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@dragongaymer5734

6 ай бұрын

FUCK YEAHH CARCOSAAA

@PiercesTrains716

5 ай бұрын

you guys make some amazing music

@adamkahn8645

5 ай бұрын

theres shame but its tuned so low that we cant hear it

@itisinickt

2 ай бұрын

it shouldnt be shameless. thats pathetic. def never checking you out

Yes please do more documentary/informational videos!

@chidbro23

6 ай бұрын

Agreed

@Phalufa

6 ай бұрын

+

@toastyboie

6 ай бұрын

Double agreed

@apoplexiamusic

6 ай бұрын

YES

@BrutalG0re

5 ай бұрын

Ñ​@@chidbro23

Wes Borland is low-key so ridiculously influential to modern core music. His side band Black Light Burns was awesome before they went deep into ambient music.

@mycle3152

5 ай бұрын

hehe, 'low-key'

@ross7warren

5 ай бұрын

I am today's year old learning that black light was Wes. I'm 37 years old finding this out though. I'm gonna have to cue that up now. This is a whole new perspective to listen from. Lol

@shinokugt

5 ай бұрын

@@ross7warren He even does the vocals, which are surprisingly good. Their first album was also made with help from and produced by people involved with NIN too, which makes a lot of sense with how it sounds.

@ross7warren

5 ай бұрын

@@shinokugt 100% relistening. Lol

@Chopp333r

5 ай бұрын

I really liked the black light burns first album and never heard anything else they did. Definitely and interesting album!

Human hearing generally spans the range from 20hz to 20khz. E0 (which is one octave below a four string bass/two octaves below a six string guitar) has a fundamental frequency of 20.6hz making it the lowest note most people can hear the fundamental frequency. Anything lower and you’d only be able to hear the first overtone and above which has an interesting effect on the human ear. Our brains understand the order and relationships of the harmonic series. So when we hear super low notes where the fundamental is below our hearing threshold our brain sort of imagines the fundamental because it recognizes that there’s something off about what it’s hearing. It’s very strange but also very cool.

@robertleahu

6 ай бұрын

That is why distortion works so well with low tunning. Distortion compresses the signal, so even the low frequencies can be sort of "heard".

@SYNDRONE

6 ай бұрын

​​@@robertleahuAs stated before, it basically just adds/amplifies harmonics of the fundamental frequency which tricks your brain into "reconstructing" the fundamental note even if it isn't audible or there at all. That being said, the lower the tuning the worse it takes distortion because distortion doesn't work particularly well with sub heavy audio material..

@KiraPlaysGuitar

5 ай бұрын

In modern hip hop production, you often throw distortion (and EQ, etc) on your sub basses as well, so they are actually audible on phone speakers, for example.

@deadSalesman_GD

5 ай бұрын

@@KiraPlaysGuitar this is actually true for a lot of genres. In old metalcore tracks with 808 drops you’d distort the 808s for the same reason. And if you consider how modern bass guitar is processed you compress the low end and distort the mid/top.

@KiraPlaysGuitar

5 ай бұрын

@@deadSalesman_GD Yeah absolutely, I was going to drop "hip hop" from that but yep. 808 goes BRRR

"So this is definitely when this list is going to start getting a little bit more obscure" "Deftones" 😆

@cmacdhon

4 ай бұрын

Portal and Sun o))) instantly come to mind.

Meshuggah actually had their custom Nevborns being built but weren’t ready in time for the recording of nothing so they just tuned down their 7s and made it work! Great video and love the exploring new content 🤘🏻

@meshugganator08

6 ай бұрын

Sleipner xl I think?

@BigfootLIFE

6 ай бұрын

@@meshugganator08 based off of that shape yea! Didn’t take long for Ibanez to step in and take care of their needs as they were already Ibanez sponsored

@diabeticmonkey

5 ай бұрын

@@meshugganator08I thought you were talking about something entirely different

@mitchellfuller2456

5 ай бұрын

isnt that the reason for the re-release? I heard someone say they re-recorded the album with the 8 strings and sold both versions of the album

Thank you all for watching! I’ve never done a video in this style before so I’m very curious to see how it does. If you like low tuned bs listen to my band Carcosa 🤘

@lettsplay8124

6 ай бұрын

It's pretty sweet, my guy! Love your content brotha

@BaenaCarcosa

6 ай бұрын

@@Insignia27 10:28 I talk about it

@Insignia27

6 ай бұрын

Idk deftones were some of the earliest 8 string users, and even did drop E withkoi in 2012, i am glad they made it for spell of mathematics though.

