@@Creature1009 Ive only ever listened to language entirely and it’s a masterpiece. But I haven’t listened to much of their other stuff. I need to go through their discography so thanks for the reminder
The Abysmal Eye being in drop G# always throws me. I hear Meshuggah and my brain immediately thinks "F STANDARD," but there are more exceptions than I seem to remember, haha! Great list, lots of banger riffs on here!
I guess they either missed using 7 strings, or just dropped the 7th string on their 8s to a G#. Or dropped the 8th to D# and played higher on the neck. I think they actually did all of those through various live performances, with each guitarist opting for a different strategy each time, lol
@@LxE9799They switch to 7 strings in their live shows. You can see their 7 strings in the bloodstock live vid. Which is weird, because in that show they play straws pulled at random right after as the next song (back to 8 strings) then future breed machine after that (back to 7 strings in A# standard). When it seems like they could just do what you said and tune their A# to G#.
@@Sasquatch33 yeah, but I heard that it's new and that in the beginning of the Immutable tour they were still using their 8s and just tuning the A# down. Interesting
@@LxE9799 They were using their 8s in A# for the beginning of the US immutable tour. I saw them live Oct 2022 and I have a video of Fredrik playing the future breed machine solo on his 8. But ever since that bloodstock show in Nov 2023 (or probably even a bit before) they've been using 7s for abysmal eye, humiliative, future breed etc.
Drop G# Heaviest Riffs 0:52 Disposession 1:13 Early Grave 1:37 The Abysmal Eye 2:23 Whoa! Shut It Down 2:53 Limitless 3:16 Make Total Destroy 3:44 Infested 4:03 The Hammer 4:26 Primal Directive 4:42 Lucid
I would've gone with Flourish or Exoplanet II: Void for The Contortionist. Also Kaonashis We Got One or I Hate The Sound Of Car Keys would've been great additions to this list.
Kyle, if I only play at home 90% of the time and always get miked via PA, which would be better/more practical? The Invective MH, or PRS MT15? I'm on a strict $800 budget for both a head and cab
@@kenjicarlos8402 Invective MH has everything you need, including built in switchable boost and gate. If you're mic'd or playing at home, its the better option from a feature standpoint, imo
Would have loved to hear that ending riff from "The Mouth of the River" by The Acacia Strain on here. One of my favorite endings to a song. Not sure if it's the same tuning but it is nuts
I was wondering why I’d seen pictures of Fredrik playing on a 7 string version of his signature, despite how he normally just opts to play songs like “Future Breed Machine” and “New Millennium Cyanide Christ” on his 8 string. He needs a whole different tuning for this particular song
FINALLY!! my 7 string is in drop G# but there's not a whole lot of songs i know in drop G#. i mainly keep it there so that tuning up to drop A is still feasible and i don't have to pitch shift too far to go lower
great, but if you could share more of your excuses to write about your setup and your personal life and decisions, that would be awesome. Everyone is interested...
@@_useroffline Yep same tuning. However I have to say the riffs on this new album are almost way too simple, it's almost like a whole album of breakdowns. (Which isn't bad) The past albums riffs are a bit more dynamic.
Most Car Bomb stuff seems to be in drop G#, although I think they do it on a baritone. Lights Out, Blackened Battery, and the Sentinel are all good contenders.
I’ve definitely figured out my music taste 😂kublai khan, periphery and meshuggah are the three bands I’ve listened too the most this past year. I just love B A S S
My hands-down favorite tuning to play in!🤘🤘I always just called it Drop Ab tho. Eb Bb Gb Db Ab Eb Ab was way easier for my brain to process since you're basically just dropping standard down a half-step.
you know this is the heaviest riff... when it puts you sitting down without a strap and makes you order a good gaming chair for gigs... making the bass player looking the coolest once at least
Drop G# is awesome, top 3 favorite tunings, it's a shame it seems to be overshadowed by drop A and G. Cool list! One of my favorite songs in G# is The Unfaithful by Memphis May Fire
While probably not "metal" enough for this channel. My favorite G# riff is A World Away by Tremonti. The way it's mixed and when the two guitars come in. It's a "grimace with joyful disgust" riff. Also, your Polaris tone might be better the the album. Polaris is a super heavy, Uber modern bad, and I get little to no low end in the guitars. Your rendition had the beef I miss in their guitar tone. Good job.
@ 2:53 yooo i remember your cover of limitless with taylor thomson and jt cavey from like 10 years ago. you've gotten a lot better the past few years and i'm happy to see your progression.
