I'm happy with how this turned out in the end. Having to record every instrument through a microphone was challenging, especially trying to get a good bass hit off of an acoustic bass guitar and proper reverb to the clapping, but I think it worked out well in the end. I had a lot of fun making it so really that's what matters.
Actually. *adjust glasses* If you're trying for the image of something like a D&D bard, then it would be in the A.D.'s, s since the medieval and renaissance era's were both post-Roman empire. Because if we go by the traditional definition of the contraction of BC, then that's Before Christ and Jesus was a Roman citizen. He executed sometime around 30AD (admittedly I would need to double check that number but you should get the idea (also, he wasn't born on 1AD, but something like 8 AD or something, again checking numbers but still getting ideas across)). The usual depiction of D&D settings are something like the medieval times in Europe. Though yeah. A bard in medieval Europe singing and shredding his lute playing Rules of Nature would still be waaaay ahead of his time.
Happened plenty of times before. Wrestling, dinosaurs, burgers, Gary Oak/Pokemon, crazy creepy sexy hexy goth witches, fighting ugly giants, the territory between articles of a woman's clothes, Mystery Skulls covers, Zone Tan, LoL, Disgaea, Gravity Falls, webcomics about rock and roll and fucking, and technically the lesbian schoolgirl dragons were scallies. He's all over the place.
Though it does kind of sound like it might be about vore instead. I mean, it isn't, but until I figured out the exact origin of the song I just assumed that because Ken Ashcorp covered it it might be some kind of kinky thing like that.
I swear on my life, every time for the past year that i've gone on Ken Ashcorp's channel and been like " aw why hasn't he uploaded in forever" and been sad, WITHIN 24 HOURS he always uploaded, it happened with Hold My Hand,it happened with Blue, It's Happened with this song, like i spent 3 hours listening to Ken's music yesterday going back and listening to the songs i hadn't heard in a while, thinking "man i hope he uploads soon". it's really weird
@@sopaipillasss A flamenco guitar is a guitar similar to a classical guitar but with thinner tops and less internal bracing. It usually has nylon strings, like the classical guitar, but it generally possesses a livelier, more gritty sound compared to the classical guitar. It is used in toque, the guitar-playing part of the art of flamenco.
I like this cover alot more than the original, honestly, being able to properly comprehend the lyrics themselves has made the song much more enjoyable. Not to mention that Kens voice is very sexy.
He also can change his voice quite a lot without voice filters, but for the voice effects he for 100% has is his iconic echo and the splitting of his voice to left and right speaker before adding the echo. Also the small choruses are amazing but are rare
i just found it searching lol, i was wondering what a song that wasnt really all guitar would sound like on just guitar. not what i was looking for, but still good
Wooooow! Your vocal is STUNNING!!! So pure emotions and energy. Thanks a ton🔥🤘 I don’t expected THIS, when I searched for “Rules of Nature acoustic cover” 👍👍👍
1:05 as much as i love this cover to death, i swear to fuck i canNOT unhear jack black in this damn line, it throws me off guard everytime i listen to it and i cant help but die laughing after LMAO
well, it's not actually any more active than any other comments section necessarily, it's just sorted by new by default - if you went to any other video with equal amounts of thousands to millions of views you'd see a similar influx of many comments a day
@@Eugene-fh6zp But its literally not auto tuned? Hasn't Ken stated multiple times he's never used it. I don't even have an opinion on using autotune but I'm pretty sure he doesn't use it.
Ken my guy how did you just off-handedly come up with something like this? I'm STILL coming back to this 4 years later feeling it as one of the most raw concepts.
I have never heard a song sound more Arabian and Wild West-ish at the same time. This has me pleasantly confused. I could even hear some Spanish flamenco overtones. My brain is befuddled, my heart is at peace. Brilliant work. Subbed.
There is a fun reason that some music from the middle and spanish music can sound similar. Before the reconquista spain was split between the caliphate and the various smaller christian states. So many of the musical rhythms and scales of the middle east were slowly introduced during this time and many of them are still present.
