The Prog Metal Scene In 4 Minutes

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  • @NikNocturnal
    @NikNocturnal  4 ปีที่แล้ว +4117

    *Better smash that like button in 6/8 time*

    • @varazarael
      @varazarael 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      dude i would love to see a djent scene vid with dat 8 string

    • @ollieheads374
      @ollieheads374 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      6/8 too simple, do u even 13/6.3

    • @majabyss4957
      @majabyss4957 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I consider myself a thrasher but my gosh so much of this applies to me.

    • @tachunkthetrunk9053
      @tachunkthetrunk9053 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nu metal/ Nu metalcore scene chief. Love u

    • @DennisFeinsteinCEO
      @DennisFeinsteinCEO 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sorry Nik, I was a little behind the upbeat but I made it work

  • @Malum09
    @Malum09 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8203

    Never Forget Kmac immortal line: "I'm so Prog i listen to concept albums on shuffle"

    • @khyleebrahh7
      @khyleebrahh7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +228

      I read this in his voice haha 😂

    • @Ashacarlosalbert
      @Ashacarlosalbert 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      my whatsapp status since always

    • @Ashacarlosalbert
      @Ashacarlosalbert 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      SHUFFLE

    • @ethanmorrow4241
      @ethanmorrow4241 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Good one! Hahaha!

    • @ianalvarez8709
      @ianalvarez8709 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      I hate that I read this with the echo at the end"

  • @RudyAyoub
    @RudyAyoub 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3243

    well yes I cant disagree

  • @Reece_Hart
    @Reece_Hart 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2311

    "My IQ is higher than any BPM you can play" would make a killer shirt

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  4 ปีที่แล้ว +220

      Yes, needs to happen

    • @kalty
      @kalty 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      I play Drone Metal at 666 BPM, whatcha gonna do?

    • @OktavMutter
      @OktavMutter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I'll be like Shut up and take my money

    • @benjaminandrews1738
      @benjaminandrews1738 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Needs to have a duotone image of Niks face with these glasses on.

    • @ohmandubz
      @ohmandubz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      im gonna need a custom made one that say "My IQ is lower than any BPM you can play"

  • @Hatecrewdethrol
    @Hatecrewdethrol 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3434

    Prog bands: "I just want to release songs that are progressive but still catchy and appeal to a wider audience"
    Also Prog Bands: "Okay this next piece is called 'Unorthodox Convention of the Nether Void: Part 3: Regression of the Paradox'. It's 12 minutes long and features a tambourine solo"

    • @u.v.s.5583
      @u.v.s.5583 4 ปีที่แล้ว +225

      Is the tambourine solo a guest tambourine solo by James LaBrie?

    • @Hatecrewdethrol
      @Hatecrewdethrol 4 ปีที่แล้ว +251

      @@u.v.s.5583 It's a colab solo with Misha Mansoor and Jason Richardson, it's 2/3 of the song and 3 people died while attempted to mix the audio

    • @baphometwingsof666
      @baphometwingsof666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +119

      And most of the song is in 13/8 and 35/32 but the 15th chorus is in 37/16.

    • @Moskal91
      @Moskal91 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      u forgot overture

    • @johannesberger8641
      @johannesberger8641 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Is that a Ne Obliviscaris song?

  • @HeyItsTheWykydtron
    @HeyItsTheWykydtron 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1196

    This video doesn't even follow the Fibonacci sequence... amateur.

  • @MusingMuso
    @MusingMuso 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2703

    The strap still isn't high enough

    • @TheLemonKiller
      @TheLemonKiller 4 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      Also known as:
      NIPPLE PICKING!!!

    • @enzowaltz8024
      @enzowaltz8024 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      yeah i felt his technique is kinda off

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  4 ปีที่แล้ว +314

      No joke I tried to make it higher but my neck wouldn't fit

    • @tudoot
      @tudoot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yeah it has to touch the chin

    • @raulperez2308
      @raulperez2308 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      the higher the strap the higher the expectations

  • @treyxaviermusic
    @treyxaviermusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2527

    You just massacred my entire fanbase

  • @OwenMiller-ge5lo
    @OwenMiller-ge5lo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1596

    The black metal scene in 6 minutes and 66 seconds

  • @SquillaKilla
    @SquillaKilla 4 ปีที่แล้ว +931

    This is the most politically correct video I’ve ever seen. Hilarious man

    • @ikaros110
      @ikaros110 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      didn't expect you here :)

    • @kgstranger8179
      @kgstranger8179 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Why do you just pop up in random places

    • @Soup0066
      @Soup0066 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why you here

    • @NickDTHSLYR
      @NickDTHSLYR 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Holy shit hi squil

    • @Celatra
      @Celatra 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi

  • @JackRackam
    @JackRackam 4 ปีที่แล้ว +751

    So, um... where can I find that Saxophone solo?

