DJENT (modern metal) Riffs in a Nutshell

[@vernaltear]

The intro is not too long, it’s absolutely bloody amazing

[@Nik2Dope]

Man I TOTALLY agree!! It’s Badass!!!

[@frackwitdango8365]

Agreed, and I don’t even like Djent outside of Meshuggah

[@solidxangryjoer4233]

@@frackwitdango8365 lol

[@Sgt6217]

Agreed. Subscribed!

[@jani14jani]

Damn this goes hard. So many of modern metal guitar riffs are ruined by pointless fills etc... But these riffs didn't have anything pointless, everything fits very well.

[@routeshell]

It fucking djents!! Another beast of a track with awesome funny commentary about tractors and Egyptian gods :P Way to go brother! Amazing job as always

[@checkthedist]

Thanks a lot man!

[@joachimheng78]

Well orchestrated, aggressive guitar tone and love your work. Great job!

[@juchas86]

Maybe it's mead, maybe its weed, but i like all parts. I rly admire your tones SŁAWA!

[@Idyliss]

The text and when you wrote "0-0-0-0" it was so funny 🤣keep it up man

[@shawnhartman7374]

I've been wanting to get an 8 string but have had a heck of a time trying to figure out what to get after seeing some of your videos I knew which one to buy! Your playing skills are absolutely amazing!

[@checkthedist]

Thanks a lot man!

[@ashlyace438]

Men, your guitar tone is sick! Thats super amazing!

[@checkthedist]

Thank you!

[@pbr556]

you perfectly encompassed everything I love about the genre bro! you're talented asf keep it up!

[@alfonsoobando3616]

My face was melted about 7 separate times on this. Then I watched it again. Cheers!

[@T_SDuarte]

This is so good and ACCURATE! A love letter of sorts. Keep it up! Cheers from Brazil!

[@Artemius_Impure]

Реально классно получается, когда небольшие шутейки есть в таких видео. Спасибо за контент!

[@artgrathartgrath3451]

Dude great sound and the patterns definitely represents your personality

[@Shred_Enthusiast]

Very nice collection of riffs. Love the 8 string hellraiser with the fr. Sounds great

[@yeserguitar]

Amazing Alex! Literally on fire and gives cool ideas to work on, and the toneeeeeeeeee!!!

[@happohajotus]

I cannot do anything else but like this. Awesome work!

[@michaelpowers4452]

amazing playing as always !!!!

[@PikkaBird]

Yo I dig the South Park reference in the disclaimer. (Also the riffs, they're real neato)

[@deeforty]

Subbed, might blow the dust off the old 8 string and write something based off your ideas, thanks man. Great playing.

[@checkthedist]

Thank you, happy to help! But maybe you would check out my more serious stuff, cause this video was conceived as something like a parody.

[@alaingrandhaye5601]

Perfect Alex, sounds perfect for me

[@xtbirdboxtx2039]

Damn, are those EMGs? Sounds sick as shit! Good job, keep it up

[@SwainBjornstrandt]

Impressive as always

[@checkthedist]

Thanks a lot!

[@grafen3teiner]

Damned.......this is fucking AWESOME !! Bad ass tone & bad ass playing !!

[@jasonknoll5170]

Alex you continue to inspire me to play everyday! Keep it up brother

[@angbandart]

Djent really resonates with my soul. The abnormal patterns are so beautiful. I hate 1234-1234 music. These complex rhythms are to die for.

[@atroposV]

i just like how they dj dj djønt

[@hand_and_justin_entertainment]

Djent has become my 1234-1234

[@tonym4781]

That was awesome! Funny comments but a seriously cool song!

[@scarcecobra04]

That was sick bro!!!! I wish to had your talent. Your hard work comes out in these riffs.

[@NathanielBTM]

beastly as always

[@fahmiaziz2383]

Damn it's so darn good riffs

[@tfwnoyandere]

sick as always

[@liamltf1783]

Frick I love this

[@dantat5713]

this is brilliant!! the ‘Arabic’ scale is also known as the phrygian mode btw lol

[@tfwnoyandere]

sounds more like phrygian dominant to me

[@dantat5713]

@@tfwnoyandere oh my bad, I always mix them up

[@tfwnoyandere]

@@dantat5713 they are only one semitone different and share half a name

[@Pickleguyyy]

I have the 7 string version of this guitar! Super sick axe, and noce playing as well!

[@pain9270]

Sounds badass!

[@GrootGuitar]

Gah damn, this SLAPS. 🤘🦖

[@anthonyhaga7559]

Dude, you’re music is always incredible! Keep up the great work! Also, what would you say are your top influences?

