9 Levels of System of a Down Riffs - Easy to Hard

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9 Levels of System of a Down riffs - easy to hard!
Time for some more levels of and this time it's some iconic riffs from Daron Malakian of SoaD.
What are your favourites and what do you find the hardest?
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@ashutoshJMJK 2 года назад

Daron is my reminder that you don’t have to be complicated to sound good

@renzoarriaran4313 2 года назад

Totally

@josebriancruzmeza3279 2 года назад

Except cigaro

@geologist5838 2 года назад

Daron is the reason I grabbed the electric

@mydeadsoul6663 2 года назад

And Opeth are a reminder that you have to be complicated to sound good. Finding balance between both is not easy.

@dodge5570 2 года назад

Richard kruspe & Paul landers from rammstein for me

@Zephr238 2 года назад

Daron is that one guy who doesn't care if he sounds good he just loves to play

@205iulian2 2 года назад

But he still sounds good every time

@purplenurple1801 Год назад

The scary part about daron is if he took more care of his tone with the riffs that man plays he would be in the numetal hall of fame where he belongs. Daron is so simple yet nuanced that I feel like his rhythm playing probably inspired a lot of the genre today. Without the weird factor system brought to the scene a lot the bands doing that today wouldn’t be here. Daron is a riff maestro

@arsenymlkn 2 месяца назад

BANANA BANANA BANANA BANANA TERRACOTTA BANANA TERRACOTTA TERRACOTTA PIE

@keegan7015 Год назад

i like how we measure dificulty with number of darons

@blacknight7480 4 месяца назад

Bro really looks like all soad member combine together

@alexanderthered5603 2 года назад

Aerials was one of the first songs I ever learned on guitar, to this day I still play it often. His riffs are absolutely memorable.

@ShadowMantraSteve 2 года назад

One of the first songs I learnt as well, SOAD was a great place to start learning guitar.

@davenlefever3575 6 месяцев назад

Daron is such an amazing riff writer

@RickyBlaze2008 2 месяца назад

😅

@Shnapps12 2 года назад

Right from the start I knew that was gonna be level 9. Well done 😆

@ShadowMantraSteve 2 года назад

Welcome 🤘

@vincentforest4522 2 года назад

Way to ruin the suprise buddy guy

@Shnapps12 2 года назад

@@vincentforest4522 ah sh*t. Got too excited.

@mackedeli 2 месяца назад

I was expecting the solo to lonely day lol

@sutiszorny8039 2 года назад

I already knew "Vicinity Of Obscenity" will be the hardest, lol.

@keithrog73 Год назад

The fact that Marmalade was only level 3 really took the wind out of my sails

@gibson8300 11 месяцев назад

100%

@Laugk 7 месяцев назад

Yea i remember playing alot of system of a down stuff learning guitar. Marmelade is harder than Toxicity and Kill Rock n Roll

@M-15-72-4 5 месяцев назад

@@Laugkdefinitely not harder then toxicity and not hard in general

@Laugk 5 месяцев назад

@@M-15-72-4 To me it is. :)

@colinplanovsky8160 Год назад

vicinity of obscenity is so much more difficult than i thought it would be.

@rick8961 2 месяца назад

Yeaaa, it's hard to synchronise with other instruments, especially when playing it live (i did play that song and it was not that great haha). No wonder why Daron doesn't sing it live

@bradg.726 2 года назад

My man. Your timing is impeccable. I've recently moved on to learning how to smash some SOAD.

@ShadowMantraSteve 2 года назад

SoaD is always fun to play!

@Ashaliel 2 года назад

Man, you always make everything look so smooth and effortless.

@Mike-xj6pi 2 года назад

Yeah bro I’m 44 he tricked me into thinking gojira riffs are easy

@CarlosEduardo-xr8eu 2 года назад

I'm so grad that you put marmelade on this list!

@ShadowMantraSteve 2 года назад

I really like quite a few of the tracks not on the main albums, metro is also great.

@dominikweber4305 2 года назад

@@ShadowMantraSteve yes metro is one of my favourite SOAD songs

@Pan666 2 года назад

@@dominikweber4305 Metro and Marmalade are one of my all time favorites...