    • @SamGutwein
      @SamGutwein 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      Rivers of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name

    • @szymektoja4667
      @szymektoja4667 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Also Caligula's Horse - Graves (11:28)

    • @raymondbauer2152
      @raymondbauer2152 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@SamGutwein hell yeah, you beat me to it

    • @EduardoBach01
      @EduardoBach01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      type tesseract plus sax, you'll get it ;)

    • @Sharpened_Spoon
      @Sharpened_Spoon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Intervals - D.O.S.E

  • @KirkpatrickSounds
    @KirkpatrickSounds 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1319

    Can we get an instrumental release for this video? Not a fan of the vocals.

    • @richardbell7157
      @richardbell7157 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      With the tabs, as well.

    • @Thick_James
      @Thick_James 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Gonna need about a dollop of a+d ointment to heal that burn.

    • @jessechalif2428
      @jessechalif2428 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      underrated comment lmao

  • @tomthetitan3697
    @tomthetitan3697 4 ปีที่แล้ว +798

    Nik: “My IQ is higher than any bpm you could play”
    Doom metal drummer: “you know an IQ of 50 is bad right”

    • @yankochoynev652
      @yankochoynev652 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      you know 100 is higher than 50, right?

    • @tomthetitan3697
      @tomthetitan3697 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yanko Choynev yes of course

    • @judestenberg7419
      @judestenberg7419 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Pornogrind drummer:
      This is big brain time

    • @tomthetitan3697
      @tomthetitan3697 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      H3llraiser 1302 that would be insane

    • @_educross
      @_educross 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nu Metal drummer: The 160bpm ones or the 80bpm ones?

  • @kyledavis5228
    @kyledavis5228 4 ปีที่แล้ว +651

    I thought there were going to be jokes? I only heard facts.

  • @blackcitadel37
    @blackcitadel37 4 ปีที่แล้ว +467

    "I'm pretty sure that John Petrucci ia Jesus". Well that's just common sense at this point.

    • @u.v.s.5583
      @u.v.s.5583 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Wait... What or who is this Jesus whom they compare to the great John Petrucci?

    • @MrScrofulous
      @MrScrofulous 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      He's more like Odin. A proper god of awesome power and shit.

    • @alloveragain8592
      @alloveragain8592 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He looks more like god himself tbh

  • @benspeese8897
    @benspeese8897 4 ปีที่แล้ว +242

    “Meshuggah would be cool if they played more than 2 notes” lol

  • @BecomeTheKnight
    @BecomeTheKnight 4 ปีที่แล้ว +423

    I just got btfo for 4 mins straight

    • @bloodblade58
      @bloodblade58 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      LMAO but do you give this video a + or =

  • @rehobalint1100
    @rehobalint1100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +437

    “Every band should have at least 3 guitarists”
    *cries in Dream Theater*

    • @pedrosilvaproductions
      @pedrosilvaproductions 4 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      John Petrucci is worth 4 guitarists so yeah

    • @PETSOKOFTIS
      @PETSOKOFTIS 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@pedrosilvaproductions 7*

    • @floridaboy9641
      @floridaboy9641 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      And TOOL

    • @ECMalcolm
      @ECMalcolm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      cries in The Contortionist

    • @AlexH8280
      @AlexH8280 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Periphery: "........"

  • @emersonl872
    @emersonl872 4 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    Btw, at 1:32, the sax solo is from Where Owls Know My Name by Rivers of Nihil! Fantastic song

    • @Ursoc91
      @Ursoc91 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That whole album is so damn good

  • @BTBAM819
    @BTBAM819 4 ปีที่แล้ว +469

    Prog fans: "society makes no sense, why this band is lesser known than any 3 minute hit pop song on the radio. I wish more people got to know how amazing this band is"
    Also prog fans: "yeah, I listen to music that's not for eveybody. It's very complex music that surely you won't understand. If you don't like this then you know nothing about good music"

    • @killer_greag3541
      @killer_greag3541 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice S&M pfp

    • @BTBAM819
      @BTBAM819 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@killer_greag3541 yes! I love that album to death. Got tattooed the logo on my arm

    • @LRM12o8
      @LRM12o8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Tanmay Jain ^This, plus the fact at some point not even the original artist can _really_ tell whether something is intentional complexity or just a chaotic mess, let's be honest!

