Heaviest Riffs: Drop C 

-Do you play in drop tuning? -Drop, sì.

*So many 000's....* Had to cut DISTURBED - Stricken due to copyright...

I like how Disturbed was in there for a whole 15 frames before being cut off by SOAD

Can we take a moment to appreciate how he doesn't talk 20minutes about history and rumors of each riff before doing each them like other youtubers?

I *C* what you did there

Oh god this tunning is tattooed in my brain

0:12 As I Lay Dying-Through Struggle 0:24 August Burns Red-Meddler 0:38 Killswitch Engage-In Due Time 0:49 Children of Bodom-In Your Face 1:05 Periphery-Buttersnips 1:19 Born of Osiris-Bow Down 1:32 As Blood Runs Black- In Dying Days 1:50 The Faceless- Pestilence 2:04 Disturbed- Stricken 2:04 System of a Down- Prison Song 2:13 I the Breather- Forgiven 2:25 Miss May I- A Dance with Aera Cura 2:41 God Forbid- Chains of Humanity 2:54 Blessthefall- Hollow Bodies 3:06 Hatebreed- As Diehard as They Come 3:18 Bullet for my Valentine-The End 3:34 Black Dahlia Murder-Funeral Thirst 3:47 The World Alive- Hounds of Anubis 4:01 Metallica- Frantic 4:13 the Human Abstract- Vela, Together we await the Storm

Drop C riffs = Nostalgia trip.

I like to imagine that this is just one long breakdown.

Some of the best Drop C riffs ever written are on The Way of All Flesh by GOJIRA

The breakdown in So Cold by Breaking Benjamin will always be one of my favorite drop C riffs

nobody noticed at 2:05 Disturbed - Stricken was played for a second HAHAHA

2:15 did anyone else also hear "WA AH AH OH"

All the greatest jams of my childhood were in drop C. Awesome video Nik.

This sounds like a soundtrack for every boss battle in 80's Nintendo games.

Drop C is the best tuning in my opinion

Drop C sounds like ukeleles now

Bring E standard back

Im pretty late to this party but this list outlines my entire childhood learning riffs lol. Also died at 2:05 when Disturbed made an appearance for 1 tenth of a second lmfao. Nailed it Nik.

0:47 love how the windows restart screen pops up on the monitor haha

I respect the hell out of you for putting frantic on here

THEYRE GONNA BUILD A PRISON

Seeing the Human Abstract was completely unexpected. Such an underrated band. Also glad to see you showing ABRB some love.

"There's no list without Metallica" (c) Stevie T

Low key stricken had the filthiest riff. Not a disturbed fan, but that riff... good lawd

some drop C riffs are lowkey heavy af

My favorite drop C riff is Machine Head - Davidian. Especially the intro with the harmonics. The whole Burn My Eyes album is also in quarter tuning which makes it even lower. It's between drop C and drop B.

Ayyyyy, The Human Abstract finally getting some recognition

I LOVE AS BLOOD RUNS BLACK!!!!!!! So glad you put that on the list!!!

Fooking booow dooown

As blood runs black...man that takes me back...they had such potential

Dude!!! I got goosebumps when you played buttersnips! Such an amazing song, right? Great job and great vid. At least 10 new songs for me to jam to man! -Mikey and Dada

Some Gojira would’ve made my day Surprised me with Metallica tho *bangs on pan*

Dude I miss The Human Abstract! Thanks for making me remember about that haha Awesome video

Every system of a down song ever, anyone? Yes, Mezmerize and Hypnotize are in Drop C# but it's basically the same thing

Awesome lesson ! Thanks ! Drop C tuning is relatively new to me and you provide a good lesson in what can be done with it in metal.

In dying days!! Damn thats some old school deathcore

I wasn't expecting children of bodom, nice!

pinch harmonics are the bane of my existence rn

Thanks for including Frantic! Legit one of the heaviest riffs alongside Sweet Amber

Drop C and drop A# are amazing, whoever found these beautiful tunings deserve a case of the finest alcohol beverage money can find

OH MY GOSH YOU DID NOT JUST PUT MEDDLER IN THIS, I LOVE YOU FOR THAT

You’re playing some of my favorite songs on my favorite guitar I’ve played on. That neck feels so good and even though it had active pickups I thoroughly enjoyed the hellraiser.

Thanks for the periphery, my dude

Was not expecting Frantic to be on here. Say what you want about St. Anger but you can't deny that there are some fucking awesome riffs on that album.

I’ll always Love Drop C - it makes composing so easy, especially with piano/synths. Also, hell yeah for putting Bodom in there!

When you played "Frantic", I started hearing James Hetfield in my head doing that hilarious chorus.

The Shooting Star by Gojira will always be my favorite Drop C riff!

I asked for drop Q. Not drop C. Oh well. Good as always!

