How To Metal: DISTURBED

[@NikNocturnal]

Smash like for shaka-ka-kow!. Stream "Undisturbed" here: open.spotify.com/album/1bt31JkGEBCrcbvQVlf4fu PS: There is no solo playthrough because Nik (verbatim) "I forgot how to play the solo so do whatever, Caleb"

[@snakeeyes9246]

I'm seeing Disturbed with Plush and Falling In Reverse on February 10th in Connecticut. I'm stoked, and this video gets me even more stoked.

[@Piccolo_core]

This was fucking sick, could you do Trivium in 30 seconds?

[@justsomeguy6336]

Nik don’t you write tabs for these videos? I swear every one starts with “how do I play this again I forgot?”

[@kylev1996]

They just came through here in Green Bay. My friend and I 60% for Falling in Reverse, but Jesus FUCK disturbed was as amazing as I expected them to be.@@snakeeyes9246

[@Sarahlouisseize]

Loved the full version reminded me slightly of mushroomhead with the tone of the vocals if they were more traditional in sound.

[@SEVEN_DUCK]

David Draiman is the face of disturbed but Dan Donegan has always been a very underrated riffer and songwriter. He definitely deserves more praise.

[@pauliewalnuts829]

Dan writes some tasty solos too.

[@traindiesel7005]

facts

[@sevel7556]

I never got why nu metal guitarists were so shit on, sure it’s no prog metal but a lot of the bands had some good fun riffs

[@alpollol1079]

Yeah xactly my words, the dude wrote some rlly badass and memorable riffs and solos; also dont forget how tight and smooth he performs live, almost flawless

[@justsomeguy6336]

@@pauliewalnuts829All the solos on Indestructible are incredible.

[@AlienKissy]

"bro was yapping" damn, Caleb lol

[@ponderosabones7803]

Lmao he heard World of Warcraft and was just like 🙄

[@yourfather8865]

@@ponderosabones7803 As he should

[@michaelmoran2125]

Ahh man wow and metal were like bread and butter in thoss days ​@@ponderosabones7803

[@TBelen91]

Archie is a really good choice of vocalist, the pre-chorus bit sounds exactly like Draiman! I want him to be even louder in the mix so I can appreciate it more!

[@ArchieWilsonVocalist]

Nik’s safety would’ve been in jeopardy if it was any louder. The mix couldn’t handle the power of my voice. Sorry, all.

[@pandaman4321]

I mean, every song that he's (Nik) done is very good or great but the vocals sound like shit, and by that I mean they are burried in mixing in every freaking song, it's annoying as f*ck.

[@Termiguy9637]

@TBelen91 I agree with you. I could barely make out what he was saying sometimes cuz the vocals are so quiet.

[@troxmix8220]

​@@pandaman4321 not every song had this issue, but yeah kinda anoying ngl

[@Deij1]

@@pandaman4321 I've noticed this too but in all fairness, it is a guitar channel so that's how I justify the way he features the guitar in the mix.

[@Parcivals-Creations]

The accuracy of this one is unmatched.

[@ArchieWilsonVocalist]

Thank you. Nik knows how to knock it outta the park.

[@Brandon_Renegade]

​@ArchieWilsonVocalist You did an awesome job man!You're a hella talented vocalist!

[@KenDawg25k]

Man, Archie really does sound like David, props to him for giving a great vocal performance. Great song as always. I found Disturbed by trying to find Spawn AMVs when I was 13, that’s when I discovered their song Hell and I was obsessed with the band ever since, great song as always and have a great day

[@ArchieWilsonVocalist]

Thank you for the high praise. It genuinely means a lot.

[@KenDawg25k]

@@ArchieWilsonVocalist your welcome man, you did amazing.

[@The_Forever_Dungeon_Master]

WE GETTIN STRICKEN WITH THIS ONE!!!! 💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ArchieWilsonVocalist]

SUGAR COCAO… Ten Thousand Niks In The Air! 👊 🌙 Let’s hope Draiman doesn’t track me down, I heard he wasn’t happy about The Greatest Hit of Disturbed ya-nahma-nahma. Thank you Nik for having me sing on this one. An absolute pleasure, my treasure! ❤ Please like and subscribe to this Nocturnal legend! For anyone who’s interested, my band is Amahiru (includes members of Fear Factory, Kreator, Mary’s Blood and Epica). I also have a shed load of covers on my own channel. Cheers!