@FuzzImp

6 ай бұрын

What’s the heaviest band: Carcosa

@Insignia27

6 ай бұрын

my bad@@BaenaCarcosa

Sleep Token's "Take Me Back To Eden" was tuned to Double Drop G# as well. Most of their songs are in Double Drop D#.

I recently went on a Limp Bizkit because I never heard the last two albums. I truly believe Otto,Wes and Rivers did a great job making these groovy sections.

@doylerudolph7965

5 ай бұрын

John Otto might just be the most underrated drummer in music tbh. I think it’s either him or Chad Szeliga. He just does so much unique stuff to make the Bizkit sound like the Bizkit.

Andromida is a solo artist, who also uses extreme low tunings and makes them sound very melodic. I love that guy!

@samuraiyue

5 ай бұрын

listening to them right now

7:52 Andrew Hulshult's great! Prior to Doom Eternal, he made the soundtrack to an awesome indie FPS called Dusk which has some real bangers on it as well. The track Erebus Reaction sticks out to me as particularly badass.

@BaenaCarcosa

6 ай бұрын

Dusk OST definitely also slaps

@TheGreatBaronOBeefDip

5 ай бұрын

Hulshult is an astounding composer, Civvie 11 shined a spotlight on him for a lot of people.

@Insignia27

5 ай бұрын

another cool one is moodring, which is basically drop A#2 with a pitch shifter shifting it down to A#1. I think they use this on black wave@@BaenaCarcosa

@Insignia27

3 ай бұрын

Great to see admiral angry getting some reccognition. They are the lowest tuned band i know of, the went down to drop G#, which is crazy low, especially for the time. Even nowadays that is crazy. @@BaenaCarcosa​

The Admiral Angry mention really made this feel like you did your digging for this one! Very obscure but well loved band in that space. Josh Travis is the man as well. Great video dude

@collinqs2541

4 ай бұрын

No doubt. Buster is top tier.

@Insignia27

Күн бұрын

@@collinqs2541 for sure. also doub;e drop g# i am almost positive, I learned some of their song on guitar by ear and forums say that, so...

Drop D# is also used by ERRA and Invent Animate

@sirgallabad

6 ай бұрын

And Sleep Token! The also use double drop B.

@dungfu9833

5 ай бұрын

Josh Travis used double drop A on a 9 string on the perfect war forever EP

@Evil_Dr.SlapNuts

2 ай бұрын

ERRA mentioned

@AdrianGarcia09249

Ай бұрын

When did ERRA use Drop D#? I know they went from drop A# to drop F# but not sure about D# unless it was just a type

@Evil_Dr.SlapNuts

Ай бұрын

@@AdrianGarcia09249 a good handful of their new songs are in drop D#

Also, Meshuggah used E0 on an 8 string guitar (but impressively without a pitch shifter) with Mind's Mirrors (it's so low that you could hear the guitar string vibrations).

@janusbondi

6 ай бұрын

I was just going to mention this song, the sound of it is sick, to me it sounds like a dragons breath. And the first note you hear in that song is the guitar being tuned down to that monstrosity of a tuning.

@tfwnoyandere

6 ай бұрын

has anyone actually checked this or just parroting something someone says

@kerbalscuffedprogram4705

6 ай бұрын

@@tfwnoyandere You can literally hear the E0 (20.6Hz) note in the afternote of the 8th string. Plus, I can tell that it is E0 by ear. Fredrik's wikipedia page also confirms that he used E0 on the lowest string on that song.

@cyntdestroyer69xd

29 күн бұрын

I mean, I can't really say that it's a "tuning" in that case - rather an ambiance, played on guitar

Funny to see Admiral Angry mentioned, I've listened to them since that first album released, never knew about their weird tuning, I just thought it sounded gnarly - especially with those absolutely psychotic vocals.

@user-zv6tz3uk5j

5 ай бұрын

The sole member of that band died after releasing Buster.

