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@@TheSpedy21 Roaring guitars! We’ll soon have an album out full of rocking tunes! 🤘 Get it on vinyl (❤) or CD (👍) or use one of those fancy streaming thingies. Either way, get ready to rock your socks off! 🔥
Remember folks! The Old Gods of Asgard are canonical bards *so powerful* they maintain their sanity in the dark place through the *power of metal alone.* If that ain’t worth throwing up the horns, I don’t fuckin’ know what is.
@SilkyForestMoose best part is that in Norse Mythology, Baldor dies and heralds the coming of ragnarok, before being brought to life after the events of Ragnarok. So Bob Balder coming back to life to rock out is perfectly in line with his deific counter-part!
"They were two old men, and they weren't; they were doddering bags of bones, and they were barely contained power... and there was music." - Manuscript page from American Nightmare
Love how Odin and Tor can barely articulate a sentence most of the time. But get them to perform for an audience and they sing like the rock gods that they are.
Does Alan say that to Kiran? I don't remember hearing that. Does it 'make sense' though? I was under the impression that Alan's chapters in the Dark take place _after_ Saga's, and "Dark Ocean Summoning" happens in her chapters.
I love the simplicity of the line "Once again the Ocean's a lake." As if to say "we're done with your bullshit we want our friend back!" Such an amazing sound track!
Did anyone else get weirdly emotional when the young versions of the Old Gods were projected above the bus? It caught me off guard and took my breath away a little.
I got hyped with a strong undercurrent of pride at those gods in geezers bodies. Also the way the lake becomes more ocean like with the large waves and water spray. To it's ports we've been brother!
"Hello, Cauldron Lake! Great to see so many federal agents here tonight! Prepare to experience a soul-searing, mind-frying, act of black magic and sorcery! This song goes out to our favorite tortured writer. Let these sweet tunes guide you out of the darkness! It's called "DARK OCEAN SUMMONING"!"
I realized last night that that part wasn't just for fun, it was a crucial part of the ritual. You can't have a true concert without addressing the location and audience, getting them hype for the performance and dropping who the song goes out to. They had to have that little intro at the beginning to give the song the most power it could have.
The entire time I was fighting on the shore, I could only keep thinking about how awesome it was and how jealous Jesse was going to be after hearing about what happened from Estevez.
@@dragondelsur5156 Langston missed a new Alex Casey movie, Jesse missed an Old Gods live performance. This is what'll motivate them to drive out the hiss for good lol.
So sweet of Odin and Tor to uploading the track to YT just before diving into the lake to rescue Tor's granddaughter. Not only legendary band, but also great family. I hope they gonna have the happy family reunion and drop their next album soon
Do we know if they actually helped saga? Afaik she basically saved herself from being locked in her mind and her and alan got her out? We didnt see the andersons after they left the beach.
@SPIKEYROXAS Pretty sure they went to Door. There's a page by the retirement home where they agree to go to Door in return for him leaving their family alone.
You spent 12 years waiting for a sequel to your favorite game of all time, thinking it'd be nice if it at least be half as good as the first one, but then you reach the point of the game when this plays and realize with pure joy it actually exceeded all your expectations. Thank you, Remedy, and thank you, Poets, for Always doing your best!
The thought and purpose behind each word of this song is astounding. In universe, this song serves from its first lines to define and weaken the Dark place and Cauldron Lake "I name the stars above your cauldron, and all that lies beneath your waves" Defining the thing strips it of its power. The fact that canonically, Odin worked the details of this song out over the course of the drive to the lake is astounding.
@@名もない人404 perhaps the lines "awake new and whole" also served to weaken the dark presence within alan. "It writes itself" maybe the dark presence DID write it but tor and odin aren't bound by the story
@@名もない人404I would think it'd because, like Alan mentions, the art has to be dark to become reality. Everything has a cost. Bringing the darkness with him was that cost. That's how I interpeted it anyway
@@DrasticSkuba it doesn't have to be Dark, Alan is bound to this rule because he's a murder thriller writer. Tom the Poet, Tor, and Odin was free ballin at least until Wake rewrote the Lake's properties under the darkness's influence. even Darkless Night was supposed to be a romance before being perverted to a Horror story.
This is currently my favourite song. Spoilers for Alan Wake II: I also think it’s funny to remember that the context of it in the game is; that 2 old men are playing it in the middle of the night on top of a nursing home bus that is parked on the shore of a lake that is actually a portal to another dimension where works of fiction becomes reality, to summon a famous writer who has been presumed dead for the last 13 years. All of which is happening well 3 government agents watch, 1 of which is also fighting hordes of civilians possessed by evil shadows
Kinda the coolest boss fight in videogame history. Not the best or most difficult, but the coolest. Rock concert while slaying the spawns of dark hell.
What I don't get is why the Taken are trying to stop it. Scratch, aka the Dark Presence, controls the Taken, right? So, why would he be trying to prevent his own escape?
Its interesting that they never actually mentioned Alan by name directly in the song, but managed to hide him in their lyrics anyway to throw The Dark Presence off exactly what they planned. Its in how much emphasis they put on parts of the words that spell it out. "once again, the ocean's a lake. so alike A LANd aWAKE" "come save your soul. AWAKE new and whole"
I like how the Dark Presence growls some of the lines along with Old Gods of Asgard, and adds just ONE line to the song itself... which I suspect is what allowed it to escape along with Alan.
If I had a dollar for every time Remedy put a killer sequence in their game with a certified banger playing in the background that makes you feel like a god, I'd have five dollars. Which isn't a lot but it does make me a greedy bastard hungry for more
the Children of the Elder Gods sequence from AW1, and there was a part in American Nightmare where The Happy Song plays while an onslaught of Taken tries to, uh, take you out. Also the airport sequence in Max Payne 3@@alexsarg1
@@alexsarg1 there's another one in American Nightmare, in the observatory, when Old Gods of Asgard song plays (Balance Slays the Demon) and you fight off the Taken!
@@rafidsadmanI think the airport sequence was another band's, not the Old Gods, but hell now I think about it, that also fits really well with all the killer moments
Man his voice is just otherworldly in this song, I get shivers during every verse. The fact we got not one, not two, but THREE new Old Gods of Asgard songs just blows my mind, all of them are just top notch. I can't stop listening to them.
