this sounds more like Gary Holt than Kerry King. Easy way to tell the difference, Kerry's solos sound like he's trying to murder his guitar, Gary's sound like his guitar will murder you. Both awesome in their own right
During the first half of the video I was seeing more Kirk Hammett style licks. Kerry king solos always consist of downpours mixed with lots of picking at some point in the solo. I can’t really think of any Slayer song or any song Kerry is featured in where he doesn’t downpour off the top of my head.
0:21 Kerry King (actually) 0:25 Dimebag Darrell 0:55 Van Halen 1:25 Alexi Laiho 1:54 John Petrucci 2:06 Random prog bass player 2:15 Kerry King (finally again) 2:35 Paul Gilbert So great job Andy, you are a great guitarist, but ..... Kerry King style ...... seriously?
Andy is great and clean and all that, I'm not a big fan of Kerry himself but the style of solos they use in Slayer is exactly what makes it so great. Doesn't have to be in tune, melodic or even that musical. Its over the top. They sounded very original when they came out. There are millions of players who can play perfect melodic scales but no one sounded like these guys... my opinion...
If you're a decent guitar player and listen carefully to Kk's solo's, they do make sense. He knows what he's doing, just listen to his slower work on Seasons in the Abyss. For the people that don't like his work: there actually are bands that are not Slayer, maybe you should check them out...
Lars Breedveld I agree with you completely. KK is an awesome guitarist. I’ve seen them live, and the stamina him and the entire band have is amazing. Not many 50+ year old folks do what he can do. Oh yeah, also for the haters, they’ve been around since the mid 80’s. I’d say he’s doing something right.
I was addicted to slayer for yrs, but never enjoyed their solos. Their riffs are legendary though. Kerry king and Jeff hanneman have very unique almost impossible to duplicate solos, but most are ear splitting ugly sounding. Gary holt has brought alot of soloing prowess to the band now though
It's the first time I listen to the song you suggested. And I really surprised to see that Mercyful Fate vibes on that song are so strong. Not to mention how beautifully crafted the Mercyful Fate solos are. I guess I underestimated Kerry King's guitar playing a bit. Still fun to watch him, but now I'm respecting him more. :D
This is andy trying to tone down his playing and abilities to KK's abilities . This was the same thing that he did to emulate kirk hammett. AJ just can't hide the fact that he's a number of magnitudes better than either KK or KH. It was funny to watch
MrZeddie15 yes Kerry king isnt so good, but u can t even compare him to a fuckin clown like Lil wayne.....have u self noticed that lil "gayne" plays whit his fucking thumb?cmon man just because Kerry cant do good solos doesnt mean his a that bad guitarist....
How to play like Kerry King. step 1) blind fold yourself step 2) shove wammy bar as far as you can up your ass step 3) pick as fast as you can. (it doesn't matter what notes you play because they're so fast no one can hear them anyways.)
All you did was copy metal marauders comment from 2 years before you made this comment and tried to re-word, to make it seem like it was your own, which you failed at.. And you're still fat
Andy James could be anything he wanted, but he stays with Lick Library and produces brilliant DVD's that teach us how to play guitar. Dedicated and loyal. This man has my full respect.
be thankful man, this is gonna make a whole bunch of slayer fans way better at guitar plus, if they learnt these skills, then they could still do random chaos if they chose to
ok so for everyone bitching bout kerry consider this............ hes in SLAYER and were bitchin on youtube. If nothing else he has got more successful more music career then any of us.
+Aaron Mifsud By that logic then Justin Beiber Is amazing with his musical genius because he sings and stuff, so we shouldn't bitch about him on youtube either.
Yep we shouldn't bitch about J Bieber cause you really wish you could have his money and fame not to mention all the fresh young pussy he gets served to him on a platter every day and night lmao..
hey dude, you say where is the chaos. I am a drummer, not a guitar player by far lol and an avid slayer fan, but I do know that playing lead guitar people play from the heart for the most part. To be able to mimic any of the people on lead is straight talent. Andy James, you sir are amazing, from one musician to another, I would love to play the drums for a guitarist with your style and skill.
