I have discovered them now and I love them,GO VORTEX

NukeClock

13y

Great example for superior keys would also be Nocturnus. not really as instrument but taking the songs to completely different atmospheres during minutes.

Shivaro

12y

Simen has never acted like a rockstar, he's one of the few truly down to earth people in the black metal scene these days and he has a true passion for music. Simen has been very busy with his personal life and while that's not an excuse for being unreliable (which I'll have to admit he often is) it just seems rude to talk about him as though he's a bad person when he really isn't. Things simply didn't work out with Dimmu and both parties have their flaws.

ivtheemperor

9y↑1

Generation and collapse inside the space of things A series of inertia A trial and a time

Martial Wolf

Most of them that you mentioned are my favorite bands. :D

thatmetaldude13

12y

@Cosmos135498 yes i completely agree with you. for instance, Dream Theater's keyboardist or Abigail Williams' keyboardist. both adapt the sounds to metal and make the band and atmosphere awesome like you said.

Almond Cosas

11y

wow... just wow... i wonder if hellhammer can have an injury after playing that fast...

Somnam

7y↑2

Trying to play this piano breaks my hands.

Earnn Naksang

12y↑1

AMAZING

Christopher Cruz

12y↑1

The best song

Kitsun3

9y↑1

i love vintersorg man, they rock

Almond Cosas

11y↑3

hellhammer is a damn hellish drummer!

Greensmurf

14y↑1

I think it depends on how you use them, or what kind of keyboards/sounds you use. You are entitled to your opinion though

Martial Wolf

9y↑1

Hell yeah!

Rovelius

14y↑1

Short lyrics but haha it worked so well.

w00tEpixx

11y

The ancient Chinese water torture is useless. Imagine being tied down to a pole and having Hellhammer perform double bass on your face. Now that's torture.

immortalx50

12y

love these BZZZZZZing guitars

murog232

12y↑1

Sverd is a genius....

Pablo García

13y

it must be true,I haven´t heard a lot of Arcturus

Almond Cosas

11y↑1

hellhammer is insane!

Pichest Buasri

13y↑1

thats good :D

Pedro Pinho

14y

I agree with you my friend and i do understand what you mean by saying this. Greetings from Portugal.

Kitsun3

11y

this band roax!!!! i wish my name was arcturus :( sad face

Evandro Lima

This is Magic song.

Anders Midnatt

7y↑1

Looks like a pulsar gone wild.

Pedro Pinho

14y

Well, Portugal it's a nice and peacefull country. We've got cool weather, good food, history.......... You can come here for a few days man. You can stay at my parents house. No problem! Cheers.

Zak Smith

11y

does anyone know of other bands with piano or alot of synth, thank GOD no one has made a dumb ass comment about the one dislike

MemetronDaBboy

11y↑1

FUCKING HELLHAMMER!

Janne Valkama

12y↑1

@hevari4life Yeah I gotta agree on this one. Also George Kollias and Derek Roddy, though they're not black metal drummers.

Devilfish6666

13y↑1

lol perfect comment dude^^ really couldnt have expressed it better than that:)

Pichest Buasri

13y

its on the iceburg...rock thing its kind of hard to see but it sort of looks like a face crying

NiTuS14

12y

@dimmuftw69 I'm pretty sure he's a baritone, because Vortex has a higher vocal range than him and he's a tenor, actually.

DGYDP

11y↑1

@xXxKazamaxXx Check out these: Borknagar, Solefald, Age of Silence, Vulture Industries, In The Woods, Ved Buens Ende, Ihsahn, Vintersorg and Ulver

Skirge

12y

@MrFatalistFr What a narrowminded comment... Arcturus is incidentally one of the few bands where I know the line-up for the albums, but why should you need to know the bio's of the band members and the band's background to enjoy and support a band and it's music? I rather spend time listening to music, making music myself, searching for new bands - or spend time with loved ones and a thousand other things FAR more worthwhile than doing research on bands. You aren't a fan, you are a fanboy ><

Neue Ära

13y

Ummm... It's not Vortex, I'm quite sure Garm does all vocals on this album, except of Radical Cut.. :P

Loukas Kalliantasis

13y

He was removed??? For me vortex was the 50% of Dimmu, what a dumb thing for them to do. I know however he will do great stuff by himself...!

doomofmalantai

9y↑1

Dimmus bests stuff was before he joined anyway so it's not a big deal

immortalx50

13y↑1

it's Garm on vocals

Pichest Buasri

13y↑1

can anyone see the face on the album?

Joshua Breckenridge-Keown

12y↑1

Arcturus always reminds me A LOT of Isahn's side project...

BlackStone

GARM!

Barnaby

13y

Agreed. Watch someone come and ruin it, seconds after I post this, xD.

Skirge

13y

I grant you your opinion, but I don't agree at all. As long as its not just using the standard arpeggio's and basic chords all the time, or just playing what another instrument plays, many a time keyboards add great atmosphere. I do agree that it should be used with discretion. Bands like Opeth, Arcturus, old dimmu Borgir (for all tid, stormblast etc) use keyboards to great effect. But of course, it's all opinion ^^

Marco Antonio Drummer

12y↑1

aw...itunes no have this song. me likey this song.....me buy. ... ......and stuff

Loukas Kalliantasis

12y

@ MrFatalistFr : I stopped living with my parents 5 years ago :) Listen to music and stop breaking our balls groupie ;-)

ChickPeaFan

11y

@xXxKazamaxXx You just got trolled, and the best thing to do is NOT to feed the trolls, i.e. not respond.

immortalx50

12y

it's Garm

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