This is why modern metal SUCKS

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  • Опубликовано: 2 июн 2023
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  • @Bernthguitar
    @Bernthguitar  Год назад +553

    Remember that this is satire 😂 Listen to 'Still Shred' on Spotify ▶ shorturl.at/huUXY
    Get tickets for my 'Waterworks' tour from Sept 27th - Oct 8th ▶ bit.ly/3Ing8rl

    • @Dead-Eye
      @Dead-Eye Год назад +18

      You may *think* this is satire but it rings too true to me. 😏😆

    • @Sonicshadow8989
      @Sonicshadow8989 Год назад +9

      @@Dead-Eye nope not true at all you just wanna be different so bad.

    • @FAN-dn6vx
      @FAN-dn6vx Год назад

      @@Dead-Eyefound the tard 🫵

    • @obamastolemyvcr2901
      @obamastolemyvcr2901 Год назад

      @@Dead-Eye tell me you don't how to work a computer or even find good metal because there's dozens of it you're just too lazy to look I swear old people shouldn't have opinions on music or art in general.

    • @zhangbd2010
      @zhangbd2010 Год назад +2

      Hi, will you play metal songs in this Waterworks tour(Berlin) ? If yes, how many percent? If no, do you plan for a metal tour?I am more interested in the metal songs" . Thanks

  • @NikNocturnal
    @NikNocturnal Год назад +344

    Tuning should've been lower

    • @226butters226
      @226butters226 Год назад +2

      Damn right Nik

    • @Bernthguitar
      @Bernthguitar  Год назад +53

      I will try next time 😂🤘

    • @Mr_Egg04
      @Mr_Egg04 4 месяца назад +2

      GODDAMIT Nik.

    • @TacTicMint
      @TacTicMint 4 месяца назад +10

      Yes lower. I could almost hear what note it was.

    • @rickacton7540
      @rickacton7540 2 месяца назад +1

      scales and arpeggios =/= an original melodic line

  • @Mr._E_5042
    @Mr._E_5042 Год назад +3251

    I love it! As a bass player I laugh when guys keep tuning lower and lower... end up getting guitars with bass strings and say they hate the bass guitar and it's pointless in Metal. It's called bass envy.

    • @maxwellblakely7952
      @maxwellblakely7952 Год назад +64

      I still tune to E and Eb

    • @Mr._E_5042
      @Mr._E_5042 Год назад +30

      @@maxwellblakely7952 I use standard six string bass tuning and I works for guitarist that drop tune. If I needed to drop I would have to use lighter gages for the B.

    • @bruh.j4mes
      @bruh.j4mes Год назад +155

      i dont understand the bass hate, the bass guitar and drums are the key parts of a proper rhythm and groove

    • @mattmeacham2292
      @mattmeacham2292 Год назад +148

      So much modern metal has no breathing room. Hyper compressed, digitized, inorganic, and studio wizardry. They’re aiming for all the brutal vibes and achieving none. There’s nothing heavy about it. The metal by numbers bands that spawned from all the death core drivel sound like South Park parodies of heavy music.

    • @Kruegernator123
      @Kruegernator123 Год назад +17

      Guitars with bass strings sound extremely muddy.

  • @ericv7720
    @ericv7720 Год назад +1475

    There used to be a low-tuned instrument called a "bass guitar," with really thick strings and a long neck to resonate the low notes, while the 6-string guitar played riffs closer to the center of the audible spectrum. Crazy times!

    • @Jake-mv7yo
      @Jake-mv7yo Год назад +24

      That one always gets turned down in the mix though. If you want those notes you need to put them on the guitar people actually hear.

    • @ericv7720
      @ericv7720 Год назад +33

      @@Jake-mv7yo Steve Harris and Lemmy never had any problems, though...

    • @Jake-mv7yo
      @Jake-mv7yo Год назад +18

      @@ericv7720 Lemmy was really a rhythm guitar player who happened to be using a bass.

    • @ericv7720
      @ericv7720 Год назад +5

      @@Jake-mv7yo If the shoe fits...

    • @Jake-mv7yo
      @Jake-mv7yo Год назад +8

      @@ericv7720 He was playing powerchords with a pick and had his amp with the mids maxed and bass treble at zero. I think it is more like playing an 8 string with 4 strings missing than it is playing bass. I actually modified an Ibanez mikrobass to be like this because I didn't want all those silly wire strings on my riff machine.

  • @JalenRawley
    @JalenRawley Год назад +715

    I died laughing at the "all on one string" bit. A few years back, I was filling in for the guitarist in my friends' band for a tour. One of the local openers at a show in Cleveland had a 9 string guitar tuned as low as he could get it and he literally only played the lowest string for their entire set. He didnt even play a single chord.
    I keep waiting for Ibanez to release a one string guitar with a cable from the Golden Gate bridge on it, tuned to like 4hz. Some geologist with a seismograph, a toilet paper roll in his nose and spare tires from a Prius in his ears is going, "You just dont understand it, that's all."

  • @slixnoir
    @slixnoir Год назад +1512

    From what I've personally figured out (from listening to a lot of Invent Animate), is that you need to reserve the low notes to better emphasize the heavy-ness. In simplest terms, less is better because when it shows up, it makes a bigger impact.

    • @FLmetalhead
      @FLmetalhead Год назад +52

      IA is awesome.

    • @powerhitter033
      @powerhitter033 Год назад +30

      Invent Animate should be the biggest metalcore band going. They are amazing

    • @XxNoMErcY99xX
      @XxNoMErcY99xX Год назад +15

      100% agree and that's why I love Sleep Token so much

    • @slixnoir
      @slixnoir Год назад +2

      @@XxNoMErcY99xX Yep. They are masters of their craft.

