How To: Make a Metalcore Song in 6 Min or Less (+ Full Song at the End) || Shady Cicada

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Blam. video explains it all. How to make a Metalcore song in.....6 minutes or less. Doesn't have the same ring to it as 5.
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[@Shadycicada]

For those who have requested for years: My song "Karma" is FINALLY on streaming platforms (Spotify, KZbin Music, Apple Music, etc). Thank you for getting this video to 1 million views! There may be a possible remake/remaster and vocal version one day in the future (: open.spotify.com/track/6GdKtqA3XhlIZ7xWAUHJvh?si=5b14a3bbc27d4431

[@jonjonathanlin]

Next video： How to get a friend

[@jonathongrabs]

aahahaha here i am

[@smoother12]

And the next: how to get a friend ho plays guitar

[@BierBart12]

In 6 minutes

[@solnijkoluchistoye9921]

Or more likely: How to get a guitar-playing friend

[@iamdaveandhaveaniceday2651]

My problem is that my friends are morons who either don’t play guitar or suck at it. Cheers to the loser team

[@lukee_v]

error 404 : friend not found

[@xthe_nojx5820]

LukeV Three Cheers for Multitracking.

[@prabowonegoro3693]

same problem here. any idea how to solve it? :v

[@NeroKanamiChannel]

@@prabowonegoro3693 Pacman is an stupid emoticon.

[@leviallen8040]

Teaching a friend currently but gonna take a long time just wish I knew somebody who already knew how to play

[@meowcats8671]

GET the comment for Luke to 669 lol

[@cjchristie98]

Haha I like it. I felt like I was listening to a Killswitch Engage song 😂

[@pantera89]

fuck yes!!! I love that group!!! \\m//

[@ryanshinn7]

Ironman52398 or even older All That Remains

[@thaolinthaolinsson7748]

ikr @shinnsplints

[@Nana-mf6pb]

Ironman52398 same😂

[@LucasHpm]

Waking The Fallen era A7X?

[@danhinchliffe7622]

Metalcore is by far my favourite genre literally because of how it's structured. The controlled chaos is amazing! You showed this perfectly in this!

[@prabowonegoro3693]

Dan Hinchliffe agree on this. only some people will understand

[@danisirooszadeh7305]

I'm Totally Agree

[@kylebryerton3370]

I am a junky for octive changes, palm mutes and slow stretched out breakdowns with that funky junk layered on top. The structure that Metalcore follows is by far my favorite. Also one of the funnest forms of metal to jam and write. 100% agree

[@truedarklander]

Your like controlled chaos? You might like Opeth and Obscura

[@Kuso319]

@@nythrumkthunis8291 some people think the vocals are wack and maybe they don't like satan stuff. I love both

[@aasphodel]

"Abuse that open-string like you abuse your body after eating MCDonald's" AHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[@OutrightResistanceBand]

I don't think you're the only one... xD

[@kylebryerton3370]

Cow bell is to drums as open string is to guitar. Never enough, need more!!

[@domigrin4886]

But I like McDonalds😆

[@bish0p969]

Leave this at 666 likes

[@GhostsFate]

🙃A man of wise words😌 ps: I had to giggle since everyone else is sleeping, 4 am 🤭

[@fushiguro8913]

Sounds like I'm listening to an As I Lay Dying/Killswitch Engage mash up

[@COYM_1908]

@Uncouth Rapscallion Trivium is literally the best 'modern' metal band out there. No one shreds like them.

