Amazing guitarists.

@joe.v5293

6 жыл бұрын

Soup upload Rust pls

@soup

6 жыл бұрын

Wolfster 21 Nah, I think just because of this comment I’ll wait a month for another Rust vid

@joe.v5293

6 жыл бұрын

pls no I like them too me like buried alive

@joe.v5293

6 жыл бұрын

Mustache Man lol

@aidenwalker1198

6 жыл бұрын

Soup or salad

Johnny still has to pay for his strings

@svintjvck

6 жыл бұрын

Jake Douglas Made my whole fucking 2017

@daoyang6055

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah I think only syn got sponsored by Ernie ball

@conehead5197

6 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@elijahtorres9360

6 жыл бұрын

If he even changes them

@thirdpartypariah6514

6 жыл бұрын

Who's Johnny?

These guys are the reason I started playing guitar.

@adamdelaney6782

6 жыл бұрын

EMEX Gaming same

@norbertkalina8733

6 жыл бұрын

Same

@daniellefler8212

6 жыл бұрын

Same

@midnightreverie_

6 жыл бұрын

EMEX Gaming Yeah me too

@TMXAwoken

6 жыл бұрын

kitramsey5150 Why is that?

Zacky: Syn will always write guitar parts that are way too hard for me to play.. Haha best quote right there lol

@amrfwws4461

5 жыл бұрын

What an assh*le, lol. 😂

@azizi6023

4 жыл бұрын

Ikr

@destianpatrianagara1119

4 жыл бұрын

Rhythm&Lead player relationship in a nutshell

@harrywibowo2201

3 жыл бұрын

Like=666 now

@roosterj2599

3 жыл бұрын

No kidding! Lol! Same here.

Zack is like that rhythm player that actually knows what's going on.

@youreadopted3960

3 жыл бұрын

Esatto

Ernie Ball knows what the fans want, they're on a kill streak

@OlviMasta77

6 жыл бұрын

Sloth Miguel Care package, incoming!

@FalloutEnthusiast

5 жыл бұрын

They just recently gave us a Daron Malakain string theory interview. Nuke inbound.

i really don't get why these guys get so much hate, thy are both great players.

@likeanuuk6612

6 жыл бұрын

same as always, so many rock and metal fans are so critical.

@loknathshankar5423

6 жыл бұрын

guitar battles live because they sort off rip off songs from other bands, but nightmare is cool album

@tyler_bt3326

6 жыл бұрын

Loknath Shankar they literally ripped off one Metallica song. And they toured with Metallica, so obviously Lars doesn't care otherwise he woulda sued them for everything they had xD

@baldbearded9601

6 жыл бұрын

They get hate because most people tend to be jealous and don't own it. And also because most people listening to music never played an instrument enough to create anything at all. Usually, real musicians are capable of acknowledging musical talent even in a genre that is completely different than theirs.

@UndeadKing996

6 жыл бұрын

See I think best is purely opinion based. In my opinion, Syn is the best, because his playing speaks to me the most. So for me, his is the best. Now are there other artists who are more technical, and probably better players? Of course. But they aren't better to me, because his style is my favorite, and the way he writes and plays has such soul and passion to it. So for me, I'd say it's purely opinion based, because you'll never get everyone to agree on who is the best.

It's pretty cool observing what Zacky and Syn both decide to play for individual guitar clips. This guitar duo is literally one of the best I know of. Brian is clearly the better lead player and Zack is clearly the better rhythm player. I don't think either one could create music on guitar like the other could. Brian might be considered more skillful, but that's why he is the lead. I'm sure these guys would agree that if they switched rolls neither one could do a better job than the other. They are literally the perfect match for writing heavy metal.

@pjn2432

6 жыл бұрын

bruno donizete Not really. He just plays the duos which every rhythm guitarist is supposed too

@Kalebsweeten

6 жыл бұрын

Nick Weber agree 100%. Metal is such a broad genre. They seem to span the whole thing album to album. Really glad they’re still crushing it.

@jessibaet5828

5 жыл бұрын

Kaleb Sweeten is that a camel in your dp...huahoho xd

@chriskoo4166

5 жыл бұрын

fucking well said

@michaelmiller7909

5 жыл бұрын

That's the dumbest shit I've ever read... Synyster couldn't play rhythm!? He records 90% of the guitars on every album. Zacky helps write and record miniscule amounts and has to learn everything from syn to play live... Any mediocre guitar player could replace Zack... It must be burdensome to be that stupid.

SYN is to me what Dime is to Syn ,hope that makes sense

@hoevid-1934

6 жыл бұрын

Aadarsh Thomas Raj so syn to dime is what you are to you to syn to dime to syn to you to syn to dime is to you to syn is to dime is to syn is to you to you to you to you to syn?