Only having one 7 string that has a Floyd rose but never being able to decide whether I like writing in drop F# or Drop G# is killing me. Lol I got a multiscale 8 string on the way that I’ll have tuned to Drop D# though so that will at least allow me to get in the drop G# stuff when I want to.
Top 5 drop G# riffs Down and dirty-Heaven Sent Tasters - Justice Memphis May Fire - legacy Motionless in white - corpse nation Down and dirty - Move it
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What about heaviest riffs in double drop C??🤣
RIP Ryan Siew and Tom Searle, thanks for contributing to this list, and many others
Legends
You've forgot Diego Farias 🙏
@@kbleskate I didn't even realise he had passed away, another big loss, RIP
Diegos death was so out of nowhere and so sad. RIP
The Contortionist!!! That entire Exoplanet album slaps so hard. It's a masterpiece of progressive metal.
I miss them so much. Every record they've done has been a masterpiece.
Language 1 and 2 is quite possibly my favorite metal song ever.
That album really is a masterpiece. There's nothing else that captures that atmosphere.
Favorite G# riffs
Expiate by Erra
Outro riff of Motormouth by Periphery
Flatline by Periphery
No contortionist L
@@Creature1009 Ive only ever listened to language entirely and it’s a masterpiece. But I haven’t listened to much of their other stuff. I need to go through their discography so thanks for the reminder
Honestly both the price is wrong and motormouth slap to hell and back. All of my top 10 g# riffs would be periphery
question is why motormouth wasnt in the video...
Expected Whoa Shut It Down, got it, loved it. Nicely done!
The Abysmal Eye being in drop G# always throws me. I hear Meshuggah and my brain immediately thinks "F STANDARD," but there are more exceptions than I seem to remember, haha!
Great list, lots of banger riffs on here!
I honestly had no idea it was in Drop G# until this video
I guess they either missed using 7 strings, or just dropped the 7th string on their 8s to a G#. Or dropped the 8th to D# and played higher on the neck.
I think they actually did all of those through various live performances, with each guitarist opting for a different strategy each time, lol
@@LxE9799They switch to 7 strings in their live shows. You can see their 7 strings in the bloodstock live vid. Which is weird, because in that show they play straws pulled at random right after as the next song (back to 8 strings) then future breed machine after that (back to 7 strings in A# standard). When it seems like they could just do what you said and tune their A# to G#.
@@Sasquatch33 yeah, but I heard that it's new and that in the beginning of the Immutable tour they were still using their 8s and just tuning the A# down. Interesting
@@LxE9799 They were using their 8s in A# for the beginning of the US immutable tour. I saw them live Oct 2022 and I have a video of Fredrik playing the future breed machine solo on his 8. But ever since that bloodstock show in Nov 2023 (or probably even a bit before) they've been using 7s for abysmal eye, humiliative, future breed etc.
When u played Dispossession, i was hooked. Thank u for putting that on the list. I love that song
Bro really got the full periphery rig, the holcomb prs and the misha head lol
I really like the outro riff of Beware by Deftones, it's simple but effective, and fun to play
g# standard
@@tfwnoyandere The riff can be played also in drop G#, but you're right, in Stephen's playthrough it's listed as G# standard
i suppose early grave was allowed in this video and that song is 7 string g# standard without the low c# so fair enough
That breakdown riff in Make Total Destroy is my favourite riff of all time, it goes so hard!!!
Architects- Early Grave is one of my favorite riffs ever
Drop G# Heaviest Riffs
0:52 Disposession
1:13 Early Grave
1:37 The Abysmal Eye
2:23 Whoa! Shut It Down
2:53 Limitless
3:16 Make Total Destroy
3:44 Infested
4:03 The Hammer
4:26 Primal Directive
4:42 Lucid
The Acacia Strain uses drop g# on their newer material as well. “Birds of Paradise, Birds of prey” and “EARTH WILL BECOME DEATH” are standouts
I would've gone with Flourish or Exoplanet II: Void for The Contortionist. Also Kaonashis We Got One or I Hate The Sound Of Car Keys would've been great additions to this list.
We Got One is a lot of fun to play
BANDREW AENA DOES IT AGAIN
Kyle, if I only play at home 90% of the time and always get miked via PA, which would be better/more practical? The Invective MH, or PRS MT15? I'm on a strict $800 budget for both a head and cab
@@kenjicarlos8402 Invective MH has everything you need, including built in switchable boost and gate. If you're mic'd or playing at home, its the better option from a feature standpoint, imo
Hell yeah, primal directive. Love that contortionist album.
