5 Killer Riffs - King Diamond
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1:57 Halloween
3:15 Abigail
5:20 The Family Ghost
6:44 Welcome Home
7:52 At the Graves
Halloween written by Michael Denner :)
Andy LaRocque is probably the most underrated metal guitarist ever! Andy's solos are so recognisable and they are pure excellence!
Agree. Very melodic and thought out plus his use of the whammy bar is unparalleled. Love those flutters he tosses in occasionally!
Andy LaRocque,Criss Oliva,Wolf Hoffmann,Nuno Bettencourt and Richie Kotzen belong in the "Underrated Monster-Players" Club.
Andy has been my hero since I first heard the album Abigail in 88
Not to mention Mike Weed
No hes not from where Im sitting hes not underrated by me.
Justin Beiber and katy Perry fanboys yes but not in the metal community. The saying underrated really needs to cease. Its sounds like driveling rhetoric by those who say it in a feeble attempt to contribute to a thread with a lack of any descriptors beyond the word underrated. It actually shines a huge on you and says hey im super douchenozzle trying to sound like an intellectual expert on music older than yourself probably. Makes me wanna hurl to hear such wankisms
Michael Denner is also crazy underrated. He & Hank Shermann are one of the best duos out there. Him and Larocque crafted a masterpiece in Abigail
Just a reminder everyone, I'm just here to share my love for what I consider great music. I'm not claiming to be an expert in the minutiae of a band's history or how parts are played 100% correctly. If you'd like to weigh in on the conversation, please do so respectfully. Don't be a dick.
Leon Todd well put sir! You know all the RUclips know-it-alls out there can get a little nasty with the criticism
Leon do you need a troll gun. I still have my good, old Troll-annihilator S50 laying around somewhere 🔫 😂
The solos on "Them" are insane.
sprdthrdr1 Joe that is his best album
...did you catch the them tour?
Memory I will relive till death!
Those riffs are literally otherworldly.
Agreed. Them & Rust In Peace from Megadeth I've always felt were the pinnacle of that dual guitar attack style. Insane solos left & right.
Yeah, man! It was like they were trying to outdo each other! I'm sure it was all in my head but I could sense a bit of 'competition' at those sessions... Too bad there's no 'making of' of the Them album
Andy's work with Death is incredible, my fav is his solo on Trapped in a Corner
And the solo on Cold, in the seminal At the Gates album, slaughter of the soul
In the early eighties Andy was working in a guitar store in Gothenburg Sweden. I was alone with him and he brought me in to the listening room and plugged in to an amp and started shredding. After 5-10 minutes people started gathering. He handed the guitar to me and said "Now it's your turn!" Everyone looked at me. "-Maybe another time...hrrm"
Andy LaRocque is one of my favorite and yet so underrated. His sound was so distinct and clear, a guitar master. Thanks for the cool video, now I'm off the binge on some King Diamond.
Are you going to see him on this tour?
@@Torgo1969 .no they aren't coming near me
@@blazeandcyrus My condolences. But I predict there will be at least another leg of the tour in support of the as-yet-unreleased album, so you'll see them then! I saw KD 2 days ago in Detroit, and in any case I have a hard time keeping the Songs For The Dead concert CD out of my car's player!
Halloween written by Michael Denner :)
The partnership between Andy and Pete on the 'them' album is magic! Probably my favourite dual guitar metal album!
My sentiments exactly 🙂
Such underrated musicians. Great songs... Omens, Arrival, Sleepless Nights, 7th day of july 1777, Invisible guests...
"Magic" from The Puppet Master album... My favorite riff!!
Criss Oliva was a KILLER guitar player, and very underrated. RIP Criss. We STILL miss you.
Pete Blakk was a great guitarist for King Diamond too! Great riffs btw 🤘
Fatal Portrait and Abigail are both masterpieces.
The playing on The Eye is awesome, The Trial alone has a mixture of riffs and solos that's perfect.
The Eye came so close to making it on this list!
I discovered The Eye a few weeks ago and it's been living in my car's CD player ever since! Very emotionally moving songs once you understand the lyrics and the characters. And as far as The Trial goes, my cat Eddie
Andy is great, BUT I can't get "Is that you Melissa?" out of my head for the last 35 years or so....Shermann kills that one!!
The song "Is that you Melissa?" was released just 26 years ago. Probably you mean "Melissa"
@@subhuman7780 lol..typo! Its was supposed to be 25 years ago. I had the "cassette" tape around a year after release, as it usually required around a year to get it to the market in my homeland... "Oh, Melissaaaaa....you're in my dreams...." :)
The bridge in Sleepless Nights gets me every time...
