Oh damn I know that one! Haha So honored 🙏 Thank you Pete :)

@angeleocorrodead

3 жыл бұрын

It would be nice if you could do a colab with mike tremonti. :)

@dehasim

3 жыл бұрын

@@angeleocorrodead Mark? From Alter Bridge?

@Caderfixloxa

3 жыл бұрын

which one though? :p

@benjamartinezruvalcaba7282

3 жыл бұрын

Rob, el mismisimo

@ahmaddanial99

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Rob, that song got me through some pretty tough times. Thank you.

Naillllled it

@zerotwo6114

3 жыл бұрын

The king himself

@cringeassdude1009

3 жыл бұрын

Ayyy there he is

@alexdjent5400

2 жыл бұрын

Андрюха такое не пропускает

Jack Black: Just keep playing that one note. Every now and then, bend it. Meshuggah: All joking aside, I think you might be on to something.

@MickeyFoley0105

3 жыл бұрын

Mick Gordon Agrees.

@michaellewis486

3 жыл бұрын

Next song.

@programmer1840

2 жыл бұрын

Meshugga guitarist to the other one "I told you to do the bendy thing every once in a while!"

@PorchBandit

2 жыл бұрын

I think you mean Mick Gordon

@nepntzerZer

2 жыл бұрын

this isn't funny and is punishable by death in sweden.

In the beginning: How tf is Demigure there, it's supposed to be Bleed? At the end: Oh...

@joedamore7653

3 жыл бұрын

Mick Gordon crushes.

@aghastinagharta

3 жыл бұрын

Unpopular opinion: Bleed itself is good, but overall kinda overrated.

@DJENTISNTNOTAGENRE

3 жыл бұрын

@@aghastinagharta I agree. I actually think Demiurge is the better song of the two.

@oceantempleton5136

3 жыл бұрын

@@aghastinagharta i wouldnt say its overrated, its an insane piece of music, but its the gateway meshuggah song and most people cant understand anything else by them so bleed is all they talk about

@AgainstTheeWickedlyMusic

3 жыл бұрын

@@aghastinagharta Agreed. I love Meshuggah, and Bleed is incredible rhythmically, but I honestly think it's one of their more monotonous songs. Songs like Clockworks, Do Not Look Down, Perpetual Black Second, and New Millenium Cyanide Christ are much more interesting to me

any meshuggah riff is automatically god tier

@sjn_

3 жыл бұрын

+1 There still are so many underrated riffs that many people haven't heard of I think.

@spaantz

3 жыл бұрын

*muhshuhgguh

@LeMichaelJordansPoleRiders

Жыл бұрын

boring and repetitive

@yfz450rider39

Жыл бұрын

@@LeMichaelJordansPoleRiders just like your life.

@alexandrdemidov4372

Жыл бұрын

+100

My favourite part of the BFG Division riff, is that it's so SO simple, yet it still hits so SO hard. It's all in the rhythmics and the groove, rather than the melodics. I love it so much.

@TommyNitro

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, I also think they only thing they fear is you is really good.

Man, everyone always talks about "Bleed". I need to spread the word about "Combustion" it's on the same album and is just as relentless. It's odd to consider that before the modern djent thing happened, Meshuggah were just rocking out.

@Cephalotripsy1992

2 жыл бұрын

Dancers to a discordant system is the best

@mana20

2 жыл бұрын

since the 90's

@haddontube

Жыл бұрын

Broken cog is one of my favorites tbh it's not on the same album but it's still super good

@var_guitar

3 ай бұрын

People are sleeping on Obzen’s riff, absolutely thunderous

@spade8094

6 күн бұрын

New millennium cyanide Christ?!?!, Unless that Is from a 7 string

I got an ad for a chiropractor right before 'Bleed', it's like the universe knew I would need one right after that.

