IF I CAN'T PLAY I PAY $$$

[@AdrienL-vf9ly]

We do expensive metal things here

[@grixxk]

JAJAJAJ

[@pyp2205]

LOL genius 😂

[@thatscreamerhunna]

This is the best comment ever lmfao

[@GeneralCba]

I wanna like but the number too nice (it's 420 rn lol)

[@wMadmansion]

I feel so homeless

[@jeepnut1]

"I played riffs for 2 hours to lose $130." The experience of every metal band.

[@bart413]

Now you can get the same feeling from home

[@elbegev8550]

bang on 😂😂

[@SlipknotGlazer515]

Spoiler😢

[@martah93]

Yall missed the part where he spent 10 minutes trying to figure out how timers work on iPhones lmao

[@Indigowulfchild4]

We need a video dedicated this just nik figuring shit out lmao

[@PxNxWxGxW]

So glad editing exists

[@mikekristin7201]

​@@Indigowulfchild4today Nik figures out carpentry

[@alpahetmk]

@@Indigowulfchild4😊

[@matejkusnierz6242]

I love how most of the people wouldn't even be able to learn it in a week and they're laughing at Nik for messing up after 5 minutes of learning😂

[@mrdrprofsteve4455]

That twitch chat for you. All they do is make fun of whoever they are watching

[@danielsletten9764]

I would never have a chance without tabs even with a months time :D

[@LPyxel]

​@@mrdrprofsteve4455It's just banter. There's the creeps that do it for real, but generally if a streamer's community is pretty tight they'll just do it as friendly banter lol

[@Archeum94]

@@danielsletten9764call me a sucker but even with tabs man, at x1 speed, nuh huh either

[@KeyOfGeebz]

And you see what I say about Niks talent!!!!

[@ogesus8961]

Hi Geebz, love your videos, keep it up

[@mquilez01]

Geebz! we're all here! 🐬

[@mr.cookey]

Damn, didn't expect to se you here Geebz, nice to see you

[@michaelchristy506]

As much as you may think at times, there are still many guitarists who watch your videos. I’m one of them and you were one of my inspirations to start/keep playing guitar 4+ years ago

[@fiefire1234]

That “Meu Deus” at 3:06 broke me so hard

[@brenovilkn3870]

I came to comment that HAHAHAH MEU DEUS

[@notspidle]

COME TO BRAZ...damn he already did

[@Jalabhar_Xho]

We need another metal legend becoming Brazilian after Oli. Nic has the power to make it happen

[@ramiresgabriel3963]

Me too kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[@caio_fabeni]

I had to rewind just to make sure I heard it right kkkkkkk

[@Havyk_XIII]

Dude, I couldn’t learn ANY of these in A YEAR, much less 5 minutes. I would kill for a SHRED of that talent, and I’ve been playing for since I was 11 on and off

[@swarthygiant1463]

It’s the on and off that gets you. For guys like Nik it’s on and on and on. Nik does have a really good ear though I don’t think I could get there in 1000 years lol

[@bottomtext251]

​@@swarthygiant1463 nah you get there, most is just muscle memory. Many bands use similar techniques and stuff so you hear something and go "oh yeah he is doing some arpeggios" and then its easier to find on the guitar, visual playthroughs also help

[@JauntyWhale]

Jesus christ your knees must be killing you

[@AdamGaffney96]

I'm the same, though I think I'm pretty good at identifying notes in riffs I've also been on and off so I can't really execute most of them 😂 guitar really requires you to be actively and constantly practicing

[@bobbyross7700]

Pls more of this! "Fast cover guy" LMAO

[@syrnias2270]

You didn't deserve the -20 on the 512 riff c'mon

[@mirroredelegance8667]

Right? I thought he did amazing on that one!

[@Andres00Martinez]

I demand a refund

[@BlackValor93]

when necrophagist and archspire came on i was like damn these people are trolling the challenge so hard, but kudos to nik for trying anyways hahah. dude youre a great guitarist

[@SouthpawSparky_]

Damn that was impressive…they should have to tell you the tuning before hand though that’s too unfair to guess the tuning in 5 minutes and they giving you troll riffs but most metal bands you can figure them out and it’s super impressive

[@LadPasta]

bruh chat must HATE your bank account with all those tech death submissions lmao

[@CarterHigginsMusic]

Nik takes 3 mins to learn what takes me a week with tabs

[@darkdudironaji]

He probably plays it cleaner too. Nik is a beast.

[@seanthomas2083]

“Bleed from within” goes fucking hard though.

[@BackupPlans1]

Whoever suggested that is a psychopath. There is no way in hell that riff can be learned in less than 30 minutes let alone 5.

[@RS4xDave]

I like this new “Learn Riff Fast AF Boi” concept. More please!!

