DOWN TO THE MERROW : EP 9 PT2, SLAYER, FORTIN MARSHALL JMP VS KERRY KING PLUGIN, VIOLENCE IN METAL

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[@Jeffmetal42]

That story with your mom was killer Leon. My mom is the same way. I was suspended for wearing my Kill'em all shirt in third grade and they took it from me (made me wear a shitty school shirt). My mom went up there PISSED OFF, told them to give it back to me. The school said my parents needed to be more aware of what I was into/listening to and my mom lost her shit, something along the lines of ," AWARE!?!? I got the god damn shirt for him for Christmas!!" Same Christmas I got my Cowboys From Hell CD. Her and my dad always took up for me when I'd catch shit at school for being into metal as deep as I was. They knew it wasn't dangerous, exact opposite, it was (still is) constructive for me, it's the reason I picked up guitar at age 7. .... God damn Louisiana bible belt stupidity.

[@KeithMerrow]

It all made sense when you said bible belt. Middle-American boomers hate our kind in most cases. Although, I had a Tomb of the Mutilated shirt taken right off my back by a teacher in 7th grade, in California. That shirt was pretty gnarly, though.

[@finnancahill2644]

Very wholesome man

[@Ghaos]

Keith, this is quickly becoming my fave show on youtube. Be safe out there in Portland, shits getting real. Question: Can you talk about the tone making process with your Fishman sigs. ps...Death metals vocals on Slayer covers is straight fire dude ....XD

[@menaceP875]

Mine too, I'd watch this all day every day. I'd run home from work to catch it with the same excitement as I ran home from school to watch dragonball z

[@russellzauner]

Hello from Portland Oregon...we are a resilient sort. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXqqmHmKaMqGnbc

[@Germs19]

Love that you took the time to think about my question and discuss it with friends/family. I actually had Kyle in mind while writing it, so I'm glad he chimed in too. For the record though, I wasn't trying to imply that metal incites violent behavior, but rather I was just interested in hearing y'all's thoughts on metal's fascination with the darker side of life so to speak. Hope you are safe, and now I'm going to your merch store to support the show because this is my new favorite thing to look forward to every week!

[@barren9695]

The Fortin NTS plug in is my favorite I've used so far.

[@AutoRiff]

LePou & Vadim Taranov plugins are basically must-have for beginner and/or broke bedroom guitarists.

[@monsterk7603]

Lepou Le456 was the first amp sim I ever used. Might have to revisit it again. 🤘

[@KeithMerrow]

Yep!

[@JeffBarberDigideus]

I did so many cool demos with LePou and LeCab that sounded SOOO much better than Guitar Rig and Line 6 back in the days of yore

[@ErebosGR]

LePou's are kinda outdated. Ignite, NaLex and Taranov ftw

[@JeffBarberDigideus]

@@ErebosGR back in the early 2000s you didn't have that much of a choice. LePou and Nick Crow plugins were pretty much the cutting edge of convolution VST technology until BIAS came along. Even Bias is outdated now compared to modern stuff!

[@eric1982R]

like how you guys are changing it up, havent missed an episode yet. keep it up .

[@AmericanMe]

Keith your so right about the free amp sims KILLING that K.King plugin

[@davidbucket]

I tryed that kk plug In when it came out and I thought it sounded like ass.

[@falseprophecy666]

It is so hard to get through a single episode without getting inspired by the guitar tones and having the need to record something. I am so grateful you came back to YT. Down to the Merrow is the best!

[@witnessthewrath8061]

Getting a perfect slayer tone took me forever... like months. No amp sim can get you there you need the real thing. Your fortin amp is fucking amazing

[@AlefSousa017]

Stay safe, man! Things are looking wild out there, here hoping you and your family are all safe and well!

[@BurntSquirrel]

Season in the Abyss was also my first Slayer album.. Skeletons Of Society is still my favorite off that album to this day...

[@randyhochuli4540]

thank you, I'm a life-long Pantera fan and I've never heard that cover they did for The Crow Soundtrack. Much appreciated. Awesome show, Great job!

[@jamesjarmin6125]

I'm in Salem, Oregon. It really was like a portal to hell opened up. The fires are crazy. Stay safe dude and keep pumping out these awesome videos!

[@lenzschneider8757]

This is the kind of content I came for. Please keep more coming

[@BL-cc1vm]

Dude this episode was so awesome analyzing slayer tone and riffs & having fun hanging out tone chasin' Im same age as Keith I totally related to his tape days, I did the boombox overdub thing too! Looking forward to more vids like this 🖒

[@Lollero24]

Just wanted to drop by and say I absolutely fucking love these videos. Looking forward to a new one every Sunday!

