Transylvania - Iron Maiden FULL Guitar Cover

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  • Опубликовано: 9 июн 2022
  • Full guitar cover of Iron Maiden's first ever instrumental that I feel should be used as an introduction to all of the 70s Hammer Horror films!
    Dennis Stratton's parts: Gibson Les Paul Standard 50s Gold Top
    Dave's Murray's parts: Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster
    Plugin: Neural DSP Archetype Petrucci
    DAW: Reaper Audio
    Audio Interface: Focusrite Scarlett 2i2
    Strings: Ernie Ball Hybrid Slinky 10-46 / Super Slinky 9-42
    Picks: Ernie Ball Heavy
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  • @superdave7241
    @superdave7241 Месяц назад +2

    Those songs like
    Transylvania and phantom of the Opera as well as Genghis Khan are a WORKOUT!!!
    Great job 👍

  • @Hadogei123456789
    @Hadogei123456789 2 года назад +7

    One of the most underrated Iron Maiden tracks and one of the best covers on RUclips.

  • @Machine138
    @Machine138 2 года назад +5

    Absolutely flawless.

  • @Hadogei123456789
    @Hadogei123456789 Год назад +10

    Such an underrated Maiden track.

  • @marillionman8811
    @marillionman8811 2 года назад +6

    Great cover one of my favourite maiden instrumental's along with ide's of March and genghis Khan 👍

    • @MrPoilleke
      @MrPoilleke 2 года назад +3

      For me the same and see much clearer now lol, always heard tons of extra notes in there...

  • @lilgummy265
    @lilgummy265 2 года назад +1

    Ive been waiting for this!😎

  • @CC-qb9sm
    @CC-qb9sm 2 года назад +2

    Iron Maiden showed very early in their career that they knew how to open an album side! Also the way this one bleeds into Strange World is just so cool. Nicely done! 🤘

  • @martymartin2894
    @martymartin2894 2 года назад +2

    Most spot on cover hes done yet.

  • @Psalmist6693
    @Psalmist6693 16 дней назад

    Flawless 🎉

  • @battlemageblitz82
    @battlemageblitz82 2 года назад +3

    Dude! That was killer! We all appreciate the time and effort that goes into making these videos ❤
    Up the Irons 💪

    • @LicksOfTheBeast
      @LicksOfTheBeast  2 года назад +1

      Thanks so much for the encouragement, man!! Greatly appreciated 🙏🤘

  • @jonshaw9472
    @jonshaw9472 2 года назад +4

    Great job, I've always loved this track and tried to cover it in a school band back in 1981...I bought the Iron Maiden musical notation book (song book) but there was no guitar tab in those days so I spent a whole Sunday transcribing it from musical notation into tab then introducing it to the band the next day...unfortunately nobody could do the speed picking on the intro so that's as far as it went..I can play it now though 41 years later!... top job.

  • @felippemartins5215
    @felippemartins5215 2 года назад +2

    Perfect cover, your best

  • @GloriaaCristo2011
    @GloriaaCristo2011 2 года назад +2

    Simplemente perfecto.... nice job my friend. Very precise!

  • @Pewtooyou
    @Pewtooyou 2 года назад +2

    This was always a great tune... Some may call it note soup where it gets almost too busy but I call it brilliance...Awesome job....I wish you would Tiktok it so I could duet it with you.

  • @MrMvidz
    @MrMvidz 2 года назад +2

    Sweet Jesus.. that was just killer!

  • @Gorbyrev
    @Gorbyrev 2 года назад +2

    Spot on!

  • @coachinho4919
    @coachinho4919 2 года назад +2

    I love Murray's solo in this song. Killer cover! 💪🏼

  • @joeverastegui8399
    @joeverastegui8399 2 года назад +2

    I feel like that debut album was one of the most groundbreaking metal albums of all time....I saw it on the shelves the first week it came out and bought it for 3 reasons, The cover art, the live concert pics on the back and the song titles. I never knew it was going to start a lifelong love affair ..I still have it today and it has that green Harvest label on the vinyl, I'm sure it's worth more now than the $7.99 I paid for it ....you play it superbly sir. Excellent job Up The Irons!

    • @LicksOfTheBeast
      @LicksOfTheBeast  2 года назад +1

      Wasn't it so amazing to discover bands and albums just because something about the cover art and/or song titles spoke to you? Especially when it ends up being Iron Maiden!! First album too... You're about as OG as it gets!