    • @tarkenton3895
      @tarkenton3895 Год назад +8

      Same goes with Humanity's Last Breath and Vildhjarta (and as mentioned previously in this thread, Sleep Token)

  • @sonofromel
    @sonofromel Год назад +237

    Modern metal bands that have songs in standard or Eb tuning is always a plus for me. Tasteful guitar solos, bass that have it's own space in the mix. Breath of fresh air.

    • @hahahahailold
      @hahahahailold Год назад +19

      Bernth of fresh air.

    • @harrisbeatsfrankou6304
      @harrisbeatsfrankou6304 Год назад

      True

    • @Chevrolicious.
      @Chevrolicious. Год назад +12

      I think that's why I gravitate towards Alice in Chains. It's not metal per se, but Eb tuning is just magical.

    • @sonofromel
      @sonofromel Год назад +9

      @@Chevrolicious. well I don't know what to call them but metal. They have more heavy songs than non heavy. Some call them grunge but it's just an era to me. Grunge has too many different sounds.

    • @mattashcraft9105
      @mattashcraft9105 Год назад +3

      Revocation is a prime example of this. You can still be heavy and not have your guitar tone be a mud crusted mess.

  • @Suiax
    @Suiax Год назад +289

    "Forever out of style, you can't take this away from me"
    As someone who loves Power Metal, I felt this line. Power Metal has never been a popular genre, but I don't care. In fact, it's inspired me to pick up a guitar, at 28. I could only listen to it so much, before I say "I wanna play this stuff". I feel like at 28, I have more disire, and motivation to want to learn, than I ever did as a teenager. Looking forward to become a shredder one day! 🤘

    • @alekzander7000
      @alekzander7000 Год назад +10

      You and me both bro

    • @SarimFaruque
      @SarimFaruque Год назад +4

      Power metal does have its flaws nowadays (eg. too many gimmick bands playing heavy arena rock and overproduction), power metal for the most part has remained relatively true to its roots.

    • @Suiax
      @Suiax Год назад +4

      @@SarimFaruque The only 2 gimmick bands off the top of my head I thoroughly enjoy unironically is Gloryhammer, and Wind Rose. They both just make great stuff. I keep with new releases as much as possible, and I honestly think the gimmick bands are not a plentiful as people think.

    • @scamp7887
      @scamp7887 10 месяцев назад +5

      Power metal is the best! Good luck on your guitar journey. I've been playing for 25 years and it's still fun to me.

    • @BlackSailPass_GuitarCovers
      @BlackSailPass_GuitarCovers 10 месяцев назад +1

      Give Dimhav a try - amazing Progressive/Power Metal.

  • @Emil_Stoltz
    @Emil_Stoltz Год назад +50

    1:28 I know the lyrics are about how modern Metal sucks but, bro, the lyrics hit me in the feels. And the way he sings it makes me emotional

  • @DragosNowitzki
    @DragosNowitzki Год назад +355

    Thanks for the fun and informative song! I was torn between laughing and head banging, so I just did both. Very awkward. Loved it!

  • @nathanmoore5005
    @nathanmoore5005 Год назад +484

    Keep shredding Bernth. Never stop for anyone or anything

  • @kekistanifreedomfighter4197
    @kekistanifreedomfighter4197 Год назад +244

    Takes some true talent to use an extended range instrument to it's full potential.

    • @Steff_kjns
      @Steff_kjns Год назад +1

      Very true. Its so satisfying when you make it work, I feel
      You can create beautiful songs if you attune yourself to where the bass is going music wise.
      Low strings on a guitar and bass have such different sound-textures, so it can really compliment eachother.
      Especially when the bass plays in a mid-high register while you're playing low bass notes ánd the high melody on top. (hybrid picking or just strumming)
      then you can switch it around, guitar playing mid & high while the bass goes back down.
      But still, that could be aquired with a 6-string baritone and some creativity. (which is very much more comfortable and easy)

    • @maxmordon7295
      @maxmordon7295 11 месяцев назад +6

      Yeah, and it takes to be a true genius to know how to properly compose through it. As Dimebag (R.I.P.) said in some interview about Jerry Cantrell, it's the same about Mårten Hagström: he doesn't need to play a million notes to be a (rhythm) Guitar God...

    • @deanjohnson7646
      @deanjohnson7646 7 месяцев назад +1

      YES THANK YOU. Just going from a 6 string to a 7 string opens up countless new doors to explore.

    • @itsaUSBline
      @itsaUSBline 6 месяцев назад +2

      Or just the ability to play said instrument.

  • @MittensMcMuffin
    @MittensMcMuffin 6 месяцев назад +67

    I have to say, especially for a song that's meant to be just satire, this is absolutely amazing

    • @PhilosophyofGuitar
      @PhilosophyofGuitar 6 месяцев назад

      Well it's not meant to be "just" satire. It nevertheless does sound great, agreed on that! 😎🤘

  • @NicoForReal
    @NicoForReal Год назад +1670

    M A S T E R P I E C E

  • @tseikkisnelkytkaks9013
    @tseikkisnelkytkaks9013 Год назад +432

    This is also probably part of why I found old Megadeth stuff so entertaining when I got back to it recently after a long pause. It's now sounding new when people DON'T downtune af 😂

    • @gregorymuir1985
      @gregorymuir1985 Год назад +43

      Proto metal is some of my favorite like early Priest where it's still kinda looking like hard rock. If everything is loud then nothing is. Sabbath would have those beautiful melodic bits which just meant the heavy stuff would hit heavier. Early Metallica did the same.

    • @alfredosierra2612
      @alfredosierra2612 Год назад +16

      ​@@gregorymuir1985 contrast gives it meaning

    • @MrGrim-ib4ix
      @MrGrim-ib4ix Год назад +8

      Metallica is like one of the only metal bands still playing in e standard.