[@donholbert7986]

No, he actually was a fan of "The Greatest Hit Of Disturbed". He said it was hysterical

[@ArchieWilsonVocalist]

@@donholbert7986 is that you David? Don’t worry, I’m well aware. Glad he enjoyed it. I just like to be silly and pretend he has a vendetta against me (given the video’s accuracy) 🤣

[@rafa2209]

“Sugar Cacao!!!” Bro … I’m on the floor 😂 CRUSHED that vocal - so fn awesome 👏. already on my workout playlist 💪

[@ArchieWilsonVocalist]

@@rafa2209 Noice! Thank you! It’s on mine too!

[@finsfeathersfuroutdoors2460]

You sounded great dude

[@ToasterPizzaFun]

“Down with the Nikness” would have been a great title

[@sockswithsandals3926]

"10 thousand Niks" 💀

[@Brousey]

Under your comment is "Translate to English." I thought it was a fairly accurate representation of English words used... But fck it I said and translated it anyway... "10 thousand nothing" was the proper translation 🤣

[@sockswithsandals3926]

@@Brousey well thats a first one...

[@cregh]

@@Brousey afaik ”niks” is translated and ”nothing” in Dutch so maybe that was it

[@WelcomeToTiltedTowers]

To be honest, this for real sounds like a song from Ten Thousand Fists or Indestructible

[@mtower6088]

Disturbed means a whole f'n lot to millions of metalheads out there and I think your song really did it justice 🙌❤️

[@ArchieWilsonVocalist]

Thank you. Saw them for the first time in 2003 at a festival near me here in the UK. Blew my teenage socks off!

[@AutisticViking83]

​@@ArchieWilsonVocalist Download by any chance?

[@privettk]

Forget full song, I need a full ALBUM of this shit right here 🥰 Those classic Disturbed chugs and riffs just hit different

[@ArchieWilsonVocalist]

Agreed.

[@Gamma2224]

The fact that Dan said you're riff was bad ass like wtfffff

[@Gamma2224]

Omg, Nik loved my comment. Trying not to fan girl right now 😱😱😱

[@xenomorphbiologist-xx1214]

@@Gamma2224Not to mention he also asked if it was alright if he used the riff like bruh

[@StrattonSmith]

6:00 - 6:22 that pre chorus ALONE is the best Disturbed I've heard since the "Indestructible" days.

[@ArchieWilsonVocalist]

Let them know. They can hire us to ghostwrite lol

[@StrattonSmith]

@@ArchieWilsonVocalist LOL bro for real though! You NAILED it with the vocals. 🤘 and Nik on the guitar…just seriously 10/10, the both of you haha

[@pauldelgado2649]

Nik, you should make a How To Trivium, it would be sick 🤘

[@ArchieWilsonVocalist]

Seconded. I’ll absolutely do that one too ❤ hint, hint.

[@fv1005]

Heafy would join

[@ShadowSlayerSD5]

​@@ArchieWilsonVocalistthat would be epic to hear

[@DM72513]

As long is it’s channeling Shogun era Trivium.

[@TheMannick72]

DEFINITELY

[@tomasaguiar8482]

Damn the chorus hits so hard! Amazing phrasing and choice of melodies by vocalists. And super tasteful guitar solo as well

[@ArchieWilsonVocalist]

Thank you. Nik laid a masterpiece foundation. Had to match his energy/skills!

[@ФилиппБаранов-ы4т]

Now we need a "how to write a Tesseract song"

[@jordanbutler7327]

Yes. Oh my fuck. Yes.

[@dougcronkhite2113]

^^ This

[@MeowReapZ]

I can't believe I just heard Ten Thousand Fists and I see that you brought up this song, It's like it's the lost song on the album.

[@johnrominger1546]

Very nice 😊

[@ShadowSlayerSD5]

That is so awesome

[@ZombiefreakPrincess]

I hope there will be a collab between Nik and Disturbed! That would be badass!!! Dan from Disturbed is a sweetheart as well ❤❤

[@tomk8350]

Will probably happen after Disturbed wrap up their tour.