  • @alessandrofaoro1644
    @alessandrofaoro1644 2 года назад +2

    Eccolo il Nico nazionale!

    • @danbal4185
      @danbal4185 2 года назад +1

      E' veramente un mostro!!!

  • @peterk4626
    @peterk4626 2 года назад +1

    ah maaaan, blast from the past Nico, that riff from 0.22, first Maiden riff I ever learned :) I've got to re-visit this again :)

  • @MystFGO
    @MystFGO 2 года назад +7

    Those solos were so perfect, wow. Did it require many takes or did you ace them?

    • @LicksOfTheBeast
      @LicksOfTheBeast  2 года назад +2

      Thank you! This one I actually got through pretty quickly but some of my videos really did require many takes 😅

  • @checpneumo5261
    @checpneumo5261 Год назад +1

    I always remember the somewhere back in time tour intro when i listen to this song. I love it!!!

  • @ChristopherJWalton
    @ChristopherJWalton 2 года назад +2

    Brilliant, as always!

  • @angelfrankensteel
    @angelfrankensteel 2 года назад +1

    Great job with this song Nico, one of the best iron maiden songs to play in guitar in my opinion... The harmonies are just amazing. Up the Irons !!! 🤘

  • @fogzax
    @fogzax Год назад +1

    The picking in this track is insane

  • @nikki78225
    @nikki78225 2 года назад +2

    This has a raw NWOBHM energy. You captured the orignal 100 percent

  • @fadetoblack1290
    @fadetoblack1290 2 года назад +1

    Great cover man! One of my favorite tunes to play. The way it transitions to Strange World is absolutely beautiful.

  • @jonathandanielmartinez2949
    @jonathandanielmartinez2949 2 года назад +1

    Nico, thanks! Awesome cover! Transylvania & Genghis Khan are killer instrumentals.

  • @joaocarlosviana6005
    @joaocarlosviana6005 Год назад +1

    Classic!!!!! The primitive song from Maiden and still so outstanding song and your peformance is terrific and spotless, You rules Mate!!!!

  • @tillyvick14
    @tillyvick14 2 года назад +1

    The best cover of this song that will ever exist!

    • @LicksOfTheBeast
      @LicksOfTheBeast  2 года назад +1

      Ahhh far too kind my friend! 🙇‍♂️🙏

  • @carzz185
    @carzz185 2 года назад +1

    that's amazing! i love this song... so fun to play

  • @Tony_Kam
    @Tony_Kam 2 года назад +1

    Flawless!!! Damn!!

  • @nicosteream
    @nicosteream 2 года назад +1

    Very nice as always...

  • @user-gd6zl9lo4c
    @user-gd6zl9lo4c 9 месяцев назад +4

    Thank you for this , especially the close up of the picking , I was playing this wrong for like 5 years at least . Now I can play it correctly thanks to you niko ! Awesome cover best I’ve seen

    • @LicksOfTheBeast
      @LicksOfTheBeast  9 месяцев назад

      Glad to hear this!!
      That's why always include the neck and picking angles in the cover videos so that if someone wants, they can slow it down on those parts and catch a detail they might have missed. 😃

  • @paulmaceachern7185
    @paulmaceachern7185 2 года назад +1

    Fantastic Nico!

  • @bloodycotti7954
    @bloodycotti7954 2 года назад +1

    Damn ! nice show as usual

  • @emilyinoregon6967
    @emilyinoregon6967 2 года назад +2

    Shred it! You're amazing!
    I love this one. Maiden's instrumentals, like Satriani's and Band-Maid's, have great melody and structure.

    • @LicksOfTheBeast
      @LicksOfTheBeast  2 года назад +1

      Hey thanks so much!! I agree wholeheartedly...the best intrumentals all have great melody and structure. I can't listen to it otherwise. 🤷🏻
      If you like instrumentals, I highly recommend Nili Brosh. Her arrangements, phrasing and sense of melody are too notch. A Matter of Perception is one of my favourite instrumental tracks ever! I'd give a kidney to be able to play like her 😄

    • @emilyinoregon6967
      @emilyinoregon6967 2 года назад

      @@LicksOfTheBeast Cool, thanks for the rec! 😄🍻

  • @keithfranzen9209
    @keithfranzen9209 2 года назад +1

    Amazing, thanks!!!

  • @juanneman
    @juanneman 2 года назад

    Spot on as always, what a great surprise, many thanks Nico!!!

