The Heaviest Riff in the Universe song

แชร์
ฝัง
  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
  • Congratulations to Stu Gold for winning the riff contest - I turned your riff into a song!
    My songwriting course is available now: bit.ly/SONGWRI...
    Check out the new music-making products from Toontrack for Metal Month:
    www.toontrack....
    Edited by ‪@ConnorGilks‬
    Song mixed and mastered by Erik Seime
    Join the Gear Gods public DISCORD server: ►bit.ly/GGDISCORD
    Learn EVERY scale on the guitar in 60 minutes with my course: ►bit.ly/RELATIO...
    FOLLOW ME:
    ►Website: geargods.net
    ►Facebook: bit.ly/GGFBPAGE
    ►Twitter: bit.ly/GGTWEETS
    ►Instagram: bit.ly/GGIGBB
    Some of these are affiliate links which support the channel at no extra cost to you

ความคิดเห็น • 132

  • @treyxaviermusic
    @treyxaviermusic  3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Thanks for watching! Here are the song lyrics:
    DIAMOND MINE
    Choke on the weight of the trust implicit
    Unforgiving
    It’s not your funeral
    So why should you give a fuck
    Broke from the decades of rust contingent
    Indecision
    But it’s on your schedule
    So I’m left under the crush
    I am the crystalizer
    Biding my time in the
    Carbon shiner
    I’ve been waiting all this time for you
    You’re nothing but a diamond miner
    Search while the earth
    Turns the pressure higher
    I am the crystallizer
    Now turn your eyes on me
    Float on the breeze when the gust
    Is breathing
    No misgivings
    As it fills your wings remember
    I am here when you land
    Hope is the flow of the sediment
    Always descending
    You excavate the harvest
    Of corpses carbonite
    I am the crystalizer
    Biding my time in the
    Carbon shiner
    I’ve been waiting all this time for you
    You’re nothing but a diamond miner
    Search while the earth
    Turns the pressure higher
    I am the crystallizer
    Now turn your eyes on me
    Dig
    Dig
    Strip the earth away
    Dig
    Dig
    Tap the gleaming vein
    Dig
    Dig
    In the rough unknown
    Dig
    Dig
    Patient as a stone
    Excavate the quarry
    To unearth your carnal prize
    But all you’ve done is uncover the sun
    So I can shine
    In my diamond mine
    Dig

    • @satchrules101
      @satchrules101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hey Trey this is God send work! Thank for teaching us how to arrange a songs!

  • @lucster6
    @lucster6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    Any video that you make that breaks down how you write music is inspiring and honestly makes the whole process seem less intimidating. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos.

  • @deerco1
    @deerco1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    You should do more of these. Really liked it.

    • @shaunreiner7671
      @shaunreiner7671 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed! Definitely enjoyed this one! 🤘🏼

    • @theshamemachine1828
      @theshamemachine1828 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      100% agree. Had no idea this was taking place. Very excited at the prospect of another contest with this awesome end result in mind. All you guys got my creative juices flowing, and i want to take part!

  • @Zombiewizardrot
    @Zombiewizardrot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Okay, that bridge was sick. Nice addition to an already sick riff!

  • @CreativeMindsAudio
    @CreativeMindsAudio 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    this is pretty much treys response to the riff salad entries. good educational video for those who can't turn riffs into songs. great job trey! \m/

  • @AHmusic
    @AHmusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you so much for the huge inspiration 💙 this is so amazing!

  • @johnsguitarmusicanddemos
    @johnsguitarmusicanddemos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow! That turned out better than I expected! So much talent on TH-cam! I love it!

  • @SorooshMhs
    @SorooshMhs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That was just epic!

  • @hankhill5409
    @hankhill5409 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Yesss!! Let's gooooooooooo!! That turned out KILLER

  • @JETGuitars
    @JETGuitars 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That was inspiring, man! That's a big compliment coming from me because I'm super picky, too. And shit, Stu! Great riff! Trey said you have a really good song that you made out of it too, I'd love to hear it! You oughtta throw it into a Friday stream some time!

