9 Levels of System of a Down Riffs - Easy to Hard

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  • 9 Levels of System of a Down riffs - easy to hard!
    Time for some more levels of and this time it's some iconic riffs from Daron Malakian of SoaD.
    What are your favourites and what do you find the hardest?
    Gear - Dean Cadillac Select, String Source Emerald 11s, LTD B-254, UA-25EX interface, Logic X, , Steven Slate Drums, JBL305 monitors.
    Full disclosure - the video and audio are done separately as it makes for a nicer video for all!
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  • @ashutoshJMJK
    @ashutoshJMJK 2 года назад +1034

    Daron is my reminder that you don’t have to be complicated to sound good

    • @renzoarriaran4313
      @renzoarriaran4313 2 года назад +8

      Totally

    • @josebriancruzmeza3279
      @josebriancruzmeza3279 2 года назад +13

      Except cigaro

    • @geologist5838
      @geologist5838 2 года назад +26

      Daron is the reason I grabbed the electric

    • @mydeadsoul6663
      @mydeadsoul6663 2 года назад +13

      And Opeth are a reminder that you have to be complicated to sound good. Finding balance between both is not easy.

    • @dodge5570
      @dodge5570 2 года назад +10

      Richard kruspe & Paul landers from rammstein for me

  • @Zephr238
    @Zephr238 2 года назад +497

    Daron is that one guy who doesn't care if he sounds good he just loves to play

    • @205iulian2
      @205iulian2 2 года назад +58

      But he still sounds good every time

    • @purplenurple1801
      @purplenurple1801 Год назад +7

      The scary part about daron is if he took more care of his tone with the riffs that man plays he would be in the numetal hall of fame where he belongs. Daron is so simple yet nuanced that I feel like his rhythm playing probably inspired a lot of the genre today. Without the weird factor system brought to the scene a lot the bands doing that today wouldn’t be here. Daron is a riff maestro

  • @keegan7015
    @keegan7015 Год назад +52

    i like how we measure dificulty with number of darons

  • @arsenyrizzz
    @arsenyrizzz Месяц назад +17

    BANANA BANANA BANANA BANANA TERRACOTTA BANANA TERRACOTTA TERRACOTTA PIE

  • @alexanderthered5603
    @alexanderthered5603 2 года назад +286

    Aerials was one of the first songs I ever learned on guitar, to this day I still play it often. His riffs are absolutely memorable.

    • @ShadowMantraSteve
      @ShadowMantraSteve  2 года назад +10

      One of the first songs I learnt as well, SOAD was a great place to start learning guitar.

  • @blacknight7480
    @blacknight7480 3 месяца назад +23

    Bro really looks like all soad member combine together

  • @davenlefever3575
    @davenlefever3575 5 месяцев назад +26

    Daron is such an amazing riff writer

  • @Shnapps12
    @Shnapps12 2 года назад +234

    Right from the start I knew that was gonna be level 9. Well done 😆

    • @ShadowMantraSteve
      @ShadowMantraSteve  2 года назад +14

      Welcome 🤘

    • @vincentforest4522
      @vincentforest4522 2 года назад +4

      Way to ruin the suprise buddy guy

    • @Shnapps12
      @Shnapps12 2 года назад +3

      @@vincentforest4522 ah sh*t. Got too excited.

    • @mackedeli
      @mackedeli Месяц назад +1

      I was expecting the solo to lonely day lol

  • @sutiszorny8039
    @sutiszorny8039 2 года назад +22

    I already knew "Vicinity Of Obscenity" will be the hardest, lol.

  • @keithrog73
    @keithrog73 Год назад +85

    The fact that Marmalade was only level 3 really took the wind out of my sails

    • @gibson8300
      @gibson8300 10 месяцев назад +3

      100%

    • @Laugk
      @Laugk 6 месяцев назад +5

      Yea i remember playing alot of system of a down stuff learning guitar. Marmelade is harder than Toxicity and Kill Rock n Roll

    • @M-15-72-4
      @M-15-72-4 4 месяца назад +2

      @@Laugkdefinitely not harder then toxicity and not hard in general

    • @Laugk
      @Laugk 4 месяца назад

      @@M-15-72-4 To me it is. :)

  • @colinplanovsky8160
    @colinplanovsky8160 Год назад +11

    vicinity of obscenity is so much more difficult than i thought it would be.