And the other non-Poets/Old Gods songs that were featured in AW2 were also a bomb (as I understand they were also written specially for AW2). "Superhero", "Dark, Twisted and Cruel", "No one Left to Love", "Follow you into the Dark", "Wide Awake" and I can't forget our favorite janitor Ahti and his "yötön yö" - all absolute bangers. The soundtrack for AW2 is absolutely amazing.
@@ArathirCz You forgot "This Road", by Poe, who just happens to be the Writer's sister (not Alan, but another famous writer with ties to a dark place, Mark Z. Danielewski).
Dark Ocean Summoning definitely managed to top the stage fight scene in the first game. It was like that scene cranked to 11, just like everything about Alan Wake II. Remedy and Poets of the Fall both at their finest!
Oh geez you're right lol all this time I was joking that what would happen if they summoned Tom Zane instead since they never said Alan lol my bad, good eye!! 👍
That line made me pump my fist in the air. Such an incredible set-piece. From thinking "aw man I'm really going to have to run all the way back to the lake" to the Old God's ripping through the forest in their van clearing a shortcut for you all the way down, to the FBC helicopter dropping the lights, to Alex Casey giving you ammo for the fight as the Old God's tell you their ready as their amps buzz throughout the forest... omg I love this game.
Yep, the lyrics are on point in this song. I always get chills when they blend Alan Wake's name in the bridge leading to the chorus. "Once more, the ocean's a lake. So alike, A LANd aWAKE"!
“Awake new and whole. By name I will summon him” I don’t know if that was intentional or great writing but putting Alan’s name in the song (A. Wake) is amazing. And plays into the story
@@raulmihalyi yes allan 1 fighting for your life on the farm letting of pyro banging rock tune shooting taken wow but omg 2 beat it chapter 7 we sing that tune is a banger
After so many years since seeing Tor and Odin at Hartman’s center, after years since you guided us through the Ashtray Maze, we finally got to see the Old Gods play live. I’d be lying if I said I didnt shed a happy tear during the first solo. AND IT WAS AWESOME I WANT A T-SHIRT
That intro with poets of the fall in the background and the lighting and the way music just blended into everything and just made everything so awesome
This song is even better than Herald of Darkness. I love the idea of good guys doing an eldritch ritual, and the lyrics are great with the sneaky way of summoning Alan. Also, I *love* the lead guitarist for this band. Sometimes I bounce off rock/metal guitar a little because the guitarist sounds a bit more like they're trying to flex than play music, but this guy makes shredding sound absolutely beautiful, and I love it.
I looove it how the very 1st line refers to Cauldron Lake 👀 AW2 has one of the best soundtrack in the game industry so far. Thank you Poets and Sam and Kyle 🔥
Ordinary people : "...dark waters..." Old Gods of Asgard (Poets of the Fall) : " The onyx kiss of inky waters, The jet black undertow of fright"🤘🔥🤘 Gosh, I love this masterpiece 🤩🤗
Song and the whole Summoning scene are amazing! After reading about Balder's death in museum, it was also very emotional. When song starts and you can see projection of the whole bend in their prime, rocking out. Balder was with them at that moment... 🥲
I can’t explain into words how happy I am that I played Alan Wake and discovered this band. I absolutely ADORE their sound. The Ash Tray Maze is honestly one of my favorite gaming experiences of all time, with “Take Control” blasting through the speakers…. Damnit man. Love this band. They deserve so much more attention and recognition.
Control was my first Remedy game and I didn't know about the Ashtray Maze when playing, when I got to that it skyrocketed Control from a game I already liked a lot to one of my all-time favorites. I was expecting to hear more music in Alan Wake 2 and man, you guys did not disappoint. Can't wait for that physical CD!
I know Old Gods of Asgard are Poets of the Fall and I know that Poets play a bit different music in general but to be completely honest - I really feel like there is a big need of that classic heavy metal band like Old Gods of Asgard are. Catchy choruses and verses, sick guitar riffs and solos, amazing vocals! I love this version of Poets, man! To all the gods in the world - bless Finalnd🤘🏻🔥🤘🏻
In all honesty, I like Old Gods of Asgard more. They obviously like this kind of music too, or they wouldn't be playing, but I do think it's a shame they don't focus on it more, since they are really killing it. Can't blame them for playing what they want to play though. "Nobody tells a man how to play, it just ain't that way." - after all.
Not to toot my own horn but toot toot anyway. I kinda try to aim to that with Break From Bedlam. But hearing this track - maybe there aren't enought guitar solos.
Fun Fact: Poets of the Fall have a Soundtrack in Control too, its a hidden Easter Egg to be found: My Dark Disquiet and its a really good Song. At that point in Time i didnt know that Old Gods of Asgard and the Poets of the Fall are the same guys XD
crazy how much saga grew on me throughout the game. I absolutely just wanted to play as alan but ultimately enjoy both of them equally at the end. this was an amazing song for her final fight with the taken / scratch
I think it’s wild how many people say they don’t like Saga. Matthew is amazing as Alan, but the writing for Saga’s story was amazing. The constant refusal to accept the story while still experiencing doubt was extremely relatable for a mind bending situation.
Just imagine what Estevez is feeling here, like, she comes to do some normal SPC like work, finds an anomaly so dangerous it team wipes her crew and almost does her in too. The local town and nursery home are so accustomed to the madness that killing the monsters from the hellgate lake is just tuesday for them, they are LONG past the 'oh god monsters!' stage. A random FBI lady is suddenly a key player, and proceeds to bring her grandparents to the shore of said hellgate lake to summon a famous writer out of the hell dimension with a rock show for the lake. All while the FBI lady is having a battle royale in front of the stage. The plan fails, she is thrown into hell by the big bad SCP, who then takes control of reality and flees, leaving her on the shore alone to see the famous writer (who is kind of half responsible for all this shitshow) be her sole hope, and meanwhile, the two geriatrics are walking into the lake like its the pool of a senior home, knowing its a portal to hell. What a day.
