Clean tones in metal and heavy music is a fine blend when done right. The unique contrast between distortion and clean makes for some chaotic yet beautiful
@@MCHiphopotamus The clean tone is 3 layers a clean acoustic, a glean chorasy electric, and a piano. But I'll agree that it isn't the best clean tone because of how the mix is done.
Metallica genuinely have some of the best clean passages in metal. Battery, Fade To Black, Welcome Home (Sanitarium), the middle of Master of Puppets...
Incredible musicianship as always. You never fail to provide us with absolutely incredible content. You've been one of the driving forces that has prompted me to get back into playing my guitar regularly. Thanks again mate
This may seem like I'm overly praising Metallica but one of my favorites is the intro to battery So ominous yet so epic at the same time And when it kicks into the absolutely monster that is the main riff to that song, it's like an adrenaline injection straight into the veins!
It's pretty hard to overpraise Metallica. They are at worst a top 3 metal band of all time, and I'd argue they deserve the number one spot. And yes, I love that it's the opening song on the album, too. Reminds me of how the acoustic intro to "Fight Fire with Fire" opens the previous album, but they build on it and have an even better one to open Master of Puppets (the album).
That intro for The Count of Tuscany sounded glorious! The tone is amazing. If I'm honest, I've never heard the full song, like thinking the intro is so epic that being such a long song it probably couldn't get better than that. I might be wrong, though! Should I give the full song a chance? 😅
@@BradleyHallGuitar i better get to it then! Oh, and I forgot to mention how your playing translates to acoustic so excellently! I hope we get to see more of your tasty riffage on acoustic 😎
Song is real rollercoaster, after great intro goes in generic prog, but then lifts itself toward the end, there is beautiful clean wah instrumental, that goes again in acoustic guitar, and then powerful outro.
Great selection of acoustic intros. I'd throw in there Queensryche - revolution calling and Annihilator - Crystal Ann (even if the latter can be considered an acoustic song on its own really)
wouldn't say it's underrated, imo it's overrated, A nightmare to remember on the same album is better honestly, not to say count of tuscany is bad obviously.
While Chop Suey is definitely one of (if not) the definitive clean SOAD riff some other ones I'd have included would be Aerials (my personal favourite), Soldier Side and Lost In Hollywood, and for some other bands I'd also throw in X Japan's Art of Life. A 30-minute-exactly epic with one of the coolest acoustic intros I've ever heard
One of my absolutely favorite ones would be The Sparrow by Mastodon, Born In Winter by Gojira, Voice Of The Soul by Death, Locust by Machine Head, My Curse by Killswitch Engage, Sextape by Deftones
"Pendulous Skin" and "Hearts Alive" by Mastodon both have great acoustic/clean intros, my personal favourites :) I definitely recommend to check out if someone doesn't know these
Metallica have many great clean/ acoustic intros ( my favourite is to live is to die) . Another great clean intro is " this is the end " by Machine Head
Kudos for Opeth. There could've been some In Flames in there, like Moonshield, Gyroscope or Square Nothing! That last one is one of my favourites as of late.
Sick video, guitar looks super neat too. Super happy to see The Ninja on here, Cacophony is one of my teenage favs. Septuagint by Obscura is probably my fav acoustic intro in metal
I have moments when I write my music that I tend to forget about having clean parts, except for synth/strings. But this was a good reminder that I should practice on making good clean acoustic parts
Marty wrote that solo for The Ninja when he was just a wee lad. He's just mile beyond anyone else when it comes to melody. Great vid Beansly. Only gripe is you left out Testament's A Dirge
I love when bands have an acoustic intro then just blast your ears! My two favourite examples I can think of are Lamb of God's Ghost Walking and Coheed and Cambria's Welcome Home
Anyone else immediately and hoarsely screech ‘reverannnnnnnd!’ When cemetery gates started up? No? Just me? K…. I’ll get me coat. Awesome vid Bradders!
the backing track made all of these melodies flow so well into each other, video was just nice to listen to. I've played one of these guitars myself and only really had one complaint and it was about the feedback (mainly with distortion settings) at higher volumes due to the acoustic nature of the guitar (not really a fault of the instrument, just electro-acoustics) but besides that it's an amazing instrument.
its not exclusively metal, some don't consider crossover thrash metal, but I always though You Can't Bring Me Down - Suicidal Tendencies had a really cool, haunting acoustic intro, paired with the sick solo
Skid row-18 and life Skid row-wasted time Skid row-quicksand Jesus Metallica-fight fire with fire Dream theater-hollow years Dream theater-another day Dream theater-finally free Annihilator-sounds good to me Alter bridge-blackbird Alter bridge-cry of Achilles Rings of saturn-inadequate
It's nice to see cacophony represented. I don't hear much about them despite Marty Friedman's success unless it's something I'm specifically looking for.