    • @rick8961
      @rick8961 Месяц назад +1

      Yeaaa, it's hard to synchronise with other instruments, especially when playing it live (i did play that song and it was not that great haha). No wonder why Daron doesn't sing it live

  • @Ashaliel
    @Ashaliel 2 года назад +53

    Man, you always make everything look so smooth and effortless.

    • @Mike-xj6pi
      @Mike-xj6pi 2 года назад +2

      Yeah bro I’m 44 he tricked me into thinking gojira riffs are easy

  • @bradg.726
    @bradg.726 2 года назад +80

    My man. Your timing is impeccable. I've recently moved on to learning how to smash some SOAD.

  • @andrewpappas9311
    @andrewpappas9311 2 года назад +22

    This was awesome, Daron is one of my favourite guitarists and all the riffs he plays are just so damn good. I also won’t lie when I say that I was also singing along with some of these riffs, but all in all great vid dude

  • @CarlosEduardo-xr8eu
    @CarlosEduardo-xr8eu 2 года назад +118

    I'm so grad that you put marmelade on this list!

    • @ShadowMantraSteve
      @ShadowMantraSteve  2 года назад +20

      I really like quite a few of the tracks not on the main albums, metro is also great.

    • @dominikweber4305
      @dominikweber4305 2 года назад +4

      @@ShadowMantraSteve yes metro is one of my favourite SOAD songs

    • @Pan666
      @Pan666 2 года назад +1

      @@dominikweber4305 Metro and Marmalade are one of my all time favorites...

    • @deeeeniiiiss
      @deeeeniiiiss Год назад +1

      i was also really happy seeing it on here, songs that aren't in albums or that are colabs are so good it's sad they don't get the attention they deserve

  • @FanaticDrummer
    @FanaticDrummer 9 месяцев назад +6

    The SG really is the signature sound for Daron. His rig is so simple that with a basic set up, its all in the tuning and guitar. Once you crank up a SG you’re like “holy shyt thats the sound” 😂

    • @doomerius1300
      @doomerius1300 Месяц назад

      Don't forget the holy Iceman

    • @FanaticDrummer
      @FanaticDrummer Месяц назад

      @@doomerius1300 The Iceman had its moment for sure on the first albums, for his “nu-metal” riffs. But I think his writing style
      completely changed on Mesmerize with the SG/ Acoustic combo in studio. It just brought out an entirely new style for them. Even on Scars On Broadway, Daron and John really are SOAD.

  • @vikosaur204
    @vikosaur204 2 года назад +9

    I remember some years back i said lets learn byob today sounds simple enough.... after 5 minutes i let down the guitar and i didnt even look at it for a whole week.

  • @vendeta9393
    @vendeta9393 2 года назад +27

    Please do more DOWN videos... they are back live and NOLA turned 25 this year. Keep rockin and be safe.

  • @Cameron9788
    @Cameron9788 2 года назад +8

    Great video! Love these "Level of" videos! Awesome playing! Always make me want to pick up my guitar haha. Keep it up mate!

  • @UncleHeatBand
    @UncleHeatBand 2 года назад +17

    That dean guitar is a beauty and puts out a really decent sound. Great job 🔥

  • @megaman7799
    @megaman7799 2 года назад +9

    I have literally never seen anyone play Mr Jack like that.

  • @Thomas-ct3gu
    @Thomas-ct3gu Год назад +1

    Excellent drums, just what I’m always looking for when I search for guitar riffs.

  • @Frederick0220
    @Frederick0220 Год назад +1

    This was incredible

  • @Samati1631
    @Samati1631 Месяц назад +1

    Love your Cadillac btw

  • @saraehh1
    @saraehh1 2 года назад

    I enjoyed this video a LOT 😍 Nice on

  • @martinkguitarcover4933
    @martinkguitarcover4933 2 года назад +7

    Great Tone! Awesome riffs

  • @mgrocki
    @mgrocki 2 года назад +2

    Riffs for days!

  • @GoldAndGrey
    @GoldAndGrey Месяц назад +1

    A riff that’s actually easy but sounds hard is Sad Statue, learned it back in high school 🤘🏽

  • @twstdlzard9659
    @twstdlzard9659 2 года назад +3

    That dean cadillac is GORGEOUS

  • @artgaes2474
    @artgaes2474 Месяц назад

    Wow so good! You're beast. ❤

  • @chupiconverge6034
    @chupiconverge6034 Месяц назад

    Great video

  • @armp1287
    @armp1287 2 года назад +3

    Love the tone. Soad fucking slaps

  • @Rygabo
    @Rygabo 2 года назад +3

    Nice guitar, bro. I've got the same Dean in black. Great playing too!

