Heaviest Riffs: Drop B

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  • 20 of the heaviest Drop B riffs!
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  • @NikNocturnal
    @NikNocturnal  5 ปีที่แล้ว +624

    *Buzz buzzzz*
    Don't forget check NEW merch, represent the meme within: bit.ly/2HQM9K1

    • @kaszrack2859
      @kaszrack2859 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      You made me a 7 string dam you rock XD love your vids.

    • @skip2175
      @skip2175 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Betraying the Martyrs,Any Given Day,the avalanche diaries?

    • @pablom2274
      @pablom2274 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      will you upload tabs? :D

    • @awonderingoneil206
      @awonderingoneil206 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      *No Crossfaith?*
      I go cry now 😭

    • @RenzoAmorin
      @RenzoAmorin 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      What is the song of your intro? I fucking love it!

  • @Cuestar
    @Cuestar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +497

    the heaviest riff was you listing off patrons at the end. Top 10 grindcore songs of all time

    • @douglasmoulton3137
      @douglasmoulton3137 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      WOAH cuestar watches the same metal channel as me?! WILD! I’ve been watching both you and nik for ages!

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Aha hell yee!

    • @cri-cool4234
      @cri-cool4234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@douglasmoulton3137 nice profile pic

    • @R04dny
      @R04dny 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Woah what’s up cue

  • @connormcinerney7503
    @connormcinerney7503 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1926

    Honorable mention:
    Kmac2021 - “Telecasters can’t djent”

    • @yearnpill
      @yearnpill 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Connor McInerney And Slayer's 'Pride in Prejudice'

    • @andreasfeon9436
      @andreasfeon9436 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Fuck yeah this one's awesome as fuck

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  5 ปีที่แล้ว +181

      Kmac the legend

    • @Scooter_Alice
      @Scooter_Alice 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      That song is legit as fuck

    • @theinfinityscout3289
      @theinfinityscout3289 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Love that riff

  • @MilitantMe
    @MilitantMe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +524

    I about pooped myself with excitement when I saw Dig.

  • @ChadMojito
    @ChadMojito 5 ปีที่แล้ว +233

    Oceans Ate Alaska have excellent riffs. Underrated band.

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Yeah they're crazy!

    • @Arkadeism
      @Arkadeism 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      I used to play Xbox (Gears of War) with the guitarist, James. Still have him on Facebook but dude is way to busy nowadays to chill haha.
      I used to talk to him and ask for tips when learning their songs, as they had no tabs back then 😂

    • @yorichixX
      @yorichixX 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Particularly their drummer, he is too OP!

  • @AnthonyWabo
    @AnthonyWabo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    BLIND WITNESS, BRO!!!
    Also For Today's Break The Cycle was a great addition. Sweet!

    • @AnthonyWabo
      @AnthonyWabo 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      what does that mean bro :D ? @@kssael

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you!

    • @AnthonyWabo
      @AnthonyWabo 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kssael haha awesome :D Doesn't sound rude at all :D
      TABARRR NAAAAHKK :D CHUGGGGG

  • @JulietteRingsrud
    @JulietteRingsrud 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Props for having Bleed From Within in this! Hands down my favorite band

  • @TenaciousJoe24
    @TenaciousJoe24 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    The Attila one caught me off guard. I actually like that song

    • @benjamingroening1534
      @benjamingroening1534 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Didn't realize they tune that high

    • @blackenedizzycore
      @blackenedizzycore 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      The instrumental is bomb, lyrics kill it for me, that entire album kept making me cringe.
      Especially the "orgasm breakdown"

    • @TenaciousJoe24
      @TenaciousJoe24 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@blackenedizzycore I just like the album for the heaviness. I don't really pay attention to the lyrics for obvious reasons. It's just one of those bands fun to listen to. I do enjoy his vocals though

    • @BlackRedconversion
      @BlackRedconversion 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Six-Gun Music they used to tune higher than B, They used to play in Drop C#

    • @jasonlovesmusicreacting882
      @jasonlovesmusicreacting882 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BlackRedconversion Don't they mainly play in A# now?

  • @mgrocki
    @mgrocki 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    YES, did not expect Mudvayne, well played sir! I'm just gonna put this out there, I wouldn't mind if you did a full cover of Dig.

  • @papadon8236
    @papadon8236 5 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    Honestly parkway drive doesn’t get as much credit as they should when it comes to guitar work. Glad to see them on this list🤟

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      They slay!

    • @joshuabartlett3589
      @joshuabartlett3589 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      KWAS

    • @Ghostyfrost9688
      @Ghostyfrost9688 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ESPECIALLY boneyards. That fucking song is god tier.