[@COYDOGSBAND]

@@COYM_1908 hahaaa....you gen X millenials. Even dudes like Matt Heafy (or whatever, if I got his name crossed w/the Bullet 4 Valentine dude, im sry) owe credit in the bushel to *folks like Bjorn Golette/Jesper Stromblad of IN FLAMES, then next weener all the gen X kids need to nibble before nodding to B4MV or Trivium or Killswitch is then to give a handy J (over the pants is ok) to the ATG/The Haunted members (all Swedish bands in* your guys' idealized metalcore). Basically the "best modern" metal band to me would be a tie between Darkest Hour, Black Dahlia (if we're still ripping off the Swedes as ur millenial "pioneers" of metal do) & even then, their not innovatingly UTTERLY unique like bands similar to Every Time I Die, Dillinger, Johnny Booth, or even I'd take All That Remains if we're mixing the Swede core w/legit hardcore (all you guys missed the early Jane Doe era, so you don't know, but taking Converge & Botch or Neurosis to genre crossovers? That's what was modern & shredding hardest)... no one's heard this ETID style of doing it b4 or since

[@ernestofamorim]

@@COYDOGSBAND bro, are you mad ?

[@majikmooses]

@@COYDOGSBAND Gen X and Millennials are two different generations. And kids? Gen X are like 41-55 years old and Millennials are like 25-40 give or take. Neither are kids. But yes you're right, this style of metalcore does owe a lot to the Gothenburg melodic death metal scene, but I don't think anyone is trying to hide or dispute that? I think most are aware where these influences came from.

[@dylanporter8105]

I've never understood the hate metal core got its melodic, big, heavy, nice cleans, and fun what's not to enjoy?

[@dylanporter8105]

@@kashrutharam5411 pop is burning 4 chord progressions metal core goes from highs to lows with melodic change ups its fun

[@dylanporter8105]

@@kashrutharam5411 at least it's got some feel to it and isnt made by someone else and autotuned in the studio

[@MrKing545]

Because people have a close-mind when it comes to music, the same thing that happens for Nu-Metal. The end of the day listen to whatever you like, it’s metal. Now back to some Parkway Drive

[@ZaThrint]

It’s just fucking music. Like what you like and leave it alone, it’s art.

[@wob6776]

@@kashrutharam5411 A lot of great music has 4 chords in the chorus lol, that's not just pop

[@ferna2294]

The breakdown was too fast. Needed more disonants. Solo was metalcore spot on. 8/10 - IGN

[@fateisnotthesameforall4811]

"It has a little something for everyone" lol

[@madetofail6794]

It makes you feel like Killswitch Engage

[@Shadycicada]

Just giving you them CORE essentials. Full song at 2:17! I hope you guys enjoy :) P.S New cover coming this week as well!

[@spacewombat4569]

Ahhaha, yes.

[@justwulandaryan473]

im headbanging

[@jeffthuot5631]

Awesome bro!

[@manboyy5347]

Shady Cicada I love this like holy shit

[@killingthesilence2922]

Should teach us how to play some of these CORE songs you write

[@RomanCzachor]

I need to learn how to play that chorus riff holy fuck. Incredible job guys.

[@VenNoel]

SkylitHorizon the lead or the rhythm, either way, it's still awesome.

[@horin979]

How to make a deathcore song in 6 min or less next? :D

[@Shadycicada]

I like the idea of that one! I will see what I can do :D

[@ethannavarro9297]

Shady Cicada Yes plz

[@brxken_bvtterfly]

Shady Cicada Yes please!!

[@sagooaudio1101]

how to make deathcore... drop tune to nothing and chug chug chug chug

[@capperith1292]

Stefan Grujic Drop d wtf... no... no.... NO!!!

[@jacobdehahn1163]

I heard the main riff and was like "damn this is why I love metalcore" it sounded straight out of a bfmv track. Metalcore has a basic formula and that means you'll always get what you love.

[@Shadycicada]

Special thanks to my buddy Damir B for helping me out once again!

[@kstonemusic]

Shady Cicada sounds awesome man!

[@indiefolkproduction4045]

This was actually extremely informative for someone coming from a completely different genre. Thanks!

[@officialxverzusz]

I dont even need the full song, its already sounds good. Song starts: HOOOOOOOOOOOLYYYYYYYYY SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT

[@brentonthroopdrums]

I was having trouble coming up with new riffs for my solo project and I came across this video and used the techniques shown and it really helped...I also used drop B instead of drop C because why not😂

[@RainyDayBlue8]

Harold and Kumar- core

[@xthe_nojx5820]

RainyDayBlue8 lol. Bruh.....

