This is basically the stairway to heaven of mathcore

Had to wait 12+ years to see this

Hey Thomas, Ive been listening to you since i was 19, im 37 now. I saw you guys live in san Fransisco at slims back in the day and ive been to a lot of shows since then. You guys are one of the best live acts ive seen and i still firmly believe you are one of the most underrated guitarists to exist. You did a lot of unique things with the guitar and i can hear a lot of your influence in a lot of current bands. I thank you sir.

This is calculus. Its transcended math rock. Calculus rock.

5:54 this riff was so good that when i used to listen to it as a teenager i would fucking cry my eyes out

His complex playing while singing has been a driving force in my own guitar endeavors.

Hey, this guy's decent at guitar. He should start a band...

Thomas’ right hand has always been god tier

Met you forever ago as a kid and you were my guitar god lol. And you played the guitar we were giving to nick , a fender duo sonic in atl ga. I still get cold chills from "so sweet you called but i wont answer, force feed your ego compactor and let go!"

I don't think guitar gets better than this

This song has got, still to this day, my favorite breakdown.

my most favorite part is 2:14 always made my face go emmmmmrrrr!!!!!

Still one of my favorite songs written ever

I can't express how much I like the part at 5:55, to me it wraps the whole album perfectly in an instrumental form while the rest of the song manages to be the cherry on top

Fall of Troy fun fact of the day: the title of this song is a palindrome.

A had to check to make sure this was on normal speed. Lol. I watched a few videos beforehand, on 1.5x and I'm like "Oh yeah, gotta turn that back off." Nope! It was already off. Haha. Legend.

This was always one of my favorites from you guys. You fit like 4 songs into one. Thanks for existing Tommy

my fingers hurt from seeing it

Thanks for this Thomas Erak

You're a real inspiration man. Also, congrats on the new album! I must have streamed it a solid 20 times since I saw the release a couple weeks ago. Much love, Thomas and TFOT

Like dud dud dud this is magic, i dont know how to xplain this, live i have never seen someone perform like that, you are a god amongst man

This has always been my favorite song of all time, and finally seeing it played really shows how insane it is. Thank you Thomas. You have legitimately had an impact on my life

This was my favorite song for years

Dude my fingers would be bleeeedddinggg. Those harmonics sound so sick!

This song alone has given me so much inspiration/motivation to play guitar throughout all 7 years of my playing. Thanks for all your hard work Thom. You the man!

Amazing

I love that you did all these demonstrations, it's been fun learning these songs the way they're really meant to be played. I bought the Doppelganger tab book but it's obvious some things are wrong compared to what the goat himself plays. Glad you're setting the record straight so to say and thanks for doing all these playthroughs.

for the love of god, play this song live when TFOT returns! we all love you guys

quando comecei ouvir the fall of troy, achava o thomas erak um dos melhores!

Literally inspire me to be a better person bro . Love you bro . Sincerely.

Thomas. You are a god. All my friends (hated post hardcore) know this song from me holding them hostage on car rides.

Yay, Thom's back!

Perfect

So good. So technical. So mathematical. The best song on the ambum.

Cheese and rice man! I love these play throughs! This one though...this one's incredible.

The outro is the best part for me

Thomas you are the best guitarist of all time, no cap

Kind of mad i missed the stream! I bought the Manipulator tab book and i gave up trying to learn this after the first verse. It's so damn hard!!! But this makes me want to keep trying!

Woooooooooo

My favourite Song along with Semi-Fiction

Fuck, I want things to go back to normal so I can see you guys live again.

Once and never back...

you make me wanna cry, so fucking Gnarly.

I would give thousand likes to this live if I could.

My. Fucking. God. Absolutely amazing

Te amoooo

Your creativity is awe inspiring and infuriating as a fellow song writer. Saw you in Chicago years ago and it was fucking awesome

It is maybe even more incredible to watch than listen)

i had manipulator on an ipod shuffle on my way to the Dominican republic a few years ago, shit got me through the flight.

I think it's safe to say you kind of invented your own style of guitar playing

Manipulator is still so far ahead of its' time. What amp are you playing out of? Great dynamics on the low end.

So dope is the tabs for this that’s up on guitar tabs am pretty on point would you say it looks different how you play it

Forgot to ask you this man.. Did you guys ever plan recording a music video for the ITUE record?

ahhh damn it 2:14

What type and size pick do you use? I'm learning fcpremix rn.

rip muñeca

1st off…yes!!! One of your best creations and with doing it straight. 2nd. Its jason from st pete /tampa and i lost your number lol! Holla back and lets hang soon ( or create)

Call me an ass after me saying this but what i want to say is, it seems Thom still has his "shine"( "gift"). In other words, he rocks, still

The turn of the century, that's turning out wrong. No matter what words they say, you can rest assured. The stinging wind, surrounding is. Pulling strings, and clipping wings, I knew there was no time. We can dream, and speak through sleep, and in our minds, pick out the signs. I ruined all the lines. The turn of the century, that's turning out wrong. No matter what words they say, you can rest assured. She comes over to me, and takes a seat right across from the sea. She answers questions and pulls from the deep. Calling out to the sun, to the sun. Freeze frames were intended, but lacking funds. If you knew you'd suffer. I'm making it up. Eyes that speak when feeling, nothing's solved. Lost my sense of direction, de-railed, eject, off the starboard side. Who am I to demand their lives? Their fate is mine. Will I survive? So sweet you called, but I won't answer... So sweet you called, but I won't answer... Force-feed your ego compactor... And let go! And let go! If my reputation precedes me, Then I'm staying here comatose. You get your way, I'll get on mine! Shutter at the sight of the front door, my heart might stop. As thin as innuendo I stare through her windows. Play the night away, I play the night away for fear of nothing to win. You asked for my opinion? I'm keeping my hands to myself!

"would not take the field if a black man..."

My dream is to be best friends with fuxxin Tomas Erak.

every note on that guitar has been used some way before... but not like this

But can he play Wonderwall?

return to austin texas after this corona shitshow or i will scream edit: bring andrew with you