i'm a young guitar player and this cleared everything up for me on this song!! u demonstrated the song very well and i thank you for putting up this video, because there isn't very many KsE videos out there for lessons!!!!
Cool of you to say Ryan. Thanks for the thumbs up! Hopefully you'll like my next upload as well. Please, spread the word - maybe I can reach that magic number of subs (not likely :-) ! Cheers :D
I am follower of John Petrucci's "soccer dash" technique. His instructional video (now old school - but golden information) is somewhere on this platform. It's worth it.
Hi Leon, Thanks for the support man! These are actually stock pickups, though now I have had them replaced with DiMarzio D-activators - quieter and better pinch harmonics!
Hey there. Thank you for the nice words. I appreciate it! At the time I recorded this the pickups were stock Ibanez Gax. Now, I've replaced them with Dimarzio D-Activators. The guitars sounds cleaner, with better harmonics. Does that help...?
Hi, I mute with both my right hand palm and left hand fingers while playing. I try to play with flatter fingers on the left hand (not the finger tips). With this technique you fret a note on say the 5th string and you mute the two adjacent strings as well. Your flat fingers should also be stopping noise from the thinner (treble strings). I use a different pick - it's called the Sik Pik, which has a twisted tip but I don't do anything special with my right - it's all in the left hand.
Wade, The part-by-part breakdown of this song was never in the plans. I do custom guitar lessons, so it wouldn't be a problem to put one together for you for this song. Please look at the tab, and message me here of via FB telling me which parts you would like me to cover for you :) Cheers
Thank you very much. Totally, KsE is one of my top bands in this genre as well. I'm sure you'll like the other vids then :D I use a Line 6 PodXT for all the tones. Standard heavy metal tone with a Tube Screamer added for picking definition. If you have a similar device I can send you the tone, if you'd like!
Hi there, Sure thing. I have a series of technique vids planned for november/december I will add picking on the list. Thanks for the good word! Rock on
Great video! Killswitch Engage is my favorite band and been waiting for some lucid lessons for their songs. You've got the perfect tone and everything. What are your amp settings? Thanks a lot!
Uchiha Rodnie Muchas gracias! Pues, no hay problema. Tocar la guitarra propia es (en mi opinion) mas fácil que tocar al Guitar Hero :) Disfrutate bien con la guitarra. Hace 15 años que yo me dedico (son placer) a eso :)
Hi AdamBa17. You know, I had not noticed that before. Thank you for pointing it out! I would say "Yes, for two reasons: 1) I am sitting down and there's not much room to wiggle around; 2) Since this is a physically intense style to play I try to keep things relaxed."
7 months later reply but do you have a continued version of break the silence somewhere????? I think its only showed the clean section and I was wondering if you had another video showing the rest of the riffs and parts?
Haha! Good point Matt and thank you for bringing up a great discussion. I've had this talk with many colleagues, including drummers who have it in their head that "hitting hard" is the only way to go. I'll put forward an explanation, however weak it may sounds: 1) The signal is already super compressed that hitting the string harder doesn't get any extra rewards. It's a limited dynamic range and hitting the string harder just makes the LED on my noise gate turn. 2) The bottom string is a 56 and hitting it harder will make it wobble and got out of tune, so doubled guitars will sound like mush. (Yes, you sort that with EQ and you run into part 1)... 3) Bonus: There are a few ways to lean into the string. You can elevate your right arm and essentially swing down, but I find it's too big of a movement (unnecessary at that), what I do is the "turn the key" move, where I rotate my picking hard wrist left thereby striking the string down, not laterally like you would with the "swing" movement.
@@hooner52 Oh, Adam is totally, the man, I agree. I also have to thank you on saying that it looks like I am "tickling a butterfly" as getting that tone and making it look like I'm barely playing has always been my goal. Plus, I don't play with a standard pick! :) Making a comparison between is interesting as I think they would all play this particular part differently. All these guys, however, have a completely different technique, style of playing, and a target sound they want to achieve, not to mention gear.
can you help me out pls mate, I checked the tab link out, but the pre chorus is the same as I've ever played it, and you defo play a different way, can I be a pain and request a walk through of your version of the pre chorus mate?
