Heaviest Riffs: Drop G#

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  • Опубликовано: 18 ноя 2018
  • The heaviest drop G# riffs!
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    Schecter Blackjack ATX 7
    Ernie Ball Strings 0.12-0.64
    AXE FX
    CUBASE AI 9.5
    Canon SL2
    Adobe Premier
    Tuning: Drop G#
    Tabs:
    #DropAb #Guitar #Riffs
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  • @NikNocturnal
    @NikNocturnal  5 лет назад +220

    Welcome to tha riff house.
    Also, I wanted to include bands like Architects as well a lot of your other suggestions but they use an alternative version of drop G# and I wanted to stay as true to actual drop G# as possible is all. That early grave riff is

    • @littledude565
      @littledude565 5 лет назад

      What’s the difference?

    • @religiousabuse
      @religiousabuse 5 лет назад

      poser

    • @Esptta
      @Esptta 5 лет назад +1

      Do you know why drop tunings in a half steps tend to be called sharps and not flats? It always seemed to me that it would be a flat, because we're tuning down so wouldn't it be a flat? Anyway I don't know that there is a good answer for this. I've just always been curious.
      Keep it up!

    • @commit123
      @commit123 5 лет назад

      @@Esptta flats= a half step lowers sharp. theres no difference between Ab and G# no matter the octave it's preference. I'd say its only useful when tuning by cents

    • @connorlowe7979
      @connorlowe7979 5 лет назад +1

      @@littledude565 Actual drop G# (7 strings) G# D# G# F# A# D# Architects tuning G# F# B E G# C#

  • @chickenpermission1656
    @chickenpermission1656 5 лет назад +374

    *plays every 7 string periphery riffery*

  • @RudyAyoub
    @RudyAyoub 5 лет назад +261

    How do your eyes do that in thumb lmao

  • @kevinsarajlic6268
    @kevinsarajlic6268 5 лет назад +189

    Damn yoy hit the g spot ✌😭👌

  • @ssj20over
    @ssj20over 5 лет назад +496

    Heaviest Riffs: E standard please

  • @toontownfoo
    @toontownfoo 5 лет назад +52

    +1 for the wretchedness inside

  • @hako.
    @hako. 5 лет назад +39

    Discoveries will always hold a special place in my heart. Dispossession is such a good opening track. the intro is mind blowing. such a hype riff

  • @BaenaCarcosa
    @BaenaCarcosa 5 лет назад +127

    Oh man I forgot about Shokran... need to go give them another listen

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  5 лет назад +18

      Shokran is amazing my dude, check out their new album.

    • @josephgoode7646
      @josephgoode7646 3 года назад +4

      Check out revival of darkness! such dank riffage!

  • @SuperWolfman9
    @SuperWolfman9 5 лет назад +113

    THAT'S A GOOD A MEATABALL

  • @mikehawkisb1g
    @mikehawkisb1g 5 лет назад +75

    *SPICEEE REEEFS*

  • @ThatBlindGuy247
    @ThatBlindGuy247 5 лет назад +43

    I see my favourite tuning i click. I hear Northlane and Periphery i nut

  • @salorath1255
    @salorath1255 5 лет назад +66

    What about Invisible Kid by Metallica.. G# ;)

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  5 лет назад +49

      Metallica tune to drop G#? :O

    • @salorath1255
      @salorath1255 5 лет назад +21

      Yeah, for that song only. They've also got a song in drop A#

    • @lacalacadevic2887
      @lacalacadevic2887 4 года назад +4

      @@salorath1255 Dirty Window

    • @theinfinityscout3289
      @theinfinityscout3289 4 года назад

      @@salorath1255 impossible

    • @bloody-fire
      @bloody-fire 4 года назад +3

      Vic Rattlehead Unnamed Felling, Dirty Window in Drop C#

  • @vibes6326
    @vibes6326 5 лет назад +31

    you should have played the clean part of dispossession and then pulled the old switcharoo to the two step part in transcending dimensions because that’s literally the meanest two step any djent band has ever produced

  • @InfinityReptar
    @InfinityReptar 5 лет назад +19

    I can tell that your mixes are getting better! Great job Nik!

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  5 лет назад +2

      Thank you!

    • @InfinityReptar
      @InfinityReptar 5 лет назад

      Nik Nocturnal keep up the good work man! I'm looking forward to hearing your new music soon

  • @KondorXT
    @KondorXT 4 года назад +10

    A very underrated Drop G# band is Head from Korn's side project, Love and Death.

