5 Metalcore GUITAR Sounds YOU NEED for Djent , Thall and Deathcore

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Thanks for watching! Which sound was your favourite?

[@such.ukr.nu.metalcore]

love them all, my favourite one is your cat-thing) sounds really cool. I think (but not really sure) that Sworn In used something that sounds familiar to your thing (check out their 2015 album - Lovers/Devil)

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

@@such.ukr.nu.metalcore Hey, I Appreciate it. I do recall that album, but we started using it in 2010 on our "Hydroplaning" single (released on a Sumerian sampler) before Divded By in 2011. So a few years before! Thanks for the comment and I appreciate you watching!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

@@such.ukr.nu.metalcore they also recorded with the same guy who recorded Divided By

[@such.ukr.nu.metalcore]

@@BrendonKPadjasek omg man, I really didnt even knew who you are and didn't knew that you played a band signed on Sumerian. listened just one song - and immediately fallen in love with your stuff. Thank you for making my next month better (also I guess that I won't let you out of my headphones for life but we will see it). Greetings from Ukraine!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

@@such.ukr.nu.metalcore thank you so much. I appreciate that! We have a few albums out. Hope you enjoy. Thanks so much for watching !

[@TheMisterazzo]

I love your intros and your general sense of humor. It also helps that you're one of the most creative guys in the modern metal scene. Thanks Brendon!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Hahaha thank you! I try to have fun and be creative for every aspect of life haha. That one animated scene literally took me 2 days to make and render. Thanks for watching!

[@TheMisterazzo]

@@BrendonKPadjasek knowing how much it took makes me appreciate it even more!

[@Ehhhhhyo]

I appreciate that my man!

[@StrikeAgainstMusic]

4:46 so THAT'S the thing you did on Hydroplaning which I ever since tried to figure out?! oh lol

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Hahaha exactly! Still use it all the time

[@edunogues23]

Backward scratch is soo cool👌🏼

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

I love that sound as well! It's extremely useful. Thanks for watching!

[@adriengonzalesmusic]

Harmonics and pick scrapes are techniques I use a lot (helicopter is so cool). Thanks a lot for sharing your cat scratch tip, that relapse riff is so good 💥

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Any time my man! Thanks a lot for watching. I was watching a Craig Reynolds podcast and he was basically saying “the worst thing that can happen when showing what you’ve learned is that music will get better” and that stuck with me. Felt like it was time to share. I love the helicopter sound a little too much haha

[@adriengonzalesmusic]

@@BrendonKPadjasek These are wise words and I’m sure that people will create very nice riffs with this new technique 🙏🏻

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

I hope so. It took me years to figure these out so hopefully that bypasses years of playing for people so they work on new sounds

[@jessepaul8819]

Love this!! Not enough attention is paid to the “noises” you can get, and using them musically. Really sets you apart and jumps out of the mix. There’s this guy (Fractalized) that just edits guitar noises together to form music and it is SICK Thall.

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Thank you my friend! Yeah I keep seeing people mention him in the comments and I gotta check it out. Glad you found it useful!

[@TyroneStevens94]

don't even play guitar but I could watch this stuff all day! my fav is the upward scrape

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Thanks Tyrone! I also love that sound and its wayyy too fun to use haha

[@ethanwang6621]

I can only complete the down-picking part at 5:23, but I can’t reproduce the sound of up-picking.

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Try moving your picking hand towards the bridge or neck and try it again

[@ethanwang6621]

@@BrendonKPadjasek It still didn’t work. Could it be an issue with the picking angle or the guitar itself?

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

@ethanwang6621 I unfortunately can’t tell without seeing what you’re doing or knowing more

[@ethanwang6621]

@@BrendonKPadjasek That's okay, thanks for your reply.

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

@ethanwang6621 no problem. I’d say keep experimenting and you’ll see what works

[@cliffaubut5241]

dude so sick. for years i wondered what the scrape in relapse was

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Now you know and it’s in almost every song lol. Thanks for watching

[@genericname9875]

4:32 HOOLLLY are you talking about the play dead and ill play along breakdown from solace?? subscribed instantly!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Hey I appreciate that a lot! Love that band and thanks for subscribing. It truly does mean a lot. Any other sounds you’ve been curious about learning ?

[@genericname9875]

@@BrendonKPadjasek I know it might be impossible but the laser sounds from the song dissect your self by car bomb, which uses a pedal.

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

I’ll check this out right now. I’d I find how to make the sound I’ll report back to this thread haha. Thanks for tuning in

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Just heard it. Do you have a delay pedal?

