This was the video/song/band that made me realise I wanted to play guitar, and this video was crucial for me to learn how to play this song properly, no better way to learn than watching the masters, which is what these guys are to me, Adam and Joel are definitely my guitar gods/idols 🖤🤘🎸
I love how Adam gives a knod every time they finish a riff. Finally some guys on this channel that have their act together. Tons of the shredders on this channel either sound like buffoons when they speak, or are sloppy ass out of the studio.
If you want to know something that's funny that's the most viewed Killswitch Engage video on RUclips I can't find any of the video with any more views in this one but also this video was uploaded in 2007 when basically nobody used RUclips
@@treverpitts absolutely! I created my acc around that time, feeling old now. Good stuff though. I remember watching this video right before I picked up the guitar and now I’m 13 years in!
This vid actually started my guitar journey back in 2007. My dream came true in 2012 when i joined a band and played gigs in Amsterdam for a couple of years. All thanks to you trever ❤
I first watched this video in 2008, I was all of 14 and beginning my journey on guitar. Here I sit at 30 and can seriously attribute this video being a main reason I followed the path I did. Thanks man
Anytime somebody asks me for an example of motivic development in metal, I always turn to this song. They took one little idea with those 3 chords and made it into a masterpiece and each section builds off the last.
That's how you know, when you got talent. Those guys make it look so, easy! I'm a girl, and I can tell you, that I was in total "awe" in watching them play that beautiful guitar riff, of one of my favorite songs, ever! I just loved it!
Just revising a video that I actually watched seventeen years ago when it was uploaded. I was heavily invested in these riffs. And today it's still part of me.
What DrOctatonic said is absolutely correct. For 2 and a half years I could never get pinched harmonic squeals out of my guitar no matter how many tutorials and videos I watched regarding the technique. I never realized it was such a gear-dependent element of music until I switched out the stock EMG pickups with Seymour Duncan, plugged into a Marshall half stack, cranked up the gain, and voila: pinched harmonics with barely any effort.
did u changed the string gauge ? I have hard time to have consistancy on my pinch harmonics, I changed pickups less thant 1 year ago to KSE fishman fluence signature pickups but its still quite hard to hit a good pinch harmonic .
they make it look easy... and this song is actual quite easy to learn... i just think its funny how joel plays the simple parts... and the fact that they use carparison guitars
Vincent Portais bruh i cant get my squealies like this either. It's only on the low e string.... anywhere else on the fretboard i can get teh squealies :((((
Adam is explaining the guitar parts almost like he is embarrassed of them or doesn't think much of them. :D Like. Dude! This is one of the most iconic modern metal tunes ever!
Adam is just a dude who doesn't take a lot of things serious if you've ever seen him live. Like I did on the 17th of this month he was running around in the crowd playing his guitar I think that's why it comes off as he doesn't think much of the music
(1:48) those verse riffs on any of their songs are extremely killer And unique at the same damn time! Those riffs would slice up any other band's riffs (on my opinion)
Wasn't Adam originally the drummer?? If so, then he's really talented! Drums, guitar, writes songs, sings and screams. And he seems like a really funny and weird guy.
Both amazing guitarists. But Joel in my opinion has the ideal tone. It's basically the same as Adam's but from what I know he uses an EMG 85 in the bridge instead of the 81. The 85 has more thickness to it.
trever pitts metallica? they can't play like real professionals. the are very sloppy. very very veeeeeery sloppy. they came from punk rock, i believe. but.. somehow they became very famous.
+Nathan Ostrogonac In this video Adam D is using an 85 as well. He uses an 85 in the bridge of his Caparison PLM. He switched to the 81 when he moved onto Parker, but then started using passive pickups after he left. He's back with Caparison, but I'm not sure if he's using the 81 or 85.
Joel wasn't doing too good, and he decided to drop out. But man, did it ever work out for him. Two of the best, and two of the more underrated guitar players of all time. Love these guys
They're "Pinch Harmonics". Basically you have to be on the bridge pickup and when you pick, have your thumb very close to the edge of the pick so that you actually "shave" the string with the thumb. The best way to start with pinch harmonics is to keep trying one fret at a time (like the 5th fret on the G string) and moving the pick up/down the neck as you pick till you get the wanted harmonic. Hope it helps.