    • @2EyesI
      @2EyesI 2 года назад

      Shit sucks

  • @gavinjones2977
    @gavinjones2977 5 лет назад +1

    your intro commentary is what keeps me alive brother. keep it up!!! sick vids

  • @shiannacash1020
    @shiannacash1020 5 лет назад +3

    Those riffs are awesome! Thank you for the great content nik. Have a nice day!

  • @phantomvarro5986
    @phantomvarro5986 5 лет назад +59

    As a vegan all lives matter metal decepticon elitist I am disgusted that Irreversible or Breach by Erra did not make the list.

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  5 лет назад +8

      Lmao Erra was on the top list but I only ended up going with 8.

  • @user-my7ki4it3s
    @user-my7ki4it3s 5 лет назад +8

    One of my favourite tunings. And pleasant to hear Northlane - Dispossession

  • @sikzo4628
    @sikzo4628 4 года назад +2

    Got your Down & Dirty version as my ringtone now lol, I actually like it more the way you played it.

  • @esrevernititup
    @esrevernititup 5 лет назад

    Sick riffs!

  • @RobinLeneutre
    @RobinLeneutre 5 лет назад +26

    Always impressed by how you memorize all your patreons!
    Great video dude ❤️

    • @thepjcover99
      @thepjcover99 5 лет назад +2

      I think he read it xD

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  5 лет назад +6

      Thanks dude, it's hella hard to remember but with the support they give it's the least I can do :)

    • @RobinLeneutre
      @RobinLeneutre 5 лет назад

      Nik Nocturnal well, can’t wait to see you memorize a hundred of them hahaha

  • @outsidepnw5381
    @outsidepnw5381 4 года назад

    Oh there it is :) Awesome!

  • @floralfire
    @floralfire 5 лет назад

    THIS WAS SUCH AN AMAZING VIDEO!

  • @grx22
    @grx22 4 года назад

    Idk why but I’m addicted to your videos.

  • @rascal3398
    @rascal3398 5 лет назад +1

    Bro you got talent 🔝🤘🏼

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  5 лет назад +2

      Thank you for the kind words! :)

  • @leventesorc4401
    @leventesorc4401 4 года назад

    Spicy riffs 😂😂❤

  • @theshimmeringcarnelians
    @theshimmeringcarnelians 5 месяцев назад

    Thanks for the Heaviest Riffs series. You fast tracked our tests of different tunings, so we don't have to set up our guitars 24 times (12 for standard + 12 for drop).

  • @samkoch4829
    @samkoch4829 5 лет назад +6

    The into reminds me of that hi welcome to chili’s guy

  • @nikutory
    @nikutory 4 года назад +2

    Amazing covers man! You should have included Uneven Structure too..

  • @SynthChris
    @SynthChris 5 лет назад +66

    What?? How come you didn’t do ________ by ______? Unsubbed

  • @morganwar9744
    @morganwar9744 5 лет назад

    Very Nice!

  • @absolute42zero76
    @absolute42zero76 5 лет назад

    Sick

  • @isaacanderson4795
    @isaacanderson4795 5 лет назад +2

    Awesome video! Shoulda played the last breakdown for Collapse though it goes hard

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  5 лет назад +1

      Thanks! I love that breakdown but something about that intro riff feels so energetic and heavy to me.

  • @miss_B_
    @miss_B_ 5 лет назад

    holy fucking shit, thanks for the amazing song suggestions

  • @jashin12ejl
    @jashin12ejl 5 лет назад

    Super buenos riffs

  • @meurtenbaguette
    @meurtenbaguette 5 лет назад

    Your intros give me life

  • @savagemonkeyx61
    @savagemonkeyx61 5 лет назад

    Good shit mate \m/

  • @blazfuturama
    @blazfuturama 5 лет назад +23

    NAILED floruish, the contortionist is wildly good.

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  5 лет назад +3

      Thank you, yeah their older album is crazy!

  • @ryantaylor4196
    @ryantaylor4196 2 года назад

    So trippy listening to the flourish on the slowest setting omg

  • @stevenstatham2864
    @stevenstatham2864 3 года назад

    Possibly my second favourite tuning now behind drop b

  • @mpnothanks
    @mpnothanks 5 лет назад +1

    Goddamn right Exoplanet.
    Can’t wait until Jon finally puts out music.