  • @steveofarrell4886
    @steveofarrell4886 2 года назад +1

    That was amazing!!!!

  • @DolkkarToyznstuff
    @DolkkarToyznstuff 2 года назад +1

    I love how this song segues into Strange World as if they're one song. I wasn't sure if you'd cover this one, it was a nice surprise.

  • @jerry8323
    @jerry8323 Год назад +1

    What a masterpiece! You nailed it, Nico!

  • @headleylemarr9328
    @headleylemarr9328 2 года назад

    Excellent job bro. Absolutely brilliant!

  • @ioannisdenton
    @ioannisdenton 2 года назад +1

    I Just lay down for a nap and watched this and got waken up XD. Amazeballs!

    • @LicksOfTheBeast
      @LicksOfTheBeast  2 года назад +1

      Thank you! I hate to get in the way of a good nap though 😄

  • @kakhak
    @kakhak Год назад

    This composition is so frikin epic... Love it for many decades.

  • @michaelhealy3923
    @michaelhealy3923 Год назад

    Classic track one of my favourites well played

  • @mattmannthree
    @mattmannthree 2 года назад +1

    Superb, man!

  • @GeoffSaari
    @GeoffSaari 2 года назад +1

    Damn this is the best way to start your Friday! What a kickass cover of a kickass song! Had to headbang to it
    Patiently waiting for the Blood Brothers cover! Cheers Nico!

  • @gerryiannuzzi815
    @gerryiannuzzi815 2 года назад +1

    You make it look so easy nico!

  • @ghastlynavigator
    @ghastlynavigator 2 года назад

    Killing it Nico!! Awesome song and perfect cover! Love that tone too!! UP THE IRONS 🤘

  • @suetruett3812
    @suetruett3812 2 года назад +1

    great job Nico...this is a song to be inspired to learn to play..

  • @crackerfoot
    @crackerfoot 2 года назад +1

    Amazing! You've even got those 7th fret harmonics happening on the second intro riff, that show up so often on the first record. Up the irons!

  • @PedroCaminoMUFC
    @PedroCaminoMUFC 2 года назад +1

    Yes!!!

  • @rcameron4091
    @rcameron4091 5 месяцев назад

    Great job . Love the gold top .

  • @sjbelias
    @sjbelias Год назад

    Just a phenomenal track!…I remember first listening to this and thinking that there was no one at that time that played like this!

  • @paweolearczyk8643
    @paweolearczyk8643 2 года назад

    Excellent work! Keep going!🙂👊🎸🎸🎸

  • @jongolsteyn9680
    @jongolsteyn9680 Год назад

    Awesome! A top ten Maiden song for me.

  • @danbal4185
    @danbal4185 2 года назад +1

    Super cover! Tracks like Transylvania and Gengis Khan are the reason why i rated the first two albums 5&1/2 stars out of 5, while the following five albums "only" 5 out of 5!

  • @ts8lemonade
    @ts8lemonade 2 года назад +1

    Awesome cover! The tone is spot on! I would love to see a cover video of you playing The Clansman!

  • @ricardo_leoni
    @ricardo_leoni 2 года назад

    Great job Nico! Love it. Nice background 🤘🏻🤘🏻

  • @yoannarsie3277
    @yoannarsie3277 Год назад

    Masterclass!

  • @Wishchrono
    @Wishchrono 2 года назад +2

    sick triplets

  • @cesarrobles6771
    @cesarrobles6771 2 года назад

    Powerful cover 🤘🏻

  • @christhiancarvajal4027
    @christhiancarvajal4027 2 года назад +1

    Maravilloso, la perfección!!

  • @MatteoAn93
    @MatteoAn93 2 года назад

    Incredibile cover!!

  • @Skooma_Drinker
    @Skooma_Drinker Год назад

    Very good! Keep it up 🤟🏻

  • @edgarestradajr8014
    @edgarestradajr8014 Год назад

    well done i like it

  • @mladen1982
    @mladen1982 2 года назад

    Great!!!

  • @kntzounis
    @kntzounis 2 года назад

    One of the standard favorites songs of Iron Maiden fans. Spot on again, sound and skills Nico. I will steal Infinite Obscurity comment below "We all appreciate the time and effort that goes into making these videos". It's true!

