He is such an under rated guitar player and song writer. He is one of the greats!

@IdahoBrotherInChrist

3 жыл бұрын

I totally agree with you, the whole band in general is underrated.

@user-dz9yx3et9y

3 жыл бұрын

@@IdahoBrotherInChrist Argruably the second best rythm guitar composer next to hetfield... i certainly like his riffs more than mustains

@richardjones2811

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-dz9yx3et9y Comparing Testament to Megadeth on riffs alone is comparing 2 very different styles.

@user-dz9yx3et9y

2 жыл бұрын

@@richardjones2811 Not really, they are both in the same exact gendre. Testament's riffs are more entertaining and chuck's voice is easier on the ears than whiny dave's...

@isansimpson2056

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely. No one was writing riffs like this in the 80s.

Eric Peterson is the Malcolm Young of Testament! The total sound of the band! 🤘🤘

A seriously underrated guitarist. I feel skolnick is underrated by many but Eric is a whole different level of underrated.

Testament, the best thrash band out there 🤘🤘🎶

@bastiaankap6382

4 жыл бұрын

My thrash metal big one!

I love Testament, but I hate fact that Eric is about 5 years older than me and has such amazing hair!!!!!!

His guitar and songwriting skills are off the chain. Testament’s heartbeat and pulse.

What an amazingly creative and gifted guitarist, Testament is one of the best bands ever.

Eric is so good. And one of the least repetitive writers/guitarists out there! 🤘🤘🤘

Eric, your picking technique is FLAWLESS

Eric is legitimately one of the absolute greatest metal riff masters _ever_ , his pieces are just legendary on album after album, from Testament’s beginnings in the 80’s through their most recent albums. I frequently warm up with Metallica and similar artists just so I can get my fingers ready to play Eric Peterson riffs the rest of my jam session. As I write this I just spent 2 hours going over Eric’s Testament riffs from a variety of their albums from my collection of Hal Leonard books, adding pieces to various songs I don’t have solid yet. My favorite riffs of his are probably Over the Wall, Disciples of the Watch, and Souls of Black, but I could name 20+ other songs of his that would all be right behind them. Only Dave Mustaine in my opinion writes such amazing blazing riffs to the variety of scale and position use that Eric does.

@iamgribs

3 жыл бұрын

He is a monster. His right hand has crazy fast, accurate downstrokes and gallops. Not unlike Hetfield, but his work seems even more demanding in that way. I play bass and it is a bitch to keep up with.

Trial by Fire such a great song. Testament are Legend! Ciao from Bologna, Italy

Excellent rhythm player. Should receive a lot more recognition.

So much Love from Seattle!!! Testament is my gold Standard I hold all thrash to. Exodus is neck and neck with you!!

Testament/Eric/Chuck/Alex/Greg/Gene☝️🤘👍💪 Уважаю! С Новым Годом, братья, здоровья и новых творений!

Alex is such a phenomenal lead player that too often Eric gets overlooked but he is a very solid rhythm player and riff-master. In fact, I think Eric is the heart of the Testament signiture sound.

Some of the best riffs ever heard

Band of my youth. Always thought Eric was the driving force.

Eric Peterson самого начала в Testament, хорошии́ гитарист.

His riffs are insane..gggrrrreeatttt

The best of his era! Consitently creative! And very underated! The real big 4: Slayer, Testament, Destruction & Kreator!

@khgear7160

2 жыл бұрын

Slayer getting stale since 1990. Destruction too raw but their heart is in the right place. Kreator can rip hella fast but never got them, Petrozza kind of has goth pop sensibilities.Testament sound absolutely lethal and Big Bois vocals sound better than ever before?? wtf?? Testament is awesome. Anyways all cool bands, thrash baby \m/ I think Annihilator is the true underrated thrash machine. IMO

@khgear7160

2 жыл бұрын

Testament can deffo outshine the modern Big 4 100%, though I couldn't get into their DM phase.

I never knew Peterson (and by extend Testament) used so much single notes riffs for their earlier stuff

I absolutely love your style very great and very unique!

trial by fire is the heaviest song in the universe

@user-dz9yx3et9y

3 жыл бұрын

tha video is soo eeerie!!

Thanks Eric!! How about Dog Faced Gods?

Thanks for showing how you play those awesome riffs!

I feel bad for Eric because he was always in Alex's shadow but he's written some of the most amazing songs in thrash metal history

Killer song writer and riff master!

From Chile lo máximo !!!!!

I want that guitar!

EP is the riff master!

Those riffs are badass

Power!!!!

