is this the heaviest standard tuning riff?

[@TooSlamToGiveADamn]

When I saw “heaviest standard tuning riff”, I knew it was going to be Sylosis. 🤘

[@bclassey1]

Was thinking the exact same thing haha

[@ignaciograssini3635]

Same here

[@youlookdifferent]

i always think Sylosis and early opeth

[@Three-LeggedCat]

Yeah I was like it's either sylosis or opeth for sure

[@jostonpowell1346]

What is the name of the song ? I keep mishearing the title and never heard of the band before

[@Goose21]

Very excited for when it lands on Revocation

[@davidhartman5594]

@Goose21 I'm waiting for a surprise Necrophagist entry lol.

[@beanzthumbz]

It’s gonna be a struggle for him if he gets anything from their latest 2 albums haha A lot of their riffs are fast dp, 2/4nps, gallops, sweeping motions. Now do all of that using weird jazz chord shapes at the same time 😂

[@guyrozanes9832]

@@davidhartman5594 i won’t this series sponsored by Sheet happens.

[@NehemiahHughes]

Pls Scorched Earth Policy first 26 seconds PLS

[@Naberius42233]

Seriously Dean, this band is totally worth diving into. Their whole catalogue is FULL of banger riffs, Josh is a madman.

[@TBliss88]

Sylosis, the most underrated metal band for the last couple of decades

[@voidofhope6259]

Amen to that!!!

[@IJH-Music]

100%. I'm really happy to hear they're still going. Haven't heard them in 10-15 years!

[@nothere941]

They're finally in the US again. Stoked to see them with trivium and BFMV

[@TwistedOreo]

Real talk

[@Tybren]

@@nothere941 That's happening? That's a solid lineup

[@Trotsky1981]

I mostly play in standard tuning (six-stringbros rise up) and always use those 4th-based power chords when I want to play a lower note, like a B or something. It sounds almost equivalent to the lower tuning. Much heavier. Edit: Dean just mentioned that at the end of the video, nice.

[@spinxz_314]

Check out summoning the lich they play in standard

[@AsAugustSleeps]

I play Drop F on a six string baritone. I hate extended range guitars hahaha.

[@eighteen-naked-cowboys]

the intro to empyreal is a good example of that. Sounds sooo much bigger and darker than typical power chords

[@matthewjones6836]

Yes, I am here to join this party, (6 string, Standard) and the inverted power chord is the best way to "simulate" dropped tunings. Gojira uses it alot too but they tune to d standard.

[@infinidominion]

The same can be applied to 7 and 8string stuff

[@JamieSlays]

oh sick one of my fav bands ever

[@brentos5001]

Good taste Jamie

[@MainPrism]

Hey another guitarist that slaps! What up Mr. Slays?!

[@Mike-ix5sv]

I discovered sylosis because of your videos. Theyve been heavy in my rotation since

[@markhaessler4395]

oh man I want to see Dean first hearing Caligula's Horse so bad. What a great Sylosis Riff to pick for this too.

[@therileyobrien]

Me too!

[@NinjaWeeGee]

Caligula's Horse has a lot of sick riffs. I'm hoping they give him the intro riff to "The World Breathes With Me."

[@ericgusman4673]

Sylosis has come to be one of my favorite bands this past year. Josh is an absolute riff master.

[@jbc727]

Heir Apparent and Master's Apprentice's by Opeth is IMO one of the most heaviest riffs in E Standard Tuning.

[@aaron.durci.4444]

i just pressed play on heir apparent and i can't believe that opening chord is standard haha it's so huge

[@dreammachine86]

It's Serenity Painted Death for me. Has 2 ridiculously heavy standard tuning riffs - the first heavy one, and then the one with the pinch harmonic and dissonant chords. Would be awesome to see them play that song live!

[@jbc727]

@@dreammachine86 yeah bro, definitely the heaviest from Still Life.

[@duesexistat5016]

Heir apparent contains some beautiful riffs.