[@checkthedist]

My music taste is not so regular, i can listen different genres and take something here and there. For example today i have both Chris Daughtry and Fit for an Autopsy in my playlist, and tomorrow there will be God is an Astronaut with Cannibal Corpse lol.

[@tfwnoyandere]

fellow diverse taste enjoyer, i go between ariana grande and extermination dismemberment in the same 30 minutes

[@TheSason666]

And I also love music with no guitars present like Pet Shop Boys for example. )))

[@ХитрыйЖук-л8с]

все мы в итоге берем 8 струн, чтобы играть на одной ХД, трек/видос кайф!))

[@ХитрыйЖук-л8с]

так и было всегда))

[@deletado12]

Yeah!

[@giacomogalli2448]

Your riffs are fucking amazing

[@sobasage1958]

Haha! Very well done! Perfectly illustrates how samey and washed down everything in the genre has become.

[@benjaminperez-cottaar3607]

This is sick

[@yog7490]

this is very brutal staff)

[@Kreozot2D]

bro those chords are so programmable

[@gilbertostefan]

HELL YEAH!!!!⚠️☠️

[@GUGLIELMOBALDISSERRI]

the meshuggah face riff is super accurate

[@ericksegura478]

Dulce melodia para mis oidos.

[@Izolus]

I gotta be honest this is fucking sick

[@ThePit0007]

Jens face is legendary

[@BababooeyYcho66T]

I want to hear bro do a solo. He doesn't give himself enough credit.

[@apoplexiamusic]

Amazing riffs! Those drums sounds amazing! i love the piccolo-ish snare! May i ask what library it's from?

[@checkthedist]

This is Addictive Drums, Tama snare as i remember.

[@apoplexiamusic]

@@checkthedist nice! It’s inspiring me to revisit that plugin

[@obiscygma]

If this is meant as a disparagement of the genre, then I guess the joke's on me - cuz I loved every damn bar of it.

[@plaguebearermetal]

Not enough 0s. Pls try again

[@demonslayervirgil600]

I'm a simple man. I see 0s and i'm happy

[@michaldivismusic]

Yes, it does!

[@NasifIstiak]

I like how you replaced o's with 0's in some of the words

[@GrMfull]

Always impressed by your creativity. Which drum plugin did you used ?

[@checkthedist]

Thank you! My main drummer is Addictive Drums.

[@nazorean]

It does.

[@bocote3119]

This actually sounds better than any djent out there ;)

[@glenrussell5242]

can we post a video creating a solo for that "solo part" where there are no guitarist available? really really great playing!

[@checkthedist]

Thanks, yes, if you want you can jam with it

[@omarcontreras666]

Brutal sound and play🤘🤘what tuning did you use for the 8 string guitar if you don’t mind me asking

[@checkthedist]

Thanks! Low drop D here.

[@idanshahar]

Great!

[@JFR001]

...yes.

[@522KeGg]

Красавчик,от слова совсем!

[@mineofilms]

Hi Alex... New follower. I like your playing. You got a good ear for the chugs. Stupid question. I am no guitar player but I feel I got a good ear. From a technical POV is it harder/easier to find new riffs with all the zeros and ones? Is even harder/easier even the right way to put that? I get a lot of back and forth with my guitar players I will manage about the shift from technical ability to sonically this works over that. I get open notes and all but the more technical players seem to frown upon it where sonically it sounds amazing. Do players, fans, anyone really care about the technical difficulties or just that it sounds good? Me... IDC... If it sounds good who the hell cares if its "not as technical" as say metal/hard rock guitars from yesteryears past. I know its just different flavors but its all ice cream in the end. Id bring up you do not see Van Halen/Lynch/Rhodes style players playing this stuff or even flirting with it. Its like Taboo for them. I never got that.

[@checkthedist]

If I understand the question correctly i must say for me there is no reason to play something technical just for "play technical" It's better to play two notes and make it sound right and catchy, than play all the notes in every track and all of these would be incomprehensibly monotonous and unrecognizable.

[@mineofilms]

@@checkthedist intersting. Thank you for the response.

[@THEDARKSIDEUNDERGROUND]

Fkn baddassness! 🤘🏻💪🏻😈

[@sagardalal5899]

bro what tuning is this?

[@ParaDeMamar]

Sounds Djentilicious 👽 You using the ENGL sim here?

[@checkthedist]

Yes as always u530 from Mercuriall audio

[@rubenmedina5050]

Excelente 🤘🎸

[@ArtifactsofExile]

bro i'd really like to know if you also have the gain noises when you play such chuggy riffs

[@checkthedist]

Of course, i use pod farm for my playing monitoring, so i have some noisegate, on recorded parts i just cut out the "silent" noisy parts.