One of Thrash Metal’s Greatest 🤘🤘

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Evil and underrated rhythm guitar player! Eric Peterson fucking rulers!

Awesome! Cheers from Portugal 🍺🤘🇵🇹

Nice --original

🤘🏻

Раньше не слушал Testament, но недавно послушал все их альбомы и понял, что группа должна быть в большой четвёрке вместо Anthrax. У Testament гораздо интереснее риффы, музыка и тексты и самое главное они играют крутейший треш.

@user-yg6kq3xg3t

2 жыл бұрын

Большая четвёрка - фигня. Завет не должен настолько опускаться. TesTamenT - это другой уровень.

4:37

5:06

D.N.R. actually sounds sick slow.

I watch the "slowed down" version and I can't decide whether to bow or tell him to fuck off. Incredible dexterity and precision. People go on and on about the Big 4, but Testament's consistency is top shelf and Eric's endless bag of riffs is a big part of it.

Awesome!! But why does he have all that reverb/little bit of delay?

@linusfotograf

Жыл бұрын

I know right? Sounds bad

tbh DNR in Eb sounds like it was released 15 years before it really did XD

Does anyone know what amps, pedals, settings, etc. Eric and Alex were using on the first and second albums? That tone on the "Legacy" album is prolly the most scooped "hollowed out / metallic" thrash tone I've ever heard. I'd love to know what the trick was to get that sound. In the MTV video, it's showing Marshall heads, but not sure if that's what they were using. Now, albeit, I've seen early footage of their live shows during 1987/88, live in Eindhoven, etc. and it looks like Marshall JCM 900 heads and standard 1960-A/B Lead cabs, but there's just too much gain, hollow, and scoop for it that tone to JUST be a stock JCM900. Anyways, let me know guys! Thanks in advance!

@knightfall9394

Жыл бұрын

theres a pic of eric and alex where they are both standing in front of jcm800 stacks (not 900s they didn’t exist at that time) and off to the side you can see a furman parametric eq. You cant make out the settings in the pic and if i had to guess they probably dont have the preamp maxed out at all and were relying on the furman (or at least one of them was) for a lot of it. I can’t comment on the new order so i have no idea what they had

@kfsservice5879

Жыл бұрын

@@knightfall9394 That is correct. JCM 800's with Furman PQ3 & Later PQ4 EQ's

يونس شلبي heavy metal

Circular picking sometimes?

What pickups he uses here? EMGs?

@MattPhyz

3 жыл бұрын

81/85

@amphetanine8573

3 жыл бұрын

@@MattPhyz thx

I can see if he starts teaching ... he would be better than anyone

i wanna do coke and jam with eric

@r_aguilar68

4 жыл бұрын

Speed would be better.

@andrewyoussef2267

4 жыл бұрын

He'll have to make the tempo allot faster then.

how can i learn guitar from total noob to this?

@Jimb1264

4 жыл бұрын

Lots of practice, it helps to make a practice routine to do every day. And also learn songs and try to improve each time you play, because playing a whole song with the track is the best feeling ever.

@metaldad1967

4 жыл бұрын

Practice, don't compare yourself, stay inspired, learn all you can, don't be discouraged, practice and most importantly: DON'T QUIT!

@humanimal5527

4 жыл бұрын

If you are very new to guitar I would recommend learning other styles of playing before trying to learn thrash metal songs. Not that it's impossible, but you'll probably get discouraged at your rate of progression. If you're dead set on learning thrash I would say learn the minor pentatonic scale first (ideally in all shapes so you can play all over the neck, but start with position 1). Then pick a song with a good lesson video that shows the neck up close and also the picking hand. Pick a very popular thrash song because most obscure ones won't have professionally shot lesson vids on KZread. It will take you a very long time to learn most thrash songs in their entirety as a beginner. They also won't sound nearly as cool if you don't have an amp and a distortion pedal. I would say learn all the open chords and get strumming down first. Pick some classic rock tunes.

@Kronoph

3 жыл бұрын

You can do this in like 2 years of conscious teaching and playing. This example is _not_ something mind-blowing in terms of technique and complexity. There are much better examples, see Jeff Waters, Victor Smolski, Dimebag Darrell. Non-metal examples: Andy Timmons, Steve Vai, Richie Kotzen.

@amphetanine8573

3 жыл бұрын

@aluminumfetish beer in the 1st place I'd say

Needs more echo 😂

@vitalygolub9716

3 жыл бұрын

You cannot mistake him for another guitarist though

The best ever band...we only see in websites the bullshit metallica band...with lars can't even handle the sticks for the drums....

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