@@mariogaeta8911 So, upon listening to it several days over the past day, I can tell you that my version here is ever so slightly different than the original. I recorded it as: Guitar 1 plays the standard power chords Guitar 2 goes up to play the inversions or the octaves over the 5th and 3rd strings that are part of the inversions. The original recording has an extra phrase that I am not playing here. But, as long as it's function and you can sing the song over it - it works!
![Killswitch Engage - This Is Absolution [OFFICIAL VIDEO]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Vn3WKmyprEo/mqdefault.jpg)
Wow very good bro
Thank you so much!
i'm a young guitar player and this cleared everything up for me on this song!! u demonstrated the song very well and i thank you for putting up this video, because there isn't very many KsE videos out there for lessons!!!!
nice
I aim to please \\mm//
How is it possible you have less subs than me?!? You clearly deserve WAAYY more than you have now! At least 100,000
Cool of you to say Ryan. Thanks for the thumbs up! Hopefully you'll like my next upload as well. Please, spread the word - maybe I can reach that magic number of subs (not likely :-) ! Cheers :D
unbelievable!!! you are the BEST teacher for metal on youtube. I never thought i could learn and sound just like killswitch engage! Keep it up!
+Alijah Encinas My pleasure! Rock on Friend!
That chorus is just so beautiful haha! It's the only part of the song I want to learn!! Thanks for making this video!!
Could you do a video on how you speed pick or tips and tricks to speed picking Great cover and lesson keep it up! :)
I am follower of John Petrucci's "soccer dash" technique. His instructional video (now old school - but golden information) is somewhere on this platform. It's worth it.
Thank you. The idea behind the videos is 99% educational. Glad you like it!
HELL TO THE YEAH DUDE!!! UR A BADASS GUITARIST!!! SUBSCRIBED! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK BRO
Thank you so much.
awesome video, this music looks very easy now!
Hi Leon,
Thanks for the support man!
These are actually stock pickups, though now I have had them replaced with DiMarzio D-activators - quieter and better pinch harmonics!
Thank you very much Ernie! I love the chorus too, something for all of us to sing along to, right :)
Glad to hear it!
Hey there. Thank you for the nice words. I appreciate it!
At the time I recorded this the pickups were stock Ibanez Gax. Now, I've replaced them with Dimarzio D-Activators. The guitars sounds cleaner, with better harmonics. Does that help...?
Hi,
I mute with both my right hand palm and left hand fingers while playing.
I try to play with flatter fingers on the left hand (not the finger tips). With this technique you fret a note on say the 5th string and you mute the two adjacent strings as well. Your flat fingers should also be stopping noise from the thinner (treble strings).
I use a different pick - it's called the Sik Pik, which has a twisted tip but I don't do anything special with my right - it's all in the left hand.
Yeah I liked all of them :D Unfortunately I don't have a Line 6 PodXT yet but, I am considering getting something like that.
My pleasure!
Wade,
The part-by-part breakdown of this song was never in the plans.
I do custom guitar lessons, so it wouldn't be a problem to put one together for you for this song.
Please look at the tab, and message me here of via FB telling me which parts you would like me to cover for you :)
Cheers
Your the man thanks
Not so bad yourself. Great tones on your channel!
Thank you very much. Totally, KsE is one of my top bands in this genre as well.
I'm sure you'll like the other vids then :D
I use a Line 6 PodXT for all the tones. Standard heavy metal tone with a Tube Screamer added for picking definition. If you have a similar device I can send you the tone, if you'd like!
Hi there,
Sure thing. I have a series of technique vids planned for november/december
I will add picking on the list.
Thanks for the good word!
Rock on
Great Cover Brother really Great lml
Uchiha Rodnie Thank you very much. Love KsE \\mm//
Thanks for the reply. And I forgot to say, great cover! ;)
Thank you very much! This guitar has 11-48 Ernie Ball on it.
Great video! Killswitch Engage is my favorite band and been waiting for some lucid lessons for their songs. You've got the perfect tone and everything. What are your amp settings? Thanks a lot!