    • @michakrzyzanowski8554
      @michakrzyzanowski8554 Год назад +4

      @@MrGrim-ib4ix they play in E flat live

    • @MrGrim-ib4ix
      @MrGrim-ib4ix Год назад +2

      @@michakrzyzanowski8554 yeah but I meant in the studio.

  • @patrickmchatton7958
    @patrickmchatton7958 11 месяцев назад +28

    After listening to this song once it was stuck in my head for days. I have listened to it again and again and have come to the conclusion that you still shred! Love the song and the satire. Just wish I was in Europe for your tour... Keep on shredding my friend!

  • @Steff_kjns
    @Steff_kjns Год назад +4

    Funny thing is,
    There was a historian specialized in baroque instruments amongst others,
    And the trend to fit lower and lower bass strings on their instrument used to be a thing then. Its not anything new.
    But I'm pretty sure the guys in the olden days did actually still use their higher strings.
    An 8 string is beautiful if you're a hybrid picker of when used to compliment huge chords with low and warm bass notes. (I still prefer my 6-string baritone or 7 string for actually playing heavy rythm guitar)

  • @Greyman-Gaming
    @Greyman-Gaming Год назад +398

    The legends say that he is still shredding till this day.

    • @thebeatcreeper
      @thebeatcreeper Год назад +20

      Heard him shredding in the woods the other night.

    • @puff8293
      @puff8293 Год назад +9

      can confirm

    • @armara70
      @armara70 Год назад +3

      ​@@thebeatcreeper😂😅

    • @lucascorrea1627
      @lucascorrea1627 Год назад +2

      My grandpa saw him in the forest..

    •  Год назад +2

      :D

  • @markthomascecchini1
    @markthomascecchini1 Год назад +2

    This is the most creative thing I’ve seen! Shared… I greatly appreciate all the effort you put into all of the free lessons! Exercise, habit training, etc…. I save your videos to watch again when I can focus! After many years of trying some legato technique and other shred stuff, I had to come to grip with myself, realizing I’ll never play like Yngwie! You play so clean I hear every…. Single…. Note… So whatever your advice I’m taking it. I look forward to someday making videos, soon. Would love to share the knowledge of percussive acoustic, neo-classical stylings that any acoustic player could benefit from. For my own good I have some fun BOSS pedals to play with. I’m looking forward to picking up some cleanliness in speed! Thanks to you,dear brother

  • @agentofchaos8679
    @agentofchaos8679 Год назад +5

    As a 7 string player, this hit a personal spot. It really is tempting to just go as low as possible and only use that lowest string

  • @tnmccoy10
    @tnmccoy10 Год назад +145

    This is AWESOME!!! The satire. The music. The SHREDDING!!! It's all great!!! 🤘😝

  • @WeWynne
    @WeWynne Год назад +173

    My old band was playing in drop B which was pretty low. But when we went into the studio suddenly they were like we decided to record in A. I told them it was a bad idea because it would be too muddy for the leads as they stand now and they said no it will be great. After it was mixed and we sat on it for a month, they hated it.

    • @mickkithanu355
      @mickkithanu355 Год назад +23

      anything past C, for me perosnally, is 7 string territory, simpler to manage then :D (B being 7 string standard, with A being first drop)

    • @WeWynne
      @WeWynne Год назад +2

      @mickkithanu355 honestly although playing with that band was fun in B I prefer to not go any lower than drop C# which I believe is was what Protest the hero started in and comeback kid and I'm sure a million other bands.

    • @ArcticBlits
      @ArcticBlits Год назад +7

      @@WeWynne C and C# were classic tunings for most older metalcore back up until around 2014 ish when people started pushing really low. I’m not sure if it’s because they found gear that would do it or if it had to do with labels.

    • @WeWynne
      @WeWynne Год назад +3

      @@ArcticBlits Yeah My band Treachery Is Your Forte played in C# that was like 2006-09 then Bow To The Fallen in 2014 went B to A. lol I left right after but my son was also born right then too so perfect timing.

    • @logandavis226
      @logandavis226 Год назад +3

      Lowest I go is drop D

  • @LostOurFears
    @LostOurFears 6 месяцев назад +4

    LMAO! True. We got a drop B tuning and that's it. Won't go any lower than that. At that point we can't hear the clarity of the Guitar anymore. 😭

  • @MarkToast99
    @MarkToast99 8 месяцев назад +4

    “Why don’t you learn to play your instrument instead”
    That one hurt Lmao

  • @technosaur505
    @technosaur505 Год назад +42

    Now EVERYtime I close my eyes 👁👁‍I see Bernth's face saying "I Still Shred" and this song's been playing in my head all day..😃👍👍👍

    • @Anubisviech
      @Anubisviech Год назад

      I feel like the song will haunt me at least this evening.

  • @Chris-zr2jk
    @Chris-zr2jk Год назад +150

    Honestly why I cherish the bands who do both, will always enjoy songs with lows, shredding, and heavy breakdowns.

    • @akimbogoats6301
      @akimbogoats6301 Год назад +3

      Whitechapel is one of the few bands I’ve found that do that

    • @Chris-zr2jk
      @Chris-zr2jk Год назад

      @@akimbogoats6301 Yea, Shadow of Intent kinda does, and I think Chelsea Grin, there are a few more that I'm forgetting.