Also we need drop f# riffs next💥💥🗣🗣❗❗
I know so many good ones
I can’t believe you made a drop G# video and didn’t include a single Erra riff. That’s borderline criminal. 🥺🥺
well I can't believe you didn't mention Acacia Strain
Disembodied, Acacia Strain, etc, etc. Fun tuning for sure🤘
Fuck yeah, via era volumes. Sick
as a drop g# guy myself automatic thumbs up!
so you're playing sitting down in your room too, automatically? I guess yours and the author's parents behind the wall have more feeling...
@@batsk8 can't say anything for the author but yeah my parent do have more feeling than me, Have a nice day kind sir!
Been listening to that new bodysnatcher nonstop, this was a sick collection of riffs, well done as always :)
Remember that Metallica once tuned down to this tuning
Invisible kid was the song
@@BrolyKenseigoku bingo
@@BrolyKenseigokuof course. We know this because that was the most poorly mixed album from a mainstream band to ever exist.
@@TmonkeyWins I feel like for some reason over the last couple years it’s gotten a lot of attention again
Would have loved to hear that ending riff from "The Mouth of the River" by The Acacia Strain on here. One of my favorite endings to a song. Not sure if it's the same tuning but it is nuts
I was wondering why I’d seen pictures of Fredrik playing on a 7 string version of his signature, despite how he normally just opts to play songs like “Future Breed Machine” and “New Millennium Cyanide Christ” on his 8 string. He needs a whole different tuning for this particular song
I’ve thought about getting that new Mark Holcomb SVN as an addition to my collection. Sounds pretty damn good and crunchy.
'Scourge of Iron' by CC was the first riff I had in mind.
I saw one tuning list noting it as in G# standard. Dunno if that's the case tho
Cannibal corpse use 2 tunings, A# standard and G# standard, source: their guitar tech's youtube channel, Scooter is his name
@@Ryan_Sens very cool. Good to know
Can confirm that Mark Holcomb SVN kicks a lot of ass
Huge, Absolutego and Ganbouki by Boris are black hole smashing riffs in this tuning
Drop G# sounds awesome!!!
Instant thumbs up for that Tortis riff from Exoplanet. LFG
Baena bringing the heavy
FINALLY!! my 7 string is in drop G# but there's not a whole lot of songs i know in drop G#. i mainly keep it there so that tuning up to drop A is still feasible and i don't have to pitch shift too far to go lower
great, but if you could share more of your excuses to write about your setup and your personal life and decisions, that would be awesome. Everyone is interested...
Kublai Khan riffs are really fun (and simple) to play. All of them are in G#.
@@batsk8 what a strange thing to get upset over lol, go play some riffs dude
@@Sasquatch33 hell yeah, they kept that tuning for their new album right? i’ll have to look up tabs when i get time
@@_useroffline Yep same tuning. However I have to say the riffs on this new album are almost way too simple, it's almost like a whole album of breakdowns. (Which isn't bad) The past albums riffs are a bit more dynamic.
Ive made 2 songs in drop g# tuning and can say its probably my go-to tuning for 7 string, especially anything djent related
Most Car Bomb stuff seems to be in drop G#, although I think they do it on a baritone. Lights Out, Blackened Battery, and the Sentinel are all good contenders.
The Sentinel 🥵🥵🥵
Mata Hari from Intervals has sick riffing too
2:54 11 years since a watch you guitar cover of this song haha
Yo that is so cool thank you for sticking around so long haha
transition into the hammer was beautiufl
Love these vids man!!
I’ve definitely figured out my music taste 😂kublai khan, periphery and meshuggah are the three bands I’ve listened too the most this past year. I just love B A S S
I would’ve love to have seen an Impending Doom song but solid list overall. Especially Kublai Khan.
My hands-down favorite tuning to play in!🤘🤘I always just called it Drop Ab tho. Eb Bb Gb Db Ab Eb Ab was way easier for my brain to process since you're basically just dropping standard down a half-step.
The Polaris and Northlane riffs are goated
you know this is the heaviest riff... when it puts you sitting down without a strap and makes you order a good gaming chair for gigs... making the bass player looking the coolest once at least
Dispossession is such a timeless banger
Thanks bro you are currently teaching me guitar!
Drop G# is awesome, top 3 favorite tunings, it's a shame it seems to be overshadowed by drop A and G. Cool list! One of my favorite songs in G# is The Unfaithful by Memphis May Fire
I personally would have gone with the intro riff to “Advent” from that Contortionist album, but still a good pick!
