Man, Imagine you get the job as a bassist and you encounter the monster that is Nick, the guitar player. Madman looks like a University Professor that is working on Harvard and busts the craziest riffs and ideas out there... That alone, shows you how badass this is... The fact that the whole band can follow him and serve him to make the tastiest songs ever...
Dude was like, "Hey, we're gonna start using a new tuning... add another string..." and then just writes one of the coolest songs I've heard in a long time.
@@peniletouch Not exactly new territory. Mike Mushok from Staind immediately springs to mind as the first person I heard use this kind of "open" tuning (Ab Db Ab Db Gb Bb, like the lower six of a seven string, rather than a six in Drop-D with an added low A), as far as anything resembling metal music. But in this kind of context, as well as music by bands like Northlane, it is kind of new. I've heard it used more for chordy, melodic stuff than the more notey, technical heavy music coming out the last several years. All sus2s and sus4s, previously. It's a cool tuning that will mess with your brain for a long time when you switch to it. Might just be Drop-E to some, but this dude added a whole new string to his guitar and tuned it in a way where he can't just "move everything down," then wrote a track that kills it, using techniques he's probably still adjusting to because of years of muscle memory. All that string-skipping he does throughout the song is not incredibly easy to do cleanly, and now the distances he's used to crossing are different. Chord shapes and scales are all different on the lowest strings. Three-note sus, minor, and major chords on the lowest three strings are slightly different shapes. Octaves using the lowest four strings are different. He may not have invented anything, but he had to adjust to a lot.
That riff is maybe not quite as difficult as it sounds, but it still took me a while to get it down. The picking hand is the hardest part because of all the string skipping and alternate picking. Such a sick riff and track in general
After this video I thought that this is instrumental by-design track. Was very surprised to discover in the end, that this is (as I understand) just version with excluded vocals, and this is a song by-design. I think this is great, that even without the vocals - tune is still works pretty good as instrumental track :)
They really have to release the instrumental version of the album, Doomswitch instrumental sounds really good and I bet the same for Epitaph, Tether, Ghost of Me and Mana God.
I like the chorus, the interesting off key note and the odd time signature creating an abrupt end. Also, the melody is very nice. The second verse is awesome and complex, too. Never been a big breakdown fan, but it is not bad for one.
This is the song that finally made me buy a 7 string. Still can't play it but can at least fake it enough to have fun and play along in parts by just playing singles notes instead of the fast double notes.
Do they have to look so stoic?? I would be headbanging like crazy. I get it’s a showcase for the instruments but I couldn’t stay still I was playing this
I’m here looking for new stuff (new to me) I was also the 1k like on the video. Glad I found this tonight. Can someone please share what key the guitars are tuned to? Thanks!
Man, this song is awesome. I've figured out how to play most of it, but that part at 2:08 is insane. I can only keep up with that riff at 0.75x playback speed :/
hey there was an article nick did that went with this vid where he talks gear nerd stuff I found with some interwebs sleuthing I'm here to C&P it to my fellow nick acolytes "“My two main guitars are Jacksons,” said McLernon. “We play in two different tunings - 6 strings in drop A and the 7 string is in the same tuning with an added low E on the 7th string. “The 7 string is a multi scale which goes from 25.5” to 27”. The 7th string is fitted with an .80. They are both soloists. It’s hard for me to pick a favourite but I can’t ignore the quality of build of my Concept Series SLAT7P. The Neural DSP Quad Cortex contains all the effects and ‘captures’ I need to play my guitar live. " this man has essentially an elevator cable sized string for the low E fuckin a
Drop A then match the open notes with the E string or 7th fret on the low A, trying to go lower than drop G is very muddy on bass unless your guitar is specifically set up for it so it’s easier to just tune to an E1 instead of an E0 for clarity.
if there's 0 audio of them actually playing at this moment is it really a playthrough? This reminds me of bands in the early 2010s having "live videos" and it's literally just a video with the studio track added...Song rips but c'mon I wanna hear them actually playing...
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Nice to get an instrumental version ! This song is incredible, I hope we get a Drum Playthrough of it !
I´ts amazing, this version allows you to hear all the details in the background
That chorus is a thing beauty
2:09 damn, this part hits hard af.
Bro, you ain't wrong.. So fkn good
The picking hand for that part is pretty tricky. Such a sick riff and super fun to play once you get it down
Shits nasty af ngl
Listen to contraband. This riff is right out of the song!
One of the best guitar writers in the scene
I put him and Jesse Cash in that bracket
Same as everybody in the genre
Glad someone said it
this is pretty boring tbh. it’s like 2 riffs and chugs
@@mustbewasabi So you can't play it, right?
Man, Imagine you get the job as a bassist and you encounter the monster that is Nick, the guitar player. Madman looks like a University Professor that is working on Harvard and busts the craziest riffs and ideas out there... That alone, shows you how badass this is... The fact that the whole band can follow him and serve him to make the tastiest songs ever...
