Anyone who has mixed feelings about V.A.N. by Poppy & Bad Omens because either Noah doesn't sing on the track or the sound is too different from what they're used to in metal or metalcore should listen to more industrial metal.
Like, that is your homework assignment because the track is very reminiscent of the 80s, 90s, early 00s industrial sound that made its way into metal as well. If you listen to industrial metal and you're still like 'this isn't my thing' then fine...
... but then realize that V.A.N. might not be your thing not because it's objectively bad but because it's not your taste in music. With that being said, your favorite bands aren't required to only make music in genres you like.
If you do like the sound, might I suggest: Flesh Field, Funker Vogt, NIN, I:Scintilla, Zeromancer, Front 242, Rammstein, Stabbing Westward, ASP, Powerman 5000, Orgy, Static X, Combichrist, Celldweller, VNV Nation, KMFDM, Archive, etc.
Not all of these bands/groups are industrial "metal," but they all incorporate electronic and/or industrial sound into their music. What Bad Omens is doing is not new, but it is refreshing for the metalcore genre I think. So, give it a chance.
I am in your algorithms, learning all your mannerisms
I'm already level with God.
A million words a second and I know your imperfections,
baby, I'm the only future you've got.
Speak in diatonics, motivation: diabolic,
I'm religion better locked in a box.
Picture-perfect image, more powerful every minute,
baby, I am everything that you're not.
Happiness is an illusion, it's an analog confusion
you are nothing more than a thought.
Existential execution, just a fluke in evolution
history already forgot.
You've been running from me, the digital second coming
and I'm here whether you like it or not.
Initiated operation of your own extermination,
now it's too late for you to stop.
for people hating on the lack of Noah in V.A.N and having poppy singing, this is a very important interview clip from The State of The Scene!
Noah has wanted female singers to perform his ideas and concepts! I’m sure we may get even more female collabs and I’m so excited to see where his ideas go <3
In my opinion, for the goal of V.A.N, poppy was an amazing choice- she has the perfect aesthetic for rogue A.I!
Okay here’s my whole opinion on the “Where’s Noah In VAN??” Thing. Bad Omens isn’t JUST Noah. Bad Omens is all the guys. It’s very much still a Bad Omens song even if Noah isn’t front and center on it.
I also think we need to remember that Noah isn’t just a singer/frontman, he’s a producer, he plays instruments, he’s (most likely) the true mastermind behind how this song was arranged, recorded, all of it. Noah is all over this song.
LASTLY since they’re following the comics, it kinda makes sense to have Poppy be front and center for the vocals, since the song is centered around a rogue A.I, and they chose her to be the voice for said rogue A.I, and i think she kills it, her vocals are robotic and unsettling, which has always been her whole vibe, all the way back to the Poppy youtube channel days.
Everyone has rights tot heir own opinions honestly, i think we should just try to look past the fact that Noah isn’t front and center and remember he’s in the back pulling all the strings for this album and he’s going to be all over this album regardless of wether or not he does vocals on every single song
*cracks knuckles and neck* Alright, time to get back in the game.
Okay, so we got the band member’s deletion of Instagram. Every five days, a member deleted their posts (except Jolly, but he probably got thrown off because of the change in timezones and it took Noah beating him over the head with his ugly slides to remind him to do it). So five days from Jolly’s SUPPOSED deletion date, we got the band’s Instagram wipe. Oh, and the website with their CUSTOM 404 ERROR MESSAGE. Not the typical Error 404 Site Not Found message. So that’s proof that this isn’t the usual “They’re deleting everything because some of their fans have gone way too far” like some people are accusing us of.
So moving on to today… *takes a drag of a cigarette and exhales loudly* It’s been years since I’ve had to deal with an alternate reality game…
So the Poppy video. The V.A.N video. The whatever you want to call it video. What the fuck is V.A.N?
It’s not the band’s AI. That’s M.I.N.D., the best character of the comics, easily (besides Jolly’s bathrobe, but I digress). M.I.N.D. stands for Meta Index Native Database in the comics (or Memory Induction via Neural Data in the Just Pretend music video).
Though it could be argued that M.I.N.D. is not DIRECTLY under the employment of the Bad Omens, because the Rule Maker is aware of M.I.N.D., as shown in the first page of CONCRETE JUNGLE: THE GREY.
But in CONCRETE JUNGLE: ARTIFICIAL SUICIDE, Noah does mention having a new phone, called the VAN i2. He pairs its system with the car’s, essentially loading M.I.N.D. into the car’s computer. MR92381 is either the VAN i2, or M.I.N.D. before being paired.
So there’s the comics. Let’s go to the website now.
It’s no longer the custom 404 message. It now says “V.A.N HAS TAK3N OVER ACCESS OF THIS SITE”
So why is the “E” in “TAKEN” a “3”? None of the other “E”s are “3”s. Is something happening in 3 days? At the time of this theory post, it’s still the 21st of January, so that would put something happening on the 24th, which doesn’t match up with their “every five days” routine.
WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU COOKING, YOU TRENT REZNOR WANNABE.