The BEST 8 String Riffs Ever Written
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- Опубликовано: 29 июн 2024
- Are these the 5 best 8 string riffs ever to have been written?
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Oh damn I know that one! Haha
So honored 🙏
Thank you Pete :)
It would be nice if you could do a colab with mike tremonti. :)
@@angeleocorrodead Mark? From Alter Bridge?
which one though? :p
Rob, el mismisimo
Hey Rob, that song got me through some pretty tough times. Thank you.
Jack Black: Just keep playing that one note. Every now and then, bend it.
Meshuggah: All joking aside, I think you might be on to something.
Mick Gordon Agrees.
Next song.
Meshugga guitarist to the other one "I told you to do the bendy thing every once in a while!"
I think you mean Mick Gordon
this isn't funny and is punishable by death in sweden.
Naillllled it
The king himself
Ayyy there he is
Андрюха такое не пропускает
In the beginning: How tf is Demigure there, it's supposed to be Bleed?
At the end: Oh...
Mick Gordon crushes.
Unpopular opinion: Bleed itself is good, but overall kinda overrated.
@@aghastinagharta I agree. I actually think Demiurge is the better song of the two.
@@aghastinagharta i wouldnt say its overrated, its an insane piece of music, but its the gateway meshuggah song and most people cant understand anything else by them so bleed is all they talk about
@@aghastinagharta Agreed. I love Meshuggah, and Bleed is incredible rhythmically, but I honestly think it's one of their more monotonous songs. Songs like Clockworks, Do Not Look Down, Perpetual Black Second, and New Millenium Cyanide Christ are much more interesting to me
any meshuggah riff is automatically god tier
+1
There still are so many underrated riffs that many people haven't heard of I think.
*muhshuhgguh
boring and repetitive
@@LeMichaelJordansPoleRiders just like your life.
+100
I see Mick Gordon, I click like
Ah I see you're a man of cu- you know what, this is overused...
-I see, you too are a gentleman of fine taste
@@StealthBeeKid Djentleman.
RIP AND TEAR!!!!!!!!!!!
RIP AND TEAR!
@@BlaZe-pl4ymEXACTLY
Man, everyone always talks about "Bleed". I need to spread the word about "Combustion" it's on the same album and is just as relentless. It's odd to consider that before the modern djent thing happened, Meshuggah were just rocking out.
Dancers to a discordant system is the best
since the 90's
Broken cog is one of my favorites tbh it's not on the same album but it's still super good
People are sleeping on Obzen’s riff, absolutely thunderous
I got an ad for a chiropractor right before 'Bleed', it's like the universe knew I would need one right after that.
My favourite part of the BFG Division riff, is that it's so SO simple, yet it still hits so SO hard. It's all in the rhythmics and the groove, rather than the melodics. I love it so much.
Yeah, I also think they only thing they fear is you is really good.
Archspire - The Mimic Well
Meshuggah - Do Not Look Down
Born Of Osiris - Silence the Echo
Periphery - Ji, Stranger Things
Terminal - The Edge of Time
New groove is a 7 string riff
@@talaynt2656 thanks, I don’t know why I wrote it
Four lights by periphery is also just heavy as fuck
@@tristianseguin3930 four lights has some great riffs
Silence the echo is a good one ✌🏻
I’d say diamond eyes deftones. That was my 1st awesome song I heard on a 8 string. Bought one just to learn that album
Also my first song
how uncomfortable is an 8 string?
@@accomplishedtheory9502 if you get one that doesn’t have a hella thick neck radius I heard it’s not bad at all. I bought a 7 string and automatically thought it was gonna be hard to play but it’s super comfortable and honestly more comfortable than any of my 6 strings. Neck radius is a lifesaver
1:06 DniwuGGah - Demiurge
2:30 Leaders as Animals - Waves of Babes
3:59 Mick Gondon - BFG Inquisition
5:44 Bored Scallon - Anchorage
7:18 DniwuGGha - Bleed
My faves are:
Me Sugar - Rational Dayz
Daddies as Animals - CAFFO
Mick Gondon - The Only Thing They Fear is RUclips
Babushka - Yekteniya 4
Me Sugar - Combustion (NG3)
and last, but not least
Pete CTRL - Regenerate
Mick Gondon
@@TTTTTTLOL BFG inquisition
@@TTTTTTLOLDick Condom
Deftones have some groovy 8 string riffs, Rosemary being one of my personal favourites
Great video as always Pete
Genesis is actually played on a 7-string. It does sound like 8-string.