  • @ElMasterDGF
    @ElMasterDGF 4 ปีที่แล้ว +541

    I think this video should have at least 8 minutes

  • @geekymetalhead5112
    @geekymetalhead5112 4 ปีที่แล้ว +476

    Prog Heads: Bold of Nik to boil it down in 4 minutes

  • @yogiyahya35
    @yogiyahya35 4 ปีที่แล้ว +660

    The only wrong notes, are the ones played at the wrong time
    - Nik Nocturnal 2020 -

    • @ElioGermaniDT
      @ElioGermaniDT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Actually true

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Actually I had a bunch of people suggest lines they wanted in this video (around 15% of them made it) and that was one of the suggested ones, so that person deserves all the credit for the perfect line :)

    • @yogiyahya35
      @yogiyahya35 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@NikNocturnal Cheers, Nik ❤❤❤❤

    • @DokterRekt
      @DokterRekt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yogi Yahya literally every Victor Wooten lecture on god lol

    • @yogiyahya35
      @yogiyahya35 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DokterRekt Yeess 🤣🤣🤣

  • @emalaw1329
    @emalaw1329 4 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    "Every band should have at least three guitarists"
    John Petrucci: *nervous sweats*

    • @ijustchangedmyname
      @ijustchangedmyname 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Nah he just plays the parts of three guitarists.

    • @attilahun8541
      @attilahun8541 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He can do what 5 guitarist can do together alone... so Its np 🌟

    • @samwansitdabet6630
      @samwansitdabet6630 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      petrucci is three guitarists

    • @BigUriel
      @BigUriel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You would need three average guitarists to cover some DT songs.

    • @marcthedashergd6321
      @marcthedashergd6321 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nah john petrucci is 16 guitarists and 500 bassists.

  • @abhijitpai2409
    @abhijitpai2409 4 ปีที่แล้ว +234

    "I listen to prog metal bro", what bands do you listen to? "Dream theater"

    • @u.v.s.5583
      @u.v.s.5583 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Also Tool, and Opeth! I am so rad!

    • @shawnmcnally1254
      @shawnmcnally1254 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@u.v.s.5583 Not to mention all those bullshit "djent" bands.

    • @zraven2931
      @zraven2931 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@u.v.s.5583 I mean... All of these are great :)

    • @samwansitdabet6630
      @samwansitdabet6630 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      I mean dream theater, tool and opeth are all great bands

    • @joeyhardin5903
      @joeyhardin5903 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      dream theater are THE prog metal band

  • @rangamsarmah2061
    @rangamsarmah2061 4 ปีที่แล้ว +391

    Prog and jazz scene: *exists*
    Berklee: "...and that's when the big bucks start rolling in."

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Lmao

    • @fadedsun303
      @fadedsun303 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Berklee* I live around the school. Half of the kids I see hanging out outside already looking like they have no potential careers. Berklee is heavy on the jazz though, honestly. There's a separate school connected to Berklee called Boston Conservatory that's more focused on classical.

    • @pinkzeppelintheater
      @pinkzeppelintheater 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      fadedsun303 not much of a separate school any more though. The official word is that they merged, but the truth is that Berklee bought the Conservatory (btw, I graduated from the Conservatory in 2019).

    • @M3G4FR34K
      @M3G4FR34K 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yo, I actually laughed way too hard at this! 😂

    • @eMorphized
      @eMorphized 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@fadedsun303 New England Conservatory just a bit away is more about chamber stuff, but they're also very into orchestral

  • @ryanbollinger1759
    @ryanbollinger1759 4 ปีที่แล้ว +232

    The Deathcore scene has to be next

  • @BrandonDeon
    @BrandonDeon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +552

    This is legendary

    • @nolangarner9680
      @nolangarner9680 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oh didn’t expect a jazz guitarist here, sup man

  • @iviaverick52
    @iviaverick52 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1727

    Prog dudes are the vegans of metal music.

    • @carlosruiz1656
      @carlosruiz1656 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Legend

    • @JohnnyOlsson
      @JohnnyOlsson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +165

      You are right. Except prog dudes have a sense of humour and won't get offended by this video. ;)

    • @ashleyclacy8879
      @ashleyclacy8879 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      @@JohnnyOlsson Oh man, you wish...

    • @phillop6076
      @phillop6076 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      I agree, but post-black metal are the sjws

    • @No-Salvation
      @No-Salvation 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is fucking gold

  • @analogartforms
    @analogartforms 4 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    It should be
    "The Prog Metal Scene in 8 mins"

  • @c95060
    @c95060 4 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    riffs I spotted
    1:16 Between The Buried And Me - Foam Born B The Decade Of Statues
    2:56 Dream Theater - Dark Eternal Night

    • @thegreenembers
      @thegreenembers 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yep

    • @counterfit5
      @counterfit5 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The first "DREAM THEATER" was over Dance of Eternity

    • @halfunder9712
      @halfunder9712 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      3:35 periphery

    • @kerbalscuffedprogram4705
      @kerbalscuffedprogram4705 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I also spotted “Where Owls Known Your Name” by Rivers of Nihil, the saxophone solo.

