MANOWAR Plays 30 Notes Per SECOND - Is This Even Possible?

Fast guitarists like to boast about playing 20 notes per second. At those speeds, in the time it took you to read this, they could have played hundreds of notes! Manowar bassist Joey De Maio and guitarists Michael Angelo Batio has just released a new video where they play 30 notes per second. This is super human speed. Can I do it too? Let's find out.
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Rubric: -5 points for Danzig references. -5 points for not reading the description. -5 points for not watching far enough into the video to answer your own question. -5 points for misquoting me in your comment. 20 points possible. Everyone starts with an A!

[@TylerJohnstonGuitar]

I can play 30 seconds per note

[@RobertHarrelson]

This is my favorite comment lol.

[@michaelmillican5592]

Yeah that's what I'm saying!

[@lawndart188s]

Good one! I’m w ya

[@ZitherBeast]

😂🤣

[@thegrimreefer3185]

Get a Sustainiac, you'll drastically improve that.

[@mnytame93]

All you need is the keys to the Lamborghini if you get the reference.

[@judgegroovyman]

I would hate to be killed by the speed ;)

[@tostrmofo6686]

I actually own that course and it's great. It's not MABs fault that my Lambo is missing the engine.

[@c.m5043]

😂 This has been with me since the very beginning and never leaves

[@johnhareiel5118]

Yea he never gave me no keys

[@arnyarny77]

I have the keys to a 97 jeep grand Cherokee, can't drive to fast

[@Myrrhkuri]

thats awesome a couple years ago..Manowar was supposedly retiring...They get MAB to join and get the desire to record again..These guys not only are they FAST but the youngest in the band is the drummer at 54...MAB 67, Joey 69, and Eric is 71...these guys are still phenominal !!

[@retropuffer2986]

I love MAB's comment "So fast we're reversing time." 😀

[@jeanchristophevalossiere]

Back to the 80's for sure. Their fingers are delorean at that point

[@hairmetaltimemachine7132]

They've hit ludicrous speed and have gone to plaid!

[@williebarreto3248]

And these guys are not spring chickens either, I’m sure they are having arthritis issues. Unbelievable.

[@geraintwd]

Kudos for the Spaceballs reference.

[@user-fc9iq6le2g]

Hey the plaid album is one of my favorites........and it was Dimebags favorite....he had the album cover tatooed on his leg. That Blues Saraceno is good

[@biscobisco1882]

@@williebarreto3248 Yes it is unbelievable, because they aren't actually doing it.

[@Run-Riot]

God, MAB has always been a monster, but this is absurd. They say you slow down as you get older, but MAB has clearly not gotten the memo, lol

[@NinjaRunningWild]

He got it, it just got shredded.

[@mr.giggles4995]

​@@NinjaRunningWild😂 that's metal AF

[@Matthew_Klepadlo]

That’s the equivalent of playing 36th notes in one measure at 200 bpm. Or the equivalent of a jet plane headed straight for your face.

[@CthulhuInc]

my paper shredder can do 30 pages a second. we lost a pet to it, once.

[@td8778]

RIP Fido

[@mmikeyhignight8573]

Lmfao 😂😂!

[@brians1793]

Should have gotten a pet rock, rock beats paper shredder.

[@mondoseguendo6113]

sorry for your loss 😢

[@roof1975]

Lots of negative comments. Relax guys. Its just for fun, a challenge, a record. Of course its meaningless. And music is more than that. Still fun to see people push weird challenges tho.

[@eddiejr540]

Well said…people just need to relax a bit!!!

[@biscobisco1882]

The problem is that they don't pass the fraud check. This isn't anywhere close to 30 notes per second, and it's embarrassing that a guitarist as acclaimed as MAB would attempt to pass his playing off as if he could.

[@kenjones9326]

They also don't know that Michael Angelo Batio is an ambidextrous guitar wizard.

[@michaelscaccia1454]

What mean comments? You're a tart

[@the_panos]

@biscobisco1882 released an entire video showing their process for reaching that speed and measuring it. The maths seems to check out for me when I use a calculator. Can you explain how it is fraudulent?

[@davidshankle7359]

I was doing that back in my days in manowar and still can do it now no problem.

[@Juicexlx]

Hey. The real Manowar shredder🤘

[@petezod6937]

Triumph of steel

[@christophersavill4785]

Hey dave. Remember watching yourself and rhino with manowar at the lyceum in london

[@davidshankle7359]

@@christophersavill4785 yes ty

[@squatcurldeadlift7346]

Legend!!

[@TheDoug625]

I know 9 chords, if I stretch really good I can play them all in one day.