    • @dead_kobaaa2536
      @dead_kobaaa2536 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Righhhht omg Jeff ling and Luke kilpatrick are absolute gods

    • @Pyotiru
      @Pyotiru 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same goes to Machine Head, don't hear many people praise them... At least here...

  • @Danny-ce4xd
    @Danny-ce4xd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3:31 One of my favorite riff from Nu Metal band Sevendust

  • @MichaelKhaimraj
    @MichaelKhaimraj 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The amount of bangers this time around, holy shit. Punisher, Dig, Caves, Boneyards, Blood Brothers, Outnumbered, Martyr, The Black, and Praise (So literally the entire video minus like 4) all sounded sick. Instantly my favorite in the "Heaviest Riff" series. I say you do Drop D or Drop C# next!

  • @funsimulator7246
    @funsimulator7246 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brings me back to my teenage years trying to play Parkway riffs on a shitty squier strat in drop b. I was fucking cool guys

  • @ezekieljarek7705
    @ezekieljarek7705 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I appreciate that Mudvayne riff bro👊 I wish they returned

    • @forsakenalpha2012
      @forsakenalpha2012 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      As much as I personally would love that at the end of Mudvayne chad grays voice was so far gone it didn’t even sound like Mudvayne

    • @hendrix5757
      @hendrix5757 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@forsakenalpha2012 Big Facts! I actually really abhorred all of his vocal stylings on anything after LD50! Not to mention their overall musical direction as a whole just decidedly took a shit with 'Lost and Found', for it's vastly commercial sound and shallow appeal was utterly atrocious when coming from the deep cutting & psychologically explorative tracks featured in LD50!

    • @yaboyblacklist2431
      @yaboyblacklist2431 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ask, and ye shall receive. They recently got back together.

  • @wmc128
    @wmc128 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    All Hope Is Gone has a low A but you can play some of it by using Drop B.

  • @rochesterundergroundwrestl4336
    @rochesterundergroundwrestl4336 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    El Drop B, such a lovely tunage. Gave me a little chuckle when Toxic was played last, kind of guessed it

  • @Cchibba
    @Cchibba 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Heaviest riffs: Drop Z, just remove all strings

  • @finalcoyotefly
    @finalcoyotefly 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Buried at sea is a forgotten riffhouse of a song

  • @Aper-re1xh
    @Aper-re1xh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Makes me insanely happy that motionless in white and slipknot were in there. Love your videos man.

  • @rbblr94
    @rbblr94 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great list, especially BMTH. Their old stuff is the first that comes to mind for me when I think Drop B

    • @blackenedizzycore
      @blackenedizzycore 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same, that and Machine Head, Halo is probably my favourite drop B riff

    • @jackmelenewycz3861
      @jackmelenewycz3861 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      count your blessings one of the greatest drop b albums preach

    • @rbblr94
      @rbblr94 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jackmelenewycz3861 Damn Straight

    • @rbblr94
      @rbblr94 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@blackenedizzycore I di a few of their songs, but never really got into MH.Getting into lower tuned band I went straight from Slayer's God hates us All to Blood Red Throne's Altered Genesis, kind of skipped a whole middle ground of Groove/Metalcore bands until Deathcore got my attention, haha

  • @justjoshingyouu4850
    @justjoshingyouu4850 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was not expecting The Black to be involved haha

  • @Astral_Wave
    @Astral_Wave 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cloudkicker is my favorite guitarist that uses this tuning. Marc okubo close 2nd (back when he played 6 strings and had good vocalist/ band)
    And Ulcerate..

  • @RobertLandrum13
    @RobertLandrum13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Glad to see some Blind Witness in there. There were an incredible band. Wish they were still around.

  • @jamjr022290
    @jamjr022290 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    All Shall Perish anything off of the album's Awaken the Dreamers, and The Price of Existence

  • @N17.90Dalmighty
    @N17.90Dalmighty 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dude, you forgot Bleeding Through, Hatebreed, and Throwdown bro. They got some heavy shit ong

  • @HoaPierre
    @HoaPierre 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was clearly the best choice

  • @roblosh8417
    @roblosh8417 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have the same Schecter and this video inspired me to pick it back up

  • @ryansibley7315
    @ryansibley7315 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    off the heezay and medusa old bmth songs very fun to play!

  • @youneedsomesoup9776
    @youneedsomesoup9776 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    My fav songs for Drop B are Heartwork by Carcass and Black Star by Carcass

  • @JB-mh5xy
    @JB-mh5xy ปีที่แล้ว

    Mudvayne... that's a name I haven't heard in a very long time.