  • @rendrag13
    @rendrag13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +345

    Nik: Nah, my magic the gathering tournament got cancelled
    Me: Man this got way too personal all of a sudden

    • @buddybeas5237
      @buddybeas5237 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      That one stung more than it should've.

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      GG

    • @RooseCochran
      @RooseCochran 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Right in the chest man...

    • @ShizaruBloodrayne
      @ShizaruBloodrayne 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tap bsharp unless you pay 8 minutes

    • @DFGdanger
      @DFGdanger 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      [[Spacegodzilla, Death Corona]] year has been tough...
      Prog plays control or intricate combo decks
      Thrash plays Red Deck Wins

  • @guylumalfaro3176
    @guylumalfaro3176 4 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    stop this man before he starts playing in 4/4 again

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That would be terrifying

  • @johnmichaelgray341
    @johnmichaelgray341 4 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    “You have to have a fairly high iq to understand tool”
    **Tool making songs about violently killing people and having sex in the 80s and 90s**

    • @samwansitdabet6630
      @samwansitdabet6630 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      "this song is about desensitization to even extreme methods of obtaining pleasure, the need to always have more"
      "no it's about anal fisting"

    • @johnbush5347
      @johnbush5347 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@samwansitdabet6630 I still can't believe how much airtime stink fist gets on my local rock station

    • @greigns7781
      @greigns7781 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@samwansitdabet6630 I thought that Stinkfist had a double meaning to it, and that the lyrics and title were there just to throw people off?

  • @k4x1rda41
    @k4x1rda41 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Ok as someone who's obsessed with progressive metal I definitely see myself in a lot of these

    • @icannotcomeupwithanything4609
      @icannotcomeupwithanything4609 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same.

    • @idontneedhelp4055
      @idontneedhelp4055 ปีที่แล้ว

      Meshuggah has ruined some bands for me for sure. As a mostly anything jazz enjoyer, my 4D perceiving brain cums to Fredrik's work.

  • @hellashes
    @hellashes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +337

    "only listen to .wav files"
    This boi needs more FLAC in his life

    • @aarnilassila1597
      @aarnilassila1597 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      .wav is better quality as it hasn't been compressed once before listening to it

    • @Surtak
      @Surtak 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@aarnilassila1597 Flac is lossless compression, it reverts to a file that is identical to the one you started with. But they can be half the size regardless. Gotta be PRETTY pretentious not to want to use that :P

    • @esbeezy89
      @esbeezy89 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@aarnilassila1597 you obviously know nothing about FLAC files.

    • @DeceptiveSS
      @DeceptiveSS 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Files? Bruh, I download the stem tracks, put them in my DAW and mix it to my taste before listening. I also carry my producer laptop around just to listen to any music.

    • @TheVoitel
      @TheVoitel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Ha! I don’t believe in all the FLAC stuff ... I mean, sure, it is probably quite good, but I only go for the best quality audio! ... what do you mean, ”the same“? Well, *I* can hear a difference! You need quality equipment to hear it, like these ear buds. They cost about 20 bucks! You know, I once converted something to flac, and it had about 50% of the size. That means that about half of the information in the audio is lost! ... what? Bit perfect? Well, even if it’s *mathematically* the same, it still has a different sound quality!

  • @starrk7158
    @starrk7158 4 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    "I wrote my entire album on guitar pro"
    I felt the pain right there hit me where it hurts.

    • @mitchellbarlowmusic
      @mitchellbarlowmusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Literally here tabbing out/writing on guitar pro, and I was like..F

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    • @FowlerAskew
      @FowlerAskew 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I really want Tantacrul to make a video about guitar pro

  • @jessepusatero5511
    @jessepusatero5511 4 ปีที่แล้ว +278

    What, how? Prog in 4 minutes is impossible

    • @VoxParanoia
      @VoxParanoia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I think T00L has some interlude tracks that are less than 4 mins....

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ;)

    • @AissurDrol
      @AissurDrol 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It's the radio edit. Cuts out 6 minutes of drone notes before the intro and 2 minute fade out at the end and the weird orchestral reprise that happens after 4 minutes of silence at the end of the track.