Song of 22 by a long mile. Can't get enough of it
I love the throwback to Contraband @2:08 what a riff ❤ 🤘🤘
Knew I recognized it somewhere
this is not an ode to contraband. it's literally a riff he has put in many songs over the years if you listen to their older stuff. take a listen. :)
@@nGuruu haven't heard all the old stuff but a lot. First time I heard it was in Contraband and then in this. Only two times I've heard it.
Nick's guitar parts are always so bouncy and groovy. Especially that breakdown at the end!
Dude was like, "Hey, we're gonna start using a new tuning... add another string..." and then just writes one of the coolest songs I've heard in a long time.
What tuning is it?
@@adammotter7430 Drop E
Because 7 string tunings are suddenly a new thing lol
@@adammotter7430 Drop-E/Drop-A
E A E A D F# B
@@peniletouch Not exactly new territory. Mike Mushok from Staind immediately springs to mind as the first person I heard use this kind of "open" tuning (Ab Db Ab Db Gb Bb, like the lower six of a seven string, rather than a six in Drop-D with an added low A), as far as anything resembling metal music.
But in this kind of context, as well as music by bands like Northlane, it is kind of new. I've heard it used more for chordy, melodic stuff than the more notey, technical heavy music coming out the last several years. All sus2s and sus4s, previously.
It's a cool tuning that will mess with your brain for a long time when you switch to it.
Might just be Drop-E to some, but this dude added a whole new string to his guitar and tuned it in a way where he can't just "move everything down," then wrote a track that kills it, using techniques he's probably still adjusting to because of years of muscle memory. All that string-skipping he does throughout the song is not incredibly easy to do cleanly, and now the distances he's used to crossing are different. Chord shapes and scales are all different on the lowest strings. Three-note sus, minor, and major chords on the lowest three strings are slightly different shapes. Octaves using the lowest four strings are different.
He may not have invented anything, but he had to adjust to a lot.
That riffdown was so sick. Bro played it effortlessly.
2:09
That riff is maybe not quite as difficult as it sounds, but it still took me a while to get it down. The picking hand is the hardest part because of all the string skipping and alternate picking. Such a sick riff and track in general
@@jacksonislegend it’s the left hand for me haha
This right here really inspired me to pick up my guitar and challange myself again, i got rusty and this made me wanna clean up that rust
This slaps so hard.
2:08 and 3:42 are an amazing guitar compossition
This whole song is just a work of art
Wow! Beautifully played gentlemen! Bravo!
3:09 that tempo is crazy🔥🔥🔥
Saw this band live in November and damn was it pro af. Great energy in the crowd, fantastic sound, performance, they had it all dude.
After this video I thought that this is instrumental by-design track.
Was very surprised to discover in the end, that this is (as I understand) just version with excluded vocals, and this is a song by-design.
I think this is great, that even without the vocals - tune is still works pretty good as instrumental track :)
Don’t let their calm demeanor fool you, both of these guys are one chord away from doing full ass flips.
Between him and Mike Stringer from Spiritbox, it’s a great time to play guitar 🎸. So many bangers
Beautiful 😍😍😍
Heavy 🔥
Thats an awesome Black Flag t-shirt Jaya
This song is such a fckn banger! I’ve been listening to it nonstop
Love the riff in the chorus. Guitarist is real chill till that last riff haha love it.
I wish they used the actual audio of the play through and not the studio audio, but this is still rad
Maybe Im bad at music but I heard a lot of different/neat stuff that I didnt catch in the full mix. Thanks for this!
This song is an absolute banger straight from the get go!!
This video just gave me the push i needed to buy a 7 string. Fn awesome! And thank you! 🤘🤘🤘🔥🔥🔥
Sick!! 🔥
Very simple and also top notch
I agree one of the best in class for sure these guys are the new wave without question
Deyumm i'm so addicted to this 😁
3:42 is freaking crazy!
Can't wait for a full album of DoomSwitch!
Nick is just on another level of song writing
Mind = blown
They really have to release the instrumental version of the album, Doomswitch instrumental sounds really good and I bet the same for Epitaph, Tether, Ghost of Me and Mana God.
So chunky. I absolutely love it.
That stank face going into the breakdown is epic, he knows he wrote a NASTY riff
Excellent writing and playing.
Boys fom Aus bringing the heat always 🇦🇺
BEAUTIFUL PERFECT !!
I like the chorus, the interesting off key note and the odd time signature creating an abrupt end. Also, the melody is very nice. The second verse is awesome and complex, too. Never been a big breakdown fan, but it is not bad for one.
Yeah, that off key note threw me off at first. I was like.. wait a minute lmao
That suspended note in the chorus is a make them suffer staple. Never afraid to throw in a major turn for the chorus. Part of which makes them so good
Gosh damn I love this song man
Those madmen haven't taken the protective plastic off their truss rod covers yet!