[@AllenHarrison]

I love how life works in coincidences, a couple days before you released part 1, I heard a Slayer song and was like “you know, I should relisten to some Slayer again” then you drop part 1 and was like oh yeah, it’s Slayer time lol I had like 13 hours of driving to do in between the two parts so I listened to a good chunk of their discography during my drive and it was good to remember how kick ass they are lol

[@TheHeadown]

That Slayer tribute rocked! Headbang approved 🤘

[@joshwairau183]

these videos rule so much you all rock

[@fabianthio4011]

Your videos are so intriguing to watch. Keep those comin em 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@nemojob666]

Hey Keith. Really appreciate all the effort you put into making each episode special. My question: If you couldn't be a metal guitarist, what genre would you pick?

[@baritonecult622]

Hell yeah, i remember seeing Slayer on the South of Heaven Tour, i was 16 yrs old Loving the Channel guys Cheers from Michigan

[@deeforty]

I watch a lot of people on KZbin, but these are the only videos I actually can't wait to see on a Sunday morning....

[@corymoore5093]

Haunting the Chapel was my first Slayer. In high school, my buddies and I would drop acid, pile into a friends Buick and pop the Haunting the Chapel tape into the Spark-O-Matic tape deck, crank it up, turn off the headlights and go hauling ass thru this under construction subdivision that didn't have any street lights installed yet.

[@daviddarko2665]

That was a great video man! Hell yeah....took me back. 🤣broke out the tapeS! THE BADGE!🤘

[@DaveSteele07]

Hey hope y'all are safe out there in Oregon!!

[@ericsmith6633]

Love watching your old vids bro.

[@reisselpud]

My favorite episode so far ! 🤘

[@wesleydynna8411]

Hey... do you have any sick riff worship hoodies? With leather reaper hoods would be cool..

[@slavesoul78]

i like the dinner conversations...maybe make that a part of your content as a series?

[@89gt5.0]

This has become one of my favorite channel.

[@redpowerthrasher5744]

Came across this video by accident. When you brought out that Fortin Marshall I was like, "DAMN" and hit subscribed.

[@kylelarocque611]

Hey I found the tone you got for Slayer was amazing keep up the good work

[@sprinkle_some_crack_on_em8279]

these episodes are just awesome and I really appreciate the stories and the sick riffs. Stay safe out there. Fuck that fire!

[@KadintheGuitarDude]

The outtakes from the portal skit are awesome hahaha

[@gabrielcarpenter6770]

i love this video... for me seasons in the abyss was the album i got too and then just went backwards in their catalog.. spill the blood is my all time SLAY3R song ever...

[@Epochstudios]

Missing new content, I appreciate what you have given us to check out. Hope all is well Mr. MERROW. What happened with twitch?

[@Alamar1]

Great stuff as usual, Keith. Now that we've gotten just beyond Slayer, how about a video on the thrash/death crossover bands like Thanatos, Chemical Breath, Obliveon, Dead Head, etc ?

[@rpf23543]

Sick ass Slayer song! Amazing tone with the modded jmp! I really love your videos Keith...and the last one, the worship one was so kick ass!

[@metalage1975]

Great episode. That Slayer cover was perfection

[@markscohier9308]

I don't know what I'm watching, but I love it.

[@mikemoore3635]

Keith my man I don't really have a question I just wanted to say awesome awesome videos lately bro. I haven't headbanged like I did for a minute when ya busted out live undead literally my favorite fucking slayer song. Oh and btw my two and four year also participated in the almighty banging of thy heads especially my two year daughter hahaha horns up to the sky and bring the domonic unto the void!!!!

[@quantumenigma1869]

I seen that Grip inc, power of inner strength. I remember buying it the day it came out. Epic listen right there. Great vids bro,hope you keep at it!

[@MrDaoJones]

Grip Inc is/was massively underrated. Everyone talks about Dave, but Waldemar Sorchyta influenced metal so much with both his guitar playing and productions (Moonspell, Samael, Tiamat, Sentenced, to name a few... ), Gus was a really unique vocalist. rip.

[@crash921]

My favorite episode so far, I thoroughly enjoyed it, made me laugh and bang my head so hard. So relatable

[@thirteenthandy]

Having grown up in Palmdale, CA... Yeah, it'll make you do shit like that.

[@hbomb495]

Damn, you still got the bass, that’s so sick. I recall when you showed it in one of your earlier studio walkthroughs you mentioned that you might get rid of it. So cool to see you still got it 😍😍😍 Now, for the real challenge. Instead of getting a sicker Slayer tone than you guys got out of the Kerry King plugin, get a sicker Slayer tone from the LePou plugins and feature that 😂😂😂 Hmm, I wonder if you could run the LePou, King, Granophyre etc. plugins out of your interface into the power amp section of one of your heads and into a cab?. Or maybe run it into the little Revv head with the onboard two notes gear? 🤔🤔🤔

[@satch72]

the fog machine is cracking me up hahaha

[@electropentatonic]

This was so badass. I need to go listen to some Slayer

[@irmasil3]

Ok..I am really enjoying this series....So musically driven. No deviations.