    • @Diesel_Budgie
      @Diesel_Budgie Год назад +4

      Animals as Leaders does this on average like 50% of every album

    • @SrgntSprnkls77
      @SrgntSprnkls77 Год назад +4

      ​@Akimbo Goats there's hardly a "few" bands that do that, its pretty common. just a lot of the more popular alt metal/metalcore is boring chugging, but prog, deathcore etc. have plenty of variety

    • @Chris-zr2jk
      @Chris-zr2jk Год назад

      @@SrgntSprnkls77
      I love the old school Neo-classical type shred cause it's what brought me to guitar, but I also listen to a lot of other sub-genres, so I have a hard time differentiating what's what.

  • @andrewporter1868
    @andrewporter1868 7 месяцев назад +4

    Absolutely beautiful, man! This sounds absolutely lovely! Hey btw, is there a name for that particular kind of yelling vocal? It's quite nice. I like the power behind it. It's not like an angry yell, but a battle cry, eh? I'm actually quite new to metal and so far I'm liking Celldweller and The Enigma TNG, aka am a power and industrial metal fan, but I think I just found a new author to explore.

    • @batastrophic9762
      @batastrophic9762 6 месяцев назад

      There isn't a name for it. There should be. Harsh cleans? Devin Townsend from Strapping Young Lad and Joe Duplantier from Gojira do it very well IMO. Check those bands out if you like that kinda thing

    • @andrewporter1868
      @andrewporter1868 6 месяцев назад

      @@batastrophic9762 Nice, thanks for the suggestions!

    • @andrewporter1868
      @andrewporter1868 5 месяцев назад

      @@batastrophic9762 Honestly, tried but couldn't like them. Anyways, call it power vocals maybe? idk I've heard it in about the only power metal track I've heard. Right now I'm more of a The Enigma TNG fan. Branching out is difficult I find here given there's a number of things that must be avoided morally. Put that on top of my personal taste and tell me the probability distribution isn't needle-thin. Instrumentals are certainly safer.

    • @batastrophic9762
      @batastrophic9762 5 месяцев назад

      @@andrewporter1868All good! Sorry to hear they weren't to your liking. I find those kinda vox aren't common in power metal, to my ears anyway. I think they ought to be. I do think some power metal vocal styles are adjacent to it. Russell Allan from Symphony X gets close. He's great, but never been huge in him. I prefer the likes of Tony Kakko from Sonata Arctica or Yannis Papadopoulos from Beast in Black (Beast in Black are pretty sweet, I'd say they're my 2nd fav power metal band currently).
      I'm not sure of you moral thresholds, so I can't help you there. I'm quite open-ended if not open-minded, I'll basically try most metal except NSBM (i.e: fuck nazis). Personal taste I can greatly empathise with you there haha. I haven't heard of or listened to The Enigma TNG, maybe I'll check him out.

    • @andrewporter1868
      @andrewporter1868 5 месяцев назад

      @@batastrophic9762 Glad to make your acquaintance! For an example of the power metal vocals I'm talking about, consider In the Dawn of the AI by Orden Ogan. So far I'd say my top metal genres are deathcore, power, nu, and industrial.
      > moral thresholds
      I'm a tradcath sedevacantist who adheres to the Thesis of Cassiciacum 😄For reference, in terms of metal, I found a spotify playlist the other day with 532 metal tracks, most of which were death metal from what I recall. Only 18 survived to make it into my daily playlist; another 12 I've saved for further analysis. Most of the issue morally is when it's too excessive in certain respects.
      Of the tracks that survived were tracks from Analepsy, Guttural Slug, Fear Factory, and Slaughter to Prevail. Those that did not were because of: excessive glorifying of gory or vulgar things of that nature; the band is into actual occultism or straight up satanism _literally,_ or which merely uses certain such symbols from those false ideologies perhaps "as a matter of style", both the blatant and the unobvious that I'm aware of; poor presentation of suicide and other serious topics that could scandalize the suicidal or otherwise imply it is morally good; or some other sort of problem (always with the lyrics themselves).
      Dark topics, horror, and the like are all fine to talk about. It's how they're spoken of that is the issue. Hell by Slaughter to Prevail for instance is one of the said tracks that made it into my daily playlist (eventually; took a while to translate) because it speaks of its horrors without glorifying Hell. A common reason, however, for which any song doesn't end up passing is due to vulgar language, even for just one word, though those that are "off by one" morally I've set aside for future consideration as my knowledge of the Law is not absolutely perfect, and would hope that there's some possibility I failed to cover that would render such _tolerable_ (as opposed to condemned outright which I do in most cases of doubt such as this).
      If nothing else, I hope you find this to be an interesting conversation 😁

  • @tyfighter_23
    @tyfighter_23 Год назад +2

    I was just thinking about this the other day. When I first started playing about 10 years ago, I felt like a lot of heavy stuff was in Drop C. Now you need a 7 or 8 string to be able to play what is coming out nowadays.

    • @lukedoyle2770
      @lukedoyle2770 6 месяцев назад

      I still think Opeth’s ‘Blackwater Park’ has the heaviest riff ever and that’s only in drop D. It’s not the tuning, it’s how you use it

  • @CidGuerreiro1234
    @CidGuerreiro1234 Год назад +39

    Nothing like a troll song that absolutely slaps. Well done, sir.

  • @lostincase858
    @lostincase858 Год назад +52

    Love this, laughed so hard 🤣🤣
    Still you rocked it hard!!! Ngl the lowest I dropped was one down to D... that was enigh for me. Cant wait to see you in October

    • @Bernthguitar
      @Bernthguitar  Год назад +4

      Thanks for listening! See you soon! 🤘

    • @crownjewel555
      @crownjewel555 Год назад +1

      Yeah, I play an 8 string with a low F# sometimes E, sometimes on VERY RARE OCCASIONS, would I drop the lowest string down to a C#, and this was too much for even me.