    • @saschakamm9416
      @saschakamm9416 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AissurDrol The original one was way better

    • @87crimson
      @87crimson 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tell that to gentle giant

  • @wipicoco
    @wipicoco 4 ปีที่แล้ว +149

    "To be fair, you need to have a fairly high iq to understand the complexity of Tool"
    "Drop tuning? Did you even go to school?"
    🤔

    • @justinreich2023
      @justinreich2023 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      😂 that one got me, too

    • @jeffreythiers1228
      @jeffreythiers1228 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      and the 3 guitarist line too🤔

    • @demonguysayshi2666
      @demonguysayshi2666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Maybe he's being ironic.
      Oh, god he's just like Maynard trolling everyone!
      (im being sarcastic don't murder me)

    • @Jamer767
      @Jamer767 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@demonguysayshi2666 Sorry bud. *stab*

    • @Drewp06
      @Drewp06 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      DemonGuysaysHi Between Dream Theater and Tool both bands suck lol. They should tour together and call it the “pretentious turnpike” tour

  • @k4x1rda41
    @k4x1rda41 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    1:32 OK you gotta admit how amazing saxophone solos are in metal

  • @ZL1LoVeR
    @ZL1LoVeR 4 ปีที่แล้ว +238

    “My IQ is higher than any BPM you can play” 😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Exactly

    • @majortellandrus2552
      @majortellandrus2552 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Me, an intellectual: *plays 200 bpm in quarter notes instead of 32nd notes*

  • @adamhoglund9871
    @adamhoglund9871 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    3:51 this one made me laugh so hard that I dropped my John Petrucci jazz 3 pick

  • @rishibaru2856
    @rishibaru2856 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Makes fun of entire prog metal scene while playing a John Petrucci custom guitar
    epic gamer move

  • @plasmakitten4261
    @plasmakitten4261 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    "My IQ is higher than any BPM you could play"
    Rhythm game players: *So you have chosen death*

  • @lawnboyfreak
    @lawnboyfreak 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    “Dream Theater was better with Mike Portnoy” I’ve heard this for the last 10-11 years. Pretty much sums up prog metal.

  • @patrickgibsonmusic
    @patrickgibsonmusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +428

    Muslims pray in the direction of Mecca
    Prog musicians pray to the direction of Berklee in 5/4

    • @jeffreypenkoff6178
      @jeffreypenkoff6178 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I literally just laughed so hard I choked on my own spit

    • @SergeyPupkoMusic
      @SergeyPupkoMusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣

    • @koba5152
      @koba5152 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Congratulations you made me laugh

  • @WibisonoDanu
    @WibisonoDanu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +388

    Prog-metal is just Jazz music in high gain mod.

    • @tedisetiandi_
      @tedisetiandi_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hell yes

    • @calibadgerdude6082
      @calibadgerdude6082 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      You say that like it’s a bad thing. :p

    • @Jaydenwybenga
      @Jaydenwybenga 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I'd say it's basically the exact opposite of jazz

    • @Celatra
      @Celatra 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Jaydenwybenga how? Many prog bands even implement jazz sections into the songs

    • @richardwhite6062
      @richardwhite6062 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Jazz scales like chromatic 5ths infused note patterns and chords has nothing to do with jazz as a genre.
      Prog metal is quite often just ego induced stoned mindless self indulgence splattered onto tableture with not purpose other than be an anticonformist, which he nailed in the video.
      Abstract structure is an oxymoron for delivering an actual concept of any principle.
      And yes. Thats a subjective opinion.

  • @sneeringimperialist340
    @sneeringimperialist340 4 ปีที่แล้ว +262

    Why do get the idea Adam Neely is friends with this guy?

  • @zachmoize6075
    @zachmoize6075 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "Tabs? I'm not a barbarian. Where's the sheet music."
    I didn't know you hired people from red cross

  • @allankuria9923
    @allankuria9923 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    1:47 You do though. Those guys are geniuses. Who else could have the smarts to write a song using the fettuccine sequence?

  • @Lmolina90
    @Lmolina90 4 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    I went to a small college where the music program was heavily focused on jazz. Not a single guitarist I met there seemed like they'd ever touched a distortion peddle. Yet most of these jabs and jokes would have fit them even fit them very well. While I was not a music major I can also confirm that my Bachelor of Arts degree is also pretty useless.

    • @brandoncalderon2095
      @brandoncalderon2095 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      RIP

    • @OscarGT25
      @OscarGT25 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      F

    • @TubbysWorld4413
      @TubbysWorld4413 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂👍

    • @kemal1910
      @kemal1910 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well dude... I have an astrophysic master degree in Russia. And here it is more useless, than yours in your country. But I am jew and I find the way to use it. Now I teaching students, making some science just for fun. And making money on websites creating and other marketing outsource shit

  • @lucakeltie2491
    @lucakeltie2491 4 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    "I have so many pedals"
    Isn't that the entire guitar scene?

