Silent Planet: *brutal breakdown* Jake: "They're all sweethearts"

Love the videos dude!

I had already heard Erase Me and thought that’d be my vote. But christ, Trilogy has my vote.

When the front man of one of the best metal core bands says “ this is so aggressive” you know you did something right.. MY VOTE IS FOR SILENT PLANET!

Triology just hits on a deeper level for myself. A couple years ago I admitted myself into a mental hospital for a few days because I ended up trying to hang myself in the shower. I couldn’t handle all the negative thoughts in my head and the way I was starting to look at life. Musically, the instrumentals are very aggressive and feels like a great direction for Silent planet, but it’s the landscape of the entire song and the way it goes from chaotic to ethereal back to insanity really pulls you in and lets you know you aren’t the only one stuck in this frame of mind from time to time. It’s an honest beast and I’m proud of Garrett for sharing the whole explanation of this particular song.

This is a great idea!! Just a potential fix for an issue that I see with the setup for this contest, instead of you going through every comment maybe post the name of each band in the comments as a like button. Love what you’re doing Jake and Guardians is fucking phenomenal. 🤟✌️

My vote goes to Trilogy, though Erase Me was phenomenal too. I just love both the aggressive/atmospheric sound of Trilogy and the lyrics, especially the cry for hope and unity in a divided world at the end. Knowing the story behind the lyrics and that Garrett wrote them in one sitting with everything he had going on makes the song even more powerful. Erase Me was way more emotional than I was expecting though. Loved both songs.

"Erase me" got me feeling some type of way.

Silent Planet for the win!!!! ITS ALWAYS RED THE STATIC IN MY HEAD ....ITS ALWAYS RED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I believe Silent Planet's song Trilogy is one of the best metal songs of the year. Its gonna have to be Silent Planet for me

I'm going with Make Them Suffer here. I will say that the Silent Planet song is more creative and breaking the "rules" of song structure but "Erase Me" just brings out more emotions in me. Heavy throughout the song and then ending with that epic anthem-like ending. Damn!

Silent planet, 100%. The pace, the clean vocal delivery, Garrett's diverse vocals, and overall sound is just so intense.

Have to go with Silent Planet! Ever since I’ve heard that song, I don’t think anything compares tbh...

1,000,000% Silent Planet “Trilogy”!!! The meaning behind the song, what Garrett went through writing it, the power behind the lyrics, the breakdowns and lead ups , can’t get enough!! Definitely sends chills down my spine 😅😅

You know you've done something right when a member of ABR reacts to your breakdown like this

Erase really hits home for me, self doubt is something I’ve dealt with for a long time and Sean captures the feeling perfectly with his lyrics

Silent Planet - Trilogy is my vote. Garrett’s lyricism is absolutely phenomenal. His implementation of footnotes in his lyrics proves how much he truly cares about the message of the song since he does so much research.

The dynamics of Silent Planet’s Trilogy set it apart for me.

Silent planet - Trilogy. When you realize he's screaming about his own experience with mental illness the song gives you chills on a whole nother level my dog

Trilogy all the way. Such a unique sound, intricate lyrics that are amazingly sung and screamed, and killer riffs. Drums are insane as well. Silent Planet served us up a spicy meatball with the savoriest of sauces.

Silent Planet hit hard and has my vote. The breakdown is one of the best I've heard this year.

Make Them Suffer- Erase Me wins in my heart. That song has everything an amazing song needs. Emotion,Impact, and Musicality. Solid ass song 100%. Silent Planet had an awesome song too!! but between the two. Erase Me wins in my opinion🤘🏼

Thank you for giving the people what they want and being on youtube Jake. A lot of us like ABR (in addition to the fact that you guys write killer music) because honestly you guys seem like likable dudes and we want to see more you all online. Hopefully youtube brings in some dough for ya during these odd times! Also solid content dude. Great editting. Very entertaining!

Battle of the bands is a GREAT idea for the channel by the way, love you bro!

Erase me by Make Them Suffer for sure. Those vocals by that keyboardist gave me chills. The ending was also amazing

Silent Planet is the one that seems to get better with every release. Haven't been feeling make them suffer since Neverbloom

Hey Jake keep up the awesome work, I’ve been loving these videos man. 🤙 Oh and make me suffer for sure.

Keep up the awesome reactions!!

Erase me has to get my vote. That song has had me hooked since it first dropped. Its been a daily listen since then. (I gotta say Silent Planet killed it with Trilogy tho. Both songs are fuckin sick)

Silent Planet took it home for me. They exceeded anything they’ve ever done before and I can’t stop listening to it.