[@bogadu]

There are only 7 chords (plus variations)

[@realjoeydemaio]

MAX thank you for posting this your a Bad Ass

[@raysmetana1826]

Black wind fire and steel… I have been looking for that song for 30 years but I remembered the lyrics wrong and didn’t know the band name so I could never find it. I only heard it once in 1994 as soon as he said the name I thought that must be the song….. I just listened to it for the first time in 30 years just as good as remembered it thank you for solving a mystery for me wow

[@ithemba]

haha that's amazing, welcome back to the pleasure of manowar !

[@SilverMustang2006-wn2vu]

I found a tab some time ago... 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' by Chris Impellitteri and the solo is 50 notes in 1.5 seconds....

[@thought1212]

that man sent me back to the drawing board back in the day.

[@dixansk]

I can easily believe it, the 3 ascending opening scales sound like my vacuum cleaner.

[@2good2betrue3]

I know that part, it's mid-opening ascending "explosive fill ins" that broke the melodic part😅. Been practicing it a decade ago and it's sick.

[@gerardcote8391]

kzbin.infoUgkxpNfH_U3L1ap9a75wfA8b33kruXI7SQsP?si=Z_XnY48YlgNSXu9s

[@KitWriter]

So, Joey's KZbin channel has 14k views for this video, released 7 days ago. You also released your review of their video 7 days ago, later in the same day, but it has 49k views. SO. You are bringing views to Manowar. Good work. Very much appreciated. ✊

[@spaceexpireaudio666]

I think the main secret here is to play it on 10

[@jasongoad1084]

All men play on 10!

[@spaceexpireaudio666]

@@jasongoad1084 never gonna turn down again actually will release a Short with this one soon

[@weddingwiththewhitedove]

Second octave ,10th fret

[@MetalGodMasino]

They said, "why be proud, don't play so loud, be like us and get a sound that's real thin. Wear a polyester suit, act happy look cute, get a haircut and buy small gear" That's when I turned to them and said, "hold it, right there!"

[@hevihoo]

Well, it's more to me than just a job and while I'm playing you won't get robbed. NOBODY tells a man how to play, it just ain't that way, hey, hey, hey, can you hear me say?

[@weddingwiththewhitedove]

This made me decide to play slower ,with more feeling😂

[@codygranrud6212]

Hahaha

[@grantdonley4014]

I think this solidifies MAB as the fastest. I have been taking his lessons for over 15yrs. I’m no “speed demon” (think Chris Impellitteri), but my playing has improved dramatically

[@1RungAtATime]

Manowar is that block of cheese that's been hiding in your fridge for 30 years but somehow still hasn't started molding.

[@tweed0929]

I don't know what are you trying to say here, but I like your comment. 😂

[@vanthdreadstar8788]

They’re definitely moldy. I mean…look at them.

[@RabidGerry]

I'm not a Manowar fan but I've caught your videos quite a few times so time to subscribe. Keep up the good work.

[@GuitarMAXMusic]

Awesome, thank you!

[@Rhosow]

This is so sick!!! Thanx for showing!

[@ZoomZoom-ng6sn]

Metal must be evolving again. This is crazy stuff. 15 years from now, this might just become a norm in Metal.

[@cpirazzo]

Great video Max!

[@GuitarMAXMusic]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@luisvillarreal5262]

At least you can retrieve your guitar from the dumpster, if the garbage truck hasn’t taken it already. I, on the other hand, cannot retrieve my guitar when it’s nothing but ashes in the fireplace. 🔥🎸😂😂

[@LeonLandgren-qt9pg]

Awesome video. Blk wind fire and steel! I love Manowar and Michelangelo Batio even more now.

[@JimboSlicePFC]

I counted 31.

[@CrazyHenkie777]

Spinal Tap....But also very impressive. Great to see the real Joey enjoying some good times with a friend!

[@dresdensinn6669]

"Fighting the world every single day, fighting the world for the right to play....30 notes per second" lol ; )

[@MrBaldypete1]

Jesus, I sang the 30 notes per second part in my head and it fits.....

[@michaelbujanda8785]

How the Hell is that physically possible!!!! 😳 😮😮😮😮😮

[@Chekanchik]

It's not a proved record. More like showing off

[@biscobisco1882]

It's not - they're clearly not playing all the notes or keeping up with the MIDI sequencer they're supposed to be playing to.

[@michaelbujanda8785]

@biscobisco1882 To me !!!! There's more to expressing oneself on guitar than just playing super fast!!!! Playing extremely fast is just one facet to playing ROCK guitar!!!! Melody, Hand vibrato, phrasing, whammy playing, finger tapping, pinch harmonics, natural harmonics, chordal voicings, playing slow, leaving pauses now and then !!! Being creative and original on guitar!!!! 🙂😀😃😀🙂

[@biscobisco1882]

@@michaelbujanda8785 That's all important, but leaving that aside, these guys are lying about the speed.

