John Browne of Monuments Plays "Atlas" on EMGtv

[@jaywardmusic]

The talent that it takes to play this is second only to the talent that it takes to write this

[@Yojimbo711]

+Jay Ward I agree too much.

[@HarelJann]

+Jay Ward Words of wisdom.

[@jamesmelton5245]

Yojimbo711 most of the talent here is in his right hand in the way he picks his riffs and chords.

[@Yojimbo711]

James Melton Nah I disagree, the talent is equally shared between being able to play these quick right hand riffs and writing them as the initial commenter stated, being able to formulate those melodies and embed them in multi accented rythms is remarkable.

[@jamesmelton5245]

Yojimbo711 his tone is achieved through the way he picks many players can finger the notes and not sound like him because they aren't picking like him.

[@sethmoyer4200]

I had such an emotional connection to this song, I literally felt it in my soul. As a musician this inspires me to be a better creator. Thank you guys for this beautiful music..

[@beidouvirus3978]

You, the Creator?????

[@filipapinski8364]

@@beidouvirus3978 ive read the comment and this is the first thing i thought

[@dm1torres1]

This dude's right hand keeps f*cking with my emotions!

[@darrenculp2854]

He's a machine!

[@D.Danko_thall]

Im sure his girlfriend is happy bout his right hand!

[@gunnabefamous]

This riff hits harder than my dad

[@Ezpzlmnsqez]

+Bjorn Bridgeman lmao

[@danielsegura9621]

lol

[@fredriksvard2603]

:)

[@icipher6730]

:(

[@Rawnfella]

5 years later, you still alive?

[@sidneysablier]

MORE JOHN BROWNE ON EMG TV PLEASE !

[@KaraethonOfficial]

Gnosis was an amazing album, but the two tracks I've heard from the newest album have blown most of the previous album out of the water! Can't wait to hear Chris' vocals over them too :)

[@joeldeutscher7077]

Wait...two? Where's the other one? I missed something!

[@KaraethonOfficial]

I, The Creator dude!

[@joeldeutscher7077]

Arran Cook OHHH! Yeah, I knew that one as "The Indulger" back when they were seeking a new vocalist and I'd totally forgotten about it. Oops. Totally killer track too...I cannot WAIT for the new record! Wish they'd toss us an instrumental version of Gnosis to tide us over (hint hint, Mr. Browne...) ;)

[@connorgrant6003]

James Reeves What makes you say that?

[@KaraethonOfficial]

Haha, I wouldn't believe anything Olly says! I've seen them play it live twice and they performed it on that live BBC Radio session they did.

[@Djentysailor]

CAN'T STOP LISTENING!!!! I want this album so much!!!!

[@BuryTomorrow12]

This guy and the whole band are beyond greatness. Their latest album, "The Amanuensis", is truly a masterpiece.

[@shadybrain3424]

would like to see him and mark holcomb do something together. they are both riff machines and have a sorta similar sound.

[@RyanCogar]

This ^

[@purplemonkeyelephant]

That would actually be incredible

[@parkersmith9821]

Aye bro you had me at Mark Holcomb

[@ahriik]

John is good buddies with the Periphery boys, I'd say it's more a matter of when than if.

[@bmw_m4255]

I'd like to see Yvette and Mark do something

[@yourmama7721]

The melodies in this are godly.

[@manontheside663]

Must...Keep..PRACTICING!! Must.. Have...Same..Pick..attack! *brakes vessels*lol i feel he has a vendetta against his strings. lol but seriously though. what a monster. really dig that he tunes to open tunings.

[@inspiredbymuse2655]

I love the chorus! It's such a rad melody and rythm.

[@JajaTheBalls]

So awesome. Love John Browne's riffing, can't wait for the new album.

[@TheObZenx]

I absolutely love the tone in this video. I have to say it again. To think I once hated blindly on anything EMG 81. Yet when I go back and look at all my favorite recordings, they were done with an EMG 81 or 81-7. Funny how it works being a sheep. Bought an Ibanez Iron Label 6'er last weekend. EMG 81/60, and I've never been happier with my heavy tones. I still have a strat for low gain applications that aren't cleans (the 60 has the best cleans i've ever heard. And 90% of what I do is high gain anyway. Kudos to EMG for making a pickup that whose tone I unknowingly chased for years while simultaneously jumping on the hate train. I bought Bare Knuckle BlackHawks, and Dimarzio D'activators in that time and they still never lived up.