[@troytornabeni6294]

Vocals were fuckin badass on Live Undead cover, great song

[@nickwilson6888]

That lullaby had some Macabre flair to it. Were they ever on your radar?

[@7stringsofpurehate706]

Man bro I’m in Beaverton - this shiz is crazy!! Be safe out there!!!

[@davidniklinski3123]

Damn Keith, your lullaby song is fucking awesome!!!

[@yellowdudewithedibleshorts]

Keith: Metal is aggressive. Keith's son: Can't wait to go home and watch Ola playing Fall Guys.....

[@KeithMerrow]

I don't get the joke.

[@Cryptic1911]

Spotted that Grip Inc tape in the box.. Such an awesome album! wish they got more exposure back in the day

[@grindworker]

I'm glad that your are back. Down To The Merrow is awesome. I follow your channel since was called "diabolic 5150", if I remember it right. A production related question: I'm in audio production, home studio of course, and stereo widening has become an obsession since I began specially on guitars. How do you deal with this? Some use send on the guitars bus to reverbs or delays and/or mid/side EQ in the master bus.. Do you use some process to guitar widening? And other question... Thinks on the Driftwood Purple Nightmare? I've seen your have one. Thanks.

[@johnmichael3016]

Question for Keith. I've found myself becoming a stepfather to three amazing children. Their father is in jail and he doesn't have anything to do with them. This is something I take very seriously. I love these three so much. The question I wanted to ask is how has having children changed your view of the world? I know for me it's definitely made it more important to practice what I preach and to do the best I can to have a positive effect on the world. Thanks for your time. You're my favorite riff writer of all time 🖤

[@cameronjm79]

Not that I am super into listening to the radio these days. But, I think it is such a bummer that Portland doesn't even have a MODERN rock station anymore. #bringback101KUFO! It was nice to "occasionally" hear some heavier music on terrestrial radio. I remember staying up late as a teen in the mid 90's and waiting for them to play some heavier stuff, like Pantera, Slayer, and Korn. You would even hear some death metal once in a blue moon. I also miss the Rockfest concerts and contests they used to put on. IIRC the Slayerized Lullabies thing was when they came with Lamb of god on the unholy alliance tour. Some of the contests even gave local bands the chance to play with national acts in front of very large crowds. A few of them were pretty wild. One year they made a bunch of the bands lead singers actually enter a boxing tournament and the winning singers band got to open at Rockfest. They set up a full size boxing ring inside of a local bar, it was pretty nuts. I feel like the younger local rock and metal fans missed out.. So sad that Rock/metal music although definitely not dead, has had to move to the internet to survive.

[@isaacdevlugt]

KEITH. What are your thoughts on doing a mixing masterclass? Or something along the lines of how you record your amps? Also, what are your thoughts on isolation boxes for recording real amps at home?

[@norwardradtke1361]

Omg bro I had that same CD player growing up hahahah the silver boombox, so much metal went through that thing. I had a Dillinger Miss Machine sticker on the lid to put the CD. Didn’t listen to them after that album but just remembered that

[@zero420hour]

Love these videos. I seriously look forward to them every week. Question: have you ever used a small preamp pedal for demoing your songs? I realize it takes a while to dial in some killer tones, but for on the fly recording, I find something like a Horizon Devices Apex Preamp or a KSR Ceres gets the tone I need super easy. Thoughts?

[@ledhendrix5054]

Ive still got my first Metal album I bought all those years ago , it's also on tape 'Metallica's Kill Em All' It's still in its original case and cover , but I did buy it on CD so I could put all those original Tapes and Records away for safe Keeping.

[@Andrath]

Hey Keith, could you dive into Chuck Schuldiner's work? No doubt that must have been an influence.

[@Guitarmike]

Hells yes... BLASTING IT!~

[@yarpenzirgin]

I love the episode. But stay safe guys.

[@TaylorBlack0]

My mom was buying me a Tool CD when I was younger and the cashier tried something similar. Like, "You know, you shouldn't be buying this for your son." and she was just like, "That's my decision not yours."

[@telecasteroil]

Amazing how the Fortin, sounded , great demo.

[@FuzzImp]

Yo Keith. What was one big brain moment you had in the studio or playing in 2020, a game changer maybe.

[@chrisCANguitar]

Hey Keith, where shall I send you my "slayer" tone?