Well even the FBC are having their own problems at the Oldest House. I like to think that simple throwaway line is important as Remedy do plan a control spin off multiplayer game and I think it’s that and why she’s short staffed because most agents and rangers are back at the Oldest House
@@dragondelsur5156 highly doubt it. Jesse stopped the Hiss invasion and had 5 years to clean up the place up from any possessed. I reckon it has something to do with Alan, Tim/Jack, And Jesse. Whatever Tim is experiencing he knows that a red hair woman will come for him. Because Tim is shifting between realities and no cause for concern but someone of that caliber will be needed back at the Oldest House.
@@archon7105 Well I'm pretty sure when someone is possessed by the Hiss, they're sort of screwed, and the people that survived are all inside a small room on the executive floor. She is short staffed but it may be because of the Hiss messing up everything. I'm not sure what they'll do with Tim without the rights to Quantum Break, the red haired woman most likely is a reference (as Jesse's mocap actor was also a character there) but we'll see.
@@dragondelsur5156 in quantum break he told Beth he’ll come and find her. In Alan Wake 2 on Tim’s board it says the red haired woman will come for him. It’s implied both Jesse and Beth are the same just different universes. And I’m just saying whatever the Hiss did back in 2018-2019 could mean their short staffed and maybe even the Board are doing something. Plus Jesse stopped the hiss signal meaning the possessing of people probably stopped a year after
"Hello, Cauldron Lake!" "Great so see so many federal agents here tonight!" "Prepare to experience a SOUL-SEARING, MIND-FRYING, ACT OF BLACK MAGIC AND SORCERY!" "This song goes to our favorite tortured writer." "Let these sweet tunes guide you out of the darkness!" "It's called Dark Ocean Summoning!" ... "A whole lot of paranatural crimes happening right now." "But it's fucking awesome! I want a t-shirt!" ... "Anderson, they are trying to stop the song." "The Taken are going for the old guys." < *THUNDER* > "Fucking hell!" "Yes!" "Hahaha! The power of rock and roll."
God damn this part of the game was just amazing The music in this game is just off the charts with how good it all is. It’s so unique in the way it implements music into its story and it’s just fricking awesome. 🤘🤘🤘
Seriously, the guitarist has no right being THIS GREAT 😂. Like, wtf? He's legit better than most modern shredders. He was obviously influenced by the likes of Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, Eddie Van Halen and Paul Gilbert. Ridiculous that such a monster player went under the radar for most of the guitar community. He's ridiculous and deserves recognition. For all the non-guitarists: yes, what he plays in all these songs is as difficult to play as it sounds. Especially during the "We Sing" section, he goes bonkers. He's ridiculous.
For sure, I hear a LOT of Zakk Wylde in his looping and wah usage, plus resolving many of the licks on the 4th beat which is a ZW thing imo. Definitely Malmsteen and Paul Gilbert there too. Baldur from Old Gods is just supposed to be 80s shred incarnate and Olli pulled it off so damn well
This song happened to come up on my playlist as I was driving to go pick up the keys to my first house. I became a solo homeowner at 28 years old, and this song made me feel like a total badass. Thank you for making such an awesome song, and for helping me celebrate!
Hail Odin, hail Old Gods of Asgard! Just when I thought it couldn’t get any better, you blow us away with such powerful vocals and guitars! I hope one day you’ll do an Old Gods tour, just for the fun of it. What a blast that would be!
I would just like to appreciate the guys from poets of the fall and remedy games for bringing such awesome songs to this world. I'm just here waiting for an "old gods of asgard" live tour. That would be awesome!
If you watch closely you can tell the silhouettes of the main guitar and bass player amongst the clouds in the background. This is all just glorious. The song itself is amazing even though ordinarily you'd think after "Champion of Light" surely nothing can be better. Well, this one gives you a run for it's money. It's borderline unbelievable that a single videogame could inspire so many different truly impactful and amazing songs. I'm so overwhelmed and grateful to the artists and writers that made all this possible...
I've never been into rock music, personally. I appreciated some rock stuff over the years but it's never been a genre I go out of my way to listen to. But the first time I heard My Dark Disquiet while playing Control...I had an awakening and could NOT stop listening to the song and I had to search up everything I could find on Poets of the Fall. Don't get me started on when Take Control unexpectedly popped up. Old Gods of Asgard / Poets of the Fall music in Remedy games (and their non-video game music) is just amazing and gives me chills! The Poet and the Muse is beautiful and I was so happy to hear it again in Alan Wake II on the jukebox in Valhalla :) Thank you so much for bringing these games and this music to the world, Remedy and Poets of the Fall
I kept waiting for them to call Alan's name during the song and I didn't realize that they do a couple of times they just hid it in the song phonetically like old spells would do. When they scream so alike a land awake. Phonetically it sounds like Alan da/the Wake.
Damn, despite listening to this song for a few dozen times already i only just noticed the fact odin and tor are in the clouds rocking out in this video.
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@@TheSpedy21 Roaring guitars! We’ll soon have an album out full of rocking tunes! 🤘 Get it on vinyl (❤) or CD (👍) or use one of those fancy streaming thingies. Either way, get ready to rock your socks off! 🔥
@@oldgodsofasgard when is this coming to spotfy
will you ever go on tour as ogoa or is it set up so that the only time we see the band is in a remedy gam
i cant type for toffee.
@@oldgodsofasgard
you guys rock
Rocking so hard that an FBC agent acknowledges the arcane forces being wielded is something to strive for in your music career.
Remember folks! The Old Gods of Asgard are canonical bards *so powerful* they maintain their sanity in the dark place through the *power of metal alone.* If that ain’t worth throwing up the horns, I don’t fuckin’ know what is.
They’re also apparently so hype that they can call upon the spirit of “Fat” Bob Balder to shred on lead guitar from beyond the grave
If Tor and Odin come a-callin’, not even the hands of death can keep Balder from shredding.
I think Tor's guitar is an object of power. A new representation of the Service Weapon from control. AKA Mjolnir, Thor's hammer.
@@MasDoucamazing theory
@SilkyForestMoose best part is that in Norse Mythology, Baldor dies and heralds the coming of ragnarok, before being brought to life after the events of Ragnarok.
So Bob Balder coming back to life to rock out is perfectly in line with his deific counter-part!