@deeeeniiiiss Год назад

i was also really happy seeing it on here, songs that aren't in albums or that are colabs are so good it's sad they don't get the attention they deserve

@andrewpappas9311 2 года назад

This was awesome, Daron is one of my favourite guitarists and all the riffs he plays are just so damn good. I also won’t lie when I say that I was also singing along with some of these riffs, but all in all great vid dude

@ShadowMantraSteve 2 года назад

Thank you, glad you liked it!

@vendeta9393 2 года назад

Please do more DOWN videos... they are back live and NOLA turned 25 this year. Keep rockin and be safe.

@vikosaur204 2 года назад

I remember some years back i said lets learn byob today sounds simple enough.... after 5 minutes i let down the guitar and i didnt even look at it for a whole week.

@FanaticDrummer 11 месяцев назад

The SG really is the signature sound for Daron. His rig is so simple that with a basic set up, its all in the tuning and guitar. Once you crank up a SG you’re like “holy shyt thats the sound” 😂

@doomerius1300 3 месяца назад

Don't forget the holy Iceman

@FanaticDrummer 3 месяца назад

@@doomerius1300 The Iceman had its moment for sure on the first albums, for his “nu-metal” riffs. But I think his writing style completely changed on Mesmerize with the SG/ Acoustic combo in studio. It just brought out an entirely new style for them. Even on Scars On Broadway, Daron and John really are SOAD.

@Cameron9788 2 года назад

Great video! Love these "Level of" videos! Awesome playing! Always make me want to pick up my guitar haha. Keep it up mate!

@UncleHeatBand 2 года назад

That dean guitar is a beauty and puts out a really decent sound. Great job 🔥

@ShadowMantraSteve 2 года назад

Glad you like it!

@saraehh1 2 года назад

I enjoyed this video a LOT 😍 Nice on

@Thomas-ct3gu Год назад

Excellent drums, just what I’m always looking for when I search for guitar riffs.

@megaman7799 2 года назад

I have literally never seen anyone play Mr Jack like that.

@bradylibby4889 2 года назад

I was thinking the same thing

@martinkguitarcover4933 2 года назад

Great Tone! Awesome riffs

@ShadowMantraSteve 2 года назад

Thank you 🤘

@Samati1631 2 месяца назад

Love your Cadillac btw

@Frederick0220 Год назад

This was incredible

@GoldAndGrey 2 месяца назад

A riff that’s actually easy but sounds hard is Sad Statue, learned it back in high school 🤘🏽

@Rygabo 2 года назад

Nice guitar, bro. I've got the same Dean in black. Great playing too!

@ShadowMantraSteve 2 года назад

Thanks, black caddies look really nice 👍

@chupiconverge6034 2 месяца назад

Great video

@artgaes2474 2 месяца назад

Wow so good! You're beast. ❤

@mgrocki 2 года назад

Riffs for days!

@twstdlzard9659 2 года назад

That dean cadillac is GORGEOUS

@ShadowMantraSteve 2 года назад

Thank you 🤘

@Skillanfg Год назад

I’d have to agree with all of these. The last one I still can’t play. It’s like a tongue twister for your hands😂

@danjackson7402 Месяц назад

Honestly thought Prison Song would get a shout out. That intro is brutal.

@armp1287 2 года назад

Love the tone. Soad fucking slaps

@l0rd_breeigo-sama954 3 месяца назад

Damn my 3 favorites on top. Nice

@alena383 2 года назад

beautiful)

@qpqpqp8497 2 года назад

Ставлю этому видео 10 Даронов Малакянов из 10!

@ShadowMantraSteve 2 года назад

Спасибо!

@amirarsalanshokri2428 2 года назад

Deer dance is hard to. But the song is great 🤩

@chriskan21 2 года назад

how do you get this amazing tone man

@ShadowMantraSteve 2 года назад

All free plugins and apart from an SSL channel strip from waves. The guitar plugins i typically use are the TSE 808 into the Le456 and a mix of marshal and god's cab impulses. There is then some eq/compression/mixing as well.

