Learning a KILLER Metal Riff from the World’s MOST REMOTE BAND

[@DeanLamb]

Sometimes I wonder how this band even got off the ground. Like there's only a handful of places to perform metal shows in Hobart, Tasmania. In order to play a show out of town, you basically HAVE to fly into mainland Australia, and speaking from experience, when you start a death metal band, there isn't generally a lot of money to be made to pay for flights, car rentals, etc. Mad respect to these dudes for overcoming their obvious challenges when starting this band. Also the songs rip.

[@alex2588]

Very cool

[@filipandresson622]

7 Days ago???

[@PeJota615]

Hell yeah Psycroptic! Huge fan of theirs. I think the combination of awesome, unique talent and a ridiculous level of commitment allowed these guys to somehow break out of Tasmania. They just couldn't be contained. Even all these years later they are a fairly niche band, yet they pull off tours outside of Australia. I got to see them in New Jersey two years ago at a small club, yet they packed the house and got an insane pit going even though it was a Sunday night.

[@KristianC1994]

@@filipandresson622 Scheduled upload probably

[@UziMusic]

Can get ferry over to Melbourne which is arguably the best place for metal shows in Australia

[@shredflanders97]

My band opened for them and fallujah a couple years back. Scott introduced me to Joe back stage; I asked Joe how on earth he writes such heavy riffs in just drop D. His response was just “you take your e string and you tune it to D” Gotta love deadpan Australians

[@KalosPVP]

Sylosis is heavy as hell in E standard. Tuning lower doesn't necessarily make riffs heavier.

[@shredflanders97]

@ I’m well aware. It was a conversation starter

[@hjalmarwidmark5906]

Amazing 😂

[@Eckathor]

​@@KalosPVP Sylosis quit playing in E. They're in C# standard these days.

[@cofiddle]

FINALLY PSYCROPTIC! LETS GOOOOOOOOOO!!! You know i would kill for a levels of death metal with Joe Haley

[@chaddy666]

Fuck yeah! I've been saying this for years haha legend 🙌

[@dmytromats3690]

That riff sounds like Opeth as fuck.

[@t3e_e]

Whoa - how did I never notice in the 100x I've spun this record, including live shows lol I think I went from Blackwater Park right to original Chalky-led Psycroptic when I was a kid

[@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power]

Yeah, I hear that too...it's just beefed up 💪🏾💪

[@Abd0_25]

Sounds like if Opeth and Lamb of God had a baby

[@longshanks5531]

No… no it doesn’t

[@dihler55]

Literally had Ghost of Perdition pop in my head when I heard this.

[@nickbrodie]

They are local heroes here! I'm so stoked to see them getting some love on this channel. Kick-ass riffs galore.

[@AbaGadol420]

Speaking of death metal from remote places, i would love to see you try to learn (or just react in general) some Ulcerate! i feel like they are a band that's really pushing the boundaries of death metal technically and creatively.

[@NSGU]

Literally THIS 💯

[@AbaGadol420]

although finding tabs might be kinda difficult

[@WitchPilled]

Cutting the Throat of God is probably my album of the decade unless something miraculous happens. I end up listening to it front to back a few times a week at least.

[@eralundberg928]

Hellyee

[@nicholassinnett2958]

I wish Ulcerate would come to Hobart, a show with them and Psycroptic would be sick. They stick to the bigger cities when they visit Aus though.

[@dashpoxon7231]

I’m born and bred in Tassie and have seen Psycroptic a handful of times. Truely nuts

[@itsybitsyzombie]

These guys have been one of my favorites for like 14 years. Observant is such a perfect album.

[@reyntime1950]

Scepter of the ancients is a must listen.

[@SpecialAgentBillMaxwell]

Knew that riff in a second. Psycroptic rules and "Scepter of the Ancients" is in my top-10 death metal of all time.

[@jacobleesinger]

Let's get some Gorod on that wheel?

[@reyntime1950]

Dude! Psycroptic and gorod are probably my 2 favourite bands.

[@piratekyky]

I have a playlist of just Gorod, Psycroptic, and Revocation. Just for the riffs

[@GoodDealington]

Waiting for that Protest the Hero lol But this riff fucks

[@LiftedBlader]

Protest, BTBAM, and Human Abstract are the bands I'd love to see. So many sick riffs on HA's Nocturne

[@flagmuffin1221]

@@LiftedBlader He did do the Alaska intro a while back, but I'd love to see him do a riff from Parallax I or II, or Great Misdirect.

[@crabbuckets7506]

One of my favourite bands. I saw Psycroptic recently in Launceston. Third time seeing them live and they never dissapoint the home crowd. Got me into death metal also. Rep you local scene and you might see some bands take off!

