Diablo: Tristram Village (Seven/Twelve Strings Guitar)

[@GuitarsAndDragons]

A piece that needs no introduction... just stay awhile and listen. 😉 ✪ FOR TABS ✪ - Available for my patrons on my Patreon page: goo.gl/YTwegf

[@jovialjack]

Adding these tabs is a true blessing. Your musical input here is greatly appreciated. Much love.

[@kevinmagee8955]

Guitars & Dragons, Very beautiful tune!!! Keep on practicing!!!

[@oldschoolfoil2365]

Tristrams Church needs no introduction sir

[@eh8340]

Not your core, it’s core.

[@Tracer_Sweat]

auridan?

[@robertrichter7389]

Seems like the algorithm wanted to unite a bunch of old gamin' grandpas. We sit here together by the fire listening to your performance lost in our thoughts. Remember the old times lads.

[@abruptumm]

True

[@heycbob]

Cheers

[@momentumflux8863]

Good times!

[@MrDrowranger87]

speak for your self im 37

[@ReginaRegenbogn]

And ladies, please. Although we were rare back then, we exist! (turning 43 soon, still gaming)

[@Otterson0590]

This was when Blizzard was truly a peak gaming company. The ideas, the atmosphere, the art, the characters and stories, the creativity, the music, the heart and soul they put into there work was like no other.

[@W1LL901]

Couldn’t agree more. But they were actually Condor Games before blizzard took over. Then they became Blizzard North for D2 and then finally parted ways and had to watch Blizzard bastardise D3 and D4. Both are shadows of what they should have been if the founders of the Diablo franchise had stayed in control. D3 was bad, D4 is kinda embarrassing and immortal is a complete insult.

[@patrickjones8255]

Blizzard North was the goat

[@DigitalNomad88]

Well said! I grew up on D1 and D2, those are timeless work of art from a better time for games! I remember when D2 LOD Expansion came out I stayed up for like 3 days straight trying new builds and items! Those were the best Blizzard days! Honorable mention also for Warcraft 3 TFT and Starcraft BW

[@zacharygreene1979]

Agreed. D1, D2, Starcraft, Warcraft 1 & 2. Most of my favorite gaming memories are from that time period.

[@alexanders.941]

@@W1LL901 stop funspot around. Blizzard was made (at once) 8 WoW addons until Chinese bow to knee, Over, W3 remastered, big bunch of win.

[@pshenk]

My office was just down the hall from Matt’s when he was composing and recording this. It was a true labor of love… so many takes and experiments to get the composition and performances right. I would listen to early cuts while making art for the game to get in the mood. Genius composer he is!

[@chrisspeakman8114]

You must be Shenk the Overseer himself!!

[@pshenk]

@@chrisspeakman8114 😈

[@cocoonman]

OG!!!!!!!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK

[@cocoonman]

​@@chrisspeakman8114SHIT IT IS... BACK TO WORK LEST I BE WHIPPED

[@emissarygw2264]

What's he been up to since then???

[@Jabberwokee]

No one can tell me this isn’t the best goddamned song ever composed for a video-game Absolutely flawless, thematically haunting, and instantly iconic

[@HarmKaban]

Try HOMM3 orchestra, mate

[@chloesmith4065]

It's up there but hard to give anything a "best"

[@matuquev]

yep this is one of the best iconic and recognizable theme ever, this together with last of us ronroco and the vanishing of ethan carter...

[@Kylora2112]

Definitely up there with Gerudo Valley (Ocarina of Time), Spark Mandrill (Mega Man X), Dr. Wily 1 (Mega Man 2), Vampire Killer (Castlevania), Bloody Tears (Castlevania II), and the main theme from The Legend of Zelda.

[@tomerpaiko]

The last of us is up there

[@knavekid]

I started playing Diablo II when it was released in order to connect online with my father who lived over 1000 miles from me. He was playing online every night and chatting in-game incurred zero long-distance phone charges. He departed this realm at age 79 in 2007 and I have since migrated to Diablo III. This is beautifully haunting to my ears!

[@briangivens5742]

I'm sorry for your passing into Diablo 3

[@sunso1991]

​@@briangivens5742so true.... D2R is so much better than D3 and D4. I hope they do a great D1 remaster

[@engineerv8696]

​@@briangivens5742was about to say the same. I was so so disappointed in Diablo 3. Luckily shortly after that disappointment I discovered Path of Exile.