"They were two old men, and they weren't; they were doddering bags of bones, and they were barely contained power... and there was music." - Manuscript page from American Nightmare
Nope
@@phantomblade9167the fuck you mean Nuh uh
@@phantomblade9167?
I love American nightmare
god reading this line always gives me chills
Love how Odin and Tor can barely articulate a sentence most of the time. But get them to perform for an audience and they sing like the rock gods that they are.
Just like Ozzy.
Canonically Odin and Tor wrote and perfected this song in like 30 minutes
gods of rock 🤘🔥
''It basically wrote itself''
i was confused about this, the bus was loaded in advance because they saw this in the future. was the song partially written as well?
While Odin drove the bus through every taken and tree in the way to the shore too
@@piratetv1 I like to think they're just always ready to rock within a minutes notice at all times
"I saw them in the Dark Place. They performed in my musical."
Lmao
"I'm immediately less optimistic about this."
If you listen closely to agent Estevez's voice, you can hear something dying inside of her lol
I lost my shit on that whole scene 😂
Best part is it’s completely true and not some shit he dreamt up
Does Alan say that to Kiran? I don't remember hearing that.
Does it 'make sense' though?
I was under the impression that Alan's chapters in the Dark take place _after_ Saga's, and "Dark Ocean Summoning" happens in her chapters.
Alan Wake can fail. The FBI can fail. The FBC can fail. But the Old Gods of Asgard ALWAYS bring it, without question.
The Old Gods never disappoint🔥
Facts 💯
Well, once they get warmed up first
When they sing Alan and the FBC rise once again
@MasDouc To be fair they did have to bring their old guitarist from the world of the dead. No big deal though.
Amazing that two 80 year old men were able to jam this out on an hour's notice *and* resurrect their dead guitarist to play the riffs
*w h a t ?*
@@CharlieBravo1118in the Old Gods canon, one of the members died before Alan Wake 1.
@@jamesmarston8461 ooooooh, gotcha
All it took was a phone call from their granddaughter/niece to help her rescue a depressed writer and they're ready to rock n roll
@@mashedpotatoes77 such as the power of rock n roll
This song itself is an object of power
Nah, Odin and Tor are the OoP's here. They're goated.
ive been thinking about this. are the songs rituals, OOPs, or altered items?
Look how many paranormal activity laws they broke in 6 minutes
The Old Gods of Asgard are mighty.
I'd say the Old Gods' show counts as an AWE...
I love the simplicity of the line "Once again the Ocean's a lake." As if to say "we're done with your bullshit we want our friend back!" Such an amazing sound track!
This exact thing but for the line "By name I will summon him" cause it gives me that "get the fuck over here and do something about it" energy
The lyrics were so powerful. There's no player fighting that arena who doesn't want to bring him back!
The director's name is Sam Lake. This is deliberate.
Did anyone else get weirdly emotional when the young versions of the Old Gods were projected above the bus? It caught me off guard and took my breath away a little.
Music so good it brought back one dead member for one last performance, and oh boy, did he shred!
I didn't notice that now im going to have to replay it
I got hyped with a strong undercurrent of pride at those gods in geezers bodies. Also the way the lake becomes more ocean like with the large waves and water spray.
To it's ports we've been brother!
So good. This is definitely my GOTY 👌
@@therealone655 Oh shucks, I suppose you’ll have to replay the GOTY again lol!
So glad Alan Wake 2 has so many Old Gods songs they're always absolute bangers.
Best parts of these games
I was surprised by how many songs total we got in this game and every one of them is excellent.
The actual band (poets of the fall) needs to do more stuff like this.
@mikemerchant9242 I just want them to do a US tour. They are on my concert bucket list.
@@godzillab10Same.
"Hello, Cauldron Lake! Great to see so many federal agents here tonight! Prepare to experience a soul-searing, mind-frying, act of black magic and sorcery! This song goes out to our favorite tortured writer. Let these sweet tunes guide you out of the darkness! It's called "DARK OCEAN SUMMONING"!"
I realized last night that that part wasn't just for fun, it was a crucial part of the ritual. You can't have a true concert without addressing the location and audience, getting them hype for the performance and dropping who the song goes out to. They had to have that little intro at the beginning to give the song the most power it could have.
"A whole lot of paranatural crimes going on right now. But it's fucking awesome! I want a t-shirt!"
@@TheTyCave honestly i agree wholeheartedly a song has so much power when the song is for the audience/person
It's like the scene in blues brothers where they perform while the entire police force of Illinois is waiting to arrest them😂
Wasn't it mind flaying?
The entire time I was fighting on the shore, I could only keep thinking about how awesome it was and how jealous Jesse was going to be after hearing about what happened from Estevez.
Control 2 - Jesse dives into the Dark Place to get a front-stage seat to an Old Gods of Asgard concert.
@@Lazarultos Dude, we need to manifest this
Guess it sucks being stuck with the Hiss inside the Oldest House.
@@dragondelsur5156 Langston missed a new Alex Casey movie, Jesse missed an Old Gods live performance.
This is what'll motivate them to drive out the hiss for good lol.
@@arbyw.1889not just any New Casey Movie:
Sudden Stop. The one based on Alan's last Casey novel
So sweet of Odin and Tor to uploading the track to YT just before diving into the lake to rescue Tor's granddaughter. Not only legendary band, but also great family.
I hope they gonna have the happy family reunion and drop their next album soon
was this a tmz article
never knew the story behind it
@@thesadghostdudeplease tell me you understand the joke
@@talion4033 dude tell me you understand the joke
I was playing into it
Do we know if they actually helped saga? Afaik she basically saved herself from being locked in her mind and her and alan got her out? We didnt see the andersons after they left the beach.
@SPIKEYROXAS Pretty sure they went to Door. There's a page by the retirement home where they agree to go to Door in return for him leaving their family alone.
“Is the song ready?”
“ oh, yeah, Odin wrote a killer chorus”
Crashing over taken and trees with a nursing home bus. 😂
You spent 12 years waiting for a sequel to your favorite game of all time, thinking it'd be nice if it at least be half as good as the first one, but then you reach the point of the game when this plays and realize with pure joy it actually exceeded all your expectations. Thank you, Remedy, and thank you, Poets, for Always doing your best!