17 years after seeing this video I still come back to looking how Adam plays the verse riff and I still can't understand how he just effortlessly glides over the fretboard with seemingly barely moving his left hand
Thanks for the comment and watching. To this day I still think people don't give kill switch engage their credit they deserve as being badass musicians
@breachmania slap your thumb against the string a little when you down pick, then bend the string around a little. You can slap it in different places to get different sounds
@ChrisMenchue It is called a Pinch Harmonic (also known as an: Artifical Harmonic). I'm not gonna pretend Im PERFECT at them but what u do is: Play the note as u normally would HOWEVER insted of just picking normally, you lightly touch the string with the side of your thumb. There will be LOADS of videos on here for it. Hope that helps, good luck and God bless.
Glad you brought that up. I need to get a metronome. I also play a lot of chromatic scales but it seems like I can't punch through my current skill level. Oh well....it's at least fun (if not monotonous to try).
@@treverpitts no this is 2006. My Curse wasn't released til 2006 on the Album As Daylight Dies. Might have been 2005 when they created the song but officially it was 2006.
"Clean intro thingy." hah. Things like that show that they're still a bunch of goobers like the rest of the world. Just goobers, that are awesome, and have great talent. Love this song, love playing it too, intro and chorus is so catchy, and fun to play, and everything else just flat out rocks. It's great when bands take time out to make videos like this. it's helpful to those who want to learn, and just fun to watch. oh, and thank you for uploading it lol
live they use boss ns-2s my friend gave joel an ISP Decimator pro rack G for his birthday (best noise suppressor on the market) and Joel still uses the ns-2 live...
it's called a pinch harmonic, it is the result of using very little of your pick and letting the string slightly hit your finger. It's hard to explain but that's as close as i can get, hope it helps.
The harmonics on the low strings are hard to get without the right gear, but as long as your hitting the right spot between the pickups with your thumb you should at least hear a good ping. active pickups and the right amp make them effortless as long as you know where to hit with the thumb, if you hit different spots around the pickups you get different pitches too. Bit as long as you're hitting the right spot you should at least hear the right pitch, be it little ping or a raunchy scream
think i really found it now, and i seem to get the same sound they do. it's the 4th string (D or high C in this tuning) - 4th fret u have to dampen a lot with your thumb to just get the high note and not the base note + harmonic my sweet spot for this was just below the rhythm pickup
To this day, this is still melodically one of my favorite songs on guitar ever written
its a great song a super underrated band when it comes to saying who's the best guitar players
@Chance Ray wtf? 😂
@Gerardo Ashton what kind of fucking scamming is happening on this comment from 2 years ago? 😂
ever!
Trilogy : My Curse, The Arms of Sorrow & The End of Heartache
I genuinely think the intro is still one of the greatest guitar riffs ever
You’re not wrong
Adam is soo right though, KSE's got really unique riffs compared to most metalcore, always love the originality of the group.
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In a Dead World has my favorite riff. very unique
Love to lifeless is killer also
tjey both went to school for it. joel dropped out and adam graduated with a degree for bass playing. so they understand HOW to write. and what fits.
It's truly amazing what this band can do with those three (3) simple chords. Excellent song writing.
This was the video/song/band that made me realise I wanted to play guitar, and this video was crucial for me to learn how to play this song properly, no better way to learn than watching the masters, which is what these guys are to me, Adam and Joel are definitely my guitar gods/idols 🖤🤘🎸
Officially the best sound harmonics I've EVER heard!!
And in one of the most original riffs at that.
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@@AlexBrazhnikovBFE точняк!
They are gods at pinch harmonics and creative play in riffs..
They are just insane all the way,
Adam's slowed down verse riff at 2:31 sounds very sludgy like early Soundgarden. Love it.
That's Joel's part
4:39 TO SEE YOU AGAINNNNNNNNNNN
Lmaoo I yelled the same thing 😂😂😂🤘🏽🤘🏽
I love how Adam gives a knod every time they finish a riff.
Finally some guys on this channel that have their act together. Tons of the shredders on this channel either sound like buffoons when they speak, or are sloppy ass out of the studio.
The verse riff grooves so fucking hard lol. You can hear the dime influence
That's awesome
Incredible. This video is 15 years old and the uploader updates it to have chapters. Impeccable.