    • @colescroggins2896
      @colescroggins2896 Год назад +3

      @@crownjewel555 bro that's just an 8 string bass at that point 😂😂😂

    • @BlakeSpohn
      @BlakeSpohn Год назад

      @@colescroggins2896 i got a tip for you
      bass

  • @SocietyDweller01
    @SocietyDweller01 10 месяцев назад

    Come to Montreal, Canada... would love to see you!!!!

  • @killermouse01
    @killermouse01 4 месяца назад +2

    I find it funny how so often songs made to satirize a style end up actually being awesome! Like when people TRY to make something then it ends up just being generic and unoriginal, then someone makes fun of it and sounds awesome!

  • @francescofranzoni6735
    @francescofranzoni6735 Год назад +37

    Probably my favorite so far. It just gives me the energy to SHRED like never before

  • @tedkaboom2406
    @tedkaboom2406 Год назад +29

    I love this more than I thought I would. Keep up the great content!

  • @v.k.7463
    @v.k.7463 4 месяца назад +1

    Cool song, & your shredding is nice! I also enjoyed the low tuning business in your playing! (I just grind out low-tuned stuff all day😅.)

  • @andrewshibo
    @andrewshibo 7 месяцев назад

    Insane playlist!! Could you please create another one and put in some October ends tunes? Dark is my favourite one and then Play Time, Devil's Den as well !!

  • @arealhumanvoice
    @arealhumanvoice Год назад +15

    In or out of style, quality shredding speaks for itself, and that's no joke!

  • @SlamDoink
    @SlamDoink Год назад +8

    Incredible one here Bernth! Reminds me a little bit of the Brendon Small / Dethklok style where they are somewhat parody but still take the song writing seriously.

  • @RockinRoy09
    @RockinRoy09 7 месяцев назад

    Epic playlist!! Can you create one including some October Ends bangers? I'd say put in Dark, Of Stars and Play Time!!

  • @yangerjamir0906
    @yangerjamir0906 Год назад +14

    You've got to be one of the most creative musician on RUclips.

    • @daveataway1952
      @daveataway1952 Год назад

      Creative yes, but this idea has already been made into a song years ago (But does it Djent??)

    • @iamrubenmes
      @iamrubenmes Год назад

      I actually think the Kiffness is the most creative artist on RUclips right now.

    • @yangerjamir0906
      @yangerjamir0906 Год назад

      @@iamrubenmes I've got to check him out...thanks for the suggestion.

    • @iamrubenmes
      @iamrubenmes Год назад

      @@yangerjamir0906 And Charles Berthoud the most skilled (but humble) bassist. Also, Polyphia is right now pioneering a new era for music, blending influences from metal, jazz and trap into a whirlwind of virtuoso and catchiness.

  • @hardluckjaymusic7799
    @hardluckjaymusic7799 Год назад +22

    That was pretty awesome! I can't shredd as hard as you do, but I try to make it a point to put a cool guitar solo in every song.🤘

  • @i.c.y.
    @i.c.y. Год назад +3

    Very in flames at times (vocals), cleanest sweeps - awesome work man. Kudos. Thank you for all your shares 🙂🙏❤️

  • @c3t-rex721
    @c3t-rex721 Год назад

    Hahaha that "or is it :)" at the end 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @SplotchTheCatThing
    @SplotchTheCatThing Год назад +1

    I dunno, I like both styles when they're done well -- the low stuff can really accentuate some interesting syncopation and unusual meters, and gets interesting when it plays around with where that lowest note is compared to the root of the scale, so that guitar distortion almost feels like a percussion instrument; the fast stuff can just mesmerize at the same time as it sweeps you away with the force of a tornado. They've both got their own strengths...
    And they've each got weaknesses that can absolutely ruin them. The low stuff can become an endless stream of the same patterns in whichever key is rooted on that lowest note when the band isn't being creative about how they use it.
    The shredding can start to blur together when it's going too fast to follow without any breaks for the listener to reorient themselves; when it's at its very worst it's got the same effect as a loud motorcycle engine at midnight -- you get annoyed at whoever's making the noise for showing off, and start to wonder if they're even going anywhere. :)
    Like with any sort of music it's really down to the player to take those rules, find interesting ways to use them, and figure out the best ways to break them.

  • @abdellahadouani1626
    @abdellahadouani1626 Год назад +13

    The rythm, the solos, the lyrics the vocals...bernth, the man man that turn to gold whatever he touches

  • @lunarfifthstudios
    @lunarfifthstudios Год назад +8

    Oh man, I am jamming the 0-0-0-0 riff on my 8-string to this! Great stuff! ❤️🙌

    • @telequacker-9529
      @telequacker-9529 Год назад +1

      If you have enough strings, you don't need to play anything but 0s

  • @formallynamed85
    @formallynamed85 11 месяцев назад +1

    That was dope man sick as always man keep killing it and you know those empty 0’s chug lol 😂

  • @sofieebee8993
    @sofieebee8993 6 месяцев назад +1

    I love what you did here hilarious! Haha 😂
    Tbh, I love playing both. I like how rhythmic and syncopated modern metal riffs are, and i also love melodic shredding as well. Both are a lot of fun to do tbh 😊

  • @klauswigsmith
    @klauswigsmith Год назад +6

    YES! 6 strings in Std E tuning for life!

    • @SniperPrecision
      @SniperPrecision Год назад +1

      Good enough for Jason Becker, good enough for me

  • @phoenixheartofficial
    @phoenixheartofficial Год назад +7

    Fucking solid riffs and vocals, this is a total jam and I appreciate the mix of parody with the solid work! You need a part two though parodying how many modern metal vocalists don't enunciate in their screams and growls, maybe mix it up with those crystal clear screams you've got there but then switch throughout and just make noises but put subtitles to them as if they were actually words while cupping a mic.