[@LordEarthWolf]

Middle of Hessian Peel has some of the most brutal standard E riffs I've heard

[@voidofhope6259]

I fuckin love Sylosis!!! I learned ALOT of Conclusion of an Age lol I was and still am kinda obsessed. Reflections through Fire is fun as fuuuuck to play

[@chairmanofthebored6860]

It was Teras that did it for me

[@seanrees97]

@@chairmanofthebored6860 Teras for me too. Basically my go to warm up track now its so much fun

[@RTSRAZORBACK]

@@chairmanofthebored6860 Teras for me too! Conclusion of an Age and The Supreme Oppressor are still my favourite Sylosis albums. Such an underrated band, seen them live twice and met Carl back when Sylosis toured with DevilDriver and Bleed From Within in 2014!

[@RedworxAU]

Been in my riff wheelhouse since 2008.

[@voidofhope6259]

@@RTSRAZORBACK Supreme Oppressors is goddamn still so good, even Casting Shadow was absolutely fantastic. The Bereaved is fuckin beautiful.

[@ymmijl]

Would love to see you try something by The Red Chord

[@LibTechJunkie_42]

I second this!

[@mikeking5070]

Dreaming in dog years!!!!🎉🎉

[@SouthpawSparky_]

His riffs are very difficult with all the up strokes…great band

[@JonnyCrackers]

Dimmu Borgir also have some beastly standard tuning riffs. Kings of Carnival Creation and Puritania come to mind.

[@MrJumboHumbo]

Opeth- Heir Apparent is the heaviest standard tuning song IMO! For Sylosis, i think Born Anew is one of their heaviest!

[@DirkieGoedhart]

Correct. The opening chord alone is so incredibly heavy

[@guyrozanes9832]

I take Master's Apprentices over Heir, but aggregable

[@clemensmoeller4549]

Born anew is sick, I feel it's kind of underrated in their catalogue. Wish they'd play it live some time.

[@ChaosPootato]

Obituary use inverted power chords very nicely, it sounds absolutely massive with the chonky tone they've got

[@na7h4n34]

I love inverted power chords so much, especially when the bass plays the root below it

[@okaight7248]

Yeah, it’s “E standard” but the bassist has a 5 string in drop A lol. Neat little hack.

[@Tybren]

I love Sylosis and love this riff, but there are many other more challenging and interesting options.

[@p4fizzle]

This is legit one their most slow, easy and basic riffs! There are better riffs in the same song at later stages. Kind of a shame. Wish he had gone with something like BORN ANEW from MONOLITH

[@DeanLamb]

Hey I don't pick em! I just learn em.

[@Tybren]

@@DeanLamb Someone must be held accountable!

[@p4fizzle]

@@DeanLamb Sorry, bad wording, wish you had been dealt a better riff by the wheel of riffage!! You are not the blamed

[@djandrewification]

@@p4fizzleayyyy its still a solid riff. Its a meat and potatoes riff.

[@hfreed24]

The Human Abstract, that would be wonderful see to pop up somehow

[@widexawake_]

Polaris is one of my favourite songs of all time

[@brendanstitt628]

Sheet Happens has the tab books for Nocturne and Digital Veil, so it definitely could be an option

[@derekwoods8199]

Good pull. They were ahead of their time! I still find myself using the chord progression (and even sometimes warming up with the main riff) from Crossing the Rubicon. Takes me back to being 16 in 2006 and our little band trying our best to be the next BTBAM with a mix of The Fall of Troy 😂

[@wrongperfection]

Speaking of inverted power chords - Gojira uses those FAR MORE than regular ones. Almost any song in D standard from them uses these, especially on the earlier albums. There are CRUSHING exclusively-4th riffs like Blow Me Away, The Link, In the Wilderness, Born for One Thing, Explosia and many more. Would be cool if Dean tried something Gojira, but they are not on sheet happens so whatever.

[@Diabolical1337]

My thoughts as well. 😊 I thought of Love from Terra Incognita, the first chuggy part 😅

[@BORN753]

Intro to The Heaviest Matter of the Universe is the heaviest thing I've ever heard. And the middle part with basically two chords (E and F) is heavy too.

[@IJH-Music]

I'm loving the activity Dean. Keep sharing these awesome vids!

[@jordanmiles2195]

I hope you land on a Lamb of God riff one day. Some of my favorite riffing of all time.

