12 Killswitch Engage Guitar Riffs That Prove Alive Or Just Breathing Is All Killer

[@JamieSlays]

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[@keithadamo304]

Jamie Slays Your videos have improved my guitar playing 100% been playing drums over 40 years playing guitar 5 months!!! LoL🤘🏼

[@JamieSlays]

Aww thanks bro that totally means a lot. It’s nice to know you like watching my videos 😊

[@ramirezrulon]

Jamie Slays glad you did this album I voted 🗳 for but ya awesome video!!!

[@2amrylo]

Jamie Slays yo bro love your content! But hey man Ive been playing guitar for a long time. But just recently just started getting into software I have easy drummer 2. I was wondering how do you drum match all of the covers that you do?

[@dimagabriel4699]

If metalcore had royalty, this album would be sitting on the throne.

[@xangrycatmanx5104]

I would probably chose Jane Doe by Converge

[@somebodyoncetoldme9978]

John Caulfield jane doe is mathcore

[@xangrycatmanx5104]

music professor ! That's probably half true

[@pruple-tm]

music professor ! I'd still say Jane Doe is a metalcore record, but it definitely leads towards mathcore

[@somebodyoncetoldme9978]

the question is the record more Hatebreed, Killswitch, or Dillinger

[@ritikeshsinghpaurus2964]

This video don't make sense because every Killswitch riff is killer !!

[@graysoul4432]

It would be a crime not to like KSE. I still dig it since their beginning till now n u cover up clean and clearly. Hats off brother!!

[@yogeshkoranga2323]

You are one down to earth metalhead i have seen on youtube... keep up the work

[@JamieSlays]

Thanks bro! 😊 appreciate it

[@johnnybravo7490]

subscribed and liked to help out a fellow kill switch fan!

[@JamieSlays]

Thanks bro! Means a lot

[@virginworlds]

Amazing playing, amazing riffs, amazing tone, but you gotta tell us... Did you re-sequence all the drum parts from that album just for this video or is there some other magic to what you're doing from a drum perspective?

[@jessysharrock5280]

What about Periphery or All That Remains or Shadows Fall!?!?!?!?!?!?

[@SlowrideSteve]

Do some shadows fall

[@shredward_norton]

This is still in my top 10 metal records.

[@craiglove4558]

top ten ever!!!

[@GamersHiro]

Cool, can you make As I Lay Dying's Shadows Are Security next?. 🙌

[@MMA-mh9uv]

All Killer No Filler: Parkway Drive - Horizons album

[@JamieSlays]

Yehhhhh

[@danisirooszadeh7305]

Killing With a Smile Is Way Better...If I Be Honest, I'm a Big Fan Of Parkway drive But I Have To Admit That Horizon's Riffs Sounds alike

[@manny6318]

Which Adam D from KsE produced. Go figure!

[@Izzy1782]

@@manny6318 oooo, he should do that. Best riffs on albums produced by Adam D from KSE

[@jbasti227]

@@Izzy1782 I second this. Best riffs on albums produced by Will Putney would be great too, that guy's been on a roll these past few years

[@Gh0stDiaz]

This album changed my life Masterpiece truly

[@craiglove4558]

same for me truly epic from start to finish

[@craiglove4558]

gona put my fucking xbox contol down and learn this now i should have done it years ago

[@lazytommy0]

Killswitch is one of my all time top bands. Thanks for this (:

[@JamieSlays]

You’re welcome! 😊

[@josephvela4584]

My number one band !

[@gavp1488]

I'm glad you ignored the poll and did clearly their best album :)

[@JamieSlays]

Yehhhhhh

[@mylusernameslJustin]

Jamie Slays You should add When the Balance is Broken that was added to the album. Its a pretty good song too

[@ogbee9690]

All of their albums are good

[@thebritishmewtwo1994]

next do 14 slipknot riffs that prove that Iowa is all killer (or any of their albums)

[@JamieSlays]

I did Iowa already but ages ago so maybe I will do it again

[@thebritishmewtwo1994]

oh yeah. well you did most of them. if you would prefer something else you can choose like, any of their albums (they havent really made a bad one to be fair)

[@KingBradley928]

TheBritishMewtwo backed

[@JosieIsCozy]

Their self titled album is better than Iowa *fight me REEEEEEEEE*

[@PesterFester1966]

@@JosieIsCozy Iowa was heavier and more consistent...... Fight Me.

[@somebodyoncetoldme9978]

2000s metalcore is American melo-death change my mind

[@harvesteroftone5473]

Still their best album. The king of metalcore albums.