  • @francescoberiedir
    @francescoberiedir 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Banger. I'm always amazed by how talented you are in everything (songwriting, guitar, singing)

  • @Heikenen-BetweenContinents
    @Heikenen-BetweenContinents 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Very well done! Thanks for featuring in the last video and see you next time! 🤘

  • @acefury6294
    @acefury6294 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was amazing, thank you.

  • @TheJammerman
    @TheJammerman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Man you should enter this tune in that 200k contest, I think it would do very well

  • @satchrules101
    @satchrules101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was absolutely fucking dope!

  • @PucaDuca13
    @PucaDuca13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Awesome! I love that you actually right lyrics! So many videos are like "eh today let's write a song about... pizza" and there is a place for that in examples etc but it's just awesome to see you complete something fully!

  • @KINGJADEX
    @KINGJADEX 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That was freaking awesome! haha Great job to the both of you!

  • @billtrantos19
    @billtrantos19 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Love that kind of content, moar pls! It was also very nice to used Drop D, it's a very accessible tuning and you showed how heavy and modern it can sound.

  • @dumbdrummer85
    @dumbdrummer85 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great fuckin tune ! Awesome job Mann!!

  • @GeneoVanEngers
    @GeneoVanEngers 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is sick man you should release this song. Love how it came together creatively.

  • @defaultusername9
    @defaultusername9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Really cool, gave me some Periphery vibes

  • @charlesrocks
    @charlesrocks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Another banger. Amazing!

  • @Crazylrishguy
    @Crazylrishguy ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely sick 🤟

  • @FISHYFILMPRODUCTIONS
    @FISHYFILMPRODUCTIONS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I wonder if this whole thing came about because of all the Riff Salad entries from the 200k contest

  • @silvercn8337
    @silvercn8337 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    you were able to describe how to write a song so well! (GREAT SONG btw)

  • @danmenez
    @danmenez ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You're a Metal God. I salute you.

  • @WadeHarris919
    @WadeHarris919 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Please do more of these!!

  • @Skeleton_Dork
    @Skeleton_Dork ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Sounds like if Tool got 200% angrier! Especially with that "dig" lyric

  • @nobodyimportant76467
    @nobodyimportant76467 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Dude - you kick ass

  • @VincentDagenais
    @VincentDagenais 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My god!!!! Thats amazing!!!!.More!!!! More !!!!

  • @rottingcorpse6565
    @rottingcorpse6565 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    This song really kicks ya right in the carbon shiner!!

  • @Erocka369
    @Erocka369 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    FUCKING DOPE BUD! ALL new respect.
    🤘🏼👀
    👅
    Always tuned in for the riffs
    Did not realize you had such good lyrical delivery and content.
    REFRESHING THANK YOU

  • @thesilencedtherused
    @thesilencedtherused 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I should have took ur advice .. im now on right right direction ! Im back watching and learning again i got studio one 6 and some packs u suggested ..ill post something some time aheaf

  • @sloweats1032
    @sloweats1032 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey man just wanted to say you obviously have described a LOT of other guitarists/musicians who have written a simple riff and want to take it further. I am that guy. I have so many of those riffs. I suppose I never really looked at the idea of breaking down the original riff to create a new one. I have always bitched that it’s my inability to see good notes I should be using within the key. This is really going to help me. I’m attempting this 7 day song challenge thing but I’m a day behind. Rock on.

  • @joeythompson6227
    @joeythompson6227 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    When does the heavy music start!?

  • @sathos
    @sathos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was frikken awesome! Before you put vox to it I was getting some serious Sonic Mayhem Quake 2 vibes!

  • @albertosocias6841
    @albertosocias6841 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was sick!

  • @Nativecontrolservices
    @Nativecontrolservices 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love these kinda videos

  • @severelifestyle1
    @severelifestyle1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I love that after you turn down thousands of songs in the song writing contest , you proved that you know what you’re talking about!!!

  • @PooNinja
    @PooNinja 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Stupendous Riffage

  • @MikeSouly
    @MikeSouly 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome!

  • @RNAMusic
    @RNAMusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hope the diamond doesn’t mind when I mine it.