[@TNEWBerlin]

Haven't anything more creative and groovy in a loooong time!! Can't wait for the new album!!

[@obicross]

One of the best and musical riffs he had made

[@soysauce9296]

Just because I know a bunch of people are going to be asking for it.. Tuning: Ab F Bb Eb F Bb Eb

[@dickyp1]

that is fucked... are you the guy playing in this video?

[@AlefSousa017]

dickyp1 no, he isn't, but John is known for using these crazy tunings. In fact, that's the tuning he uses the most

[@MickeyMcGaming]

Is the F lower than the Ab?

[@djekkk96]

Just a few hours ago I was thinking of Higgs Boson instrumental and here it is!

[@sunmastodon14]

should release an instrumental version of the album. would be so sick

[@nonZensically]

this one is easily going to be one of my main jams this summer!

[@brandon5pennies]

For anyone interested he's using Laney IRT Studio Rack mount amps, his Reaper Pandemonium pedal, and a few others for tone. He also uses an older Line 6 Pod XT Pro Rack (the red one) not shown in this video.

[@IcoTheDreamer]

CAN'T FUCKING WAIT! Release this shit now!

[@-jmac995]

That tone is outrageous

[@Shredwizard445]

Very tight, excellent performance. That last pinch sounded great too.

[@Se7enStage]

The main riff (0:37) is sooooo damn catchy... That guy makes me wanna be a better rhythm player, his technique is simply flawless.

[@darrenculp2854]

He's a machine! LOVE his playing! Full on beast mode!

[@NitroModelsAndComics]

Brilliant composition and playing. WOW.

[@shtaw7]

this is so much fun to play! Well, at least the first 30 seconds I managed to cover haha not giving up on this still!

[@GuitardedMark]

Absolutely incredible!

[@brenanhunt4097]

I can't stop watching this.

[@andrezknz]

Jose Macario for some 8 string demos!

[@whatokyea96]

Yes. That man is something else.

[@alkatorsh07]

Fucking incredible harmonies and intervals here man. I love you.

[@AbandonTraditionUK]

Someone uploaded a Radio rip of this song with vocals but it got taken down and I didn't KZbin to MP3 it! Just have to stick with the instrumental, such an amazing song.

[@eaglewings1934]

Ex-Higgs-Boson? Awesome! Can't wait to hear the vocals and the rest of the album!

[@mcrekkr]

I love Djent for the rhythm but I can't wait till they start working the rhythm into other strings... I don't know if anyone else agrees with me but the rhythm is very funk so you could almost say that there will be a strong use of funk lead as djent grows

[@Pakanahymni]

I always viewed it to be in the low strings for the sheer purpose of forming the rhythmical backbone which sounds more percussive when done in synch with the kick for example. I can see why it doesn't feel purposeful, especially with bands like Volumes who just don't seem to "get it".

[@soysauce9296]

What you call 'djent' I call 'progressive metal,' and I'm pretty sure what you're describing has been around for some time, it's just that you're probably new to the genre. Gravitate towards the more jazz-influenced acts. John Browne is known for his rhythmic grooves and "Milton cleans," so I wouldn't expect what you're talking about out of him. He's my favorite songwriter on Earth, but he has his own formula.

[@mcrekkr]

Soy Sauce Can you link me some please?

[@mcrekkr]

I'll have a look when I can Nick thanks :)

[@CognitiveApprentice]

***** Damn, where the hell did you come from?? You just listed off pretty much every one of my top artists... that was kinda creepy... Except dunno about Mandroid Echostar, but based off the rest of the list I know what I need to go check out next.

[@-jmac995]

love the funk groove that this song carries. wonder how much different it will sound with some vox

[@kevongordon2675]

To this day probably the best usage and playability on at 7 string

[@sasquatch1771]

im excited to hear chris barretto again. i remember listening to him with periphery before their album actually came out

[@kellyg4812]

I tried learning this when this video first came out, failed miserably. Came back two years later and still cant wrap my head around this shit

[@SuperItalia494]

Dude, his rhythm is something else... It seems to only be natural and unique to himself (covers on KZbin just don't cut it). Plus, his right hand's accuracy, flow and feel, is just amazing to watch but, also seriously difficult and technical. I personally, wouldn't get too cut up about not perfecting his technique/songs... They truly are masterpieces of this new Djent style of guitar playing. I'm currently trying to learn: Leeloo - Veil of Maya... That is seriously a hard song to tackle and master. Check it out, if you haven't already... Anyway, hoped this helped :)

[@kellyg4812]

+SuperItalia494 word up man I totally agree. Yeah I started learning leeloo when it first came out but unfortunately I don't have a guitar with a whammy bar on it so I couldn't bend the harmonics. So I gave up on it haha. started working on Punisher by VOM and my skills improved a lot just by that one song.