@Insignia27

Күн бұрын

@@user-zv6tz3uk5j well no there were more members that member really was the band though. His name was daniel kraus, he was the lead vocalist and he wrote all of the songs for the band, and the rest of the band called him "The Admiral" for this very reason. He kinda carried. He unfortunately passed away at age 22 of cystic fibrosis

Slipknot is another band that used F# tuning during the mid to late 90s, in Scissors and early versions of Interloper when Anders was still the vocalist I believe.

@samuraiyue

5 ай бұрын

No way :0

@cedestius1085

5 ай бұрын

i think they did drop F#

@MT_800

5 ай бұрын

@@cedestius1085 Sort of, the guitars were tuned basically to C# Standard, but the lowest string was tuned down an octave lower than the 5th string (F#, F#, B, E, G#, C#).

@samuraiyue

5 ай бұрын

In which song they featured that tuning????@@MT_800

@MT_800

5 ай бұрын

@@samuraiyue Scissors and earlier versions of Interloper (Demo).

I don't care what anyone says these kinds of tunings just tickle something deep in my soul. Absolutely crushing the fabric of reality putting me back in touch with the vibrations of the void.

@plbbltt

5 ай бұрын

Not liking because of the 69, but yes I 100% agree

@SeeJayPlayGames

5 ай бұрын

scientifically there are no vibrations in a void or it would not be a void, technically... that being said... I get it.

@epasternak4206

4 ай бұрын

Nobody knows, have you personally experienced said void? I have, Black Sabbath taught me how.

@epasternak4206

4 ай бұрын

Buy a harp, tune it real lowwwwww and plug it into your distortion pedal, or a six string bass, yeah there ya go.

Røt uses 7 strings an octave lower from Drop A as well. Within the Ruins uses Drop F/Low C. Also, for shifting HLB goes down an octave from D# in parts of Earthless, I cant remember the song but I think they went an octave lower than C as well in Ashen. Lol Ridiculously amazing.

@leechick

6 ай бұрын

Finally some RØT recognition, I think the new stuff is in g#

@visualdistortion5267

6 ай бұрын

Røt deserves more love and attention. Such an a underrated band. Love, them!

@jonnylawless6797

6 ай бұрын

​@alexandria6063 the Digitech Drop is your friend here. I got mine used on Reverb for like $180 USD. I can't go lower than G# on mine, it's only 26.5" scale length. It was honestly the sole reason I bought the Drop lol

@erikengvall

5 ай бұрын

@@visualdistortion5267 I thought most deathcore-dudes knew of Røt, but then I realized The Lowest Point of Hell has 27k streams on Spotify.

Wes Borland's 4 string was tuned to F# F# B E. He also used it on another song on the Significant Other album but I can't remember which one

@tylerheberling9895

6 ай бұрын

He uses that for Nookie and Full Nelson, I believe.

@denisdamico1061

5 ай бұрын

And on Three Dollar Bill Ya'll on a song named stalemate

Coma cluster void also used 10 strings... old memories 🥲

@BaenaCarcosa

6 ай бұрын

I originally had them mentioned in my video but it seems like they deleted all their guitar play throughs for some reason so I couldn’t provide source material so I ended up deleting that part

Torche and Floor use "drop Z" sometime referred to as "bomb tuning". Check out the track Scimitar

@MrSherlockDomes

5 ай бұрын

Charge of The Brown Recluse has some nutty bomb drops as well

@ericlester3782

5 ай бұрын

Two bands that rarely get brought up when talking about drop tuning. These comments made my day🔥

@cikada7167

5 ай бұрын

sorry but those bands have riffs so he cant mention those bands in this video

I think this is amazing video!!Darko US blew my mind when I heard UNMASKED since it is in Double Drop A# and it features Matt McDougal of Boundaries.I love Boundaries too.

This was great style of video to do! Loved it. Would love to see the history of low growls in metal and its sub genres.

This was a fun new style of video from you, my guy. I'd definitely like to see more.

Love this format of video and all the shout outs to Justin Lowe. That Ibanez video is still legendary to this day. Thanks for the content!

Absolutely love Black Tongue. Still one of the only bands in Deathcore that I know bring in Sludge and Doom Metal influences. The only other deathcore band that brings in sludge vibes I can think of would obviously be the Acacia strain who are very clearly influenced by Crowbar, hell, Kirk Windstein was even on one of their albums. Does anyone know of any other deathcore bands influenced by doom/sludge metal? Cuz that’s a kind of deathcore I REALLY need more of.