Archspire - The Mimic Well Meshuggah - Do Not Look Down Born Of Osiris - Silence the Echo Periphery - Ji, Stranger Things Terminal - The Edge of Time

@talaynt2656

3 жыл бұрын

New groove is a 7 string riff

@akrilleer

3 жыл бұрын

@@talaynt2656 thanks, I don’t know why I wrote it

@tristianseguin3930

3 жыл бұрын

Four lights by periphery is also just heavy as fuck

@talaynt2656

3 жыл бұрын

@@tristianseguin3930 four lights has some great riffs

@floriyoo1036

3 жыл бұрын

Silence the echo is a good one ✌🏻

I see Mick Gordon, I click like

@StealthBeeKid

3 жыл бұрын

Ah I see you're a man of cu- you know what, this is overused... -I see, you too are a gentleman of fine taste

@BlaZe-pl4ym

3 жыл бұрын

@@StealthBeeKid Djentleman.

@jesseservin4012

3 жыл бұрын

RIP AND TEAR!!!!!!!!!!!

@nerdyism2523

3 жыл бұрын

RIP AND TEAR!

@JoeMaximiliano

25 күн бұрын

@@BlaZe-pl4ymEXACTLY

I’d say diamond eyes deftones. That was my 1st awesome song I heard on a 8 string. Bought one just to learn that album

@kenny.m.olsen95

3 жыл бұрын

Also my first song

@accomplishedtheory9502

2 жыл бұрын

how uncomfortable is an 8 string?

@thehunterstruck

Жыл бұрын

@@accomplishedtheory9502 if you get one that doesn’t have a hella thick neck radius I heard it’s not bad at all. I bought a 7 string and automatically thought it was gonna be hard to play but it’s super comfortable and honestly more comfortable than any of my 6 strings. Neck radius is a lifesaver

Deftones have some groovy 8 string riffs, Rosemary being one of my personal favourites Great video as always Pete

@northtimo666

3 жыл бұрын

Genesis is actually played on a 7-string. It does sound like 8-string.

@DJENTISNTNOTAGENRE

3 жыл бұрын

@@northtimo666 Genesis is played on an 8 string if you watch the music video. Steph just never uses the bottom 8th string on that song. You could still technically play it on a 7 string, though!

@BigTyronie

3 жыл бұрын

Deftones are the shit. Steph is steph whether its 6 or 8. Or 9 lol.

@TetraVaalBioSecurity

2 жыл бұрын

@@DJENTISNTNOTAGENRE he actually uses the 8th string in the playthrough!

@DJENTISNTNOTAGENRE

2 жыл бұрын

@@TetraVaalBioSecurity I noticed that, too! He must have decided to switch up how he plays it. Probably likes the way it sounds/feels better. Either that or he played it "incorrectly" for the music video lol.

The fast "breakdown" riff near the end of ObZen! (3:01) absolute banger Edit: timestamp does not refer to the video

Did I miss any, which riffs would you include on this list? :)

@gakiddo8043

3 жыл бұрын

Doomed user Or goon squad by deftones are neat 8string riffs

@roadykin

3 жыл бұрын

NO!

@oleksandrkolomiiets4052

3 жыл бұрын

After The Burial - Your Troubles Will Cease...

@TheAverageGam3r

3 жыл бұрын

Ji-Periphery

@baibhabadhikari

3 жыл бұрын

Periphery - Stranger things, is amazing!!

‘Frozen Lakes on Mars’ by Ihsahn is what inspired me to buy an 8 string.

"Four Lights" by Periphery is what made me buy an 8-string :)

@anthonyhaga7559

3 жыл бұрын

I was going to say that too! Solid song.

@user-tf2im9br3q

3 жыл бұрын

"Stranger Things" and "Ji" also blow our minds off

@marcusimbesi1421

3 жыл бұрын

I was hoping someone would say it

The huge and stomping riff in the middle of "I" from Meshuggah. Probably one of the heaviest riffs of all time. Surprised no one has even mentioned that one.