13 years.
You're certainly correct, but I played first Alan Wake in June of 2011, thus 12 years for me @@Mathemoto
I'd been waiting this for thirteen years... In Azkaban!😂
"I'm afraid it's been... 9 years..."
I hope you have also played the tie in game Control, based in same universe
WE GETTING OUT OF THE DARK PLACE WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣
OH SHIT WE WENT RIGHT BACK, NEVERMIND...
Alan finally Wakin from this one!
@@JonathanJoestarJuicefestDON’T WORRY. IT’S NOT A LOOP, IT’S A SPIRAL. WE GOT THIS BOYS ✊
OUR ESCAPE IS INAVITABLE WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️
@@TenderPantyz🙏🙏🙏
I love how this isn't just a song, it's a rescue attempt.
The thought and purpose behind each word of this song is astounding. In universe, this song serves from its first lines to define and weaken the Dark place and Cauldron Lake "I name the stars above your cauldron, and all that lies beneath your waves"
Defining the thing strips it of its power.
The fact that canonically, Odin worked the details of this song out over the course of the drive to the lake is astounding.
@@名もない人404 perhaps the lines "awake new and whole" also served to weaken the dark presence within alan. "It writes itself" maybe the dark presence DID write it but tor and odin aren't bound by the story
@@名もない人404I would think it'd because, like Alan mentions, the art has to be dark to become reality. Everything has a cost. Bringing the darkness with him was that cost. That's how I interpeted it anyway
@@DrasticSkuba it doesn't have to be Dark, Alan is bound to this rule because he's a murder thriller writer. Tom the Poet, Tor, and Odin was free ballin at least until Wake rewrote the Lake's properties under the darkness's influence. even Darkless Night was supposed to be a romance before being perverted to a Horror story.
@@DOT107 I thought since it affects his story that there would still be that lingering rule though. Either way, it's awesome
@@DOT107all IS a story of Darkness in this game , open your eyes 😩🤷🏻😎
This is currently my favourite song.
Spoilers for Alan Wake II:
I also think it’s funny to remember that the context of it in the game is; that 2 old men are playing it in the middle of the night on top of a nursing home bus that is parked on the shore of a lake that is actually a portal to another dimension where works of fiction becomes reality, to summon a famous writer who has been presumed dead for the last 13 years. All of which is happening well 3 government agents watch, 1 of which is also fighting hordes of civilians possessed by evil shadows
meanwhile Scratch is watching from the bushes - delaying his entrance to listen to this BANGER
Yeah it was fucking Metal as hell, like almost basically playing at the doorway to Hell while demons are attacking Saga
Kinda the coolest boss fight in videogame history. Not the best or most difficult, but the coolest. Rock concert while slaying the spawns of dark hell.
What I don't get is why the Taken are trying to stop it. Scratch, aka the Dark Presence, controls the Taken, right? So, why would he be trying to prevent his own escape?
@benjamincrew1949 could be a coincidence since they just really want the clicker
Its interesting that they never actually mentioned Alan by name directly in the song, but managed to hide him in their lyrics anyway to throw The Dark Presence off exactly what they planned.
Its in how much emphasis they put on parts of the words that spell it out.
"once again, the ocean's a lake. so alike A LANd aWAKE"
"come save your soul. AWAKE new and whole"
I like how the Dark Presence growls some of the lines along with Old Gods of Asgard, and adds just ONE line to the song itself... which I suspect is what allowed it to escape along with Alan.
We need to see you guys perform all those AW2 songs at The Game Awards...it just needs to happen
I WILL DO SIDEWAYS BACKFLIPS
I just wanna see Ilkka Villi and Sam Lake do the dance from Herald of Darkness
If this doesn't happen, they need to fire all the event coordinators working the show!
Or at least get them to Prog Power again
Seeing a live performance of Herald of Darkness, with the actors and everything, would be kickass lol
All James Sunderland needed to leave Silent hill was two old men of questionable mortality & sanity.
If I had a dollar for every time Remedy put a killer sequence in their game with a certified banger playing in the background that makes you feel like a god, I'd have five dollars. Which isn't a lot but it does make me a greedy bastard hungry for more
What are those sequences except control (take control) and alan wake 2 (herald of darkness)?
the Children of the Elder Gods sequence from AW1, and there was a part in American Nightmare where The Happy Song plays while an onslaught of Taken tries to, uh, take you out. Also the airport sequence in Max Payne 3@@alexsarg1
@@alexsarg1 there's another one in American Nightmare, in the observatory, when Old Gods of Asgard song plays (Balance Slays the Demon) and you fight off the Taken!
@@rafidsadmanI think the airport sequence was another band's, not the Old Gods, but hell now I think about it, that also fits really well with all the killer moments
Yeah that was HEALTH, but I wasn't necessarily talking about Old Gods/Poets of the Fall haha@@fonkwindy1990
Man his voice is just otherworldly in this song, I get shivers during every verse. The fact we got not one, not two, but THREE new Old Gods of Asgard songs just blows my mind, all of them are just top notch. I can't stop listening to them.
Four. The album will contain an additional song. It is not in the game, but you can find a snippet of lyrics in Chapter 5. It is called Sea of Night.
@@Fedor_Kisliakov Oh yeah, I can't wait to hear it. Pre-ordered the CD. Hopefully it will be put on spotify with the rest of the songs next month.
And the other non-Poets/Old Gods songs that were featured in AW2 were also a bomb (as I understand they were also written specially for AW2). "Superhero", "Dark, Twisted and Cruel", "No one Left to Love", "Follow you into the Dark", "Wide Awake" and I can't forget our favorite janitor Ahti and his "yötön yö" - all absolute bangers. The soundtrack for AW2 is absolutely amazing.
@@ArathirCz You forgot "This Road", by Poe, who just happens to be the Writer's sister (not Alan, but another famous writer with ties to a dark place, Mark Z. Danielewski).
Dark Ocean Summoning definitely managed to top the stage fight scene in the first game. It was like that scene cranked to 11, just like everything about Alan Wake II. Remedy and Poets of the Fall both at their finest!
You could say the first stage fight was... upstaged.
It was just missing Barry's quips.