  • @casey_hxc
    @casey_hxc 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's what I needed to hear today so badly. Love that OAA riff!

  • @Chaosdude341
    @Chaosdude341 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Easily the best intro yet.

  • @metalkhaos3656
    @metalkhaos3656 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fav 6 string tuning!

  • @kvltizt
    @kvltizt 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    All Shall Perish made it. I am happy.

  • @patfix
    @patfix 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bleed From Withins latest album has some of the best drop B riffs I know.
    Oh and playing Halo without bends is like playing Master with alternate picking...

  • @DiscoFinalBoss
    @DiscoFinalBoss 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Halo riff gives me chills everytime

  • @hunterwalleymusic
    @hunterwalleymusic 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    attila toxic is the best song i’ve heard in a while

  • @twistro9861
    @twistro9861 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    So dopee!! Could you do something like a behind the scenes how to create this sound and how you record it? Loving your content!

  • @harleykemp2890
    @harleykemp2890 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    So glad you picked a song from the zombie ep! It has to be tdwp best stuff.

  • @PlanetFinesse
    @PlanetFinesse 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Surprised to not see Trivium

  • @petukguitarist9071
    @petukguitarist9071 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Roots bloody roots -sepultura

  • @aarondurci1015
    @aarondurci1015 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Do you actually change tuning for these videos or do use a drop pedal?

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I actually change tuning :)

    • @aarondurci1015
      @aarondurci1015 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nik Nocturnal mad respect bro

  • @kbleskate
    @kbleskate 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I know that is B standard but i was thinking about any despised icon song

  • @yungpo1989
    @yungpo1989 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fuck yeah Nick! You just started my Tuesday out right 🤟🏼

  • @MrNole1995
    @MrNole1995 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    You deserve way more subscribers

  • @patb8617
    @patb8617 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Whoa PRADA

  • @MatheusFelipe-wc7vs
    @MatheusFelipe-wc7vs 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    00:26 b r b r d e n g

  • @yuseffmedina6292
    @yuseffmedina6292 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You should try something different than Drop tunings for these Heaviest Riffs videos. IDK, maybe Open tunings or Standard or something other than Drop c:

    • @bunnyvesper6824
      @bunnyvesper6824 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree that would be cool, but Nik is mostly a core boi and a majority of core is in a drop tuning

    • @yuseffmedina6292
      @yuseffmedina6292 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bunnyvesper6824 yeah, good point but there are tons of core bands that play in different tunings

  • @miniholman
    @miniholman 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love that you had oceans ate alaska in there 🤘

  • @JasonStephens7
    @JasonStephens7 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Pretty much all of Demon Hunter except for their first album.

  • @joesmo8086
    @joesmo8086 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was gonna say if machine head wasnt in here id cry

  • @sergiotorres9604
    @sergiotorres9604 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It sounds awesome

  • @nikosiordanou
    @nikosiordanou 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    DAMN i neven expected to see Blind Witness here! Great job as always

  • @nickdimitrievski3392
    @nickdimitrievski3392 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I FUCKING LOST IT AT THAT INTRO

  • @isaiahkolb3801
    @isaiahkolb3801 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like drop B a lot

  • @atomicgrapes6828
    @atomicgrapes6828 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Whoa, drop B? No way!, that’s like seventy three steps forward!

  • @sndrpaw6197
    @sndrpaw6197 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Coal chamber?
    Kinda hard to include Mudvayne and sevendust but not them

  • @arvindpuryag8515
    @arvindpuryag8515 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey nick nice video. I want to ask you how many springs do u use for the schecter with Floyd

  • @shimon4872
    @shimon4872 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good shit young man

  • @metalfury5153
    @metalfury5153 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Favorite guitar tuning! ❤️

  • @microkit
    @microkit 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    EMG 81/85? Specifically was searching for 6 string, B tuning EMG chuggies.

  • @jaysonfoy4486
    @jaysonfoy4486 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes

  • @Fireflies4l
    @Fireflies4l 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    man 2009-2011 was a time to B (get it?) alive for heavy music apparently

  • @imraanakollo-arenz1449
    @imraanakollo-arenz1449 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ah, Drop B, the modern day Drop D

  • @normalperson1759
    @normalperson1759 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Could you please do TesseracT- Deception Part 2? It’s the end breakdown that’s so nasty.