自分用 The time has come to anend Yeah_ this is what nature planned Being tracked by a starving beast Looking for its daily feast A predator on the verge of death Close to its last breath Getting close to its last breath (Rules of Nature) And they run when the sun comes up With their lives on the line (Alive) For while (No choice) Gotta follow the laws of the wild (Alive) With their lives on the line (No choice) Out here only the strong survive What's done is done survived to see another day The dance of life The hunter and the agile prey No guarantee Of which of them will succeed Strong or weak (yell) Rules of Nature Rules of Nature
Holy fuck you and tombstone going strong after all these years i remembered you two from old school rainbow factory days damn hope y'all continue your amazing work
,,You aren't the only one to grow up on the killing fields. War is a cruel parent, but an effective teacher. Its final lesson is carved deep in my psyche: that this world, and all of its people, are diseased. Free will is a myth. Religion is a joke. We are all pawns of something even greater: *MEMES* , the DNA of the soul. They shape our will. They are the culture. They are everything we pass on. Expose someone to anger long enough, they will learn to hate. They become a carrier. Envy, greed, despair: all memes, all passed on. You can't fight nature, Jack. Wind blows, rain falls, and the strong prey upon the weak. Sam tells me you see your weapon as a "tool": something that saves lives, a means of justice. Now, there's a pretty meme! Exquisite! It spared you the burden of all the lives you've taken, absolved you of guilt when you enjoyed it. ,,
"Acoustic covers... This is why I fight. *pulls the guitar wedged in his gut out* This is my normal. My nature." -Ken Ashcorp, just after disabling his acoustic inhibitors.
Really wasn't expecting this to be as good as it was, didn't think this song would work acoustic but you really rocked both the instrumental and vocal, definitely subbed
Glad Uberdanger has good taste in music. Anybody coming here from him should check out Absolute Territory, Touch Fluffy Tail, and Crazy Chicks, which are some of Ken's best songs IMO.
I love when he shouts "no choice", it's like you're sitting on the couch in the living room and you just hear him shouting in the closet in another room.
I'm happy with how this turned out in the end. Having to record every instrument through a microphone was challenging, especially trying to get a good bass hit off of an acoustic bass guitar and proper reverb to the clapping, but I think it worked out well in the end. I had a lot of fun making it so really that's what matters.
The end result is amazing, I love metal gear revengenance but I truly haven't heard an acoustic cover and you did an amazing job
I give this a 10/10
ken everything you put out is 20/10 to me. keep it up pandalad
Obvious question but can we expect more battlemetal from revengance?~.....and ooh yeah something something hotpandaraiden
can you sing another mgr song?
i really love this material
If Raiden kept the sombrero and poncho on for the entire game
@@x3fm690 he probably means cutscene wise
I definitely did that
Armstrong: ... deep inside we're kindred spirits... You... And I... Raiden: Adios amigos
I did that once. I only wish you could use a Mexican cavalry sabre or something to go with it.
@@torkip1313 came to comment this
I love the sound of a vocalist desperately trying to hold tension with a fucking light acoustic backing
and succeeding to boot
@@vaclavjebavy5118 only ken call pull off this shit
"fucking *light* acoustic backing"?
It may be just 1-2 acoustic guitars, and clapping, but it's a *far cry from light.*
So when you screamed "NO CHOICE" did you just walk to the back of the room and scream because listening back it sounds a lot like that
Ye boy. Was funny lmao.
Bruh I just realised that
> That one bard in the tavern in 400 BC that's way ahead of his time so nobody understands him and think its a crazy person
>bard
>400 BC
Actually.
*adjust glasses*
If you're trying for the image of something like a D&D bard, then it would be in the A.D.'s, s since the medieval and renaissance era's were both post-Roman empire. Because if we go by the traditional definition of the contraction of BC, then that's Before Christ and Jesus was a Roman citizen. He executed sometime around 30AD (admittedly I would need to double check that number but you should get the idea (also, he wasn't born on 1AD, but something like 8 AD or something, again checking numbers but still getting ideas across)).
The usual depiction of D&D settings are something like the medieval times in Europe.