[@jedinightwing]

Not only playing it, but playing it that clean...i may have to throw myself in that dumpster. Amazing.

[@stomach-turningthrush9432]

Soldier of Fortune CD chilling in the background made me happy.

[@starkillerclub3755]

Got my Manowar tix for their only U.S. tour date at King's Theatre in Brooklyn NY next Nov 🤘

[@sharkman4928]

I can play 30 notes per minute. 🤣

[@BruceShadley-yk6nx]

me too! 🤣

[@sciexp]

Amazing, maybe it's too much, but still, It's amazing... The solo of Dying Fetus, the treachery will die with you is pretty fast for me already... Thx for sharing this...

[@marcdelaval106]

MUSIC : Mozart said : Music is in the silence between the notes. What do you think of that?

[@user-fc9iq6le2g]

Thats just stupid..........silence is silence...........there is no music if there is nothing but silence. Its called taking a breathe. It does not define music, it gives it color/emotion. Mozart is stupid......its ego talking. Like saying "oh, i reach the outer most cosmos and reach the notes from there" Dude.....its called drugs........and honestly......its pretty much how almost all the greatest of music came to be. Music was better when people were getting high.

[@MajorUpgrade]

I love speed, but it reminds me of the old Amadeus movie, where they go "It's just too many notes"...😂. I guess with me getting older, I'm way more into melody than anything else.

[@letigidou8660]

You could play a typical legato lick at around 16 nps and it would sound pretty much the same.

[@johannesschmitz6370]

Arent they doing just that?

[@PooNinja]

Ludicrous speed !!!!

[@PooNinja]

7:26 oh but it is!

[@MajorUpgrade]

"THEY'VE GONE TO PLAID!"

[@johncortez2009]

I've been Listening to the best guitar player since 86 and never have I seen this that fast before and I just turned 50 years old this is great stuff thank you for sharing this

[@louisslyfox1775]

I laughed so much with this video 😂😂. Dude, I'm quite new to your channel. Are you also a singer? Your voice is freaking awesome

[@Snaps_Provolone]

Where's that dumpster at? Lol

[@GuitarMAXMusic]

It's right behind Norm's Rare Guitars.

[@Snaps_Provolone]

@GuitarMAXMusic Thanks Max. Love the vids.

[@Keith-rk4td]

That Bass is freaking crazy cool!🤘🤠🤘

[@jodyferguson3068]

Although I love Michael Angelo Batio and his playing there is absolutely no reason in my guitar world to play 30 notes a second it becomes repetition without feeling in my opinion playing fast four shredders is great but there is so much more to music than shredding but I respect all the shredders that want to try it good luck

[@MetalHeart8787]

when michael was Touring with manowar I was hoping he was gonna do an Album with them. That would be Awesome if they do.

[@junkazama9149]

both are amazing players, wish i cold play man o war tunes.

[@Rikamortis6stringer]

Not even close bro, I could get about 12. Going to practice a lot more now! Wow unbelievable! As always thanks Max, See you on the next one. I'd be up to see who can play the slowest?😂

[@RichWards-Wins]

The Slowest? That could be me. I think I can hit one note every 30 years.

[@Ownedyou]

01:08 I'm telling TMNT I know who Shredder is!

[@83RED]

Duuuude! that's way fast! the faster I played was 14 notes per beat at 140. And I don't even know how many notes it gets on notes per second! It's good o see classic shred growing up again!

[@GuitarMAXMusic]

Yes!

[@rockywalls0074]

Manowar will be never be same like that used to be with original line up.

[@JohnnyGuitaristOfficial]

Hahaha, that part where Michael blows up in flames, 😂😂😂😂😂

[@k2rocksstl]

From this day forward, this type of scale will be known as the MAXolydian scale

[@jordanrush1988]

16th note triplets at 140 bpm is roughly 14 notes per second…and that’s like…fairly quick. I can’t imagine physically doubling that lol.

[@biscobisco1882]

You can't imagine physically doubling it because I don't believe it's possible - these two old bastards certainly aren't doing what they say they are.

[@biscobisco1882]

They're not even breaking 20 notes per second, never mind 30. Just because a couple of old coots play in unison with a sequencer backing track and make a wild claim in the title of a video, doesn't mean they actually got anywhere near it. All you need to do is slow the clip down to 25% and then tap out each note using a bpm detector.

