If Alice In Chains "Them Bones" Was Made In 2021

[@NikNocturnal]

*Bones sounds heavy af* Comment which other classic I should ruin!

[@Nitsu_]

Just do it Ruin seek & destroy

[@garethedwards5799]

You want to ruin classics? Great balls of fire.

[@goner.9989]

go ahead and destroy symphony of destruction

[@jasonlovesmusicreacting882]

Brainstew

[@nukewurld]

One

[@overlordchemm3705]

"it kinda sounds like a Doom song" Doom 2: **sweating profusely**

[@NikNocturnal]

;)

[@MarshFogBand]

You mean the song bye bye American pie

[@richardlawrence6749]

Someone needs to remake Barrels of Fun in Doom 2016 snap map with this track.

[@AgainstTheeWickedlyMusic]

That Midi track gives me serious anxiety for some reason. This does not, but it does kinda slap 👌

[@JUNKO____]

iD: - panicking because they fired the guy that made the music -

[@mikebergman1817]

Ok man. Alice in Chains (Staley era) is my favorite band ever. Has been since Dirt came out. This version is amazing. Thank you for keeping the solo like the original, but deathcore. I appreciate this.

[@NikNocturnal]

tyty

[@mikebergman1817]

@Skip R it would be so badass.

[@thepiromaster3901]

I came to the comments to see if it was blasphemy before the ad ended. Love Nik but Love AiC the most. This worth it.

[@obsidian2404]

AiC has been my favorite ever since Facelift and my love only increased for them after every album release Especially Jar of Flies. Greatest band ever! (Layne era) (fuck William lol)

[@cesarst3720]

@@obsidian2404 My favorite album was Tripod but William is good also in BGWTB

[@ljessecusterl]

The solo was fantastic, Nik. Kept the heart of it intact.

[@NikNocturnal]

Glad you dig it!

[@goner.9989]

If you don’t perform these remakes live, I’ll cancel Deathcore Christmas for this year. Edit: I have kept my word

[@budderutter]

Ill cancel HIM fuck u mean

[@poopytootsface3489]

No please

[@michaelwalker8100]

Jim, take Djent New Years away from Stanley

[@NikNocturnal]

D:

[@servanttofriend8481]

@@NikNocturnal Seriously though... This was nothing short of amazing. You took perfection, and you improved on it... Would and Rooster next?

[@Nitsu_]

Them breakdowns

[@NikNocturnal]

YES

[@NexusReplicant7]

Bro - this is coming from someone who holds the album “Dirt” super close to me. It’s absolutely one of my top albums of all time and normally I would think someone altering an already masterpiece would be sacrilege. You KILLED it dude. Absolutely killed it.

[@emmett5318]

Agreed

[@lachlanwood61]

I like to think this is the process Nik goes through when writing termina songs but even more chaotic cause there's no source material

[@NikNocturnal]

Accurate

[@insertgenericusernamehere2402]

You need to release the finished versions on their own little playlist. They're beautifully ironic.

[@NikNocturnal]

Ok :D

[@sulfurtime9412]

@@NikNocturnal MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN YOU NEED TO RELEASE IT ON SPOTIFY ITS SICK AF.

[@Emi4201]

@@NikNocturnal pls do

[@deadheadliving]

Waiting so I could sing along❤️❤️

[@anxiousatchara]

Please do! Holy shit!

[@Basket_Knot]

As someone who saw this song performed live in 1992, great solo!

[@CTheRevillusionS]

lucky fuck

[@SpaghettiWithMeatSauce]

I envy you

[@hungariantutor]

@@CTheRevillusionS To say the least.

[@blondie9909]

Holy shit fuckin lucky

[@Ukraineaissance2014]

I had issues with them live to be honest. They would have been much better with an extra guitarist and somebody who could sing to do the harmonies. A huge part of the band was the harmonies but j cantrall was shit singing live. Playing live with a band like soundgsrden on the same bill the inadequacies were just too obvious in comparison

[@cowofschmaucasts]

“The heaviest cavern in space.” Isn’t that, like, a Gojira song or something?