@mattgambardella3875 19 дней назад

That slide power chord riff in "cigaro" should've been considered.

@geologist5838 2 года назад

Daron is the reason I grabbed the electric 🤘

@maximumroyal7954 3 месяца назад

This band has this quality of making someone want to play their songs. Whatever the instrument.

@lieturm1470 2 года назад

So cool ! Do you know the band orbit culture? I really want you to listen to the songs "saw", "north star of nija", "open eye". And if you like it please make a cover 🙃

@ShadowMantraSteve 2 года назад

I've listened to them a few times, need to really dig into their music a bit more!

@JustForFun-dz7ob Месяц назад

vicinity riff is so fucking sick and filthy

@floresaguilarcesarmanuel8577 2 года назад

De hecho, yo siento más complicado marmalade que toxcity. 🤔 I feel more complicated play "marmalade" than "toxicity". 🤔

@joaquinlezcano2372 2 года назад

Tiene sentido

@Nobodys.here.now.somehow 2 года назад

Buen punto

@leandrofod 2 года назад

I also used to think it was super hard back when I was learning it. What made it easier for me was making a standard strumming pattern for the whole song: down, up, down, up. Even the solo can be played like that. Just the pre-chorus is different with eventual palm muttings, I do all downstrokes there. Once you get the rhythm right, you will love this song even more. It's probably my all time favorite to play, along with innervision, pluck and psycho

@huzzki3564 2 месяца назад

love this as a blood fan of this band for so long! i've learned ALMOST all the songs except haven't really given 36 any tries at all ! but out of all of them due to the constant shift in the riff, i actually had the most difficullity with SOIL! Great video , subscribed

@ShadowMantraSteve 2 месяца назад

Thank you and welcome!

@tomas_nehyba 2 года назад

I think the hardest 3 are Vicinity of Obscenity, Cigaro and Attack

@tomas_nehyba 2 года назад

I forgot Bounce (the palm muting riff is really fast with downpicking)

@RedonsDans15 2 года назад

i don't want those daron face for whatsapp stickers... I NEED THEM btw did you forget about their first album? excellent video bro

@ethanwarren2482 2 года назад

Ddevil is from their first album my friend. Marmalade is a Demo track from 1994 I think. They also covered Snowblind (black sabbath) and did a great cover of the song "Metro" which was for the Dracula movie around the same time I think 🙂

@andrewpappas9311 2 года назад

DDevil, Sugar and I think Marmalade are all from their debut

@cesarellefsonto2087 2 года назад

Is amazing tje sound of the Droop C#

@JetUzer 2 месяца назад

Lvl 8 wrote by Serjio, talented - 10/10 Lvl 9 wrote by Daronimo - not so popular, but very talented too, 12/10

@11bangbang69 2 года назад

Ooh but what about Needles??

@50jwicker 2 года назад

Should’ve had the song Question!

@Jck0632 Месяц назад

The kingdom of curvature

@royalmarine1011 2 года назад

Crisp snare

@atvena 2 года назад

Honestly does Daron ever write a bad riff

@jamthecat1011 Год назад

byob and vicinity of obscenity were the first songs i mastered when i picked up my first electric when i was 16 lol

@sxy_agn Месяц назад

Toxicity is a higher level than Marmalade? I don’t know how accurate that is cause I’m stuck on the second beginning part

@kevongordon2675 3 месяца назад

These riffs give me Kerry King and slayer vibes I love it

@ShadowMantraSteve 3 месяца назад

Quite possibly! I just enjoy down picking a lot

@apex115 2 года назад

terracotta pie

@gerula2014 11 месяцев назад

what pedal did you use?

@cryptikkcries Год назад

my personal one is still revenga with the 2 sets of triplets at 140 bpm. my picking hand literally started to seize up at the beginning

@GoDDamnHosTile 3 месяца назад

Cigaro has to be one if their hardest to pull off clean. Also forest I find rhythmically challenging towards the end. Soil main riff is kind of gibberish, so is the fast part at the end of Mr Jack.

@ShadowMantraSteve 3 месяца назад

Definitely a few songs you get lulled into a false sense of 'this is easy!' then Daron rips out a weird riff to throw you off!

