> 0:00 Intro Begins with a C5 (power chord), with an added #4 added above 0:18 First riff enters [7/8 2/4],[7/8 2/4], [10/8 2/4], [10/8 2/4] 0:34 Transition to first theme, features dissonant chords, very complicated rhythmic patterns > 0:56 5 against 4 polyrhythm (Theme 1), with diminuendo 1:12 5 against 4 continues in background, with contrasting theme (theme 2) on top (11/8) 1:23 Progressive layering and variations over theme 2 2:02 Theme 3 enters again, with the minor third motif emphasized across each variation. This motif can be seen as construction of various elements which have occurred throughout the piece, and this motif sticks for the remainder of the song 2:23 Rhythmic slowdown while varying theme 3, still emphasizing the minor third Cadence fig. 1 3:13 Climax figure using the whammy bar, whammy pedal 3:22 Wash of sound (Sonic Visualizer can show a clear shape being made in the oscillator) 4:02 The wash continues, with subtle blast beats added underneath 4:27 Retransition (reverse of rhythmic procedure at 2:23)

I love the way the drummer has the biggest smile on his face the entire time lol.

They are truely gifted. Most people dont notice how advanced they are, to create such art.

This band grooves in one of the most together and original sounding ways

It has so much jazz influence, it's amazing.

wow...so sick....my favorite video footage of Behold so far...thanks fer posting! gawd dam sik!

17 years ago, good lord. Where does time go?

love these guys, totally awesome and very influential band in my opinion.

Saw them open for Between the Buried and Me in Tampa. They BOTH were great! Toward the end of the show BTA's guitarist grabbed the mic & told the crowd that they had no place to crash. He asked if anyone could put them up for the night. Now that's a rock band!

oh man this is overwhelmingly awesome

every time I watch this video it gets better!

Awesome... Great display of technical skill... I can never play like you guys.. Cheers!! I enjoyed the clip alot..

i'm glad this stuff is around. Thank christ all music doesn't sound the same. Hey Artopus! don't ever get a singer. these guys are unbelievable and certainly revered by musicians of any genre. kudos, gentlemen.

this is pretty awesome. This is up there with dream theater and symphony x

great stuff! its people like this who urge a genre forward to evolve into something fresh and exiting.

These guys are getting ridiculously good

they are so raw!!

These guys are so talented. I wanna see em live!!

you are a genius. you speak with the wisdom of an old man and prove yourself right by talking at all.

Writing a paper on how this music is in Sonata Form Intro, Theme 1, 2, 3, DEVELOPMENT, Theme 3, 2, 1, Coda There are transitions in between, but it's actually incredible!

Man, I'm shocked to see how many people don't get this band. These guys rule. This IS structured music. This IS melodic music. It's just incredibly dynamic and inventive. It isn't exciting that a band is doing such out there stuff? I don't get the hate, at all. I'm completely blown away that so many people dislike this group.

Oh my god I am in love with this band

these guys are so cool, i saw them at show last saturday

amazing!

Saw these guys play in Hamilton, Ontario. Amazing set. Interesting band.

Amazing technical skills!

glad to see at least 127 people have a decent taste in music

I think not acknowledging this as music is a huge compliment...Just imagine what they'd create if they tried.

talent like its no ones business. These guys are truly awesome. And jesus I want a Warr guitar!!

so sick it's awesome

Awesome, and very complex, very good musicians.

Absolute brilliance I feel sorry for the drummer I wonder how much time it took to play this song with no mistakes, amazing timekeeping and time signatures, I wouldnt want to play it myself but my respect to those guys.

brilliant stuff, want to see them live sometimes!

just awesome

amazingG!!!!!!

This is basically what happens when you mix Death Metal and Jazz..... So intense, so artistic.... They shred all over the place, but with purpose, not wankery at all....I love it. They even have the balls to throw a big spacey new-age sounding breakdown section in there. It paints so many pictures, though most of them are very strange. I think I'm a fan.

If playing single dissonant notes in sync with each drum hit makes you a band, they're all set

This band is fucking awesome! Sounds so great you just gotta love it!

awesome !

Awsome!!

I'd guess that if a person is posting negative comments here, they probably aren't familiar with Stravinsky or don't like his music in the first place. Amazing fucking music.

Drummer's facial expression is awesome :)

Just heard about his band 10 minutes ago. When I was told the bassplayer used I stick, I expected this to be artsy and stupid. This kicks ass.

A breath of fresh air in an interweb lousy with ukulele strumming girls singing L.O.V.E.

Not just music for musicians. Music for REAL musicians.

Incredible, this is Freak and Amazing at the same time, very good

Now that they don't have a website (only a MySpace) where can I find their sheet music? Can anyone help me out with this? Thanks.

this band is great

i worship these guys everyday, i love colin, he is so fit, and mike is the best guitar player ever, alcoholocaust is the best song ever! colin from behold the arctopus is the messiah.

grandiosos increibles son buenisimos

awesome song

These guys are awesome! They also know a thing or two about dynamics too! And Stravinsky was a God, enough said.

i think it takes someone with an ear for music to actually appreciate this. this might not catch your ear like lil wayne or whatever it is but these guys actually have talent. remembering all of that would be intensely hard, its extremely progressive and off time. i dont think it sounds all that great but i love it because i know how much these guys must know about music to be able to play this kind of stuff.

