Heaviest Riffs: Drop C II
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- 30 of the best Drop C tuning Riffs
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Tuning: Drop C
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#Guitar #Metal #Riffs - เพลง
*Smash like for riffs*
More heaviest riffs in all the tunings coming? 👀
MOAR RIFFS... ok, I'll stop yelling. Maybe...
only if you redo it and play my last serenade right :P
Sorry Nick but no "drop" tuning (as in tuned so the three lowest strings form a single fret power chord) can be the best when the double drop version is always superior (for double drop d you'd also drop the high e to d).
Would love to see the drop E video re-done with 8 string riffs, keep it up nik🤘🏻
If the last several singles he released weren't obvious enough for you, Nik is STILL an absolute monster of a musician. The fact that he isn't at 1m subs yet is CRIMINAL.
agree
agree
marc okubo better
His talent even surpasses his humor
@@enigmaburrito1390 Beethoven trumps Mark.
Seeing him play isolation have me much joy
Agreed
That Converge riff tho. Kurt is an absolute riff monster
Kurt Ballou!
yeah i'm so happy he included my favorite band!
I'll stay gold !
Agreed, goes so fkn hard.
greatest band of all time imo
Drop C is, hands down, my favorite tuning. Even when I'm bringing my acoustic guitar to play at a friend/family gathering, I find a way to play non-metal with drop C
I’m personally more of a B standard kinda guy but drop c is nice
@@radiant_7354b standard is a killer tuning
Drop C is the GOATed tuning fr. It's so versatile too. Can do heavy chugga chugga while still being able to do most of the stuff standard tuning is able to do.
Have you ever seen the video where Nik tunes as low as human ear can possibly pick up? That’s the greatest tuning ever.
My favorite tuning!
I agree. I think it brings out the potential of the 6 string electric guitar.
0:58 Gojira - Toxic Garbage Island
1:11 Deftones -Elite
1:21 Adestria - 1984
1:35 Beartooth - The Lines
1:53 Misery Signals - A Certain Death
2:05 While She Sleeps - This Is The Six
2:23 Bullet For My Valentine - 4 Words...
2:35 As I Lay Dying - Confined
2:46 Alter Bridge - Isolation
2:56 Converge - Concubine
3:08 Killswitch Engage - My Last Serenade
3:18 Periphery - The Gods Must Be Crazy!
3:32 Born Of Osiris - Abstract Art
3:46 Blood Incantation - Starspawn
4:01 August Burn Red - Composure
4:13 Jinjer - Outlander
4:27 The Agonist - Panophobia
4:42 Burry Tomorrow - Redeemer
4:58 Chimaira - Needle
5:11 Phinehas - I Am The Lion
5:25 Darkest Hour - Infinite eyes
5:40 Job For A Cowboy - Knee Deep
5:54 Caliban - Song About Killing
6:06 Heaven Shall Burn - No One Will Shed A Tear
6:17 Breaking Benjamin - Tourniquet
6:33 Parkway Drive - I Watched
6:43 For Today - Seraphim
6:58 Of Mice And Men - I'm A Monster
(had to remake it thrice cause of all the copyright claims, that's for you people)
Wow, you're quick. TYVM 🤜🤛
commenting for the people, thank very much
You're doing god's work
I love how on any video these days like this you can just expect there to be someone timestamping and there is pretty much 99.99% of the time
@Dragon Ball fans can't read Holy hipster cringe
Time for my dose of Vitamin C.
Elite somehow earned Deftones a Grammy, so glad to see it here!
@Elijah Boyd Always has been always will be. Let’s get you to bed gramps
@@AsdAsd-rd6ce lol
Somehow??
“Drop C is the best tuning ever made….EVER!!!”
Nick Nocturnal 2023
Truer words have never been spoken
I think my favorite thing about drop C is how many different genres use it, I think that's pretty cool
Oh hell yes, anything from Chimaira’s Resurrection album fucks so hard! Needle is one of me fav.
Seeing SOAD on here made me incredibly happy because they were my first introduction to Drop C and you can’t not include them in a list like this, Daron Malakian writes some absolutely banger riffs and it’s awesome. Plus they also inspired me to write some heavy riffs of my own
same here Daron’s my biggest inspiration guitar wise :)
Totally agree
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Drop C in my mind is the "soad tuning"
They're definitely in my top five bands of all-time
Was happy to see Alter Bridge here. They were my uncle's favorite band tied with Whitechapel. Miss him a lot. AB, and WC became my comfort music.
Side note: I want a Brutalist Breakdowns series.