[@briangivens5742]

@sunso1991 I'm of similar mind. Like d2r, but recently tried Path of Diablo, and I'm never going back. 30-page shared stash, separate page where runes and gems are set in stacks so they don't take up space. It's just a free game launcher, but you have to own the original game and exp.

[@gankie1956]

D3? Yeah that is a sad story

[@plan9starbug]

This made me tear up. Memories of forgotten times. I've been a gamer for 45 years and hearing the hauntingly beautiful music in Tristram for the first time is one of my strongest gaming memories.

[@elderlight]

I'm with you man, such good times... the nostalgia is real

[@AlpInceiplik]

I second that. No words could tell that experience better. Thank you.

[@jasmadams]

Longer than me, but I understand. My wife and I were newlyweds in '97 when we would play the first game together. We have very fond memories of those days.

[@chrisbenson6683]

Same memory for me, and my first computer game was in 1982 on my 8th grade teacher's early home comp (Kaypro, was it??). D2 is still the game experience I measure all others by.

[@BladeDoomer86]

You're not alone, friend. Seems we're all going through those same emotions together, the old crew!

[@mabec]

If you played Diablo at its time of release this track shakes you to its core

[@alexcrowbarz8597]

Completely enchanting.

[@jiritleskac3019]

Time travel and...fresh meat!

[@michaelgannon8364]

little did i know when my uncle brought me down to check out a cool new game on his computer back in either 96 or 97 that it would be the most influential moment of my gaming life

[@Clairvoyant-m6r]

agreed

[@alexandergerhardt6776]

I gotta pawn some of this stuff.

[@James_Bee]

Taken back to a time when Diablo was actually fun.

[@kingbaby8761]

Back when Blizzard was composed of creative geniuses, instead of thieves, butt grabbers and sweet baby inc.

[@warmbeer2]

it's still fun, you're just old

[@SA-lk6lv]

​@@warmbeer2No it isn't. You're just a mindless mouthbreathing consumer so you don't notice

[@valariousv7697]

​@@warmbeer2may be fun, but it ain't no PoE and it don't live up to d1 d2...

[@zacharygreene1979]

​@@warmbeer2 nah, it's trash now

[@DeanLamb]

Decades later this piece still gives me chills.

[@nervaaugustus7089]

"Can't a fella drink in peace?!" "Big! Big cleaver, killing all my friends! Couldn't stop him, had to run away, couldn't save them. Trapped in a room with so many bodies... so many friends... noooooo" A lot of people don't think much of Farnham, but hearing *that* line from him really makes it hit home just how terrifying the demon infestation of Tristam and the betrayal of Bishop Lazarus was.

[@Lebowski333]

Oh it’s that what he says. It’s really slurred

[@LHX88]

And some of their blood got into his mouth when they were killed so he drinks to wash the taste away. But it never goes away.

[@Elchupanibres]

Poor farnham

[@D1-Games]

Aah... Fresh meat...

[@GeorgeLocke]

I agree that most people don't think much of Farnham.

[@Gansenho]

I don't know why KZbin has suggested me this video after 2 years, but thank you, sir, for this masterpiece. Cheers

[@LimTind]

same here :)

[@robertrichter7389]

Same here😊 Brings back so many memories, sigh.

[@Zenergy758]

Same

[@im.thinkin]

2 year gang

[@seanbussanmas6095]

Same.

[@TheThreadkiller]

The music really captures the feel of hopelessness and despair of Tristam. The first Diablo will forever hold a special place in my heart.

[@Zenergy758]

Same here.😊

[@L1vv4n]

First game is still the best for me. I fell in love with the haunting hopelessness of the first game and it can't be replaced with nore monsters, QoL or more intricate abilities design.

[@TheThreadkiller]

@@L1vv4n I understand why the second one is the fan favorite. But the first one seems so much more polished. I feel like it looks better and I really enjoyed the linear aspect of the game. Something about going deeper and deeper was just more fun in my opinion than an open world type concept.