@@northtimo666 Genesis is played on an 8 string if you watch the music video. Steph just never uses the bottom 8th string on that song. You could still technically play it on a 7 string, though!
Deftones are the shit. Steph is steph whether its 6 or 8. Or 9 lol.
@@DJENTISNTNOTAGENRE he actually uses the 8th string in the playthrough!
@@TetraVaalBioSecurity I noticed that, too! He must have decided to switch up how he plays it. Probably likes the way it sounds/feels better. Either that or he played it "incorrectly" for the music video lol.
The fast "breakdown" riff near the end of ObZen! (3:01) absolute banger
Edit: timestamp does not refer to the video
Did I miss any, which riffs would you include on this list? :)
Doomed user Or goon squad by deftones are neat 8string riffs
NO!
After The Burial - Your Troubles Will Cease...
Ji-Periphery
Periphery - Stranger things, is amazing!!
"Four Lights" by Periphery is what made me buy an 8-string :)
I was going to say that too! Solid song.
"Stranger Things" and "Ji" also blow our minds off
I was hoping someone would say it
‘Frozen Lakes on Mars’ by Ihsahn is what inspired me to buy an 8 string.
"Heaviest 8 string riffs" *laughs while playing them on my 6 string 30" scale baritone"
@Lukas H its about usable range, not how low you can tune.
@@michaellewis486 A lot of extremely detuned metal makes very poor use of the high strings.
@@noesunyoutuber7680 thats true, the same goes for any other tuning or number or strings paired with _ scale length. What you play on is all preference. Just play 😀🤘🖖
@@michaellewis486 it's more about what I want to play, I don't feel like retuning every time I want to play a solo
I prefer the 8 string for convenience, but my god I want a 30" bari
Haken is by far my favorite band that uses 8 strings. I recommend the songs Falling Back to Earth, The Architect, and Messiah Complex for some real progressive metal 8 string deliciousness.
new to haken but i have to make a controversial comment...i used to be a big dream theatre fan so i assume i, at one time, could have apprectied their previous albums that aside, virus is their stand alone best work. Invasion is amazing. The messiah complex literally captures, masters and redefines djent as it were. Im a periphery junkie so it takes a lot to get my attention but virus did. Big fan but the silly prog metal is something ive kind of moved on from.
The huge and stomping riff in the middle of "I" from Meshuggah. Probably one of the heaviest riffs of all time. Surprised no one has even mentioned that one.
Cause no one has listened that far into "I" without their brain melting
There is one 8 string song id say is extremely underrated and that is Frozen lakes of mars by Ihsahn. Use of it to create heavy weightiness to the intro and is what really got me into 8 string properly and personally the best example of utilizing a 8 string in heavy music.
Hell yes. Frozen Lakes on Mars is the song that still makes me want an eight string more than any other. Highly underrated.
That is so true. Its really unfortunate that so few folks know about that song as a 8 string composition.
this song is a real masterpiece, Ihsahn is a music mastermind.
Smash hit combo - Baka
Polyphia - Look but don't touch
These ones are really fun to play in my opinion
Lbdt is such a fun song
Cringe
Moonshine, Regenerate, and In Unison.
Anything by Allaegeon.
Extraneous from Periphery's "Clear EP."
Rob Scallon's "The Dial."
Djent Jazz Funk by Mike Le Rossetti
That one fron extraneous is so fucking good
The breakdown to Clockworks by Meshuggah had been one of their best in recent years.
yeah Bleed still confuses my hands, that timing is just so nuts.