This could easily be just 5 riffs from arrival and a mansion in darkness which is my fav record introduction ever
Next to Randy Rhoads, Andy has always been my favorite guitarist. I love his tone, and vibrato.
My 3 favorite Andy solos;
*Sleepless Nights
*July 7, 1777
*Victimized
Andy has been my favorite metal guitarist since I first heard him 30 years ago. Finally got a chance to see King Diamond this weekend. It was incredible.
I'd love to see them one day, so glad to hear it was a great show
Love to hear props for Cris Oliva and Andy laroque you are right 2 of the most under rated guitar players of all time!
I live in the same town as Andy. Fantastic guitar player, producer and really nice guy. Abigail is such a haunting riff
Underrated only because bubble gum band lovers arent listening to.MF or.KD
Abigail is.one of the best albums.ever
Abigail was what got me into KD, but I have discovered just how good The Eye is lately!
Bubble gum band?
I remember my first King Diamond album was The Eye. I swear I jammed that half a year and had no idea Them or Abigail even existed tell like a year later when I was in a record store messing around. Turns out I walked out with 2 more King Diamond albums and jesus if I remember right I took the Album them to my drum teacher and asked him to Teach me Welcome Home on drums and he laughed in my face. And said you are not ready for this lmao. Spent like 1 year on that song and every time I hear that guitar riff hit I air drum laughs
Mr. Andy LaRocque is so underrated guitarrist. He is a master. The brain of King Diamond music. From the Conspiracy album, "Sleepless Nights", my favorite riff of the band. Thanks for your videos Leon.
SO many killer KD riffs, picking just 5 is pretty much impossible - maybe 50 😁
Family Ghost is one of my favorite King Diamond songs.
Yes. A crap video but a great song.
@@Torgo1969 Yea the video is pretty cheesey LOL.
@@roberthagmaier9603 And that's an understatement, IMHO. I saw King again in Detroit a few days ago. Hope you can see him this time around.
Oh yeah! King Diamond! Tightest band ever and absolutely, Andy La Roque is underrated. Steven King should have had King Diamond do every score for all his movies.
Kinda funny to think Steven King and King Diamond both released book and music cd called The Institute
Wonderful videos Leon! Keep them coming man!
Damn dude, you got some PhD on Savatage and King Diamod,huh? Respect.
Andy Laroque is by far one of the most underrated players to come out of the 80's Era. His Riffs, Solo's, and harmonies are briliant.
Thanks for sharing Leon. Those are some pretty classic riffs and brings back some memories. Andy's rather melodic and flamboyant, killer lead playing however always stood out to me the most. I remember hearing his crazy whammy trills for the first time and his placement of those to further embellish his technical yet melodic shreds was just eargasmic. His style is quite distinguishable to me.
Thank you for doing this, King's band is so underrated it is not even funny. Andy and Pete are Gods.
Listen, man. They’re not underrated at all. People who listen to King Diamond do know who the guys are and I find it difficult to believe they would say the players are nothing but really good or excellent. Not well known to masses is a much better expression than underrated.
Friggin awesome, I've been waiting for someone to do this. Thanks
I love King diamond grew up listening to them and yes the tone is great, I'm ordering mine either tomorrow or next weekend. Thanks again Leon
Great upload Leon! Solid background and good play.
If you want some killer riffs from Andy La Rocque, try Mother's Getting Weaker, from "Them".
King Diamond (band) provides an avalanche of badass riffs. Greetings from Brazil!
Great video Leon . You're a true metalhead \m/
My man! Can’t wait to dig into this tnt. Looking forward to your Metaltronix patch!
Long live the king! \m/ Great killer riffs, Leon!
I didn't expect that from Leon. Wow! Cool!
Dude!! You just made me even much more of a fan of u for this video \m/ Going to see The King in Atlanta Monday for my second time, Andy will always be my favorite guitarist, been a fan of King and Mercyful fate since I first heard the Graveyard in the 90s, keep it up man and thank u, pumped for show!!
Right on bruv, throwing KD some love gets my sub :-) Andy LaRoque is a criminally underrated guitarrist. For my money "Them" and "Conspiracy" are their best work in all respects; storyline, guitar riffage/solos, I just never grow tired of them. Cheers for the content Leon!
