You earned a new subscriber based on the first thirty seconds of this video alone... the rest of your lessons - holy hell - amazing!! Thanks for all you do!
loved the minor stuff in the last half... it just gives that ominous feel with the perceived atonality. Half steps are really great too in all types of metal - it kind of trips up the mind which almost expects whole step movements, or symmetry, I guess on could say. I use that a lot with my doom metal writing, along with sliding into notes...
hey dude As an aspiring Black Metal Vocalist also bassist I'm very impressed with your song and video on how to create A Black Metal song I'm using a drum machine to record drum tracks as I've had trouble looking for drummers and my mates band does the same. you sir have given me confidence to work on my music even without A real drummer and shows you can work with programmed drums. thanks dude please do more videos like this. have a good day sir.
WOW! that was amazing i really like that.,i think that also we will also needs logic pro X to begin composing Black Metal music.Thanks always for your contribution.
Great job, thanks for the tutorial it's helpful! :). I liked your thoughts on the structure too, not all BM has to be pure blast beats and minor chords!
Dynamics? Talk about Panzer Division Marduk! 😁 I really enjoyed this video and I also liked a lot your approach to creating harmonies! The change of keys was also great! That's something I always kinda struggle with. The chorus sounds very nice, by the way
Simon, I absolutely love your videos! I wished I had started playing the guitar 20 years earlier. And - for teaching reasons - I wished you were a German somewhere in Germany, haha :-D Keep those videos going. They help a lot.
Averse concept = gud black metal. Corpse paint would have been a nice touch. Just for fun. :) Gotta admit , with those drums I didn't think it was going to work out, but it somehow all tied in nicely. Well done man.
Great tune! The only thing I would do differently is drench thoose guitars and drums with reverb. A favorite thing to do for me is to get impulse responses of any place I can and use that. Currently working on something with a IR from a thick pine forest during the winter
Walmart sells a good tape recorder with speaker and mic....I think the brand is onni or something. I'll check when I get home....you'll need 2 if you want 2 guitar tracks
Great video! Do you think you could do some sort of tutorial video for sweep picking? I've been really struggling to get a grasp on it, so any tips would be much appreciated!
Thanks to your beginner tutorial i can Play Black metal. my guitar skill is still crap but power chords and some dyads are no problem. Now it's time for learning tremolo picking :)
How do I know how to just write a riff? What are ways to know if there is a harmony or progression? I play guitar, but I have only learned chords and look up tabs, I have no idea how you would make up a riff.
As i can see in your videos about black metal, it seems like it it really easy. Got two questions: 1) Is it possible to play in D standard, tune down D-Step and E-Standard? 2) May i choose between those techniques? Foollish questions but i'm new to black metal
What about changing up those opening riffs to tackle manipulating the fifths? This is pretty common in black metal and bands like Emperor or Dimmu Borgir do this pretty frequently.
By the way, your "repetition" comment let me thought about Deathspell Omega's latest output (Synarchy of molten bones) which is mostly doing without repetition. Maybe you can handle one of their songs in one of your next videos. Although - at least for me - it is very difficult to access this particular release, I find it nevertheless highly attracting (if that's the proper phrase) and would love to hear your stance on it.
Hey Simon, is essential studying music theory for more complex riffs and musical structure? I come on with cool sounding riffs but i never know how to structure that riff in a song, so i get stuck
It's not essential but it definitely helps and makes things easier. I would say as a musician though you should learn as much theory as you can/need to help you do what you want to do.
I’ve got everything except for the facial hair... But I keep my high and tight fade from my marine corps days... it looks militant and tough... call it marine kvlt 😉
I followed your instruction and ended up with exactly the same song
lmao
Haha!!!
Hahahahahahah
Hahaha that was funny!
This made my day
That whole insight into 2 guitar tracks and how they complement each other was quite eye opening. Thanks!
I agree, very helpful tip
You dont need five fingers on left hand, Lord Lokhraed has only two
haha true
matej kudláčik I was looking for that comment xD
was about to post the same lol
true, he has only two kkk
Yeah just use d tuning that way you can do power chords, minor, sharps etc
My guitar lead is blue like a flower.
A poisonous flower.
Lol!
black metal song
step 1. corpsepaint
step 2. tremolo pick and blast beat
step 3. satan
step 4. record your song with a toaster
that's about it
trve kvlt
Haha!!
hi xasthur
In the case of xasthur replace satan with suicide
Nerdy_Jr.2737 I
The riffing actually reminds me of later Burzum albums (Belus for instance). Very nice!
High compliment indeed!!
Oh yeh!
You earned a new subscriber based on the first thirty seconds of this video alone... the rest of your lessons - holy hell - amazing!! Thanks for all you do!
Thanks buddy
I would like to give this video and explanation in it a billion likes. That's precious.
Seriously, mate - thanks for this - having a visual mapping really helps someone like to be able put things together. This is infinitely helpful.