Picturing Alter Bridge and Whitechapel next to each other is hilarious and I love it. Love both bands too. Sorry for you loss.
Yea I consider *_Alter Bridge_* as one of the best modern *Alternative Metal* band today, together with his other band *Tremonti* (he is the same singer and lead guitarist in both bands, which is really cool) They are definitely at the Top Ranking 🤟🤘
I'm the only one in my family who likes Alter Bridge, but I have a couple friends who do as well. I'm glad Isolation was on here but if he was going the heavy route, Crows On A Wire was the correct choice 😂
@@xAlexTobiasxB Creed had some absolute bangers too idgaf what anyone says
Chimaira such an underrated group... Need more content with them 🤤
I love Drop C so much that when I went to 7 string (about 15 years ago) I tuned GCGCFAD so I wouldn't lose it.
Drop C is just perfect for everything. Heavy, pretty, jazzy, funky it’s perfect for it all. Drop B has really been pulling me in lately though. Something about hitting that open chord in drop b is so damn nice 👍
My favourite tuning is open g :D but that's mostly for acoustic or B F# B D f# B
I've only seen one jazz musician make use of a drop tuning (once), but I don't listen to much jazz tbh.
4:27 One of my favourites. The Agonist is underrated af.
Huge shout-out for Misery Signals, Controller is my favorite melodic metalcore album of all times, I have listened to it hundreds of times! It is both super heavy and super melodic at the same time, can't recommend it enough.
That album helped me through a tough time in my life! Front to back it's fantastic.
I was so happy hearing A Certain Death's riff. Misery Signals is so underrated as a metal act. Very talented group of people, excellent live too.
I just went on such a deep alterdridge rabbithole thanks to this video.
They werent ahead of their time by any means, but still holds their weight, even against todays music. Like damn man. So fucking good.
And still consistently dropping bangers every 3 years. Not to mention Tremonti’s solo albums
Tremonti is a 🐐 dude barely ever fucks up
Happy to see Chimaira being repped in here. Needle is such a brutal song!
same, I saw the thumbnail and Immediately recognized the album art.
Anything off The Impossibility of reason is way heavier though. Should have picked one of those
@@siktz Respectfully disagree. I don't think they've released a track both lyrically and musically heavier than The Flame.
The riff out of dehumanizing process has got to be my favourite
the Riff that I hear is chop suey
Absolutely astonished that somebody used Abstract Art for once, absolutely underrated song
Thank you so much for including Darkest Hour. I feel like they are not mentioned enough. Undoing Ruin and Deliver Us were huge for me growing up.
I've Heard both albums live in its entirety lol. What better to ask for
That self titled album is an absolute masterpiece, they were touring that album when periphery was doing the 2nd release, it’s nice to see someone who appreciates the underdogs in metalcore
"Old" DH have a special place in my heart.
bury tomorrow absolutely needs more recognition they are easily one of the best melodic metalcore bands out there
YES! FINALLY,SUCH A LEGENDARY RUBRIC IS BACK !!
I hope that we'll see another episodes with other tunings as well as the come back of your "sickest solos" series
Not only are the riffs sick, but that OTTO Audio 1111 absolutely does the damn thing right. Such a good VST and honestly I don't see anyone not being able to get a great tone out of it.
I fully agree that drop C/d standard is the best tuning. its heavy enough to be distinct from drop d/e standard, but not so low that many amps and pedals struggle with the frequency. Also it gives the most satisfying resonance and chugs with good string tension.
Adestria's 'Chapters' is soooo underrated. Glad to see them in the video!
I don't know if underrated or just relatively unknown.
big big facts. Chapters is phenomenal
unreal album, criminally underrated and shockingly unknown
Love the Alter Bridge pick! :)
Just saying Chimaira is hands down one of the most underrated heavy bands ever. Super bummed I'll be missing their reunion show next week.
Yeah, bought ST album as kid on a whim, just from the vibes coming off of it. 30 bucks was a lot for a gamble at that age. Paid off.
Bloodlust makes my taint tingle.
Just out here to remind y’all how criminally under appreciated Misery Signals is.
To me they were the best in the genre.
Hell yeah. Seen them 3 times over the years, in 2008 and 2013 and then in 2014 on the malice x tour with the og lineup (we got lucky and got to see a mini 7 angels 7 plagues reunion for a couple tracks too) they deserve every bit of praise they get and a lot that they don't as well. Bands like counterparts, defeater, Napoleon etc. probably wouldn't sound the same without mis sigs paving the way
Hell yes. Somehow my most scene band. They were just always on others tours I wanted to see. No complaints though. It must be around 13 or 14 times at this point. Controller is a flawless 10/10 in my mind.