King Diamond wrote Abigail and most of the songs on the record .Check out the credit's list. Later on Andy contributed a whole unforgettable lot more. Love that band. Love your videos - passion, dude!
Such a great lesson. Thank you
Man, amazing video!!! Andy is really an awesome guitar player and, created a lot of killer riffs!!!
Thankyou!
Andy is great but outside of Conspiracy King writes all the guitar parts
Sleepless nights is my jam, love that solo and love Andy’s playing, thanks for the vid
Had no idea you were into the King! Just awesome, so much killer stuff. Respect man!
Nice vid again.I appriciate your efforts about underrated musicians.You are obviously talented and have a good taste of music.
Just saw King Diamond a couple nights ago and the entire band put on a KILLER show, also had the chance to meet them and ALL the guys are TOTALLY down to earth.
Abigail sounds like an alternative version of early Testament, very cool! LaRocque also had pretty killer leads. Like on the more recent album The Puppet Master there was Magic, which has just jaw dropping solos.
Also learned only last week that LaRocque used/uses Lee Jackson GP-1000. The same preamp the recently passed Laiho from Bodom made stupidly expensive (in the early 2000's you could get one for like $150, now people are asking +600). Very unique sounding amp, many title it as an awful piece of garbage, but in the right setting it has this beautiful sweet lead tone that you just can't stop playing. Every note is very powerful if you want it to sing and pierce through with a ton of power, screaming for mercy.
You're probably aware of that 80's preamp as well, being a Zakk and 80's fan after all and knowing Michael Nielsen. A weird one with two big different versions, and the whole lifetime seemed to have the small changes to component values with only a late version seemingly being what metal guys wanted. But seriously fun one. Probably a lot of guys also hated it because they played it at home, noodling without any backing, because it certainly doesn't pack a big punch in the bass (and a lot of people liking V30 over say T-75). Many used something like SD-1 or Jackson active guitar electronics to boost it and I think Lee Jackson himself recommended something like enhancer/expander whatever unit in conjuction with it.
Great work as a great remember too of both Andy Laroque and Criss Oliva(RIP), two of my favorites of all time. The riff of Mother's Getting Weaker, from "Them" album, its another exemple of that genious mind.
Abigail and Them are King Diamonds best. Still Love Mercyful Fate! They got me into Metal
Fantastic band.You nailed it.
Them blew my mind back in the day! I still love playing those songs.
Thanks for reminding me of such a great band! They're often forgotten for some reason.
That was great Leon . I couldn't stop seeing how big the dean head stock was ,like a mini flying V at the other end . :-). Ok maybe the gummies and a drink had something to do with it yeeeahh
I was waiting for you to hit At the Graves. Like his best song in my opinion. You know your stuff you played really well. Good shit!
very nice Leon great play
Great justice on the playing bro
Great video. Love the V and the riffage. You be the man. 😉👍💝👍🎸👍🎸👍
I’m not big into a lot of dark themes they use but you gotta admit that King Diamond is a tight ass heavy band man. Riffs galore. Great stuff. RIP Timi
Also do you live in a guitar store or something? Lol
Cool vid subscribed!
Yes Leon , i love King Diamond all time.
Killer tone Leon Todd!
Thanks mate!!
AMAZING demonstration of King Diamond riffs, you chose a great guitar to play them on also...because I have that exact same Dean 'Select' V guitar in that same colour too!!!!!! (When I saw that guitar for the first time I HAD to get it...after a bit of shopping around and seeing what OTHER flying V guitars were out there, I ALWAYS came back to this one on my search!!)
LP Custom styling on a V - Love it!
Thats cool I don't think I've seen a breakdown of King Diamonds stuff before great guitar playing.🤘
“Let me help you, out of the chair
Wicked Grandma!”
This is the 2nd time I wrote this comment, so if you see two & they’re both slightly different I
apologize!!
EDIT: Sorry everyone! I meant the “Conspiracy” album & the song “Sleepless Nights” just in case anyone reads this. After 30 years I’m sure most would know it was a fast writing mistake!? Cheers
I was actually playing & jamming to Welcome Home last night & then missed this vid!
In 1989 my new friend just started collecting CD’s for XMAS as he knew he was getting his first new CD player. He decided to give me a few tapes & one ended up being Sleepless Nights, which I literally still play to this day on my 20 year old Beat Box lol. LSS the track song to the album is one of my top 10 all time faves in all genres of music!!! Great 👍🏼 vid and sorry if I wrote it twice. I’m not a ❤️ junky lolol
Thanks again
Cheers
That's what true friends do
Leon Todd Absolutely my friend! And Thanks for the vid! It was so cool I was jamming to Welcome Home then saw this!!