[@RobbieFitzgerald]

That or Mastodon.

[@dfbovey]

Heaviest Matter of the Universe

[@rush211289]

I thought the same thing lol

[@disco_duckbill]

That song will be on Gojira's next album 'From Sirius To Mars'

[@moonboogien8908]

The mass of the universe's planetary suffering. Save the sea turtles, btw. -gojira

[@adrienjippov6989]

"It's like a spaghetti on the run"

[@NikNocturnal]

It run fast

[@jere1126]

nothing better than Layne´s vocals. straight to the heart

[@mishapashchenko6518]

Probably my favorite song by Alice In Chains, and then you turned it into an awesome modern metal riff!🤘

[@NikNocturnal]

Glad you dig it!

[@mishapashchenko6518]

@@NikNocturnal Sure do!

[@brandondefalco8843]

I’m mostly impressed by you head banging consistently in a 7/4 time signature. Sick af

[@kleber7982]

Alice in Chains is my favorite band, i feel happy every time they get some recognition, more people will get to know the band.

[@irishspagetti6565]

yeah I hate that they get ignored alot while Nirvana gets all the praise, AIC has always been the best Seattle band

[@w1984t]

Jerry Cantrell is a legendary songwriter/guitarist/vocalist in my book and still makes powerful music....that being said....10/10 would doom again.

[@NikNocturnal]

DOOOOOOM

[@nukewurld]

Please Metal-ize Nickleback's music. That would be hilarious and awesome

[@nighthawk9532]

They have A few metal tracks actually, “This means war” would be absolutely crazy because it’s already in Drop A#

[@ippotsk]

Jonathan Young already made a metal cover of "Photograph", complete with stupidly low chugs and tuning. Sounds like what you'd expect.

[@theunpretentiousvegan8593]

Baena did a Tuned Down medley and it was pretty legit.

[@NikNocturnal]

That would be pain, I love it

[@nukewurld]

@@NikNocturnal the amount of apologies after every riff would be of epic proportions

[@kristimarriner7673]

I wish you could lay Layne’s vocal track on this. He’s definitely up there somewhere saying “Yeah”❤️‍🔥

[@drgetwrekt869]

very gud idea dude.

[@Sickman82]

That would be the cherry on top

[@goner.9989]

Ah

[@tinab3001]

“AAHH”

[@888muddy]

Holy shit....Hearing that 8 string chugging that tune made me realize that song is used as a tune from either Doom 1 or 2 from back in the day!

[@NikNocturnal]

DOOM is lyfe

[@AgainstTheeWickedlyMusic]

Doom 2, in the level Barrels O' Fun. Not sure if the Midi track or the level itself gives me more anxiety hahah

[@888muddy]

@@AgainstTheeWickedlyMusic thats the one! Been playing brutal doom lately and with the remastered metal sound tracks it sounds just like on the 8 string ;D

[@AgainstTheeWickedlyMusic]

@@888muddy Hell yeah, man, that game is timeless, and the brutal doom mod is quite fun!

[@leonfrost2829]

I would love a zommer version of Stairway to Heaven!

[@NikNocturnal]

The world would explode

[@nu-punkrants1551]

@@NikNocturnal to be fair, the world will explode anyway

[@goner.9989]

Guitar center wants to know your location

[@MrTubularBalls]

Smoke on the water?

[@Gabrostil]

Math rock version

[@MrMoz94]

I first heard this song in one of the bars on GTA San Andreas playing the pool minigame years ago, that riff man... hits different

[@NikNocturnal]

it's a smasher

[@palibakufun]

I've always said it, Alice in Chains was much more a metal band than a grunge band, especially in the early years.

[@roccogiampietro4830]

They were originally a glam band with Layne on guitar.