@alphaclean3364

2 жыл бұрын

Cause no one has listened that far into "I" without their brain melting

"Heaviest 8 string riffs" *laughs while playing them on my 6 string 30" scale baritone"

@michaellewis486

3 жыл бұрын

@Lukas H its about usable range, not how low you can tune.

@noesunyoutuber7680

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaellewis486 A lot of extremely detuned metal makes very poor use of the high strings.

@michaellewis486

3 жыл бұрын

@@noesunyoutuber7680 thats true, the same goes for any other tuning or number or strings paired with _ scale length. What you play on is all preference. Just play 😀🤘🖖

@AndresGarcia-qk3sj

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaellewis486 it's more about what I want to play, I don't feel like retuning every time I want to play a solo

@georgebrett1738

2 жыл бұрын

I prefer the 8 string for convenience, but my god I want a 30" bari

Haken is by far my favorite band that uses 8 strings. I recommend the songs Falling Back to Earth, The Architect, and Messiah Complex for some real progressive metal 8 string deliciousness.

@bohncm

2 жыл бұрын

new to haken but i have to make a controversial comment...i used to be a big dream theatre fan so i assume i, at one time, could have apprectied their previous albums that aside, virus is their stand alone best work. Invasion is amazing. The messiah complex literally captures, masters and redefines djent as it were. Im a periphery junkie so it takes a lot to get my attention but virus did. Big fan but the silly prog metal is something ive kind of moved on from.

There is one 8 string song id say is extremely underrated and that is Frozen lakes of mars by Ihsahn. Use of it to create heavy weightiness to the intro and is what really got me into 8 string properly and personally the best example of utilizing a 8 string in heavy music.

@WynterWoods

3 жыл бұрын

Hell yes. Frozen Lakes on Mars is the song that still makes me want an eight string more than any other. Highly underrated.

@nickdavids8573

2 жыл бұрын

That is so true. Its really unfortunate that so few folks know about that song as a 8 string composition.

@Khaled-bu4kh

2 жыл бұрын

this song is a real masterpiece, Ihsahn is a music mastermind.

The breakdown to Clockworks by Meshuggah had been one of their best in recent years.

Smash hit combo - Baka Polyphia - Look but don't touch These ones are really fun to play in my opinion

@baraldobumpa3447

3 жыл бұрын

Lbdt is such a fun song

@MetalKeith666

2 жыл бұрын

Cringe

yeah Bleed still confuses my hands, that timing is just so nuts.

@rangamsarmah2061

3 жыл бұрын

The rhythms themselves arent the most complicated, it's the way its arranged is probably what makes it sounds so cool and mind bending. But the riff itself, my picking arm almost breaks and falls off before I even hit the 2 minute mark lol.

@notoriusdrifter40

3 жыл бұрын

@@rangamsarmah2061 It's a more of an endurance thing than anything else, I'd say.

@camdon5112

3 жыл бұрын

I love when I'm trying to practice the 3-1 patten in bleed and I lose count in the middle, and I'm like "shit was that 6 or 7 times?, eh whatever, time to do the BEEEEEND!!!!!"

@DJENTISNTNOTAGENRE

3 жыл бұрын

@@camdon5112 This is me trying to play anything that I have to count out in my head while playing 🤣

1:06 DniwuGGah - Demiurge 2:30 Leaders as Animals - Waves of Babes 3:59 Mick Gondon - BFG Inquisition 5:44 Bored Scallon - Anchorage 7:18 DniwuGGha - Bleed

@madjentah

3 жыл бұрын

My faves are: Me Sugar - Rational Dayz Daddies as Animals - CAFFO Mick Gondon - The Only Thing They Fear is KZread Babushka - Yekteniya 4 Me Sugar - Combustion (NG3) and last, but not least Pete CTRL - Regenerate

@TTTTTTLOL

Жыл бұрын

Mick Gondon

@datboi4216

Жыл бұрын

@@TTTTTTLOL BFG inquisition

@a_makarov

11 ай бұрын

@@TTTTTTLOLDick Condom

Moonshine, Regenerate, and In Unison. Anything by Allaegeon. Extraneous from Periphery's "Clear EP." Rob Scallon's "The Dial." Djent Jazz Funk by Mike Le Rossetti

@marcusimbesi1421

3 жыл бұрын

That one fron extraneous is so fucking good

"hello my name is pete and I play music" I really like the introduction, dunno works very well, also great video

I waited this video so much dude that's sick!