If you want to know something that's funny that's the most viewed Killswitch Engage video on RUclips I can't find any of the video with any more views in this one but also this video was uploaded in 2007 when basically nobody used RUclips
@@treverpitts absolutely! I created my acc around that time, feeling old now. Good stuff though. I remember watching this video right before I picked up the guitar and now I’m 13 years in!
@@RichardGarcia93 Joined Dec 23, 2005 that's when i started my channel that is crazy
This vid actually started my guitar journey back in 2007. My dream came true in 2012 when i joined a band and played gigs in Amsterdam for a couple of years. All thanks to you trever ❤
@@Hunkeykung same!!!! Been playing for 15 years now
"Whenever I write a riff I just write to sound cool. You don't want to write a riff that sounds like (djent sound)" (*cough* Asking Alexandria)
+Victor Bettoni A Candlelit Dinner With Inamorta sounds like a sped up version of his generic riff lol
It doesn’t djent tho
I first watched this video in 2008, I was all of 14 and beginning my journey on guitar. Here I sit at 30 and can seriously attribute this video being a main reason I followed the path I did. Thanks man
Wow that's awesome bro
Anytime somebody asks me for an example of motivic development in metal, I always turn to this song. They took one little idea with those 3 chords and made it into a masterpiece and each section builds off the last.
I love coming back to this video, Adam and Joel’s playing complement each other so well
That's how you know, when you got talent. Those guys make it look so, easy! I'm a girl, and I can tell you, that I was in total "awe" in watching them play that beautiful guitar riff, of one of my favorite songs, ever! I just loved it!
Best sounding pinch harmonics I've ever heard.
You obviously have never heard Zakk Wylde lol
I'm a massive trivium fan but these guys i think are fkn killer and have kick ass tone!! There holy diver cover also kicks major ass!!
The harmonising at the end is hauntingly beautiful
Heck yeah
before the video even starts im saying to myself "my curse intro clean thingy" in my head hahaha throw back !!!
I love Metallica and a bunch of other 80s metal bands but these guys are really awesome as far as modern metal goes. I really enjoy the music.
man i love their pinches!
this riff is awesome... such a change from other songs in this kind of music! KSE is amazing
I love the intro to My Curse, one of the best intros i've ever heard ^^
Just revising a video that I actually watched seventeen years ago when it was uploaded. I was heavily invested in these riffs. And today it's still part of me.
Thanks for the comment and watching
The " clean part " would sound sweet on piano i need to learn it 👀
I think so
did you do it
@@chancethewizard2336 check out Chillswitch Engage on YT
What DrOctatonic said is absolutely correct. For 2 and a half years I could never get pinched harmonic squeals out of my guitar no matter how many tutorials and videos I watched regarding the technique. I never realized it was such a gear-dependent element of music until I switched out the stock EMG pickups with Seymour Duncan, plugged into a Marshall half stack, cranked up the gain, and voila: pinched harmonics with barely any effort.
did u changed the string gauge ? I have hard time to have consistancy on my pinch harmonics, I changed pickups less thant 1 year ago to KSE fishman fluence signature pickups but its still quite hard to hit a good pinch harmonic .
they make it look easy... and this song is actual quite easy to learn... i just think its funny how joel plays the simple parts... and the fact that they use carparison guitars
One of my favorite songs to play on guitar of all time which I have discovered this like 10 years ago
Caparisons are GORGEOUS 🔥
Love caparison I got 3 and will keep adding more to the collection!!
Love these guys. Great guitar sound! Great use of mid range in the tone, alot of bands need to pay attention.
Pinch harmonic at 2:04 👌🏼
Working on this pinch harmonic for nearly a year, its so hard to land it perfectly with consistancy
@@Freestyler913 nice man. I can't even pick up a guitar
@@SithLordC3P0 lol
Vincent Portais bruh i cant get my squealies like this either. It's only on the low e string.... anywhere else on the fretboard i can get teh squealies :((((
Damn near perfect pinch
Adam is explaining the guitar parts almost like he is embarrassed of them or doesn't think much of them. :D Like. Dude! This is one of the most iconic modern metal tunes ever!