[@The330racing]

Would love to hear some vocals added

[@NikNocturnal]

Rawr

[@goner.9989]

@@NikNocturnal call andy for the next one that you do these vids

[@hydeI]

@@goner.9989 i second this^

[@fruitytuesdays3369]

Here kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJSZZWicibmIqbM

[@garreltron1986]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqO5koh_lreUd5o

[@jeremymcfarland5655]

Bud, I am a veteran of the "Grunge" era and I genuinely head bobbed and had the best time watching this multiple times. Don't be "sorry" for anything, as you said. This was f**king great. New Subscriber.

[@TrinaJulianEdwards]

Huge AIC fan since the early 90s, so I was understandably skeptical, but you did a great job with this. It definitely feels modern but you kept the spirit of the original.

[@melonmangaming5338]

Now you gotta bring Layne Staley back from the dead to do vocals

[@Eirik_Bloodaxe]

I mean to be fair solos have made a comeback lol. I remember back in 2010 when if a band had a considerable solo, everyone would just stare confused or pace around the pit, not knowing what to do.

[@richardblack3385]

Fuck em, if a song doesn't have a solo or 2 or 3 I don't want it lol

[@ACEshredZ]

As a huge AIC fan and metal head, this was sick. Bravo!

[@mavdevel2078]

Suicide Silence did a cover of Them Bones as a special track off there 2nd album No Time To Bleed (2009)

[@kylespaulding9194]

Even modern metal needs cowbell, give us some Don't Fear The Reaper

[@SilviaAfurisita]

Yes!

[@killmepls7865]

Hell yes!

[@gatek33per]

I you just threw some AUGHH and BLEGHHS in there would have been perfect

[@evanmay8145]

wow I wanna hear vocals over this so bad now

[@JcMtrial]

I'll grunt this

[@imredijkstra4641]

Doen dan brein ;)

[@JcMtrial]

@@imredijkstra4641 haha siiick, heb geen vocal mic, recording shit etc, kost fucking veel. Maar kan wel is wat sturen :)

[@michaelcorrigan6577]

Seriously!

[@Nick.McIntyre]

Enter Andy

[@xavianmarchetti5699]

Dude, you brutally murdered this song. Do it again!

[@leonfrost2829]

Alice in Chains with 6 strings : Them Bones Doomguy with 8 strings : Them Guns!! 😎

[@trimlesscoasters]

More like them corpses 💀

[@Efgand0894]

alternative title: what if Mick Gordon played them bones by Alice In Chains

[@NikNocturnal]

Yes

[@marshallsweatherhiking1820]

The “them bones” riff is already in the old Doom 2.

[@flandrekagamine5296]

Absolutely devastating bro. Love to see Sultans of Swing

[@NikNocturnal]

Love that song!

[@Wood2Box]

That two-step part -> *stank face*

[@user-cj4fu8qq9b]

1:53 ironic considering the fact that in older doom games they used midi versions of alice in chains songs

[@NikNocturnal]

D:

[@Masked_SVincent]

What Alice In Chains song did they use? I know they used a couple artists but what was aic?

[@user-cj4fu8qq9b]

@@Masked_SVincent there were 2 unused doom songs that were in the first game archives we die young kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnTHZpaKZqeBb6s dirt kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3zcXnSsgN2Kl80 and this is the map 23 song from doom 2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/sGmUp5yop99pirs they used angry chair in map 25 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXi8q5Wia9GYrc0

[@moa2466]

@@Masked_SVincent them bones

[@fishactivation5087]

This was fantastic. Now do Dam That River.

[@M4GG0TK1NG]

I love that he uses the same precise technical musical terminology I use when explaining a song I just wrote to my bandmates "then here we throw in some diddlees and chuggy duhduhduh stuff"

[@tylermcclintock2776]

This feels like by far the best remake of a song you've made so far fucking fantastic job nik

[@MilitantMe]

This is my fav series dude. As an older millennial, I feed on boomer pain and zoomer gain. Makes me feel young.

[@TheFF208]

The band Eighteen Visions actually covered this song on their latest album and it's pretty heavy

[@eli7527]

The way you finished the solo was insane🤯

[@floki5605]

I dont know why, but when you started speaking at 8:08 it reminded me of the outro of Parkway Drives "The colour of leaving" when Winston is speaking his final lines lol.