I have to say it. I have to. Rareform by After the Burial.

@reedsims5407

3 жыл бұрын

Atb is a must have for any 8 string riff list

@Seansquatch7

3 жыл бұрын

Rareform (Reissue) 🙌 How about, “A Vicious Reforming of Features”

@SixGorillion

3 жыл бұрын

That's the song that made me get my first 8 string.

@Xenbjorn

3 жыл бұрын

That riff is sooo groovy! Always been one of my favorites.

Those are all very memorable riffs, they're stuck in your head right after hearing them! I would say Deftones have some really good 8 string riffs too, You've Seen The Butcher is a good example. Awesome video Pete! :)

Killed it again pete, nice to hear from you 🤘🏼😈🤘🏼

Next: the best 10 string riffs ever written

@mattkodl3884

2 жыл бұрын

Correction: the only 10 string riffs ever written

@connorcampbell144

2 жыл бұрын

@@mattkodl3884 Come on there is a few and at least more than 10 riffs, so maybe make a top 5 10 string riffs

Seeing the love and respect for Rob’s musicianship makes me so happy

The main riff from "The Woven Web" by AAL is my favorite riff. Honestly, anything written by Archspire is a good contender as well.

Awesome playing and video and hanging room from the right side

Never clicked so fast I see 8 string and pete I click 👀👀

@peteplaysmusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! :)

The very second you started playing Bleed I realized that I actually know the lyrics by heart. Song for the ages.

Man that's so good love it thankyou

Great job!

I feel like the 8 string is it’s own instrument and that it’s worth the respect and awe of the beholders of the music that comes from it

Deftones - Diamond Eyes. The main riff is an exercise in simplicity and off time groove

Been a minutes since I watched one of your videos, now that I just got myself an 8 string ofc I had to come back to this one!

Awesome!! 🤘🤘

Polyphia s song look but don't touch is one of the best 8-string guitar songs I've ever heard I love the use of the harmonics

Good video, Pete!! I think Mattias lA Eklundh deserves to be mentioned!!! He writes some really cool 8 string stuff!

Ah ! A few months ago I also made a "top 8 string riffs" video. Now I'm happy to see that we picked the same riffs ! xD I guess our heavy tastes do match. I also picked one of YOUR original riff because it's awesome too. :)

Yeaaaahhh!! Love your 8 Sting riffs

I love this list! I remember seeing Rob's song and thought "That's 8 strings??? Isn't that illegal or something? I thought 8 strings had to melt your face, not get you to be able to sit back and enjoy a great guitar riff like this!" Thanks, Pete!

As a photographer and video editor. I immediately got upset by the camera not being level haha. Just being sarcastically critical, great video mate!

This tone is something else would like to see a tutorial on this one

Great choices man

Animals as Leaders👍👍...Tosin Abasi is def a fave of mine. Great video Pete!!!

Stephen Carpenter from Deftones uses an 8 string in most if not all of the songs from Diamond Eyes. “Rocket Skates” is probably the most complex, but my personal favorite is “You’ve Seen the Butcher”. Only Deftones can make an 8 string sound that sexy.

Unsuprisingly, Meshuggah! With basically the entirety of Lethargica, especially that breakdown.

I would also include You've Seen the Butcher or Doomed User by Deftones. Even if these riffs are not as legendary, Deftones is one of the bands that made me buy an 8 string.

@guitaristssuck8979

3 жыл бұрын

Poltergeist!

@ClikcerProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Stephen is just a riff master, definitely one of the main reasons I got an 8 string, along side Meshuggah

Real talk folks: I fucoing love Bleed, and Meshuggah in general. So much in fact that I strongly believe Catch 33 is being kinda forgotten. Dehumanization/Sum is probably the most brutal piece of music Ive ever heard. Its also my single favorite album closer of all time.

These all would make my list for sure, a few others I'd consider would be You've seen the Butcher - Deftones, Ragnarok - Periphery and Look but Don't touch - Polyphia

My favorite remains bfg division. Theres just something special about that soundtrack. I cant say exactly what makes it for me, but imo, that score will be remembered for a long time.

After The Burial - Neo Seoul or Parise (So many sick ones though) Born of Osiris - Silence The Echo Basically every Meshuggah riff, as you said The Only Thing They Fear Is You - Mick Gordon

Great list! My favorit Meshuggah has to be Pravus, especially the break down at 3:30, but whole song is just brutal!

Hi Pete, great work, what's your signal chain in this video? It sounds amazing....

Meshuggah - Nebulous. If the universe were ever to implode, this would definitely be the soundtrack to that. Some others worth mentioning. Batushka - Yekteniya I Ihsahn - Frozen Lakes on Mars Deftones - Doomed User Monuments - Origin of Escape

Thats very cool, that this video was uploaded a day after i got my first 8 string. Unfortunaly, i noticed it only today)

Well done man. Btw, what do you think of that Agile?

Bleed on drums easily explained: - The gallop is three fast bass or kick hits and one delayed over and over again > call it bcbs, bcb are the fast, s is the delayed > bcbs / bcbs / and so on - The pattern counts as a slow 1234 5678, each number being a hi-hat or similar, the 3 and 7 being a snare. On the gallop sound between each 1 and Snare or 5 and Snare are 10 gallop hits, thats why the pattern appears to be off after the first bar. The first bar (1 2 Snare 4 5 6 Snare 8) repeats after every 3rd bar. The capital letters are the snares >>> bcbs / bcbs / bcbS / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / Bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcBs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbS / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / Bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcBs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbS / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / Bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcBs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbS / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / Bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcbs / bcBs / bcbs / bcbs Counting :Kick-2-Snare-4-Kick-6-Snare-8 Or: 1/ 3/ 5/ 7, 1b means the first b, 2b means the second b 1b/S/2b/1B s/2B/1b/S 2b/1B/s/2B Confused? #metoo Have fun! :D

After the Burial getting the cold shoulder. I learned a bit of Collapse recently and it's such a backwards way of playing but it's so cool. XD

Your song moon shine should be on this list .. I understand why you didn't include it , but don't sell yourself short , thats is a 8 string work of art 😉.. brilliant man just brilliant 👏

Dude amazing! Also- Shae butter for fingers when you have skin asthma is amazing (for me and others)

periphery - Dracul gras meshuggah - in death is death sleep token - take me back to eden erra - scorpion hymn (played on 7 string in 8 string tuning) architects - early grave (played on 6 string in tuning where the 6th string is downtuned to 8 standard tuning) vildhjarta - when no one walks with you (played on 7 string but tuned down a lot, so it's possible to play on 8 string guitar))) bleed from within - fracture (played on 7 string in 8 string tuning) periphery - hell below (played on 8 string and the 8th string is dropped down an octave) - my favorite :)

Fun fact: Mick Gordon actually used a 9 string for the Doom Soundtrack

My personal best 8 string riff would be Vultures by Northlane. It's played on a 7 string tuned to Drop E but it sounds sick in my opinion and it really fits the 8 string writing style.

Great list, I was hoping for some After the Burial or the Acacia Strain myself.

4 insane riffs you need to play on the 8 string are the first 4 riffs of Blood Swamps by Andrew Hulshult.

Wow, you really nailed the tone on the Mick Gordon one!!

That on riff in Backpfeifengesicht by Animals as Leaders

That was pretty awesome.