  • @jacklambert4958
    @jacklambert4958 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video. I really appreciate you explaining how to write songs. I’m a bass player and I come up with riffs all the time or parts if you will. I struggle with where to go next. Have you and I just haven’t seen it yet or can you make a video on how to write a song from a bass riff? That would be awesome. Thank you, Jack

  • @gabet3754
    @gabet3754 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow. Pretty badass.

  • @jimwinters3986
    @jimwinters3986 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well, this turned out quite well.

  • @rogerwalker2224
    @rogerwalker2224 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Stu is going to shit his hoodie when he hears this! Great job yall!

  • @Roxanneredpanda
    @Roxanneredpanda 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    that riff is fantastic!

  • @ZIPOVCAN
    @ZIPOVCAN 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good job!

  • @marcelo.bassalo
    @marcelo.bassalo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Cool song, Trey.

  • @bestboy897
    @bestboy897 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    that riff has dt written all over it, sick riff

  • @rockr8840
    @rockr8840 ปีที่แล้ว

    2023 and i still like it

  • @catzenmusic6019
    @catzenmusic6019 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your song writing videos 😻 Can you please make a video telling us why you only record on one single track and then move the recorded take to another track !? Haven't seen anybody else doing this. I'm so curious about this

    • @edj9202
      @edj9202 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He's creating a scratch track
      .

  • @titmusspaultpaul5
    @titmusspaultpaul5 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great song... was hoping for a cool lead break though.

  • @oen4945
    @oen4945 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    earning my sub

  • @TeleNobels
    @TeleNobels 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    this shit slaps!

  • @ModernDecay70
    @ModernDecay70 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Neat riff but I didnt think it was all that heavy. jmo.

    • @guitaristkuro8898
      @guitaristkuro8898 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That’s what all the comments on the winning video say.

    • @bary2355
      @bary2355 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I feel like he picked a riff that wasn’t the typical heavy “architect” riff. But it combined like a djent/classic rock riff…yeah cool riff 🤘🏻

    • @Coles-bootleg-vids
      @Coles-bootleg-vids 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Something doesn't need to be in Drop L or triple Drop B to be heavy, much less the alternative tunings and such, cause take "Bloodletter" or "Dismembered Memory" by August Burns Red, both of those are hella heavy songs, and they're both in relatively light tunings in comparison to the more modern metal.

    • @Memu_
      @Memu_ 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Might not be the heaviest but it has more of an impact than a bunch of the basic low tuned stuff we hear constantly these days

  • @GitKlar
    @GitKlar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So, if you're wondering about the polyrhythm, that riff is basically this: 2x7/16 + 5/8 + 4/8 = 2x4/4
    Really well placed syncopations, and banger of a song. GJ, and congrats again Stu for winning!

    • @dt7667
      @dt7667 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Make sure you measure twice and cut once.

    • @stefanfyhn4668
      @stefanfyhn4668 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dt7667 actually its terrible advice for working with any degree of precision. You mark once, cut once ;)

  • @badblood44
    @badblood44 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was great, and congrats to STU MAYHEM!!!! (Gold). :)

  • @riffer9665
    @riffer9665 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow, Trey. Damn.

  • @michaeljvandyck
    @michaeljvandyck 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sick track, the verses and bridge sound fantastic. Where's the chorus though?

  • @ErnieLeblanc
    @ErnieLeblanc 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    YEAH!!!!!💯👁️👁️🏁

  • @anshuksahu9207
    @anshuksahu9207 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Chris patt here is still alive. I am impressed

  • @johnhynesproductionslimite7522
    @johnhynesproductionslimite7522 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Not too shabby…I woulda made it a weeeee big heavier but it’s really good…bottom line you really made a great video to help me out….cheers Trey

    • @Skeleton_Dork
      @Skeleton_Dork ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nothin' wrong with a little... um... Progressive... Groove Metal? Is that an oxymoron!?

  • @mario23sb
    @mario23sb 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I feel like it flat lines tbh, but this is an awesome positive educational video for those wanting to wet their toes!