How to play like KK: Be atonal, chromatics are a must, bend now and again but atleast once in every solo.. some whammyl-bar nonsense.. and then pretend you can actually play.
If he wants to play like a spastic.. then fine. Slayer without Hannemann is fucking boring, KK is a 50 year old fuckwit who somehow kept his head down and got far.. You'd think with the entire internet he'd learn some actual MUSIC, maybe a couple of scales.. but no..
Hi spankham911, thanks for the comment - You'll be pleased to know - were working on a new dvd ;) For the time being we do have Metal Edge Solos DVD series, which Andy teaches you solos and techniques he uses on his own songs, check out 'Metal Edge Solos Volume 2' /watch?v=mEuXL4hHACg available to watch here on youtube. Hope that helps! (Will post a pop up in the video above aswell as a direct link to that trailer) All the best - Licklibrary
BloodGasmic hes right. this does sound more like hammett. stop thinking of wahmmett and think of the pre black album kirk :P. the guy who wrote solo's for creeping death master of puppets ride the lightning and what not.
this sounds nothing like hammett, if it did it would be nothing but wah, if kirk hammett didnt put so much wah in his lead playing i think it would be better
Sean Thomson it does sound like hammett. ( the pre black album hammett that is ) He didnt abuse wah before the black album. check out ride the lightning , AJFA and master of puppets.
The true Kerry King lesson video would last merely a few seconds, and would consist of a sentence floating across a blank screen that said "Pick really quickly, and as long as your fingers land on a note, you're golden."
Wow that was amazingly AMAZING! I couldnt look away! Really good, and sorta similar to Kerry. I know people wanna clown on Kerry about what makes his style unique, but its precisely what this video was missing and what makes him so hard to emulate. His playing is very "dirty", not necessarily a bad thing. Its just such a mess that its unique, and does sound beautifully evil at the same time. Its tougher for guitarists to imitate personality in sound&style over everything else.
Saludos de México, kerry king es un excelente guitarrista, los que dicen que no toca como en este ejemplo by andy James, es porque no son músicos... Confiemos en andy James y sus virtuosa experiencia sobre todo eligió bien a kerry. ;)/
Watching this "Kerry King" style solo from Andy, right after listening to "War March" makes Mr King sound like he needs...lessons. R.I.P Jeff Henneman. Nice "Slayer" style song there Andy!
Andy tried to make this a KK solo, but it just wasnt stupid enough to be a KK solo. Andy simply cant write a bad solo.....while bad solos are KK's speciality...
100% agree. The only album Slayer consciously soloed in key on was Show No Mercy; after that most of the stuff was balls-out dive bombs and playing notes intentionally "off", like Kerry's solo in War Ensemble. E.g. the trem picked part just before the 3/4 time part near the end.
You are right, I infact think Kerry King is awesome at guitar (and that he has got good rythm technique, some of the best riffs I've ever heard). But there is such a thing as "better" and "worst" in terms technique. And one of the things people really respect in metal music is clean and precise playing, which you will be able to learn through Andy James lessons! Which is why Andy is playing and teaching as precise as possible. After mastering this, a guitarist WILL be "better" at technique
+nevermoreshred 27 true the other guitar player in band was just as bad as Kerry when came to solos. They should've hired cc Deville to do solos for them lol.
Bad one... it's too melodic and calm for Kerry. Also it needs more chaos, more distortion and dirty sounding. plus more pinch screams and floyd dive bombs and stuff... less left hand technique... more right hand!
TriviumAnterior What do want? A fucking major scale solo in a slayer song? KFK's solos may turn some people off with their almost nonsense sound, but they fit his style.
He taps the intro to the "War Ensemble" solo. That aside, if you want to do a Kerry King instructional video, just make a bunch of random noise with harmonics and whammy bar dives, and you've pretty much got it nailed.