[@claytonmitchell5685]

What an absolutely killer riff. I gotta do my due diligence and check out more Psycroptic. Would love to see some Vildhjarta on the wheel too, especially since they’ve got official tabs out there now

[@Goose21]

Man those vildhjarta songs are so hard. The style of playing is so weird but that’s what makes it good

[@claytonmitchell5685]

@@Goose21 And that's why I wanna see Dean try to play them 😂

[@bartoszbartosiewicz1123]

Would be really fun to see the speed riff man trying to learn some bendy odd time waddles

[@SatanKingGoat]

Hell yeah from Tassie! Grew up going to Psycro shows. Tassie have heaps of amazing bands

[@cok666joey]

He has such an unique sound and playing too, great band! That whole album is awesome riffs back to back.

[@ThePicko94]

Aussie here, I love Psycroptic and they are criminally under-rated it's unreal.

[@ihatedill2447]

FINALLY SOMEONE BROUGHT PSYCROPTIC !!! Love you Dean Greetings from Türkiye

[@ChooRoo]

Bro, we just vended at Froth and Fury Fest in little ol' South Australia, and managed to get away from our stall just in time to catch Psycroptic's entire set. It slapped so hard. They still got it fo sho!

[@tfwnoyandere]

i was there for fear factory. taim sounds good with the new vocalist

[@bw-mx1dy]

Psycroptic has such amazing riffs. Joe Haley just takes us on a journey through the fretboard and we're along for the ride. Also they somehow have so many incredible intros. Cold here in this video, Upon These Stones, The Prophet's Council, and Initiate are all absolute bangers.

[@DinkyMax]

I mean whatever the band, we gotta admit Dean's fast and complicated playing got him warmed up for fucking any band out there.

[@jakeoconnell9527]

holy shit im so glad you did this song and i got to watch it. I'm from Australia and this makes me proud af

[@Froffy_]

PSYCROPTICCC. God Tier band, love them dudes

[@andrefetchison2790]

Psycroptic rules! Joe is the reason i play Ormsby. Killer riffs and killer guitars! Thanks Dean

[@TheSunPeeledDown]

Truly one of the sickest riffs I’ve heard in a long time. Some say Opeth, some say lamb of god, some say Gojira, some say Dimebag. I say it’s his own beautiful riff.

[@MrFrowneyface]

The watcher of all by them is phenomenal! Easily one of the catchiest most creative riffs to come out of modern metal.

[@chickenmonkey6526]

Yes! Finally Psycroptic haha. Top Tier band to this day even 20 years after I first saw them.

[@bwgti]

That riff was indeed very sick. Seems like it would be boring watching a guy fumble through learning somebody else’s music. But it’s not. Fun stuff. And definitely downplays how good Dean actually is at playing.

[@mot_wadd3441]

I’m from Tassie!! Hell yeah. My mate is in a band called Northern Subs and Joe recorded their singles for them

[@joshforest304]

Heck the frig yeah!! I had the privilege to play before Psycroptic at Blacken the Globe festival in Alice Springs. Now that is even more remote! Great band and great blokes.

[@pourliver]

The part right after that one feels soooo good to play too!

[@gilbertmowbray]

I haven't even watched yet and I know in for a treat. I've been dying to see how this riff is played

[@DJTheMetalheadMercenary]

Hellyeah, ObServant is still my favorite album of theirs after all these years, goes so hard, Cold is definitely a sick song, crushing riffs.

[@Soshikix]

Fuck yeah, my favourite Psycroptic riff. Also sounds sick on acoustic.

[@tarabaggott2736]

This is awesome! Gwan Dean ❤ Psycroptic are one of my fave bands of all time, I freakin love both Haley brothers' playing, super inspiring. For anyone who hasnt heard Psycroptic my fave albums are the self titled and Divine Council and my fave guitar part is the super legatto part to A Calculated Effort

[@Afraidsolution7676]

Love this! The riff at the end of The Shifting Equilibrium, is just SO tasty!

[@swagmoneybuge]

Add Obscura or Spawn of Possession to the wheel, both crazy tech bands.

[@ptrickthepat]

I fucking LOVE Psycroptic. I discovered them back in the day on the same day I discovered Meshuggah, I bought a Metal for the Masses CD in Hot Topic and it had Immortal Army of One and Bleed on it. 🤘💪

[@Ithyphallics]

Don't know too much about Psycroptic/Joe but his riffs always make me think of a "modern timed" Dimebag. Just so catchy and groovy. One riff that always gets me is the one that starts about 30 seconds into the song Exitus. Such a sick riff.

[@franlovelsimic8421]

Sexy riff! Would love to see Gorod on the next wheel, it MUST happen. They are a riff madhouse clinic.

[@finessedmyself]

Skeletal remains would be sick they’ve got some killer riffs

[@Nightovhell]

YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAH Psycroptic has like an absurd amount of good riffs

[@IamSpudy]

i played with them a couple of weeks ago in frankston victoria with trepacide, amazing people and really cool music

[@CitizenKang]

Seen them live a few times in Brooklyn. Good stuff!

[@ij_misir1965]

Hell yeah this made my week. First psycroptic song i ever heard and still one of my favourites

[@LeGrandPleb]

Joe Haley is so fucking good and underrated. I have two of their tab books and can't play any of the stuff 😅

[@reyntime1950]

Psycroptic's sceptre of the ancients album is so damn good.