Thanks Justin. Glad you found it useful mate
"Internal Darkness"
"Yes"
So for Old School BM you would just roll a bunch of dice and add that up to figure out the BPM :D
Yep!! :)
and play a round of DUNGEONS & DRAGONS at the same time.heh.
Yes
Well, I have the internal darkness part down
\m/
I come up with my best black metal riffs after I stub my toe. Internal darkness engaged.
@@GoldCobra487 with me it's when i catch the tip o' my prong in the zip.
Been practicing the theory for a while and I've been getting a good fast picking technique down. Can't wait to start writing music soon.
For me, this is the absolute most helpful video I have ever seen. Many thanks, to you.
Reminds me a lot of Alcest or Amesoeurs, especially that chorus type riff. Really nice.
Thanks
exactly!!!!
bmfan Amesoeurs is amazing ! Reminds me of Drudkh too
Your channel is the best on YT sir.
Picked up quite a few things already following your vids ^^
This is the best black metal tutorial that I've never seen, I follow you from Latinamerica.
This is the best BM tutorial ever seen...tnx my man
loved the minor stuff in the last half... it just gives that ominous feel with the perceived atonality. Half steps are really great too in all types of metal - it kind of trips up the mind which almost expects whole step movements, or symmetry, I guess on could say. I use that a lot with my doom metal writing, along with sliding into notes...
You did a really good job! The song even sounds great.
Great lesson, I have written one riff so far and haven't made any progress as of yet
Keep going!!
hey dude As an aspiring Black Metal Vocalist also bassist I'm very impressed with your song and video on how to create A Black Metal song I'm using a drum machine to record drum tracks as I've had trouble looking for drummers and my mates band does the same. you sir have given me confidence to work on my music even without A real drummer and shows you can work with programmed drums. thanks dude please do more videos like this. have a good day sir.
Cheers John mate. Hope the Black Metal project goes well.
Cheers dude I'm due to have my mate help with drums and distortion this month for some material I've written. keep up the great videos too
WOW! that was amazing i really like that.,i think that also we will also needs logic pro X to begin composing Black Metal music.Thanks always for your contribution.
Your an awesome charecter xD from the intro alone
Now this was a needed video. Great job!
weird he hasn't already done this before, he did do black metal technique videos though
It only came to me last night that I hadn't done this video and thought it needed to be done! Cheers Rayene! Cheers Morgoth.
That intro is gold
I still use cassette recorders. ROCK ON man!
I think that's what Darkthrone used to do
Great job, thanks for the tutorial it's helpful! :). I liked your thoughts on the structure too, not all BM has to be pure blast beats and minor chords!
Thanks :)
I wrote lyrics and now I just need the music. this was helpful and fun to watch.
thanks it's about time!!
I love you, Simon - if I'm ever in your part of the world, I'm buying you a pint. :D
Cheers mate. It's a pint of red wine and rum!!
Great vid Simon very helpful as usual :)
Thanks buddy
Still grinning at "Some form.... of beard..." But yes, totally necessary :O)
You know I watch this video once a while and the funny stuff gets me everyone time! I swear. But its a great Lesson!
Dynamics? Talk about Panzer Division Marduk! 😁
I really enjoyed this video and I also liked a lot your approach to creating harmonies! The change of keys was also great! That's something I always kinda struggle with.
The chorus sounds very nice, by the way
Reminds me of Peste Noire! Great video as always.
Simon, I absolutely love your videos! I wished I had started playing the guitar 20 years earlier. And - for teaching reasons - I wished you were a German somewhere in Germany, haha :-D Keep those videos going. They help a lot.
Thanks mate!!
put some evil whispering vocals on that chorus....!!
by the way..THANK YOU! you are a GREAT teacher!! please don't stop!
Thanks Carlos mate!
hell yeah
Cheers!
Cool! Nice riff :D
Beautiful guitar and tone man. The riffs remind me of winterfylleth.
Any suggestions for learning to hold the chords?
Averse concept = gud black metal. Corpse paint would have been a nice touch. Just for fun. :) Gotta admit , with those drums I didn't think it was going to work out, but it somehow all tied in nicely. Well done man.
Sounds like Woods of Desolation, one of my favorite black metal bands.
High praise indeed
Great tune! The only thing I would do differently is drench thoose guitars and drums with reverb. A favorite thing to do for me is to get impulse responses of any place I can and use that. Currently working on something with a IR from a thick pine forest during the winter
This is fascinating. I want to do this. How are you recording these IRs? Any chance I can demo some of your outdoor IRs?
For years I've been looking for a fisher price cassette recorder for my black metal.
Any advice on that?
siggitiggi ebay. I reckon you'll get one for under £5 on there!!
Walmart sells a good tape recorder with speaker and mic....I think the brand is onni or something. I'll check when I get home....you'll need 2 if you want 2 guitar tracks
4 track cassette recorder vintage
Thanks, Simon!
the last riff was the best
Love it!