[@dustinclark8680]

You really learn your capabilities when learning parts quickly. It’s insane and you’re awesome for making the attempt. It took me five minutes each to dead flowers by the Stones and Still Remains by STP to figure the chords out. These complex riffs would take most weeks to figure. A lot would rage and move on

[@Gee-no]

I like this. Seeing Nik having to really work on these is great.

[@The_Real_Frisbee]

I was hoping the Gnome one would've made the cut. It was fun watching him stressing over it just to nail it with seconds left.

[@styyl8651]

3:06 meu deus kkkkkkkkk

[@hcdemoman]

whoever gave him Into the Earth did him so dirty lmao they knew it was lorna shore's fastest song

[@ShelleyFrank-qh5or]

Your videos are like a window into your world, love the view!

[@jakelemmis310]

Bleed from within mentioned 🗣️🗣️

[@BigFroppa]

1:19 this made me think of system of a down byob immediately for some reason

[@ryanj.2523]

My mans had a digitech DT whammy to try and mitigate tuning time, and spent four minutes dialing in tuning for Lamb of God, I am SCREAMING "Just drop it two semitones and hit the switch" at my screen. Quality content

[@Ash_grooves]

Great wat of Challenging yourself. Glad to see you still love playing guitar with the same passion and joy!! Now this is some wholesome CONTENT!!! Never stop pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Thomatos200]

7:33 Yo Meshuggah in twitch chat lol

[@Lainen0]

Lmao I laughed so hard when archspire and necrophagist come up along with Nik saying f u guys

[@GigaChad-hu3de]

At times we forget that nick is a competent and talented guitarist

[@landonschamel]

I love all the banger songs I find on this channel, chemical carnival is fs on my list of songs I wanna learn, maybe after I’m done with all new materials by periphery 😅

[@WhatEverINameMyBand]

We need someone to submit a Vild riff. That shit is hard.

[@qerzuk]

especially if they take a riff like the intro of brännmärkt that is pitshifted a lot/

[@static_motion]

Make him do detta drömmars sköte en slöja till ormars näste, he'll need a couple of hours just to program the MIDI automation for the pitch shifter lmao

[@pierresauce8307]

@@static_motion holy shit thank you for this song recommendation

[@static_motion]

@@pierresauce8307 Enjoy dude, if you liked that definitely check out the rest of the album, it's such a ride. My favourite album of all time.

[@26Feathers]

This is why subscribed 6-7 years ago and this is why Nik is one of the very few acceptable creators to do reaction videos.

[@dvlart5588]

5:20 That riff reminds me of Pravus by Meshuggah.

[@ShuriBear]

Submitting Archspire is just pure torture for a challenge like this. Smart.

[@Kamil_Srnka]

Should have put Rings of Saturn

[@dennisrossonero]

no tabs and only 5 minutes is too short of a window to learn these. The fact he did some was amazing.

[@philliplewis1586]

Agreed with other commenters, listening and tuning before starting the timer would be more reasonable. It's still gonna be tough for a lot of these.

[@KrisMIW91]

Did you just say that lorna shore riff was downpicking....no wayyy, what is he...a GOD!?!?!? LOL WTFFF

[@travistaylor9635]

Archspire is goated

[@bradders9743]

Jesus christ, how do you get this good at guitar?

[@dnixv]

You shouldn't count tuning in those 5 minutes

[@HenryProperCall911]

Chemical Carnival is lit af, I love that song

[@henrymccarty5527]

You are already known on KZbin as "Metal Musician" or "Guitarist"...This is brilliant content. You are skilled and entertaining and this is fun to watch. (Edit: You don't even have to make it about money. Just you jammin' on a riff by ear for 5 mins is good.)

[@josephblanchard635]

Chat did him dirty! Call a redo and make it 2000’s metalcore.

[@Brian-ti7xm]

Ok i subscribed again. This was impressive, specially because you appear to be human. But still some kind of musical super human.

[@nickshepley2566]

Honestly you did an amazing job

[@chaoticneutral1090]

Hard agree on the dillinger escape plan riff lol, good video. The shadow of intent is wrong too tho he goes up a fret and down again on the lower notes it sucks

[@tatertot7320]

No matter what you think you are a ridiculously talented guitar player!! Good job

[@neuroticgothguy]

lmao, just noped out of Archspire

[@TempleGuitars]

Hahaha!!! Archspire! That's so not fair. You're only human.

[@AndrewDembouski]

Someone should’ve sent him something easy like “The Game” by Motörhead just so he wouldn’t go broke

[@PhSyCo-B-oCh]

I love your show, this one was really good!!! They sent you some awsome rifs, they were really hard! I saw one dude going up and down the neck like he was sliding through butter!!! You had your work cut out for you. 😎

[@savannaholdham1620]

I had a bit of a sucky day today but this video made me feel a lot better.

[@dabj9546]

He really spent two hours not learning riffs...