  • @l0rd_breeigo-sama954
    @l0rd_breeigo-sama954 Месяц назад

    Damn my 3 favorites on top. Nice

  • @amirarsalanshokri2428
    @amirarsalanshokri2428 2 года назад +5

    Deer dance is hard to.
    But the song is great 🤩

  • @qpqpqp8497
    @qpqpqp8497 2 года назад +9

    Ставлю этому видео 10 Даронов Малакянов из 10!

  • @chriskan21
    @chriskan21 2 года назад +14

    how do you get this amazing tone man

    • @ShadowMantraSteve
      @ShadowMantraSteve  2 года назад +9

      All free plugins and apart from an SSL channel strip from waves. The guitar plugins i typically use are the TSE 808 into the Le456 and a mix of marshal and god's cab impulses. There is then some eq/compression/mixing as well.

  • @alena383
    @alena383 2 года назад

    beautiful)

  • @danjackson7402
    @danjackson7402 17 дней назад

    Honestly thought Prison Song would get a shout out. That intro is brutal.

  • @Skillanfg
    @Skillanfg Год назад +2

    I’d have to agree with all of these. The last one I still can’t play. It’s like a tongue twister for your hands😂

  • @JustForFun-dz7ob
    @JustForFun-dz7ob 9 дней назад

    vicinity riff is so fucking sick and filthy

  • @cesarellefsonto2087
    @cesarellefsonto2087 2 года назад

    Is amazing tje sound of the Droop C#

  • @geologist5838
    @geologist5838 2 года назад +2

    Daron is the reason I grabbed the electric 🤘

  • @Jck0632
    @Jck0632 5 дней назад

    The kingdom of curvature

  • @floresaguilarcesarmanuel8577
    @floresaguilarcesarmanuel8577 2 года назад +12

    De hecho, yo siento más complicado marmalade que toxcity. 🤔
    I feel more complicated play "marmalade" than "toxicity". 🤔

    • @joaquinlezcano2372
      @joaquinlezcano2372 2 года назад +3

      Tiene sentido

    • @Nobodys.here.now.somehow
      @Nobodys.here.now.somehow 2 года назад +2

      Buen punto

    • @leandrofod
      @leandrofod 2 года назад +2

      I also used to think it was super hard back when I was learning it. What made it easier for me was making a standard strumming pattern for the whole song: down, up, down, up. Even the solo can be played like that. Just the pre-chorus is different with eventual palm muttings, I do all downstrokes there.
      Once you get the rhythm right, you will love this song even more. It's probably my all time favorite to play, along with innervision, pluck and psycho

  • @JetUzer
    @JetUzer 25 дней назад

    Lvl 8 wrote by Serjio, talented - 10/10
    Lvl 9 wrote by Daronimo - not so popular, but very talented too, 12/10

  • @maximumroyal7954
    @maximumroyal7954 Месяц назад

    This band has this quality of making someone want to play their songs. Whatever the instrument.

  • @tomas_nehyba
    @tomas_nehyba 2 года назад +3

    I think the hardest 3 are Vicinity of Obscenity, Cigaro and Attack

    • @tomas_nehyba
      @tomas_nehyba 2 года назад

      I forgot Bounce (the palm muting riff is really fast with downpicking)

  • @atvena
    @atvena 2 года назад +8

    Honestly does Daron ever write a bad riff

  • @jamthecat1011
    @jamthecat1011 Год назад

    byob and vicinity of obscenity were the first songs i mastered when i picked up my first electric when i was 16 lol

  • @royalmarine1011
    @royalmarine1011 2 года назад

    Crisp snare

  • @alexandertaub82
    @alexandertaub82 Месяц назад +1

    So easy to medium basically

    • @alexandertaub82
      @alexandertaub82 Месяц назад +1

      Mostly agree but Daron has above zero skill lol… also he left out the hardest riffs - Soil, Question, and arguably songs like Forest too with the time changes in the bridge.

  • @lieturm1470
    @lieturm1470 2 года назад +7

    So cool !
    Do you know the band orbit culture? I really want you to listen to the songs "saw", "north star of nija", "open eye". And if you like it please make a cover 🙃

    • @ShadowMantraSteve
      @ShadowMantraSteve  2 года назад +3

      I've listened to them a few times, need to really dig into their music a bit more!

  • @11bangbang69
    @11bangbang69 2 года назад +4

    Ooh but what about Needles??