[@martuuk8964]

We could get this level of quality and consistency back if game studios stopped hiring women so much. This awesome shit came from teams of almost exclusively nerdy white dudes (many of whom would be considered very politically conservative these days, or center-right) who were in it for the true love of gaming and not just because it was a way get employed with their otherwise useless art school degree.

[@hazardeur]

@@L1vv4n it is the best. 2 is a close second, everything else is complete trash

[@M3atbucket]

Matt Uelmen had no business dropping this banger on all us unsuspecting players, and we're all thankful for it.

[@chloesmith4065]

It was, in fact, his business. And business was good.

[@chrismoore1372]

@@chloesmith4065 In fact some might say it was... booming!

[@Krystalmyth]

I still don't understand why Blizzard and Matt won't work together anymore. That they continued the Diablo games without him as always been perplexing to me. He hasn't lost his talent, and he still works, so it's just so bizarre to me.

[@BboyKeny]

​@@KrystalmythBlizzard hasn't been a place anyone wants to work at for a while. Sad reality when middle management / HR take over the company and remove anyone with passion and talent by making them work to the bone without pay behind the back of the company owner.

[@joe--cool]

@@Krystalmyth The Blizzard of old that made good games and the people loved doesn't exist anymore. Its desiccated corpse is worn by Activision/Microsoft.

[@a.c.r.8296]

The climax at 3:32 is legendary

[@Titanic_II]

4:30 man I felt tears welling in my eyes. My childhood, the good memories, the evenings with a friend, running away from the butcher.

[@booberry6715]

He hit the lick at about 1:05, I got a huge smile on my face and I said out loud to no one... "there will never be anything like this ever again". Now I'm sad.

[@Phootaba]

I don't know enough guitarr to understand this comment =(

[@chloesmith4065]

It's more about the memory of playing the game for the first time, and that part of the song transporting the listener back in time ​@@Phootaba

[@enriquejoseantequerasanche6180]

There will be, eventually, when videogames are no longer profitable and go back to being art

[@TehWit]

Play more video games as you used to and you will find another song that hits you right, like this one. It's brooding on how great the past was and the present isn't that stops most of us from finding another piece of art like what fkin Matt Uelmen composed for us IMO :)

[@booberry6715]

@@TehWit Nah, that's not it. I've been playing games ever since, and nothing has come close. IMO, it was a convergence of everything. It was advancements in gaming & computers, it was the times, the age we were, it was many things all coming together. But mostly, making games was still largely a labor of love for the people who made them. It wasn't a sold-out corporate behemoth just trying to make Larry Fink happy.

[@InsomniacRocker]

I will stay awhile and listen to this

[@Rightly_Divided]

😂

[@Gilmourian]

Thousands of hours of nostalgia summed up in 5 minutes and 33 seconds. ❤

[@ironhell813]

All the diablo pieces are insane good.

[@bluntismaximus]

They took this from us. Game design, sounds, story, all merging together into a satisfying, undeniable, time tested greatness. We had it good folks. Nothing will beat this experience, a true OG experience. RIP Gaming.

[@JavierSalcedoC]

Gaming is dead, long live gaming. Try path of exile my friend

[@radaro.9682]

Aye, recycled ideas and "safe" bland same over and over.

[@nataraja3030]

It’s amazing to see all the kids who grew up playing d2 coming back to share their beautiful d2 creations as adults

[@delirium_______r7631]

d2?

[@LoafingMushroom]

...You drink water?

[@bobbyrawsknz]

I immediately started to hear the sound of items dropping. Coins, potions, scrolls, weapons etc... I miss those days.

[@davidrin3566]

Yes, and wearing a Demonspike Coat as a helm, shield, ring and breastplate. Or perhaps the sploosh and gold falling out of the sky with a simple visit to the town healer...

[@bobbyrawsknz]

@@davidrin3566 I can hear my old pcs cd drive humming in dark over the music cause its 3am in the morning on a school night.

[@kanteannightmare]

Scroll drop sounds are burned deep into my brain

[@dittmerg]

As s fellow guitarist of over 60 years and a die hard Diablo player I want to thank you for the excellent rendition of this piece..... Bravo!!!!!!!!

[@chrisbenson6683]

Yes. Really nice job and brings all those memories back so well! ❤

[@TonyBMan]

" That's quite a treasure there you have in that *HORADRIC CUBE* "

[@NinjaSushi2]

Cain tells me this every time I drop my cube.

