I visited a friend’s place last week and he was practicing on his guitar it sounded like classical Spanish guitar and that’s what I thought. “Actually it’s Slayer” Then I found out his amp was broken so he couldn’t use distortion.
Thrash Metal is a complex style, and the melodies sound good without distortion. But.... the distortion is energy, is power, and we enjoy it much much much much more.
but also this guitar is covered with some phase or flange effect which steals all the treble , i think this is energy sapping . i take your point btw, but i think a strat through a clean valve amp would be halfway there .great playing still
Regardless of how much this sounds like a distressed insect in flight across the moroccan desert. It seems like a good idea to practice these songs without distortion just because of how much distortion can hide poor technique. This guy is playing these parts flawlessly. The clean tone wouldn't let you hide behind aggression and force, you have to play it right.
Depends on the amp/setup while some amps hide your mistakes others highlight them and I think its very important to play it first with high gain and then play with a clean tone because you dont really have to think much about muting strings and noise control when youre playing with low gain
That’s about as organic as music making gets tbh... Or sometimes a riff comes to you when you’re nowhere near an instrument (which sucks because you wind up forgetting it unless you hum it into your video recorder on the phone)
Thats gonna be my mom soon, once i learn to play again i will do nothing but play Iron Maiden, death, Metallica, slayer and megadeth and many more 24/7 to the point that she will scream at me and threaten to take away the guitar
also in the daw if you are using plug in amps, turn off the distortion to really hear how clean or sloppy your playing is, for me an ear opening experience, and demoralizing, but an opportunity to improve.......
Also sounds like he couldn't decide if he wanted to play Call of Ktulu or Close My Eyes Forever. Edit- the first 8 notes pretty much is the Call of Ktulu and the rest pretty much is Close My Eyes Forever.
Honestly, this without distortion just sounds like something straight out of the Diablo series. Also, you played so well I started to look at other things - and now I can´t unsee your pinkie finger. It´s like someone´s bending it by a string an entire neck bar to the side. Awesome!
I showed this to a friend and they asked “why can’t it always sound like this? Why all the yelling, crashing drums?” I asked him if he would listen to this if there was no yelling or loud blasting drums, and he said no. I told him that’s exactly why.
Sounds like middle eastern music honestly. All the songs you chose seem to heavily rely on phrygian dominant/harmonic minor. Really clean playing too btw \m/
Well heavy metal predates distortion, well electricity if we are honest. I mean Paganini, Bach, Mozart, Barrios, I could go on but what would be the point of that? Heavy metal has sounded good since ages before it was named.
@@inthestorm2002 rather than ask someone to explain it why not just listen. Check out Paganini, he wrote a number of caprices, my favorite is Caprice 24. Also some pre electric headbangers were Mozart and Bach. Then listen to some metal guitarists like Alex Skolnik, John Petrucci, and Herman Li. I guess the connection is the application of music theory and being bored singing and playing the same tired old tunes decade after decade, so they did something different and we liked it?
You're clean sound is really good man! I'd love to see some more of this type of content (playing metal without distortion). I think this content is showing the beauty of metal and just how nuanced it really is. I've shown some of your content to people who don't listen to metal and it blows them away. Keep up the awesome work man!
It's very easy for some metal guitarists to curb their sloppiness with the distortion. It's by playing clean that you can really show off your skills. You have great articulation and such a transparent picking technique, I give you props for that! 👏🏽
I never understood this take. If you play sloppy with distortion on, your mistakes are literally amplified. Improper muting and sloppy picking technique definitely pops out way more with distortion on rather than off. Now wah wah, you may have an argument there.
@@themightymcb7310 Picking articulation (alternate and sweep picking, for example) can be really masked with hi-gain. A guitar player with a better technique will sound awesome, but the thing is that some sloppy players with high distortion (and maybe some modulation like phaser or wah-wah, as you mentioned) won't sound spectacular, but they can sound better than they actually are
Why this was a question that needed to be asked, or was ever even doubted is jaw dropping to me. Reason number 1,237 why all metal can be turned into classical music so easily. Its already beautiful.
I especially enjoy that you didn’t add some drums in the background, I feel that would killed the vibe. this is awesome, great playing dude! also, you look like chuck 🤔
Caraaaaalhooo maaanoo! Que ótimo trabalho esse que você está realizando, Leonardo! Fica muito nítido que os criadores das melodias são geniais em suas composições e não apenas "fazedores" de barulho, como a maioria das pessoas que não apreciam tais estilos pensam. Meus sinceros parabéns!
Quit washing it so much and oil it, after showering, instead of using conditioner. Not sure if that's what he does, but that's my practice. If you dye and treat, you shouldn't even bother. You're already disrespecting the shit outta your hair. Have a blessed day.
Absolutely beautiful and interesting sound. As a metal fan and someone who likes to spread there word of Rock N Roll I think can both expand a metalhead musical horizon and help non rock N Roll / Metal fans get into it.
Would love to hear all of this re-done on classical guitar, as well as middle eastern instruments, backed by various hand drums, bells, cymbals etc. NICELY DONE!
I love your videos! SO beautiful to share black metal and thrash with people who don't like distortion like I do. I was thinking that hearing thrash/black metal guitar accompanied by bass leads played with a stand up bass, with a bow!
This is awesome. I do this on acoustic. My big baby Taylor. I love to rip through some killer gain. This sounds like some of my impromptu playing family style around my kitchen.. ha hah.
If I could I would grant you 100 additional thumbs up just for playing Artillery. I forgot about being bothered by being unable to play it myself. Beneath the Remains is also a beaut. Good notes are good notes, but let's be honest the distortion is there for a reason.
Except flamenco guys can play with their fingers, i know a lot of metal 'musicians' who need a pick and depend on amplification, even clean is amplification
Sounds to Arabic to me, and even with Spanish feelings. This sounds very catchy, with another vibe and making them with more attitude rather than on hear them along with their distortions ( originals )