It was like playing an intense metal music video, what with the lake going crazy and hazing up the beach.
Nah, the first game did it better
@@potato22258
Not even close lol
Finished the game today and I can't stop thinking about this scene it's too good
"Once more the ocean's a Lake
So alike A-land a-Wake"
I like what you did there, guys 👀
‘By name, I will summon Him’ 👀
Oh geez you're right lol all this time I was joking that what would happen if they summoned Tom Zane instead since they never said Alan lol my bad, good eye!! 👍
Alan Da Wake is his full title
We're getting Alan Wake out of the Dark Place with this one boys
There's also the "Come save your soul, a-Wake new and whole, by name I will summon him" part
Genuinely shed a tear when the song started up and you saw a vision of them all young again with Baldur.
"It's not a loop. It's a spiral."
It's a god damn, mind frying rock opera, baby!
Everyone talks about the musical in The Dark Place, but this was the real best setpiece in Alan Wake 2.
Эта сцена очень похожа на ту самую сцену на концертной площадке из первой части. Слезы ностальгии наворачиваются🥹
@@pahomerr Spoken like a true Child of the Elder God. I adore the concert scene from the first game.
agreed!
"A whole lot of paranatural crimes happening right now. But it's fucking awesome! I want a T-shirt!" 🤘🤘🤘WE TOO Estevez, we too!
That was the point i went from "Ehhh I dont know if I want her around' to "ok she's in the gang"
Show's drawing a crowd!
That line made me pump my fist in the air. Such an incredible set-piece. From thinking "aw man I'm really going to have to run all the way back to the lake" to the Old God's ripping through the forest in their van clearing a shortcut for you all the way down, to the FBC helicopter dropping the lights, to Alex Casey giving you ammo for the fight as the Old God's tell you their ready as their amps buzz throughout the forest... omg I love this game.
I was trying to focus knowing a battle was coming but I burst out laughing when she said that 😂 FBC is gonna FBC!
I like to imagine alot of the FBC would thing The Ood Gods were pretty damn cool
Olli is a beast! This is a pure shredfest brought to the masses finally!
If Alan Wake and Control thought me anything... it'S TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE SPEAKING PARTS of their songs...
Especially the words that are sung I'm reverse.
I will say, it can be difficult to focus on lyrics when fifty thousand Taken are swarming me with intent to brutally murder me
@@jesseharding346those aren't swords, those are hands but you can't see in the dark.
Change your mindset, don't change the world
@@deathbydeviceable ?
Yep, the lyrics are on point in this song. I always get chills when they blend Alan Wake's name in the bridge leading to the chorus. "Once more, the ocean's a lake. So alike, A LANd aWAKE"!
“Awake new and whole. By name I will summon him”
I don’t know if that was intentional or great writing but putting Alan’s name in the song (A. Wake) is amazing. And plays into the story
This song is going to be my entire personality for the rest of the year
Literally summoning another dimension out of pure metal.
Even the in-game metal gets meta treatment, because that's metal as fuck.
Everything about the game is just perfect. There's not one thing I'd want to change. Sam Lake is a genius.
@@EdwinTyler Sam Lake You Hack (affectionate)
I bought Alan Wake 2 just because I wanted to hear more songs of old gods of asgard, thanks for making more
Same
You guys will not be disappointed, the scene this song is from is one of the best in the game
@@jutroo bringing back nostalgia. Children of Elder God but BETTER !
Poets of the Fall are releasing an Old God's of Asgard greatest hits album in December. Go to their website to check it out
@@raulmihalyi yes allan 1 fighting for your life on the farm letting of pyro banging rock tune shooting taken wow but omg 2 beat it chapter 7 we sing that tune is a banger
After so many years since seeing Tor and Odin at Hartman’s center, after years since you guided us through the Ashtray Maze, we finally got to see the Old Gods play live. I’d be lying if I said I didnt shed a happy tear during the first solo. AND IT WAS AWESOME I WANT A T-SHIRT
That intro with poets of the fall in the background and the lighting and the way music just blended into everything and just made everything so awesome
I hope the next time Kieran makes an appearance she's wearing an Old Gods t-shirt
They actually sell band shirts and a cad that’s coming out in December lol
@@BababooeyGooey Optional outfit when you're playing Kieran in Control 2???
(I hope.)
@@stefanwasylyk7556 They're making a Control 2?? That would be awesome.
For two dudes who walked into the dark place like it was a 7-11, this song was a piece of cake 😊
Where can I get that moonshine? Asking for a friend...
This song is even better than Herald of Darkness. I love the idea of good guys doing an eldritch ritual, and the lyrics are great with the sneaky way of summoning Alan. Also, I *love* the lead guitarist for this band. Sometimes I bounce off rock/metal guitar a little because the guitarist sounds a bit more like they're trying to flex than play music, but this guy makes shredding sound absolutely beautiful, and I love it.
Man, still cant believe that AW2 give us not just one, but 3 awesome new songs of Old God of Asgard.
"Its like a Dream"
En realidad son 4 canciones 🎸🎛️🎛️🤟😎🎛️🎛️🎛️🔥🔥🔥
"There are so many paranatural crimes happening right now...but it's fucking awesome! I want a t-shirt!"
I looove it how the very 1st line refers to Cauldron Lake 👀
AW2 has one of the best soundtrack in the game industry so far. Thank you Poets and Sam and Kyle 🔥
Who is Kyle?
@@Spherrum Kyle Rowley the game director
It makes sense, first they have to establish mood and setting, just like Alan's writing.
Jesse definitely watched a recording of this and went "That was awesome" after her agents made it back
Ordinary people : "...dark waters..."
Old Gods of Asgard (Poets of the Fall) : " The onyx kiss of inky waters, The jet black undertow of fright"🤘🔥🤘
Gosh, I love this masterpiece 🤩🤗
Song and the whole Summoning scene are amazing! After reading about Balder's death in museum, it was also very emotional. When song starts and you can see projection of the whole bend in their prime, rocking out. Balder was with them at that moment... 🥲
Goddam kratos!!👊
I can’t explain into words how happy I am that I played Alan Wake and discovered this band. I absolutely ADORE their sound. The Ash Tray Maze is honestly one of my favorite gaming experiences of all time, with “Take Control” blasting through the speakers…. Damnit man. Love this band. They deserve so much more attention and recognition.