[@serph2951]

gold

[@dead_kobaaa2536]

OMG I NEVER EVEN REALIZED 😂😂😂

[@k.c.cummings5543]

Kumar. What is that? Five os? Two us? It's actually just one u.

[@ĐłłĐĐØ27]

Lmao, the first movie was better than the second, just saying.....

[@cameroneve4960]

That breakdown was too complex for metalcore...

[@ilokikoval]

Not really, maybe a bit more complex than usual Melodic Metalcore, but it's just the right breakdown for like a 90s Metalcore song.

[@iamdaveandhaveaniceday2651]

You know, it reminded me of knives and pens by BVB in the simplicity of the drums.

[@thommysguitarcorner4687]

Probably not for newer metalcore (e.g. While she sleeps)

[@andymanson3836]

It’s even got the same pedals/sounds as BVB lmao דוד מרדכי שלזינגר

[@natskar]

@Cameron Eve Not if you listen to good metal core. Just listen to some August Burns Red, they kill it

[@DerpwaldDuck]

OOOOH! Can someone PLEASE make a vocal cover on this song? That'd be amazing, since the song itself was awesome!

[@Shadycicada]

Vocal version is coming eventually, actually!

[@DerpwaldDuck]

@@Shadycicada Oh, wow, sweet! :D Looking forward to it! ^__^

[@melodyaether]

literally watched the song and i know exactly how it would sound i just can't write lyrics (or do proper screamo).

[@harrisonberry96]

"How to play a killswitch engage song in 6 minutes or less"

[@victororemor9120]

Tabs please !!!

[@NathanielBTM]

the break down for me was the best part, the bends on the 1st fret are just pure sex

[@HAMZA-hj7be]

0:34 ONE PU... oh wait it's not one punch man

[@o.w.sproductions1873]

this is better than a lot of metalcore songs these days

[@NKG416]

Kyle Anthony depends on what you listen

[@scottanthony375]

LOL

[@DarkVileScream]

Kyle Anthony sounds like what I listen to you must not find good material

[@kokly7802]

Kyle Anthony ever heard of as I lay dying? Trivium? Killswitch engage?

[@SEbojestElo]

ouch, then

[@abrahamlincoln8913]

Hey Shady Cicada, do you have any materials to recommend for my guitar playing growth. I have a grasp of scales, but you were playing them different then iv'e seen. Like palm muting the lower string and playing the notes of the minor scale in sync. You sound great and you have good skills, keep up the great work. Any tips or videos or books your recommend would be great.

[@tokiwartooth1442]

Watching this made me love metalcore even more 😍

[@ohalistair]

Pretty sure a good three quarters of these riffs are As I Lay Dying riffs, with the last quarter made up of Killswitch. Haha.

[@nunyabusiness5275]

AILD ftw 🤘🤘

[@Christian-jr1gn]

I guess AILD and Killswitch own the fretboard lmao

[@mikaelhelmdorf7737]

Well, that sounded epic.

[@ShawnGaming11]

How to make a thrash metal song

[@adamzeller7979]

Knightgalia gallops

[@chrissaliaras4843]

Knightgalia palm muted open e , minor scales, 16th notes, obligatory Kirk Hammett wah pedal joke, gallops, lyrics about death, more palm muted notes, obligatory Lars Ulrich joke, kick ass harmonies, tapping solo, over 5 minute song.

[@ahmadirsyadadli]

Don't forget 0-0-0-0 Kerry King jokes and some sinister tritones

[@STiLLiLLPRODUCTiONS]

Casually Gaming Spider chords.

[@daoyang6055]

Don't forget Pentatonic specific solos doing circular 12s hitting notes at 200 bpms

[@lazarus1867]

lmfao.. literally just took riffs from like every mainstream metalcore band there is and put them into 1 song.. this song should be called bullet for my shady.. but overall good job.. awesome song and tbh its kind of hard to write a metalcore song and not sound like every metalcore band in existence...