[@skraminc]

​@NinjaSushi2 don't drop the cube!

[@NinjaSushi2]

​@@skraminc But that's the fastest way to dump the contents of the cube into your inventory! Lol Though he only says it in Act 2... BUT if you drop the cube in another Axt and come back to Act 2, he'll tell you again. Lol

[@Oxiid]

This took me back to 1997 when i wanted a Diabolo for my 11th birthday but mispelled it Diablo and my mom didn't have a clue what i wanted so she went out and got me Diablo, rest is history.

[@dragonbane44]

mission failed successfully

[@NinjaSushi2]

Well that worked out.

[@justinwescott8125]

Hope you eventually got your diabolo tho. I love mine^^

[@thePixelSage]

Somewhere there's a universe where you got your Diabolo instead and now you're a frizzy haired gym teacher and rocking' a headband with gym shorts and a singlet.

[@noknownthrone2487]

Absolutely the most iconic music in any video game ever for me. This brings me back to child hood, late nights, staying up when my parents thought I was sleeping, and having so much fun.

[@beeeech]

This is exactly the same for me. I used to pretend to go to bed then get up after my parents went to sleep, play until 2-3am and then get up for school a few hours later. I had to give it up in my final year of school otherwise I definitely wouldn't have passed. I remember quitting and giving away my enigma + all my gear in a random lobby and everyone freaking out.

[@delirium_______r7631]

@@beeeech Enigma in d1?

[@MiiseTheMoose]

That opening chord played and I INSTANTLY got chills. And then the main riff played and I almost cried. Just phenomenal.

[@JeriatricA]

Same, friend. Same.

[@juhaloukaja5078]

This brought me right back to 1997. Never thought about it before since I haven’t played the original in a loooong time but Holy shit, this sounds very much like something Opeth would have put out around their Blackwater Park era. Phenomenal cover! Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

[@cdurkinz]

You should play it again you can get an HD mod it's still amazing.

[@momentumflux8863]

The Opeth-Resemblance never occured to me...now I can not unhear it. 😍

[@iagopineiro9233]

Wow, pretty on the spot that ref to Opeth! Youre absolutely right

[@tristanruff797]

03:30 had me thinking this same thing

[@1ove1ess]

There’s more talent and passion in this one song than in the entirety of Diablo 4.

[@yogaindigo1991]

One of the greatest game themes ever, no doubt. Goosebumps every time

[@elestromusicgamesfun1101]

I played D1 on speakers as a child. My mom hated Griswald. To this day she says "Well, what can I do for you?" sometimes with sarcasm in her voice 😂 Awesome cover, D1 forever!

[@yogxoth1959]

My mom and I still quote The Butcher from Diablo 1 to each other regularly, for the same reason! 😄 "Aah, fresh meat!!" 👹

[@anisnej10]

@@yogxoth1959 wholesome as hell.

[@nikovz4719]

😂

[@GFMgodfamilymusic]

D2 lod all the way lvl 87 druid shape shift with max resist rings

[@pires11d]

I use to cite the whole "Hey, listen to me... the archbishop lazarus..." to my mom when I was around 8 years old. And she loved it!

[@JB-nn6hj]

I’m 12 again, just cleared the den of evil; not realizing I’m about to invest my entire summer playing with my class mates…and all of the years I will put into this after. You’ve brought back something special brother; beautiful rendition. Subscribed and followed 🙌

[@andreilukyanov4286]

I was sad when i finished Diablo

[@abcshopper]

Fifty two years old, lifetime gamer (had a Pong controller in my hands in 74). Stumbled upon this. Thanks for it. It is beautiful.

[@trappedkitty5335]

Same. 52 and being taken back 28 years.

[@booberry6715]

54 here. This hit me viscerally. And I too clearly recall the Pong dial in abouts 1976 / 1977 or so. Then of course the Atari 2600 soon to follow. At the moment, I'm gaming 'The First Descendant' on a 34" 1440p Ultra Wide OLED that would have looked like VR back then. Simply amazing. But nothing hits us like music does. This is incredible.