Hell yeah, love the guitar too
erra lights city or irreversible 🔥
You missed out on Kingseeker. So many cool riffs!
Rockin the shabori ATB sweatpants i got the same pair love it!
The invective gets a lot a hate but honestly it’s been a literal work horse for me lol
Love it !!!!
literally my dream guitar, one day i will get one.
If only PRS released another 8 string model, it already looks and sounds sweet as a 7 string! 🤘😈
the time has come for us to see
I have this exact guitar, it feels so nice. But the man the pickups have so much treble
NVLO, Deathcore from Argentina.
All of their songs are in Drop G#.
Give them a chance! 🇦🇷
My two Ibanez RG 7 strings are in A Standard with that Drop G option!
I FREAKING LOVE VOLUMES - VIA ALBUM !!!!!!!!!!!!!! inject that shit into my veins ❤❤❤❤
While probably not "metal" enough for this channel. My favorite G# riff is A World Away by Tremonti.
The way it's mixed and when the two guitars come in. It's a "grimace with joyful disgust" riff.
Also, your Polaris tone might be better the the album. Polaris is a super heavy, Uber modern bad, and I get little to no low end in the guitars. Your rendition had the beef I miss in their guitar tone.
Good job.
I have the six string Holcomb prs. Im thinking really hard about getting the 7 string just can’t make up my mind
Man I forgot that early grave track goes hard af
The pinch harmonic riff in Bodysnatcher - Twelve/Seventeen
TOP TIER MIX, MASTER AND GUITAR TONES!
Ice Nine Kills has a Drop G# song called Hip To Be Scared
@ 2:53 yooo i remember your cover of limitless with taylor thomson and jt cavey from like 10 years ago.
you've gotten a lot better the past few years and i'm happy to see your progression.
That's so fucking cool to hear! Thank you :)
I just bought a baritone acoustic, time to go to drop G and learn the funny Vildhjarta song
try some Love & Death ! great playing. that PRS Holcom is a beast !
Banger list!
Only having one 7 string that has a Floyd rose but never being able to decide whether I like writing in drop F# or Drop G# is killing me. Lol
I got a multiscale 8 string on the way that I’ll have tuned to Drop D# though so that will at least allow me to get in the drop G# stuff when I want to.
Man! You remind me exoplanet from the contortionist, wath a great album
Baena my guy, you fucking NAILED Abysmal Eye. It sounds better than the record, and I do not say that lightly
any riff from paleface swiss is probably my favorite G# riff tbh
Great video as always, but not including anything from Within the Ruins albums “Creature” was criminal.
The new Kublai Khan is so hard!
Sick PRS!
My favorite 7 string tuning
Definitely could have used some Malevolence/self-titled I Declare War riffs 🤘
I have two 7 strings guitars. One in B Standard. One in drop G#. I always keep them that way.
I play in a CGCGCD tuning. That is tuned a whole step down.
You shouldve done that one riff from Fuf as a bonus
my dream guitar...
That guitar is my dream
I have the previous version of that 7 string PRS but I could never find the right string gauge for drop G# 😢 Any recommendations please?
Not sure the tuning, but how about some tony danza riffs
Let there be some primitive man songs! They use g# standart, but still💀💀💀
Those riffs from video do slap man
drop g# truly is the og 7 string djent tuning
Cymbals are ripping my ears apart. Sick riffs tho!
3:29 don’t think I didn’t notice that cop out lollll
i think The Wretched Inside by Trivium should be on the list of heaviest drop G# songs
G# goes so hard though 😤
Top 5 drop G# riffs
Down and dirty-Heaven Sent
Tasters - Justice
Memphis May Fire - legacy
Motionless in white - corpse nation
Down and dirty - Move it
You forgot "Roju - Calamity" that intro riff is really heavy one, check it out!
A Sad Cartoon by Loathe is in Drop G#
Choke by Bury Tomorrow and Indestructible by Wage War will always be in the top G# riffs
Great playing as always by Andrew Baena but I can't get over the fact that he played Lucid by Polaris (breakdown riffs) so wrongly.
Drop ß heaviest guitar riffs when?
About 4 months ago haha!
@@BaenaCarcosa i wasnt referring to drop b, but i guess you arent metal enough to know about drop ß or drop §#
@@Elias-qj7dq you forgot about Drop Ü my dude.
@@FrancoW1 youre right, rookie mistake should have mentioned drop 肺衰竭 aswell
What about drop Q
Norma jean and new he is legend have some fat g# riffs
My fave Drop G# riff is Desolation by Boris the Blade
i was hoping for another life by currents 🔥