[@northernninety7]

0:22 Sounds like As I Lay Dying

[@OurFinalDays]

Minnesota Guy to me it sounded like not the American average , AA

[@memoire-30jm09]

That's mostly the most used generic metalcore riff (still sounds great tho) a lot of metalcore bands used this riff. It all started with metal bands like Ceremonial Oath, At the Gates, and Death.

[@john7180]

Sounded more like Ax7 or BVB but I'm not sure who ripoff who...

[@user-id2dx4qd6j]

Northern Ninety7 i was thinking all that remains

[@nunyabusiness5275]

Cuz it is

[@coltonwalker1377]

This sounds very KillSwitch Engage-y, anyone else think so too?

[@nunyabusiness5275]

More as i lay dying-y

[@andrewwilson45]

you boys got it dialed. futures lookin pretty sunny huh?

[@desipenguin6713]

YOU WILL KNOW OUR NAMES

[@Twizzlahs]

I AM SO GLAD SOMEBODY ELSE CAUGHT THAT

[@eryft8764]

desipenguin I KNEW IT SOUNDED FAMILIAR

[@emilionavarrete5169]

desipenguin IT MADE ME NUT

[@AlexPies1]

desipenguin oh. somebody did mention it.

[@ibrvef4608]

Arch Enemy?

[@bakarock90]

Bullet for my Valentine, before Gravity.

[@Fkod88]

Fantastic stuff! It turned into a very nice song. This actually requires way more skill than your average metalcore musician is ready to demonstrate. What's more, it seems that the bands that "made it" never really went that far. If As I Lay Dying played stuff that required this much moving around the fret, they would never have become one of the cornerstones of metalcore. More like, garnered a certain following like Sacred Mother Tongue and faded into obscurity. They even proved the point when they started to play way more technical stuff and it just became a bit overdone. Your song is a lot better balanced I'd say.

[@TheFinalMB]

Coming back 7 years later because I remembered I forgot to hit like the first time around 👍

[@snakeinabox4246]

First verse: AttackAttack! Second verse: Killswitch Engage Rest of the song: Ofmiceandmen

[@JustWantsToRock]

Hoho, i caught that Xenoblade reference, you cant hide from me

[@moistness482]

I was searching for the song for at least 5 years, hows it called?

[@misfit7448]

@@moistness482 You will know our names

[@moistness482]

@@misfit7448 thanks

[@miguelesparza6001]

Didn't get it :(

[@redpie907]

Shary: How to make a metalcore Me: Listening Listening LISTENING Start thinking about...: FUUU S K I HAVE TO GET A GITAR AND LEARN TO PLAY ON IT 😤 🤣 THIS MUSIC IS BADASS!!!

[@victorsaldana91]

The sad thing is. This sounds really fucking good. Hahaha

[@kaizze8777]

I felt like you just rename this "how to make a Killswitch song" lol

[@metalmoto3275]

who else still comes to these videos when they get in a writing slump?

[@WilliamThemis]

Oh you guys did really good...I'm still not going to drop tunings...I'll do mine in standard e...

[@TheROB0TGuy]

I’m getting Of Mice & Men and Killswitch Engage vibes from this! 🤘🏻

[@WistfulHopes]

Huh, the last time you did one of these, your videos still had an orange tint! I can't believe it was that long ago.

[@pokemayn1945]

Lol, love the xenoblade at the start

[@ravensflight2965]

Lamb of God called. They want their open-String-riffs back.

[@micahschumacher9367]

1:53 this sounds like a periphery lick! love the vids man

[@theguyfromdirethorns8188]

that breakdown didnt sound metalcore. it sounded more slipknot style kinda thing and it was fucking better than what i expected!

[@geralttheaverage4970]

2:16 - The Song

[@Patoriiii]

PLAM.