Wow this was tough! I nominated Erase Me after seeing the video for the first time earlier this week. I hadn't seen Trilogy before and it honestly blew me away. I'm definitely going to be listening to more of Silent Planet after that. But I have to stick with my nomination and pick Erase Me. The song goes so hard from start to finish, the clean vocals of the chorus are incredible and super catchy. I also love the video itself, from the effects to the lighting. You can feel the emotion of the entire band as a whole. Love what you did here Jake! Great way to discover new music!!

This was such a wholesome experience, thank you

Make Them Suffer has my vote! I think it's an incredibly well made song, start to finish. Great production too.

Although I think "Drown With Me" was a better single, "Erase Me" had such a depth and emotions contained within it that set it apart from the former Make Them Suffer's single, and gave it something special. The contrast of the female vocals, the lead singer and the melodic atmosphere are all key components of MTS. Silent Planet's trilogy showed another side of the band and the heaviness they can display and the creativity they can express within their own work. Trilogy is a step-up of the band and is amazing as always. I am gonna vote for MTS because I am biased and love that band but that doesnt mean I dislike silent planet at all :)

First of all the idea of this series is so great! For me personally it is so hard to decide which band wins this battle because both songs are constantly on repeat in my playlist... technically I don´t think I could choose one, they both did their jobs flawless and perfect. So I´m gonne decide emotionally and for me Make them Suffer wins here... that song just touches me a little bit more and brings me close to tears every time because it describes the feelings and thoughts I had a while back perfectly. Continue doing what you do Jake, you are an amazing humble human being, I enjoyed talking to you after one of your concerts for a few seconds! Love and greetings from Germany!

I saw you and Silent Planet in NC great show! Love you guys so much!!

I have to go with Silent Planet. The song is just too powerful, especially the lyrics

Dang this is a hard decision. I love Trilogy so much, however I am absolutely in love with that chorus on Erase Me. My vote goes to Make Them Suffer.

I’ve never seen a better reaction channel... HANDS DOWN!!!!!! change my mind. Thank you Jake

Jake, you are an incredible person. Thank you for inspiring.

Jeeeeez Jake, why you gotta make me pick between the two. Really tough, but I'll give the edge barely to MTS. Keep up the awesome content Jake and congrats on releasing a banger of an album!

Gonna have to go with Make Them Suffer on this one

Trilogy for sure. I had tickets to see SP live right as this lockdown was starting but I got sick (probably food poisoning) and couldn't go. I also saw them open for you on Constellations tour. hope they put out some more stuff this year. Loving Guardians and loving the videos!

Silent Planet - Trilogy has my vote. I didn't really know who they were when I saw them live during the 10 Years of Constellations tour. I had forgotten to look them up and then saw people talking about Trilogy. Gave that a listen and oh man, they killed it. I didn't remember them being this heavy either during the concert but hell yeah man, this song has gotten me to dive further into their music. Still up for taking recommendations.

Gotta go with Trilogy. When he wrote Trilogy he was in a mental hospital which I think makes this song speak more volumes with the meaning behind it.

I have to be honest, I'm extremely biased but have to go with Silent Planet. I saw them live in Spokane on the Trilogy tour and it was only the second time that they had played Trilogy live. Part of my bias comes from the fact that I was able to talk with Garret before the show about Theology and Apologetics. I'm currently four classes away from my bachelor's in Apologetics and loved the fact that I could sit down and have such an enlightening and intellectual conversation with Garret.

Love both of these bands ! Such hard decision. But if you let the music speak and the initial reaction you and your body has experienced. Erase me really just throws the chills up the spine so I have to pick them. Keep up the vids I'm loving them ! Much love from scranton pa!

Just want to drop another comment. I really appreciate you guys (ABR) putting your fans first and releasing Guardians according to schedule, and not pushing back like so many are doing nowadays. Even though I’ve been streaming it on Apple Music since it’s been out, I purchased the album on top of all that (first album bought in 5 years). I know it’s probably not much in the grand scheme of things, but love y’all and keep up the awesome work. And keep coming back to Texas. We love our metal here.

I’d personally go with Make Them Suffer. Love both songs though.

Those were both SO good! Both songs have so many things that I like about them, but I think Silent Planet just barely won this one in my book. Not to mention that breakdown/drop was DIS..GUST..ING, plus the build up to the drop made it even that much better.