@hoevid-1934

6 жыл бұрын

Aadarsh Thomas Raj I'm confused

@pjn2432

6 жыл бұрын

Vex Mythoclast Pretty much

@hoevid-1934

6 жыл бұрын

P Jn lmao

@damianmendoza9753

6 жыл бұрын

Dead?

A7X is one of the few bands that is more than just the sum of it's members. I feel sorry for the people who think they're bad. They're missing out on some of the best songwriting there is

@Magmoormaster

6 жыл бұрын

Lol I don't hate A7X by any means but they are miles away from the best songwriting. They're not Opeth.

@FalloutEnthusiast

5 жыл бұрын

@@Magmoormaster Okay Opeth is good but their songwriting isn't THE best.

@MetalxMasters

5 жыл бұрын

@@Magmoormaster Opeth is garbage lmfao

@thereverend6512

5 жыл бұрын

Magmoormaster i like how you take Avenged Sevenfold one of the best bands of this century with best songwriting of all time and you compare them to Opeth

@JackKastor

4 жыл бұрын

That's a beautiful way to put that. I can't image having grown up without this band there every step of the way.

These guys saved metal in the 2000s imho. They brought back guitar solos. They play from the heart.

I hope they used the paradigm strings on paradigm

@svintjvck

3 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAH

12 Minutes of Syn and Zacky in 1440p? Fuck yea I'll take it

@UnbrokenFlame

2 жыл бұрын

I review A7X albums on my channel if you are interested

If Syn n Zack ever get to reading these comments; first of I wanna say the 2 of you, aside from the band as a whole, are more like brothers than anything else. Second, me myself as a growing musician, you guys as well as the band itself are one of the biggest influences out there. You guys are just AWESOME!!!

@JatakR17

3 жыл бұрын

I wish there's a reaction like fb here in youtube....

@kaic9712

3 жыл бұрын

Your comment is liked by Ernie Ball

Syn really knows how to speak

@AntonioLopez-kw3ev

3 жыл бұрын

Well hes white sooo...

@thIDthIRreenactor

3 жыл бұрын

Shut up with the racial stuff with the aww hes white sooo....

@AntonioLopez-kw3ev

3 жыл бұрын

@@thIDthIRreenactor yeah white people speak really well and hes white you little dumbass kid

@konayuki8525

3 жыл бұрын

@@AntonioLopez-kw3ev wow, cool insults

@AntonioLopez-kw3ev

3 жыл бұрын

@@dasyng4648 Keep crying about me saying hes white you weak little girl

6:30 the only time unholy confessions will be played at normal speed again

@youreadopted3960

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think they ever sped up their songs

@SpikeBenway

3 жыл бұрын

@@youreadopted3960 it’s slowed down for life performances

@amsyarhariz1603

3 жыл бұрын

@@SpikeBenway because they don want to be fast like young again

Avenged sevenfold is a legendary band. I love their style!

This is the best A7x interview I have ever seen🤘🏻

@chatty2164

6 жыл бұрын

Adam Delaney I agree with you 100%

Ads are getting smarter...

#1 player in the world IMO, Syn Gates - dude can do it all and is very humble. Syn and Zack make for a great team - Hoping for a killer next A7X album!

@johnnyaustinwhite1219

4 жыл бұрын

I absolutely agree 💯

Can’t count how many times I’ve seen this video over the last two years since it’s been out

Listening to these two is what made me pick up a guitar. I went to my mom and said "I want to learn guitar". Now I have been playing for 7-8 months.

Syn wanted to do what dime was doing? Well he nails dimes solos. Dime would be fucking proud!

@TheCharudatta

6 жыл бұрын

tacokiss3 Being able to play what someone has made : That's easy. But being able to write riffs of Dimebag Level, Syn isn't even a tad close to it.

@Words-of-encouragement.-.

6 жыл бұрын

Charudatta Munde it's easy?? Let's not kid ourselves! You should still have respect for an artist's skill. It takes so many hours to achieve that level.

@300kike

6 жыл бұрын

Marquise West I think he meant simple. Or lazy. It’s easy to look up tabs, and copy someone. It’s a golden ticket if you can make your own riffs that are as good as Dime’s

@hbinitials7

6 жыл бұрын

Charudatta Munde that level?? Have u heard the afterlife solo?? Even classical musicians applauded to that and were shocked. A7x music differs from what pantera used to be. There's no reason to compare em. So to hell with your opinion

@heavenlydenied

6 жыл бұрын

I personally think synyster gates is one of the best, if not the best guitar player. But hey, to each their own

Syn gets handsomer every year.