I think Nik should cover The Year Summer Ended In June tbh
Aww yes the signal the fucking real deal yez zir
Chimaira - Pictures in the Gold Room : is one of the heaviest drop C riffs. Also their song Severed is too.
Thanks for using Blood Incantation riffs from Starspawn! I never would have known there is such a gem of a band in existance - old school production style (reminds me sometimes of Pestilence - Spheres) and great mix of riffage, groove, blasting and atmosphere - whole album is 10/10 - highly recommended!
Misery Signals finally get the love that they deserve
These kinda riffs are why I love that some bands are releasing their albums also as instrumentals. So good to just enjoy excellent riffage!
Thank you for this video. I’ve picked up the guitar again after 10+ years of not playing and I’ve been looking for new music to listen to. This video was perfect! Keep rockin 🤟
Happy to see you gave Phinehas some love. Not many people know who they are. Killer list bro. 🔥🔥
Never thought I'd see the day the heaviest riff series returns! So hyped on this.
I love how odd the Blood Incantation riff sits in this list/channel, very surprising
well, you just gave me a list of new bands to listen to. there were some i've never heard of, some i've heard of but never listened to, and some i knew but hadn't gotten to that particular album. thanks. always on the lookout for new stuff.
I like how you managed to transition from one song to the other seamlessly. Songs with different tempos and time signatures. The riffs aren't hard, the hard part is the editing and planning the video and it's super impressive how coherent this is. It would've been so much easier for you to add little gaps in between riffs but you didn't.
Seeing Converge on this list makes me happy! What a riff!
Soooooo happy to see the Resurrection album art in the thumbnail! I feel like nobody knows Chimaira or gives them enough praise.
What a fucking awesome compilation! Nik, thank you so much for a whole new playlist full of great bands!
Thank you for including For Today! They have so many good riffs and songs, just often overlooked nowadays
Dude they have some absolute slappers! Elijah from Potraits still hits hard today.
The Pastor at my church told me to listen to them at one of our church services. Best thing he has ever told me to do lol. I'm so thankful that Christian Metalcore is an actual thing.
The Gods Must Be Crazy caught me off guard being on this list. Such a killer riff!
00:22 pure eargasm
The tone is so on spot! Loved it!
Isolation has to be up there for my favourite songs of all time, so good
Phineas getting some love! They are so underrated. They should be at the top of the genre
lmao i'm SO stoked to see adestria make this list. found them through spotify radio a few years ago and noticed they don't have very many plays so i felt like i was the only mf that knew about them honestly i'm so glad to see them getting some recognition
out of all the riffs that you pulled out there, the caliban riff was such a gem and it took me right back! drop c will always be the one!
I am always surprised by the versatility of Drop C. Seeing Alter Bridge and Blood Incantation using the same tuning as all my MySpace era favorites is wild.
Blood Incantation is definitely the most unexpected drop c band I think.
That's like saying e tuning is wild because Eric Clapton and Judas priest use it. Well...
nik makes me realize how much more metal i need to listen to every single time
II II II II the goto ampsim for drop Z tuning 🤘
yesss the best videos are back! hope you continue with part 3 and other tunings
Thank you for including The Agonist in this, they're such an underrated band that a lot of people don't know about.
djent
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"djent has sort of exploded as a scene"
The “used in a sentence,” part really killed me. Im dead now. Thank you. I RIPPPPP. Ima hit you with a sexy riff thus week. You’re going to need padding for that chair. Yeah im talking d to b string skips!!!
God damn, not just great playing... but the mix sounds so good! Nice work!
Thank you Nik. Now I can feed my guitar more riffs tonight...
1111 is actually astounding. My favorite VST.
This must have taken forever man! Getting the drums right and learning all these riffs! Thank you for your service sir
Gaaaa daaamn 4:27 im ashamed to say that this is my first time hearing The Agonist and immediately went on spotify to hear everything they have to offer and was definitely not disappointed!! Especially having Panophobia on repeat just because that riff and ending that song with that same riff.. *chefs kiss*🤯
Thanks for helping me find them!!!
Excellent playing 🤘
Honestly, this is the best guitar tone you have had yet. Love it.
I'm so new to guitar that I'm still learning Good Riddance and Zombie on acoustic. I can't even imagine making those handshapes or switching that fast, but props to Nik!