    • @depressedfrogpenis
      @depressedfrogpenis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Nah bro that's just Tom Morello

    • @MrBiteme39
      @MrBiteme39 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not me I have three and have been playing for ten years
      A noise cancelled a drive and a wah that I hardly use anymore. Then again line 6 pods are fantastic and I wish I had a good computer for one

    • @idabthereforeiam7479
      @idabthereforeiam7479 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But i only use the noise gate while the brest gather dust coz.....AxE EffEcTs HookEd uP to IpaD

    • @aidanbouw5224
      @aidanbouw5224 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Luke Maheras one of the few Line 6 that doesn’t sound like fried assholes

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      True

  • @corbinm5237
    @corbinm5237 4 ปีที่แล้ว +483

    This whole video is basically:
    *DREAM THEATER*
    *OPETH*
    *PERIPHERY*
    *BERKELEY*
    P.S. I see you throwing that The Dark Eternal Night riff in there 👀

    • @fabianwinters7826
      @fabianwinters7826 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oh yeah its all coming together

    • @MetalDoraemon6
      @MetalDoraemon6 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @smug what is berklee?

    • @jaredpuwalski8545
      @jaredpuwalski8545 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      MetalDoraemon6 think Harvard but jazz.

    • @tedisetiandi_
      @tedisetiandi_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Between the Buried and Me?

    • @Rastasskate2
      @Rastasskate2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      MetalDoraemon6 another prestigious school in Massachusetts.

  • @gammarayrjs
    @gammarayrjs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "why would i buy that when i could buy jazz III picks"
    fucking got me there

  • @jamesbennettdrums
    @jamesbennettdrums 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    3:35 lmao Miserayyy. love the periphery easter egg lmao.

    • @jessbian3385
      @jessbian3385 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      P3 in a single word

  • @samkoch4829
    @samkoch4829 4 ปีที่แล้ว +168

    The stoner metal scene in 4 minutes and 20 seconds

    • @HeroSword_P
      @HeroSword_P 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hahaha

    • @f67739
      @f67739 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      bro weed
      bro have i been playing the same riff for three hours? sounds sick ahaha

    • @mousetouse
      @mousetouse 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@f67739 This but unironically

    • @browncoat697
      @browncoat697 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@f67739 Hell yeah bro

  • @DennisFeinsteinCEO
    @DennisFeinsteinCEO 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    "I only go to GT to teach their employees about their gear" is soooooo YES ! Hahahahaha

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Gotta inform them

    • @davidlamothe8586
      @davidlamothe8586 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I swear they'll hire just about anybody who picked up a guitar two months ago n just learned Crazy Train

    • @richardwhite6062
      @richardwhite6062 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@davidlamothe8586 maybe thats the setup. Make you feel overconfident in your mistake at spending too much damn money for their crap. Lol.

  • @ahuman9113
    @ahuman9113 4 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    Nik: makes a prog video
    *glasses activate*

  • @Passarium-1195
    @Passarium-1195 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    “Every band should have at least 3 guitarists”
    Dream Theater literally having only 1 guitarist and still managing to write 20+ minutes songs

  • @SininenKT
    @SininenKT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is so many of my friends. Every time I miss my friends during lockdown I just watch this and it’s like they’re here 🖤

  • @magiaburst
    @magiaburst 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    3:35 Spencer Sotelo:

    • @kirehj_sm
      @kirehj_sm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Didn't catch dat, what it means?

    • @weezeridol2
      @weezeridol2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kirehj_sm P3

    • @codybeinert1109
      @codybeinert1109 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @jamalecar4790
      @jamalecar4790 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@kirehj_sm Vocalist of Periphery had the tendency to use the word "misery" in a held out ascending note on their P3 album

    • @jamalecar4790
      @jamalecar4790 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      So I wasn't the only one that thought of that

  • @robdobble6672
    @robdobble6672 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Ok, but you forgot to say that one line in 17/16.

  • @SirJenkz
    @SirJenkz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    2:47 Every Opeth fan, almost

    • @bostion518
      @bostion518 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      New opeth friggin slaps

    • @danib577
      @danib577 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      All Opeth is good Opeth

    • @SirJenkz
      @SirJenkz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’m glad that there are still plenty of people that like the new Opeth material, even though I personally don’t

    • @Bellathor
      @Bellathor 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@victorscorgie1436 In Cauda Venenum is the first album since Watershed that I've liked, though they had some good songs in other albums too.

  • @KristianNowak
    @KristianNowak 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nik: "The only notes that are wrong, are the ones that aren't in time"
    Me: *so all of them*

  • @nathanielbasco217
    @nathanielbasco217 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    i searched "prog metal" because i thought i was starting to get a feel for the genre and i can guarantee that i have no idea what youre talking about

  • @DonnyBartoo
    @DonnyBartoo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    3:34 damn bro I love whichever periphery song that was

    • @nodnarB14
      @nodnarB14 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Scrolled just for this comment

    • @DonnyBartoo
      @DonnyBartoo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@nodnarB14 You sir are a man of culture! lol

  • @AlwayzTired
    @AlwayzTired 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    9 years later, and I still haven’t forgiven Opeth.