[@SuperItalia494]

Yeah, I have the same issue. I've got a fixed bridge so, no crazy stuff like that, for me. I still can't wrap my head around the verse riff tho, that syncopated rhythm just doesn't flow yet with me haha. I'll get out Punisher for sure tho... The ultimate song that I want to one day learn is Behold - Born Of Osiris. I can't even begin to know how to even start that one! haha

[@abc123gpl]

i love this music.

[@marineseabird]

Because John Browne.

[@SoulOfTheBoss]

Jose Macario for EMG demo!! This is rad too.

[@PaulFarrerMusic]

Dat robotic right hand! John is incredible!!!!! \m/

[@Waltzhybrid92]

Cloud Atlas themed album with a pic of Tom Hanks on the album cover?

[@liamyates5544]

He plays with a lot of power in his right hand, its like hes trying to break his strings!

[@zsreich]

Thats how you get a good sounding pick attack and its important for metal even with active pickups. If you don't pick heavy the sound is not heavy.

[@liamyates5544]

totally agree,i just thought it was weird how evryone was tripping over his right hand. that is howyou have to play in metal. with power. thats what makes us so good at transitioning :))))

[@zsreich]

He also mostly seems to downpick everything instead of alternate pick. I think that also helps.

[@liamyates5544]

Yeah, when you're playing more rythmical/djenty stuff the the alternate picking technique isnt used so much. mainly because people use alot of hammer ons and pulloffs on every other string except the top one.

[@filipepassos-coelho6661]

***** downpicking also helps accentuate certain parts, by incorporating triplets into the riff to change the groove and make it less boring. and also, totally agree with the consistency of downpicking. imagine the Master of Puppets' riff being played in alternate picking... it loses a fuckton of power! i started recording for my band earlier this month and i had to halt it because, with alternate picking, i didn't get the strong consistent attacks i wanted, so I'm practicing downstrokes like a mad man.

[@ThePouringdown]

it seems they focus on a lot of complexity within the rhythm itself, and its just amazing.... :']

[@iAmSpyNz]

has a periphery vibe to it, maybe more like mark holcomb anyway i love it

[@drummerdude6670]

Damn. Thats tight as hell. Anybody know when the new album is supposed to be released?

[@terrenceconradus1981]

tasty sound every single time... which ibanez model is that though?

[@12ealDealOfficial]

Representing that Ironheart IRT pretty well, I think! That's truly a twice as nice at half the price line from Laney.

[@HiramEscandon]

Please give us a play-through by Jose Macario

[@arsamkhalilian3706]

Sounds like Keith Merrow, excellent rhythm playing combined with killer riffs

[@gmatty2975]

John Browne the light in a dark universe..........superb

[@betterdays259]

What Ibanez model is he using?

[@mrfrodops3]

Can I use EMG 707 on Bridge and 81-7 on Neck?

[@Andy99P]

Someone knows what model is that nice Ibanez?

[@TheMetalsuit]

Man thats something else!

[@MrProghead]

best yet JB

[@serkhanthehumanhive7483]

Didn't know that Robert Baratheon plays guitar :D Christ! I love love that right hand!

[@malcolmrff]

Did emg poke fun at djent in the description? Great song and incredible picking hand

[@VigilSerus]

They did and didn't. The whole open strings thing is definitely the dj0nt stuff, but there really isn't a whole lot of 000 powerchord stuff in this song. It refers actually to a lot of the passages that sound all widdly woo, where he tends to hammer on from 0 to a fret.

[@MirkoFustinoni]

One of the best guitar sound i've ever heard in the so called "djent scene"...and it comes all from an amp!!

[@EmilioSfeir]

the Laney is a dummy amp, the real tone comes from a POD XT, John himself said that

[@Ghost17110]

Emilio Sfeir What Emilio said, the Laney is a dummy and the real tone is coming from a POD XT

[@MirkoFustinoni]

Does he always use the POD or is it just in this video?