Though yeah. A bard in medieval Europe singing and shredding his lute playing Rules of Nature would still be waaaay ahead of his time.
Well actually both above me are wrong. He's so far before his time that he's tge only bard in 400 BC.
@@lewiscameron5761 Fair explanation, since only a bard would do that sort of improbable madness.
@@EvilPaladin11 The fact that you wrote "adjusts glasses" made this comment significant better.
-Raiden, you need to be inconspicuous for this mission.
*takes sombrero, poncho and guitar*
-I`ve got a plan!
You have always a plan Raiden
I love that this is getting more views now that MGR became a meme again and I get to see people get subjected to more of Ken's music
The memes
Again? It's always been a meme, it was just suppressed by the patriots!
@@nintendo_pirate We are all sons of patriots now!
@@DuckinCommissar sons of delivery and digorno
@@dheiyomain6775 Bro are you high?
This is how the soundtrack should sound if you're playing with the mariachi costume
Also Mexican accent, lmao
that's a sexy cover right thar
Your voice is high, your voice is low, at some point I start to wonder if you're actually 2 people in a panda girl trenchcoat. Awesome cover!
me: yeah pretty good cover so far i don't see anything wrong with it
ken: *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH*
That just makes it even better
Don't forget the *UGH*
Me: ITS PERFECT.
RULES OF NATURE rules of nature
Its probably the most metal version of the song, beeing "just" acoustic among all those other metal covers thats dammn impressive!
Just throwing this out there... how much would I have to pay for you to make Bury The Light from Dmc5 but like this?
Dude, i would love that too but have some mercy for ken, that song is 10 minutes long.
@@barba3377 Holds 100$ out plz? It will be 10 mins of pure hardness in multiple ways
@@Konis45 Ken does what Ken wishes and none of us may disturb his chaos
Raiden : * Finds a sombrero and Mariachi clothes *
Also Raiden : "Let's dance"
2:08: you see a spider in the shower
2:15: you kill the spider
2:17: you are satisfied
"STRONG OR WEAK? GUESS WHICH ONE I AM!"
I'll never hear that part of the song and not laugh now.
I'm going to be chanting rules of nature next time I piss myself swatting a spider with my sandal, I hope you're happy.
Absolute gold.
lmfao
"Alright go kill that story-high Metal Gear."
"Wait what about the tutorial?"
"This _is_ the tutorial."
never heard a metal song into acoustic sound as good as the original if not better than the original, stunning.
In a world full of metal covers, taking a metal song and making an acoustic cover is pretty metal.
Woah Ken actually posts a song that isn't about weird sexy furries
right? not tryinh to absorb cheese. but sometimes i feel like im sad. but grass is free. for now.
get out
Isn't it, though?
Happened plenty of times before. Wrestling, dinosaurs, burgers, Gary Oak/Pokemon, crazy creepy sexy hexy goth witches, fighting ugly giants, the territory between articles of a woman's clothes, Mystery Skulls covers, Zone Tan, LoL, Disgaea, Gravity Falls, webcomics about rock and roll and fucking, and technically the lesbian schoolgirl dragons were scallies. He's all over the place.
Though it does kind of sound like it might be about vore instead. I mean, it isn't, but until I figured out the exact origin of the song I just assumed that because Ken Ashcorp covered it it might be some kind of kinky thing like that.
@@shupasopniWhat is the song name about fighting ugly giants?
Yo this man’s voice has so much range. Rest king, you’ve made my year with your music.
When you try to activate Ripper Mode but end up in Stripper Mode instead.
Jack the stripper
Kenny stripping sounds like a dream
Damn it, straight outta Saint's Row 3!
That's basicaly Bayonetta
@@oraandrip5266 both Platinum curiously.
Rules of Nature but it's Don Quixote fighting windmills
U mean Don Quijote?
@@EndermanLegendario its both
Even though I know it's a book, my mind immediately goes Don Quixote Doflamingo.
Don quixote zandatsu-ing the shit out of windmills
I didn't know I needed this, but I do now.
Awesome!