@__zzz___

6 ай бұрын

humanity's last breath is sick

@themightymcb7310

6 ай бұрын

You might like Primitive Man

@Shycartel

6 ай бұрын

Black Sheep Wall on the first 3 albums

@SSPGwemlin

6 ай бұрын

@@__zzz___ Wait really? I know that band, and I know they often get called Thall, but I never knew they had doom or sludge metal influences.

@SSPGwemlin

6 ай бұрын

@@themightymcb7310 Oh yeah those guys are sick.

Pretty great topic Andrew. This is a good direction to head with the channel. Not fully, but sprinkle in more videos like this. Informational/educational segments on what you love and know. Deep dives into deathcore bands and whatnot. As someone who usually stays out of the UBER BROOTAL genres except for a few bands, it would be great to learn something about areas of music I'm not familiar with.

Its really cool to hear this sort of content from a musician who plays the sort of music these tunings are used for. I'd love to see more of this!

Torche has a song called Charge of the Brown Recluse, where they tune to drop A, but not guitar drop A, BASS drop A. Saw them open up for Meshuggah, and it was a ground shaking note.

Within The Ruins started using a drop C 7 Strings for their "Phenomena" album and onward. "Almost Human" the second album made with that tuning is a Masterpiece

@Chopp333r

5 ай бұрын

Almost Human is one of my top 5 albums it’s just so damn good

@jakeexo

5 ай бұрын

im so glad someone said within the ruins, that was one of the first incredibly low tuned bands i ever heard barring after the burial

@sprinkleddonuts6094

5 ай бұрын

Pantera used Drop D, Drop C 6 string… some Drop F and C sharp on Vulgar - RTS then EVERYONE did.

@giantenemybird2687

5 ай бұрын

@@sprinkleddonuts6094 When someone says Drop C/D as being low these days, they mean an entire octave below the tuning you're referencing.

@sprinkleddonuts6094

5 ай бұрын

@@giantenemybird2687 when someone says using whatever drop tuning, pantera did it first.

Absolutely loved this video Andrew. Would love to see more content like this.

Andrew!! You gotta check out Torche! Craziest guitar setups and lowest tunings I’ve ever heard. Genuinely insane stuff used in a really unique way. Songs to check out are Tarpit Carnivore, Infierno, Barrier Hammer. Also watcher their guitar rig videos!

@Untoldnonsense

6 ай бұрын

Bump for Torche/Floor! Im convinced that none other than Meshuggah themselves invited Torche on tour (unfortunately their last tour) because they recognized that they would never tune lower than Torche’s “bomb string”

I fucking love admiral angry. So glad to see them in here. I’ve always wondered their tuning!

This video is fantastic! Really informative and the best bit? You've just given me a load more bands to listen to. Thanks Andrew, keep up the great work!

Such a cool video dude, many thanks for this

This was so much fun to watch. Thanks a lot, Andrew! ✊🏼

Great video, man! Surprised you didn't mention Deftones more. Stef started 7 stings around 2003 I want to say. They've used different tunings almost every album. Self titled and SNW used G# standard and drop F#. Then they went standard F# and drop E with 8 strings for pretty much everything else. I believe "The Spell of Mathematics", from Ohms, is the only time Stef plays the 9th string on the 9 string. He has it in the "Ohms" music video, but only plays the 6th string and higher.

Lots of knowledge being dropped here, good shit bro! This is my fav video of yours I really enjoyed the format.

Loved the video, would love to see more like this!

Def cool concept. Maybe some other variations focused on “origins” of the 7-String, 8-String etc etc ✅✅🤘💪

Felt like as the video progressed we were going to get so low it'd go beyond what humans can hear haha.

@Bigboyisaaq

3 ай бұрын

Did not expect to see you here Kevin 🗿

I don’t usually watch your videos anymore but this made me wanna tune in the whole time

Sir, I was a fan of Carcosa and now I am a fan of your channel, the world needed that content. 😎

You should check out Admiral Angry - Buster. I definitely think you'd be into it.

@brokenrobotics

6 ай бұрын

Ha, I spoke too soon. Glad to hear them mentioned here!