[@Chekanchik]

They should make a recording, zoom it in the DAW, and show the oscillogram. In that way, you can see each string pluck and count them. Now it's just a showing off

[@biscobisco1882]

@TheDominator1347 Yep. I'd love to hear an individual track from each guy on their own without the sequencer and the other guy's track cluttering the mix and covering all the notes they missed.

[@p4cbassman]

Used to practice with my old band a couple rooms down from David Shankle. His guitar attack was awesome and super fast.

[@Scratchyjackscratch]

Amazing, those guys are super hero musicians.

[@naglfahr7778]

Marcus Paus did get into Guiness world records for playing 28000 notes per minute in the 90's. Don't know what the current record is, but remember it was just a blur of guitar noise.

[@petebetz5358]

batio is an absolute animal! If anybody can do it I would believe he would be one of the ones that could.

[@JohnnyBargeldBoom]

Ja, danke! Das ist gut!!!

[@2twh53]

Long time follower enjoying your content! Your thoughts on Dave grohl epiphone.

[@williamdelabrue5157]

Very surprised you’re not into theory. Mixolydian scale is very common. Keep rockin’ !

[@cancelbubble6535]

Hey Max, are you planning on seeing Manowar later this year in their only US concert? I think it's around November'ish in NYC.

[@GuitarMAXMusic]

I hope so!

[@Juicexlx]

Alexi Laiho being dead, I can only see Herman Li or Teemu Mäntysaari being able to do this. But seriously, I sometimes watch Micheal Angelo Batio's videos. He's a practice monster. He's relentless. He talks and plays live for hours on end. I guess that's how you're the fastest shredder at 68 yrs-old.

[@scottnoricsson2023]

The fastest super-picker in the world, that I know of is Mike Paouris , the Greek.... he uses that Gilbert/Di Meola mechanic of picking ... he is an alien just McLaughlin kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2epXnmagKhnpas

[@ljp31009]

I started playing guitar in the early 80's and totally get where the whole shredder thing comes into play. I got Yngwie's Rising Force when it came out and still love that album. Fast forward, I am more interested these days in stuff like Meshuggah's odd rhythmic arrangements and the stuff Mike Dawes does. That's when I want to listen to something extreme. Mostly though... I find myself going back and listening to Zep, Rush, Heart, BOC, Eagles and Fleetwood Mac. It's what I grew up with and the songs move me.

[@manuelpassarella]

I can comfortably play 16 notes per second. Pushing it to 20 for short bursts and obviously only with patterns.

[@endtimeguitarist]

@7:58 lmaoooooo It really caught me off gaurd

[@greer776611]

It doesn't matter how fast you play but how awesome you look on stage!

[@Mr.Goldbar]

Manowar had 2 of the fastest guitar players in the world, MAB and David Shankle. Think about that for a second

[@vince8081]

Fastest than Shawn lane ? Come on...

[@Mr.Goldbar]

@@vince8081 I said 2 of the fastest, not the 2 fastest. Hold your horses Shawn Lane is still the fastest

[@GreenHoleSun]

You should listen to a guy called Matteo Mancuso. He has a very distinctive right hand tecnique (some sort of fingerpicking, no pick) that he uses in different genres: hard rock, prog, fusion, jazz, blues, classical, etc. He can shred, even if he does not define himself as a shredder. But, most of all, he is very musical and a very nice guy.

[@stefpenfield5918]

I'm more 30 seconds per note.

[@raciel9846]

Yeah 😏

[@GoatMee]

16th notes at 60 is 4 notes per second, so ... 128th notes at 60, or 64th notes at 120, or 32nd notes at 240, or 16th notes at 480 BPM is 32 notes per second. They start to play 64th notes at 70 BPM and go up.

[@GO747]

That's the thing, they are repeating it without error, they are great

[@BackWoodsBillyCraftBeerReviews]

At first I thought you didn't understand the " Mixolydian" Scale ⚖️ 🎵🎶 but yeah It took me a minute to get your tongue & cheek Phrase ' It's all Greek to me ! " It's all a matter of what you want to do ... Goal Setting for a Shred Record was there goal.. Practice Practice Practice.. Stretching exercises diet praying...OMG 🤯 I don't know is it possible... Remember the movie Rocky 1 ... The running...LOL ... Cheers 🍻🥃🥃🎸🎵🎶

[@user-lz8je5ob8j]

That's amazing thanks for the video Yngwie could do it

[@lasseelkjaer6191]

3:05 Mixolydian scale is a major scale with a flat seven.

[@Bigsecksie99]

love the Loudness soldier of fortune cd in back

[@jcoop3660]

One of Randy Rhodes speed secrets: he practiced triplets till he could do it about three times faster than most. Practice practice practice. Im disabled, cant shred w arthritus.