  • @HoaPierre
    @HoaPierre 5 лет назад

    Hell yeah

  • @MyLittleHecarim
    @MyLittleHecarim 5 лет назад

    FAUUCKK i had to pause 1 seconds in cause I was already laughing too hard how you were saying welcome to the riff house

  • @rwcreation2831
    @rwcreation2831 5 лет назад +6

    Gotta love the triv \m/

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  5 лет назад +3

      ^^ Their new album was great!

    • @rwcreation2831
      @rwcreation2831 5 лет назад +1

      @@NikNocturnal the riff merchant has spoken!!!

  • @jchd9286
    @jchd9286 4 года назад

    That hit the g# spot

  • @averageproductions3057
    @averageproductions3057 5 лет назад +2

    10/10 would dine at the Riff House again

  • @benbasoco7436
    @benbasoco7436 5 лет назад +1

    Thank you for adding The Contortionist in there.

  • @corvusthevamp8485
    @corvusthevamp8485 5 лет назад +2

    If you put all these in an album I'd buy it twice

  • @MetalMachine93
    @MetalMachine93 5 лет назад

    🤘

  • @royalty890
    @royalty890 5 лет назад

    I did not know how to send a message, I hope to see a “Quarter” cover from Fuel, I know you’d kill it!

  • @i69GrzzlyBears
    @i69GrzzlyBears 5 лет назад +2

    The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza- Rudy X3

  • @Glasshexagon
    @Glasshexagon 5 лет назад +5

    >Heaviest Riffs: standard A
    >all the riffery from the first 2 Korn albums

  • @youtuberobbedmeofmyname
    @youtuberobbedmeofmyname 5 лет назад

    Volumes 😍😍

  • @1234bigbangtheory
    @1234bigbangtheory Год назад

    I have a six string tuned to this practically permanently bc why not

  • @shiannacash1020
    @shiannacash1020 5 лет назад

    Aaaa spicy reffs

  • @LillianAredhel
    @LillianAredhel 5 лет назад +4

    *Spicyyyy*

  • @johnsonbecomer6262
    @johnsonbecomer6262 8 месяцев назад

    heavy friends by boris has a crazy good one, simple but pleasing

  • @Futureguitarist15
    @Futureguitarist15 5 лет назад

    Fuck yeah shokran I'm glad to see them get some attention

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  5 лет назад +1

      Been following them for years, love that band!

    • @Futureguitarist15
      @Futureguitarist15 5 лет назад

      @@NikNocturnal I love their style and their final mixes always sound so good. You can tell they put a lot of time and effort into their music!

  • @KondorXT
    @KondorXT 5 лет назад

    Sassy Nik is the new Slavic Nik

  • @anthonyburgos4860
    @anthonyburgos4860 5 лет назад +6

    Great video man, just wondering what the scale length of your schecter and what string gauge you used for drop G#?

  • @ToxicSentinelTTV
    @ToxicSentinelTTV Год назад +1

    I just got my Schecter C-7 Deluxe in today and the first riff I tried playing was from Erebus by Aversions Crown and it is a rough one for me 😂 but it's soooo good though

  • @sammytheman8994
    @sammytheman8994 5 лет назад

    sick dude! Do you have backing tracks for any of these?

  • @bochasmusic7850
    @bochasmusic7850 5 лет назад

    Drop Nik boy brutal as usual

  • @djentyboi6878
    @djentyboi6878 5 лет назад

    Gotta love that intro😂

  • @TenaciousJoe24
    @TenaciousJoe24 5 лет назад

    Now a thats a spicy riffa! 👌

  • @mikehawke2172
    @mikehawke2172 Год назад

    It's all good G #

  • @drakenn342
    @drakenn342 5 лет назад

    So that's the tuning I've been looking for. Huh, neat.

  • @vaiserious
    @vaiserious 4 года назад +1

    What strings do you guys use for this tuning? Am i far off if Id use 10's set plus a 66 on bottom?

  • @jac.o.blayne
    @jac.o.blayne 5 лет назад

    Spicy boi

  • @Hand-Banana
    @Hand-Banana 3 года назад

    Does a 10 to 59 work alright for drop g tuning? Ive ordered my first 7 string. It's an esp ltd M 1007 QM with a floyd rose trem. Any info helps thank you

  • @VionicBlue
    @VionicBlue 5 лет назад +1

    Trapped by The World Alive is by far my favourite Drop G# riff at the moment

  • @lilamphibian7812
    @lilamphibian7812 5 лет назад

    much spice🔥🔥🔥

  • @DennisFeinsteinCEO
    @DennisFeinsteinCEO 5 лет назад +1

    Best Oli Herbert riffs!!! 🙏🎼

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  5 лет назад

      Too many to choose from, he was such a legend.