[@DFlores2009]

Panteras slaughtered is my personal heaviest standard tuning riff

[@cristiangomezschmidt7069]

excellent pick brother

[@MetalFreak187]

The use of inverted power chords is what made me fall in love with this band, slings and arrows chorus is one my faves to play I find it so clever, their chord progressions sound amazing with the use of inverted powerchords

[@johannkorn1780]

Okay I have three things to say ... 1. I really enjoy this series, this like wheel of riffs, very entertaining and its also really cool to just see the tech metal guitarist learn other peoples riffs. Tremendous television. 2. Ask Matt to include a Periphery Riff. 3. Challenge: learn an open tuning periphery riff in a standard or drop tuning. Im suggesting this because Im a special kind of lazy person and recently I sat down and wanted to figure out the riff from Prayer Position and I didnt wanna find tabs for it so I did it by ear and thus I didnt know he used a funky open tuning on that song and I proceeded to learn this song in like ... Drop A or something, I believe, and it was wild. It was borderline inefficient playing but it was also kinda fun

[@Fallen_Chama]

4 levels of progressive metal protest the hero when?

[@353darkesthour]

Trying to do Luke Hoskin waterslide riffs on an 8 string sounds…ambitious.

[@regansmith9538]

I came up and said hey after the Lorna Shore show in Van, what I was going to say was my girlfriend (who hates metal) loves watching your 4 levels of death metal videos with you and your wife!

[@treytonjohnson1]

Josh Middleton is such a cool dude. Love his work with Architects and Sylosis

[@blackmetalbreadstick]

Dormant Heart is definitely my favorite album of theirs. The title track and To Build a Tomb are masterpieces

[@vorpalblades]

Edge of the Earth for me.

[@Guitarist19887]

The title track riffs are fire 🔥 I still play that album and monolith regular

[@MetalHitch]

Conclusion of an age is such a great album. Love me some sylosis. Great rhythm playing in all their songs

[@svartsjokolade]

I thought this was going to be an Opeth riff :D

[@robertnewman1499]

my favorite standard tuning band right now is summoning the lich. their songs are so fun to play and sound so heavy for standard. united in chaos shreds from start to finish.

[@jonathonskipper6085]

I was almost late to a Trivium concert and Sylosis was opening for them. I walked in to the concert to the beginning of this song, I'll never forget that moment, this shit is crazy good

[@blankepitaph4407]

Title had me excited for Heir Apparent but this is solid too

[@DoggoWillink]

Vektor played in F standard and had some riffs on Terminal Redux that were heavier than pretty much 95% of shit I’ve ever heard. They proved to me that tuning doesn’t matter for heaviness.

[@NoCantsAllowed]

Dude, you're kicking ass with all the vids lately! We see ya & appreciate every minute! Idnever heard Sylosis, until now, and this one rips!

[@MaxW7549]

The fast part in the bridge is really cool to play too

[@ShelRaiser]

Best guitar from your collection IMO

[@s0meguy25]

goated riff. Gets stuck in my head all the time

[@OldAdventureBikes]

Heir apparent live the one where cusp of eternity ends, and goes into it. Might be the heaviest standard tuning moment of all time.

[@sohamsengupta6470]

Sylosis is mad groovy. It's also rather entertaining if you listen through their discography in order, you can hear them start off mad fast and thrashy like and over time the thrash and speed slowly fades and the riffs get chonkier and the breakdowns get breakdownier. Fun stuff.

[@NateSmith87]

I love this format for videos

[@monsterfukk7737]

Hey Dean, just wondering when you might go back into moustache mode, so I can resubscribe and start watching your videos again? I'm just getting really sick of waiting for you to fix the mistake you made by shaving it off all those months ago. I feel like you should have known better. No hard feelings though.

[@Three-LeggedCat]

You have to shave your head bald

[@uraniumcranium2613]

Sleep Terror - Probing Tranquility, Dysrhythmic Vexation and Primordial Void. Some of the heaviest standard E stuff in existence.

[@civicstar982]

I love the tone your setup has I’m always chasing that sound and I’m not there yet

[@NympoGaming]

That riff is pretty heavy. Loving it.

[@SouthernCross_]

How they're that heavy while playing in Standard I'll never understand.