[@Ghost17110]

Mirko Fustinoni From what I know it's always a POD, but he might actually use the Laney live for close to the stage sound, but I'm not to sure about that.

[@Zuschlagwerk]

Emilio Sfeir sorry guys but thats wrong. John only uses the POD for clean sounds. The distortion sound comes from a Laney Ironheart. And in studio he is using a axe fx like everyone in this scene does !

[@gusw4787]

amazing!

[@dannyphehe]

Man I need to get a 7 string.

[@r.christopherfowler2088]

Awesome.

[@iviaverick52]

So I guess that Strandberg is just there for decoration?

[@hrpaperstacked]

sweet guitar. really liked the abalone shark tooth inlays.

[@tiun3k461]

Does this characteristic "dry" sound comes from Randall?

[@grabmyrooster]

Monuments and Periphery sound really similar and I love it.

[@Riddikludaer]

Godlike

[@GeorgeSion]

Epic! Give to this guy a giant cookie!

[@marcomaticc9420]

This is not even his final form. Browne a beast

[@higler.]

is that a 27" scale Ibanez 7 string? I want.. I NEED!

[@name1234445]

Dude is a beast

[@akiller28]

What pickups does he use I wonder

[@jhonnyfloresalquez279]

Inspirador!!!!!!!!!!

[@NitroModelsAndComics]

Relentlessly diabolic. The right hand that made Hetfield shy away for fear his may fall off.

[@ChalsyWhite]

that's why I want to live

[@carolczsobczak496]

Does anyone know what he's using for his tone (what's sitting on the Randall cabs throughout the vid) it almost looks like axe fx but I don't think it is.... Anyone know???

[@alisonmootien4876]

It's the Laney IRT 15W Studio :) It's a beast !!

[@Ghost17110]

Video shows a Laney IRT Studio but in reality he uses a POD XT, he's even said it himself.

[@boobymiles7513]

Mason Stanley He used a Pod XT Pro on the album, but I know on tour he's been using real amps, and a Pod HD Pro.

[@Ghost17110]

Boo Koo I saw a POD XT on the Abstract Reality tour livestream, but there was also a boogie.

[@jeleopard]

Mason Stanley Naw, he used a Dual Rec and a Mark V for distorted (because Olly is stuck in Canada), and a POD HD for cleans.

[@tankerbrigade]

i am wondering what would Paul Gilbert say on these riffs.

[@МихаилКизикин]

The Best Of Djent!

[@notnoaintno5134]

bruuuu that guitar sounds amazing

[@ChrisCo922]

Awsome! Got goose bumps from here 0:37 :D

[@blink7777777]

nice john!

[@tilourcollapse9891]

Greatness

[@riwaldiashar2546]

On fire

[@elonmusk420]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Pheonix2022]

Good to know I'm not the only guitar player that bites his nails

[@lonely-lo1153]

Who else here 2021

[@ScaryTerry44]

Yes, his picking technique is giving me a mild heart attack. What is the collar thing at the head of his guitar? What's it called/what's it do

[@LewisRoberts93]

+Dick Tracy 7 strings tend to have a problem with the strings behind the nut ringing out and coming through the pickups. The strap stops this.

[@ScaryTerry44]

Is it only 7 strings or would this be beneficial for a 6 string as well

[@LewisRoberts93]

+Dick Tracy by all means you can do it on a 6 string but I've never heard anything out of mine but after 5 minutes in a 7 string I could hear the strings ringing

[@BlakeMullens]

+Dick Tracy From my experience it does happen on both but its much more noticeable on a 7.

[@stinkyforeigner1]

Didn't know Claudio Sanchez played 7 strings.

[@wuazo]

After take care of the island for many years, Hurley decided to make metal. \m/

[@idemel]

Dude what a punch!

[@TheIceholeCanadian]

I came to see some inhuman down picking. I was not disappointed.

[@Mgonzaa52]

“What’s alternate picking?”

[@MrJuanca2909]

genious

[@TwentyInchBurial]

would love the tabs for this D:

[@josezamarripa3460]

This song is f*ck*ng great!

[@Jdog8989]

so sick...

[@vbharathkumar3354]

anyone know the song in the intro?

[@Avexyli]

bharathkumar bharathkumar Same song.

[@DANKGUITAR26]

+Soy Sauce it's technically in a Lydian mode. But yeah, it does have that feel to it.