    • @bostion518
      @bostion518 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Why tho

    • @baphometwingsof666
      @baphometwingsof666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Grow up.

    • @T.P.87
      @T.P.87 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      its not just the screaming - Damnation was great. The new style is just worse.

    • @nisinduperera7130
      @nisinduperera7130 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@T.P.87 okay
      Listen 20 more times
      You'll love it

  • @erikengvall
    @erikengvall 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    3:34 *Periphery would like to know your location*

  • @nicholasbondy3079
    @nicholasbondy3079 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Every prog metal song:
    "If it isnt 8 min or longer, you know itsa cover"

  • @AerisVelivolus
    @AerisVelivolus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    1:17 that was The Architect by Haken, right?
    God, I'm a monster... And prog is the only blood that quenches my thirst.

    • @TheFowo
      @TheFowo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oh lmao didn't notice.
      I'm actually kinda let down that during "I love sax solos" he didn't play either Caligula's Horse Graves or Native Construct Passage

    • @StrungOutStarline
      @StrungOutStarline 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@TheFowo pretty sure it was rivers of nihil - where owls know my name

    • @initialcreation
      @initialcreation 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Noooo, def not

    • @Growlizing
      @Growlizing 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TheFowo First time I've seen someone mention my two favorites in the same sentence. Hello internet friend!

    • @mariomorales9984
      @mariomorales9984 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think it’s 3:52 in foam born (b)

  • @NittyOfTheCosmos
    @NittyOfTheCosmos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    *walks aggressively in odd time signatures*
    Edit: Bro, are those prescription?

  • @NivanSharma
    @NivanSharma 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    You play in 4/4? What a pleb play 13/78 😉

    • @jmanredbull1
      @jmanredbull1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I know the joke was made to make fun of prog timing but the bottom note has to be a number that could come from 2^x power, x has to be a whole number that is 0 or greater 1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128....etc, because of how the bottom note defines the type of note that counts for one beat. I.e. 6/8 time is 6 eighth note beats in a measure, and before I get the question, no I didn't go to Berkeley for a music education

    • @reecerice3033
      @reecerice3033 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jon Michels I pooped myself

    • @jmanredbull1
      @jmanredbull1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@reecerice3033 lol, its pretty simple if you think about it, you're just dividing the slower note in half, so you go from 4 quarter notes to 8 eighth notes because the count is 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and, where the ands are the eighth notes then 1 e and uh 2 e and uh 3 e and uh 4 e and uh, where the e and uh's are the 16th notes (technically all the beats would be 16th notes, it's just those that are added on top of the eighth and quarter notes. Same applies to the previous example with eighth notes). Think about trying to break down a 78th note, that wouldn't work because it doesn't fall in an even spot between notes, I can break down the bigger numbers if you would like, just there isn't common sounds for counting above sixteenth notes.
      Edit: This is all relative to 4/4 time, if you were to change the time signature, you would have a different amount of beats, and/or a different base to start counting by, if you would like an example I can provide one

    • @awertyuiop8711
      @awertyuiop8711 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jon Michels Do you even irrational time signature, bruh?

    • @dishwasherdetergent3366
      @dishwasherdetergent3366 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jmanredbull1 not if you use tuplets I bet you didn't even go to berklee bro

  • @bipolarbear2321
    @bipolarbear2321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    *Steven Wilson left the group chat

    • @thegamergod7076
      @thegamergod7076 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@pendragon5187 damn thats a good one

  • @redshiftproductions7158
    @redshiftproductions7158 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The "I wrote the whole album on guitar pro" hit too close to home

  • @noeyeballs503
    @noeyeballs503 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Prog is just the jazz of metal

  • @jeffreycanfield1939
    @jeffreycanfield1939 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    1:31 hits too close to home, I havent been the same since I heard the sax solo from Calabi-Yau

    • @caidenjones918
      @caidenjones918 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was just about to comment the same thing but you beat me to it lmaoo

    • @starrk7158
      @starrk7158 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same with Yami Obi by vitalism.

  • @5556-m9l
    @5556-m9l 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    1:29 Yeah, Meshuggah would be cool if they played more than 2 notes"
    *true*

    • @3mix4m67
      @3mix4m67 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      555 666 d-d-d-DJENT-d-DJENT

    • @arcuscerebellumus8797
      @arcuscerebellumus8797 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I counted like at least 5. What are you talking about?

    • @MrJohnnyAOA
      @MrJohnnyAOA 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      000-0-000-0-000-0-000-0-000-0-000-0-000-0-000-0

    • @deanlockhart2800
      @deanlockhart2800 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Meshuggah doesn't need melody

    • @5556-m9l
      @5556-m9l 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@deanlockhart2800 They can't play melodies

  • @danielflores4838
    @danielflores4838 4 ปีที่แล้ว +261

    To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand the complexity of Tool. The musicality is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the licks will go over a typical listener's head. There's also Maynard's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation - his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these lyrics, to realize that they're not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Tool truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Maynard's existencial catchphrase "We'll ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no one's been," which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Tool's genius unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools... how I pity them. 😂 And yes by the way, I DO have a Tool tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- And even they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand.