I love how everyone trashes on Kerry and Jeff's solos. They don't realize that their solos fit Slayer's chaotic sound. I personally enjoy the solos on the first six albums.
this sounds more like Gary Holt than Kerry King. Easy way to tell the difference, Kerry's solos sound like he's trying to murder his guitar, Gary's sound like his guitar will murder you. Both awesome in their own right
@Yeah Whatever he is basically hell itself everytime he plays a solo
@Yeah Whatever On record sounds like fire is coming from his fingers, live it sounds like his fingers are burnt lol
During the first half of the video I was seeing more Kirk Hammett style licks. Kerry king solos always consist of downpours mixed with lots of picking at some point in the solo. I can’t really think of any Slayer song or any song Kerry is featured in where he doesn’t downpour off the top of my head.
0:21 Kerry King (actually)
0:25 Dimebag Darrell
0:55 Van Halen
1:25 Alexi Laiho
1:54 John Petrucci
2:06 Random prog bass player
2:15 Kerry King (finally again)
2:35 Paul Gilbert
So great job Andy, you are a great guitarist, but ..... Kerry King style ...... seriously?
Varg Vikernes prog bass players actually play more technical parts than that and most Kerry king solos, my man
2:06 is matt bellamy
0:25 sounds more like Kirk Hammett than Dimebag
Great observation but 0:25 is more like Kirk hammet
I thought 25 could easily be a kerry king style too sir
Who thinks Kerry King should purchase this? :p
AJ Ray I know this is late but that is some funny shit.
Much cleaner and melodic than King could ever pull off.
Haha this is gold
I mean like " hahahahahhahahshhshsh 🤣🤣😭🤣🤣" ..got me real good...
i only opened this thing to read the comments
Andy is great and clean and all that, I'm not a big fan of Kerry himself but the style of solos they use in Slayer is exactly what makes it so great. Doesn't have to be in tune, melodic or even that musical. Its over the top. They sounded very original when they came out. There are millions of players who can play perfect melodic scales but no one sounded like these guys... my opinion...
You don't listen Slayer for the solos... at least I don't. We have band like DT, CoB or A7X that excel at them
@@elBanananas they have shitty solos but the riffs are great, tbh their solos really fits with their theme
@@mudfightmaster4275 Agree... they are just chaotic and all over the place but they somehow work with their music
@@elBanananas yeah thats slayer for you 🤘
The solos in Show No Mercy are great, but the solos in Reign in Blood are just kinda fit the theme lol
If you're a decent guitar player and listen carefully to Kk's solo's, they do make sense. He knows what he's doing, just listen to his slower work on Seasons in the Abyss. For the people that don't like his work: there actually are bands that are not Slayer, maybe you should check them out...
Lars Breedveld I agree with you completely. KK is an awesome guitarist. I’ve seen them live, and the stamina him and the entire band have is amazing. Not many 50+ year old folks do what he can do. Oh yeah, also for the haters, they’ve been around since the mid 80’s. I’d say he’s doing something right.
I was addicted to slayer for yrs, but never enjoyed their solos. Their riffs are legendary though. Kerry king and Jeff hanneman have very unique almost impossible to duplicate solos, but most are ear splitting ugly sounding. Gary holt has brought alot of soloing prowess to the band now though
It's the first time I listen to the song you suggested. And I really surprised to see that Mercyful Fate vibes on that song are so strong. Not to mention how beautifully crafted the Mercyful Fate solos are. I guess I underestimated Kerry King's guitar playing a bit. Still fun to watch him, but now I'm respecting him more. :D
too melodic to me as for Kerry King style
This is better than everything Kerry has done in 30 years
This is andy trying to tone down his playing and abilities to KK's abilities . This was the same thing that he did to emulate kirk hammett. AJ just can't hide the fact that he's a number of magnitudes better than either KK or KH. It was funny to watch
Hahaha this is probably how King thinks his solos sound.
I'm fucking dead hahahaaahahaaha
Amazing comment haha
DemonicCathode lmfao!!!! this video is arguably 10X better than kings actual playing!!
This would happen if King hit the right notes.