[@sega.milkis]

Tasssttty!!!

[@norman9052]

1:53

[@Vikdttcjnnklgyhvcdgklm]

😎👍🏻🔝

[@BuildTheSandbox]

He's not wrong.

[@hernanemozaga-oficial]

Heavy sound! Will this song be available on digital platforms?

[@checkthedist]

Thanks man, no, I don't planning to release it as a song.

[@vernaltear]

@@checkthedist why not :( it’s so damn good

[@Earth-Worm-Tim]

Damn!!!!!

[@418792316]

noice

[@jamesmarkham7489]

I honestly could imagine these riffs out of 10 diff bands now.

[@checkthedist]

It's the main reason for this video lol

[@carlosamador8006]

@@checkthedist tunning please

[@MichaelKhaimraj]

Second Verse is such nasty writing. It pushes the beat so nicely. The syncopation is simple enough to be extremely catchy and yet just complex enough for immediate Meshuggah face. It could be an actual top tier banger if a song was built with it as a focus.

[@andysoul]

Роскошно🤘😖

[@breakmutiny5733]

What’s your favorite 8 string you own? Also very meaty tone

[@checkthedist]

I don't know, i love and hate them all equally lol

[@breakmutiny5733]

@@checkthedist very relatable lol

[@structuracombatknife9445]

🔪 🔥

[@davidfletcher7140]

Hi Alex, for 8 string guitars do you prefer active or passive pickups? Awesome playing as always!

[@checkthedist]

Now i like passive pickups more, but this guitar is exception

[@davidfletcher7140]

Cheers mate, Ive gone for all seymour Duncan’s in all mine. Ive love your music too Alex. I was a 7 string player and was having trouble learning the 8 string. Ive learnt so much from you 😊😊

[@vernaltear]

What kind of guitar is this? I’m about to buy a Schecter 8 string, a demon to be specific and I’m wondering if I’m coincidentally about to buy the same guitar as on this video!

[@checkthedist]

This is Hellraiser C8

[@blackblurable]

Great stuff and what are you playing through? Is the low string supposed to sound like that?

[@checkthedist]

My main sound is from Mercuriall audio U530 plugin, sorry but i don't really understand the question about low string.

[@AlexTV_FPS]

@@checkthedist I believe they may be referring to the tonal clarity of the low 8th.

[@fiholikjohari4391]

Perjalanan hidup adalah keadaan untuk bisa menghidupi keabadian dalam dunia fantasi karena hidup adalah experiment by fun @#posible nothing imposible

[@uberlebender7]

What"s your gear, please?

[@checkthedist]

Mercuriall u530 plugin with some good IRs

[@crystaljesus9061]

Какой строй и струны? Для статистики))

[@Lordololord]

Low drop D

[@Nisshin_Maru]

lmao it's actually sick

[@MrManolocartucho]

guitar tuning please

[@checkthedist]

Low drop D

[@matldn2697]

You have converted me to a 8 string.

[@MrChevrolet94]

Are your backing tracks free for others to use in their videos or do they have to get permission from you first?

[@checkthedist]

You can use my tracks, it will be great if you can mention me as an author.

[@MrChevrolet94]

@@checkthedist thank you

[@Meddivel]

Всё , что было тут указанно - правда !

[@NX_K]

Everything's in the 0's.

[@djtomoy]

juga juga da jug jug

[@angryktulhu]

Пиздато ) THALL

[@sailor.smm12]

Ядовито и страшно! Великолепно!

[@whoshotya117]

It's all Slugdge

[@Kozhanich_i]

Alex привет.Прояви альтруизм)) Сними пожалуйста видео, о том как ты стал таким крутым гитаристом. Дай советы таким пионерам как я) О том как развиваться начинающим гитаристам, что бы играть подобную музыку, какие упражнения на твой взгляд помогают и другие не очевидные вещи. Наша благодарность не будет знать пределов))

[@checkthedist]

Есть один нюанс) так вышло, что я особо не хотел быть именно гитаристом, да и если честно сам про себя я не могу сказать, что хорошо играю. Когда я начинал всё это я просто хотел именно сочинять музыку, а гитара уже второй вопрос. Сейчас я "гитарист" раз в неделю, в день когда снимаю свои видео) А о том, как стать хорошим музыкантом в ютубе очень много видео и почти все они имеют одну общую параллель - надо много и дисциплинированно заниматься.

[@Kozhanich_i]

@@checkthedist Ясно. Ушёл заниматься )

[@Nik2Dope]

#moreplease

[@Peresvet-Lka]

еб.....ть как сочно! Лучший!