  • @dropdead8886
    @dropdead8886 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Badass

  • @shephrd296
    @shephrd296 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I forgot how HEAVY drop d is

  • @ericcastro1600
    @ericcastro1600 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Definition of desktop metal 🤣🤣

  • @kiethveseyofficial
    @kiethveseyofficial 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    @TreyXavier Maybe for the next contest you do send this video to all the contestant's emails as an example of how to write a riff.

  • @jeanettekorzenko4958
    @jeanettekorzenko4958 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Congratulations to Stu & nice son @Trey

  • @COMICSCOFFEEMETAL
    @COMICSCOFFEEMETAL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    NOICE

  • @AwakeningWoW
    @AwakeningWoW 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    the riff reminds me a bit of "Hyro The Hero - Bullet"

  • @followfornothing
    @followfornothing 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wes Borland would be proud.

  • @AudiototheEyeballs
    @AudiototheEyeballs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Huge Chimiara vibes here

  • @asacrusoe8760
    @asacrusoe8760 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice dimebag riff. Speed it up and it would almost be cowboys from hell

  • @jasonmatthew8650
    @jasonmatthew8650 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I bought your songwriting course yesterday, curious will these videos from your youtube channel about songwriting be added there also?

    • @treyxaviermusic
      @treyxaviermusic  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Awesome, thanks! Hope you like the course! These videos will not be added to the course though, gonna just leave them here for everyone

  • @edj9202
    @edj9202 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    When I s the next contest?

  • @falricthesleeping9717
    @falricthesleeping9717 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Disturbed meets some techy riffage nice riff
    and then it went to korn?

  • @JacobNates
    @JacobNates 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Got a Soen vibe from it
    Edit: Until the vocals came in lol
    This is a neat video concept

  • @ReelGoodAudio
    @ReelGoodAudio 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    12:00 had some serious KSE vibes

  • @obedmolina8973
    @obedmolina8973 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    We're can I send riff or song to get your feedback

  • @Quentingnostic
    @Quentingnostic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    never thumbed up faster for a video thanks to that intro S I P.

  • @SyntheticFuture
    @SyntheticFuture 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Add a synth and it's Fear Factory? Cool song though :D

  • @GabrielXDrums
    @GabrielXDrums 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was a nice riff, for sure, but, not a Hidden gem riff lol

  • @TheTimeProphet
    @TheTimeProphet 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was using EZ Bass until I went mad and went out and bought a real bass LOL.

  • @filip100000
    @filip100000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We have Lamb of God at home

  • @TheJammerman
    @TheJammerman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How’d you make your velocity overlayed on the sequence like that?

    • @treyxaviermusic
      @treyxaviermusic  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Switch it to velocity view on the track in Pro Tools

    • @TheJammerman
      @TheJammerman 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@treyxaviermusic cheers thanks

  • @bauby6797
    @bauby6797 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    remind me of Textures somehow

  • @steffenwolf3200
    @steffenwolf3200 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Treys true sound.

  • @brotherhawk3228
    @brotherhawk3228 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gong Gong Gong ! Triple Gong.......

  • @IndyRockStar
    @IndyRockStar 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm using your 7 day course to write a song for your latest song writing contest. So...if it sucks it's partially your fault. Just kidding.

  • @AmishMutantPower
    @AmishMutantPower 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent!!! 💪😉

  • @h22s
    @h22s 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Nice, but I bet you would have gonged this if someone else submitted it to the other contest

  • @mattturner1441
    @mattturner1441 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The song is way too good please release it

  • @kentleser9940
    @kentleser9940 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sounds like a Disturbed song lol

  • @iaminfowars673
    @iaminfowars673 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I got lyrics

  • @XXXXSSDDXXXX
    @XXXXSSDDXXXX 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    when you buy periphery from wish (but like in a good way?)

  • @OkayyyIGetIt
    @OkayyyIGetIt 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lyrics are cheese but i love the sound!

    • @petruccifanboi
      @petruccifanboi 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s what you take from this video - Lyrics ???

  • @twomartoes
    @twomartoes 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    For a $1 you could join Nail the mix

  • @salahbaker4089
    @salahbaker4089 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    How to make riff boring?

  • @toemasmeems
    @toemasmeems 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    hey Trey it's been awhile i hope you like eggs boi