[@ameliaredick3015]

I love this song. So I’m excited

[@NikNocturnal]

Same

[@seanknox8962]

Hell ya lol

[@aaronaudioguy]

Love your technical terms. Classic!

[@riggsmurtah2788]

Sounds very close to Slaughter to Prevail's "Your Only"!

[@Spingus33]

I showed this to my dad, MASSIVE Alice fan. Man hated this so much that he bought a whole new bass amp just to play the original bassline as loud as possible.

[@graphsicimagevinyls5882]

in the not-too-distant future , Nik will be producing major artists' music, his sickness on the mix is too stronk

[@seanlange6715]

you fucking murdered this, amazing job man

[@marcelosantos21433]

Doom Slayer suddently listens to "Alice in Djent" *mick gordon aprooves the bew bew*

[@NikNocturnal]

;)

[@marcelosantos21433]

@@NikNocturnal senpaiiiii noticed meeeee Much love from portugal man! ❤️🤘🏼

[@Brandon-Pokerbro]

Just found your channel..really like what your doing here. Just subscribed!

[@NikNocturnal]

Thank you!

[@wraith1117]

Pretty damn cool. After I got my 1st 8 string. I di a lot of AIC, Tool, and others like this. was fun to alt tune for effect on many of them. But like you mentioned in the begining, Jerry wrote a damn heavy riff even back when. Although I do have to add. That riff is accented by that sweet blend of Jerry, and Layne vocals And Mike's bass riff that mostly groves with the drums. JMHO.

[@eldave178]

Holy shit that fucking solo was so good you did such a great job on this!

[@Maydenne]

As a lifelong Alice In Chains fan, please continue this. MOAR SONGS

[@micheleparker8123]

I'm 62 yrs old and I love this song and I'm laughing my ass off. Why haven't I heard of you before? Fantastic!!!

[@z0phi3l]

As a representative of the generation this song came out in, I approve, this is pretty good !!

[@drmoperator]

I love how there’s just shit in his hair. Fucking obviously just woke up, sweatpants and a old shirt. So metal. I love it. My Personal wardrobe favorite when I play guitar.

[@camtilson7183]

So awesome Nik, you're a machine, I was actually jamming "Them Bones" tuned down the other day (way more poorly than your effort because I cut my index finger pretty good with a chainsaw a few months ago - and I suck on guitar compared to you!) Song gets stuck in my head every now and then. Wicked job bro!

[@jacktowers7533]

I’ve played them bones and other AIC drop tuned songs on a LP in drop A# for years so this is fun

[@rome8180]

Not quantized enough. The guitar still sounds like it was played by a human. Also, the bass should sound more like barbed wire and the guitar needs to have more of that djenty digital crunch. Basically what I'm saying is this sounds too good.

[@deadheadliving]

My fav AIC song ,thanks dude!

[@seandrewevery]

Get Howard Jones to sing over this

[@respectfulremastersbymetal8336]

I actually really like this one. Works well like this.

[@Ginger2Rocker]

that was actually pretty good. didnt realize how modern sounding this song already was until this vid. u didnt even have to change much to it besides tuning down.

[@baxtronx5972]

You've eliminated the chaos of open ended strings and the space in between notes. That is the secret of AIC.

[@DJSTORM336]

You should get other musicians you've collabed in the past to do this cover! It'd be awesome to hear vocals along with this!!

[@lilyofthevalley5586]

Dude, that was kickass! Brilliant!

[@alltheworldsadream]

It would be sick to have a Terminals goes classic album.

[@NikNocturnal]

Maybe one day if we're brave enough

[@gelatofanfix8525]

AIC: "What's my drug of choice?" Nik: *C H O N K*

[@wackjetze8403]

Okay this is sick but, I mean the suicide silence cover is pretty much what you’re looking for so if you wanna hear vocals too go listen to that, pretty sick cover

[@chokovok7231]

6 Strings: Them Bones 8 Strings: Break Them Bones Whose Sinews Gave It Motion

[@MusicalSavior23]

I'm not into the genre that you turned it into, but.... this is pretty sick. It's as if Wylde or Dimebag decided to jump in lol.