That is one of my favourite songs.. Me gustaria can touch it like you .. Hardly I begin with the guitar.. Kse The best \m/
Uchiha Rodnie Muchas gracias! Pues, no hay problema. Tocar la guitarra propia es (en mi opinion) mas fácil que tocar al Guitar Hero :) Disfrutate bien con la guitarra. Hace 15 años que yo me dedico (son placer) a eso :)
Hi, I am very glad this helped. Message me if you have any question about playing any of the other tunes I have up!
Hi AdamBa17. You know, I had not noticed that before. Thank you for pointing it out! I would say "Yes, for two reasons: 1) I am sitting down and there's not much room to wiggle around; 2) Since this is a physically intense style to play I try to keep things relaxed."
what pickups are you using bro? i'm planning to buy the same guitar. great videos you have. tnx :)
7 months later reply but do you have a continued version of break the silence somewhere????? I think its only showed the clean section and I was wondering if you had another video showing the rest of the riffs and parts?
Playing that thing like you're tickling a butterfly. Give it some damn gusto, bro.
Haha! Good point Matt and thank you for bringing up a great discussion.
I've had this talk with many colleagues, including drummers who have it in their head that "hitting hard" is the only way to go. I'll put forward an explanation, however weak it may sounds:
1) The signal is already super compressed that hitting the string harder doesn't get any extra rewards. It's a limited dynamic range and hitting the string harder just makes the LED on my noise gate turn.
2) The bottom string is a 56 and hitting it harder will make it wobble and got out of tune, so doubled guitars will sound like mush. (Yes, you sort that with EQ and you run into part 1)...
3) Bonus: There are a few ways to lean into the string. You can elevate your right arm and essentially swing down, but I find it's too big of a movement (unnecessary at that), what I do is the "turn the key" move, where I rotate my picking hard wrist left thereby striking the string down, not laterally like you would with the "swing" movement.
@@Boyanbo well Adam D has no problem playing it harder......I mean do I need to mention Hetfield and Hammett?
@@hooner52 Oh, Adam is totally, the man, I agree. I also have to thank you on saying that it looks like I am "tickling a butterfly" as getting that tone and making it look like I'm barely playing has always been my goal. Plus, I don't play with a standard pick! :)
Making a comparison between is interesting as I think they would all play this particular part differently. All these guys, however, have a completely different technique, style of playing, and a target sound they want to achieve, not to mention gear.
Another song that I thought I knew perfectly, yet the pre chorus you play is nothing like what i play, but it's way better I think
I'm sure you've nailed it several times over.
You look so relaxed when you play. Is that intentional?
can you help me out pls mate, I checked the tab link out, but the pre chorus is the same as I've ever played it, and you defo play a different way, can I be a pain and request a walk through of your version of the pre chorus mate?
Hey bud. Do you mean that clean-ish parts of the song or? Please give me time frame to look so that I know better which part you mean. \m/
@@Boyanbo Na the bit in between the verse and the chorus. "We will not die this way! This is absolution! Death claims us no more! No more!"
@@Boyanbo so 0:45 to 0:56, 1:36 to 1:37 and 2:51 to 3:02 lol
@@mariogaeta8911 So, upon listening to it several days over the past day, I can tell you that my version here is ever so slightly different than the original. I recorded it as: Guitar 1 plays the standard power chords Guitar 2 goes up to play the inversions or the octaves over the 5th and 3rd strings that are part of the inversions. The original recording has an extra phrase that I am not playing here. But, as long as it's function and you can sing the song over it - it works!
@@Boyanbo I'll make a video, show you how I play it. Just for comparisons sake. I have a channel, but my videos are no where as good as yours lol
Awesome cover man! What thickness on the strings do you use? :)
So how can i play the riffs cleaner withouth the extra noise from other strings or finters? Do i position the pick differently
Thank YOU! :)
Ok thanks! :D
Hey bro! Thanks for watching.
Well... If I understand you correctly... you're absolutely right... and I do too ?!
Great!
Hahah! Thank you. I've got put some more muscle in my arms though. right ;)
My other guitars is a JP Music Man, actually.
Woah! You look like John Petrucci!