@soham4741

5 жыл бұрын

Christ Is My King he practically looks the same because its like he never ages.

@thIDthIRreenactor

3 жыл бұрын

@@soham4741 its because he is the vampire

@AbdielSaikia

3 жыл бұрын

He ages backwards

@staystrongjoseph

2 жыл бұрын

He's starting to look like John Mayer

I use to hate on AV7x (and grindcore/nu metal et..) , I was a bit of a traditionalist when it came to "metal". But after giving them a chance I was impressed by the musicianship especially the guitar playing. Their mash of riff/melody was in many ways unique. Its rhythm and lead yet lead lead in many ways, duel voices with different style that somehow compliment each other to form something different. Many times, with dual guitars like that, one overwhelms the other, or theres a competition of sorts. These two guys are like peanut butter and jelly, both great on their own, but when combined....oh boy. For an example of what I mean, just listen to the (underrated and not as well known) "Save me".

@loveandpeace9908

5 жыл бұрын

I shied away from this band for the longest time, but then I shied away from most metal because it became the same monotonous growling. The thing that brought me back was how A7X incorporated old style Euro metal and new style metal along with a singer that was actually talented. I want music that makes me say "Wow, that's different" and draws me in further, not music that puts me on auto pilot.

@LordOfFlies

5 жыл бұрын

A7x is grindcore/nu metal? What? First of all what the fuck is a grindcore/nu metal band? Those genres arent even closely similar. Like bruh stfu.

@RmNaNtCbScRrn

5 жыл бұрын

Save me is by far one of their most amazing things theyve done

@BiceratopsWi

5 жыл бұрын

Victim is my favorite underrated song by them

@saitamaa-hero-for-fun902

5 жыл бұрын

The stage is a masterpiece from metal point of view

i don't think you guys know how long I've been waiting for this...

I saw Syn and Zacky in Amsterdam, and i gotta say, this dude's speed is just so amazing, Syns dynamic and his spot on notes are just amazing

I know that Syn is one of the best players of his time, but I gotta congratulate Zacky. Dude's an amazing and severely underrated guitarist.

Two amazing musicians.

"That sounds cool, now WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH IT?" That is actually my inner self when I am writing guitar parts.

Am I the only one who thinks what syn said in the last minute is some of the most legendary advice ever? Hes the reason I play

i don't care what anyone says, these guys are modern metal gods!!

Syn and Zack are such killer guitarists, Hail to the Kings

I remember discovering this band as a 13 year old while practicing my guitar. The raw vocals, the energy, the melodies, the beauty, it was extraordinary for me at the time. I had found MY kind of music. I even bought a Syn Custom guitar at 15, and I quickly started writing my own stuff. Now I'm 21, and even though the music I'm writing right now isn't like A7X, I can still hear the band in almost everything I write.

I just imagine mini-Gates. "Those are guitar strings." "What do you mean?" "Well, you have to change the strings are your guitar." Too cute.

@notteryaki453

3 жыл бұрын

Knine3000x Sounds like a John Mulaney Ice-T bit

These two guys and Dimebag are the reason I play guitar today. Thx guys, you made me a more interesting and talented person.

Watched the video again, because of Syn's hands. No one could deny their grace and how casually elegant he plays. Even on stage in the fastest, heaviest solos he just.... stands there as though nothing fazes him and as if all that is just as easy as solving a toddler's ten piece puzzle.

I first saw these guys live in Atlanta this year. They were amazing!!!

@nothingface7590

6 жыл бұрын

Zack Wright I was there too July 9th !!

@chrisaustin3510

6 жыл бұрын

i tried to go to this show bc i live 20 min away from ATL but work wouldn’t allow me to get off so i missed it. i was so fucking blowed and now they’re not coming back to ATL on their world tour :(

@shreddykrueger2408

6 жыл бұрын

Me too man!!!

@smalzsmalz6996

6 жыл бұрын

June 16 dallas

@kikyosnail1464

6 жыл бұрын

Zack Wright You saw Volbeat and Metallica also?

Back in 04 I used what little money I had from chores to buy Waking the Fallen purely because the album art looked rad. I was hooked ever since. It still is the best impulse purchase of my life! Eternal Rest blew my mind back then. Eternal Rest blew my 10 year old mind.

@hugon6717

2 жыл бұрын

Damn, I didn't really get into music till I was in middle school, lucky you. That song does indeed rock.

when i was a young 15 year old these two were my guitar gods. zacky because he is left handed like me and syn because i was so drawn to the lead stuff. can't express how much they mean to me as a guitarist years later

I'll wait the days that a new big rockstar is idolized synyster gates

Two of the few popular modern Rock guitarists that emphasize their playing. Always respected them.