[@BlackbladeYT]

End result reminds me a great deal of Parasite from The Lost Children. SUPER catchy

[@liminal79]

wouldnt be surprised if Disturbd covers/ends their show with this sometime down the road

[@ArchieWilsonVocalist]

I said this to Nik. Hopefully 🤞

[@lamich_helada]

if someone told me this was in fact, a Disturbed song, I'd believe them without question. You guys nailed it

[@gasmasksamurai9020]

This might be the best one I've seen you do! Literally sounds like Disturbed in the exact era you went for! I've got the song on constant replay! Good stuff!

[@tangentwhisper1486]

So good to see Liam Neeson is a Disturbed fan. But seriously, ya both nailed it. Kudos to Dan for wanting a piece of that riff.

[@R00M409]

Need how to Atreyu someday. would go super hard hearing old fashioned Atreyu aspects mixed with your modern metal style

[@narcissus79]

I miss old Atreyu

[@jordonwhite7634]

Old atreyu only tho. Atreyu without Alex isn't Atreyu

[@narcissus79]

@@jordonwhite7634 absolutely correct!!

[@ShadowSlayerSD5]

​@@narcissus79same

[@ShadowSlayerSD5]

​@@jordonwhite7634whole heartily agree

[@347SeibaDynasty]

I fucking love this. If i didn't know it was a NikNok song, defo could have been mistaken as some unreleased studio song. It fits so well with disturbed's style. Would defo love to see a collab between nik and Dan or even David too

[@Vadim_Nepobedim]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOW. Man, Disturbed was my favorite group ever. Thank you, for my choose between Disturbed and Slaughter To Prevail With love from Russia❤ It's been заебись охуенно

[@owensavoury854]

Bro you had no business making this song slap this hard. I think Disturbed would love to hear this

[@absolutebangersyt]

I have been asking for this one since you started the How To series. Disturbed are one of my favourite bands and I love this!

[@vikingbiker]

You nailed that sound dude. You can tell how much fun you had making this.

[@calemccallum9736]

This was sick. Agree, bring vocalist forward in the mix.

[@thomasbaldiscola4671]

Disturbed is a HUGE influence on my playing. I love Nu Metal. I remember when "The Sickness" dropped. Plus they are KILLER live! No secret. Nice video Nic! 💪💪

[@thomashobbsjr8189]

Played this for a friend of mine and he even said that if i wouldnt have said anything he wouldve thought it was disturbed

[@trottingfoxinc]

I missed the short version, but wow, 3 chord changes in and you instantly nailed it. This is so insanely spot-on

[@brokenman4668]

This is an absolute masterpiece I can see that it has a little bit of a combination of Down With The Sickness and 3 You should post a lyric video

[@miniHAWKTTV]

Archie killed the vocals on this. And the instrumentals were so insanely accurate it's wild. Love this shit so much. Keep it up Nik!

[@calacestar]

This shows perfectly how the flow and cadence of their sing-rap-style are nearly impossible to replicate because they're such individual signatures of this awesome band! Still, great work, Nik and Archie!

[@thetheeser659]

Archie somehow manages to sounds exactly like Drainman yet still be sounding completely unique. I love it. Mad respect for both of y´all

[@AntonLukas]

This slaps so hard, fantastic job, excellent vocalist choice. Nik might seriously be one of the most musically gifted guitarists out there. Dude, you're amazing!

[@wess51873]

If I heard this without knowing what it was, I would have confidently said that this is Disturbed. Archie did such a good job and the fact that Dan himself complimented your riff, Nik - that says everything. You're seriously so incredibly talented and versatile. Grateful for you man!!

[@penguinbobber]

Y’all did such a great job of finding that Disturbed sound. The artwork is perfect!

[@Falany]

Watching this live was so amazing. Seeing everything come together and seeing you just COOK was incredible

[@JimsMusicDungeon]

Ten thousand Niks in the aiiiir

[@mroberts7519]

I kept hearing "sugar cacao" and thinking of chocolate chip cookies. On a serious note, that was great.

[@ArchieWilsonVocalist]

I wish I’d thought of that. Would’ve saved myself a lot of trouble and not weirded out my neighbours by spending about an hour making strange animal-like sounds in the middle of the night.