[@SWA-Projects]

Even after years this song is song is still an amazing blueprint of my own guitar sessions. I still love it 👍

[@nickarchuleta8001]

So dissonant chords are how you get the Code Orange syndrome xD

[@disappointment3281]

I challenge u to make a song while not using any instruments, just basic house stuff or ur body

[@ParallaxSound315]

Nintendocore next?

[@Shadycicada]

Oooooh. That's an interesting one I forgot about. I'll look into it and see what I can do!

[@ParallaxSound315]

I ask because one of the genres I do is Nintendocore, under the name Proto Buster

[@terrillt1998]

I wish I had a friend who can jam with me XD. Also thank you so much. I just ordered some Drop C timing strings and all I ever do is make covers and I would love to start making my own music and soon make an awesome band.

[@vaporwavedog]

0:23 - 0:32 i swear that is a bullet for my valentine song

[@cryptic3420]

strangestdreamm it sounded more like As I Lay Dying to me

[@vonbl3]

I thought it was just me lol

[@vonbl3]

I'm thinking the intro to "end of days"

[@muhammetramazaneren848]

It sounded very like Electric Eye's riff from Judas Priest

[@emfarhanr]

Wow that is amazing!!!. More videos like this please.. if u can, next time do drop d hardrock/groovy metal Avenged Sevenfold style.

[@VenNoel]

I'm hoping there will be tabs

[@VenNoel]

Or at least a full song release

[@VenNoel]

Dang, 5 years later and I don’t need tabs anymore lol

[@darkinertia2]

at the breakdown you also need to scream something inspiring like "WE WILL SUCCEED IN LIFE" or "I GOT AN A ON MY MATH TEST"

[@ivanperica3731]

Great video. But it's more like how to write like Killswitch Engage than whole metalcore

[@DenisNehalem]

Ivan Perica its melodic metalcore

[@gabriellima-ts8cg]

"ridiculous" song names

[@ZedPhobia]

Way better than most Metalcore songs these days

[@SamBrockmann]

How to make a "metalcore" song: First learn what metalcore is. Go study some Rorschach, some Converge, some 7 Angels 7 Plagues, some Zao, some Botch, some Shai Hulud. Stop calling '00s/'10s New Wave of American Heavy Metal "metalcore" just because they added breakdowns and d-beats to melodic death metal. 😂😂

[@zaccorpseman7366]

The 2000s genre is more of hard rock than metal

[@TheIzzo]

TABS pls

[@bensonmophakedi9159]

thats a cool one.. love it.. i wanna pick my guitar and gig right away

[@fujiwarakenji]

Am I the only one who thinks this song would totally go well with Japanese lyrics and be made into an OST for an anime?

[@sniiyoursenpai5316]

Old video I know, but I totally fuck with this Shady

[@beanman2206]

1:34 JOIN BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE!!!. that sounded exactly like something they would write!

[@denianusic6812]

it is actually...

[@darrianthomas9819]

Deni Anusic what song?

[@Camcod10]

Looks like someone listened to Beartooth and Killswitch and said, I can do that

[@tronmonitor]

I love it. Very reminiscent of "Holding It Down For The Underground" with maybe some early Killswitch Engage influences. Totally awesome

[@sandwiches6902]

Very As I Lay Dying, imo. (^_^)

[@felixstuemke4164]

Basically Flying Productions i thought a Mix of kse and aild

[@killysnowsw]

i always come back to this channel, been watching for years now and dude never disappoints. one of the biggest reasons why im so into writing music today is these videos

[@LukeParsonsMusic]

10/10 would buy this song

[@Cyberdragunz]

Dude, your music is great, and that is one sexy guitar (I'm still rocking the Squier Strat I bought in high school...). Definitely subbed, you're awesome.

[@alexeypolevoybass]

Squier starts are awesome (considering their price range), I wish I had one now.

[@billwarner213]

This is actually a really good, genuinely helpful video!

[@telecaster-freechannel9405]

4:24 I wish Asking Alexandria, The Devil Wears Prada, etc. would see this so they get an idea of how to make a non-generic breakdown.

