Making An OPETH Song In 5 Minutes (Speedrun)

[@taunokekkonen5733]

The real key to an Opeth song is to have at least 5 different utterly brilliant riffs, worthy of their own song each, within a 5 minute window.

[@toprak3479]

Just cycle through brilliant riffs Chuck Schuldiner style, more or less. Maybe add atonal passages between the riffs for a smoother ride and boom- you've got yourself a banger

[@taunokekkonen5733]

@@toprak3479 yea man, Death was also just throwing away riffs left and right. You'd have two or three before the verse even began.

[@BonzoDrummer]

The riff salad.

[@briumphbimbles]

5 minimum.

[@Celatra]

more like 10

[@mot0rdeth]

Your keyboard drumming is getting better I see

[@auraofdeath423]

@@BradleyHallGuitar how Paranoid song was recorded. Can you make the same video about Ywette Young?

[@reficul1984]

Makes it look easy.

[@valenb2839]

I've felt that

[@GeorgeWockington01]

I like your PFP. Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? Is such an awesome album

[@kholi9441]

As a pianist, I say he's got some fingering skills 😏

[@yesman8564]

this video gave me nothing but sorrow

[@adampongor9984]

and cheesecake

[@necmaprodukcije]

Damn bro, you are the Harvester Of Sorrow

[@Jimb1264]

@@necmaprodukcije Language of the mad 😔

[@alexkenley1]

fields of sorrow...

[@mateuszkoprowski1313]

@@adampongor9984 So you're the one who took the cheesecake?

[@dominick070M]

i was waiting for SORROW and wasn't dissapointed, 10/10

[@markley902]

Love how the akustik guitar recorded the "yeah" sound at the end.

[@TimInertiatic]

Yeah, the acoustic and bass were picking up other sounds

[@markley902]

Next one is "5mins mayhem" just scream in the akustik pick up -> profit

[@luisferreira9632]

You mean "autistic guitar"?

[@ONECUBEOFSANDOFFICIAL]

Did you write acoustic like that as a mikael akerfeld reference or smtg?

[@tose5566]

@@ONECUBEOFSANDOFFICIAL that's what I was wondering lol

[@marcussteensen2619]

The ultimate challenge: Bradley Hall speedrun

[@GhostSound2]

"Sweep for the whole song" Done

[@jagannathaniyengar4369]

@@BradleyHallGuitar Ah I notice a pun here…

[@laviedevantsoi2322]

@@BradleyHallGuitar How philosophic

[@dominikweber4305]

@@BradleyHallGuitar you've mastered the art of puns

[@eliaslee__]

@@BradleyHallGuitar bro you ok?

[@liukeiner]

I would have been very disappointed if you hadn't said 'sorrow' but now I'm very proud :)

[@DCJayhawk57]

I was hoping for an "asunder" in there, though 😞

[@petemcq_]

Need a gojira speed run, all the pickscrapes

[@supermastater]

And all the open G and B strings

[@AskesisGrappling]

Pickscrapes, tappy taps, whammy pedal WHAAALES

[@supermastater]

@@AskesisGrappling Don't forget the plastic bag in the sea.

[@ligma6496]

I need WHALES AND FLESH

[@regularhuman7939]

his finger will have to be replaced with tentacles for the keyboard drumming

[@ameer_saban]

Your ability to capture the essence of a band is second to none

[@draco2864]

I like how the “That’s it!” was still in the recording lol but this man actually made an Opeth song in five minutes You should do Death or Slipknot next

[@raihidara]

Death - play a bunch of awesome riffs that surprise the listener all the way up to a blistering solo, then boringly repeat everything that came before in the exact same manner. Repeat this formula for 99% of the catalog. Death are in my top 5 favorite bands but I really wish they didn't follow that formula. I usually end up skipping to the next song once the solo's over

[@Razzah128]

@@raihidara death is good

[@mrviking6892]

YESS

[@nnnkkk1001]

@@raihidara I get what you mean but I don't really mind them doing that, because the riffs and the melodies are so good, so I'm actually happy they repeat them a lot

[@csengegall2595]

Reminds me of "not too shabby right", Opeth did that!

[@Transxkiller23]

Holy shit didn’t expect the riffs to be so accurate

[@user-fl9th2ts2m]

No! No! Not "Someone stole my cheesecake, sorrow" But "A malevolent being retrieved the loaf and cheese of mine and I'm in dismay"

[@exhostosis]

Thats too british for a swedish band )

[@Bellathor]

@@exhostosis It's pretty accurate for Opeth though lol

[@someshkadam2441]

Now just we need is a remix remaster from Steven Wilson.