The rhythms themselves arent the most complicated, it's the way its arranged is probably what makes it sounds so cool and mind bending. But the riff itself, my picking arm almost breaks and falls off before I even hit the 2 minute mark lol.
@@rangamsarmah2061 It's a more of an endurance thing than anything else, I'd say.
I love when I'm trying to practice the 3-1 patten in bleed and I lose count in the middle, and I'm like "shit was that 6 or 7 times?, eh whatever, time to do the BEEEEEND!!!!!"
@@camdon5112 This is me trying to play anything that I have to count out in my head while playing 🤣
Those are all very memorable riffs, they're stuck in your head right after hearing them! I would say Deftones have some really good 8 string riffs too, You've Seen The Butcher is a good example. Awesome video Pete! :)
I have to say it.
I have to.
Rareform by After the Burial.
Atb is a must have for any 8 string riff list
Rareform (Reissue) 🙌
How about, “A Vicious Reforming of Features”
That's the song that made me get my first 8 string.
That riff is sooo groovy! Always been one of my favorites.
I waited this video so much dude that's sick!
Next: the best 10 string riffs ever written
Correction: the only 10 string riffs ever written
@@mattkodl3884 Come on there is a few and at least more than 10 riffs, so maybe make a top 5 10 string riffs
Killed it again pete, nice to hear from you 🤘🏼😈🤘🏼
"hello my name is pete and I play music"
I really like the introduction, dunno works very well, also great video
Awesome playing and video and hanging room from the right side
Never clicked so fast I see 8 string and pete I click 👀👀
Thanks for watching! :)
Good video, Pete!! I think Mattias lA Eklundh deserves to be mentioned!!! He writes some really cool 8 string stuff!
Man that's so good love it thankyou
Animals as Leaders👍👍...Tosin Abasi is def a fave of mine. Great video Pete!!!
Seeing the love and respect for Rob’s musicianship makes me so happy
Yeaaaahhh!! Love your 8 Sting riffs
Been a minutes since I watched one of your videos, now that I just got myself an 8 string ofc I had to come back to this one!
Great job!
Awesome!! 🤘🤘
Ah ! A few months ago I also made a "top 8 string riffs" video. Now I'm happy to see that we picked the same riffs ! xD I guess our heavy tastes do match. I also picked one of YOUR original riff because it's awesome too. :)
Great choices man
The very second you started playing Bleed I realized that I actually know the lyrics by heart. Song for the ages.
The main riff from "The Woven Web" by AAL is my favorite riff. Honestly, anything written by Archspire is a good contender as well.
As a photographer and video editor. I immediately got upset by the camera not being level haha. Just being sarcastically critical, great video mate!
I love this list! I remember seeing Rob's song and thought "That's 8 strings??? Isn't that illegal or something? I thought 8 strings had to melt your face, not get you to be able to sit back and enjoy a great guitar riff like this!" Thanks, Pete!
Great list!
My favorit Meshuggah has to be Pravus, especially the break down at 3:30, but whole song is just brutal!
This tone is something else would like to see a tutorial on this one
Polyphia s song look but don't touch is one of the best 8-string guitar songs I've ever heard I love the use of the harmonics
Wow, you really nailed the tone on the Mick Gordon one!!
I feel like the 8 string is it’s own instrument and that it’s worth the respect and awe of the beholders of the music that comes from it
These all would make my list for sure, a few others I'd consider would be You've seen the Butcher - Deftones, Ragnarok - Periphery and Look but Don't touch - Polyphia
Great list, I was hoping for some After the Burial or the Acacia Strain myself.
Dude amazing!
Also- Shae butter for fingers when you have skin asthma is amazing (for me and others)
I would also include You've Seen the Butcher or Doomed User by Deftones. Even if these riffs are not as legendary, Deftones is one of the bands that made me buy an 8 string.
Poltergeist!