  • @50jwicker
    @50jwicker 2 года назад +3

    Should’ve had the song Question!

  • @cryptikkcries
    @cryptikkcries Год назад

    my personal one is still revenga with the 2 sets of triplets at 140 bpm. my picking hand literally started to seize up at the beginning

  • @gerula2014
    @gerula2014 10 месяцев назад

    what pedal did you use?

  • @kevongordon2675
    @kevongordon2675 Месяц назад

    These riffs give me Kerry King and slayer vibes I love it

  • @sxy_agn
    @sxy_agn 29 минут назад

    Toxicity is a higher level than Marmalade? I don’t know how accurate that is cause I’m stuck on the second beginning part

  • @apex115
    @apex115 2 года назад +2

    terracotta pie

  • @RedonsDans15
    @RedonsDans15 2 года назад +7

    i don't want those daron face for whatsapp stickers... I NEED THEM
    btw did you forget about their first album? excellent video bro

    • @ethanwarren2482
      @ethanwarren2482 2 года назад

      Ddevil is from their first album my friend. Marmalade is a Demo track from 1994 I think. They also covered Snowblind (black sabbath) and did a great cover of the song "Metro" which was for the Dracula movie around the same time I think 🙂

    • @andrewpappas9311
      @andrewpappas9311 2 года назад

      DDevil, Sugar and I think Marmalade are all from their debut

  • @MeiTriboulet
    @MeiTriboulet 2 года назад

    more soad please :D

  • @rageagainstmyhatchet
    @rageagainstmyhatchet Месяц назад +1

    In short, there's no soad song you shouldn't be able to play within a year or so or first picking up an electric
    Happy strumming.

  • @Kichaykin_poet
    @Kichaykin_poet 2 года назад +6

    Chic 'N' Stu and Psycho - the hardest soad riffs IMHO

  • @nwarwick5905
    @nwarwick5905 2 года назад +3

    Questions! lvl10

  • @GoDDamnHosTile
    @GoDDamnHosTile Месяц назад

    Cigaro has to be one if their hardest to pull off clean. Also forest I find rhythmically challenging towards the end. Soil main riff is kind of gibberish, so is the fast part at the end of Mr Jack.

    • @ShadowMantraSteve
      @ShadowMantraSteve  Месяц назад

      Definitely a few songs you get lulled into a false sense of 'this is easy!' then Daron rips out a weird riff to throw you off!

  • @Stanisslayer
    @Stanisslayer 3 месяца назад

    There is no drop C rifs?)

  • @huzzki3564
    @huzzki3564 Месяц назад

    love this as a blood fan of this band for so long! i've learned ALMOST all the songs except haven't really given 36 any tries at all ! but out of all of them due to the constant shift in the riff, i actually had the most difficullity with SOIL! Great video , subscribed

  • @diovanidalmoro6634
    @diovanidalmoro6634 2 года назад +1

    how did you get that guitar tone?

    • @ShadowMantraSteve
      @ShadowMantraSteve  2 года назад

      I mainly use the LePou Le456 and the Ignite Amps Emissary plugins a lot with GodsCab impulses. Then some eq and some other mixing plugins.

  • @pero4858
    @pero4858 2 года назад

    Did not expect marmalade there cus im pretty bad and still know the song lol. Toxicity too but its easier for me so i kinda expected it.

  • @marcoseduardofonseca147
    @marcoseduardofonseca147 2 года назад +2

    i thought the hardest one would be that slides in cigaro

  • @eliapini1117
    @eliapini1117 2 года назад +2

    BANANABANANABANANATERRACOTTABANANATERRACOTTATERRACOTTAPIE

  • @alexeyalexeevich3215
    @alexeyalexeevich3215 11 дней назад

    Suite-pee intro 10lvl, flagolet

  • @Rakesh_but_handsome
    @Rakesh_but_handsome 2 года назад

    What kind of guitar is that?

  • @Maxshaitan
    @Maxshaitan Месяц назад

    Nice)Probably these are not all difficulty levels of SOAD. There are more difficult ones like lonely day for instance.

