Opera Singer Reacts: The Death of God's Will || Ultrakill

"May your L's be many, and your bitches few." -Gabriel, 2022

I love when a boss theme is not about you fighting them, but they fighting you. It's their desperation to stop you as if they were the protagonist.

"all that remains is PERFECT HATRED. Now, peek this sick organ solo..."

one thing about gianni is that no matter what he's voicing, he puts 100% of his effort into it. except for 6-2 gabriel, where he put in 500%

His voice crack was so impressive on the voice actors part, It even made the camera unfocus perfectly in time like a vine boom

Fun fact about this track The creator, Hakita, is absolutely insane and made this song mere hours before officially releasing act 2 of the game Respect for Hakita

Gianni's voice acting as Gabriel is so good but I can't hear his voice without thinking of all the shitposts he has uploaded on his own YouTube channel. The dude is wildly talented and he uses it for chaos in his free time

ULTRAKILL is the epitome of “saying more with less.” Gabriel has two major cutscenes at the end of 3-2 and 6-2 yet his character shows such depth. It really is something special

"my hands shall RELISH ending you HERE AND NOW!!!" the spare change in my pocket: 🕴

Small correction: at 5:48 Gabriel says "YOU need more power" not "I need more power" so he's just trash talking you as your fighting him

That “NOTHING BUT SCRAP!” Hits so damn hard that I was actually kinda happy I died to Gabriel the first time. He’s broken, everything he knows is a lie.

Fun fact: Hakita has mentioned before, that V1 (the player character) is not the protagonist of this story, Gabriel is as the character that develops over the course of the game. This series of tracks really showcases that, a character filled with pride, then hatred, then faced with reality he turns to introspection, and finally a sense of clarity.

Some fun facts about the tracks combined here! The organ solo is played by gabriel as you come to him, and when the fight begins, he slams down and cuts it off before doing that Cut You Down line to silence, before drawing his swords at the end of the quote and the music starts abruptly. Hakita did this track 4 hours before the launch of this chapter, having realized he didn't have one done for it by accident lmao I'm honestly so glad you picked this version, as Gianni's voice acting in tandem elevates the track so much. It's good on it's own, it's fantastic together

As a Christian, I feel that this track is highly accurate for what fighting an angel would feel like.

Removing the context of Ultrakill, 6:42 sounds like two fighters in a duel to the death dropping their weapons and just beating the shit out each other hand-to-hand. It’s my favorite part of the track

My favorite part of this song is definitely the point where it sounds like the track itself is breaking down at 6:43. It’s like Gabriel's emotions are becoming so intense that the music can’t portray it properly and starts peaking like a microphone picking up too loud of a sound.

"Face it brother, God is dead. The fire is long gone. You're chasing phantoms." "YOU LET YOUR FAITH BE SHAKEN BY A CAMERA?!" God damn I love this game. The "Altars of Apostay" is perhaps the most famous track amongst fans. I don't want to give any themes away, but there's a certain feeling that's hard to accurately pin down that goes through the players mind as they reach this level. You've gotten amazing accuracy from music alone in so many of your reviews, and I'd love to be able to finally put this feeling down into words. Give it a listen.

You pretty much hit the nail on the head with this one. Gabriel starts off as an archangel, the mightiest enforcer of God's will on earth. But then...then a simple machine defeats him and that defeat completely BREAKS him. He goes from righteous protector to the avatar of hatred itself. A simple machine shook his faith so much that it made him realize that everything he stood for, everything he believed in was false. God is dead and soon, he will be too. But not before he has his revenge. If I'm not mistaken this song plays during the second fight against him in Heresy, the climax of chapter 2 and I believe currently the final chapter of the game(Game is not yet finished BTW). In this fight he is known as the Apostate Of Hate and BOY does he hate you. This fight was not meant to be done by humans as it requires an act of GOD to beat. Especially phase 2, AKA Funny Mode

In ULTRAKILL, God has left. God is nowhere to be seen, and heaven has formed a council that now rules, and says they are following the will of god, which Gabriel has fought for for years, committing heinous crimes like dooming the souls inside the Leviathan to suffering and killing King Minos, but V1, has beat him, beat the father's light. Now the machine stands before him again, and as a result of this fight, he loses his faith in God, his faith in the council, and now he takes life into his own hands. He kills the council and... well, the rest is yet to be seen in ULTRAKILL ACT III: GODFIST SUICIDE

Who would win? The most powerful archangel Or Running coin flipping camera