DemonicCathode hahahahahaha you said it bro
Poor Andy having to pretend that Kerry King doesn't suck.
youre a fuckin moron
Strikeatic Kay Kerry isn't a much better guitar player than Lil Wayne. Look up his solo lol.
Seen it haha
MrZeddie15 yes Kerry king isnt so good, but u can t even compare him to a fuckin clown like Lil wayne.....have u self noticed that lil "gayne" plays whit his fucking thumb?cmon man just because Kerry cant do good solos doesnt mean his a that bad guitarist....
Hahahahaha wise words man.
How to play like Kerry King.
step 1) blind fold yourself
step 2) shove wammy bar as far as you can up your ass
step 3) pick as fast as you can. (it doesn't matter what notes you play because they're so fast no one can hear them anyways.)
cory beckmann Are you still fat?
All you did was copy metal marauders comment from 2 years before you made this comment and tried to re-word, to make it seem like it was your own, which you failed at..
And you're still fat
Andy James could be anything he wanted, but he stays with Lick Library and produces brilliant DVD's that teach us how to play guitar. Dedicated and loyal. This man has my full respect.
Kerry wish to play like that hahahaha
Kerry's solo was unique, no one can copy him..
lol do you really want to?
to be fair kerry couldnt copy himself
This is honestly better than any Kerry King solo
Bullshit
lets not pretend he could put together this coherent of a solo
Kerry King is a Genius, History and Good player !!!
be thankful man, this is gonna make a whole bunch of slayer fans way better at guitar
plus, if they learnt these skills, then they could still do random chaos if they chose to
Kerry has ordered this lesson DVD !
Doesn't sound like Kerry's playing at all.
I'll give you that, it doesn't sound much like Kerry. It is pretty damned awesome though.
It sounds more like kirk hammet and Gary Holt.
ok so for everyone bitching bout kerry consider this............ hes in SLAYER and were bitchin on youtube. If nothing else he has got more successful more music career then any of us.
+Aaron Mifsud
By that logic then Justin Beiber Is amazing with his musical genius because he sings and stuff, so we shouldn't bitch about him on youtube either.
+Aaron Mifsud You don't have to be a chef to judge a meal, You don't have to be an artist to judge a painting. Just saying
Yep we shouldn't bitch about J Bieber cause you really wish you could have his money and fame not to mention all the fresh young pussy he gets served to him on a platter every day and night lmao..
hey dude, you say where is the chaos. I am a drummer, not a guitar player by far lol and an avid slayer fan, but I do know that playing lead guitar people play from the heart for the most part. To be able to mimic any of the people on lead is straight talent. Andy James, you sir are amazing, from one musician to another, I would love to play the drums for a guitarist with your style and skill.
How to play like KK:
Be atonal, chromatics are a must, bend now and again but atleast once in every solo.. some whammyl-bar nonsense.. and then pretend you can actually play.
***** well i with the band isn't too bad (dear lord of the internet please have mercy on my soul)
Obvious dick is obvious.
I kind of agree but he's got no excuse now. :L
So? There are no rules in guitar you can play how ever the fuck you want. His style of playing is what he wants to play.
If he wants to play like a spastic.. then fine. Slayer without Hannemann is fucking boring, KK is a 50 year old fuckwit who somehow kept his head down and got far.. You'd think with the entire internet he'd learn some actual MUSIC, maybe a couple of scales.. but no..
Hi spankham911, thanks for the comment - You'll be pleased to know - were working on a new dvd ;) For the time being we do have Metal Edge Solos DVD series, which Andy teaches you solos and techniques he uses on his own songs, check out 'Metal Edge Solos Volume 2' /watch?v=mEuXL4hHACg available to watch here on youtube. Hope that helps! (Will post a pop up in the video above aswell as a direct link to that trailer) All the best - Licklibrary
2:06 sounds familiar to the Metallica's solo in "The day that never comes" :P
All the same notes except the 12th fret.
It sounds like War Ensemble though
when can we get an andy james style quick licks?
