Pro Metal Guitarist REACTS: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance OST "It Has To Be This Way" 

Actual fun fact: the author of Revengeance soundtrack Jamie Christopherson had no metal music experience before tackling Metal Gear Rising. His forte is orchestral and electronic music and he had to make MGRs metal soundtrack while learning about it himself. And he absolutely killed it.

Idk if this is your first time listening to this song, but if it then holy fuck, the fact that you can pick up on the pitch used AND the fact that this is improv and sounds like it belongs with the song is incredible. You are very gifted and talented

N A N O M A C H I N E S

I'm telling you the game is a veritable fount of epic bangers and memes

Legit the strongest OST I've ever heard. And I've heard A LOT OF EM.

Revengeance OST is both part of meme culture AND unironically badass.

The moment when you started playing was like when you're listening to a new song on your phone, and it's so good that you break out the good headphones. I hope you consider the rest of the games OST, I honestly don't believe there is a single weak link.

i remember the first time i played this game. I had just gone on a binge from Snake Eater to MGS4 and had seen what i thought was the death of Raiden and then i heard about this game and i bought and downloaded this game and MAN LET ME TELL YOU Rules of Nature TO THIS DAY stays on my playlists. i still get CHILL when i hear that song. The whole game is amazing but nothiing gave me chills like going toe to toe with metal gear rex with raiden and ALL of his angst

How did this awesome game only become popular so recently

3:31 you don't just adlib this kinda shit on the spot so casually like that what the fuck

This was fucking sick dude, i havent heard someone improv so hard like that in ages, I finished the game a few weeks ago and I've replayed it 4 times already, (still haven't beat very hard difficulty) and I absolutely recommend playing the game even if its just for the music because it won't disappoint

do the rest. the game is packed with gems

2:30 dude that's a beautiful combination

That was fucking amazing! You have some real talent!

You also gotta react to the rest of the boss themes they are all bangers no exceptions

Dude you're a fucking prodigy! I've never seen anybody catch on to this song so quickly and IMPROVE on it. You should make a remix of the song. It's awesome!

Making The mother of all guitar riffs Jack can’t Fret over every string

Playing over the song with your own theme and actually keeping in sync with it is pretty impressive, man

"Is it a meme song?" "It was for a while." Lol, somebody missing the mountain of fresh memes.

He really should check any of the battle themes for named monsters in Xenoblade, heck, there's so many themes I'm sure he'd have a blast with in Xenoblade period.

damn bro did you really just play that by ear that's insane

What genre would you call this? Personally, I'm settling on symphonic-industrial/electro power metal.

THE MEMES JACK

you gotta check out the full song list. look for the maniac agenda or platinum mixes, since theyre adaptive to the gameplay those are the ones that encapsulate the whole song

Would love to have an actual cover of this, it was sick.

Hard to believe someone into metal hasn't heard the mgr ost, but god damn if you really haven't this is ridiculously impressive

I was literally in the process of copying the link to send this to my good friend and fellow MGR enjoyer WHEN I SEE HIS NAME IN THE CHAT. Absolutely wild.

That mortal kombat riff at the end is something I didn’t know I needed.

Might as well do the whole OST at this point. Rules of Nature is a good starting point.

Toxic: I went into mortal kombat for a second there. I don't know why I did that. Me: Well considering the particular way this specific fight ends I'd say that's only appropriate. 🤣

The fact that the guy who made the toon town soundtrack made the mgr soundtrack is so facinating

Entire game's OST is filled with masterpieces

>Metal Guitarist >It Has To Be This Way >literally the least metal of the entire soundtrack wtf MGR needs to be treated better than this holy shit 😭

This added a touch to the song that I never though I needed to hear until now, amazing

by watching his hands i learned more about guitar from this video than i did the rest of my life

Nice. Reminds me of Mayday’s guitar fighting mechanics in No Straight Roads.

You should do the Astral Chain OST too, it's got some sick tracks.

Underrated OSTs bro. Metal gear rising osts are masterpieces.

Dude be hitting thise notes harder than Armstrong's kick

Just casually proceeds to do the most kickass cover ever. Nice.

