Phrygian Dominant Solo for Iconoclasm

I'm currently on tour filling in for Exodus in Europe, so here is a solo I put together to play over the Exodus song Iconoclasm, it's in the spirit of the original but also...completely different! We haven't played this song live yet, I'm not sure if we will, but I thought I'd bust out a Patreon lesson for it in my hotel room. Check it out! Got all my Mike Romeo ripoff licks in there.
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[@AUBCodeII]

That's a way to assert dominance

[@Xyrox211]

Phrygian dominance

[@ali965]

@@Xyrox211 ahaaa nice

[@The_Great_Letter_E]

​@Xyrox211 lol beat me to it

[@BandXshow]

It’s the only way

[@ESPSJ]

It's so cool to see you play for Exodus. I'd love you see you play for Megadeth one day if it was ever possible.

[@metalliholic]

That would be amazing!

[@Void921]

Mustaine's not gonna be eternal... nor "young".

[@WEAKNESSBand]

Right!?! He'd be able to fucking rip Marty Friedman solos

[@ESPSJ]

@@WEAKNESSBand I still go back and watch his Tornado of Souls solo cover quite often. No one is even close to his cover, I think he actually plays it cleaner than Friedman did.

[@slow7770]

He would be perfect in Megadeth!

[@EuphoriaTB]

I love the no bar tremolo grab hahaha. That dive was so clean too, you’re a monster bro 🤘

[@bobby_hill8357]

I was trying to figure out how he made that sound

[@orangemaniabrother2232]

I came here looking for the answer to that, what did he do? I've got no whammy bar so I want to do this lol

[@grandarchon6969]

@@orangemaniabrother2232 It's still a floating bridge that you can bump (increase distance/ tension/ pitch) or grab and pull the base at the end (decrease distance/ tension/ pitch).

[@metallsnubben]

@@grandarchon6969 And just to be extra clear, this definitely _has_ an actual bar, that just happens to not be slotted in here

[@grandarchon6969]

@@metallsnubben Yes, it's just much harder to do it accurately without the bar. I tried after watching this. It's doable, but not easy or fun. And if your action is low it's really hard to grab it depending on where the bridge is floating.

[@forsakenguitar1364]

Easiest necrophagist solo

[@dobbs123456789]

This is something special guys. This is a historical talent. Pretty amazing stuff.

[@BandXshow]

The 1% of the population

[@kevinkeith3530]

Pfffttt... simply awesome.. Brandon should be Dime in the Pantera reunion

[@Void921]

It's like a Motörhead reunion with Phil, Mikey and Cronos from Venom on bass/vocals.... would be a (bad) joke.

[@kevinkeith3530]

@@DjinnGSXR ya, just hope it's not a pinch harmonix class every note

[@joelcelima]

I was thinking zakk Wylde would be a good fit also

[@alienallen]

The best fit so far is Wes Hauch.

[@therifflair724]

@@kevinkeith3530 😂🤣😅

[@domw5592]

That bounce on the tremolo was so smooth.

[@kennethdutton4153]

Badass, was looking for F# Phrygian dominant arpeggios and found this video

[@shannonjennings1454]

Brandon Ellis is absolutely anazing! If I could play like any of my guitar heroes, I honestly can say that I wish I could play like Brandon the most. Would love to get an instrumental album from him at some point in the future.

[@lancesims8627]

Bro i swear you still are getting better!!! That was insane$!!!

[@Floodgazer]

Always end up watching your vids like 5 times in a row they’re just so sick

[@DrewElGringasho]

Ive watched this 11 times in 10 minutes bro so SICK

[@markrohrbaugh1825]

I gotta admit I love it when you can hear the strings on these cam vids. It truly shows that the chops are real!! Sounds super sick as fuck brother!! 0:24 in . Man I love those 2 string arp cadence runs!! Awesome!

[@BandXshow]

Raw recordings!🤘🔥

[@Goose21]

All my homies hate mimed playthroughs

[@AlexRG8]

Absolutely fucking beast.

[@SirThrobert]

this guy unlocked cod mwr exclusion zone for his guitar

[@K_R_N.]

Whenever I feel like shit I binge some Brandon Ellis vids for dat dere massive dopamine hit

[@delta_moo6125]

I have never been so fucking humbled in my life 😭

[@koertjanssen3466]

Absolutely tight and incredibly fluid 🤘 really a huge inspiration, i hope to be able to play like that one day

[@carlo8076]

Hey I've seen you guys in Cracov, what an amazing show! You killed it Brandon!

[@Matthias_Jabs]

Краков очень красивый, вы крутые ребята, поляки, всегда завидовал вам по доброму.

[@lucy-zj6hd]

super clean, keep pushing it, amazing technique

[@ellooottt]

that tickled my brain

[@MorrisChannel4]

I played exactly like that, got tired of whammy bar being in the way. So I whammy like that! Awesome.

[@aruarian43]

❤ I do the same

[@JoaoSilva-on4od]

There arent many things I want more than to listen this within the song itself. Such a monstrous solo for a phenomenal track.

[@TheKnight-zf5eb]

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Phrygian Dominant: it's time to shine

[@OndskapensHersker]

You make guitarists proud, what a pleasure to see the 80's still alive in people like you!

[@ashwashakash9008]

Last line whammy phrasing was so predictable, great playing..greetings from Nepal

[@Novous]

OOOOh, I finally found MechWarrior 2 Mercenaries - Dust River's scale. Crazy to think I've heard this scale since I was like 8 years old thanks to that game.

[@avzarathustra6164]

beautiful

[@blackdahlia6282]

My spirit animal

[@KBIbanez1989]

Immediately thought of Michael Romeo and Necrophagist

[@shoretlopo9312]

That's insane I heard some Michael Romeo like playing within that before reading the description. Sick!!