They first appeared in ending credits of Max Payne 20 years ago ))
@@sergiogonzalesYT holy shit. Never even clicked…. Now I need to watch the ending on here
@@BobaVett Or search Late Goodbye by POTF
"We went driving, into the night. It's a Late Goodbye, such a Late Goodbye."
Darkness monsters attacking. Ocean waves exploding like a volcano. Heavy metal Gods thrashing in the distance.
What a perfect way to save our hero.
Hello Game Awards! It's so nice to have so many fans and potential federal agents here tonight!
Control was my first Remedy game and I didn't know about the Ashtray Maze when playing, when I got to that it skyrocketed Control from a game I already liked a lot to one of my all-time favorites. I was expecting to hear more music in Alan Wake 2 and man, you guys did not disappoint. Can't wait for that physical CD!
Alan Wake 2 is a masterpiece, the story, characters and the music! It wouldn't be so awesome without the Old Gods of Asgard
"From the cold depths now I will conjure the spiral madness of his mind." They knew it was a spiral all along!
I know Old Gods of Asgard are Poets of the Fall and I know that Poets play a bit different music in general but to be completely honest - I really feel like there is a big need of that classic heavy metal band like Old Gods of Asgard are. Catchy choruses and verses, sick guitar riffs and solos, amazing vocals! I love this version of Poets, man! To all the gods in the world - bless Finalnd🤘🏻🔥🤘🏻
In all honesty, I like Old Gods of Asgard more. They obviously like this kind of music too, or they wouldn't be playing, but I do think it's a shame they don't focus on it more, since they are really killing it. Can't blame them for playing what they want to play though. "Nobody tells a man how to play, it just ain't that way." - after all.
You should check out Van Halen's kid. He has some classic rock inspired tracks, but modernized
Not to toot my own horn but toot toot anyway. I kinda try to aim to that with Break From Bedlam. But hearing this track - maybe there aren't enought guitar solos.
Fun Fact: Poets of the Fall have a Soundtrack in Control too, its a hidden Easter Egg to be found: My Dark Disquiet and its a really good Song. At that point in Time i didnt know that Old Gods of Asgard and the Poets of the Fall are the same guys XD
@Subtra you say fun fact like everybody skipped the ashtray maze
傑作のAlan Wake2の中でもこの曲が流れる6分間の戦闘場面は特に最高でした！
普段は慎重に使う弾薬やフレアを、贅沢にぶっ放しながら戦うのは気持ち良かった！
Alan Wake2とOld Gods of Asgardに感謝🎉Remedy最高のゲームをありがとう！！
Fighting hordes of enemies in the middle of the torment with this epic theme, Damn Alan Wake 2 deserved the Goty.
They rock so hard, they brought Balder back to life for a song.
crazy how much saga grew on me throughout the game. I absolutely just wanted to play as alan but ultimately enjoy both of them equally at the end. this was an amazing song for her final fight with the taken / scratch
I think it’s wild how many people say they don’t like Saga. Matthew is amazing as Alan, but the writing for Saga’s story was amazing. The constant refusal to accept the story while still experiencing doubt was extremely relatable for a mind bending situation.
Just imagine what Estevez is feeling here, like, she comes to do some normal SPC like work, finds an anomaly so dangerous it team wipes her crew and almost does her in too.
The local town and nursery home are so accustomed to the madness that killing the monsters from the hellgate lake is just tuesday for them, they are LONG past the 'oh god monsters!' stage.
A random FBI lady is suddenly a key player, and proceeds to bring her grandparents to the shore of said hellgate lake to summon a famous writer out of the hell dimension with a rock show for the lake. All while the FBI lady is having a battle royale in front of the stage.
The plan fails, she is thrown into hell by the big bad SCP, who then takes control of reality and flees, leaving her on the shore alone to see the famous writer (who is kind of half responsible for all this shitshow) be her sole hope, and meanwhile, the two geriatrics are walking into the lake like its the pool of a senior home, knowing its a portal to hell.
What a day.
Well even the FBC are having their own problems at the Oldest House. I like to think that simple throwaway line is important as Remedy do plan a control spin off multiplayer game and I think it’s that and why she’s short staffed because most agents and rangers are back at the Oldest House
@@archon7105 And most likely possessed by the Hiss.
@@dragondelsur5156 highly doubt it. Jesse stopped the Hiss invasion and had 5 years to clean up the place up from any possessed. I reckon it has something to do with Alan, Tim/Jack, And Jesse. Whatever Tim is experiencing he knows that a red hair woman will come for him. Because Tim is shifting between realities and no cause for concern but someone of that caliber will be needed back at the Oldest House.
@@archon7105 Well I'm pretty sure when someone is possessed by the Hiss, they're sort of screwed, and the people that survived are all inside a small room on the executive floor. She is short staffed but it may be because of the Hiss messing up everything.
I'm not sure what they'll do with Tim without the rights to Quantum Break, the red haired woman most likely is a reference (as Jesse's mocap actor was also a character there) but we'll see.
@@dragondelsur5156 in quantum break he told Beth he’ll come and find her. In Alan Wake 2 on Tim’s board it says the red haired woman will come for him. It’s implied both Jesse and Beth are the same just different universes. And I’m just saying whatever the Hiss did back in 2018-2019 could mean their short staffed and maybe even the Board are doing something. Plus Jesse stopped the hiss signal meaning the possessing of people probably stopped a year after
My favorite mission of the Game. A fantastic combination of Rock Music, Horror, fighting, violence and monsters
"Hello, Cauldron Lake!"
"Great so see so many federal agents here tonight!"
"Prepare to experience a
SOUL-SEARING,
MIND-FRYING,
ACT OF BLACK MAGIC AND SORCERY!"
"This song goes to our favorite tortured writer."
"Let these sweet tunes guide you out of the darkness!"
"It's called Dark Ocean Summoning!"
...
"A whole lot of paranatural crimes happening right now."
"But it's fucking awesome! I want a t-shirt!"
...
"Anderson, they are trying to stop the song."
"The Taken are going for the old guys."
< *THUNDER* >
"Fucking hell!"