[@Dustinchugs]

Archie is the fucking man! He had a super old KSE vocal cover I loved

[@ArchieWilsonVocalist]

Hi mate, it’s still there. I plan to do it again as a comparison since it’s been over a decade!

[@dudeimtellingthetruth]

I love this video But please notice senpai Mr Mike Wengren always doubles his tom parts with kicks

[@XACTIC_Valour]

This is arguably one of the best "how to metal" songs yet! I almost forgot it was yall for a second there. And the Truth sayer sayer LIE line is catchy af

[@diegoweverton7110]

THIS REALLY SOUNDS LIKE A DISTURBED'S INDESTRUCTIBLE ERA SONG... 200% PERFECT

[@Itachihandyman]

Fkin badass song They should totally Collab and make it an official song

[@James68W]

When this played from my New Releases, I had so much fun on first listen! The "shkkkow!" Was hilarity but the first chorus hits like a train!!

[@Baileypatt97]

Y’all crushed this. I mean holy balls he sounds exactly like like David🤘

[@AthenkosiMausi-w4c]

This track is very good I love it, For some reason I can't help think, it would sound better with the 1st half of the verse played in muted chords repeating the main intro riff if that makes any sense, with the singer still maintaining the same energy, sounds like something Disturbed would do, I can literally hear it.

[@emily.ily05]

I’m going to a disturbed concert today in South Dakota!!!

[@gmdragon117]

Archie actually killed it! The tone he brought in his vocals is amazing! Idk about the funny parts but overall super good.

[@mr.afrikaans1747]

Funny parts?

[@yurhdw]

As a musician, thanks, I've always tried to find a way to understand how to sound the way Disturbed does, this will for sure help me write something new since I'm stuck with the same ideas since years!

[@ye3machine181]

I don't know what's more impressive, the fact that ya'll nailed the sound perfectly, or the fact that Archie nailed the voice without the chin dongles to boost his vocal powers.

[@alienfortytwo]

another good one! This series is amazing and I want more of it. Also I would love to see some songwriting challenges like weird genre combinations, or starting with a weird rythm/melody and turning it into something good - or funny (and other stuff like that that edm people on KZbin and twitch do)

[@kairos4486]

Woah! That's exactly what it sounded like! Brings back some memories.

[@blackwolfnation2396]

Holy shiit, this hit me hard it had me flashing back to my AMV days

[@CaseFace981]

I saw Disturbed at a hole in the wall venue back in 2000 where the stage was on the floor and max occupancy was like 200 people. It was an incredible show! Saw them again years later (10000 fists era) and it was amazing how much they had blown up in such a short time.

[@austinmpc1]

Need Archie louder in the mix please, phenomenal job from both of you guys

[@mrr5835]

This was one of the sickest songs of this series and one of the worst mixes. 😂

[@ArchieWilsonVocalist]

Thank you! Very much appreciate the high praise ❤

[@justsomeguy6336]

Oh good it wasn’t just me. I couldn’t understand him half the time lol

[@ArchieWilsonVocalist]

@@justsomeguy6336oh, that’s not the mix, it’s because I’m English 😂 I promise 😜

[@LotoTheHero]

Agreed, I wasn't sure if it was just my laptop speakers or what. I don't think that it's just that he needs to be louder in the mix, it's like he needs to be eq'd better. It almost sounds like the instruments are a higher quality recording.

[@metalheadmike3333]

I've been a Disturbed One from the beginning and I have to say that this song did them justice. Incredibly well done! Down with the Nik-ness!

[@Kotsoros37]

This is definitely 10000 fists era vibes, love it! And Archie killed it too!

[@nikolayrayanov2895]

Ten Thousand Fists is my favourite record of Disturbed as well. It's one of the best metal albums in my mind.

[@GameAuvers]

This as to be my favorite one of all (which are all amazing don’t get me wrong here) Either the vocalist and the riff are truly magnificent, it feels like one song of the 2010 era

[@AmethystShard82]

The vocals sound a little drowned out by the instrumentals, but still another amazing song. Good job, Nik ❤

[@noahseaner3287]

The verse riff is so indescribably good, and the song is also amazing

[@Tk_Tank]

Yo this vocalist emulates David Draiman perfectly. Great song, Nik

[@itteneva]

Nik, that was sick🤘🏼Amazing riffs, and Archie sounds just like David!! Well done, boys👌🏼

[@alessandrocastronovo9275]

Oooo ahh ahhh ahh ahh

[@HumanHamCube]

They seem to have good awareness and sense of humor. I love that Distrurbed liked the "The Greatest Hit of Disturbed" thats a great vid too.