[@paulmdevenney]

sub 30ms is considered "real time" for most applications. meaning its nearly impossible for humans to detect the separation. Get any faster and the percussive element of the note is going to start defining the musical frequency! Pretty insane.

[@stokesjoshua2007]

his reaction of where do to start is priceless

[@dankojones8964]

Danke, das ist gut 👍😉👍...

[@vonStahlhelm]

"Other bands play, Manowar kills"

[@davidglynnguitars8119]

It's amazingly fast. I prefer those who play with feeling over being so technical and fast. SRV, BB King and those who play with emotion come to mind. That's just my thoughts.

[@LongLiveRockAnRoll]

But would their solos sound good over a fast power metal riff? After all, it's about serving the song as we are constantly told.

[@stathorinoakenshield6331]

I knew MAB joining manowar was a bad thing. This stuff is just so ridiculous

[@poorbrokeguitarist]

I feel you with throwing the guitar away. I feel like that every day but I keep going.

[@ll7868]

I traded my guitars and gear in for drums in 1983, couldn't play guitar worth a shit after 2 years, picked up the drums like a tick on a bear's left nut.

[@bacongl]

Manowar Manowar living on the road When we're in town speakers explode We don't attract wimps 'cause we're too loud Just true metal people that's Manowar's crowd

[@dresdensinn6669]

Other bands play...ManOwar kills, because they'e the Kings of Metal!

[@robonguitarnz]

MAB has been legendary on guitar for years, I wish he got the gig before that other fella. MAB though, one of theee cleanest players since the late 80s(?) and a cool dude to talk to.

[@robonguitarnz]

On a side note, you can easily play 24 notes super easy, just slide your finger up to the 12th fret and back lol

[@cnilecnile6748]

"Panic Station" by Allan Holdsworth. That's where they stole that riff, it's the solo intro lick, except he does it twice as long. 40 years ago.

[@FreakKitchen63]

Roy Marchbank - hold my beer...

[@biscobisco1882]

"...while I play noisy, horrible chromatic shit no matter what key we're in, that is 50% me sliding my index finger up the neck and that I need to run through a MIDI modeller (on top of tying two rags around the neck of my guitar) to sound slightly less unbearable than through a conventional guitar signal"

[@ryanamendt8363]

Does anyone know what's up with the neck of the bass guitar? How is it so skinny?

[@musicbynaush]

Why would he have a wide fretboard if he is using a pick? He plays chords and stuff given it's a one guitarist band.

[@baileywatts1304]

I've tried that Paul Gilbert thing of putting picks onto a cordless drill, and it know that I couldn't put it in the highest speed or I'd break the strings, so I checked how many rpm I could safely use on the drill before doing some damage, and even using the drill I max out at around 34 notes per second. Getting 30 without assistance is mind bowling.

[@PutItAway101]

I've always suspected "piccolo basses" exist only for the situation where the bass player in a band wants to play some guitar, but the guitar player won't let them, so they have to pretend they're actually still playing a bass and not ever admit that it's a four-string guitar.

[@arborinfelix]

Playing faster will benefit Manowar financially. Now they can play a full show in half of the time. So they can squeeze more shows on their tour. It will also have an effect on the Manowar fans. a: What are you doing back at home? I thought that you were going to a Manowar concert. b: They played all their set in 5 minutes so I came back home

[@ZalMoxis]

Michael Angelo was born to be in Manowar

[@Earthshaker1965]

MAB has been setting records as long as he's been playing.

[@eugenstar81]

Hi Max, I am actually a pianist and managed to play 28 notes per second, and spent like 5 minutes of practicing on this. It does not mean I am an extreme virtuoso, but it seems this speed in not that unreachable, at least on my instrument. If you are interested I can easily post a video how I do it

[@zsaxeshed5743]

Batio is my favorite guitar player, id be happy with half his speed

[@scottnoricsson2023]

I used to play up to 27 nps, when I was playing Impellitterri when I was younger, now I am satisfied with 24 per second (both linear and repetitive sequences)... in all honesty I am fine with 155 bpm 32nds small triplets since I play hair metal, not metalcore or death metal or something ...

[@lenzschneider8757]

Manowar isn't usually my thing, but I'm really curious about a new album with Michael.

[@dan_kay]

The question should be: Is this even music?

[@bogadu]

I counted the notes. 15 per second. But since they are 2 guys playing 15 notes per second, I guess it is technically 30 notes per sec.

[@petebetz5358]

My analogy of getting my ass kicked by some badass guitar players is throwing all my gear in the river...