Sick list as always love these heaviest riffs learned a lot of the heaviest riff from this lol
Tremonti is a beast
u know its gonna be a great day,when nik drop a video !!
i love these series cause i have a ton of metal in my playlist (im talking over 6k songs and most of them are metal). but there are still so many bands that i havent heard about, so this is kind of a song suggestion thing and i love it
So stoked you did another drop C video. I'll admit it's one of my favorite tunings
Love the insane riffs Periphery manage to create :)
Great vid!
That riff (and the entire song) is Jake ripping off Mark lol
@@MaestroKatProductions Sounds like one heck of a successful formula!
Thanks for riffing on my heavy fella II II II II. To those watching, I say one thing: demo it in your room... It will hit you like nothing you've ever heard. 😎👍
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@@aicraft_music Absolutely you can. Email me with any questions after your trial is up. Enjoy some happy heavy chugging.
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I want to express my gratitude to this type of content because I often find new music for myself to study in it
really impressed how much these sound like the original mixes, that's hard.
For love of all that is holy and just in this world, please continue to spotlight Darkest Hour more and more. Been my favorite band since 2002 and people just don’t realize how incredible they are.
Deliver Us is one of my all time favorite albums, and even their new stuff like the self titled go hard
@@andre8273 same. They are underground trendsetters. Have been for years. Undoing Ruin, Deliver Us and Human Romance are absolute bangers with endless riffs. Even tho Hidden Hands is what brought me to them all those years ago…
Ou dude you just unlocked a good memory
Love darkest hour, been listening to them for 20 years now!!
Undoing ruin is landmark album for the genre
Deliver us and human romance are fantastic too
Saw them in '07 misery signals opened. Awesome show, their iconic lineup when Ryan Parrish was on drums and kris norris on lead guitar!
The lineup has changed but as long as John Henry is on vox and mike schliebaum is writing riffs, its gonna sound like darkest hour
Bullet for my valentine and As I lay dying always have some of the best sounding riffs! It’s really hard to top them😌 Kill switch comes close though.
Many era-defining riffs. Very proud to have known these albums way back then.
Did not expect to find Alter Bridge here, but you are completely right, the riff is awesome!
Tremonti really is a riff and solo monster!
Damn man, I forgot how good Chimaira were.
very underrated band
i think Nik really likes Converge - Concubine, this is the 2nd or 3rd time he's used it. can't blame him because it's an incredible song haha
Nice list Nic! 🤘
This is dope. Love the old Killswitch. Also love your eyes during the Misery Signals riff though. Hoping for an Adamantium one in there somewhere.
Fr Adamantium is such an underrated band. Through The Depths of Depression is probably my favourite early OC metalcore album
So glad he put Elite by Deftones, that song goes so HARD.
Could have also included Korea thats also heavy
And the better song
Man I just listened to Korea again for the first time in probably 5 years, last week and was so glad I rediscovered it. What a heavy fuckin banger of a Deftones song
For Today wasn’t forgotten!
GOATED
Thanks for confirming Drop C is the GOAT tuning for metal riffs. So many bangers on here! Amazing playing as always Nik
After Nik could read the Blood Incantation logo on the band logo video he throws them in the heaviest riffage vid, love it 🤘
I know I’m pretty late, but Helmet should have been in the list. THEY’RE THE KINGS OF DROP C
Any Godsmack riff in Drop C is always awesome (Songs like: I Stand Alone, Awake, Whatever, Straight Out of Line, Re-Align, Speak, Greed, Mistakes, ETC.)
The I stand Alone riff never gets old to me honestly lol
Awesome work man!! Love the channel. Could you make a Spotify play list with these songs? I love drop c and would love to explore more
Thank god you finally did this, give me ideas of songs to learn lol
Props for including the chimaira riff bro
And the bury tomorrow one too!
Yes! Some Chimaira love. Great luck with Needle. The whole album of Resurrection could arguably be in this video.
Rob and Matt are riff monsters.
My favorite thing about these videos is that you help me discover new bands 💪
Nice to see Adestria getting some love. Underrated band. Saw them live in ‘12. Great live.
You’re one of the reasons i picked up the guitar man. Slipknot is #1 but you take the 2nd spot. Thanks for all your work for us man
So you're waiting for Drop B video too right?
@@EvilGrishka i’ve seen his Drop B vids lol all i play is that.
I used to always use drop C but since I've been playing a baritone guitar lately it's drop A all the way. Also good to see alter bridge here. While they aren't deathcore or anything they have some HEAVY riffs.
HVY riffs, ripping solos, great melodies. Hard to beat
Nik's content just keeps getting better!
All these riffs go hard! We need a playlist!
I don't know why but for me the video goes out of sync at Needles by Chimaira. The video skips Chop Suey completely and the rest of the video is desynced.