Coooooooool!!!!!

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I quite like this, now that I revisit the band. I didn't really 'get it' when I first heard them a year or so ago

Awesome song, I cannot wait for skullgrid to come out in october!

These guys are the "tempo" kings

this is great where can i get the sheet music for it?

These guys are fuckin AWESOME!!

holy shit, how do they time this so good

of course it is! what else is music for?! music is for listening to it and having fun!

anyone have an mp3 of this? or better yet, a partial transciption to go on... this is my goal for the summer... muahaha

I couldn't agree more, my friend.

Charlie ... YOU ARE GOD :) The studio version of this tune kills so damn hard. It might be my all-time favorite Arctopus tune. And I hope your career is going well. You are one seriously murderous drummer, man. Love your work in BS, too. (And IMHO, you blow Weasel Walter away :)

Anyone seeking a convinced mind that this band is incredible, just listen to the Nano-Nucleonic Cyborg Summoning CD and Skullgrid by these guys....and a live performance if your lucky. Seriously....this is a musical gem of our time.

Ive really only listened to their album skullgrid but I think their songwriting is fine, I have definately felt emotion from some of their songs, and its very trippy.They do have direction,and they do repeat certain things, but in a very particular, unique way.The point of this band is that theyre making interesting songs that take an immense amount of talent to play and remember. it will be hard to listen to every day if you dont have the ear for it but at least appreciate it for the art it is

Shit these guys don't have an official music video or a DVD... I WANT TO SEE THEM PERFORM LIVE MAN!

Plus one to that! :D

dude,I very well know avant-garde. but this one is unique. something of a pioneer.

this is fucking jazz... pure and simply put.

I'm a little more accepting of this band than I was a few months ago. I give them serious credit for being true to themselves. And it's a lot more original than the crap you usually hear on the radio.

These guys remind me of a 21st century Primus, and thats a good thing!!!

very good

Nice. Clearly some king crimson and fantomas influences there. Hard to digest stuff. I like it!

as a hard-prog lover,I must admit this a little infringes the boundaries of prog (or music) into something new.

Awesome perfor

hey where did you get your masters? im starting my MA in Music Theory in september, im pretty stoked...

i personally dig it better when a band can be technicall n heavy at the same time

its a warr guitar, which is a stringed instrument with both sides of the sonic spectrum, sort of. its pretty much a guitar and a bass put together that you tap on

How big are their crowds? I wanna go to see these beasts.

Great technical band!

Good music.

... Wow. This sounds like walking past all the Line 6 Spider 3s at guitar center on Saturday.

their songs must be so hard to memorize XD

@stripgaga seems like this genre is beyond what your mind can ever imagine, that's why you can't understand it. these guys are really avant-garde, and about experimenting beyond the limits of regular music, even when it comes to grindcore or death

now if rock generally has any future, this is probably a glimpse of it.

Everybody's talking about their side projects but nobody's mentioned the drummer's other band. Blotted Science, they're amazing technical progressive instrumental metal with Watch Tower/Spastik Ink's Ron Jarzombek.

maybe you can't. but people do enjoy it. it's an interesting experience. i went to a psyopus show once and nobody moshed they just listened...

this band rules

i like how he pushes the effect pedal on and off repeatedly lol

The Arctopus is heavy metal band from islands in the Caribbean....

Just because you aren't used to a type of music (or music redefined), don't say it's complete garbage. My band plays more hardcore/groove metal, but I think these guys are AMAZING for coming up with a style that is completely theirs in a world where music is rapidly drowning in cookie-cutter bands. I think we can all agree that these guys do something new. When something is new,WOW. How refreshing to hear something that doesn't conform to what the general populace would call musical.

behold the arctopus are absolutely geniuses, technically, inventively, song writing wise and for how tight they are. this is one of those times where there is no argument about that, and anyone who doesn't like them simply just doesn't understand them. the person who is a musician but then says about anti-melody not stirring emotions!! what the!? it works for me fine.

i fucking love this band progessive is the way of the future and its so closely related to some of the oldest forms of music. the fact they dont go intro verse chorus verse chorus brdge chorus outro is so much more art and music then most other shit u hear these days most people with common intelligence will never appreciate this. it takes imagination and talent to write this so open ur eyes if u can.

That song is the inventor of all Math Metal. I have the Moving Pictures record on vinyl.

I like the music. I'm glad to be able to see this song performed (its one of my favorites of theirs) - also check out Blotted Science. And if you hate this music... oh well, too bad.

BEST BAND EVER

Okay boys, that was nice. Now lets hear a waltz.

how many frets does the warr guitar have?