Sleep Token E1 and D#1 as you mentionned but also: C1 Ascensionism B0 Vore, Granite and High Water A0 Rain and The Apparition G#0 Take me back to Eden (only after the first chorus)

@samuraiyue

5 ай бұрын

Me expecting to receive my 8 string guitar next month believing that most of their songs could be played on a Drop E tuning xDDDD

@jayxofofficial

5 ай бұрын

​@@samuraiyue dependin on the scale lenght and gauge you used you can try to tune down, i think a 27 inch scale could easily tune down to C1

@samuraiyue

5 ай бұрын

I think is 26, I think I have to use a whammy bar or something haha @@jayxofofficial

This was great! Please do more!

Im really impressed by your knowlege of even older bands. These sounds of all bands you mentioned really caught me off guard the first time I heard low tunings. Good kick ass earth stomping nuke offs! And to your commentators on your channel for more good bands on my mix!

The ‘Nothing’ re release by meshuggah is such a dope album when they swapped to 8 strings. Perpetual black second hits hard as hell.

@djentmaster33

6 ай бұрын

They actually had their eight strings when the original nothing came out but they weren't holding tune very well.

For SUPER low tunings, there was this band called ABSU. I don’t think they did much outside of a few demos but I remember reading that they used 9 strings tuned down to double drop F and the like. I remember seeing that the producer couldn’t figure out what frequencies were the bass and what was from a thunderstorm happening in the distance.

@jayxofofficial

5 ай бұрын

Anzu you mean?

that was a pleasure to get a better view for this tunning chaos :D i love it thx for this ✌

I discovered so many new stuff with your video. Thanks!

a lot of "heavener" by invent animate is tuned in drop D# on a 7 string which i find a bit odd but it still sounds great, makes me wanna get super thick strings lol

@IDONTEXIST_6

6 ай бұрын

Im in D# on my 7 string with 0.74 gauge. You don't need bridge cables, just a longer scale length!

@charlieyouth

6 ай бұрын

ahh ok that makes a lot of sense what scale length are you rocking rn? i just have the sterling jp70 and i rly wanna have it sound good when i tune down@@IDONTEXIST_6

The legend himself Dimebag Darrell went down to G on a couple of songs on the Great Southern Trendkill. I know it’s not that low compared to today’s standards but very impressive for 1996!!!

@claytonmitchell5685

6 ай бұрын

I know about this! I believe it was just for the final two songs on the album, Underground in America and Sandblasted Skin. I used to play guitar a lot more than I do now, and I remember looking up how to play Sandblasted Skin (one of my favorite Pantera songs) and saw that the tuning was something like GGCFAD, basically D standard but the low D string was dropped to G. Pretty weird, and definitely super low for the time. Another fun fact is that in the song Underground in America, Phil does what I think is the earliest “blegh” scream that I think I ever heard in metal (pretty late in the song, before it starts to transition to Sandblasted Skin). Pretty ahead of its time, that album. I love it

@farrrkinfoodreview7519

6 ай бұрын

It’s a genuine classic album and Dime is truly missed!

Dude i just found Carcosa through a spotify radio recently and you guys kick so much ass!

Super informational video. Thank you

Actually a fun fact about The Abysmal Eye. While the song can be played and most probably recorded on a 8 string guitar in F Standard, it can be played on a 7 string guitar in Ab tuning. In fact, it is how they play it live recently.

Starlight is an incredible song and deserves more love

cool video!! looking forward to more of those

yes really enjoyed this style of video! please make more

Big ups for the Admiral Angry shoutout. They were tuning mad low before a lot of bands.

@NoNamedNobody692

3 ай бұрын

Double Drop Ab?!?!? In 2011?!?!? That’s fucking insane. Josh Travis was just coming out with Glass Cloud stuff around that time too using Double Drop A on a 9 string. Like literally the ONLY other artist I can think of that goes that low would be the band Anzu where they play in Double Drop Ab and it sounds NASTY good.

Patreon early access crew! 🤘😄 This was a cool video Andrew, you should definitely do more of them! Another note, my personal introduction to low 8-string tunings was a couple of Korn songs from their album "The Path of Totality." They used 8-string E Standard there. They haven't used 8-strings too often, but songs include: "Haze" "Illuminati" "Way Too Far" There may be others I'm forgetting at the moment.