Name of the song from the Darkthrone riff
Very good! Love it!
Thanks
Thank you this was immensely helpful! will you be uploading more kyteler song tutorials?
Did one last night :)
+1 subscriber to Simon! Great work, sir!
sounds too happy. needs more ear piercing distortion sound, more tremolo picking and more dissonance.
I would say it sounds like Post-Black or Blackgaze
Clearly not a fan of Lifelover.
ahjteam look up the ominous collective and on the channel there will be an artist by the name of Eg Hieter Shuckster, he is the best
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought "Hey, that sounds way too major-ey" to be Black Metal.
ahjteam th-cam.com/video/yAmToJ0Jck4/w-d-xo.html
amazing dude
Thanks mate
Great video! Do you think you could do some sort of tutorial video for sweep picking? I've been really struggling to get a grasp on it, so any tips would be much appreciated!
no offense but seriously do some research before asking
Awesome 🤘🖤👍
Goddamnit, blast beat in triplet-feel and this would be so black metal
Love your videos man! Good content and a healthy dose of humour, can you do a tutorial for Doom Metal/Stoner Rock sometime please? Cheers!
he did..
Where? Can't see one in his vids, only a few individual track tutorials?
Thank you in advance!
Nevermind I misunderstood your comment sorry, thought you wanted song lessons
Rayene Boussetta no worries!
Good song. Sound great!
Thanks
I news more of this, do you have other lessons like this one?
You're hilarious. Love your sense of humor.
Thanks buddy 👍
Cool song, thanks
I can sense Burzum influence in the song you created. I like it.
Thanks buddy
Thanks to your beginner tutorial i can Play Black metal. my guitar skill is still crap but power chords and some dyads are no problem.
Now it's time for learning tremolo picking :)
\m/
That was BADASS
Thanks :)
That B flat chrod on first 3 strings(thinier one),sounds best.
How do I know how to just write a riff? What are ways to know if there is a harmony or progression? I play guitar, but I have only learned chords and look up tabs, I have no idea how you would make up a riff.
do you record the guitar parts in 1 take or do you record them in sections and put them together?
When writing, I record them in separate takes, but when recording properly I'd play them in one take.
Good good!!
He's pure musical evil but his voice sounds so nice and relaxing
mate i love the expression of your face after you said "Black Metal"
Haha!! Thanks mate
I fucking love your videos man. That is all
ooh it's good
As i can see in your videos about black metal, it seems like it it really easy.
Got two questions:
1) Is it possible to play in D standard, tune down D-Step and E-Standard?
2) May i choose between those techniques?
Foollish questions but i'm new to black metal
D standard, or GTFO.
i love this video.
This video loves you!!
Thank you!
No probs
Guys. What's brand are his guitars?
Bass line?
how do you like the dragon picks? looks intersting but something like gravity picks seem a bit more standard. i cant choose
They're great. Chicken Picks Shredders are my favourite though
What about changing up those opening riffs to tackle manipulating the fifths? This is pretty common in black metal and bands like Emperor or Dimmu Borgir do this pretty frequently.
By the way, your "repetition" comment let me thought about Deathspell Omega's latest output (Synarchy of molten bones) which is mostly doing without repetition. Maybe you can handle one of their songs in one of your next videos. Although - at least for me - it is very difficult to access this particular release, I find it nevertheless highly attracting (if that's the proper phrase) and would love to hear your stance on it.
Are you using a pedal or is that distortion in your amp?
Epic
Sounds very Katatonia Brave Murder Day, to me anyway. Love that album.
Actually sounds more like an Atmospheric Black Metal
sounds like 90's dance. (a good thing imho). No valley too deep no mountain too high...
Good song.. like Lifelover!
THIS IS A HOOT!
Imo, the best part of this clip is from 17:58... that sounds more like bm than the other stuff. Kinda reminds me about Burzum in a way ;)
can you do a video about maybe a little more complicated drums like inquinamentum
VERY NICE \w/
4:00 it reminds me one of the harakiri songs and the tone is perfectly theirs :D damm
You should do a tutorial for beast above man by dark funeral!
plz do more
What about bass?
I think a blast beat would sound good on your opening
Hey Simon, is essential studying music theory for more complex riffs and musical structure? I come on with cool sounding riffs but i never know how to structure that riff in a song, so i get stuck
It's not essential but it definitely helps and makes things easier. I would say as a musician though you should learn as much theory as you can/need to help you do what you want to do.
Well thanks Simon, i will learn much as i can
Whats that pick?
DRAGON'S HEART.they'll run ya around $12 USD online if yer interested.all the best.
I’ve got everything except for the facial hair...
But I keep my high and tight fade from my marine corps days... it looks militant and tough... call it marine kvlt 😉
cheers:)