Wtf. I just rocked tf out. I thought this was just a reaction. I’m actually just listening so I’m not watching. That sounded so gnarly. Talented how you can pick up something and play along side so naturally

I would actually die of excitement if you collabed with someone to make a full cover of this song.

This video is in one word BADASS. Your guitar added that extra layer of awesomeness

Hi there You killed it Just want u to know

Man I used to love this song back in high school! Great to see it becoming an living meme 9 years later.

Why the hell is chat talking about chugga? He is a good bean

look at the chat singing it it was wholesome

Yo can you make this an actual cover yknow without the talking mid song

I just discovered this channel. And found some really amazing tracks and covers. I hope you keep exploring metal gear series OST. The MGS 3 and rising have the Best songs IMO.

I think Metal Guitarist Rising suits you better.

2:33 oh my God I love how your guitar sounds in that part 😃😃😃

Now you need to check "The Only Thing I Know For Real"

Dude I would KILL to have a separate video of this and add it onto my playlist AHHH ITS SO GOOD

When you realize the entire game is a banger when it comes to songs.

Me getting into this video: eh another poser trynna ride off Alex Moukala's style I bet he's--- OOOOOOOOH GODDAMN MAMA HE KNOWS HIS STUFF LOOK AT HIM GO IMPROVISE WOOOOOOOO

I'm jamming so hard to this, my goodness, this is so addictive! \m/ \o/ \o/ \m/

Is there any way to purchase your improv on this in HD? This is astronomically amazing.

By MGRR law under article 23 section 152, you have to do "The only Thing I Know For Real"

please do a reaction to The Only Thing I Know for Real from MGR

The only thing the song lacks is a guitar solo that shreds it to pieces

This made me realize that maybe memes are the DNA of the soul

amazing that you can play through the song when its your first time hearing it

4:28 LMAO the mortal kombat

U gotta make an remix of this dude🤯🤯

Holy crap, you’re awesome, man! I would *love* to see you check out the other boss themes as well. Any plans to?

WE NEED THE GUITAR VERSION

Ok but like.... now i want a full cover of this song-

You're great! Would love to see you cover the other revengence tracks.

So sick! Subbed

3:02 Chimpkuza in the chat was dead on with that message lmao

As if metal gear solid 2s story became law. MEMES DONT DIE JACK

Just found your channel and maaaan I'm loving the upgrades you add to the music so epic, got you a new subscriber ✌️

Oh he was doing Trails before this song, absolute chad

Noiiiiiiiice, now lemme go speedrun this game xD

It has to be this way? Now theres a pretty meme. Exquisite!

Best song cover I've ever heard also... self taught and not half bad still...

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i shitted my pants for how epic and sick this was

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dude the riff and the solo at the end 😩😩works so well with the song

Holy shit I need a full version of your cover with that solo near the end 🔥

Revengeance OST is both part of meme culture AND unironically badass.

The guy that made the music for MGR also made the music for ToonTown online

Metal Gear Rising Revengance has a soundtrack designed to kill anyone over 40 listening to it.

2:10 oh my God brother I loved how it looked with your guitar🎸 😃😃😃

What the song at the outro? I know it but can't for the life of me remember what it's from.

Funny how I was listening to this then i find out you released this video. You freaking killed dude

Need to get him to hear Stains of Time

without the gameplay, the song feels different

I found MGRR in game stop About 7 years ago on sale and I thought it was a stealth based game and boy was I wrong best mistake of my life

You should do a guitar cover on this!

didn't expect to see a lythero emote

MOTHER OF ALL OMELETTES JACK, CAN'T FRET OVER EVERY EGG!

do the only thing i know for real i think you'd really appreciate it

Kindly excuse me as I now require a change of pants.

Now we need to to do The Stains Of Time or The Only Thing I Know For Real

Woah that guy is amazing, 1st time seeing someone to start playing song along hearing it for the 1st time. That guy deserves a sub

Raiden need next sequel Metal gear revengeance Agent raiden 👍🙏🙏

"Why won't you *DIE*?!" "Nanomachines son! They harden in response to physical trauma.. You can't kill me, Jack!"