I get the Impression that there are nearly as many jokes about Kerry Kings solos as there are about the drumming of Lars Ulrich.
I must if watched this a hundred times. Way awesome. This dude is the new king. YNGWIE WHO???!!
thats not kerry king. its more like kirk hammett lol
BloodGasmic hes right. this does sound more like hammett. stop thinking of wahmmett and think of the pre black album kirk :P. the guy who wrote solo's for creeping death master of puppets ride the lightning and what not.
BloodGasmic yeah. he isnt as good as fanboys make him out to be. and he is definetly not as bad as haters make him out to be.
this sounds nothing like hammett, if it did it would be nothing but wah, if kirk hammett didnt put so much wah in his lead playing i think it would be better
Sean Thomson it does sound like hammett. ( the pre black album hammett that is ) He didnt abuse wah before the black album. check out ride the lightning , AJFA and master of puppets.
i've heard them and it doesnt sound anythng hammett, also Dave Mustaine is better than hammett, putting that out there
2:06 War Ensemble solo with Raining Blood in the background...
Except for the whammy bar use, I find it kind of Kirk Hammett-ish
+Németh Ádám Agreed, it's like a mix of Dimebag, Kirk and Mustaine.. and I hear some Lamb of God as well lol
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no way in heaven that kerry king could play this
I don't feel Kerry's spirit in that. But the solo is great.
Can't you just make a DVD on how to play like Andy James, he's FEWKIN amazing good job man :P
it often seems like Kirk Hammet style in the early or "best" years of Metallica
I'm totally buying
Kerry King?? Sounds more akin to Dave Mustaine's playing
Yeah it does If he used a whammy bar more!
It blows my mind how cleanly you play these intense riffs.
The true Kerry King lesson video would last merely a few seconds, and would consist of a sentence floating across a blank screen that said "Pick really quickly, and as long as your fingers land on a note, you're golden."
Kerry King should buy this
I heard some of War Ensemble in there
Yeah the tapping part one the first string is definitely taken from War Ensemble
kerry king and kirk hammet would sell their souls and crawl in the dust if they could play the guitar like this once in a lifetime!
sounds much better than kerry king's solo.
He plays good riffs but i don't think he plays that good solos
Dante Sparda a lot of those were Jeff haneman and he's a far better soloist than Kerry
Wow that was amazingly AMAZING! I couldnt look away! Really good, and sorta similar to Kerry. I know people wanna clown on Kerry about what makes his style unique, but its precisely what this video was missing and what makes him so hard to emulate. His playing is very "dirty", not necessarily a bad thing. Its just such a mess that its unique, and does sound beautifully evil at the same time. Its tougher for guitarists to imitate personality in sound&style over everything else.
it's terrible bro, in no way it is unique.
What key does Kerry King usually play his leads in? ALL OF THEM AT ONCE!
I love how it's a Kerry King Style but executed better than the actual Kerry King could
Saludos de México, kerry king es un excelente guitarrista, los que dicen que no toca como en este ejemplo by andy James, es porque no son músicos... Confiemos en andy James y sus virtuosa experiencia sobre todo eligió bien a kerry. ;)/
Yes, he's a solo artist and plays in the EMI signed band Sacred Mother Tongue
sounds more like kirk hammett
still awesome tho
Watching this "Kerry King" style solo from Andy, right after listening to "War March" makes Mr King sound like he needs...lessons. R.I.P Jeff Henneman. Nice "Slayer" style song there Andy!
Andy tried to make this a KK solo, but it just wasnt stupid enough to be a KK solo. Andy simply cant write a bad solo.....while bad solos are KK's speciality...
Genial...saludos de ARGENTINA. Ojalá Kerry.. tocará así.. de bien.. saludos
This is about 99% too far removed from the aimlessness, amusicality & wankery it needs to be a Kerry King solo.
100% agree. The only album Slayer consciously soloed in key on was Show No Mercy; after that most of the stuff was balls-out dive bombs and playing notes intentionally "off", like Kerry's solo in War Ensemble. E.g. the trem picked part just before the 3/4 time part near the end.