[@Mmmleftovers]

Top 10 Mastodon riffs that make your fingers hurt

[@kadenzook3826]

Legalize Ranch 95% of their riffs do that hahahah

[@robbieredrum5953]

One of my favorite albums. So much awesome riffage.

[@Jam-1-2]

Look into my eyes and tell me Self Revolution isn’t one of your all time favourite riffs to play. Reckon I’ve played it more than Raining Blood

[@JamieSlays]

Haha yesssss

[@dennisbrannigan9523]

A 1000% yes. Fucking amazing dude. Best album to this day in my eyes

[@JamieSlays]

I love it. So amazing

[@FrankshredZ]

As i lay dying all killer no filler! Awesome video Jamie! you slay!

[@joakouu_11]

Bullet for my valentine Medley please

[@saintluciaofficial2019]

My favorite Killswitch Engage album, hell yes!!!

[@thomasbellamy1]

This is THE defining metal core album. Everything that came after it was following in its footsteps.

[@nihilist92]

My god the nostalgia!! Killswitch really were pioneers of this genre. ALSO, THAT TONE! Would love to know how you're getting it! Great vid as per, Cheers!!

[@JamieSlays]

Yesssssss I love the tone

[@Akherousia502]

Bro, Killswitch is just Americanized melodic death metal. They're absolutely incredible, but calling them pioneers just seems like a stretch when the same thing has existed overseas before they came along.

[@justinfromok7128]

@@Akherousia502 However you wanna slice it up you have to give credit where its due and this band was a big part of bringing this music to the forefront and exposing it to the masses. At least on this side of the pond.

[@Akherousia502]

@@justinfromok7128 I'm not going to disagree with that at all, I just feel that pioneer is a term reserved for those who really set a new standard. They're a bit more like importers than anything. They took a style that existed elsewhere, tuned it to make it their own, and then built an American version of the scene off of it - but the fact remains that everything Killswitch were doing was already happening overseas years before they came into the picture. I'm not trying to disrespect the band for this or anything, they're actually one of the few bands of their style that I genuinely really like because I feel a lot of the competition only brings a few great riffs but scatters them with poor composition whereas Killswitch hit the mark with fantastic songwriting. I just think people should be a little more attentive and realize that they didn't just come out of left-field with this songwriting style. It was an inspiration drawn from another scene already happening elsewhere. I point it out not to discredit them, but to help people realize that a lot of metalcore is actually rooted in melodic death metal. Their influence in crafting an American audience for it, and putting their own twist on things which helped define a new genre in itself isn't to be denied, though.

[@xthexadvantagex]

I always regarded killswitch the Kings of guitar tone

[@djcj]

That album changed my life... never gets old. Top 10 for sure

[@Spongeboy0]

Probably my favourite KSE album, great vid! Keep doing what you do and rock on brother! 🤘🏻

[@justinfromok7128]

Some of the most iconic riffs to come from the early 00s heavy metal push and likely my favorite from that era. Thanks for paying homage. I thought you had lost it when you didnt include them on the roadrunner countdown. Anyway...huge props and killer chops keep up the good work!!!

[@thomaskuhn2549]

Oh yes, just barely breathing is such an underrated song

[@dpark551]

My favorite metal album of all time! Each song is just awesome. Production is solid as well.

[@Kzzyn1990]

This album still is a killer, it has many awesome riffs!

[@Kzzyn1990]

besides that, you have to love KSE because of Adam :D

[@dennisabele7343]

Please do Parkway Drive

[@Themarshmillowface]

Alive or Just Breathing was a knockout from beginning to end. Hands down one of my favorite musical albums

[@bcrich3531]

Jamie love it man keep it coming you deserve the pick of destiny for the work you do

[@JamieSlays]

Thanks bro! Send it to me if you find it 😊

[@1sad_latvianboi707]

At the gates slaughter of the soul or carcass heartwork, solid albums not a single bad song on either of them :D

[@TobyKBTY]

This album changed my life, man. Fuck yeah! Fixation on the Darkness, Numbered Days, that sick middle part in To The Sons of Man...this album is full of kickass moments. EDIT: YOUR RIFF SELECTION IS TOP NOTCH. It made me want to blast the album at full volume again!

[@lucasschroer5251]

My favorite album with Jesse on it, there I said it.

[@callummorgan3059]

All killer no filler - pantera cowboys from hell

[@Rahulsingh-ov5rd]

My last serenade is so fucking brutal 🤘🏼🤘🏼 N tone of your mix sounds very similar to KSE 🤘🏼♥️

[@JamieSlays]

Thanks mate!

[@MattYellowhorse]

You should do ,if you haven't already do ABR's Messengers or BOO The New Reign! That'd be phenomenal! Keep up the great playing dude!