Clean tones in metal and heavy music is a fine blend when done right. The unique contrast between distortion and clean makes for some chaotic yet beautiful
Great example is Cemetery Gates, and Arials.
basically opeth
@@harrisontownsend910 I love Cemetery Gates but I find the clean tone to be terrible.
@@MCHiphopotamus The clean tone is 3 layers a clean acoustic, a glean chorasy electric, and a piano. But I'll agree that it isn't the best clean tone because of how the mix is done.
Death Magnetic has a lot of those
Metallica genuinely have some of the best clean passages in metal. Battery, Fade To Black, Welcome Home (Sanitarium), the middle of Master of Puppets...
Intro / middle part of To Live is To Die as well.
@@beng1137 yeeessss, that bit is so fucking good
Fight Fire with Fire
and justice for all intro is great too
@@rk_18 ending is near
Man I feel like there could be so many Opeth intros here but The Moor was a solid choice!
The Buried Alive intro is one of my favorite peices of music.
VENOM!
It's actually not acoustic though. It's just a clean tone. Love buried alive
@Dustiniscool43 the description is clean/acoustic.... I almost did the same thing!
@Dustiniscool43 oh and I think the nature of the video stipulated that he focus on that guitar only... 😅
Incredible musicianship as always. You never fail to provide us with absolutely incredible content. You've been one of the driving forces that has prompted me to get back into playing my guitar regularly. Thanks again mate
Finally, Bradley showing some love for Bathlord (Bathory)
RATLORD
Quorthon is a god
Ratlord!
I've always loved when metal songs have an acoustic intro. You playing Buried Alive just send a huge kick of nostalgia
This may seem like I'm overly praising Metallica but one of my favorites is the intro to battery
So ominous yet so epic at the same time
And when it kicks into the absolutely monster that is the main riff to that song, it's like an adrenaline injection straight into the veins!
It's pretty hard to overpraise Metallica. They are at worst a top 3 metal band of all time, and I'd argue they deserve the number one spot. And yes, I love that it's the opening song on the album, too. Reminds me of how the acoustic intro to "Fight Fire with Fire" opens the previous album, but they build on it and have an even better one to open Master of Puppets (the album).
Battery is my fav for metallica acoustic
Yes I love that intro as well. I honestly expected to see it in there.
@@chambeet metallica is at worst in the top 10 for greatest bands of all time, maybe even top 3
Fight Fire With Fire.
Seeing Bathory in a video is always a welcome surprise. Quorthon what an underrated genius
That intro for The Count of Tuscany sounded glorious! The tone is amazing.
If I'm honest, I've never heard the full song, like thinking the intro is so epic that being such a long song it probably couldn't get better than that. I might be wrong, though! Should I give the full song a chance? 😅
@@BradleyHallGuitar i better get to it then!
Oh, and I forgot to mention how your playing translates to acoustic so excellently! I hope we get to see more of your tasty riffage on acoustic 😎
Song is real rollercoaster, after great intro goes in generic prog, but then lifts itself toward the end, there is beautiful clean wah instrumental, that goes again in acoustic guitar, and then powerful outro.
@@generalissimustg810 wah instrumental?
Only worth it for the ending really
One of my favorite DT songs! You should definitely check out the whole thing!
Me: how many synths do you want?
Brod: YES
This was actually so damn relaxing, I love it! Excellent content as always 🖤
I honestly always loved the acoustic end to perennial quest by death
It's beautiful
🤘🏼rip chuck
I would have to say that Cemetery Gates is my favorite one of them all. It just has such a unique feeling, and listening to it in 8D is just magical.
Great selection of acoustic intros. I'd throw in there Queensryche - revolution calling and Annihilator - Crystal Ann (even if the latter can be considered an acoustic song on its own really)
Absolutely
i’m so glad that Count of tuscany made it here. Definitley DT underrrated song, and actually one of the best of DT whole repertuar
This list would have been incomplete without it. (repertoire)
wouldn't say it's underrated, imo it's overrated, A nightmare to remember on the same album is better honestly, not to say count of tuscany is bad obviously.
