Aerials - SYSTEM OF A DOWN | Solo Acoustic Guitar Cover 

This guy looks the all the members at the same time

He made you hear the lyrics, the bass, the drums, and the guitar with one instrument. You killed it bro

Playing Aerials on an Acoustic Guitar wearing a Gojira T-Shirt is top tier hardcore stuff

Life is a waterfall We're one in the river And one again after the fall Swimming through the void, we hear the word We lose ourselves, but we find it all 'Cause we are the ones that want to play Always want to go, but you never want to stay And we are the ones that want to choose Always want to play but you never want to lose Aerials in the sky When you lose small mind, you free your life Life is a waterfall We drink from the river Then we turn around and put up our walls Swimming through the void, we hear the word We lose ourselves, but we find it all 'Cause we are the ones that want to play Always want to go, but you never want to stay And we are the ones that want to choose Always want to play but you never want to lose Oh Aerials in the sky When you lose small mind, you free your life Aerials, so up high When you free your eyes, eternal prize Aerials in the sky When you lose small mind, you free your life Aerials, so up high When you free your eyes, eternal prize Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

The tone of that guitar, holy fuck.

Somebody: Acoustic can’t sound heavy! This dude:

It's so magical how many voices played the same time can sound so amazing

I've watched this at least 50 times since you released it .. and it just gets better every time. I know the skill you demonstrate here had to have taken many years of dedication to master .. and all in service to the talent and passion you have in abundance .. which comes through in every note. Beautiful man .. just beautiful. Thank you for sharing this work of art with the world. ☮

I love it when you change the accent to the part when Serj whispers "High". It is just a tiny little detail but changed the whole performance a lot.

Dude, you're killing it AND you're wearing a Gojira t-shirt? How perfect can a man be?

My goodness the dynamics, accents articulation and feel are all some of the best I’ve ever heard on guitar. Well done 👏

This is so sick! I leaned how play this in a much more simplistic way using DADGAD tuning but it doesn’t sound as amazing as this. You somehow managed to make one guitar sound like the entire band!

2:17 you can hear Serj screaming

I'm speechless, that has to be top 10 acoustic covers world-wide. Great job!

this is ridiculous, 2023 still watches this video and there is no one better that builds all the rhythms and sounds like this guy... I love watching this video a man, a guitar, all sounds reproduced perfectly perfect

1:09 in love with this Cover❤❤❤

This cover is insane, I’ve watched it hundreds of times

Wow man. So many people when doing covers miss the heart of the music. You somehow found the soul. The way you play that guitar I could almost swear I could hear harmonizing vocals in the background. So much talent Man. God bless you. Excellent video.

No matter how many times ive practiced I still cant get the sounds the same. Dude just has soul

3:12, this why you're amazing Ernesto. The second time around you add that little strum to mimic the way which Serj sings "high" and it's awesome. Great playing, great arrangement, and great attention to detail as always.

3:13 "...so up 'hiiigh'..." that part is PERFECT... Much love and much respect from México... 🤟🏾

Your acoustic tone is legendary my man. I feel my ears living inside that deep warm bass filled martin! 10/10

Jesus Christ, it’s Jesus Christ

I'm huge fan man, you rock that acoustic guitar like no one else. Your ability is truly amazing.

For the talent level and material you’re vastly under subbed.

The tone of your guitar was so full. Beautiful rig. Righteous cover.

The talent here is colossal plain and simple.

Your cover is great for practicing vocals so I’m gonna drop the lyrics for my sake-hope anyone else who wants to sing this has a good time too [Verse 1: Serj Tankian] Life is a waterfall We're one in the river and one again after the fall Swimming through the void, we hear the word We lose ourselves, but we find it all 'Cause we are the ones that wanna play Always wanna go, but you never wanna stay And we are the ones that wanna choose Always wanna play, but you never wanna lose [Chorus: Serj Tankian] Aerials in the sky When you lose small mind, you free your life [Verse 2: Serj Tankian] Life is a waterfall We drink from the river then we turn around and put up our walls Swimming through the void, we hear the word We lose ourselves, but we find it all 'Cause we are the ones that wanna play Always wanna go, but you never wanna stay And we are the ones that wanna choose Always wanna play, but you never wanna lose, oh [Chorus: Serj Tankian] Aerials in the sky When you lose small mind, you free your life Aerials, so up high When you free your eyes, eternal prize [Outro: Serj Tankian with Daron Malakian] Aerials in the sky When you lose small mind, you free your life Aerials, so up high When you free your eyes, eternal prize Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah Ah, ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah Ah, ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, om

2:21 I can hear the lyrics clearly . Its like guitar is singing .

He even has the dynamics down pat. This is damn amazing.

Dios, este canal debería tener más de un millón de suscriptores, magnífica interpretación.

Imagine him showing up for guitar lessons and the instructor says play something so we can see what level of playing you're at.😂

Is it Jesus? Is it Keanu? Even better....it's Ernesto.

When you see a Gojira shirt you just know the dude can play guitar.

просто афигенно!!! несколько раз пересматривал/переслушивал... браво!!!! респектище!

“Life is a waterfall , we drunk from the river and turnaround and put up our wall” my fav quote

2:21 that slap ..