Stephen is just a riff master, definitely one of the main reasons I got an 8 string, along side Meshuggah
Deftones - Diamond Eyes. The main riff is an exercise in simplicity and off time groove
Thats very cool, that this video was uploaded a day after i got my first 8 string. Unfortunaly, i noticed it only today)
Unsuprisingly, Meshuggah! With basically the entirety of Lethargica, especially that breakdown.
Real talk folks:
I fucoing love Bleed, and Meshuggah in general. So much in fact that I strongly believe Catch 33 is being kinda forgotten. Dehumanization/Sum is probably the most brutal piece of music Ive ever heard. Its also my single favorite album closer of all time.
After The Burial - Neo Seoul or Parise (So many sick ones though)
Born of Osiris - Silence The Echo
Basically every Meshuggah riff, as you said
The Only Thing They Fear Is You - Mick Gordon
Well my favorite 8-string riff that you and Rob wrote was the djenty metal town track. Definitely underrated.
periphery - Dracul gras
meshuggah - in death is death
sleep token - take me back to eden
erra - scorpion hymn (played on 7 string in 8 string tuning)
architects - early grave (played on 6 string in tuning where the 6th string is downtuned to 8 standard tuning)
vildhjarta - when no one walks with you (played on 7 string but tuned down a lot, so it's possible to play on 8 string guitar)))
bleed from within - fracture (played on 7 string in 8 string tuning)
periphery - hell below (played on 8 string and the 8th string is dropped down an octave) - my favorite :)
Stephen Carpenter from Deftones uses an 8 string in most if not all of the songs from Diamond Eyes. “Rocket Skates” is probably the most complex, but my personal favorite is “You’ve Seen the Butcher”. Only Deftones can make an 8 string sound that sexy.
Your song moon shine should be on this list .. I understand why you didn't include it , but don't sell yourself short , thats is a 8 string work of art 😉.. brilliant man just brilliant 👏
That was pretty awesome.
After the Burial getting the cold shoulder. I learned a bit of Collapse recently and it's such a backwards way of playing but it's so cool. XD
I know nothing about this but I enjoyed it a lot. I can listen to just rifts all day.
Great list! Yes every riff on Wave of Babies.
Also check out Bad Code by Chimp Spanner.
Awesome sound and playing as always Pete, keep it up Man. I'm looking into buying a good 8 string. I'm stepping out of my comfort zone and trying out new things to try and find inspiration again. My guitars have been collecting dust lately because I just can't seem to get motivated to play and my creativity has gone and f**ked off somewhere lol.
Sometimes a different tuning does the trick. Have you tried it?
@@abovethedownside2521 yeah, tried a lot of different ways to get back into playing again. Been playing for 36years. It's gotten to the point where when I go pick up a guitar anymore, after about 20 minutes it feels like work and I get uninterested in it for a few weeks.
@@travisbarnes4647 oh, i didn't knew that... that sucks -.- im playing for 10 years now (i'm 24) so i guess i can't give you some usefull advice.
@@abovethedownside2521 I'll always take advice man, especially from younger players. Pete is I'm sure at least 20 years younger and I would definitely take some lessons from him. Along with Stevie T, Andy James, Rob Scallon, and Jared Dines. All younger than me and way way more talented. They've figured out tricks I probably never even heard of lol.
My favorite remains bfg division. Theres just something special about that soundtrack. I cant say exactly what makes it for me, but imo, that score will be remembered for a long time.
DUDE! Anchor is the song that made me WANT an 8 string and was also my first @RobScallon track!
You have got to check out black crown initate, they have some of the best 8 string riff i have ever heard. Super awesome stuff
My personal best 8 string riff would be Vultures by Northlane. It's played on a 7 string tuned to Drop E but it sounds sick in my opinion and it really fits the 8 string writing style.
You should do a full cover of bleed! Damn that was tight!
Bleed on drums easily explained:
- The gallop is three fast bass or kick hits and one delayed over and over again > call it bcbs, bcb are the fast, s is the delayed > bcbs / bcbs / and so on
- The pattern counts as a slow 1234 5678, each number being a hi-hat or similar, the 3 and 7 being a snare.