Way too melody to sound like Slayer. Amazing solo though, omg. Loved it.
This is the best guitar solo I've ever heard!!! I want he to be my teacher!
this is not kerry kingy at all
Very flattering for Kerry King
first mistake, this was actually a solo
I've never listened to KK play like this. This guy plays way better, cleaner and more current
More like a wet dream for Kerry.
You are right, I infact think Kerry King is awesome at guitar (and that he has got good rythm technique, some of the best riffs I've ever heard). But there is such a thing as "better" and "worst" in terms technique. And one of the things people really respect in metal music is clean and precise playing, which you will be able to learn through Andy James lessons! Which is why Andy is playing and teaching as precise as possible. After mastering this, a guitarist WILL be "better" at technique
lol there is no way Kerry King could ever play this well
thanks! That trem seems to be able to sustain perfect intonation !
Kerry king can't solo lol
wth dont you listen slayer? there is a lot of solos that kerry king played
+Kemal Turgut no thanks I rather here little Wayne solo.
+quit293 you are right though, most of kerrys solos are just whammy bar abuses and random tremolo picking
lmao so true
+nevermoreshred 27 true the other guitar player in band was just as bad as Kerry when came to solos. They should've hired cc Deville to do solos for them lol.
I love the part at 2:35.
Since when has Kerry King ever had a solo style?
The unison bends in the beginning sound like Kerry...like something off south of heaven
Sounds more like Kirk than Kerry.
So clean! Damn...that is great technique.
Bad one... it's too melodic and calm for Kerry.
Also it needs more chaos, more distortion and dirty sounding.
plus more pinch screams and floyd dive bombs and stuff... less left hand technique... more right hand!
Andy James is the man
you cant play like kerry king, you're actually in the scale
That dive bomb !!!! AWSOME !!!!
Wait there is scales in there! Kerry can't play any of those! She still hasn't learned how to tune her guitar.
i wasn't expecting all these clean and clear licks in the style of kerry king..
Not even close to KK or Slayer wtf
GhostOfWar Kerry is WAY more crazy and chaotic and balls to the wall insane in his solos!
BL O'Dell Kerry's solos suck major trash.
No melody, no flow just mindless garbage.
TriviumAnterior What do want? A fucking major scale solo in a slayer song? KFK's solos may turn some people off with their almost nonsense sound, but they fit his style.
+TriviumAnterior he's not a good guitar player but it fits slayer
I'd love to hear a Slayer solo that sounded like this.
kerry dont play that good
This Andy James cat has got to be the most impressive universally sound player I have seen on youtube holy shit balls!
Nobody can beat Kerry King.
5 peoples ears exploded from th awesomness of the solo
Kerry King couldn't play this shit tight, if his life depended on it.
Kick ass playing man!
He taps the intro to the "War Ensemble" solo. That aside, if you want to do a Kerry King instructional video, just make a bunch of random noise with harmonics and whammy bar dives, and you've pretty much got it nailed.
Too good for Kerry!
love this guitar is it the LTD version of the ESP Horizon
+Kevin Carey I have this and it is perfect, I bought an ESP horizon thinking it would be better, but nope. sold it.
If only Kerry could play this well
Hi there, unfortunately none of our DVDs have subtitles.
Incredible!
not going to lie, that was awesome
so this is how slayer will sound with great lead !!
Amazing shreds !!!
I never actually heard anything by Kerry King but, damm this is awesome!
0:25 hangar 18?
Suena escalofriante! que Genial!!!!!!! adoro lick library, mi compadre Andy James hace unos riff mortales :O
just a thought here, but has lick library by any chance, thought of doing a dave musaine quick licks?
never a day has Kerry even come close
Had to back and watch it again.
I love how everyone trashes on Kerry and Jeff's solos. They don't realize that their solos fit Slayer's chaotic sound. I personally enjoy the solos on the first six albums.
andy sliced off my tongue.... i cant say anything just \m/ \m/ you rock! its awesome you did kerry better then kerry did