[@_Thunderball_]

Watched the stream vod the same day, this is insane content

[@henatatorplays]

This would be such a fun charity stream with the most insane riffs people can find

[@ares8553]

"Why don't you guys give me a riff? You guys gave me the bee attack. Buzz buzz buzz" I lost.

[@mathieusynnott8915]

loved it. 5min without the tuning would be better. and you could pay 2x if using table and still mess up.

[@mikekeirsbilck3199]

You did Nik dirty here, haha. He actually managed to nail more riffs than I’d anticipated. The Gnome one, for instance, was such a fun nail biting win.

[@calebmunkirs9661]

The percentage of subscribed viewers is pretty crazy actually compared to a lot of people's 10% I see. Also into the earth is a riff I tried learning (not by ear) and I could get it to a generous 70% speed. Got a humongous blister the likes of I've never had before in my life

[@ricardoaugusto1863]

I love to see Rif Nocturnal play Niks

[@lish6598]

did Nik really think this would be better than the wheel? He had to know there will be Archspire and Lorna. Well it was entertaining!

[@davidgarvin1889]

All of these choices sounded super difficult geeze lol, still impressed he got parts of them so fast

[@KingJustiice]

More of this!!!!! Use tabs if you need too!

[@Joose]

Adam De Micco's downpicking makes Hetfield jealous.

[@wherethemilkiesat]

I’m so pissed I missed this. Would have loved to have him play macrocosm by rings of saturn

[@dimpledchimpy1106]

a passionate journey - animosity (the solo too)

[@UkuleleNaoÉCavaquinho]

3:06 do nada ele manda um "meu deus" kkkk

[@dreammachine86]

Think you may have come up with a challenge that is a bit too tricky! Although you'd hope that chat would eventually start giving you some genuine interesting riffs rather than just trolling with techdeath. Would love to see this become a regular thing so I agree with some of the other suggestions - tuning time not included, and perhaps being able to bring up the tab if the riff is unrealistic to learn by ear...but if you do that, you then have to play it perfectly or you have to pay double.

[@Timjohnrob]

Love ya and ur content Nik.

[@janobpl]

Best concept on this channel for years

[@xertiasstrat8957]

only shred fast picking and sweep matters!

[@albaystar]

great content nik thanks. it was fun :D

[@FRZX]

This is a genius idea

[@timblack1983]

Necrophagist in 5 min......lol

[@hmmurdockofids]

I think tuning shouldn't count for time but also would have been a great opportunity to break out the pitch shifter.

[@giladeis7526]

Commenting and upvoting cause good fun content but also I feel bad for Nick's money so hopefully this helps hahaha

[@ragingmonkey4592]

I feel like tuning shouldn't be part of the 5 mins. Also, you're fkn cracked for learning these in 5 mins.

[@Josh.Explosion]

Can't do it, just does terrible rendition of cat scratch fever... I'm here for it LOL

[@Indigowulfchild4]

Should be called how to tune in 5 minutes

[@MassiveEverywhere]

As one of the 3 guitar nerds who still watch you this video was sick!

[@jae_lee-]

3:06 MEU DEUS

[@AsAugustSleeps]

Adam De Micco is seriously underrated.

[@pedrovianna2917]

Imagine if someone sended him a jazz standard to learn Instant 20$ dollars lost lol

[@kinjukaida]

You doing SOI made my day

[@xBlade173]

Tuning shouldn't count for time, and you get 2 listens through prior to starting. I will love this series. Also Gungrave gotta be the next one :)

[@mathyouforgot]

Love the deftones shirt !

[@ncdozer3103]

Yeah I would’ve stuck with the metalcore riffs lol, tech death is another level that no one is getting in 5 minutes

[@npcdisease]

The 😂😂😂lorna riff fs me up without even trying it Adam plays so fn fast and so much string skipping I only want 1 string riffs 😅

[@ckokomo808]

We need some riffs from Ad Nauseum Imperative Imperceptible Impulse 😂

[@kduuz]

3:06 o cara meteu um "meu deus" KKKKKKKKKKKKKKK brasil te ama nik 🫶🏻

[@Whowhatwhere99]

@NikNocturnal learn "Crossing the Rubicon" The Human Abstract...I feel that's harder than "through the fire and flames"... JUST SEEN THIS BUT ID LOVE TO SEE YOU TACKLE THIS

[@Coulter.Machining]

yea haha Nik couldnt learn it in 5min haha..... I wish I could even play the smoke on the water part.

[@jazazzaza]

3:00 need a guitar only version.. maybe?

[@junianius]

That white pony shirt is sick!

[@MelodicDishsoap]

This is about to be fire asf

[@Lucaskelvinz]

O cara meteu um Meu deus do nada ou foi impressão minha?

[@ninjaguerra]

This video was so freaking funny.

[@user-yark0music]

Who send Necrophagist !!😂 Bach metal 👍

[@themanwhosings-v3n]

I feel any song by polyphia would be great for this challenge.

[@Tcrumpen]

Was waiting for someone to bust out Bleed