@BaenaCarcosa

6 ай бұрын

Oh that’s sick, I didn’t know KORN ever messed with 8 strings actually

@jasonknoll5170

6 ай бұрын

Wait really?? I know Korn helped the 7 string get some popularity but damn that’s sick

Informational! I love this type of video!

This was a great watch man, keep 'em coming please!

Darko US played their song called Praise The Sun in low G# tuning

@jayxofofficial

5 ай бұрын

Yessir, correct me if im wrong, but i think praise the sun is the lowest that darko us tuned down to

Hey Andrew!!!!! I have some more information about Admiral Angry, on that song you played, The Illusion Of Strength, they actually tuned down a half step in studio so the ending note is actually a G#0, just as low as the last band, on their albums Albania and Grindcore Terrorists, they had 7 strings in drop D1, but here is where things get interesting, their bass was an octave below the guitars, at a massively low D0, roughly 18 hz, they used a custom 180 gauge, also Meshuggah, on the song Mind's Mirrors, tuned their lowest string down to an E0, great list regardless and I'm glad Admiral Angry gor some recognition :), PS: their bassist saw this and posted it on his Instagram story, the only KZread he needs to win youtuber bingo is Jared Dines!!!!!

I want to point out that bad omens uses drop E on the song “Artificial Suicide” and sleep token uses double drop B for “Granite”

Thabk you for a great video, dude! Refreshed a lot of old bangers in my head. C# is Loathe comfort territory, too. ILIIAITE. Such a banger. D# must be Emmure (Russian Hotel Aftermath, you name it) Honorable mentions - 2020'isch metalcore breakdowns with pitchshifted octave low, like Crown The Empire - Dancing with the Dead, Memphis May Fire - Blood & Water.

i searched for something like this, didn't even know your channel before. really well put together! also, DOOOOOOOM 🤘

What about the whole Obsidian album from Northlane for D#? The tuning they use was D#-G#-D#-G#-C#-F-A#. They're basically the entire reason I'm interested in tuning that low, other than Meshuggah. Also, could have thrown Northlane in for the F section, since I think most of their album Alien was in the tuning F-A#-F-A#-D#-G-C.

@SeventhCircle77

6 ай бұрын

Obsidian is a mix between D and E, alien was a mix between D# and F with one of them being in D. Sleepless was in drop C but drops an octave in the song as well

Love Fractalize! Also was just listening to Glasscloud the other day. Wish they never broke up

Absolutely loved this video! More content like this would be sick!

Way back in like 1994, Ministry recorded the song "Lava" on the album "Filth Pig" which featured what many people thought was a fuzzed out bass a half step down. It turns out that was a gu8tar tuned down to D# an octave below mormal.

Sleep token's Granite, with 50 million listens on Spotify, is played on a low B btw (even though 80% of the song is trap and you hear the low B only at the end)

@RedLightningCreation

6 ай бұрын

Vore is in that tuning as well, i believe

For Eflat/Dsharp: I'm disappointed you didn't mention Carbonized by Northlane 😢

I hope this blows up, this is prime content

Loved this video!

Heck yeah, man! BABYMETAL's Starlight is my number one song! 🤘🔥

@aKhemu

6 ай бұрын

Love starlight as well. But I saw bxmxc live and that performance hit different xD

@recksmusic1487

6 ай бұрын

@@aKhemu i know right? BxMxC is just so out of this world.

@aKhemu

6 ай бұрын

@@recksmusic1487 there's nothing that unites more than a well played nine string riff xD

Once you reach drop A#0 on a 6 string then you’re considered a Tuning Legend

wo wo wo wooooooo Andrew love this format!!

Awesome stuff,brother!!! I LOVED watching this, as it has been a huge question for me and a quest that I've been trying to fulfill since I started listening to After The Burial when Wolves Within came out... (also Within The ruins is the reason my 7 string is full time tuned to drop G#😂). Give us more!!!

Fun Fact. The Abysmal Eye is played on 7 strings in drop G#!!! If you watch them play it during their bloodstock performance you can see Fredrik and Mårten playing Ibanez 7 strings and if you listen closely the whole song it never goes below that G#

@rustyshackleford9452

6 ай бұрын

The tone on that performance was so good

I find it ironic how people say Babymetal arent real metal yet they tune lower than most heavy bands out there lol.