  • @dylannaljahih7618
    @dylannaljahih7618 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Devildriver and Machine Head 👌🤘

  • @getsosavage9841
    @getsosavage9841 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Quick Note. Oceans Ate Alaska tunes to 432 hz for anybody wondering

  • @ShyKxtty
    @ShyKxtty 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Odd question but how do you get your schecter into drop b without the low strings sounding muted or making nasty vibration sounds when trying to do notes? I'm planning on upgrading my strings to a heavier gauge but what else would I need to do?? Please help thanks sick riffs btw

  • @xKuragu
    @xKuragu 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm not a musician. How do these tunings compare? Which is their order of heaviness?

  • @tawnyshangri9373
    @tawnyshangri9373 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    YOU DESERVE MORE SUBSSSSSSSSSSS

  • @ozgursar3248
    @ozgursar3248 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Chimaira - try to survive (Drop B)

  • @captainjames1199
    @captainjames1199 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Im actually watching these to find new bands 🤟🏻🖤

  • @yannimetaxas9839
    @yannimetaxas9839 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    holy fuck, Nik is almost at 100000k subs...

  • @BirdNoise77
    @BirdNoise77 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    You should do heaviest riffs in alternate tunings

  • @harcrof2887
    @harcrof2887 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    *sees For Today - Break The Cycle*
    *>surprised pikachu

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I love For Today!

    • @harcrof2887
      @harcrof2887 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nik Nocturnal they gud ^

  • @kvenperry
    @kvenperry ปีที่แล้ว

    bind witness!!!!!!!!!!! TABARNACK !!!!! QUEBEC, GRANBY PROUD!!!!!

  • @f4ll3nfr0mgr4c3
    @f4ll3nfr0mgr4c3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    MOTIONLESS IN WHITE😍😍

  • @ididzy
    @ididzy 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is godlike. Love your videos, though I wish you made a video about riffs that are easy to play :^)

  • @jabezapilado
    @jabezapilado 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    You forgot King For A Day brooo

  • @M-I-LK
    @M-I-LK 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I expected Slipknot to be in the video, but not Mudvayne. Great suprise! Now do some Drop E riffs...

  • @tanelivarila7723
    @tanelivarila7723 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes!! Pray for plagues!!

  • @IllusionaryFuneral
    @IllusionaryFuneral 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Needed some Decapitated in there. Day 69 or The Knife.

    • @theliberation9061
      @theliberation9061 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think almost all Decapitated 6-string stuff is C#, Day 69 included. Not sure about The Knife. Blood Mantra and Anticult are all 7-string, though.

    • @connorlowe7979
      @connorlowe7979 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@theliberation9061 They got some stuff off Anti-Cult tuned to Drop B on a 7 string, which they used for the solo's.

  • @PhantomLoco13
    @PhantomLoco13 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    What ! No C R O W B A R, dOWN or EntombeD !

  • @debapratimnag5735
    @debapratimnag5735 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I Iaughed so hard when he said _buzz buzz_

  • @devastatixnwillreign
    @devastatixnwillreign 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    ngl, i flipped when i saw bmth and asking

  • @BeardSous
    @BeardSous 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    first 3 seconds was already enough for a like

  • @tsolval6024
    @tsolval6024 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    i’m disappointed that there’s no water bottle

  • @vanya65
    @vanya65 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best part of wage slaves is the intro lol thats the riff i wouldve used

  • @yo_its_gingey5329
    @yo_its_gingey5329 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Show us your pc and its specs and what stuff you use to record stuff

  • @mobeenrehman2379
    @mobeenrehman2379 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nik how do you get the drumming back tracks for these songs? Surely you didn’t program them all by yourself!

  • @isaiahwinter9921
    @isaiahwinter9921 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Song list??? Nasty video

  • @Trent2002W
    @Trent2002W 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    PRAY FOR PLAGUES

  • @giancarlonunez8878
    @giancarlonunez8878 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    At some point I assume that he’ll just drop it so low that he can only play the riffs on a bass

  • @redaa195
    @redaa195 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Drop B without Alter Bridge?!

  • @slabz710
    @slabz710 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have this guitar, and the high E string falls off the fret board relentlessly. Any thoughts or info would be awesome!

  • @jaankoplov2967
    @jaankoplov2967 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    BRBR DENG BRBR DENG

  • @TheseBitchesWantNikes
    @TheseBitchesWantNikes 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love that Attila has a song called Toxic

  • @kitanoffxd
    @kitanoffxd 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Heaviest Machine head riffs ???

  • @sethmcglone5488
    @sethmcglone5488 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sucks that don't need you by bfmv wasn't in there

  • @satyajeetpatil8177
    @satyajeetpatil8177 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Rusty Cage by Soundgarden