[@blackdog6969]

Yeah, this is some demon slaying shit. Legit kept waiting to hear chainsaws and synths come in

[@gweetowolff]

Dude, this is my favorite one you've done! If possible, what if Andy laid down some vocals? 👀 I might be asking for too much lol. It's just so sick man 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@aditya1281]

That creative freedomed original solo sounds so good with this doomy version .. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@natethezip]

Out of all the grunge bands from the 90s, Alice In Chains imo was the most metal of them all (though Soundgarden is my personal favorite) Also, I think it would be cool to see a modern remake of ‘Rusty Cage’ by SG. The breakdown at the end has some great potential ;)

[@shmorange]

rusty cage would sound so cool, although it seems blasphemous

[@Hevvvyyy]

Yeah I think so too, I just recently heard their album Black gives way to blue and holy shit it's great

[@CTheRevillusionS]

@@Hevvvyyy A Looking in View is an absolute monster of a track

[@playdiscgolf1546]

I agree. I hear a few of Slayer and Ozzy influences sometimes when i listen to AIC.

[@playdiscgolf1546]

Dante Escalante I was pleasantly surprised when the new singer debuted on that album. The title track gives me goosebumps

[@gregtheflyingwhale]

If -Nik- -Nocturnal- Mick Gordon produced Alice in Chains

[@padovann]

Nik may advertise these as “ruined” classics but I guarantee these jams are tucked safely away in a folder labeled “my masterpieces” on the ol PC 🤣

[@tommy_clayton]

this + mitch lucker voice from the SS cover would be amazing!

[@CrazyIrishmen7]

This honestly sounds like a cover that The Acacia Strain would make, and now I want that.

[@saintpatrick7673]

If Mick Gordon made an Alice in Chains cover.

[@AdriaStaley]

This may have summoned the spirit of Layne, cause this is absolutely sick! I would love if this was on Spotify at some point.

[@JoeyNiklas]

Somebody pass this to Jerry... guarantee he would love this.

[@jacobbronson9581]

Man, you're a hell of a guitarist. I would absolutely love to throw vocals on this. No ego here, But I would give you one hell of a track. Just discovered you. Rock on 🤘

[@sherius48]

it is a very good cover, wich a talented singer could complete it fully with singing!! Pure hard work here, gg wp

[@SANTIAGOLUJXN_]

casualmente me obsecione otra vez con esta canción después de 7 años y entre al vídeo que fue subido justo hoy y en un género que me gusta mucho con afinaciones bajas y poderosas. q preciso

[@austinvarvel9902]

This is fucking monstrous! This song was so good for this concept.

[@calebrose4607]

still waiting for "Rock You Like A Hurricane" to be ruined Nik. when's that coming out?

[@Explorerman1293]

Honestly the best one so far.

[@luigirinaldi4744]

"Sounds like farts" Well, farts can be surprisingly metal

[@48schecter]

66Samus has entered the chat

[@androtaz2621]

Just a little more modern, just a little more modern ... TOO MODERN!! ....however, more modern.

[@ivanfranjuric5201]

Nik always acts like he’s butchering these songs, but they legit turn out great. Like, these are legit good covers/modernized versions and they SLAP.

[@raha2470]

This sounds like what korn would sound like if they covered this bad ass jam!

[@shinobi_072]

Demon Bones is the best one yet. I actually want this released as a full cover with vocals. (Termina bonus track? )

[@yurimodin7333]

About half way through I was thinking "oh wow, this is what it would sound like if it came out on The Great Southern Trendkill album". By the end of the video I was thinking "oh this is straight off of Follow The Leader".

[@nicwilson89]

Oh hey, it's Doom 2 Map 23: Barrels O' Fun *cough*

[@Hayden49]

Yeah

[@wjveryzer7985]

SO SICK my only wish...I wish you did the pause before the 2nd verse