My face melted again…🔥

This is absolutely incredible. Jaw-dropping tear jerker. Well done!

To this day, this is still one of the best cleanest covers of Aerials in existence.

Idk I actually don't watch covers but seeing Jesus playing Aerials was the motivation

Absolutely love that you even incorporated the whispered "high" in the end chorus! Mind blowing my man.

Your guitar sounds beautiful. You are amazing, my friend. thank you for making me smile today!.

This is, without a doubt, the best cover I've ever listened to in my entire life!

Awesome cover man. Just did a collab with @jamieslays check it out and let me know what you think!

This is actually the best cover to any song I’ve heard. Tremendous. Makes me want to pick up guitar.

I rarely comment on a RU-vid video. This is so freaking good I have no words, wow dude. Usually I don't listen and don't like acoustic covers that much but this is just beyond great. Please keep making these!

That is hand down the cleanest execution of a cover to this song

Another absolute masterpiece

Will you make their next fuckin album? please?? cuz it sure as hell looks like they aint :@ ARR

This is one of the heavy acoustic sound and really same like the original song. Awesome 👏

The coolest acoustic guitar cover I've ever seen

Шикарное чувство тональности, профессиональное исполнение, я зачарован!!!

i dont speak english, but men i swear i singed it with all my heart.

Never realized just how much this song is so complex yet uncomplicated, yet the chord progression is so powerful and emotionally engaged

One of my favorites, great cover! Can really feel the emotion

Oh man, that bridge strum for the whispered “High...” I had to rewatch it like 5 times it was so good!

Dude, I've heard this song like a million times. The fact that I had goosebumps listening to it is insane. Congratulations and keep up the insane work.

I literally cannot put into words how amazing this is man

This is without a doubt the best acoustic cover I've heard. Amazing job 😮

I find your covers so soothing and relaxing. They're like lullabies of my favorite songs. Just got play on the videos and mediate into a special place

Who else was singing along the whole time?

Thank you for putting this on spotify!! Now I can feed my soul at work 😂 beautiful cover

This is so good man. All your compositions are unreal.

2:18 I swear I can hear serj on the, "aaaaaaaaahhh"

2:33 can anyone else hear the lyrics too?

So sick ive not enjoyed an acoustic cover of a metal song this much in ages!!

Wonderful! Thank You!!! We need more of this in the crazy world of 2023!!!!

This is absolutely perfect to sing to. Very good job.

Underrated cover Amazing cover

What a great performance for this song. Loved it!

Да это просто охренительно! Чувак, ты талантище! Удачи тебе и добра!

This is my dream life , to be this good at guitar . Beautiful job

This is incredible! You played the guitar and Serj's vocals at once on a single acoustic!

Wow! I have no words to describe this cover :o Congratulations!

So good giving me chills

Просто отличное исполнение, с душой )) пересматривал несколько раз)

So well played that I even heard the words!

This song will get me out of my “stump” in my guitar journey thank you giving me inspiration to pick up the guitar and play consistently again will post video me playing once I get close to how you sound That slap towards the end, I just kept replaying it over and over again such a good sounding guitar

Exactly what I was looking for, it is beautiful man ❤

Tabs available here: www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0245767 Tutorials and more on my Patreon: tinyurl.com/4r9u7554

O maluco tem pegada! Não se trata do quão se sabe tocar ou a similaridade com a música original, mas, sim, a energia que se transmite ao possuir/tocar um instrumento. Muito bom!

That was sick. Haven't played guitar in weeks and this made me pick it up this morning. Thanks for sharing your talent Ernesto!

Looks like a blast to play. definitely getting the tabs. killing it. couldn't stop tapping my foot 🦶

Let’s go! Your incredible bro, my favorite guitarist on RU-vid! Can you try Culling Voices by Tool?

Всем здравия! Автору уваженье!) Обожаю, эту песню в данном исполнении! Это шедеврально!!!) Оригинал звучит более блёкло, не желе это произведение! Спасибо за творчиство!)) 🤟😎🤙

LOOOOOVE the heavy sound. Gonna try and learn to play from your video. Amazing playing my guy.

It's so so so much ❤️❤️❤️ love it!!! This is the best thing I've heard since the original!!!!!

One of the greatest covers I’ve heard!👍💪Respect!!!

This makes me wanna start practicing again

This cover is BANGER absolutely AMAZING THANK YOU

Сто раз посмотрел/послушал и буду продолжать смотреть. Маэстро!

I almost can hear Serj voice sounding from his guitar that's amazing dude

i swear this guy looked up my entire 2000s playlist and just covered the whole darn thing

Amazing cover man, beautiful playing. Made my morning. Love from Canada!

just randomly showed up on my homepage so I figured I would give it a shot. Best decision I made all day hands down. I just wish more like this would show up, this guy nailed this song, awesome acoustic cover.

Don't knownif its because I'm baked but you took me on a journey then. Can see and feel your passion when your playing. Keep doing what your doing. Every song, always amazing.

The slide at 1:07 was great!

the tone is incredible and you played awesome!

Beautiful treatment of a great song! Love the Martin acoustics. The man behind the guitar does that beautiful instrument justice.