  • @Lovodium
    @Lovodium 5 лет назад +4

    Am I the only one who think over and over what the hell happening right now 🤘 That's lit

  • @charlesdrum69
    @charlesdrum69 5 лет назад

    Dope my fav are periphery and after the burial

  • @thebruhman03
    @thebruhman03 5 лет назад

    🤘🤘🤘

  • @starrk7158
    @starrk7158 5 лет назад

    Omg make total destroy in this one. :D

  • @donnythei
    @donnythei 5 лет назад

    Nik back at it again with a Dank Meme

  • @alexlvn2691
    @alexlvn2691 5 лет назад

    What is your string gauge ? Good covers !!! Thanks

  • @goner.9989
    @goner.9989 3 года назад

    Heaviest double drop d riffs I dare you

  • @felipec3788
    @felipec3788 5 лет назад

    more drop g# stuff plss

  • @nighthawk9532
    @nighthawk9532 Год назад

    The last audible tuning

  • @j.jonasjettison7332
    @j.jonasjettison7332 4 года назад +1

    Breaking the Covenant off of Halo 2 Anniversary soundtrack is Soo good

  • @joneberhard
    @joneberhard 5 лет назад

    These are some beefy riffs indeed.

  • @xxShadowxx-dy2wo
    @xxShadowxx-dy2wo 2 года назад

    "lost in a valley of smoke...!"

  • @therolandstreet
    @therolandstreet 5 лет назад

    So LOOOOO!

  • @Ali-sk8gn
    @Ali-sk8gn Месяц назад

    how can i find the best gauge for drop G# tunning on 7 stringa guitar? and also can i sometimes change this gauge to A? please help me👈🙏🤘🙏🤘

  • @SultanOfSlam69
    @SultanOfSlam69 5 лет назад

    Didn't even play the heaviest part of The Wretchedness Inside! Cool vid though man!

  • @patriotstreammedia3635
    @patriotstreammedia3635 5 лет назад +1

    Down and dirty was by far the sickest riff.

  • @jadonclark4315
    @jadonclark4315 5 лет назад

    *Hits that like button before the video starts*

  • @Matthew750-4
    @Matthew750-4 Год назад

    What guage of strings do yall recommend to going to drop g and A on a six string?

  • @tychovandonk2616
    @tychovandonk2616 5 лет назад

    I Declare War - Misery Cloud. Should have been here for sure

  • @chief8825
    @chief8825 2 года назад

    Heaviest riffs- A standard

  • @Blottski
    @Blottski 5 лет назад

    Down & Dirty !! Also I feel like you shoulda put a MMF song in there they've got some heavy G# riffs

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  5 лет назад

      I was looking for some MMF but they just weren't as heavy as these is all.

  • @ludoletono
    @ludoletono 5 лет назад +2

    Surprise Shokran, did not expect them to make it into any lists.

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  5 лет назад

      I love Shokran :)

    • @ludoletono
      @ludoletono 5 лет назад

      @@NikNocturnal Not to mention, new album REAL SOON, oh sweet merry mother of Djesus.

  • @chrisbicehouse
    @chrisbicehouse 5 лет назад

    I was like what. No Architects Wage War or Chelsea Grin. Hahaha. Good video man

    • @ilikeheavymuzic135
      @ilikeheavymuzic135 5 лет назад +1

      chelsea grin doesnt use G#, wage war only has 1 song in that tuning and architects use an alternate version of G#

    • @connorlowe7979
      @connorlowe7979 5 лет назад

      @@ilikeheavymuzic135 They actually have a couple in drop G# from that album you're mentioning.

    • @ilikeheavymuzic135
      @ilikeheavymuzic135 5 лет назад

      @@connorlowe7979 yea originally i thought it was just don't let me fade away, but indestructible and disdain are also in G#. they still barely use that tuning compared to A# and G

  • @iagopedroni2451
    @iagopedroni2451 5 лет назад +2

    Scourge of iron!

  • @DareToShine
    @DareToShine 5 лет назад

    Gimme some of that drop F beeeef

  • @01left
    @01left 4 года назад

    hi .. i didnt find Ernie Ball Strings.012-.064 - which one you are using? And how did you tune the 7th String G# ?Thanks