Adam is just a dude who doesn't take a lot of things serious if you've ever seen him live. Like I did on the 17th of this month he was running around in the crowd playing his guitar I think that's why it comes off as he doesn't think much of the music
To me, he does not seem like the kind of guy who takes praise very well. I've noticed he plays down his skills often.
1:33 check their song called "Daylight Dies", exactly same riff xDD
I love Joels squeals theyre always perfect!
The Maxon can melt small children
(1:48) those verse riffs on any of their songs are extremely killer And unique at the same damn time! Those riffs would slice up any other band's riffs (on my opinion)
Wasn't Adam originally the drummer?? If so, then he's really talented! Drums, guitar, writes songs, sings and screams. And he seems like a really funny and weird guy.
Still for me, one of the most beautiful metal songs ever composed....🙏🇬🇧🎸🤘❤️
Both amazing guitarists. But Joel in my opinion has the ideal tone. It's basically the same as Adam's but from what I know he uses an EMG 85 in the bridge instead of the 81. The 85 has more thickness to it.
i think there underrated guitar players every one talks about like zakk wyld or metallica but i think kill swithc is awesome Nathan Ostrogonac
trever pitts metallica? they can't play like real professionals. the are very sloppy. very very veeeeeery sloppy. they came from punk rock, i believe. but.. somehow they became very famous.
+Nathan Ostrogonac
In this video Adam D is using an 85 as well. He uses an 85 in the bridge of his Caparison PLM. He switched to the 81 when he moved onto Parker, but then started using passive pickups after he left. He's back with Caparison, but I'm not sure if he's using the 81 or 85.
+trever pitts too true sir. Hetfield and Hammet are both great players but thanks for Lars their band always sounds sloppy...
@@МихаилАлексеев-ч1м I just watched them in live in 2019 and they were perfect
joel stroetzel...one of the most underrated guitarists playing today
i just wish this song showed off more of what he could do
I think its real cool when rock stars take time to break down riffs and licks,instead of being stuck up pricks like alot of guys.
Best metalcore duo in history.
Facts
@treverpitts
Drop C,
C G C F A D.
these guys are amazing, it may not be a hard song, but its still very well made and difficult to do the harmonics. Rock on Killswitch!
Woah 1.6 million views!!!
this was the first killswitch video on youtube and the most viewed one to
I still keep coming back to this video when I need guitar inspiration. Thank you to the owner of this channel, you most certainly rock.🤘🤘🤘
The funny part is this is the number one most of you kill switch engage video on RUclips
@@treverpitts That's insane man! Congrats on that ☺
@@ManSapien it's because it was uploaded in 2007 and back then nobody use RUclips haha but I'm glad people like the video
2:04 Double squeely face. haha!!
Joel wasn't doing too good, and he decided to drop out. But man, did it ever work out for him. Two of the best, and two of the more underrated guitar players of all time. Love these guys
1:32 he just wrote an attack attack song
Greatest intro of all time and greatest outro of all time
fucking tastiest squealies
All thanks to Adam. Probably one of the best producers around today next to Matt Bayles.
You mean they play C G C F A D.
It's in Drop C.
They're "Pinch Harmonics". Basically you have to be on the bridge pickup and when you pick, have your thumb very close to the edge of the pick so that you actually "shave" the string with the thumb.
The best way to start with pinch harmonics is to keep trying one fret at a time (like the 5th fret on the G string) and moving the pick up/down the neck as you pick till you get the wanted harmonic.
Hope it helps.
Finally got to see Adam live at Rockfest in 2019! Favorite/most influence on guitar of all time!
Next is slipknot and sevendust! Can't wait!
He's great live he does wild stuff like taken crap on the mic lol
Two of my favorite guitarists of all time. :D
This video was so helpful for my cover of this song. THANKS HEAPS ADAM AND JOEL!
i know shit about riffs, melody or anything in guitar or music but this is my all time favorite
Still great after almost 20years
17 years after seeing this video I still come back to looking how Adam plays the verse riff and I still can't understand how he just effortlessly glides over the fretboard with seemingly barely moving his left hand
Thanks for the comment and watching. To this day I still think people don't give kill switch engage their credit they deserve as being badass musicians
I haven't listened to any of their previous albums but i would give the As Daylight Dies album a 10/10. I like every song on it.
Love the synergy these two have. Awesome stuff!