DUDE. Love the friggain hat. Lived in MA my whole life. Also loved the video.

Love watching your content Jake! Always so positive, especially during times like these it's really refreshing! My pick is Erase Me by Make Them Suffer. Gives me chills when a band can put so much emotion into a song about a message or personal experience they've gone through.

Silent Planet for me, This song is some of their best work and the story behind garret writing it gives the song extra weight

You should've done their newer song by make them suffer. Sean did some nasty lows at the end

Bro you are so fuckin cool. I cant wait to see abr LIVE!!! Abr is easily life at this point . Thank you jake for making such emmotional music

Hey Jake! Glad to see you making videos in these trying times. As for the contest (not sure if it's still live) I'm going to cast my vote for Trilogy! One of my favorite bits lyrically is "Be still and human , Breathe in and be consumed..." Garrett has come back to this concept of being consumed many times. I actually was fortunate enough to have received a signed set-list that Garrett wrote a note for me on, where he writes "In a world that measures happiness by consumption, may you be utterly consumed by God's love." I have loved seeing him explore this concept of consumption throughout their songs and seeing it here again, the weaving through their work over time offers a depth of growth that others can join. Instrumentally, the song is set apart with its flow. The intro, while abrupt like Make Them Suffer's, was more cleanly pulled off, with those phenomenal off-beat snare hits and bass patterns from Alex on drums, which jumps to the cutting guitar distortion and back and forth between the two in a wonderful push and pull. Thomas's clean vocals definitely mesh cleanly with the spacey effect they have going on too. The transitions are cleaner in my opinion! Thanks for the content Jake, I was so fortunate to see one of your last shows before COVID rocked our world in Grand Rapids, MI. You guys put on a freaking show, didn't think you could get better! Each song feels like a story in your live music now, I'd never seen you guys play Invisible Enemy quite like you had that night. Defender was as much of a banger as I'd hoped too! Super hyped to eventually see Ties That Bind soon enough in concert. If you could check out Novelist's latest album or Impending Doom's The Sin and Doom Vol. II I'd be stoked! God Bless!

One of my favorite shows ever was ABR, Erra, Silent Planet, Make Them Suffer! So this is really hard for me! I think I’m gonna with Make Them Suffer for the win! Definitely has more replay value than Trilogy for me! Both great songs!

I love the make them suffer track so much i feel the variety in the vocals was phenomenal and just the feel of the song was so powerful

This is a great idea. Love your reactions and you wouldn't know that this reaction stuff is new to you. Amazing job. As far as the battle......Silent Planet hands down!!

Luv the comp mate, Silent Planet for me just. Look forward to the next one 😉

Make Them Suffer"Erase me" - we can take more new things from this band. But for sure, love both.

Silent Planet. I love the transitions and the last breakdown was awesome. I'm liking the slightly more intense energy coming from Garrett.

Silent Planet - Trilogy. Maybe the best song they’ve ever made? It’s so aggressive and chaotic and the chorus is HUGE.

Both songs are amazing but Erase me gets my vote. I've had this song on repeat every day since release 🤘 love the reaction videos, Jake - keep it up! 🤘

Silent planet for me, Garrett's spoken poetry is just too hard to beat!

These are literally my two favorite bands and this is honestly the hardest decision of quarantine. Silent Planet and MTS both have great juxtaposition between their two vocalists, and lyrically they both hit hard subjects or make you just wanna go back and listen again. The winner, however, has got to be Silent Planet. Trilogy marks the end/beginning of an era for the band and tackles struggles Garrett personally faced, and encapsulates everything I've loved since I started listening to them 4 years ago.

Silent planet, obvs. Love you Jake! Welcome to youtube ;)

Hey man, I love this new idea of yours, and I am a big fan of you and your band!!! I liked Erase me from Make them suffer more. I think it was more intense. God Bless

Both are great but I’m gonna have to pick Erase Me

Make Them Suffer’s Erase Me all the way. The vocals are both incredible. The drive of the drums with the awesome guitar riffs. It’s just fantastic. Lyrically, they really made it emotional. Absolutely will put this on repeat

I have to show you a lot of gratitude here for introducing me to these bands! August Burns Red delivers again! Silent Planet's breakdown literally made me flinch, especially between the screams and then the awesome clean vocals. Also love when you said he "delivered the sentence". Make Them Suffer... those drums sure did. And then the angelic clean vocals, oh my goodness. I'm gonna go with Make Them Suffer, because while both songs were amazing, I actually reflected on myself while listening to 'Erase Me' while I jammed out to the other. I'm sure you understand this as a fellow Christian, Jake, but the lines in the latter song "I'm not worth saving" made me reflect on our depravity and made me grateful for Christ's love and grace.

