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WHY THIS ACAPELLA VERSION OF MESHUGGAH’S “BLEED” IS SUPERIOR TO ANYTHING BY VAN CANTO

 Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 at 12:00pm by

I once declared the acepella metal group Van Canto to be the worst band in metal today, and while I suppose there might be some hyperbole in that statement, I stand by my assertion that they lick dog shit and like it. Why? Because they just take themselves so seriously, and are trying so hard, and seem so lame… like the nerdy kids in high school just trying so very hard to make the jocks think that acapella is cool. And believe you me, I’m not jock, but I know that acapella isn’t cool – and becomes even less so when you start making “metal” and/or American Idol contestant-esque hand movements, or make the decision that, say, rather than just sing the riff from “Battery,” you’re actually gonna sing the word “Battery” to the melody of the riff. Ugh.

But reader Chris Catharsis (which I suspect is not his real name) sent us a link to the below video of some dude named Dan-Elias Brevig doing an acapella version of Mesuggah’s “Bleed,” and while it ain’t goin’ on my iPod anytime soon, I still think it’s pretty sweet. For one thing, it’s just one dude who did all the parts by himself, which obviously takes a lot of talent. For another thing, there’s zero cheese factor or affectation here, and this guy gets that singing “Bleed-bl-bleed-bl-bleed-bl-bleed-bl-bleed-bl-bleed-bl-bleed-bl-bleed-bleed-bleed” would be terrible idea.

Watch the clip below and then feel free to try and defend Van Canto in the comments section – although you should be forewarned, I really can’t take any defense of Van Canto too seriously. ‘Cause they’re awful.

-AR

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  • WowWee!

    he should’ve beat boxed to top it off.

  • BigJordowski

    van canto is fucking ridiculous, i remember the battery video and that bald dude that just tries to do this stupid angry face while singing “battery” over and over again, that was one idea somebody should have stopped

  • bucketochicken

    I like the part where he was all like, “dootdadadoodadoodadootdoot kssh dootdadadoodadoodadootdoot kssh dootdadadoodadoodadootdoot kssh,” and then was all like, “Lalalalalalalalalalalala lalala la lalalalalala la,” and then did that whole “dootdadadoodadoodadootdoot kssh dootdadadoodadoodadootdoot kssh” thing again but at the same time.

  • http://thenumberoftheblog.wordpress.com/ groverXIII

    Some should mash THIS up with that Lady Gaga song, just for shits and giggles.

    This is actually pretty cool, and certainly better than Van Canto.

  • Duff

    This is cool because he’s just doing it for the laugh and not trying to make an actual band out of it.

  • brandonmetal

    i have nothing bad to say about this video, but van canto is ridiculous.

  • http://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/ Alkahest

    Haha. That’s great.

  • Moose_Knuckle

    Its really lame and a little funny at the same time but mostly lame.

  • Kuranes

    I like the concept of Van Canto, but the fact that they try to dupe the distorted guitar parts with their voices just makes me think of Beavis and Butthead.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ian-Wilmot/1177765489 Ian Wilmot

    dude can sing

    • Natalie

      Agreed. Thanks for pointing this out.

  • Dwarfskeet

    I would do that chick in Van Canto. That’s the only thing they’re good for. Is to see that el chicka.

    • http://vague-news.blogspot.com Clarky Cat

      Only if she did the operatic, high-notes while she came.

  • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/46e389eb8b79606050d3d447431ff6ac?s=80 Nate

    I would totally hire this dude to be in a prog death band. As for van canto, i have to agree with Dwarfskeet.

  • M.

    That is pretty cool. At least he doesn’t cheat and use real drums like Van Cunto.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ian-Wilmot/1177765489 Ian Wilmot

      yeah
      i though no instruments were allowed in a capella

  • M.

    oh and question of the day: who is worse Van Canto or Attack Attack?

    • Duff

      Attack Attack

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  • Malacoda

    This is awesome.

  • http://www.facebook.com/rohgupta Rohit

    I think Van Canto would be good if they took a more heavier approach instead singing melodramatic power metal, they could do a capella death metal.

  • Dre

    FUCKING GENIOUS

    • Natalie

      Unlike you? *genius

  • Bicro

    I’d rather people left this song alone, honestly. It’s my fav by Meshuggah, and the one which made me get serious about listening to them.

  • Alex_P

    Van Canto fail because they have a drummer. Pussies.

    Also, they have three albums now. WHAT THE FUCK! How do they write? And why would you buy it?

  • Blyan

    I liked the “calm” section, that part sounded pretty cool. God job, guy.

  • Xenogia

    I only got time to listen to the first 40 seconds of it cause I’m work, but so far I am impressed :)

  • Dethpott

    Van Canto sucks but this sucks just as much.

  • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/62449cbe5ea8d22bcc2e76890fceaa37.png Lord Bling

    I am not embarrassed to say I have no idea who Van Canto is.

  • Jonathan

    This guy is Much better. Van Canto would be much better if they could have fun.

  • Facebook User

    Diet Brutal

  • http://vague-news.blogspot.com Clarky Cat

    I like Van Canto because they make me laugh oh so hard. But then do I really like them or do I just like laughing at them?

  • Misha Ratkevich

    Have you ever listened to anything Van Canto related OTHER than their covers of “Battery”, “Master of Puppets” and a few others? I’ll give you that singing “BATARI, BATARI” was a bit silly, but have you ever listened to “Water. Fire. Heaven. Earth.” or their version of “The Bard’s Song”? And their “Kings of Metal” is WAY better than the original Manowar song. And what about “I Stand Alone”?

    This acapella of “Bleed” was pretty damn sweet, though. I especially like the fact that he beatboxes AND ACTUALLY GETS THE POLYRHYTHMS RIGHT. Must have taken a lot of effort.