[@warriorthawitt9971]

Do a how to write for these genres of music: 1: Melodic Death Metal 2: Brutal Death Metal 3: Black Metal 4: Symphonic Metal 5: Deathcore

[@ElReyZero]

Listened to this song, and loved it so I wanted it to have it on Spotify, but it seems that you haven't uploaded it. FeelsBadMan

[@ElReyZero]

It's finally here!!!

[@collinm9469]

sounds like Avenged Sevenfold

[@j_player200x3]

I hear a bit of Second heartbeat in it

[@LPGuitar]

Holy shit...so I was in a terrible metalcore/screamo band for like six months back in 2005, right? EVERY ONE OF OUR SONGS SOUNDED LIKE THIS. XD I mean...we played in standard or Drop D and the musicianship was fucking awful because we were a bunch of high school kids who had no idea what we were doing, but still...so accurate it hurts, lol.

[@JoohingDenSeje]

Haha the intro was xenoblade chronicles wasn't it

[@SladeDoesMinecraft]

Jonathan Hylgaard what song was that i cant remember

[@AozoraOrigami]

@@SladeDoesMinecraft you will know our names

[@metalvisionsongcontest7055]

When Metalcore is done well, it sounds like a more mainstream version of Melodic Death Metal. When it's done poorly, it sounds like Emo Punk.

[@Dylfunkle]

every black veil brides track ever.

[@Lightning-gg5iu]

Luka Samkharadze Hey now, to their credit, they do have pretty good instrumentals, lyrics eh pretty cheesy

[@STiLLiLLPRODUCTiONS]

Luka Samkharadze Ear-rapecore

[@Djentfan420]

Bvb is not metalcore

[@sohibconner6926]

Bvb is metalcore,alt metal,alt rock, glam

[@callumhawkins2937]

Sohib Conner bvb isnt metalcore. Of mice and men , wage war , sylar and bands like them are metal core

[@CalvertSheik]

Can you guys do a "How To: Make a Melodic Hardcore song"? Here are some examples Elephantis - kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZCxp51mn7R6jKs One Accord - kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2iVmniYg7ujsMU Heart In Hand - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmSve6GvrLKAgcU Hundredth - kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6bboYiniNhog7c

[@Fr3akymet4l]

I don't know, but the hard rock part is too hard rocky for a metalcore song.

[@cristobal1474]

1:27 sounds like Sleepwalking 🤔 (the chords are the same) in 1:58 too...

[@MrShadyKiller]

My `like` is number 666. A coincidence? I don't think so.

[@debashishrambhola]

DeathDrive Illuminati confirmed!!!

[@АлексейДубинин-у5е]

0:15 part from russian song Ария - Раскачаем этот мир

[@brushot]

2:17 thank me later

[@voltayn8426]

Love that riff starting at 0:23!

[@nightwing.3378]

Do you have the tabs for this part 0:22 to 0:32 somewhere it sound awesome

[@split_pin]

Great video and talent. I'll never listen to KSE 'As Daylight Dies" in quite the same way again though 😂

[@galaxyking6319]

Thanks man I really love this. I want to start a metalcore band and be apart of rise records and bring back the early 2000's

[@nanthilrodriguez]

This sounds remarkably like: My bitter end, As blood runs black, August burns red, Killswitch Engage

[@vyentp6]

This... sound like the into to... one punch man... wooooooow Like the steps

[@Taylor1err]

This was like a mix of Memphis May Fire and killswitch engaged it was awesome guys 🤘🤘🤘

[@aisteron]

God, Shady, you put too much effort in this song =) Solo, srsly? Leads are to complex, riffs too) you could just play 0's, and that would be it xD

[@rickysticks17]

This was an awesome demo.. I am a drummer trying to write my own metalcore tunes. It was helpful and gave me a few really good ideas. Like tuning to C. and some of the riff ideas. I was stuck until now. Thanks guys.