"Yes!"
"Hahaha! The power of rock and roll."
It's like that one episode of Dethklok, I love it.
I've listened to this like 10 times today.
"They performed in my musical."
Fucking killed me.
@@ShadowKayvaan
Finally someone mentioned that line, it killed me too.
Almost choked on my drink, if I had one.
God damn this part of the game was just amazing
The music in this game is just off the charts with how good it all is.
It’s so unique in the way it implements music into its story and it’s just fricking awesome.
🤘🤘🤘
Fighting the forces of darkness with the power of HEAVY METAL. JUST LIKE THE GOOD OLD DAYS.
Those 2 old guys are the best.
Seriously, the guitarist has no right being THIS GREAT 😂. Like, wtf? He's legit better than most modern shredders. He was obviously influenced by the likes of Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, Eddie Van Halen and Paul Gilbert. Ridiculous that such a monster player went under the radar for most of the guitar community. He's ridiculous and deserves recognition.
For all the non-guitarists: yes, what he plays in all these songs is as difficult to play as it sounds. Especially during the "We Sing" section, he goes bonkers. He's ridiculous.
Olli Tukiainen, guitarist of Poets of the Fall and their alter egos Old Gods of Asgard.
No way, as a guitar player myself I absolutely appreciate his skill.
Yeah, he probably listened a lot of Malmsteen.
For sure, I hear a LOT of Zakk Wylde in his looping and wah usage, plus resolving many of the licks on the 4th beat which is a ZW thing imo. Definitely Malmsteen and Paul Gilbert there too. Baldur from Old Gods is just supposed to be 80s shred incarnate and Olli pulled it off so damn well
I forgot exactly what the song is, I think it is "balance slays the demon" but that is straight up inspired by ozzy and wylde
Great! Absolute brilliant! How powerful! Father Odin - what singing! And guitars - unbelievable!
This song happened to come up on my playlist as I was driving to go pick up the keys to my first house. I became a solo homeowner at 28 years old, and this song made me feel like a total badass. Thank you for making such an awesome song, and for helping me celebrate!
That's awesome congrats😊😮
0:48 This guitar section is just *chefs kiss*.
I just finish Alan wake 2 and I gotta hear this masterpiece without the shooting noise, it is fire🔥
Yeah, wish they would have muted the other sounds some.
yeah i couldnt hear the music while i was playing.
You can always mute the other sounds in the pause menu.
SO GOOOD!
loved your Herald of Darkness 4K vid 🙏
Hail Odin, hail Old Gods of Asgard! Just when I thought it couldn’t get any better, you blow us away with such powerful vocals and guitars! I hope one day you’ll do an Old Gods tour, just for the fun of it. What a blast that would be!
Omg... I just realized "so alike a land awake" Alan wake.... God damm genius these people are
This is so underrated as compared to "herald of darkness"
This is a rock freaking metal concert, HoD is rock musical.
Olli shredding like crazy. Awesome song
I hope PotF will play Old Gods songs in concerts one day.
why would they? they're entirely seperate bands with entirely seperate people!
@@manly.mcbeefingtonthey did it at the game awards why not more
Insane that this game had not one, but TWO in-game musical numbers
This proves that Poets of the Fall can turn anything into magic
I know it's like the main melody or something, but there's something different about 6:17 that really gets me grooving.
This sequence was amazing, reminded me of Children of the Elder God from AW1. Y'all are amazing
3:38 I especially like how they used riff from Rogue here
i died so much in this section that i'll never forget the intro riff
4:04 The Taken added this part to the song so Scratch could pass through with Alan.
I didn't notice that! Thanks for pointing it out!
I would just like to appreciate the guys from poets of the fall and remedy games for bringing such awesome songs to this world. I'm just here waiting for an "old gods of asgard" live tour. That would be awesome!
If you watch closely you can tell the silhouettes of the main guitar and bass player amongst the clouds in the background. This is all just glorious. The song itself is amazing even though ordinarily you'd think after "Champion of Light" surely nothing can be better. Well, this one gives you a run for it's money. It's borderline unbelievable that a single videogame could inspire so many different truly impactful and amazing songs. I'm so overwhelmed and grateful to the artists and writers that made all this possible...
The drummer is also there in the middle (but partly obstructed by the logo) 🙂
The end chapter songs are also really good. Still cant believe Remedy brought Poe back from retirement lmao
It's the moonshine I tell ya... the Old Gods of Asgard keep on making hits! This one is one of my faves!
I've never been into rock music, personally. I appreciated some rock stuff over the years but it's never been a genre I go out of my way to listen to. But the first time I heard My Dark Disquiet while playing Control...I had an awakening and could NOT stop listening to the song and I had to search up everything I could find on Poets of the Fall. Don't get me started on when Take Control unexpectedly popped up. Old Gods of Asgard / Poets of the Fall music in Remedy games (and their non-video game music) is just amazing and gives me chills! The Poet and the Muse is beautiful and I was so happy to hear it again in Alan Wake II on the jukebox in Valhalla :) Thank you so much for bringing these games and this music to the world, Remedy and Poets of the Fall
„By Name I will summon him“
„Much like *A Lan* d a *Wake* „
Goddamn it Sam you genius
Maybe the Old Gods of Asgards were the Dark Ocean Summonings we did on the way...
I kept waiting for them to call Alan's name during the song and I didn't realize that they do a couple of times they just hid it in the song phonetically like old spells would do. When they scream so alike a land awake. Phonetically it sounds like Alan da/the Wake.
And simultaneously rocked so goddamn hard, it called Baldur back on the guitars.
one of the best sequences in gaming history. this game wouldn't be what it is without Poets... i mean the Old Gods of Asgard
A Land Awake... Aland Awake... Alan Wake... oh, I get it now.
I love how they poured they heart out for every song for this game
Been a fan of em since Max Payne 2, they pour their hearts into everything they do and that's why they're my all time.
Damn, despite listening to this song for a few dozen times already i only just noticed the fact odin and tor are in the clouds rocking out in this video.
I still can't get over the Rogue section in this song. What a masterpiece
This has slowly become my favorite OGOA song
Such a great souds of back vocals in "the spiral madness of his mind" and "your soul returning to the light"