[@Coppersteel]

Matt Yellowhorse +1 The New Reign

[@jazzyj4126]

Some of the best playing of killswitch riffs i've seen on youtube. Great work.

[@jazzyj4126]

But I must say that on vide infra its fast section is a series of heavy hammer ons, not tremelo picking.

[@metaloverdose]

Fuck yes dude. While i love everything killswitch has put out. Alive or just breathing is my favorite by far! Thank you so much for this!

[@twisstedriffs]

Such an awesome album!!

[@smythie08]

MAN thaty sounded like the original, great tone bud!! AWESOME band too

[@davidlamothe8586]

Killswitch Engage rules the old school metalcore scene. The new BFMV album is just filler though, no killer at all.

[@demoriaeprice6764]

I honestly feel like it’s hard to not make a bad riff with these guys throughout the years.

[@JK-fr7dz]

Greatest metalcore album of all time.

[@kungfuman82]

My vote for All Killer, No Filler: the Monolith album from Sylosis.

[@tb_tyler5363]

kungfuman82 good shout, Honestly all of Sylosis’ albums could qualify haha

[@Aartskie]

Yeah man awesome album

[@TobyKBTY]

That album is a picking hand killer, but yes you're oh so right!

[@332nd_collectibles]

I would love to see one of these for disarm the descent!!!!!!

[@karljamieson5343]

i remember this album going way way back lol first kse song i ever saw and heard was life to the lifeless such a fun album

[@adamcastillo3976]

The End of Heartache and As Daylight Dies too please!!? 😍

[@andersonaustin56]

Jamie, I hope you're still going to make a Parkway Drive all killer no filler. DEEP BLUE PLEASE

[@JamieSlays]

;P horizons or KWAS

[@andersonaustin56]

If Deep Blue is off the table, then my next choice would definitely be Horizons! Thanks for the reply mate! I'm a huge fan, by the way that ibanez is fucking gorgeous! Have a great day!

[@marcoshreds]

Man ... that just took me right back!! TY

[@JamieSlays]

🤣 thanks bro x

[@lightningwolf77]

Next month Parkway Drive Atlas, their most underrated album.

[@RegurgiNate84]

Thats it from Temple from the within? Im surprised

[@lynwoodslipp7497]

Ahhhhhh man I'm seriously becoming a huge fan of your channel!!! You should have thrown the bonus tracks in there bud!! Into the unblind!!!!!!

[@JamieSlays]

Thanks! Glad you like it

[@lynwoodslipp7497]

Definitely! I have just a few covers on my channel from way back, just born of osiris and composure by august burns red, as well as a lot of hip hop I did in my early twenties. I still play every day but lack the equipment to put up quality videos, anyways keep on pushing!

[@eatmysalt291]

As I Lay Dying - Frail Words Collapse for the next All Killer no Filler!!!

[@simonize251]

Shouldn't have to make a video showcasing the riffage to prove that this is the best album they will ever make.

[@rockmetalmusic2.0leto58]

awesome guitar player.i really like metal,too.It's one of my favorite musical genres.Keep going on this way,man;)

[@evanmakarick7440]

Sick video and my favorite killswitch album

[@mikehawkisb1g]

Fuck yes, I was waiting for this!!

[@DaxterZA]

Their best album hands down, it just lacks solos, but KSE lacks solos overall... Awesome video man, used to love playing those riffs in High School!

[@guitartedoutlaw]

Daxter ZA Disarm the Descent has a lot of solos in it. Second best Jesse record, too.

[@Nick_Perry66]

Fixation on the Darkness is still one of my favorite songs. And I even like the live version of it, just gets me pretty pumped up!

[@BadMonkeyMind]

So I'm watching your vid and my wife comments "what video are you watching? I really like his tone!" Great riffs Jamie, thanks.

[@JamieSlays]

Aww thanks bro!!! Tel your wife I said thanks also

[@ryanmorley8211]

Fucking love Self-Revolution.

[@mikelitorus6497]

August burns red, messengers album is pretty much as riffy as anything out there even now.

[@hammerpunch]

Great vid bro. Do this with the mighty CHIMAIRA!

[@dmoynihan6480]

I think whoever gave the 1 dislike is out of spite! Nice playing dude 👌

[@goldmetaldood]

I did vote for end of heartache, but I ain’t even mad you chose AOJB, that album is just a riff monster in general.

[@Thelastrelapse31]

People don’t give it another credit

[@olliehuxford680]

What tone and music recording software do you use to get that killer sound? Also what are the vest strings to use for drop tuned stuff. Your riffs are sick!

