The Prog Metal Scene In 4 Minutes 

*Better smash that like button in 6/8 time*

Never Forget Kmac immortal line: "I'm so Prog i listen to concept albums on shuffle"

well yes I cant disagree

Prog bands: "I just want to release songs that are progressive but still catchy and appeal to a wider audience" Also Prog Bands: "Okay this next piece is called 'Unorthodox Convention of the Nether Void: Part 3: Regression of the Paradox'. It's 12 minutes long and features a tambourine solo"

This is the most politically correct video I’ve ever seen. Hilarious man

"My IQ is higher than any BPM you can play" would make a killer shirt

The strap still isn't high enough

"I'm pretty sure that John Petrucci ia Jesus". Well that's just common sense at this point.

This video doesn't even follow the Fibonacci sequence... amateur.

You just massacred my entire fanbase

“Meshuggah would be cool if they played more than 2 notes” lol

Btw, at 1:32, the sax solo is from Where Owls Know My Name by Rivers of Nihil! Fantastic song

Can we get an instrumental release for this video? Not a fan of the vocals.

The black metal scene in 6 minutes and 66 seconds

So, um... where can I find that Saxophone solo?

Prog fans: "society makes no sense, why this band is lesser known than any 3 minute hit pop song on the radio. I wish more people got to know how amazing this band is" Also prog fans: "yeah, I listen to music that's not for eveybody. It's very complex music that surely you won't understand. If you don't like this then you know nothing about good music"

I feel like prog metal and jazz stereotypes are kind of interchangeable.

Nik: “My IQ is higher than any bpm you could play” Doom metal drummer: “you know an IQ of 50 is bad right”

"Every band should have at least three guitarists" John Petrucci: *nervous sweats*

"My magic the gathering tournament got canceled" I felt that one lmfao

I just got btfo for 4 mins straight

I thought there were going to be jokes? I only heard facts.

Ok as someone who's obsessed with progressive metal I definitely see myself in a lot of these

"I listen to prog metal bro", what bands do you listen to? "Dream theater"

Prog Heads: Bold of Nik to boil it down in 4 minutes

I think this video should have at least 8 minutes

It should be "The Prog Metal Scene in 8 mins"

1:32 OK you gotta admit how amazing saxophone solos are in metal

riffs I spotted 1:16 Between The Buried And Me - Foam Born B The Decade Of Statues 2:56 Dream Theater - Dark Eternal Night

“Every band should have at least 3 guitarists” *cries in Dream Theater*

1:47 You do though. Those guys are geniuses. Who else could have the smarts to write a song using the fettuccine sequence?

“You have to have a fairly high iq to understand tool” **Tool making songs about violently killing people and having sex in the 80s and 90s**

Prog and jazz scene: *exists* Berklee: "...and that's when the big bucks start rolling in."

The Deathcore scene has to be next

Prog dudes are the vegans of metal music.

This is so many of my friends. Every time I miss my friends during lockdown I just watch this and it’s like they’re here 🖤

This is legendary

The only wrong notes, are the ones played at the wrong time - Nik Nocturnal 2020 -

3:35 lmao Miserayyy. love the periphery easter egg lmao.

“Dream Theater was better with Mike Portnoy” I’ve heard this for the last 10-11 years. Pretty much sums up prog metal.

Nik: Nah, my magic the gathering tournament got cancelled Me: Man this got way too personal all of a sudden

I went to a small college where the music program was heavily focused on jazz. Not a single guitarist I met there seemed like they'd ever touched a distortion peddle. Yet most of these jabs and jokes would have fit them even fit them very well. While I was not a music major I can also confirm that my Bachelor of Arts degree is also pretty useless.

"why would i buy that when i could buy jazz III picks" fucking got me there

Fecking awesome!! Subscribed!!

"I wrote my entire album on guitar pro" I felt the pain right there hit me where it hurts.

3:51 this one made me laugh so hard that I dropped my John Petrucci jazz 3 pick

"To be fair, you need to have a fairly high iq to understand the complexity of Tool" "Drop tuning? Did you even go to school?" 🤔

1:17 that was The Architect by Haken, right? God, I'm a monster... And prog is the only blood that quenches my thirst.

"only listen to .wav files" This boi needs more FLAC in his life

“My IQ is higher than any BPM you can play” 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Brilliant video

Dude I love your friggin videos man 👨

stop this man before he starts playing in 4/4 again

This whole video is basically: *DREAM THEATER* *OPETH* *PERIPHERY* *BERKELEY* P.S. I see you throwing that The Dark Eternal Night riff in there 👀

"My IQ is higher than any BPM you could play" Rhythm game players: *So you have chosen death*

"Tabs? I'm not a barbarian. Where's the sheet music." I didn't know you hired people from red cross

Makes fun of entire prog metal scene while playing a John Petrucci custom guitar epic gamer move

Why do get the idea Adam Neely is friends with this guy?

love this guy's critiques

That was so cool, well done

Prog-metal is just Jazz music in high gain mod.

What, how? Prog in 4 minutes is impossible

Haha, I love this. I've seen tons of your videos and have my subs carefully picked for guitar content. This one got my sub! awesome job!

Man this is spot on

Muslims pray in the direction of Mecca Prog musicians pray to the direction of Berklee in 5/4

"I only go to GT to teach their employees about their gear" is soooooo YES ! Hahahahaha

I tuned into the video to see what you have to say about meshuggah. Did not disappoint lmao

I love prog and I found this hilarious.

Nik: makes a prog video *glasses activate*

3:35 Spencer Sotelo:

this is probably your funniest video lol

I lost it when you made the comment about those JazzIII picks which I also love😂

3:34 damn bro I love whichever periphery song that was

2:47 Every Opeth fan, almost

This is amazing

Every prog metal song: "If it isnt 8 min or longer, you know itsa cover"

"I have so many pedals" Isn't that the entire guitar scene?

3:34 *Periphery would like to know your location*

man I laughed so hard thank you for this piece of gold

This hit hard

1:33 calling out rivers of nihil I see 😂

The stoner metal scene in 4 minutes and 20 seconds

"Gojira" _"Gojira!"_ "GOJIRAAAAAA!!!!"

The look on your face filled me with rage, then I checked out your vid and I got it... well done

1:29 Yeah, Meshuggah would be cool if they played more than 2 notes" *true*

1:31 hits too close to home, I havent been the same since I heard the sax solo from Calabi-Yau

Bro, the Rivers of Nihil callout combined with the fact that I play a lot of MTG absolutely killed me. Great video

This was hilarious + spot on

Ok, but you forgot to say that one line in 17/16.

2:55 that's dark eternal night, if I'm not wrong

so great!

BRO. This was spot on hahhahaha GREAT JOB

*walks aggressively in odd time signatures* Edit: Bro, are those prescription?

9 years later, and I still haven’t forgiven Opeth.

amazing!

Nik: "The only notes that are wrong, are the ones that aren't in time" Me: *so all of them*

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand the complexity of Tool. The musicality is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the licks will go over a typical listener's head. There's also Maynard's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation - his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these lyrics, to realize that they're not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Tool truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Maynard's existencial catchphrase "We'll ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no one's been," which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Tool's genius unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools... how I pity them. 😂 And yes by the way, I DO have a Tool tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- And even they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand.

this video spoke to me in 7 keys and 3 polyrhythms at the same time

Spot on

OMG i feel attacked I just got jazz 3 picks in the mail yesterday LOLOLOLOL