Song's pretty cool. Great chorus. I love Adam's sense of fashion lol !! No but seriously, he looks great there.
@breachmania slap your thumb against the string a little when you down pick, then bend the string around a little. You can slap it in different places to get different sounds
Ive always dug that last chorus riff
Adam has such a nice tone! Even the chugga chugga thingy at 1:33 sounds nice with it.
it takes a while for most people to pick it up but once you get it, it's very useful.
Bruh, they’re SO in Sync! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
@ChrisMenchue It is called a Pinch Harmonic (also known as an: Artifical Harmonic). I'm not gonna pretend Im PERFECT at them but what u do is: Play the note as u normally would HOWEVER insted of just picking normally, you lightly touch the string with the side of your thumb.
There will be LOADS of videos on here for it. Hope that helps, good luck and God bless.
That was awesome Adam and Joel
Glad you brought that up. I need to get a metronome. I also play a lot of chromatic scales but it seems like I can't punch through my current skill level. Oh well....it's at least fun (if not monotonous to try).
joel and adam were made for each other lol..they're flawless when playing the same part
One of the greatest songs ever made
Thanks for the tips. I never thought of attempting rhythms and leads over them but it sounds interesting.
omg the "last chorus riff" is genius!!
By far my favorite part of the entire song.
@maskproduced It's a Caparison Dellinger, it's a japanese guitar.
This is the first video in my YT favorites playlist. Damn, time flies! Anyway, I've always loved this one in particular by KSE!
This was like 2005
@@treverpitts no this is 2006. My Curse wasn't released til 2006 on the Album As Daylight Dies. Might have been 2005 when they created the song but officially it was 2006.
@MrHey567 EMG 85's in the bridge, going into a Maxon 0D09 Distortion then a Maxon Delay, into a Mesa Head
I have learned most KsE songs by ear and I play them frequently.
@norwabb
it's called pinch harmonic/artifical harmonic.
Pretty cool and can be found in nearly every metalcore track ;)
love when they both do the pinch harmonics at the same time :D
7.23 that is melodic beyond belief, I'm 57 and I'm in awe of these guys
alternate picking major and minor scales help alot. start slow, up and down the scales
really fun song to play....and its cool how they could pinch like that on what looks like amps they just let them use and not their own....
"Clean intro thingy." hah. Things like that show that they're still a bunch of goobers like the rest of the world. Just goobers, that are awesome, and have great talent. Love this song, love playing it too, intro and chorus is so catchy, and fun to play, and everything else just flat out rocks.
It's great when bands take time out to make videos like this. it's helpful to those who want to learn, and just fun to watch.
oh, and thank you for uploading it lol
I saw these guys last night in Philly. Awesome !!
God the pinch Harmonics are just so clean dam
@joeshmoa7x lol
adam is using a behringer v-amp combo here.
im not sure about joel but it aint a framus cobra and neither of them use triamps.
im learning this song right now and .. its easy but its the timeing that i need to get down .. awsome guitars ..
When I first heard this song, i thought, i wonder how they did that, now its rlly easy for me and a great song
live they use boss ns-2s
my friend gave joel an ISP Decimator pro rack G for his birthday (best noise suppressor on the market) and Joel still uses the ns-2 live...
such a sick outro 7:06. love the duel guitar licks
i really just realized how awesome they are tonight.. the arms of sorrow!!
@MetalHeartsOfSteel Caparison PLM-3. he recently switched to some thing else with EMGs
I am MAD at how easy they make that look!
it's called a pinch harmonic, it is the result of using very little of your pick and letting the string slightly hit your finger. It's hard to explain but that's as close as i can get, hope it helps.
The harmonics on the low strings are hard to get without the right gear, but as long as your hitting the right spot between the pickups with your thumb you should at least hear a good ping. active pickups and the right amp make them effortless as long as you know where to hit with the thumb, if you hit different spots around the pickups you get different pitches too. Bit as long as you're hitting the right spot you should at least hear the right pitch, be it little ping or a raunchy scream
LOL did you just tell them how to play their own song? thats the best thing i've ever heard.
think i really found it now, and i seem to get the same sound they do.
it's the 4th string (D or high C in this tuning) - 4th fret
u have to dampen a lot with your thumb to just get the high note and not the base note + harmonic
my sweet spot for this was just below the rhythm pickup