[@genericname9875]

@@BrendonKPadjasek yes

[@ChilieSnows]

awesome i have always dreamt of finding out how you make these sounds!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Now you know haha. feel free to try them out yourself. They're very fun. Thanks for watching!

[@MaestroKatProductions]

Hey Brendon! Love ur explanation of the cat scratch and am gonna try writing with it!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Hey I appreciate that! I look forward to hearing you use of it

[@blacklight633]

Love the channel man! Would be sick to see a vocal vid from you the scream production on NOTA is peeeak

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Thanks a lot Kevin! I could definitely go over some vocal/ vocal production. What specifically would you like to see?

[@blacklight633]

@@BrendonKPadjasek there's such a unique like crackle kinda noise on your screams that EP, I'd love to see how you make those details pop in the mix!! I think it's such a sick sound

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

@@blacklight633 although I do mix other artists and bands, I didn't mix None Of The Above. I did engineer the EP however, so I could go into detail on how I record vocals and layer them if that helps?

[@blacklight633]

@@BrendonKPadjasek yeah that would be super cool! I do remember someone else mixed it now haha I had that somewhere in my back brain, either way the sounds make the mix I'd love to see anything you're willing to share

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

@@blacklight633 I appreciate that Kevin! I'll find a way to incorporate that in a future video. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@iggysixx]

As someone who is figuring out guitar all by his lonesome (and is hella focused on 'the cool/brutal metal sounds')... it's very comforting to see you use the exact same pick / pick thickness (I have the whole tortex rainbow - yellow seemed to work best for me, but I was worried I might not be able to make certain noises with them)

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Oh yeah the yellows are perfect thickness for playing but also thin enough to get your pick in between every wind of the strings to make scrapes sound best. I also like the orange (I think they’re around .66 thickness)

[@iggysixx]

@@BrendonKPadjasek I like the orange too :) (works for acoustic guitar too... far as I can play it at least) Guitarist of my (old) band always used 1.0mm (like the blue Tortex), and he played like a mofo - that's why I keep having doubts. (Think he used a thicker one for heavier sounding chugs) Anyways - the triangular ones.. I played a couple hundred live shows. Bass player and guitar player both used these. The benefit - according to them - is that if you happen to drop your pick, or have to grab a new one; the orientation doesn't matter. (And on a dark stage - that MATTERS). Listening to their advice also brought me to using D'addario EXL strings. (According to the guitarist - they (almost) never break, and stay in tune the longest) A few years after I started to teach myself, I can confirm all these things :)

[@bastienrenon2547]

The cat scratch is 🔥

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

haha Thank you! Try it out. Each guitar has its sweet spot. For some its right where your palm would be for a normal palm mute, others its more in between the 2 pickups.

[@lucisaavedraconejo2041]

Thanks for share your knowledge through your content, increible video

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Thank you so much Luci. I’ll be posting more video of different fields every week so stay tuned. If there’s anything you’d like me to cover let me know !

[@ryansibley7315]

my dude this is exactly what i needed to see ^^ thankyouuu i was bored with my current riffs, needs a little spice and the cat slash might just be it haha

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Hey so glad to help. I was hoping more people would have seen this video because I would have loved to know all these sounds 15 years ago without having to figure them out on my own haha. Thank you so much for watching and I look forward to seeing how you use them in the future

[@ryansibley7315]

@Brendon K Padjasek absolutely dude if me n the boys decide to put something out we will be sure to send you something :) it's better late than never to learn new things so very happy. I was trying to learn and found by reflections and realised my technique sucked balls so here I am learning tricks 😅 appreciate the reply Brenden! keen for more structures !!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Never to late to learn. Always best to lear easily before developing some bad habits too. I appreciate that! I also mix bands so if you’re ever in the market for mixes send me an email! It’s in my KZbin bio

[@ryansibley7315]

@@BrendonKPadjasek i would not turn that down my friend cheers for the offer :) yes indeed im pretty much self taught so iv picked up a lot id say but the fine details you gave here is perfect dude. time to riff :P

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

I always second guess my explanation skills so I’m glad it came across. Best of luck and I hope to hear from you in the future!

[@VRTX_-sc7dx]

The cat slash sounds so fucking sick. Reminds me a lot of Unprocessed's sound

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Sick thank you. I’ll have to check them out

[@arnoldhagen8577]

Great stuff man! I honestly think that the cat scratch sound is indeed yours. At least no one else has ever made it public, as far as I know.