[@clemfandango274]

the ending reminds me of snarky puppy's 'Shofukan' pretty cool

[@HEAR_Instrumentals]

God damn that was clean af!

[@azkat-bone8935]

This lead make me the melody is so hypnotizing

[@jorge_tati]

ultra mega great brandon!!!!!!!!

[@IRISHguitarist777]

Unreal! Sir,you are THE MAESTRO,such incredible talent and beautiful,effortless,flawless technique you have.

[@FatherJack24]

Great ! Good to see you tour with Exodus !

[@loosemeatsamich3689]

As always, the shred master.

[@eddominates]

"forgot the bar in the case.. ah well, I'll manage" 😁

[@shaharbar]

Goddamn Brandon, you are fucking KILLING it!

[@nopenopenope5469]

Hypnotic!!

[@CrushingAxes]

Awesome solo! This guitar looks so cool man!!!

[@FrixosMariosGeralis]

AMAZING !!! And im the FIRST commenbt of 2024 hahaha.Happy new year bro.

[@elixenramirez740]

Thank you RUclips algorithm 🙏

[@Existential-Paradigm]

Absolutely incredible, bro! ❤

[@deanosphenos7960]

SHREDDING 🧀!

[@IcarusSuite]

Unreal.

[@stevetorster]

so. fucking. clean.

[@burttheburger]

An orange crackle with a satin neck on that guitar would be my heaven

[@reidos6420]

Love your bends and vibrato. Damn that was a tasty solo!

[@brinepacer]

That was badass.

[@Diego7Strat]

awesome!

[@kennyslg8914]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT. I've seen a lot of shredders but that was just unbelievable.

[@ExtremelyVolatile-]

your timing is impeccable ! damn

[@ziouzitsou24]

One of my favorite songs of them, great album as well! Such a SICK solo for it man, keep it up!
Best wishes from Greece!

[@JesusChrist_IsTruth-LoveForALL]

😱 my brothaaa! 🙌👏💥🎉

[@trevorseghers8587]

Killer shirt too! 😎👍

[@meeksguitar]

so cool!

[@hahnwill0947]

definitely my favourite scale

[@trevorseghers8587]

Hot damn!!!

[@funshorestudios]

Bro, thanks for referencing the god Michael Romeo. He deserves more recognition. The Dark Chapter is bonkers.

[@MRRVADrums]

That ghost whammy bar though. 👏🏻

[@slayer92666]

Man, congratulations! You are playing with EXODUS! You are wiriting in Metal history a thing I saw you could maaaany years ago when I watched your Tornado Of Souls solo. You kill on guitar. If it's possible I'll be waiting to watch and may be change some words with all of you in Brasil, São Paulo in Carioca Club, december 4.
As Dime used to say: "Light it up, watch it go!"
I wish more and more SUCCESS to you man! SUCCESS!🌟

[@tanandtrent]

gechu a pull of that baby! RIP Dime

[@Fede379]

You are a beast!! Top!

[@JordanNicouleaud]

So great!!! So good my friend!!! You kill my ass 😅 congratulations for this good vibes! Thanks!

[@Nedwin]

So cool man

[@jesuslovesu5605]

That was really good , with the tremolo stuf

[@bradbutler]

GNARLY dude!!!!!!! 😎 F'n gnarly! Sweet axe as well

[@thefourthwritedjentleman3643]

Absolute BEAST!!!

[@andysalter7192]

Yngwie is in the house!!

[@danlatulip4775]

Damn!
Back to the wood shed

[@greatsoutherntrendkill79]

Hell yeah!

[@krispynachos9980]

God damn! So sick! So clean!

[@drumitar]

lets go brandon !

[@FearCycle]

Very very very very clean

[@ryan.1990]

_Nice_ 💥

[@stevesalt8003]

Sick

[@philippechetaille2908]

Beast !!!! can't wait to see u on stage Brandon

[@DrewElGringasho]

Bro that is FIREEEEEE. I WANT TO HEAR THIS MIXED AND ON THE ORIGINAL SONG NOW BRO FIREEEEEEE

[@wiebenijenhuis1825]

Incredible

[@RBdestroyer3321]

fuck sakes man this almost made me cry

[@AlecDrow]

I love this!

[@mtincho08]

Animal !!!! 🤟🤟

[@АртёмСалахетдинов-ь9в]

Best metal guitarist of our time!

[@thefourthwritedjentleman3643]

Ah I hate that term, not having a go but music is subjective- not objective so it’s impossible to say “best” just my opinion
Amazingly talented player though

[@DevanBishop]

Yup I’m subscribing

[@dryguys2]

I don’t know why but this gives me such symphony x sea of lies vibes

[@Balmung5150]

So much Romeo lol

[@TheVermifuge]

Necrophagist @ 0:05

[@TheVermifuge]

Loomis @ 0:12

[@johnstrange6799]

Hell yeah! I haven't seen a Wasp shirt since 1986.

[@47279J]

You are the man!

[@CalebePriester]

Cool!

[@Phoenix_420_]

This is badass

[@sunsty1e]

noooice!

[@denivan5028]

Отлично сыграно! Очень чисто и гладко!!!❤

[@EL_DUDERIN0]

Oh my goodness that's tasty.

[@rayastro6587]

THAT WAS WILD! FUCK YEAH MAN 🔥

[@evalex71]

Awesome man

[@seangregory932]

Crazy. Your a machine bud 👊

[@tavismacdonald7759]

Yea just listened to that part with the record. Then with Loomis. And yeah. You'd nail that part so fucking hard

[@cainm8808]

Fucking Awesome!

[@daddyyotv3832]

You got my subs

[@thehairygull]

Nice