[@JamieSlays]

It’s Joey sturgis tones 😊

[@tarunkurudi8191]

The satanist - behemoth next please

[@cidkplas]

Thanks for doing this KSE record. It's by far my favorite from them, discovered it when i was a teen and it's still a blast to listen each time ! Nice socks btw !

[@CyborgLapis17]

Can we get some love for Amon Amarth?

[@JamieSlays]

Yehhhhh

[@johnjag210]

I support this 1000000%

[@dannyalaniz7387]

Another Killer Video As Always Bro 🤘🏻👊🏼

[@JamieSlays]

Thanks mate!!

[@dannyalaniz7387]

Really love your camera angles. Makes it easy to learn them as I watch 👌🏻

[@LookAtDat4ss]

Jimmy James you make it all look too easy mate. Only wish I could do pinch harmonics 😣😣😣😣

[@JamieSlays]

Haha yeh. Took me a while to nail those

[@bluemystic409]

I am glad that you have played without name

[@javieralarcon6316]

Another great video dude 👍🏻🤘🏻🎸 I ❤️ KSE. They created metalcore, they still are the kings. This album is one the bests in the history of metal. Please, same video for Fear factory, Trivium, and Lamb of god

[@davidwalton5359]

How do you learn how to play songs

[@JamieSlays]

I learn from tabs on ultimate guitar 😊

[@davidwalton5359]

Jamie Slays lol that’s what I’m gonna do when I get a guitar XD

[@roosolini7105]

Jamie Slays I thought you learned by ear. Damn

[@adamgood3288]

Yeah can we get Metallica , suicide silence , or slipknot next month?🤘

[@mitchellcambron2440]

Man what a great album! I will say that so far both of your all killer no filler have been my favorite two albums in order so far, amazing!!! I’m not going to say what would be next, but I’m willing to bet that it’ll be exactly what I’m thinking or close. Lamb of God “Now You’ve Got Something to Die For” inspired me to start playing drums, yet I can remember drumming “Life to Lifeless” on pillow in my bedroom from this album. By far two of my favorite albums from the time where I was really falling in love with metal. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@dakaraius]

Also, you've just made me want to listen to this album NOW. Looks like I'll be going to bed at gone 2am. Cheers for that \,,/

[@Metal4Life56]

This album is so adored because it didn't feel as labored over as the following albums. It is a very natural sounding album unlike a lot of their over-polished work that followed. Their most technical riffs are on AOJB too. It's their Ride The Lightning imo.

[@mest_legendarisk]

You should do Vulgar Display of Power, The Powerless Rise or Uprising (BFWI) next time!

[@TRose-hc9pv]

Life to lifeless!!!

[@kylepierce7681]

Black Label Society would be killer!! Love your vids man, you’re talented!🤘🏻

[@psychosis8429]

Dude I love this. I consider Alive or Just Breathing to be my favorite album of all time so Watchung this video just made my day

[@Illiyinmusic]

It's definitely my favorite album of theirs..Not just cause it was my introduction to them, but I put it a little bit in front of The End of Heartache. I like the chorus' on this album more even.

[@ChrisVog]

I came across this because this is my favorite album by them... My favorite song is Just Barely Breathing out of all their songs, yes even Howard days...

[@wildal8532]

Just amazing

[@forestof0ctober06]

Ascendancy by Trivium for all killer no filler, not ONE bad song on that 15 track album

[@ArmyOf2Films]

I've got an idea!! Do a riff video on how old bring me the horizon was the best. And the do a riff video on how new bring me the horizon is still good or something...idk just thinking of content and low key want to hear count your blessings riffs. Thanks for reading.?

[@argetect2847]

I remember when I found their singles on a website called mp3.com a website where unsigned bands or otherwise could post their mp3s. There was usually only 2 or 3 songs. But I found these ones and picked up the album right away. This was right when metal was getting boring, and even though the lyrics were pretty emo, the riffs and tone were absolutely crushing. As I Lay Dying was another band I found on here and knew that we were in for a drastic shift in what was considered popular metal.

[@davep7589]

Great album and choice mate. All killer no filler: Unearth - The oncoming storm Also check out Adam D on the price is right, its fuckin brilliant

[@saintjohn6820]

I’ve seen them live twice in Wolverhampton, fucking amazing shows

[@akumakami9727]

That intro xD. Guess we need a Sum 41 all killer ;). You know which album too lol.

[@andrewbryant8442]

Strapping young lads brother would be some wickedness please 🤘

[@mydixiewrecked315]

it kills me because Adam D. plays these riffs while he runs around on stage being goofy as F*ck, he is also a stellar drummer to boot. as well as a producer in the studio.