Exactly why this will always be my favourite band. We miss you Jimmy!!!

Been my favorite duo from the beginning of my music career over a decade ago when I began to play guitar at 9 years old, still number one today. This is the reason I really believe they'll always be number one

God, it's been 5 years, but I keep coming back to this video to remind me that these two guys, that made an impression on young me a few years back, are still the biggest inspirations for me when it comes to not only guitar, but music, nothing will ever take that first moment I heard of them when Buried Alive's music video was in my recommended.

I've been waiting for so fucking long a String Theory from you guys. I love how you are now side by side with huge artists like Paul Gilbert and Justin Chancellor, just to name a few. You're a big inspiration to a lot of people out there. Please never stop doing music. 🤘🤘

You two actually inspired me 15 years ago. Haven't listened in years but inever forgot that waking the fallen and city of evil spark u gave me in my playing.

Best present guitar duo in metal. fight me

When I first started playing guitar I wanted to be just like Syn, I loved Avenged Sevenfold since I started playing, they got me into heavier metal and inspired my play style. I watched hours of Syn playing live, signed up for his online guitar school, and watched tons of interviews with him, I even started playing Schecter because of him and fell in love with the brand, I've been using earnie ball since the beginning because of him, it's just awesome to have such an amazing influence in your music!

Love hearing the passion in their voices when talking about music. Very inspiring! This is why I love Avenged so much. :)

First time I've heard of a guitar duo was their duo, and oh boy it never gets old. I still remember jamming to their music in middle school while my friends and I did our group homework, and now, we still blast A7X music on our car rides during weekends.

I can definitely relate to these dudes, for me it was surfing, black flag, pennywise, Jeff beck and jethro Tull . Love that fast aggressive sound, I did Mobile detailing saved up bought my first guitar and amp. I wish I knew how to read music though. Cool stories on this channel.

Sweet doesn't even sound like a word now that I've read it so many times.

both guys are truly self-made heros... intelligent, skilled, absolute masters of what they do

this band is so unique ... love their songs

I love these string theory videos. Avenged Sevenfold inspired so many people my age to pick up a guitar. I don't care if you're if you're white/black/purple/male/female/inbetween/or alien I just want more people to play guitar. Anyone who inspires anyone to try....my hat is off to them.

The riff and solo they do at 10:30 onward…awesome! Wish they would have ended the talking part of the interview so we could hear that. Sounds like Syn was going off!! Rock on

Its great to see how much more confident Zacky is as the years have gone by, one hell of a Rhythm Guitarist.

These guys are my heroes, they inspire me to keep playing guitar, they influenced me a lot, their style when writing a heavy fuuking riff or a relaxing riff, harmonic riffs and solos

ZACKY WHERES THE “YOU KNOW”S!?!?

Rumor was that Paradigm off of the stage was actually about the strings.

@Ject-pm8wh

4 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@hoshikiraa9193

3 жыл бұрын

😂👌

Got my license at 16 in 2006 and I was driving on a back road listening to a rock station and beast and the harlot came on. Was hooked immediately and been a fan ever since. I use to play guitar and now I'm getting back into it and these guys are my main inspiration.

Thank you guys for such an honest and insightful interview

Man, such talent, also great recordings, looked fantastic. Gr8 job

ZV has come a long way since the early days. Anyone would have a hard time keeping up with Gates, honestly.

@H.E.M.

4 жыл бұрын

Your acting like their riffs are the hardest ever. Spoiler alert 🚨 They’re not.

@lt-yx1hx

4 жыл бұрын

@@H.E.M. he never said they were?

@michaelgraham9774

4 жыл бұрын

@@H.E.M. Lol. It's not like Metallica riffs are particularly hard either...

@cheeseisjar3058

3 жыл бұрын

Michael Graham blackened is

@christian_clark

3 жыл бұрын

@@H.E.M. post a cover of exist from their recent album.

They respect each other so much thats how they managed to mix their abilities. Syn's solo is very recognizable.. Their riffs as well. Im not a big fan but whenever i hear a song from them it so catchy that the next time you hear that song it easily becomes nostalgia.