[@philsmith3019]

Wasn't expecting that Palmdale shout out. I remember that exact spot.

[@nightmehrs]

Hey Keith I was looking for some of your old play through videos from back in the agile/bernie rico guitar days, but I can't seem to find your play through of waken the stone king, there's quite a few that are missing did you delete those and why? also will you be putting up more play through videos now that your spending more time uploading videos?

[@chris666boss]

I remember when my older sister put on Hell awaits and i was scared af, i was 9 (1986) the hairmetal rea was still on.

[@jbasti227]

Damn getting to see Slayer AND Mastodon must’ve been awesome

[@egj1975]

I love the dark scene..... looks a bit evil and haunted. Love the series Keith... keep em comming

[@hansigor3092]

Hi there Mr Keith, can you make a video on how you mixing and mastering your own songs?

[@Hellseeker1]

Thank goodness you guys ok!

[@blackhemisphere7009]

Sick lullaby

[@theromulux3725]

@keith... that is one F@cking sick Slayer riff you Pulled off...

[@woodward_alan]

Have you thought about showing a complete walk through or series from creative process to record, mix, master etc? This would be something that could rake in the $$ and help so many.

[@jackgottsegen1499]

The solo on the lullaby sounds like some Andy LaRoque style soloing

[@richardsavoie3948]

hey keith ! the down to the marrow are awesome ! as all the other content you have posted , but this is very different and creative compared to a lot more you tubers out there ! congrats and keep it up ! so maybe this question could be on a futur show ... if you had to build a signature amp, and you could do whatever you wanted , what brand and specs would you choose ?

[@Ryan_Messenger]

I'm late to the party but I'm sure glad to be here! \m/

[@NoCantsAllowed]

Keith... You are not alone, brother. I'm also not proud to admit, my very first CD ever was a stolen copy of South of Heaven I acquired @ the "Ware-House" Music Store in Ontario, Ca. However, I AM proud to admit, having paid for every one of at least 40 concert tickets to see them live, most of Jeff's Signature guitars, and not less than $100,000 worth of collectables of ALL types. Kerry is only, likely, surpassed by Gene as the true "King" of merch... and they definitely got it outta me eventually!

[@akhilvarma1]

The fact that the intro isn't a filter scares me. I'm praying for the forest fire victims.

[@metalheadblues]

Prayer for the animals too

[@HevyDevyD]

"I wash my hair in the precum of my haters" - Keith Merrow 2020

[@MartyDadRiffs]

You guys should build a Sick Riff Warship!! Hey Keith, and crew. What are some of your favorite horror movies?

[@MrGuitarTormentor]

What were your inspirations for those droning, dark ambiental and atmospheric parts of your playing, for example the intro to N.O.O.B.E? Was it something that came naturally to you? A lot of my playing style was influenced by that part of your playing.

[@rejiluz3465]

Love the plot of the video...

[@crystaloffrost]

Hmm it seems everybody had stolen a Slayer record. I stole Seasons in the Abyss tape. I dont know why.. thats the only time I did something like that.

[@king-korestudio6311]

Our tape collection is pretty much the same! I have so many!

[@JayNinja1]

Love your music Keith! What would you say are the key components in a guitare tone that you would adapt whether you play live or direct in studio? Do you usually use the same Kemper profile for any situation?

[@abowla7187]

Seriously this is refreshing and cool as fuck. I'm enjoying the fuck out of these shows....

[@Defleshuary]

My mom was similar with my music journey. Local independent store wouldn't let me buy the tapes with parental advisory stickers. I was looking through the metal section, often buying based on album covers. She went into the store pissed off, said a sticker isn't raising her kid, she is, please let him buy what he wants. They didn't give me crap after that.

[@chaosandorderstudio]

I love the "Marsnall"

[@noahkmansfield]

Question: If artist guitars didn’t exist, what would you play off the shelf available today? Love your channel. 🤘🏼🤓🤘🏼

[@evolagenda]

More Kyle please, dude is authentic as fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuudge.

[@yellowdudewithedibleshorts]

Be safe you guys, hope this all pass by soon. My question is: How do you get your bass tones? Would be great to see how do you record and process your bass on a Studio One session. Rock on, bud.

[@mrk4510]

This was a good one. I watched the whole thing. Man the Sky's from those fires are wild. Hope they don't get to close to your cool crib.

[@nicwilson89]

I honestly just stick to a combination of BIAS amp (if I need to make a custom amp to import into FX) and FX plus my library of IRs. A lot more fiddling around but I have just as much fun trying to build a tone as I do actually using it so yknow, I can put hours into fiddling around with tones and have enjoyed every minute...often finding new tones I like and getting distracted and coming up with stuff for later songs

[@chrisworland7754]

are there any plans for more Demisery material in the future?