    • @LicksOfTheBeast
      @LicksOfTheBeast  2 года назад

      It's super encouraging to know you guys enjoy these vids! It pushes me to keep going and working even harder 😃

  • @D3Alm3ida
    @D3Alm3ida 2 года назад

    spot on boss

  • @maideneagle79
    @maideneagle79 Год назад +3

    First idea was with lyrics. Steve turned into instrumental and he did right thing

  • @mikecottondrums
    @mikecottondrums 2 года назад

    Awesome bro. Im diggin the new setup!

    • @LicksOfTheBeast
      @LicksOfTheBeast  2 года назад

      Thanks bro! I'd been waiting to put that Trooper frame up for almost a year 🤣

  • @wswan81
    @wswan81 Год назад

    I farkn love this song...dude had some shoes to fill covering it....
    2nd video ive seen of him so far...
    Absolutly farkn nailed imo, technical skill, presicion, energy, versatility.
    👍🍺

  • @fredericoferrari6283
    @fredericoferrari6283 Год назад +2

    Cara, não entendo como o seu canal tem poucos inscritos desse jeito. Você é um dos melhores guitarristas cover do Maiden. Todos os seus covers são excelentes. A sonoridade é igualzinho. Parabéns.

  • @greyraven9164
    @greyraven9164 2 года назад

    great

  • @FIFASEASONGAMING
    @FIFASEASONGAMING 2 года назад

    A fairly easy riff, but a very difficult rhythm action. Well done as always 🤘🤘🤘

  • @darrenc8776
    @darrenc8776 2 года назад +3

    Brilliant Nico. One of my fav maiden instrumentals. Any chance you will do Run silent Run deep?

    • @LicksOfTheBeast
      @LicksOfTheBeast  2 года назад +2

      Probably not for some time. I love that song but at this stage of the channel, I have to be very careful about the topics and songs I select as I don't yet have a large enough audience to allow myself the luxury of more obscure material. I hope to get there soon! 😃

    • @darrenc8776
      @darrenc8776 2 года назад

      @@LicksOfTheBeast Hi Nico I understand what your saying..but I'd argue Transylvania is a more obscure maiden track? Tbh I think whatever you do maiden wise will ne great and well received 👍👍👍👍

  • @courtmetrage
    @courtmetrage 2 года назад

    Perfect

  • @Antwansauce
    @Antwansauce Год назад

    playin that joint on a strat too👀

  • @miguelangelgomezgonzalez6295
    @miguelangelgomezgonzalez6295 Год назад

    La técnica de la mano derecha es limpia y ordenada....Eso es maestría y regla para la guitarra eléctrica. Eres el primer RUclipsr que veo que la usa ..Wao¡¡¡

  • @josetomastorresguerrero2414
    @josetomastorresguerrero2414 2 года назад +1

    great job as always. by the way, speaking of instrumentals, can you do a cover of Genghis Khan, it's one of my favorites.

  • @Shazeen82
    @Shazeen82 2 года назад

    Brilliant cover! How about another early song cover? Strange world is one of my favourites!

  • @ExcuseMePhoney
    @ExcuseMePhoney 4 месяца назад +1

    IS IT MAIDEN? Or is it
    LICKS OF THE BEAST?
    (I hope enough people get the Memorex parody)
    Truly PERFECTION++ rendition!
    UP THE IRONS FROM CASTLE DRACUL IN THE CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS! 🤘😝🤘

    • @LicksOfTheBeast
      @LicksOfTheBeast  4 месяца назад +1

      Omg I had forgotten all about this those Memorex commercials! 😂😂
      Thanks so much for the very kind compliment 🤜🤛

  • @user-gd6zl9lo4c
    @user-gd6zl9lo4c 9 месяцев назад

    I wish I had a niko from licks of the beast for Randy Rhoads , especially for the live bootlegs (1980-1982)where the audio isn’t great but it’s good enough on most , but my point is there is definitely no lessons for those magical recordings . Awesome cover also as always!!!!!!

    • @LicksOfTheBeast
      @LicksOfTheBeast  9 месяцев назад

      You should check out my other channel, Nico's Guitar World. I do a lot of different stuff there (including a cover of a Randy solo and two videos about Jake E Lee's lead playing on the song Bark at the Moon) and... There may or may not be a Randy Rhoads video coming up in the next week 🤐🤐😃
      Cheers!

  • @geovanesilva2198
    @geovanesilva2198 2 года назад

    Wow

  • @maiden4greece572
    @maiden4greece572 2 года назад

    Sounds A M A Z I N G ...