  • @supafrogg258
    @supafrogg258 Год назад

    Years ago with my already big sounding 100 watt tube amp with a 4 X 12" drivers speaker cabinet, I had a lot of fun experimenting with down-tuning, while playing through distortion pedals. I never expected to see the extent to which modern metal styles have also gotten into this lower register realm.

  • @mitchdominick9799
    @mitchdominick9799 3 месяца назад +1

    I'm a very new guitarist 6 months along, and I always love to see Bernth play and hope I can play like that eventually or maybe just kind of close lol

  • @ryankillion2550
    @ryankillion2550 Год назад +4

    That is definitely Dean Lamb at the end. Fuckin shredtastic

    • @EduardoStehling
      @EduardoStehling Год назад

      Yes. I thought the same thing. Archspire 🤘

  • @dillyjameson
    @dillyjameson Год назад +9

    becoming more and more of a fan of you bernth! loved this!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

  • @hawtenslaton4307
    @hawtenslaton4307 Год назад

    Hey Bernth, that kicked ass man! Thanks for sharing your gift!

  • @DANBURKLOW
    @DANBURKLOW 7 месяцев назад

    Awesome mix! Can you please create one and throw in some october ends tunes? I'd say put in Dark, Of Stars and Play Time!!!

  • @ashcreekAER
    @ashcreekAER Год назад +4

    Wasnt expecting this to go so hard, its catchy and funny. Love your melody and vocal approach.

  • @brianwaitzman
    @brianwaitzman Год назад +10

    This is sooooo great.....the lyrics had me dying laughing !
    Go ahead Bernth🎶

  • @alexanderarias8273
    @alexanderarias8273 Год назад +12

    Love it , love it how you merged both modern and 80S shred and how it became a fun song and sort of a cpmmentary for and about both

  • @sirbollocks609
    @sirbollocks609 Год назад

    hope it goes well for you pal and i see some day at download

  • @user-tg3wi9fx1h
    @user-tg3wi9fx1h Год назад +5

    it was an elegant mix, as I grew listening to shredders from early 80's until the 2000's, I can say that I heard every possible way to "shred", still nice to hear from time to time now, when it's at the right place at the right time, like here for example 😉 have a good tour!!!

  • @Yarrg
    @Yarrg Год назад +13

    Dude, this is absolutely FREAKING GENIUS!!!! LOVE this!!! Lately, I have gotten back into playing the axe, and I am really into learning Neo-Classical stuff ( I was a music major nerd, I admit). This video is awesome, because 1) It's humorously accurate 2) The playing is INCREDIBLE 3) The arpeggio sweeps are perfect. In fact, I know that Professor Joe Stump had an awesome DVD series about sweeping based on 2-3-4-5-and 6 string patterns and "building". I couldnt find the DVD's so I sent him an e-mail. VERY nice, guy he responded with links to his books, and some ideas which have REALLY helped, and I LOVE how you have mastered those sweep patterns. Incredible. Just awesome. My brain doesn't know whether to be amused, impressed, inspired, or maybe a bit of all of the above. But the infinite low tuning , the endless number of strings, and the lyric about all 1's and 0's had me falling off my ofice chair rolling with laughter. LOL Bro, that was GENIUS,man, LOL LOVE your work. I'm string to figure out "I am a Viking" and "Arpeggios from Hell" a few Tommy Johannson covers, and a few Joe Stump licks. It seems like everyone else needs a 40,000 string guitar using only one of those strings in only 3 frets tuned down to Z# minor. LOL. Thanks for this. The song is actually INCREDIBLE musically speaking. :) Well done.

    • @tol.M_ngo
      @tol.M_ngo Год назад +1

      Z# minor... hahahah mademyday!
      In Germany we call it: Ü moll.

    • @Yarrg
      @Yarrg Год назад

      @@tol.M_ngo Nice !!! I was a Music Major, so I am familiar with the European spellings. LOL ( although I speak no German, Italian or French). LOL :)

    • @Yarrg
      @Yarrg Год назад

      Yeah, we used to jokingly say P flat major or Z# minor. LOL.

  • @Zorgulon26
    @Zorgulon26 Год назад +3

    Got this on spotify on repeat.... i cant turn it up loud enough! Such a simple masterpeice that speaks all the truth! Coming from someone that can only play killer, deep riffs 😂

  • @hyperbolekid
    @hyperbolekid Год назад

    I just discovered you and bring me back to the shrapnel shredders but w low tuned chugga chugga. Looove the combination. I still shred 🔥🔥🤘🤘

  • @jansestak954
    @jansestak954 Год назад +7

    the phraze "I still shred" before the breakdown hits so hard it's hillarious. I love it!

  • @piratanocaribe
    @piratanocaribe Год назад +15

    TUDO PERFEITO VIREI FÃ SE VIRA QUE AGENTE QUER MAIS, FAÇA UM ÁLBUM E LANCE AQUI NO SEU CANAL , ATÉ EU QUE NÃO ENTENDO GOSTEI É SUCESSO COM CERTEZA.

  • @dustinschuster9457
    @dustinschuster9457 11 месяцев назад

    Fuck yeah man please keep bringing the fuckin finger fire my dude! It's not dead just dormant and waiting for a good class of listeners to return.

  • @GilgameshApproves
    @GilgameshApproves Год назад

    Holy shit that Chorus sounded a lot like Pain =O
    Great work dude, you shed indeed!

  • @LittleDrummerBoi1939
    @LittleDrummerBoi1939 Год назад +32

    This is the definition of gold right here! Catchy as fuck and speaking the truth! Love it!