While Chop Suey is definitely one of (if not) the definitive clean SOAD riff some other ones I'd have included would be Aerials (my personal favourite), Soldier Side and Lost In Hollywood, and for some other bands I'd also throw in X Japan's Art of Life. A 30-minute-exactly epic with one of the coolest acoustic intros I've ever heard
@@BradleyHallGuitar Makes sense, that's also a good one as well as Question!
I don't know if you can call it a riff but that clean section in the middle of Science is just amazing
Ego Brain as well
Maybe you would also enjoy spiders by SOAD. It has incredible acoustic parts
@@alexgag1117 There are some good clean parts during the verses but I don’t think there’s any acoustic in that song
One of my absolutely favorite ones would be The Sparrow by Mastodon, Born In Winter by Gojira, Voice Of The Soul by Death, Locust by Machine Head, My Curse by Killswitch Engage, Sextape by Deftones
This is half of what captured me into guitar, the pretty clean melodies. One was the first thing I started trying to teach myself.
Glad to see Diary Of A Madman on here. Great video, man 🤘
Descent of the Asheran by DVNE, Undying Spear by Ulthar and Sleep Of Restless Hours by Disillusion have great acoustic intros
"Pendulous Skin" and "Hearts Alive" by Mastodon both have great acoustic/clean intros, my personal favourites :) I definitely recommend to check out if someone doesn't know these
Awesome vid, and would absolutely love another one for intro solos! For that vid, The Count of Tuscany solo could just pick up right where you left it
Awigh’ mate! Great compilation! I was waiting for One and you didn’t disappoint. I’d tentative suggest Heart Like the Grave too.
The keybords really added an unique layer to the video. Nice idea Brad
Lovely and relaxing, thank you for this beautiful work. I like how Megadeth make their intros, and also love One and Cemetary Gates
Awesome as always dude!
A Fine Day to Die is just... gorgeous. Horned is the Hunter by Sabbat is another favourite of mine
Metallica have many great clean/ acoustic intros ( my favourite is to live is to die) . Another great clean intro is " this is the end " by Machine Head
Thanks for including Slayer in that. I happened to listen to that album today.
That last one by Cacophony was absolutely bean steaming beautiful.
Testament The Ballad. Such a great intro/solo and always fun to play
Very pleased to hear the ninja!
I recommand everyone the intro of "good mourning/black friday"
Kudos for Opeth. There could've been some In Flames in there, like Moonshield, Gyroscope or Square Nothing! That last one is one of my favourites as of late.
Bathory intro has always been awesome! 🤘🤘
When metal Is accoustic, it's so fucking emotional. I'm crying
King's X had a song years back called The Difference. It was off the Gretchen Goes to Nebraska album. I always found it really appealing....
Sick video, guitar looks super neat too. Super happy to see The Ninja on here, Cacophony is one of my teenage favs. Septuagint by Obscura is probably my fav acoustic intro in metal
Also love it when they resolute in acoustic
Like Master of puppets
I hate commenting on older videos, but the count of tuscany is my favourite acoustic riff of all time, great to see it included
Towards the Pantheon is my favorite song ever. What an incredible job! 🤘🏽
You can't imagine how much I appreciate you including The count of Tuskany
I was hoping to see Count of Tuscany here and man you delivered!!!
Metal is beautiful .
And your playing is fantastic
DT - Count of tuscany and Opeth - The Moor are my favorites in this list. Very good picks.
I have moments when I write my music that I tend to forget about having clean parts, except for synth/strings. But this was a good reminder that I should practice on making good clean acoustic parts
I thinking to myself some Opeth would be brilliant in here.. wasnt disappointed when the moor turned up. Nice one!
the clean thones in guitar go well with the heavy sound of Metal in the intros.
I need to make a visit to The Metal Spa one of these days
Marty wrote that solo for The Ninja when he was just a wee lad. He's just mile beyond anyone else when it comes to melody. Great vid Beansly. Only gripe is you left out Testament's A Dirge
Seeing Bradley playing some Bathory is neat. Really neat. Thanks bro.
I would have included "Moonshield" by In Flames. Glad to see "The Count of Tuscany" get some recognition though.