On the gallop sound between each 1 and Snare or 5 and Snare are 10 gallop hits, thats why the pattern appears to be off after the first bar.
The first bar (1 2 Snare 4 5 6 Snare 8) repeats after every 3rd bar. The capital letters are the snares >>>
bcbs / bcbs / bcbS / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / Bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcBs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbS / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / Bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcBs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbS / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / Bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcBs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbS / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / Bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcBs / bcbs / bcbs
Counting :Kick-2-Snare-4-Kick-6-Snare-8
Or: 1/ 3/ 5/ 7, 1b means the first b, 2b means the second b
1b/S/2b/1B
s/2B/1b/S
2b/1B/s/2B
Confused? #metoo
Have fun! :D
Waiting for 9 strings next!
4 insane riffs you need to play on the 8 string are the first 4 riffs of Blood Swamps by Andrew Hulshult.
Nice! I have that same Agile, but with the maple board and the single bridge pickup, it's really fun and great guitar for the $300 I paid for it!
Meshuggah - Nebulous. If the universe were ever to implode, this would definitely be the soundtrack to that. Some others worth mentioning.
Batushka - Yekteniya I
Ihsahn - Frozen Lakes on Mars
Deftones - Doomed User
Monuments - Origin of Escape
Well done man. Btw, what do you think of that Agile?
Killed it
Fear Factory - Soul Hacker. That song has the most chubby and most gorgeous 8 string riff I have heard. The one that goes in the background during solo and before solo.
Pete, I'm amazed you could still put your thumb behind the neck. I'd have my hand floating (no thumb resting) for a neck that big.
These riffs are so fire they dried his skin right out! Somebody get this guy done moisturizer!
I like also riffs from Babymetal - Starlight and BxMxC
those are on 9 strings :)
@@ripit.3457 Still playable on 8 :P (I tired) and most of the tabs are for 8 strings as well
@@ripit.3457 And the play it on 8 strings? live
@@impactQuake yup! well, they do for starlight, not quite sure about BMC
That on riff in Backpfeifengesicht by Animals as Leaders
Fun fact: Mick Gordon actually used a 9 string for the Doom Soundtrack
My favorite is Haken's The Architect ( the first chorus riff ) the one that made me want an extended range guitar!
Ayee I just got an agile 727! They're rad
Loooove it when Pete brings out the 8 string
Duuuuuude! A wolf amongst ravens, and neo Seoul by after the burial. Those dudes are out of this world! 🤘
Awesome
Hi Pete, great work, what's your signal chain in this video? It sounds amazing....
i definitely agree that everything you included should be on the list, but i would also throw in berserker by after the burial
Haken-in memoriam
Polyphia-look don’t touch
Deftones-diamond eyes
That intro to blood soaked symphony😩😩
I think of your song Kinetic as an iconic use of an 8-string.
Epic list my dude, Id definitely add soil the still borne by infant annihilator, like eddie pickard is just a god on 8 string./
MY TOP 8 FOR 8 STRING
1.- Animals as Leaders - Wave of Babies and so many all song
2.- Meshuggah - Rational Gaze, Bleed...
3.- Fear Factory - Soul Hacker
4.- Mick Gordon - B.F.G Division
5.- After The Burial - Your Troubles...
6.- Jason Richardson - Tonga
7.- The Five Hundred - Black Dogs
8.- Sarah Longfield - Illuminate
BONUS RIFFS
9.- Deftones - Gauze and Poltergeist
10.- Twelve Foot Ninja - One Hand Killing
11.- Carcosa - Our Scars, Vanta Black, Absent: Post
12.- Haken - 1985, In Memoriam, and more from this band
13.- Monuments - Origin of Escape
14.- Within the Ruins - Gods Amongst Men
15.- Periphery - Four Lights, 22 Faces, Stranger Things
16.- Vola - Smartfield, a stare without eyes, Inmazes
17.- Polyphia - Nightmare