  • @beavis182
    @beavis182 Год назад +4

    😂 definitely makes a point. I will say tho that I know for a fact that when it comes to “metal” there is most definitely a whole spectrum of how it is viewed. It’s actually very interesting especially when it comes to what people think of as “heavy”. In my personal experience it seems people that are more into the classic dad metal just are in no way impressed or excited by the sound of a modern “breakdown” I feel like the context of how someone got into metal plays a big role on how they ultimately will view it as a whole.

    • @dreamstorm3297
      @dreamstorm3297 Год назад +3

      The older vets that are into the classic sound that you alluded to understand that heaviness comes from CONTRAST, like for example having soft sounding acoustic guitar passages embedded into the entirety of a blistering track. The groove-laden version of Pantera (their post-glam selves) and everything that followed in its footsteps spawned a new generation of listeners and players who are cut from a different cloth. The "core" elements and the breakdown is what defines "heavy" for these (predominantly younger) folks, not CONTRAST. I say this "modern" sound is a different genre of music altogether, not metal, but that'll just fall upon deaf ears around these parts with accusations of me being elitist or some noggin' so it's useless to elaborate further.

    • @mallninja9805
      @mallninja9805 Год назад +3

      @@dreamstorm3297 People get hung up on and possessive of their words, and it devolves into elementary schoolyard shouting matches. "Metal means _this_ - no metal means _that_ ..." Then of course you have the endless parade of adjectives trying out-heavy each other. Thrash metal, black metal, doom metal, death metal, sludge metal, ooze metal, puke metal, prog metal, metalcore, deathcore, punk metal, metal gear solid...Personally I gave up on paying attention to the names. Finding a good band is like finding true love - impossible to put into words, but you know it when it happens, and it hits everyone different.

  • @thatguythatmakesmashups
    @thatguythatmakesmashups 8 месяцев назад +1

    Bro this is actually fire!! The lyrics have meaning and everything instead if people just screaming!😂❤❤

  • @Cx_Howlett
    @Cx_Howlett Год назад

    The comment about the 0s is too true, great work homie

  • @ElectroGypsy89
    @ElectroGypsy89 Год назад +4

    For that "Shred" line on 01:56 you should've hired Shredmaster Scott lol
    Great song!

    • @97stratocaster21
      @97stratocaster21 Год назад

      I agree 100%.
      Shredmaster Scott is a great guy, and a great player. I love the unity among guitarists now. Glad to see that we've gotten away from the "gunslinger" mindset from the 80s.
      We're WAY more supportive now.

  • @fischer9001
    @fischer9001 Год назад +24

    awesome. you just explained why I prefer older metal, you, and charles berthoud.
    couldnt put it in words since I'm not music savvy but that's the nail on the head.
    before megadeth, there was cacophony, freaking awesome if you havent heard em'.

    • @caixiuying8901
      @caixiuying8901 11 месяцев назад +1

      as a Megadeth and Cacophany fan (Marty Friedman and Jason Becker are insane) I urge you to check out Pantheum by First Fragment
      80s neo-classical shred + modern technical death metal
      the classical vibes are NOT cheesy or sparse, they clearly studied this shit and it extends the full length of each of their songs
      and while they don't do "modern Metalcore breakdowns" they have their own take on it that they call Swingdowns (which no one else it calls it that, so it's not really a thing LOL but I do love the idea) where their breakdown sections are swung
      fretless bass shred all of the place, drummer is insane at gravity blasts and blastbeats, but the guitars are SO melodic and fun but shreddy as fuck
      I simp for this band, please check them out LOL

  • @shoesr21
    @shoesr21 5 месяцев назад +1

    :( I saw the thumbnail and was like. Ok nasty bend breakdown.. than was given shred!! Which is equally as exciting

  • @FirestormAudio
    @FirestormAudio Год назад

    Loving that AZ! I'm thinking an Ibanez is in my future!

  • @arklave
    @arklave Год назад +3

    Satire or not, this is FACTS! One of the heaviest albums I've ever heard that also shreds is the Quo Vadis Live In Montreal album from 2007. The entire album is in standard tuning, but the delivery and support from the rest of the band makes all the difference.

    • @RobbieFitzgerald
      @RobbieFitzgerald Год назад

      Quo Vadis were so good. Day Into Night is a fave album. Them and Kataklysm make me proud to be a Canadian metalhead.

    • @symptomofsouls
      @symptomofsouls 3 месяца назад

      The bassist is still playing, he's in First Fragment now. Another band that doesn't do the extremely low tuning

  • @slayerhunter1828
    @slayerhunter1828 Год назад +4

    Just bought my first 7 string a few weeks ago, and now I want an 8 string XD
    This song is awesome, well done.

    • @Eliphas_Elric
      @Eliphas_Elric Год назад

      As a long time 7 string player who bought an 8 string, I'm just gonna say idk man. An 8 string feels totally different from a 7, and it's hard to find a musical use for that 8th string that doesn't sound like djenty shit.

  • @ArsOb-DWD-KSC
    @ArsOb-DWD-KSC Год назад +1

    It’s so cool Meshuggah has been around longer than even the Melvins, I think, & to think how they originally modified six string guitars to make their sounds. I guess I just mention that because it’s like if people are so hardcore, maybe they should try it from the ground up same as the exempli gratia of low tunings & amazing musicianship!
    & thanks for your awesome content🤘😈🤘

    • @symptomofsouls
      @symptomofsouls 3 месяца назад +1

      Meshuggah is one of the only bands that is able to pull off what they do, most bands that try to imitate it suck.

  • @geraldleesesideburnsg3382
    @geraldleesesideburnsg3382 10 месяцев назад

    Trying to play my 4 string bass behind a riff recorded in drop a on my seven string just doesn’t sound sonically correct

  • @incognito9813
    @incognito9813 Год назад +66

    I can only say, Bernth is one of the most creative and technical guitar musician from modern times, every song I have listened from this guy is perfection.