I saw you on tour with Silent Planet in Minneapolis...great show! Both songs are complete bangers, but I have to give it to Make Them Suffer Erase Me!

This is the hardest decision I’ve had to make in along time. But I’m going with Silent Planet. Garret has been through so much in the last year and I admire him coming back this strong. The song itself is a masterpiece full of emotion and the instrumentals are on point.

Silent Planet all day.

Love your videos man, its really cool seeing someone so seasoned in this genre of music reacting to other bands. You should start a Patreon so we can help further support the channel. You could do like other people do and have a Patreon tier that is specifically used for reaction videos. I would totally pay for it!

Both great songs but Make Them Suffer- Erase Me has my vote. Love the videos! Keep them up!

SP is the win for, they were more technical and heavy and sounded amazing, other band was great as well obviously.

LET'S GOOOO!

And besides my vote: love the concept and you’re entertaining to watch! Slippin’ in a sneaky deliverance of sentence, you raskal. Keep it up and stay safe during these times Jake, you’re precious!

Love this video idea! Great songs, both of them.

Make them Suffer has my vote. Extremely groovy with the piano and vocals.

Please react to Strawberry's Wake, Lyrics Lie or Three Wishes by Dance Gavin Dance please!!!

Got to see these 3 bands together with erra couple of years ago. Stellar concert

Both are solid jams. I got silent planet! Such a dynamic tune. Let’s see that merch 🙌🙌 love the reactions. ABR for life

Silent Planet for sure on this one!

Gotta go with Silent Planet. Been following their stuff for years and this song just gets me so amped up!

Silent planet takes the cake on this one bro! Super heavy, Garrett’s vocals mixed with Thomas’ vocals just mend together perfectly. The lyrics written by Garrett are phenomenal as always. Appreciate the videos bro!!

What a tough choice ! Both songs absolutely SLAM. Silent planet I only recently discovered but really enjoy. But make them suffer who absolutely takes it. I leave albums of make them suffer ( ABR too :) ) on repeat and just let them go for hours on repeat. SUB'd. Really enjoyed this video.

I'm gonna go with Make Them Suffer, they really hit the feels

Silent planet “Trilogy” definitely wins this one. Not just in terms of music, but also marketing. This was a single launched to coincide with their most recent tour and the marketing was so original! ❤️❤️ love you Jake!

Both these bands are amazing

Trilogy was amazing. It was my first time hearing it and I immediately added it to my playlist. With that being said, I have to give the W to Make Them Suffer. There’s perhaps a little bias here... and I’m okay with that. Their album worlds apart dropped around the same time I was going through a divorce and it absolutely helped me get through that rough patch. Especially the song Save Yourself. I’ve been eagerly waiting for new material from them. We got 27 awhile back followed by Hallowed Hearts and then Erase Me. The previous two songs are still amazing, but erase me is on an entirely different level. Every reaction video I watch we all get the same feeling... chills. I think that says it all. When music can make an entire audience get goosebumps from their creation they’ve done their job, and they’ve done it beautifully. Can’t wait for their album drop this June! Much love, Jake! I’ve seen you guys live 7 times now and have lyrics from composure tattooed on my chest. Guardians, as I expected, is amazing! Can’t wait to see you guys roll through the Philly area when everything gets back to normal. (I had tickets to the show you guys had with Killswitch too!)

I have to go with Silent Planet all the way. From the brutal vocals out the gate to the melodic chorus and finally the breakdown and guttural scream at the end this one is definitely the winner for me!

Silent Planet for me! Very powerful song, both musically and lyrically

Both are awesome!

Make Them Suffer - Erase Me, for sure. It feels like brought the emotion back to mind. Love it.

Trilogy for sure! I can't get enough of the aggression and heaviness.

I’m gonna go with Make Them Suffer for this one. Silent Planet is great though!

Trilogy hands down! Saw them play alongside ABR and they fricken killed it. Stay safe Jake and thanks for the content.

Oh man why you gotta do this to me Jake? I keep hearing the Erase me ending in my head cause you played it last (memory bias) but I'll go with Silent Planet - Trilogy. Has Erra elements and great lyrics. This is great advertising for these bands. Love what you're doing for them man. Keep the videos coming!