[@RevPunkMaster]

The breakdown riff in this song gets pretty spicy.

[@Metaldad87]

Sylosis is awesome been a fan since conclusion of an age. I heard after lifeless years somewhere and i was immediately hooked

[@dimebagloomis4951]

Me too. Perfect song.

[@vorpalblades]

Apparitions was what I heard first. Killer stuff. Except the last album, that was terrible. The new E.P. is definitely better.

[@niheall49]

I remember seeing sylosis back in 2011 at Sonisphere, they were absolutely incredible. Exceptional talent.

[@MrDameius]

"Oh there you go, that's what I was fucking up" If I had a penny for every time I said that while playing I'd be a very rich man.

[@NehemiahHughes]

4th chords imply a lower tuned root note without having to drop tune. Definitely helps if the Bass Guitar actually plays in dropped tuning playing the drop tuned root note that the guitars imply. Sick stuff

[@Iisserul]

When you get to Revocation, do Blood Atonement or Ex Nihilo. For Shadow of Intent ide say do The Battle of The Maginot Sphere or The Migrant. For Black Dahlia I would say either the new song Panic Hysteric or Everything Went Black. Thanks for these awesome learning seshs

[@Thevitamindealer]

Zenith Passage uses those 4th power chords a lot too

[@grrttshw]

Your tone was 10/10 dude. What were you using here?

[@davidhartman5594]

There something special about a riff that you find so gnarly that your only reaction is to just giggle and say something exactly like Dean. " Dude, this riff SLAPS" Or the occasional riff that forces the " stank face " on you lol

[@widexawake_]

I remember hearing the intro riff to My Fork in the Road by Atreyu for the first time and doing the stank face. That shit slaps.

[@GuyManley]

4ths to imply a lower tuning than the range of the guitar. I think dreamtheater did that as well. Sounded sick.

[@papichulobr]

I think some Arsis stuff is also in Standard tunning and it's pretty dope

[@vorpalblades]

Nick is playing with Insomnium and Omnium Gatherum now.

[@powellfain]

Sylosis has become one of my favorite bands after only a few months of listening to them. Highly recommended

[@JohnLimeson]

Did not expect to see Caligula's Horse on that wheel. Saw them in a dive bar in Perth years ago. Not really my thing, but I definitely noticed when the guitarist casually started sweeping arpeggios like a mofo 😂

[@x-Gingerbeard-x]

Another band with sick riffs in E standard is Mors Principium Est! Their solos are also insanely good. Check out Finality if you want to hear a banger!

[@noahleach7690]

would love to see mercy by sylosis, so much fun and a lot more challenging

[@Guitarist19887]

I love dormant heart, need to learn some stuff from that album.

[@djandrewification]

Starting off with Sylosis is always a good start 😎

[@ceceliataylor84]

I need a Black Metal Dean video! Pleeeeeeeease??

[@KristianHeartmusic]

YUUUUUP hands down the most heaviest E standard tuned song ever written period boom bang done !!

[@chrazix]

Hey Dean! Please check out Immortal Bird out of Chicago. Their riffs are pummeling and dissonant all weaved with controlled chaos. They just dropped a new album and I really enjoy their songs Propagandized and Ocean Endless. Whole album is a banger! They are getting solid reviews on their third studio album and I believe you would enjoy their stuff! Just dropping in to spread some love!

[@acab4512]

Somehow.. I get so obsessed with a band and speed from one to the next vacantly neglecting the last band. Thanks for mentioning IMMORTAL BIRD

[@chrazix]

@@acab4512 hey no problem! I hope you enjoy!

[@loompy1440]

That riff made my balls drop (my antique snow globes fell because I had the bass so loud) teehee very awesome riff and I think it’s neat you’re prob turning a lot of people on to these bands

[@BORN753]

Gojira really likes using inverted power chords as well, Joe Duplantier said in an interview a long time ago that they sounded just so much heavier that they started using them. I think they are the first kinda "mainstream" metal band that started using them extensively. There is no way you haven't heard The Heaviest Matter of the Universe, the intro is SO freaking heavy, and the middle part with E inverted power chord is too.