    • @tylerforde87
      @tylerforde87 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      And the award for, The most Pretentious Comment Ever, goes to...

    • @ptcollin6802
      @ptcollin6802 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      I honestly can't tell if this is sarcastic or not lmao

    • @ethanbilby9173
      @ethanbilby9173 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      @@ptcollin6802 its literally a rick and morty joke changed up a little bit lmao

    • @Ryguy-dr3jx
      @Ryguy-dr3jx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I kinda hope you are joking, but I wouldn’t be surprised if you were legit.

    • @jamalecar4790
      @jamalecar4790 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Either way r/iamverysmart

  • @DanGoodShotHD
    @DanGoodShotHD 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    In all fairness a dog eating its own shit as a comparison to pop music was pretty spot on.

  • @BloodmoonCollective
    @BloodmoonCollective 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Half of me finds this hilarious, half feels attacked, and the other half finds it hilarious at the fact that the other half is feeling attacked by the other half.

  • @allthingspaper2424
    @allthingspaper2424 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    1:33 calling out rivers of nihil I see 😂

    • @manderskutz
      @manderskutz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I thought of Shrezzers first :)

    • @nimapocalyse9569
      @nimapocalyse9569 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I lol'd at that too.. truth is that record is so good

    • @rowane965
      @rowane965 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Or TesseracT

  • @francescofrigo1355
    @francescofrigo1355 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    3:12
    "Every band should have at least 3 guitarists"
    Animals as Leaders: are we a joke to you?

    • @sdiabr6792
      @sdiabr6792 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Animals as leaders is 3 bands in one man
      They can get away with this one lol

  • @donnydefala190
    @donnydefala190 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    this video spoke to me in 7 keys and 3 polyrhythms at the same time

  • @LeicaFleury
    @LeicaFleury 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I love prog and I found this hilarious.

  • @D-Man_Jam
    @D-Man_Jam 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I think everyone can agree that John Petrucci is Jesus. Either John, or Guthrie Govan.

  • @gabrieltoscano8480
    @gabrieltoscano8480 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The only thing missing is fans arguing that the band played their own songs wrong

  • @rudy5962
    @rudy5962 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    2:55 that's dark eternal night, if I'm not wrong

  • @Puddles
    @Puddles 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The metal version of fusion jazz.

  • @mdntctyvlcn
    @mdntctyvlcn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Gojira"
    _"Gojira!"_
    "GOJIRAAAAAA!!!!"

  • @TreyDieterich
    @TreyDieterich 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Can't believe I wasted my break at McDonald's getting evicerated by this video

  • @chollima5462
    @chollima5462 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Doom metal scene in 6 hours, the first two hours should be the first two notes of a doom metal song

  • @LegalHotline
    @LegalHotline 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "Turn it down to a fair volume?" Nik, YOU'RE a fair volume.

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      tyty

    • @LegalHotline
      @LegalHotline 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@NikNocturnal no, Nik. Thank YOU for being a fair volume.

  • @embarkingolive
    @embarkingolive 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "No my magic the gathering tournament got canceled" hahaha. Accurate.

  • @tobiasvonlanthen
    @tobiasvonlanthen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Didn‘t expect to be that personally attacked today, welp

  • @getmeouttahere7638
    @getmeouttahere7638 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Prog guitarists: "The only wrong notes are the ones played at the wrong time."
    Thall guitarists: "The only right notes are the wrong notes."

  • @res0nance197
    @res0nance197 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    when your time signature is a line...

  • @abhraghosh2098
    @abhraghosh2098 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "Every band atleast need 3 guitarists"
    Dream theater , Tool - We don't need that

  • @rallyvw9264
    @rallyvw9264 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    i would love it if you did the Thrash metal scene. Specifically, the 80's scene. Love your videos keep up the good work my man.

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I need to grow my hair out for that

    • @drcks
      @drcks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@NikNocturnal buy a wig

  • @justinlauzon4252
    @justinlauzon4252 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "My Magic: the Gathering tournament got cancelled"
    Yo why you call me out like that

    • @stupidstutesman2444
      @stupidstutesman2444 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Right? He's not wrong but I felt very targeted by this

  • @iliagharibashvili748
    @iliagharibashvili748 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Please do symphonic/gothic metal scene or stereotypes

    • @adithyaprasad8586
      @adithyaprasad8586 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Comparing the two in itself is a stereotype 😂😂😂