[@arrowbolt182]

Thank you for your service, fine gentlemen. 37 here, first console was an (already outdated) Odyssey

[@prasaite]

48. Diablo/Hellfire the best time and that guitar

[@TheSteveTheDragon]

56 here, and same. I've been playing the flippers and mashing the mechanical arcade buttons before videogames were a thing as well. This was truly one of the most memorable pc games for sure.

[@MorningGloryDancer]

Wow, the algorithm really decided to bless us all this week… What a gorgeous rendition!!! Cheers to you lovely folks! 💜

[@Zhmoogak]

I don't usually gush online but things I like also don't usually make my eyes moist, either. Beautiful memories of that old game, choice of music, and actual performance. I guess I have to subscribe and stuff now.

[@pablomarchione8678]

"A Necromancer! I hoped I'd never have to lay my eyes on one of your kind again..." , i would never forget this man -.-

[@NinjaSushi2]

"Still... Your money is good. A spare weapon, an item, a gem is all I ask in exchange for whatever you find on your travels. Now now now, all my equipment is guaranteed for life and comes with a free two day warranty!!"

[@pablomarchione8678]

@@NinjaSushi2 *proceed to gamble like a maniac*

[@two-panda244]

Old memories, memories of joy and anticipation...of excitement and of fear. It's strange how deeply embedded it is in the brain when you hear this song, everything comes alive again. Thanks!

[@VikingKong.]

You have cleansed the Den of Evil. You've earned my trust and may yet restore my faith in humanity. Your reward is training in the skill of your choice.

[@altair91100]

holy f, would i play diablo now

[@IllIl]

Nostalgic memory unlocked :')

[@ZetaRosen]

You get my vote for best comment! 😀

[@murillorosasilva3460]

Yeah.. but that's from D2

[@sirduck7980]

Rakinishu!

[@whotookjimirocket]

the way the low string vibrates is mesmerizing, thanks a bunch man!!!!??

[@terrodar19]

My god, this could never be topped…. Blizz truly did something special with WC3 and diablo

[@dstock9855]

not just warcraft 3 but warcraft 2 and star craft

[@6100Williams]

The absolute best version of the Tristram theme besides the original. This version is so damn perfect in it’s own way, and it will follow me for the rest of my life. Never remove this from youtube ❤️

[@dagoelius]

Jonas Lefvert cover 10 years earlier still holds that title.

[@6100Williams]

@@dagoelius While also impressive, I just think that G&D's version is better. More immersive and just finer in tune.

[@Malpheron]

@@6100Williams At least we can all agree that both covers are excellent. Matt Uelmen is a musical genius.

[@Borahkreth]

@@dagoelius Just listened to it, nope, it's also (very) good, but clearly not on the same level

[@rafaeld.2554]

Ridiculous perfect...Absolutely professional playing... The most iconical game soundtrack EVER... It goes way beyond a PC game... This is a piece of MUSIC itself... A gothic-medieval testimony by Matt Uelmen... Genius, God Bless music

[@martinxvidxb]

Sometimes I have a feeling that the world is made to generate music and connect people with it. This connects. Thank you.

[@AdrianvonZiegler]

Geralt of Rivia in Tristram, my dream has come true. xD Absolutely perfect rendition Lukasz, you're a genius!

[@emiami458]

witcher is garbage compared to Diablo 1 and 2

[@whyme4512]

@@emiami458 not even the same kind of game so you cant really compare it

[@norielgames4765]

Adrian I love your music since I was a little boy! You're my hero what a coincidence finding you here!

[@Soulfly415]

Geralt? That was a bad joke

[@vanpet1993]

@@Soulfly415 I know I'm late af for this but, it's because guitarist is Polish in origin, as well as writer for Witcher books.

[@christopherGRIMM]

Takes me back to weekends when I was a teenager and life was ok. I used to sit at the computer and try and see how many unique types of my favorite armor I could find. Life was simpler

[@jonbyrne86]

The hours i spent in tristram. This is amazing worm.

[@legategraham]

This video is 2 years old and I am sure its been said inthe comments dozens of times... but.. I stayed a while and listened. :)

[@l0gphroe]

I can almost hear the bubbles from a potion and weapons dropping with a swirling sound followed by a deep bump, when they hit the ground

[@jamesnewman8011]

This is fuckin fantastic! Diablo 1 is, and always will be, the greatest game to come from earlier PC gaming. It is amazing how this song is both haunting and uplifting all in one.