  • @RA-iNd
    @RA-iNd Год назад

    Hey toxicity isnt that hard ive done it easily before, also good work dude!! 🔥🔥

  • @meinkon_8938
    @meinkon_8938 2 года назад +1

    My level is 5/9 Malakians

  • @Mike-xj6pi
    @Mike-xj6pi 2 года назад

    Hey steve what guitar is that

    • @ShadowMantraSteve
      @ShadowMantraSteve  2 года назад

      It's a Dean Cadillac Select from around 2009

    • @Mike-xj6pi
      @Mike-xj6pi 2 года назад

      @@ShadowMantraSteve pretty slick steve I’m working on pentatonic scales steve you love made the guitar industry some money with eyebrow raise and smooth playing

  • @alvarobernales6555
    @alvarobernales6555 2 года назад

    Lonely day (soloing) jaj

  • @colonelyogurt08816
    @colonelyogurt08816 Год назад

    Someone tell me what album "Marmalade" is from I cannot remember

    • @ShadowMantraSteve
      @ShadowMantraSteve  Год назад +2

      Bonus track from the Japanese edition of the first album, but also shows up on a couple of the single releases.

    • @colonelyogurt08816
      @colonelyogurt08816 Год назад

      @@ShadowMantraSteve ah alr thanks

  • @p1tefeY
    @p1tefeY 6 дней назад

    Chopsey?

  • @brendenalexander6178
    @brendenalexander6178 2 года назад +1

    Scars of Broadway yoo!

  • @luiscastro-vz7qv
    @luiscastro-vz7qv 22 дня назад

    No se si sea la temática, pero falta Question y Suit pee

  • @brownsugarskom
    @brownsugarskom 4 дня назад

    Is that…. a Lesplorer?

  • @hectoralonsogarcia7200
    @hectoralonsogarcia7200 Год назад

    Are you Steven Perronne?

  • @juanrincon4110
    @juanrincon4110 10 месяцев назад

    Is there a perfect way of holding your baby?

  • @karantinho7093
    @karantinho7093 7 месяцев назад

    Лучшая игра B.Y.O.B. которую я видел

  • @escherpainting8622
    @escherpainting8622 10 месяцев назад +1

    That is a very odd way to play Mr. Jack.

  • @melleon._.1807
    @melleon._.1807 Год назад +1

    I can play byob but not cigaro but I can play radio/video but not toxicity but I can play sugar but not chic-n-stu but I can rock ieaiaio and shred california dreaming by Hollywood undead.....
    Does this mean I have 8 Daron heads and 6.9 heads of Charles P. Scene???

    • @melleon._.1807
      @melleon._.1807 Год назад +1

      A month later and I can play cigaro, toxicity, question, violent pornography, and shred tf out of revenga.
      Edit, also working on vicinity of obscenity cause I remembered I can't play it good 😂😂😂

    • @ShadowMantraSteve
      @ShadowMantraSteve  Год назад +1

      Awesome work 🤘

    • @melleon._.1807
      @melleon._.1807 Год назад

      @@ShadowMantraSteve thx bro, an update to that as well, I can play all of mezmerize except lost in hollywood and soldier side intro. Half of toxicity, some hypnotize and I'm nailing down some hollywold undead songs as well 😁😁😁
      Also keep up the great vids!

  • @funandmusicchannel4712
    @funandmusicchannel4712 Год назад

    I play mr. Jack different, after 3 I I go down to 8 7 8 7 0

  • @creepbear8222
    @creepbear8222 2 года назад

    Hey guys look my top Rammstein riffs please🙏

  • @ankitysabha2577
    @ankitysabha2577 Год назад

    either chop suey riff is too easy for you or you still can’t play it.
    because it is the hardest and heaviest riff of soad🔥🔥

    • @bigsmoke6805
      @bigsmoke6805 Год назад +1

      Chop suey is literally built like half of their riffs - semitones and 1/16s. Even those licks in Cigaro take more skill than Chop suey.

  • @dante_llanos
    @dante_llanos 24 дня назад

    El riff mas facil de trivium es mas dificil que la mas dificil de soad

  • @LP_one
    @LP_one 14 дней назад

    Kill rock n roll its one of the most easiest to learn

  • @jessewest2109
    @jessewest2109 Год назад

    No soil?
    Could of had another sub

  • @joaovitormio
    @joaovitormio Год назад

    kill rock 'n roll bem mais fácil que marmalade, a ultima só fica legal com palhetada pra baixo, cansa muito kkkkkk

  • @admiral_sengoku
    @admiral_sengoku Месяц назад

    b.y.o.b осилил , а вот cigaro не смог

  • @kolicsmate7506
    @kolicsmate7506 2 года назад +3

    Funny enough BYOB was the first one I learned

  • @escherpainting8622
    @escherpainting8622 10 месяцев назад

    I think some of those Steal This Album! songs are right up there as his hardest. Streamline is pretty awkward.