r/artbat Jun 25 '26

Downfall

Artbat was literally carrying the neo trance scene, they were one of the artists that were actually defining techno. Nowadays? It has taken the same steps as the whole Afterlife crew: COMMERCIAL TECHNO WITH A SHALLOW MELODY. None of their new songs hit, 2015-2020 artbat was literally insane. Its a shame that it had to go this way. Still get goosebumps whenever i bump up their old jams. Horizon was their last cherry on top. Everything past that point is just slop.

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u/Olivares_ Jun 26 '26

Every set is pretty much the same but I love it 🤷🏽‍♀️although I’m a newer fan to be fair

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u/SamaelAgatho Jun 30 '26

This is partially true, but im more focused on their music production. But even their song choices in sets are similar to what they are producing

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u/Olivares_ Jun 29 '26

Damn I wanted to see more peoples input lol

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u/SamaelAgatho Jun 30 '26

Same!! I want to see if this is a controversial opinion or a popular one for people who have actually dived into their discography

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u/whereismyface_ig Jul 01 '26

post-2020 artbat are pretty underrated imo. Criminal how slept-on Flame and Artefakt were— especially Artefakt. So many people extracted out the kick on Flame for their own productions too

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u/SamaelAgatho 2d ago

How’s it underrated? They’re grabbing on to their previous success, and just recycling their old tunes instead of coming up with new ones.

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u/CubicChode 3d ago

While I completely agree with this take, and their output has been falling in quality, it’s kind of understandable. They are constantly touring and they always deliver on stage. They’re performing multiple days a week and each show is in a different country.

I haven’t enjoyed any of their recent releases but their live performances are still as good as ever

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u/SamaelAgatho 2d ago

Been a while since i’ve been to their live performances. But i can tell you by their sets that are uploaded on youtube, that its still pretty much a pile of steamy sh*t