Pete, I'm amazed you could still put your thumb behind the neck. I'd have my hand floating (no thumb resting) for a neck that big.

DUDE! Anchor is the song that made me WANT an 8 string and was also my first @RobScallon track!

Fear Factory - Soul Hacker. That song has the most chubby and most gorgeous 8 string riff I have heard. The one that goes in the background during solo and before solo.

What strings and gauges are you using on the agile?

Well my favorite 8-string riff that you and Rob wrote was the djenty metal town track. Definitely underrated.

These riffs are so fire they dried his skin right out! Somebody get this guy done moisturizer!

Awesome sound and playing as always Pete, keep it up Man. I'm looking into buying a good 8 string. I'm stepping out of my comfort zone and trying out new things to try and find inspiration again. My guitars have been collecting dust lately because I just can't seem to get motivated to play and my creativity has gone and f**ked off somewhere lol.

@abovethedownside2521

3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes a different tuning does the trick. Have you tried it?

@travisbarnes4647

3 жыл бұрын

@@abovethedownside2521 yeah, tried a lot of different ways to get back into playing again. Been playing for 36years. It's gotten to the point where when I go pick up a guitar anymore, after about 20 minutes it feels like work and I get uninterested in it for a few weeks.

@abovethedownside2521

3 жыл бұрын

@@travisbarnes4647 oh, i didn't knew that... that sucks -.- im playing for 10 years now (i'm 24) so i guess i can't give you some usefull advice.

@travisbarnes4647

3 жыл бұрын

@@abovethedownside2521 I'll always take advice man, especially from younger players. Pete is I'm sure at least 20 years younger and I would definitely take some lessons from him. Along with Stevie T, Andy James, Rob Scallon, and Jared Dines. All younger than me and way way more talented. They've figured out tricks I probably never even heard of lol.

You should do a full cover of bleed! Damn that was tight!

I know nothing about this but I enjoyed it a lot. I can listen to just rifts all day.

What gauge strings are you use? And what tuning?

I like also riffs from Babymetal - Starlight and BxMxC

@ripit.3457

3 жыл бұрын

those are on 9 strings :)

@impactQuake

3 жыл бұрын

@@ripit.3457 Still playable on 8 :P (I tired) and most of the tabs are for 8 strings as well

@impactQuake

3 жыл бұрын

@@ripit.3457 And the play it on 8 strings? live

@ripit.3457

3 жыл бұрын

@@impactQuake yup! well, they do for starlight, not quite sure about BMC

Great list! Yes every riff on Wave of Babies. Also check out Bad Code by Chimp Spanner.

Killed it

Waiting for 9 strings next!

Haken-in memoriam Polyphia-look don’t touch Deftones-diamond eyes

Kinetic belongs for sure. Deftones “Ceremony” has great 8 string, Stephen Carpenter isn’t crazy technical, but his play just sounds good in the ears.

hey man how are the neck profiles in those Agile Intrepid models? I play Ibanez guitars mainly but have owned a couple Esp Eclipses (the ESP Eclipse and the 1000 models) and a 2003 Horizon 7 string (307H i think?). But typically stick with Ibanez. looking for a cheap 8 or midnranged FF7 model (wanting to do some modding but rational mods. No crazy ass sand blasting the body and neck 😅just some electronics and hardware mods. so agile and legator guitars have been in my sights. but I dont like baseball bat neck's, especially not for 7/8 string to be like a middle ground fast but riffage machine

that top string looks like a stand up bass floppin around :))

"isn't a definitive list" "The BEST 8 String Riffs Ever Written."

That intro to blood soaked symphony😩😩

Nice! I have that same Agile, but with the maple board and the single bridge pickup, it's really fun and great guitar for the $300 I paid for it!

What guitar is that I really want one

You have got to check out black crown initate, they have some of the best 8 string riff i have ever heard. Super awesome stuff

My favorite is Haken's The Architect ( the first chorus riff ) the one that made me want an extended range guitar!

Loooove it when Pete brings out the 8 string