I just listened to one of yours lol
I swear on my life, every time for the past year that i've gone on Ken Ashcorp's channel and been like " aw why hasn't he uploaded in forever" and been sad, WITHIN 24 HOURS he always uploaded, it happened with Hold My Hand,it happened with Blue, It's Happened with this song, like i spent 3 hours listening to Ken's music yesterday going back and listening to the songs i hadn't heard in a while, thinking "man i hope he uploads soon". it's really weird
You should look at his channel more often, we need more songs mate!
You are the chosen one, you shall bring forth a good riptide of Ken songs
YEAH SAME THING HAPPENS TO ME LMAO
i just imagine Raiden aggressively playing the flamenco guitar
wtf is a flamenco guitar
@@sopaipillasss A flamenco guitar is a guitar similar to a classical guitar but with thinner tops and less internal bracing. It usually has nylon strings, like the classical guitar, but it generally possesses a livelier, more gritty sound compared to the classical guitar. It is used in toque, the guitar-playing part of the art of flamenco.
@@DoesNotReply so a skinny acoustic/skinny classic guitar? interesting
When you're a bard with the cyborg samurai subclass
Srry wat
Race: Cyborg
Class: Le Bard
Oh thanks.
Toss a coin to your raiden
I like this cover alot more than the original, honestly, being able to properly comprehend the lyrics themselves has made the song much more enjoyable. Not to mention that Kens voice is very sexy.
As much a like this version, its no challenge for the original, sorry not sorry
The raw vocals have me coming back to this video eternally. This goes so fucking hard.
THIS IS WHAT KEN SOUNDS LIKE?!? HE USUALLY HAS SO MANY VOICE EFFECTS ON
He also can change his voice quite a lot without voice filters, but for the voice effects he for 100% has is his iconic echo and the splitting of his voice to left and right speaker before adding the echo. Also the small choruses are amazing but are rare
I love that this cover is getting even more love
I love the range that Ken's voice has!! He can go from angelic androgynous crooning to aggressive masculine belting and it amazes me.
WHAT THE FUCK KEN?
I DIDN’T KNOW YOU COULD SOUND LIKE THIS.
He really just, channels Jack Black here, it's weird
Please man, never stop. Listening to your music makes me want to get my late 20s ass in gear to do such creative work!
I keep coming back to this, it's actually good.
The actually good makes me wonder if you thought it would be bad at some point lmao
@@jessevaldes5954 I was going to say the same thing.
Something along the lines of
>"Actually Good"
>Implying it wasn't?
it's -actually- *pretty* good.
FTFY
to be fair its hard to imagine rising with an acoustic track, the game is so metal
Sometimes I need the sheer metal in the song. Other times, I need an intimate and intense experience with your vocals and accoustic strumming of it.
2:08 Someone hit his toe against the table
Tenacious D sings Rules of Nature.
I love this cover so much, I've just been coming back every now and then and it never lost its touch.
It's 2022 and ken ashcorp covering rules of nature somehow hit the algorithm.
I remember back in 2018 I never heard of metal gear rising so I was incredibly confused why he sang this.
@@someguy5766 bruh that has to hit like a freight train
i just found it searching lol, i was wondering what a song that wasnt really all guitar would sound like on just guitar. not what i was looking for, but still good
Somehow?
The hell do you mean this is great
Recently learned about the song "Absolute territory" and found it quite amazing. Didn't know he make covers like this too..
The acoustic guitar really accentuates the change in pitches and the pauses between strums
OK wow, we need similar Acoustic covers for the other boss themes ass well!
This is just fucking Hades
HOLY SHIT
I thought it sounded similar to something
"Take down that wooden gear!"
YES !, CUT IT WIDE OPEN !
Yes! Saw it right open!
I love the fact that on 1:46 ken starts sounding like raiden. Glorious.
Wooooow! Your vocal is STUNNING!!! So pure emotions and energy. Thanks a ton🔥🤘 I don’t expected THIS, when I searched for “Rules of Nature acoustic cover” 👍👍👍
I've never heard acoustic guitar sound so FUCKING RAW and SAVAGE.