I thought I was the only one who ever listened to The Human Abstract lol. Seems like no one knows them. Big ups to you for tossing em in the mix!🤘

Bro didn’t you only have 10k subs like last year? I remember seeing your covers around when Fit For a King was teasing Dark Skies. Either I’m tripping or you’ve grown crazy fast! But you deserve it man I love the spice of personality in your videos

That Meddler riff took me ages to get down cleanly, but it was so satisfying once I did. That whole song is a finger work out! Also liking the inclusion of some old school Black Dahlia Murder!

You need to do, “best songs by bands that are no longer together” **Cough cough The Human Abstract Cough Cough**

Great riffs! A lot of my favorite drop C riffs are Rob Arnold's, from (imo under rated) Chimaira back then and now in The Elite which remains under the radar it seems.

This is the goal right here. Awesome video bro. Thanks.

Dude that was amazing. Thank you for putting it up.

Did you get those windows updates installed? @ 0:47

That August Burns Red riff is one of the most fun.

The transfer from In Your Face to Buttersnips gave me pure serotonin

Respect for throwing in frantic. Sweet amber of the unnamed feeling also fun riffs. Good list brother

Funny how drop C is the new E standard. Growing up I thought that was the heaviest it got. Also COBHC \m/

No Toxic Garbage Island. Disappointed

Meddler takes the cake that riff is so sick! I like the beginning to paramount by august burns red that ones sick! Nice playing man

Amazing playing with amazing sound. Thumbs up.

Idk why I’m saying this, but my top 5 favorite tunings are... 5-drop G 4-D standard 3-drop B 2-drop C 1-drop A#

The Faceless, SOAD, I the Breather, and MMI (specifically A Dance with Aera Cura) back to back. All favs lol

Imma pause the video for a second and take a breath. All these riffs are heavy as balls man!

That's really good selection of songs and bands.. kudos!

An entire video in Drop C and not one ADTR song, I'm throwing hands

Heaviest in standard tuning

Yesssss the Bullet For My Valentine riff.. Thank youuuuu, The End is amazing

That was badass! subbed

Wouldn’t have minded seeing a riff or two from Deftones in here personally 💀

I have sound-colour synesthesia and I interpret the key of C as having a deep red colour, so that deep red guitar was suuuuuuper satisfying Edit: WOW some people like to comment without doing any research. I know the official name is chromesthesia, I gave it the simpler name so that more people could understand what I meant. The general estimate for the amount of people who have synesthesia is around 4% - approx. 320 MILLION people - but some studies have estimated that it's more like 1 in 23 people. Not exactly some hyper-rare brain condition that everyone in the comment section "suddenly has". Also, one of the main components of synesthesia is different people interpreting the same thing in different ways, i.e. a musical note being green to one person, and purple to another. It doesn't have to be interpreted the same way by every synesthete to be real - in fact, it's one of the main things we fight over. I really fucking hope that clears some things up before even more of a shitstorm gets created.

The Transition from In your Face to Bow down was AMAZING

Shit man I'm not subscribed to you so I wouldn't know, but that as blood runs black riff has stuck with me forever. Top man

The Faceless has some crazy riffs. Some of the most unique structure and hooks I've heard.

2:16 Automatically sang "Ou-wua-a-a-a"

All my childhood songs, glad RU-vid recommended this. Subbed.

Awesome job my man!

Hollow bodies yeah!

was that an intro or an attila riff?

Hounds of Anubis was such a sick riff. Thank you for reminding me.

love how long this video is in comparison to the others, also some of my fave riffs are in here!! drop SËÊ is heavy as shit

I am glad BFMV was included; most of their songs are in Drop C. It was difficult to choose a favourite from this video but mine were BFMV, Metallica, System of a Down & Blessthefall.

SICK! It's awesome just living in the comfort zone. So many different songs, the fret hand is in that same comfy position. The box, it's a friendly and safe to play, try breaking out some time. You'll blow your own mind.

I love your intro jam. So sweet

It’s like listening to high school all over again.

The moment you realise that you love almost every song on this and there might be a reason why... DROP C all the way, baby

Dude.... my favorite tuning besides D# great upload!

The whole video really great really love the drop c tuning

I’m pissed, no gojira

Drop C RULES!!! 🤘🔥🔥🔥🤘

You managed to just play all of my favorite songs....one after the other.

That God Forbid into Blessthefall transition was buttery smooth almost thought it was a breakdown at first

I can hear jakes lyrics when you played meddler omg ❤️❤️❤️🥴🥴🥴🥴

Before I watch this I hope there's at least one gojira riff in here. Edit: I'm sad, was hoping I'd see toxic garbage island or the breakdown from L'enfant sauvage :( but good selection of simple and some pretty technical riffs there. I'm glad I saw my fav band soad on this lol. You should do heaviest riffs D standard next

"Drrop C !" Made me smile. Subscribed 😊

It's funny, as you went through this list (never watching a video of yours) I didn't realize how many songs I learned and haven't played in a while. Now I gotta go jam lol

I click a video. It starts with AILD and ABR. I hit like.