Without lyrics this really sounds like it should be in a Doom soundtrack.
Super tight❗️✔️🖤
So good I can only say super tight!✔️😇❤️
extreme ❤️🔥
Yea wow 🤯. Too good boiz!!
2:56 the best part breakdown 🫡🙌
NEED MORE OF THIS RIGHT NOWWWWWW!!!!
Dude this sounds sick!
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This is the song that finally made me buy a 7 string. Still can't play it but can at least fake it enough to have fun and play along in parts by just playing singles notes instead of the fast double notes.
Haha! This comment perfectly describes me too lol!
Do they have to look so stoic?? I would be headbanging like crazy. I get it’s a showcase for the instruments but I couldn’t stay still I was playing this
This is one of the of all time
Oh my god! That was truly amazing❤🔥🖤
Very good work!
4:03 I wish this part was longer
Amazing playthrough... seeing the 5150 at the end reminds me i need to sell my 6505+
Enjoy how calm they are in this. Id be breaking everything in sight while thrashing
This song hits so hard with dual 12's 😭
My god, I love it.
Favourite band slaying it. Jaya Jeffery I love your shirt brother ✊🏽🟡🔴⚫️
excellent. I love it....
Soo sick! 🤟🤟🤟
Who's a guy gotta blow to get a drum playthrough? *calmly applies chapstick
These strings look huge I want them
Lets fricking go boys!😮💨
Aarrgghhh, yeaaaaaah...
I’m here looking for new stuff (new to me) I was also the 1k like on the video. Glad I found this tonight. Can someone please share what key the guitars are tuned to? Thanks!
Woah
Man, this song is awesome. I've figured out how to play most of it, but that part at 2:08 is insane. I can only keep up with that riff at 0.75x playback speed :/
Anyone got an idea what tunning this is in? The bass and guitar not using the same notes has me wondering!
Guitar is EAEADGB I think. They’ve always used AEADGBE but added that low E for this song. The bass has me stumped
@@iamyetimanYTbass is drop a as well as guitar with an added low e
@iamyetiman up until Doomswitch Nick was using drop A on a six string. It looks like he's using open E (EAEADGB) on a 7 string now.
hey there was an article nick did that went with this vid where he talks gear nerd stuff I found with some interwebs sleuthing I'm here to C&P it to my fellow nick acolytes
"“My two main guitars are Jacksons,” said McLernon. “We play in two different tunings - 6 strings in drop A and the 7 string is in the same tuning with an added low E on the 7th string.
“The 7 string is a multi scale which goes from 25.5” to 27”. The 7th string is fitted with an .80. They are both soloists. It’s hard for me to pick a favourite but I can’t ignore the quality of build of my Concept Series SLAT7P. The Neural DSP Quad Cortex contains all the effects and ‘captures’ I need to play my guitar live. "
this man has essentially an elevator cable sized string for the low E fuckin a
❤️❤️
When new single already?
I like the chugging and the palm muting and the bendy bois.
Just DELICIOUSSSSSS!!!!!!
so fucking awesome 🤘
Guys can you please make this version available on Apple Music, Spotify, etc?
I’d love to know how Jaya tunes his bass for the drop E songs
What do mean ? You mean when they play live or ?
Here it looks like his 5 string is tuned to drop A. Every time the guitar hits the low E, the bass hits the 7th fret. It's a cool adaptation.
Drop A then match the open notes with the E string or 7th fret on the low A, trying to go lower than drop G is very muddy on bass unless your guitar is specifically set up for it so it’s easier to just tune to an E1 instead of an E0 for clarity.
@@DMxExMxO yeah I thought so. That’s what confuses me about recording bass on drop E songs and whatnot
what tuning is this in?
If this song doesn't make it into a doom video game well... slap me down and call me suzy
fucking cool
Fantastic. Anyone know the tuning he uses?
Drop E
Can anyone please mention the model of the Jackson he is using?
To the best of my knowledge, it is a Concept Series Soloist SLAT7P.
any1 know the guitar tuning so i dont have to spend the 30 seconds figuring it out?
Tuning?
This is insanely difficult
I was so confused at first, I thought this was just a really awkward music video.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🤟🤟🤟🤟❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I see two chairs back there
if there's 0 audio of them actually playing at this moment is it really a playthrough? This reminds me of bands in the early 2010s having "live videos" and it's literally just a video with the studio track added...Song rips but c'mon I wanna hear them actually playing...
I need a 7 string
My goodness gratuitous
0:27 It seems like what is played on the guitar does not match the audio
Looks fine to me. At first I thought I saw what you mean on right hand, but it is how it is played.
Hybrid picking
Are they standing on a landmine ?
Tune please!!! 🙏🏻😯
I like this song like this W/O their singer bro is awful , breakdown is really good just wished it lasted longer