I was really glad when I heard this in UberDangers video. Im glad I started listening to you again.
the fact that this man can do this with his voice just blows my mind oh my god
This is truly what nature planned. Been listening to this on loop recently. Good stuff
I almost spit my coffee out seeing that this existed. Thx Ken for almost ruining my keyboard
again
What was the first time?@@breadtheloafening6260
1:05 as much as i love this cover to death, i swear to fuck i canNOT unhear jack black in this damn line, it throws me off guard everytime i listen to it and i cant help but die laughing after LMAO
WHY HAVE YOU DONE THIS TO ME
PEEEEEAAAAAAACHHHHHH
Why are ken's video's comment sections always so active?
I can never find one of his videos without a comment any older than 20 hours
His one video got recommended so everyone watched it. Now that everyone watched that one video, the rest of his stuff is being recommended again
i guess it's somewhat a meme - but at least an active fanbase right lads?
well, it's not actually any more active than any other comments section necessarily, it's just sorted by new by default - if you went to any other video with equal amounts of thousands to millions of views you'd see a similar influx of many comments a day
It’s cause his music fkn slaps
@@sharktooth7888 What's his one video again?
I found this cover recently and I cant stop listening to it, ITS THAT GOOD
Considering Metal Gear Rising's whole deal is being a hybrid of Samurai and Wild-west symbolism this is pretty fucking on point
We really need a full version of this!
Clotoz uh it is actually this one is just really short
“Ken Ashcorp, son.”
This is straight fire. It's very rare that I get goosebumps for songs
Ok look, I need acoustic covers of all the boss themes, then we can make a Mariachi mod that plays those instead of the actual songs lmao.
no but seriously please do all the boss themes please!
Missed this when it first came out. Jesus Christ, the raw power of your voice is phenomenal, dude!!
But dude its not raw tho, its auto-tuned, and theres nothing wrong about that and it is still good
@@Eugene-fh6zp But its literally not auto tuned? Hasn't Ken stated multiple times he's never used it.
I don't even have an opinion on using autotune but I'm pretty sure he doesn't use it.
Ken my guy how did you just off-handedly come up with something like this? I'm STILL coming back to this 4 years later feeling it as one of the most raw concepts.
local cyborg panda did an absolute **PRO GAMER MOVE**
THIS SOUNDS LIKE HADES SOUNDTRACK MIXED WITH MGR HOLY SHIT, GREAT WORK!!!
give me the tabs
edit: please
We need tabs
Please
Ken you have proven time and time again that you are able to jump different types of genre and it is awesome!
Rules of Texas more like it
I already enjoyed listening to absolute territory
BUT A COVER OF AN MGR SONG?!
this guy might be one of *the* best musical artists yet
kinda true
UberDanger my boii
Same, so glad I looked this up.
This is honestly really good, I'm so pleasantly surprised, I didn't know what to expect from a AC.
2:09 when i hurt my pinky toe
I have never heard a song sound more Arabian and Wild West-ish at the same time. This has me pleasantly confused. I could even hear some Spanish flamenco overtones. My brain is befuddled, my heart is at peace. Brilliant work. Subbed.
But where's the apretoki bro?
There is a fun reason that some music from the middle and spanish music can sound similar. Before the reconquista spain was split between the caliphate and the various smaller christian states. So many of the musical rhythms and scales of the middle east were slowly introduced during this time and many of them are still present.
自分用
The time has come to anend
Yeah_ this is what nature planned
Being tracked by a starving beast
Looking for its daily feast
A predator on the verge of death
Close to its last breath
Getting close to its last breath
(Rules of Nature)
And they run when the sun comes up
With their lives on the line
(Alive)
For while
(No choice)
Gotta follow the laws of the wild
(Alive)
With their lives on the line
(No choice)
Out here only the strong survive
What's done is done
survived to see another day
The dance of life
The hunter and the agile prey
No guarantee
Of which of them will succeed
Strong or weak
(yell)
Rules of Nature
Rules of Nature
The drop into *RULES OF NATURE!* was absolutely sick. This cover is glorious, Ken.