[@maddantt7757]

I was there, so long ago I fought the great evils and triumphed as Champion. Only now to be reduced to being a teller of stories, my heart longs for battle, my hand yearns for my sword.

[@MikeH7186]

You made me appreciate this song more than I already have for 20+ years. Just beautiful. Each pluck hits that much harder in game now.

[@nexarath]

This is still THE best piece of videogame music ever written. Fantastic take on it, man!

[@kingdarkem]

Rip Deckard Cain....you are missed

[@jszjsinww2927ja]

fck you have to remember it to me....

[@gankie1956]

Cain never died in the Diablo series... You must be thinking of the games claiming to be Diablo games

[@CorporateShill66]

D3 onward is NOT CANON. ITS NOT BLIZZARD NORTH.

[@kingdarkem]

@@gankie1956 no the voice actor who did his voice died

[@kingdarkem]

@@CorporateShill66 agreed but I was referencing the voice actor

[@munchaking1896]

One of the best video game music pieces ever.

[@rodoficiati]

played Diablo 1 so much in 1996, as a musician this is wordless my friend, lots of good memories.

[@rudykopalson]

I used to play Diablo 1 through LAN with my father. He recently died and this music brought back some memories. Thanks.

[@scotmcpherson]

Well. that brings back some memories. "Stay a while, and listen..."

[@natehood6644]

Memories? The game just got remastered man it's just as amazing as release day 01

[@scotmcpherson]

@@natehood6644 yeah well I played it like what 25, 30 years ago? I don't know

[@knalleballkalle8365]

@@natehood6644 I bought the remaster on switch, pure nostalgia, never played as paladin for some reason, now is the time

[@MrGuru666999]

The melody is so clean, so simple, yet so powerful filled with feelings of melancholy and despair. I knew it was a great song but not that great! 25+ years and is awesome in so many levels. Thank you for this time travel when things were simpler.

[@DarkLOREDash]

The way the strings warble is a delight

[@ChrisWaters-b3z]

The high strings sets are almost the same note but tuned a little off, to achieve a tremolo effect. Love twelve strings.

[@cheello_art]

I don't think any other game will ever beat the original aesthetic of the first Diablo, and this track was one of the driving forces behind it. thank you for recapturing that feeling with this excellent cover.

[@phimuskapsi]

0:48 gave me literal goosebumps as you moved into the main theme. Beautiful arrangement

[@JonasLefvert]

Stay awhile and listen!

[@AllegoryofPatrick]

Regrettably...

[@XGD]

I had no experience playing fingerstyle guitar, but I studied your tabs for the Tristram theme for 4+ months back in 2014 and learned so many techniques! Today, I recommend your tabs and videos as a learning resource whenever I can

[@SourceCodeDeleted]

I think between lukasz and Jonas , we have the best versions of this song... Fantastic work!

[@NicVicious-y1e]

Wow! You did a phenomenally good service to the fans of this game. During a time when computer games were in their experimental years, and many of us were just discovering some of the best creative original masterpieces, like diablo, Warcraft, StarCraft, half life, counterstrike, and the explosion of online gaming popularity , hearing musical composition from those era entertainment really brings me back to a feeling of the awe and wonderment of playing for the first time some games that would later be some of rhe best times of my life. Thank you, during these crazy times even a little respite from all that's going on is a treasure that I appreciate whole heartedly. Simply fantastic, I am going to explore wat other treasure you might have . Good day !😊

[@Issabellmoondew]

Sigh so many goosebumps and memories. Tristram is one on my all time favorite VG songs and I've been at it since like I think 1989🤭. There's something both haunting and soothing to it and I love it.

[@lordfordification]

I'm 35. Diablo 2 was one of the early games i played. It dug its claws into my brain. What you've done here scratches all those wrinkles in my brain.

[@JaredJuetten]

The original composer for this piece is so amazing. Just such an iconic piece that really captures the feel of the game and that little town of Tristram.

[@pliskerz7042]

This was a gem to pop into my feed today. Still hits the same way as it did 25 years ago. You bet I'll be staying awhile and listening.

[@dracosummoner]

I immediately emailed this to my dad - he's loved Diablo for years :) Amazing cover!