[@mr.afrikaans1747]

It’s the same singer.

[@ToSlay_Eli]

This seriously sounds like it could be a bonus track on Ten Thousand Fists. Your writing is just getting better and better dude!

[@xeiroe_gaming]

how awesome he replied when theyre out on tour

[@danhoefresh6661]

Man that came out great 🤘🏼 and i agree with you about 10000 fists, that album is amazing

[@admiralshadow5528]

This is absolutely insane, you're hella gifted Nik! Great work!

[@edwardsanchez7145]

Brrrrooooooo as big disturbed fan this hyped me up !!! This was definitely a treat much respect ✊🏼

[@Deadmmann]

Glad to see Archie still kicking! He is a Great Artist :) Good Work Nik !

[@ArchieWilsonVocalist]

Thank you. I am, don’t worry! Life keeps you from the things you love sometimes. Check out Amahiru if you’re interested. I’m still bringing out covers too!

[@niklausdi5370]

Bruv the accuracy in this one is surreal,bruv you outdid yourself

[@CameySaurusRex]

Best 30 second turned full song yet! Def blasting this banger on repeat the rest of the day.

[@killaknight12]

This is awesome, I saw the short version yesterday and already suggested a full song and getting the word out there to get the attention from David Draiman for a collab. Now with Dan Donegan on the case this would be too funny hearing David sing in that monotone voice. 😄 Holy crap Archie sounds insane though!

[@TranzparentMethods]

Great job, Nik and Archie!!! If I heard this without context I would have thought it was a Disturbed song.

[@garymiller1998]

Thank you soo much, Nik, because Disturbed is one of the bands that I love the most!

[@AdmiralJT]

Archie has that David Draiman voice down pat. Sounded great!

[@ArchieWilsonVocalist]

Thank you!

[@Skraap32]

Sounds like the riff of their track “hell” very cool though

[@jimmyshirley1222]

Believe-ten thousand is for sure god tier. Some pretty decent riffage on the following 2 albums too.

[@y0ip604]

My playlist is just becoming one half bands i like and the other Nik noctural versions of bands i like.

[@kriture5484]

i thought i was teleported back to high school when immortalized first dropped and my mother hating me for listening to disturbed. incredible range on the vocals and the heavy guitar riffs. but still give mass respect to the members of disturbed for influenced me to learn how to play guitar. loved this video.

[@austinfowler2707]

Love it so damn much. Though the vocals seems to be drowned out at some points, after listening to it multipler times, ive learned to deal with it.

[@Xynic.7391]

It's actually crazy how much this sounds like Disturbed

[@twigglypuff6880]

Why isn’t this up on the iTunes Store yet ???

[@gagekale]

Hey Nik I have to say I'm highly impressed! Archie Wilson was a fantastic choice for this song, sounds very close to David Draiman!! The song itself is fucking awesome, I love it!! I found it on Spotify simply called "Undisturbed" for anyone else looking for it. It's downloaded and added in my favorites playlist! Thanks for the video and song, great work!!!

[@guy_autordie]

The song is a banger. Well done Nik & Archie

[@Wegetzu]

Well done- Song slaps hard!

[@U_Lambda]

I can confirm this does indeed slap

[@NuggDavis]

If y'all like Archie, look up the song Toastocracy or his Mortimer Chang stuff! I'm so happy to see him on a Nik video, I've been following Archie for well over a decade now.

[@paulprior9875]

Archie's a fantastic vocalist. Definitely check out his work!

[@marcafterlife]

Oh this shit is so goood, dude. Could be my favourite track you've done so far.

[@jdoom1345]

Archie Wilson killed it! I was looking forward to Nik's vocals for a full song though 😢

[@ArchieWilsonVocalist]

Thank you!

[@zkirchner]

Great as always

[@dartawnasailo4449]

That chorus man,,, brings the whole song to another level 🤘🤘🤘