[@itsakenthang]

Glad to have caught them live in India. ❤

[@robbynaumann439]

I knew based on the title it was Psycroptic. Joe Haley is an absolute riff monster, and highly underrated.

[@raymondjallen]

I’m seeing Psycroptic this January along with Embryonic Autopsy, Nile, and Six Feet Under.

[@Tortildo]

Ive been dying for you to cover some psycroptic! Joe Haley is the riff God

[@thomasgoude8800]

Holy smokes that riff and those chugs

[@GanjawarsLostPro]

YES! YES! YES! Psycroptic are awesome

[@Uncleben777]

Great vid great bald great band. Aussie metal owes a lot to Psycroptic, the Haley brothers are Tasmania's best and only non-fruit related export. Growing up I learned "Battling the Misery of Organon" on guitar from their second album and it makes me feel powerful thinking about it. 5 stars.

[@gresnid3453]

Thank you for what you do.

[@JustTamari]

I had so much fun learning this riff as well, Good stuff dean 🔥

[@Nope-lw4lp]

Psycroptic is probably one of the best bands ever been listening to them from the beginning

[@Retcon__]

Wow, that ending too!

[@Marrero1]

Good ol' Dean "sneaky digits" lamb

[@gregangelmusic]

Joe Haley is one of my favorite guitarists! Hope Revocation comes up on the wheel soon!

[@gilmeaguitar]

Learned about them like 10 months ago, Divine Council is my weekly listen since day one. Rend Asunder has one of the best chorus riffs I've heard in years.

[@FranPalitos]

that guitar tone is butter in my bread

[@sleev3571]

Dali thundering concept on the wheel would be awesome!

[@AzureFan1]

amazing like always!

[@warhumm3l]

By the way these guys have printed official Tab Books on Lulu. But be warned...it's tough to learn that stuff...Joe's style is very unique. But that's what them makes so interesting to listen to

[@BrofUJu]

Cruelty Incarnate has an insanely sick, weird opening riff. Killer band.

[@ChaosPootato]

Hell yeah! Cold is so fucking good

[@Shredder-KJ]

Dean lamb has no fear 🤘

[@cuennicolson8666]

fuck, psycroptic is so dope

[@AJoylessEon]

That is a sick riff indeed

[@HeavyMetalLegend217]

That riffs melody reminds me of another song I can't put my finger on it.

[@PASHKULI]

Joe Haley. His is a metal riff god. Maybe on par with Michael Romeo (Symphony X).

[@itilin]

Thanks for showing me cool band

[@itilin]

OMG, intro acoustic riff is so awesome

[@paniccleo]

It's funny, Psycroptic was high on the bill at the first metal show I ever went to in the suburbs when I was about 13. I'm 33 now.

[@Svenscreams]

I love this series :)

[@Uzielsquibb]

I got JH’s tab books off his Lulu page. Been kind of intimidating to jump into them.

[@anthonygagne891]

You should do a video with a deadsquad song brutal techdeath from Indonesia its so sick

[@MrScrofulous]

This is a fantastic song. I have failed to learn this riff, to date. There is a great cover by a dude called Luke Graham.

[@Sweet-Tooth31]

Psycroptic has a bunch of incredible riffs. Just the first minute of Ashes of Our Empire is full of catchy, headbanging riffs. Good job Dean. Now get Haley on 4LODM!

[@ncdozer3103]

Waiting for it to land on Polaris, they have some of my favorite riffs ever

[@shemsu-hor1782]

Portal MUST be next!!!!

[@bowlofnuggets]

this riff is insane

[@KamilUrbanovicz]

you should check Ulcerate from New Zealand some time. I think you should like and be interested in checking their unique kind of tech-atmospheric death metal

[@na7h4n34]

“The sneaky digits” haha

[@thirty9buried]

i love this series

[@behr3135]

@DeanLamb, I think it's time for u to Riff Inferi bc imma dine in some shake and riffages

[@nayfehn89]

Waiting for the day tbdm or protest the hero come up

[@nayfehn89]

This riff is sick though

[@EM-mr3sg]

That is a nice riff.

[@nickcriado1098]

Waiting for c-horse!

[@mattgracie348]

Holy Ghost of Perdition, Batman

[@mawsauce7786]

LET'S GOOOOO TASSIE REPRESENT

[@trackbloopers]

I hope you can make a video learning some Riff or solos form Chris Storey from all shall perish

[@technicaldeathmetalhead]

Nahhhh what yall know about Psycroptic?! Especially "This Shadowed World".

[@georgealva8492]

Need to cover The Ritual Aura

[@roach5606]

saw psycroptic with aborted way back in 2018 at harpos in detroit. They fucking slayed and it was a sunday night

[@grugparty]

I had no idea psycroptic were popular.

[@michaelgreene5864]

So sick

[@aghastur8667]

Portal! Please learn portal. Glumurphonel!!!!

[@vibezplayz69]

Dean your my favorite balding man

[@RoosterOvenMittz6969]

Lucked out NOT landing on Dream Theater tho!

[@cameronravenhilltv7778]

Bro really had me thinking they were a perth band,