And I’m so sorry! Having to re-write my LONG comment, forgetting to hit send getting a call while writing my comment , I accidentally wrote It was the title track & I’m sure you know it was from “Conspiracy!”
Thanks n’
Cheers
What a great vid bro...watching you go through these classic chords is a thrill..me myself can never play guitar & very much envy most of these metal guitarists. 🤗a big like.
You are good bro!!! Great video, thank you
I love all the king diamond albums. Andy is amazing
" Pretty Cool!" Great Tones and Well done Brother! Thanks for Sharing, Be Well Leon!
Stopped by because Ola had a print screen from your channel in his latest FAQ. Now I see you playing King Diamond, and I hit subscribe ofc. I have spent a significant amount of hours in my teens listening to "Them" and "Abigail".
Welcome! Likewise, KD made my teens a far more bearable experience.
Good work. I saw King a few days ago in Detroit and he's still magnificent!
I love it!!
Hi Leon , wow i love the sound of that guitar.You played them flawlessly. Great riffs from one of the masters of heavy metal guitar playing for sure.I am a metal head from back in the 80's and listened to these guys as well as Savatage , Helloween and Judas Priest among others. I play a double stack Carvin with a Hughes & Kettner 100w head. I love your videos and have learned tons from you. Thank you. ROCK ON \m/
COVEN reunion show 2021!! Great video!
Love King Diamond Stuff!
Killer tone🤘🏻🤘🏻
Yeah whats the setup for gear in this video? Sounds awesome
"Mansion in darkness" is the greatest King's song with the best melody.
I really love the part after "There's no more to tell..." (The Meetings, album: "The Eye" (1990)
Great stuff, really learned a lot of technique from this vid. !! Saw King Diamond about a month ago, they are still killin' it. Incredible show. the Institution tour. \m/
My favourite KD riffs? All of them!
Just got into KD about two weeks ago... I’m 39 and have loved metal since I’m 14. Took a while but man do I love KD now. Just bought Abigail on Vinyl today :)
Such a good album, that's going to be a trip on vinyl!!
Oh I love these videos.
Awesome video Leon. I'd love for you to do a 5 Killer riffs video on Accept. Wolf Hoffmann is a phenomenal metal guitarist and has a plethora of Metal Riffs!
Great idea!!!
Right on, Brother! I happen to enjoy Andy's guitar work on The Eye. I most certainly think he is a vastly underrated guitarist.
Please do some on Metal Church 🤘🤘🤘
That's some interesting stuff for guy listening for modern metal, thank you very much ^^
Tim Feelament totally agree!!!!!!!
YES!!! Absolutely and totally love King Diamond! Great playing as always and nice curve ball with At the Graves. Was expecting Sleepless Nights (for obvious reasons, ha!) and that was a nice twist. I've always loved playing "Tea" and "The Trial", lots of fun. The interplay between light and heavy in Tea is just amazing and The Trial is simply crushing. Dude puts on the best live shows I have ever seen. It's unreal how good they are and how accurately they nail the material. Cannot say enough good about the King!
The Trial came so close to making the cut here, so epic
🤘Awesome! Hail to the King! Going to see "them" tomorrow night at the Riv!🤘
Andy is one of The most underrated guitarist
These guitar riffs - are abnormal. Yet totally fascinating.
Ok you’re covering King Diamond? I love this channel now
Love King Diamond. Been a fan since 1984. Looking forward to seeing him Nov.27th in Vancouver.
Merciful Fate and King Diamond fan here. They are so underrated. Thanks for recognizing them. Is That Axe Fx Leon ?
Yeah they wrote some epic tunes. Yeah this is the Axe
Leon Todd gonna post preset on axechange??
@@johnny-qb1ti No Brother, Bangladesh.
Good job 🤘
We were talking about how crminally underrated Andy is a couple months ago. I mentioned I had The Eye on permanent play in my car for a whole summer delivering pizza.
Just chocked full of killer dark riffs, lots of whole half diminished flavor and stacked minor 3rd evilness to make for a good Halloween jam. Great tone too.
"MAGIC", one of he best.
Saludos from México.
The most crushing KD riff is on Twilight Symphony on the Them album. Just after he sings "I could've been the next in line", it starts.
Probably piss-easy to play, but I never get sick of it, and always bang my head like a psycho!