Holy fuck you and tombstone going strong after all these years i remembered you two from old school rainbow factory days damn hope y'all continue your amazing work
so THAT'S why the voice sounds so familiar.....
Doktor, turn up the volume!
But Raiden! You will blow up ear drums.
@@bernardoacylino8437 Just do it!
The fact that someone made an acoustic version of Rules of Nature is pure testament to the endless greed and destruction of humanity.
Great cover.
Why do i like this so much?
This goes hard as absolute fuck.
That rock scream at 1:08 is perfect
2:08?
,,You aren't the only one to grow up on the killing fields. War is a cruel parent, but an effective teacher. Its final lesson is carved deep in my psyche: that this world, and all of its people, are diseased. Free will is a myth. Religion is a joke. We are all pawns of something even greater: *MEMES* , the DNA of the soul. They shape our will. They are the culture. They are everything we pass on. Expose someone to anger long enough, they will learn to hate. They become a carrier. Envy, greed, despair: all memes, all passed on. You can't fight nature, Jack. Wind blows, rain falls, and the strong prey upon the weak. Sam tells me you see your weapon as a "tool": something that saves lives, a means of justice. Now, there's a pretty meme! Exquisite! It spared you the burden of all the lives you've taken, absolved you of guilt when you enjoyed it.
,,
@Mephistopheles 10 k, It's over 9000 It's a quote from the game Metal Gear Rising Revengance, which featured the original version of this song.
IM MEMESOON OF THE MEMES OF DESTRUCTION
I really love Ken Ashcorps voice. I think this is a truly amazing cover.
"Acoustic covers... This is why I fight. *pulls the guitar wedged in his gut out* This is my normal. My nature."
-Ken Ashcorp, just after disabling his acoustic inhibitors.
The thumbnail is oddly lacking of degeneracy.
Am not disappoint
HOLY SHIT YOUR VOICE IS PERFECT
Really wasn't expecting this to be as good as it was, didn't think this song would work acoustic but you really rocked both the instrumental and vocal, definitely subbed
Glad Uberdanger has good taste in music. Anybody coming here from him should check out Absolute Territory, Touch Fluffy Tail, and Crazy Chicks, which are some of Ken's best songs IMO.
We're shameless is best xD
Already subbed. Surprosed I missed this one tbh. I have the fking bell turned on XD
Well if it isn't Saucy Ken
Just a little too late.
as usual
I love when he shouts "no choice", it's like you're sitting on the couch in the living room and you just hear him shouting in the closet in another room.
Honestly I just found this channel on the comment section of a pelo video and now I'm listening to possibly the best music I've found for a while
it just feels weird that u can hear the vocals clearly cuz the ost of this game dont usually do that
Acoustic rock always gives me that Tenacious D vibe
Yo, RUclips recommendations? This. This is good.
Can you upload the instrumental version?
This is literally the only acoustic version I’m seeing and it _SLAPS._
Ken Ashcorp comment sections really do just be chat rooms, huh
it's funny, coz it's first the time when I see "show new comments first" function on ENTIRE channels videos
ye
Yeah.
Absolute territory is a prime example
Bro, this is FIRE. I like it more than the original!
This straight slaps, wanted more, played it 3 times before I realized I could download it.
that artwork really is exceptional
plEASE KEN ITS BEEN TOO LONG I NEED MORE OF UR VOICE
I imagine the engineer singing this while playing rules of nature on his guitar.
engineer singing this, playing rules of nature while heavy yeets the biggest robot enemy in MvM
@@nefarioulyte9996 STOP THAT FIST
@@longfang8117 stop that sentry buster
@@nefarioulyte9996 YES, SPLIT IT WIDE OPE- NO WAIT, NOT IN FRONT OF MY SENTRY-
Alright who the fuck is playing demoknight in tf2
Wow, Ken, great song, keep it up, proud of you!
mfw the dude who makes porn songs drops this banger
HE WHAT?
@@derpherp1810 yep, ol' boys a degenerate. Ya didn't know?