    • @scaleitback1055
      @scaleitback1055 Год назад

      Jesus Christ listen to real players instead of modern metal RUclips darlings

  • @josiahkeller427
    @josiahkeller427 Год назад +4

    Man your vocal capabilities definitely match your playing abilities, this was heavy 🤘🏻

  • @kallestofeles
    @kallestofeles Год назад

    This is the motivation I needed. Where to get the tabs?😅

  • @ConstrutorMusical
    @ConstrutorMusical 5 месяцев назад +1

    niiiice! love the sound. very funny lirics also. awesome music production.... great content!

  • @JeffreydeKogel
    @JeffreydeKogel Год назад +14

    I generally love the sound of very low tuned guitars, especially if the music is skilfully written with that specific sound in mind.
    That being said, this song shreds and I'm all for that, too. 😆🤘

  • @OdinAllFather77
    @OdinAllFather77 Год назад +14

    Finally someone had to say it.
    Best of success my friend.
    Abrazo Mexicano!!!
    🤘🏻🇲🇽🤘🏻🇲🇽🤘🏻🇲🇽🤘🏻🇲🇽🤘🏻

  • @Revener666
    @Revener666 Год назад

    my band once we had a bassplayer with a 5 string bass, 5th string was called the tractor string, he could just strum the rythm on it when when he lost his way.. could harly tell the pitch just brrrr brrrr brrr :)

  • @sipnscoot3049
    @sipnscoot3049 6 месяцев назад

    I’m with you bro! It’s hard to distinguish and hear those low notes for making songs. I like half step tuning the best. Like Alice In Chains did. It’s dark enough and bright at the same time

  • @Icipher4
    @Icipher4 Год назад +7

    New subscriber here. This was awesome. I am an early 2000s teen and always loved tuning lower. I remember thinking how badass Drop A was(still is) and thinking it was extremely low(still is). The 8 string infatuation went way too far in the metal scene. Too many guitarists didn't know how to really use that range appropriately and now it's become a battle of who can tune down the furthest. Now we have all these Gen Z and young millenials obsessed with playing guitars that sound like a bass.

    • @laszlonagy02
      @laszlonagy02 6 месяцев назад +2

      They don't sound like bass. Most bass players are so lazy to create a stong enough tone to back up the low tuned guitar.
      Listen Heart Of A Coward-Severence album.

    • @KatyaLishch
      @KatyaLishch 6 месяцев назад +1

      Meshuggah is probably older than you as a band.

    • @Metal_junk
      @Metal_junk 5 месяцев назад

      @@KatyaLishchMeshuggah is one of the few who use low tuning and actually make interesting riffs. Orbit Culture does a decent job too. Most Metalcore is just 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 with no inflection or variation in rhythm.

    • @symptomofsouls
      @symptomofsouls 3 месяца назад

      ​​​@@Metal_junkPhantoms is literally just a 4 1/2 minute long monstrosity of a riff. Unbelievable song

  • @KRIS.7S
    @KRIS.7S Год назад +5

    Let's get low !!!!!! Insane man !!!!!! 👏👏👏

  • @kevincross8372
    @kevincross8372 Год назад

    Glad to see a don't have to f%*#k up my float on the old rose!👍👍 cool shreds ahead!God speed.

  • @AdeHelmiJuandi
    @AdeHelmiJuandi 11 месяцев назад +1

    Bernth I like your musical Arts, metal or acoustic it's always touching. Love from Indonesia

  • @ashblankspace6800
    @ashblankspace6800 10 месяцев назад +3

    as a bassist i will be there when guitars have their funeral

  • @misharatkevich9808
    @misharatkevich9808 10 месяцев назад +4

    Obligatory idea for a parody of a parody:
    "... I'm still Shrek!"

  • @iqbalmuhammad2920
    @iqbalmuhammad2920 7 дней назад

    Nice video Bernth 👍👍👍
    Getting straight to the issue.
    1. Lack of solo, shredding
    2. Undermining bass role
    3. Overemphasizing "breakdown"
    4. Overemphasizing "growl" (there are many other types of metal screaming/vocal you know, like in this video)
    5. Stale, uncreative & uninspired riff, lick
    Yes, that's pretty much the problem with modern metal (I'm generalizing here). The aforementioned problems are prevalent in metalcore, nu metal & the likes. You can still find quality elements in traditional metal genres, power metal, heavy metal etc.

  • @Scrinwaipwr
    @Scrinwaipwr Год назад +1

    I like the old shreddy stuff and the newer inaudilbly low pitched stuff. I even like the pop-punky clean vox choruses of metalcore when in the mood (usually in summer as it makes me fancy pop-punk.)
    As long as it isnt power metal or that horrible shrill shrieking vocals common in lots 80s metal, i wll probably enjoy it.
    As such, the metal that I make myself has lots of different styles influencing it. I say as long as you're making metal you like and want to make, that's metal, whether it happens to be trendy at the time or not.

  • @musicmanxii
    @musicmanxii Год назад +4

    This was amazing. Threw me back into the tunes of my teenaged years

  • @Jimbowlcoach
    @Jimbowlcoach Год назад +3

    I liked this a lot, nobody makes fun of anything anymore it was refreshing thank you

  • @torstenbecker1942
    @torstenbecker1942 3 месяца назад +1

    Skwisgaar Skwigelf: Dudes, we can'ts nots toning down any lower.

  • @dancarrington7100
    @dancarrington7100 7 месяцев назад

    Great guitar playing man! I like how addressed how low metal is now. I've noticed that with the djent thing. People play guitars that have 7-9 strings on it just so they can play really low. Also when you sing it sounds like Avenged Sevenfold. I like it! Sounds good!