@collinqs2541

4 ай бұрын

What does tuning have to do with whether it’s metal or heavy? I could tune to drop A and write a pop song in that tuning. Some of the nastiest metal ever set to record is in E standard or Eflat.

@Hyperlink1337

4 ай бұрын

maybe you should take the hint and realize most "deathcore" is music for girls

@alex360c

Ай бұрын

@@collinqs2541yeah right

I was so hype to watch this video and you absolutely killed it fam \m/

Love to see Admiral Angry getting some love. They converted Cort Curbow 5 string basses into guitars and put EMG 707s in them, they also go down to octave G# on one song

I think Deftones used a standard 8 strong guitar tuning for Diamond Eyes.

@NoNamedNobody692

3 ай бұрын

Yep. Gb Standard. Since Ohms though Steph has upgraded to a 9 string!

Bongripper is in F standard on 6 string baritones as well. Miserable is such a crushing record.

@domenichughes7792

2 ай бұрын

The new one's fuckin heat too. As far as doom goes, Conan's in the F club too

Great video Andrew! Some really interesting info.

Carcosa slaps so fn hard! Didn't know you had a channel! Great video! ^^

Some more stuff: Beyond Creation tune to 8-string E standard. Archspire tune to EAEADGBE. Meshuggah have a couple of songs in E standard on Nothing. Nebulous is in Eb/D# STANDARD, not drop, it was confirmed by the band. Armies, Phantoms and God He Sees are in Drop Eb/D#. Daath tunes to EAEADGBE (not DGCGCFAD as I expected)

@infinidominion

6 ай бұрын

I have a six string with the GDGCFa and think of it as 7string tuned one step down with the dropped G and just call it drop G

It's interesting to find out what the tunings of some of these songs are. For my album Follow by August Silhouette, I tuned to DGDGCFAD. I was mostly playing the 8 string like a 7 string in dropped G and throwing in the lower notes when I needed them. For the next 8 string project I'm working on though, I'm in DADGCFAD, and now I'm playing it like a drop tuned 8 string. It's a brutal tuning, and it's easy to accompany with a 4 string bass. Just drop 1 or 2 of the strings, duplicate the track, and drop one by an octave. The higher octave gets the high passed distorted treatment, and the lower octave gets the low passed sub treatment. The lowest I've gone in a recording is like dropped C, and it was for a metal cover of an electronic song. It's a bit too low for my 8 string to handle. XD Cool deep dive on tunings!

Love the video. With any discussion of "who is the first," or "who is the lowest," there are bound to be a lot of overlooked bands who were either too early for younger people to care or too obscure or *anyone* to care. Example of the first: the Rumblers were a 60's surf band who tuned to E an octave below standard. They were well known in their day from the hit song "Rumble" (which maybe was better known from covers that were not tuned down, but that could be a whole topic). An example of the latter is my own shameless self plug of the intro track from my 2015 album, where I covered Cesar Frank's prelude in Fm in drop F (down almost 2 full octaves from standard), but I'm just me, an independent no-budget guy playing local bars, not some hot shot influencer or national recording act, so my work, especially that one track, never got noted. I'm 100% certain people tuned lower than me before that. I never dared go lower because a) it is hard to make it sound good and b) why bother- it's not a contest.

I'm a drummer who knows very little about guitar. This video taught me a lot. Keep doing these

Lowest pitch shift I've heard is Humanity's Last Breath is going down to triple drop B. Buster is a production wizard and it sounds amazing.

Slipknot also did a weird tuning around the same time as Bizkit. F# F# B E C# B#.

@BaenaCarcosa

6 ай бұрын

True! Forgot they did that for a song

@pearsights

6 ай бұрын

@@BaenaCarcosaGreat video by the way! It was fun and informational

This video was awesome. I appreciate that you went with bends that actually tune to a particular note and play at pitch. Could you do a Lowest Tuned Bass In The World? I want to know which bands go an octave below the bands you mentioned here in this video.

Torche and Floor go to drop Z (Tune so low, there's no note)! Highly recommend 'Floor - Ein' or 'Torche - Tarpit Carnivore' : )

The answer is Darko. Darko is too low. Absolutely disgusting how heavy they sound.

@michawee

6 ай бұрын

They aren’t too low. They are perfect that way

Amazing video!

This was great. Gimme more. Please. 😊

Awesome content! Thank you, bro!