[@isaacruffini3083]

Sylosis riffs are unmatched

[@donnythei]

About time sylosis got their recognition, it's way overdue

[@AJoylessEon]

Josh is my man.. master of the riff.

[@AsAugustSleeps]

Josh wrote some really sick stuff for Architects.

[@alexanderdenison2950]

Yeah "the seventh circle" has Josh written all over it.

[@8stringedBeast]

Dean i have a technical question: when learning a new song and having to play in a tuning you might not be familiar with and trying to feel out the tone through the tabs is it best to try and match the FX used for said song as close as possible? I find myself at odds with other tunings when i hear it coming out of my amp and im not sure if its me, the amp, or both at times so i tend to avoid playing songs i would like to learn due to not feeling in tone with what im hearing or close to what i might hear live.

[@martyrofgrenth2136]

Personally I think yeah it's pretty heavy, but I feel like Opeth's Deliverance is heavier. Maybe it's just me tho :P

[@OfficiallyMaidenless]

'Don't Get Blood On My Prada Shoes' by 'The Number Twelve Looks Like You' is the single heaviest song in E standard tuning.

[@mkfoxtrot8822]

Really hope that Shadow of Intent riff is the dance-y one from Elegy III

[@valhalladante9859]

was expecting The Dillinger Escape Plan’s “43% Burnt”, but this would’ve been my second guess

[@comebackkid531]

Pickin hard or hardly pickin

[@maineisip]

Waiting for that episode where TBDM gets picked 🥹

[@Carrylikemariah]

Your guitar tone in this video is a fucking

[@JAGValiant]

Would still call Heir Apparent by Opeth (or most songs from Blackwater Park and Deliverance) considerably heavier for E standard.

[@remochiun266]

I've always thought inverted (4th) power chords sound much meaner, especially when a bass can fill out the lower root that's missing.

[@Its_LumberJack]

Fucking love sylosis. This was the first song i learned from them!

[@sRgBucK]

The call back to this riff in the mid section of the song, gave me the stankiest face ever... When i saw the title i knew it was sylosis and HOPED it was servitude lol

[@PabloSchred]

Would love to see you give Final Wars by Buckethead a shot!

[@jasonthomas4818]

Enshrined is by far their heaviest tune. Perfection for sure

[@mariolafontaine5853]

This will shows my age but the main riff of smoke on water is played in 4th, kind of dissonance but with the heavy distorted tone sound gooood.

[@elnombre91]

The difficulty in the sylosis riffs like this is getting the inverted powerchords to sound as heavy as when Josh plays them. I learned Empyreal years back and I could never get the intro to sound as heavy as Sylosis do.

[@StephenChapman]

7:56 Dean, you missed an opportunity to edit that laugh! It's damn near the same tempo as the riff, lol.

[@michaelheaton6925]

Sylosis is so good. Like others said, i saw the title of the video and clicked 100% expecting to hear a sylosis riff 😂

[@noahbeal4555]

Heaviest e standard riff is the intro riff to empyrean by sylosis, that rhythm part is oppressive

[@AndrewVV34]

I fockin love edge of the earth album🤘🔥

[@jasoncrump1886]

I like it. I play alot of riffs like that.

[@materedai4158]

When you started to play, your face looked like you were thinking "wait, that's some evil EVH" and I think it was so funny haha

[@SuffyANX]

Instantly knew what song it'd be from the title

[@dietryinundeleted423]

i fuckin' love sylosis. ESPECIALLY since they play in standard tuning, i hate retuning a guitar to learn something new, the more standard tuning the better XD

[@shadquirk607]

I'm sure there's a slide up into the chord highest up on the neck?

[@johnsandberg1945]

Love this riff

[@Szabby999]

Can anyone tell me please when will be the next Archspire album released?

[@gabriellongworth]

Fear thy David Davidson riffing!🤘🏻🤙🏻🫨

[@BoltMedia1]

Gotta be For Whom the Bell Tolls post intro part. Da dun dun dun da dun dun dun da dun dun dun da dun dun DER

[@jswazz9264]

Circle of the Tyrants has to be one of the heaviest standard tuned songs \m/

[@KLBoringBand]

Checked to see if it was Prancer by Dillinger.