I remember hearing the intro to Buried Alive for the first time, I listened to that intro over and over again

The legend couple guitarists 🤘🏻

Syn: "I was like guitar strings? What are those?" Also Syn: "my dad was a studio musician and was always practicing at home"

@mariouz313

3 жыл бұрын

i mean ,it takes like a year of playing for the strings to get damaged so it would make sense if he never saw his father changing his guitar strings

@whiskerandojoe

3 жыл бұрын

@@mariouz313 I think an active player should change strings bi-monthly

@jimmypop7663

3 жыл бұрын

I change string when I can afford to change them so basically when they break

@f1rebreather123

3 жыл бұрын

Disciple Dude or just keep the same strings for two years until one breaks

@whiskerandojoe

3 жыл бұрын

@@f1rebreather123 nothing like the fresh sound and feel of strings straight out of the package though

These guys are the inspiration for my band. Something Missing will follow in their footsteps.

I always cry when I see my favorite guitarist🥺

sweet

Synyster is a modern goat of lead guitar he play clean 🤘🏻

@johnboybarr1332

4 жыл бұрын

I think i just had a stroke reading this

Genius series from you guys. Not even the biggest fan of the band but still awesome to hear the stories and inspiration.

Such amazing guitarist. The dynamic duo! 🤘

6:30 shit he has a great sound

@KeaHM

6 жыл бұрын

Lol no

@NolanKhalfani

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah but it was a little sloppy 😂

@callummurphy3862

6 жыл бұрын

Jekek what is that song

@KeaHM

6 жыл бұрын

Callum Murphy unholy confessions

@devinnotah7071

6 жыл бұрын

I love that choppy noise... Its what makes you play to improve... Then you get into like those studios then your sound clears up... A lot

zacky should use the hellwin on stage

@noahseville1764

6 жыл бұрын

Sloo0ber he’s got his own signature amp I think

@linksayajin2958

6 жыл бұрын

Noah Seville It's the Hellwin

@Deadbolt1209

6 жыл бұрын

That's Syn's signature that he made in conjunction with Schecter. Zack is sponsored by Jet City Amps and according to them, he uses the 100H and the 100HDM.

These guys compliment each other so well on guitar!. 💯🔥

Always love the dueling guitar solos when I see them live

best guitar duo in the entire world, I don't care what anybody else says. the stuff that they come up with and the guitar duels that they play are just so fucking mind-blowing and amazing. there might be guitarists who can "shred" better than them or have a better playing style or whatever but nobody else is synyster gates and nobody else is zacky v. nobody else can come up with something like that in the style of their guitar duels. nobody. and I don't care what anybody says.

Synyster is the best guitarrist of this generation.

@EricJaegerMusic

6 жыл бұрын

hands down

@guitarbattleslive1274

6 жыл бұрын

i would say he's one of the best. players like Jason Richardson, Jeff Loomis, Paul Waggoner, Mark Holcomb etc are just as good or better imo.

@alyusdickey9561

6 жыл бұрын

guitar battles live Jason Richardson is best in my opinion, kids insane!

@retrorewind6042

6 жыл бұрын

Jason richardson beats him by miles. Love syn though

@TheReliableBeacon

6 жыл бұрын

guitar battles live Paul Waggoner is nuts, the Selkies solo is the most beautiful guitar work I've ever heard

This is amazing, These guys are such a inspiration to me and the way I play guitar. Thank you A7X for what you have done

these amazing guitarist are the reason why i started to play guitar!

Gates is so well spoken

bro that solo is amazing that they are playing

The more I watch all of this series and hearing all of their stories of how they started playing guitar or using Ernie Balls. I wonder what its like to be the guy in the guitar store is thinking now. All of those people just doing their job, with no idea they helping to the creation of legends. Looking back on that has got to be amazing for them.

As much progressive metal and new metalcore stuff I listen to, I will always come back to A7X. Two people who contributed to me picking up the guitar.

I love it i started with a squier!!! Beautiful clean sonunding guitar

Awesome video, love these guys!

"dimebag from pantera..slash..what they do is magic.." well said! 👌

Love it, Zacky is like you know when the tech puts new strings on for a show there not gonna break.. True Story, Zacky Smashed his Guitar at Wembley in 2013 and the Strings were still intact haha, which means Slinky's are more resilient that Schecter's Guitars haha

Amazing guitarist, and the intro to the vid was incredible!!!!

Thanks so much for the video!

Zacky:”since im a child i always new that im a lefty,but i cant come out to my family,then when im 16 i finally come out as a lefty”.

@youreadopted3960

4 жыл бұрын

Knew*

One of the best guitar duo in modern metal. They weren't overrated. I wasnt into their early stuffs but they had became really matured in writing and composing music nowadays

You can see the awe. They are all in awe of each other in the band and the love man. Best fucking band ever! ❤️

Sweet

the words that syn said at the end are priceless!!

You guys have inspired me to want to be a musician and in a band and I hope one day I'll be up there with you guys hah. Maybe one day. Thanks for the inspiration. Love you guys.

Was Waiting for this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!