@marcoseduardofonseca147 2 года назад

i thought the hardest one would be that slides in cigaro

@ShadowMantraSteve 2 года назад

Also a tough one to get accurate, for sure

@Specbruh Год назад

Hey toxicity isnt that hard ive done it easily before, also good work dude!! 🔥🔥

@nwarwick5905 2 года назад

Questions! lvl10

@itsyaboy3870 2 года назад

Maybe level 5

@Kichaykin_poet 2 года назад

Chic 'N' Stu and Psycho - the hardest soad riffs IMHO

@pixelsandpistons1313 2 года назад

Psycho really?

@danielm94437 2 года назад

@@pixelsandpistons1313 right

@darrenpingüino 2 года назад

Which riff of psycho?

@MeiTriboulet 2 года назад

more soad please :D

@rageagainstmyhatchet 2 месяца назад

In short, there's no soad song you shouldn't be able to play within a year or so or first picking up an electric Happy strumming.

@alexandertaub82 2 месяца назад

So easy to medium basically

@alexandertaub82 2 месяца назад

Mostly agree but Daron has above zero skill lol… also he left out the hardest riffs - Soil, Question, and arguably songs like Forest too with the time changes in the bridge.

@diovanidalmoro6634 2 года назад

how did you get that guitar tone?

@ShadowMantraSteve 2 года назад

I mainly use the LePou Le456 and the Ignite Amps Emissary plugins a lot with GodsCab impulses. Then some eq and some other mixing plugins.

@Maxshaitan 3 месяца назад

Nice)Probably these are not all difficulty levels of SOAD. There are more difficult ones like lonely day for instance.

@colonelyogurt08816 Год назад

Someone tell me what album "Marmalade" is from I cannot remember

@ShadowMantraSteve Год назад

Bonus track from the Japanese edition of the first album, but also shows up on a couple of the single releases.

@colonelyogurt08816 Год назад

@@ShadowMantraSteve ah alr thanks

@pero4858 2 года назад

Did not expect marmalade there cus im pretty bad and still know the song lol. Toxicity too but its easier for me so i kinda expected it.

@eliapini1117 2 года назад

BANANABANANABANANATERRACOTTABANANATERRACOTTATERRACOTTAPIE

@toniobolonio Месяц назад

I imagine the solo on Lonely Day is the hardest soad guitar work?

@toniobolonio Месяц назад

Nvm just looked up a cover and it’s not as hard as it sounds

@Stanisslayer 4 месяца назад

There is no drop C rifs?)

@Rakesh_but_handsome 2 года назад

What kind of guitar is that?

@ShadowMantraSteve 2 года назад

It's a Dean Cadillac Select

@alexeyalexeevich3215 Месяц назад

Suite-pee intro 10lvl, flagolet

@brendenalexander6178 2 года назад

Scars of Broadway yoo!

@melleon._.1807 2 года назад

I can play byob but not cigaro but I can play radio/video but not toxicity but I can play sugar but not chic-n-stu but I can rock ieaiaio and shred california dreaming by Hollywood undead..... Does this mean I have 8 Daron heads and 6.9 heads of Charles P. Scene???

@melleon._.1807 Год назад

A month later and I can play cigaro, toxicity, question, violent pornography, and shred tf out of revenga. Edit, also working on vicinity of obscenity cause I remembered I can't play it good 😂😂😂

@ShadowMantraSteve Год назад

Awesome work 🤘

@melleon._.1807 Год назад

@@ShadowMantraSteve thx bro, an update to that as well, I can play all of mezmerize except lost in hollywood and soldier side intro. Half of toxicity, some hypnotize and I'm nailing down some hollywold undead songs as well 😁😁😁 Also keep up the great vids!

@Mike-xj6pi 2 года назад

Hey steve what guitar is that

@ShadowMantraSteve 2 года назад

It's a Dean Cadillac Select from around 2009

@Mike-xj6pi 2 года назад

@@ShadowMantraSteve pretty slick steve I’m working on pentatonic scales steve you love made the guitar industry some money with eyebrow raise and smooth playing