[@johnsengul]

the algorithm has blessed me

[@divinecomedian2]

I actually played Diablo for the first time back in 2019. This song blew me away. The immersion in this game is still top tier. No nostalgia blindness here, jist an appreciation for great games.

[@MichaelPims]

Every time I hear this theme, I feel that I can't even comprehend and realize my emotions, this is so deep. So much soul was that time in games. Thanks for the great performance and returning us back to childhood 🔥

[@BlagovestZlatanov]

Do you actually realize that this soundtrack will be with us till the rest of our days ...... all the memories ,all the experiences we had ...one could say that this will be with us forever

[@LostSoulAscension]

Little do most people know, Tristram is here always.

[@Shaggyb666]

What do you mean this video?

[@BuckwheatPlatypus]

This song will be with us forever.. if only we could be with this song forever 😭 we will all be dead and gone eventually..

[@SigmaChaos]

​@BuckwheatPlatypus Obviously we'll be hanging out with Tyrael. You must be new here.

[@zwiebelkopf76]

Honig für die Ohren. Die Übergänge und der Sound von Diablo perfekt getroffen. Wahrhaft Meisterlich. Meinen ganz tiefen Respekt.

[@ramsesii705]

Ah, this song is epic, same time makes little sad, those times and memories, playing with ma little brother🥲. Time passes so fast..

[@GranDaddo]

First shareware I thought it was life changing. And when you met the Butcher... oh dear God.

[@TheGizmodian]

I'm glad this resurfaced from two years ago. Fantastic version of this song. Diablo series was definitely one of my formative sets of games.

[@abucket14]

This is a perfect realization of what the original is. Beautifully put together, with it's own personality while retaining everything the original was.

[@iamjimgroth]

The original was meant to be unassuming if I understood things correctly. Not really noticed, just creating an atmosphere. I always liked versions that brings out the music into the front more.

[@abucket14]

@iamjimgroth oh absolutely, the original was just meant to hold that tense Gothic atmosphere even when you were relatively safe back in town.

[@DigitalNomad88]

A trip down memory lane! This was my childhood games D1 and D2

[@fishsmiddy1048]

Well this takes me back… some of the best gaming I’ve ever had in my life.

[@theASMRnerd]

Bless the algorithm for bringing me here. This might be my favorite Tristram theme cover ever. Beautifully arranged and played. Bravo!

[@TheGlitchyCorgi]

Very well done. It does kinda drive home how much the opening needs that whistle/woodwind in the background, though

[@philritter9042]

Deckard Cain will forever be one of the most memorable NPCs for me and this is his theme. D2 was what got me into gaming back then I used to go to a school friend where we connected a bunch of old pcs together with Ethernet cables and had to insert each others ips just so we could play together offline via lan. Complicated af but this and heavily modded Warcraft 3 were my first experience with gaming and are the reason I first fell in love with it

[@chrisbenson6683]

Blizzard created true magic back then. The first moment I popped into the Rogues' camp and heard THAT music, and saw all the atmospheric touches like rain falling and little chickens running around and the campfire crackling, that was it. I was home. 🗡️🛡️🏹🧤💰🪄⭕👹

[@philritter9042]

⁠they probably started out like most studios gamers themselves in love with the craft but once a lot of money gets involved arrogance and greed often follows. They fell out of touch with their audience as best shown by their Diablo immortal presentation or when they denied wow classic. It’s like the saying goes either you die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain

[@garnetblack5544]

This reminds me of when I was a kid, not yet able to read but old enough to recognise higher quality items by the text colour and spells by picture. My dad would play with his guild, and when he needed to step away from the computer to answer a call or tend to meal prep, he'd tell me to take over playing. To follow his friends, grab good loot, and fight monsters with them. And ultimately, keep his character alive. Years later, he told me how these moments became a game with his guild, to try to figure out when the kid was playing instead.

[@chrisbenson6683]

That's a great memory, and a great friend/dad.

[@garnetblack5544]

He really was a great dad in those days. These days we fight more than anything else. But core memories like this help to remind me that despite everything, my childhood was actually pretty good.

[@Mwell31]

Thank you for bringing this beautiful soul touching music into this day and age. I use to just stand in Tristram to listen to this song.