01:12 GENERAL KENOBIIIIIII
I also like Megadeth's "Good Mourning Black Friday" opening and "My last words" well the part before the other guitars come in.
that was actually so relaxing
His greetings in Hindi made up the intro for me ❤️
I feel so clean and refreshing after listening to this
spill the blood has always been my favorite, how scary it sounds and now clean it is
Awesome video! Would love to see more in this format, whether it be more clean songs, or extremely heavy riffs! Awesome mate 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
I love when bands have an acoustic intro then just blast your ears! My two favourite examples I can think of are Lamb of God's Ghost Walking and Coheed and Cambria's Welcome Home
Ghost walking has such a great intro
And death in my arms- All that remains is pretty awesome as well.
The Count of Tuscany may not be my cup of tea but DAMN THAT SONG IT´S BEAUTIFUL AND AWESOME
Anyone else immediately and hoarsely screech ‘reverannnnnnnd!’ When cemetery gates started up? No? Just me? K….
I’ll get me coat.
Awesome vid Bradders!
Maybe this because of a huge metalcore fan myself but I think the intro of my curse - killswitch engage is the greatest. 🥀
As a huge Maiden fan did not expect to hear you pull something off fear of the dark like Afraid to shoot strangers lol
Bathory's A fine day to die is Truly mesmeric.
These videos are bloody gem
I didn't expect Ninja, what a nice surprise and great ending to a beautiful video!
Tallica's Battery/Fight Fire with Fire have clean intros that work well
Some of my all time favorites on here
the backing track made all of these melodies flow so well into each other, video was just nice to listen to.
I've played one of these guitars myself and only really had one complaint and it was about the feedback (mainly with distortion settings) at higher volumes due to the acoustic nature of the guitar (not really a fault of the instrument, just electro-acoustics) but besides that it's an amazing instrument.
I still can’t believe i just now recently discovered Cacophony through this video after 12 years of playing metal. Man is it glorious.
Noice. Can you do greatest clean interludes of all time?
One of the few video sponsorships where I actually watched the whole thing
@@BradleyHallGuitarTHANK YOU FOR THE HEART BRADLEY I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL I WILL REMEMBER THIS MOMENT FOREVER
good mourning black friday is great clean intro
Glad I'm not the only one who thought that. It definitely deserved to be on the list!
In my darkest hour is great as well
fates warning - the guardian
This is incredible.
Oi mate, that hoodie looks great on you! :D
So what I have learned today is having synthesizers in the background can even make Mary had little lamb sound epic.
I feel like Battery deserved a spot, I know its not the most impressive riff but its a hell of an intro
Off topic but you absolutely own the guitar!!! Love your channel.
I mean it would be unlikely he’d be leasing it or anything lol
i kinda hoped alter bridge’s blackbird would be on this
great selection overall...loved what you chose for opeth. i think you should have put some King Diamond in also and DEFINITELY some Fates Warning
the intro of count of tuscany is for sure the music you hear when you die and go to heaven
Good Mourning / Black Friday is very underrated too
Surprised to not see Blood Red Skies and Forbidden City here. Everything included was great though.
That was so beautiful
White Lion called they said ''when the children cry'' was missing.
its not exclusively metal, some don't consider crossover thrash metal, but I always though You Can't Bring Me Down - Suicidal Tendencies had a really cool, haunting acoustic intro, paired with the sick solo
It's my all time favorite intro and that album still sounds so fresh. Such an underrated band.
Great video! I love this kind of songs, but i was expecting all these things i hate by bfmv! hope you can make a part 2 with that song!
love to see afraid to shoot strangers finally recognized👍
Fantastic bro!
Could have listed half of Opeth's discography but The Moor is a beautiful song indeed.
Love this so much!
Skid row-18 and life
Skid row-wasted time
Skid row-quicksand Jesus
Metallica-fight fire with fire
Dream theater-hollow years
Dream theater-another day
Dream theater-finally free
Annihilator-sounds good to me
Alter bridge-blackbird
Alter bridge-cry of Achilles
Rings of saturn-inadequate
Makes me wanna grab my acoustic and play it that for a bit.
Great video, great skills playing those beautiful compositions.
Way to do the ninja, cacophony is insane to think about, Friedman and Becker just shredding??? I knew you were alright Bradley!
Shout out to The Count of Tuscany which is one of the best prog songs ever recorded , what a fricking amazing song.
Great video mate !
It's nice to see cacophony represented. I don't hear much about them despite Marty Friedman's success unless it's something I'm specifically looking for.