  • @JacobDavis-lc1ug
    @JacobDavis-lc1ug 9 месяцев назад +2

    God that was hot. And I ain't even that way bub.

    • @LicksOfTheBeast
      @LicksOfTheBeast  9 месяцев назад +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤣
      Thanks for the compliment... and the laugh! 🤜🤛

  • @GirAddict
    @GirAddict 2 года назад +1

    I have watched your channel for awhile. You are a great musician. Do you plan to play Strange World? That song is so underrated. It would be awesome to see that song played out!!

  • @Gorbyrev
    @Gorbyrev Год назад +2

    Wow that takes me back! That must have been really tricky as some of the original solos sound spontaneous and are hard to replicate.

    • @LicksOfTheBeast
      @LicksOfTheBeast  Год назад +2

      Yeah that is very true! The trick with some of those more off the cuff solos (especially from Dave and Janick) is to get enough of the notes and phrasing they played on the album but also keeping enough of the spontaneity so that you're also capturing the flow and feel. A bit of a balancing act to get it just right.

    • @spaceavenger54
      @spaceavenger54 Год назад +1

      Let's not forget this was Dave and Dennis Stratton,not Janick .

    • @LicksOfTheBeast
      @LicksOfTheBeast  Год назад +2

      @@spaceavenger54 Seriously? 😑

    • @spaceavenger54
      @spaceavenger54 Год назад

      @@LicksOfTheBeast yea seriously, you specifically mentioned Janick... Seriously????

    • @LicksOfTheBeast
      @LicksOfTheBeast  Год назад +2

      @@spaceavenger54 I mentioned Janick and Dave specifically as examples of the challenge of replicating off the cuff solos. Context matters.
      Also, Dennis is mentioned in the video description as one of the two guitar parts in this song.

  • @69spiros
    @69spiros 2 года назад

    Kick ass

  • @jasonm3602
    @jasonm3602 2 года назад

    👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @-bepyandfriends
    @-bepyandfriends 2 года назад

    Che dire... Maiden forever!
    T. V. B. Nico.

  • @davidprag969
    @davidprag969 2 года назад

    You are so fucking talented!! No one does Maiden better except maiden, no one.

  • @ironsmith91
    @ironsmith91 2 года назад

    Grande 👏!l’assolo di murray è tosto e😅. Mi divertivo un casino con la mia band a fare sto pezzone 🤘

    • @LicksOfTheBeast
      @LicksOfTheBeast  2 года назад

      Grazie grazie! 🙇‍♂️
      Infatti è un bellissimo pezzo da suonare...anche se un po' stancante per la mano destra 😄

  • @mihirmaiden18
    @mihirmaiden18 2 года назад

    Up the Irons Nico!!!!

  • @TailgunnerATC
    @TailgunnerATC 2 года назад

    When they did Prowler and Charlotte in 88 this is another I wish they had done

  • @malawigw
    @malawigw 2 года назад

    This song is a great right hand stamina trainer. Flash of the blade when?

  • @ryanhoskins01
    @ryanhoskins01 2 года назад +1

    Excellent video, sounded great, really enjoyed that amazing solo work. I could be mistaken but it sounds like your guitar volumes are a little bit higher than usual on this track?

    • @LicksOfTheBeast
      @LicksOfTheBeast  2 года назад +1

      Thanks man! It's possible that they are a bit louder here. I am trying to find a good balance between making my guitars loud and clear yet not drowning the backing track to the point where it's not enjoyable to listen to.

  • @felipehoferdenecken9332
    @felipehoferdenecken9332 2 года назад +1

    Great vid!! In the Murray solo u have a wah pedal (and what of wha pedal u use) or a uni vibe sort of? It sounds amazing!! :D

    • @LicksOfTheBeast
      @LicksOfTheBeast  2 года назад +1

      Hey thanks man! Yeah it's a univibe 🙂

    • @felipehoferdenecken9332
      @felipehoferdenecken9332 2 года назад

      @@LicksOfTheBeast thanks for responding man! :D what uni vibe do u recommend?? the chorus type or another? :O that sound was amazing man :D!

  • @gunstabber
    @gunstabber 2 года назад

    What software do you use to capture both video and audio and mix? You always have a great sound, great cover! \m/

    • @LicksOfTheBeast
      @LicksOfTheBeast  2 года назад

      Thank you! I made a video about that a while back: ruclips.net/video/ieaEC5pChrU/видео.html
      And I always provide a list of the gear used in the description of every video 🙂