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

I appreciate that Arnold. I haven't heard anyone use it, to be honest ever. Glad to share it with the world and gibe a little bit of what I know to everyone. If there are any topics you'd like me to cover in the future let me know! Thanks for watching.

[@arnoldhagen8577]

@@BrendonKPadjasek ^.^

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Thanks again!

[@arnoldhagen8577]

@@BrendonKPadjasek I did try it out a few hours ago when I did a bit of practicing. Such a cool sound to play around with :)

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

That’s awesome man I’m very glad it worked out for you. One person was saying they had trouble getting it to work

[@suniso370]

Hey I have a sound to share. It’s similar to the cat scratch, it involves pressing the strings against the edge of the pickup, but I don’t pick it, just press and release with my palm and the trick is to adapt the release part in a rhythmic way. This sound doesn’t work on my plastic shell of a passive pickup, but does work very well on a metal covered emg.

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Oh interesting. I used to do that a lot but it gave the same sound at the cat scratchy one. Does yours usually sound different from that? Thanks for sharing!

[@Slohrable]

mandem blessing the earth with that cat slash RAWR XD

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

hahaha I had to put that into google translate but I think I got the jist of it. Thanks my brother! Be sure to keep band aids on deck for this one. Cigars soon or?

[@NotJAVl]

Thanksss!!!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Thanks for watching!

[@iggysixx]

Ion Dissonance! 🤘 (blast from the past for me (: )

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

One of the biggest inspirations on my writing style. Started with Minus the Herd and went back to listen to their older stuff. Sooo damn good

[@chepss]

0:35 ohh i know Northlane uses this. So sickk

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

The intro? haha

[@chepss]

Oops. I mean the helicopter scrape hahah

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

@@chepss oh yes, that makes sense haha

[@christopherdamron269]

It's funny that you called it the cat scratch, I used that trick while recording wayyyyy back around 2013 and we all called it the "bobcat" haha

[@christopherdamron269]

I'm also pretty sure that you were the direct influence for that haha. We were heavily influenced by you guys and volumes, and I sort of just figured out how to make that sound by slamming the strings into the pickup right before we went to the studio haha. I could even link the song if you're interested in hearing it.

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Hahaha that’s amazing. It definitely sounds the closest to some sort of cat out of any other sound out there so it makes sense. Appreciate the ongoing support!

[@adamgay9984]

Please do alternate universe dueling playthroughs

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

haha how would that work?

[@adamgay9984]

Same way you did it in the other videos but while playing

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

@@adamgay9984 that's actually a great idea hahah. might have to take a few more shots of water first. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@tomc.6358]

Yo at 6:20 sounds similar to Relapse!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

It is! Just played in this 8 string tuning (basically the same as Divided By, but 2 semi tones down) I played Relapse as an example for using that sound practically haha. I could have played different Structures riffs as an example for all 5 of these. Thanks for watching!

[@tomc.6358]

@@BrendonKPadjasek haha nice! I'm a big Structures fan so I recognized that riff right away lol. Such a classic. Anyways, loving the vids man keep it up!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Thanks Tom! Definitely will be posting every week so I appreciate you viewing!

[@Gee-no]

Ive done that accidentally before. The cat squelch. Lol

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Haha it’s the best

[@Gee-no]

@@BrendonKPadjasek ya. The string gets stuck to the pick up pole! Ha.

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

@Gee-no hahahaha really? I’ve never had mine get stuck. Which pickups are they?

[@Gee-no]

@@BrendonKPadjasek Seymour Duncan JBs but they don't stay stuck. Just for an instant.

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

@Gee-no that’s hilarious haha damn

[@christinecarswell8611]

I caught the cat scratch fever watching this 😼

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

You might want to see your doctor about that one

[@PleaseForgiveYourself]

Lmfao this shit hits after some good Hydroplaning kush... 🤣 Stay up B.

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Kush it up my man, just don't drive after lol

[@lil_tungsta]

I dunno man pretty sure that one other guy invented that who also invented the word jeub

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

That guy always wins. I want to win one

[@SpadajSpadaj]

Come on. You're playing such multi-stringed guitar and you don't know _what_ harmonics are.

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Some people might not. I made the video for people of all levels so I had to include a staple for those who didn't know. That's why I put the basic first. Thanks for watching.

[@SpadajSpadaj]

@@BrendonKPadjasek I meant mostly the part of plucking for the harmonics near the bridge. It's obvious if you know the physics behind it :)

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

@@SpadajSpadaj Well, I'm no physicist and no one had ever told me so I found that out from years of playing around. Wish you told me about 8 years ago haha. Thanks for watching