[@GFMgodfamilymusic]

He knew exactly what we wanted

[@gregorybrazell5133]

I don't even know who this guy is... but, listening, brought me back to the first times I ever played D1... back in the late 1990s. Amazing job, great skill!!

[@EWT423]

While playing Elden Ring, I remembered a 25 year old melody. Searched for it on YT and I found this video...awesome dude :D

[@johnjoobooks]

Elden Ring is terrific in that it brings same excitement, joy, discovery and fear now, that D1 gave me back in the days. Except one thing - Elden Ring's music is really not memorable. Imagine ER with music like that!!

[@HelloAnnyong]

@@johnjoobooks God I wish FromSoft would see your comment. They could really take those games up even another notch with music like this track.

[@ShiroArctic]

While I'm not particularly old (I was born in '94) I still remember watching my dad play Diablo and Diablo II while growing up. Didn't even know or care what it was about, but it was fun to watch. Now, my brother and I play Diablo III with my dad on occasion while reminiscing about those times.

[@thomasderosso5625]

Absolutely gorgeous. This is going straight on my relaxation playlist. I'm taken back to imaging the _smell_ of Tristram, and the feeling of the grass under my boots.

[@youfilin]

1:39 goosebumps!!!

[@progreth]

Goosebumps throughout the whole thing!

[@Level5Fighter]

My earliest memories were of Diablo, and hand-made swords I carved from boards and branches in the backyard. I always knew I’d grow up to be classified as a warrior, but even still I have learned to temper myself with compassion. A storm, subtle and strong, just as this nostalgic tune. I am 23 now and still cannot shake the themes this song dances with as part of my overall character. Blizzard may have gone down the poop chute recently along with activision and their legal troubles but at least this is from a time before all of that. One can only dream of returning to such innocence.

[@albertlevins9191]

I like this too much. I am more of a sorcerer. Ask me how I made it here, I would say: "Magic." I also love this track with a fiery passion. It brings me close to who I am in a fundamental way. And man, where are the really good video games now days? I miss the old days...

[@IsacSalehGuitar]

This was amazing! Sounds just like the OST!! A bunch of talented guitarists should make a collaboration on this ;)

[@GuitarsAndDragons]

Yeah, that would be cool... how about four of them?? 😁

[@JonasLefvert]

I want to join that party. That sounds fun :)

[@t.u.5862]

@@GuitarsAndDragons you killed this all by yourself. Got a little choked up. That being said, a colab with some different instrumentation would be amazing.

[@IzanSoria]

Let me know if I can be helpful! :D

[@MrStanley85]

There is one version called "Tristram full version" here on YT from channel "i1" you have to hear his rendition - its nice

[@lilboofstah]

Somebody deserves a pint of ale.

[@GuitarsAndDragons]

Thank you, good sir! 😊🙏

[@Animalover205]

Not gonna lie, when I clicked on I figured it was gonna be a crappy cover of it, but this is actually very well done. Thank you for putting the effort to make it as I remembered it. Thank you.

[@nicholasmorineau3638]

dang that music, definitively in the top10 most iconic musics of vido game history. Beautifully played !

[@GuitarsAndDragons]

Hey everyone! Tabs are now available on my Patreon page*. *In this arrangement I switch betweeen Seven- and Twelve-Strings guitars to play particular parts, but it's still closer to solo arrangement rather than duo. That's why I picked the best parts and merged them into a solo (playable!) tablature.

[@DarkShines051987]

It is undescribable how one song can be relived and reinterpreted in such amazing ways! Yours is the third cover I ever heard and it is just unbelievable how it affects me and brings me so much joy. Thank you! Bardzo dobrze to zagrałeś!

[@GuitarsAndDragons]

Hey man, thanks for this comment, means a lot! I personally think the seventh bass string sounds so satisfying here 😊

[@DrBreezeAir]

So many fond childhood memories. thanks to KZbin for the suggestion and to you for the amazing performance.

[@oBseSsIoNPC]

Ohhhhhh the nostalgia!!!! The first bar is all it took and I had flashbacks!

[@monstatronofficial]

This is the greatest piece of music ever written and this is the best cover I’ve ever heard of it. Outstanding!!

[@paulbutler8308]

That was an amazing rendition - excellent performance! Did bring back the Diablo days for sure!