[@GuitarJammer]

This needs to happen

[@cowbutt6]

@@GuitarJammer In 7.2 Dolby Atmos.

[@GuitarJammer]

@@cowbutt6 cheesecake never sounded so good

[@aliphian]

Then it would be tighter than a witch’s cleft.

[@toprak3479]

This is a real studio recording from Blackwater Park's studio session. Steven just hadn't come into the studio yet kappa

[@yallgottaunderstand]

The "proggy bit" drum beat was the exact drum beat I was expecting to hear in this video. They use it so often lol.

[@robwalsh9843]

It's a beat that's used in latin jazz a lot.

[@toprak3479]

It's called "bembe" or something like that iirc. My theory for how it got wrapped up in the band's sound is that Mendez was jamming with it someday and Akerfeldt went "I like that, can you play that for the next 10 years?"

[@dreammachine86]

@@toprak3479 Just a double paradiddle with accents in interesting places? Anyways that beat is one of my favourite things from Opeth, just has such a groove to it. Martin Lopez is such an awesome drummer, wish he was still in the band. Really impressed that despite not being a drummer, Bradley has listened to enough Opeth that he's internalised that beat!

[@McFlurry448]

This one was actually fantastic, if this isn’t a bonus track on their next record I’m going to have ultimate cheesecake sorrow

[@PERPowns]

There's really no worse sorrow than cheesecake sorrow :(

[@PavelDatsyuk-ui4qv]

Fingers crossed ! Find out soon

[@onerandombruh]

This proves, beyond any doubt, how fucking talented Bradley and Opeth are.

[@disturbiafromthebay]

I was literally listening to Opeth when this came out

[@m3t4lqu33n]

Same here hahaha

[@greenfly1264]

What album what track what's ya favourite bit sounds like a test .! It is but it isn't 😆

[@solarwinds5114]

@@m3t4lqu33n nice Transcendence profile, my favorite album ever

[@disturbiafromthebay]

@@greenfly1264 My Favorite album is Blackwater Park. Bleak or Harvest are my favorite, tied. Dirge For November is a close second.

[@m3t4lqu33n]

@@solarwinds5114 thanks! It's my favorite album from DTP ❤️😊

[@dinokatdrummer]

I love how the "that's it" made it into the cut.

[@WoPrulez]

Definitely lol'd at that

[@grx22]

Damn you really missed the chance to use “My Cheese, Your Cake” instead of “Cheesewater Park” lmao but anyways good video you nailed it, sounds like something that would come from Still Life

[@hmminterestinginterestingi3023]

Still Cake

[@dimalisovyk5277]

I like how he catches the style of the band. It is so recognizable.

[@afellowmetalhead9453]

Petition for bradley to be the next Megadeth bassist

[@murdoc5429]

Wassap Bradley Hall! I love opeth and also like this kinda videos... Thx for everything

[@murdoc5429]

@@BradleyHallGuitar Thank you 🙏

[@dazwold]

I don't think I've ever clicked on a video so fast. In Cheddar Venenum or Rever-brie/Harlequin Forest would be good titles too 😀 nice job fellow Brit!

[@GeeVanderplas]

Edam of the Fall

[@st.anatolitis]

The world was not ready for SORROW CHEESECAKE

[@sweetypuss]

this is probably the highest quality speedrun funny you've done thus far

[@schrutebuck88]

That main riff is actually awesome. Nailed it yet again 👍

[@MeenToss]

Not alot of people know it, but this is actually how Mikael Åkerfeldt writes their songs.

[@Olegstuff21986]

Not anymore though, plus the 'prog' phase sounded different.

[@AlexanderUrdl1]

It's like a discount version of April Ethereal

[@hmminterestinginterestingi3023]

Cheesecake Ethereal

[@stc6464]

You guys need to hear me out on this one: Demon Of The Fall = Bradley Of The Hall* You're welcome

[@CurtisCCoomber]

"Oh wow, he wrote a song in under five minutes that isn't bad!" *Stares at album I've been trying to write for the past 2 and a half years* "Fuck's sake"

[@bkemeny92]

Can relate! :D

[@stormcorrosion176]

Dude this song sucks. Keep making your music and don’t compare yourself to this ADHD clown.

[@michellemire8462]

@@stormcorrosion176 well he may have too much energy for your taste, i feel that way too, but you gotta give him respect for his abilities. It's not a masterpiece on par with Opeth but he legitly recorded a snippet that kinda sound like opeth in 5 minutes... "this adhd clown" is pretty good. You sound like a bellend.

[@toprak3479]

10$ say we have a perfectionist here ladies and gents

[@Geobardwain]

Relatable

[@CyanideSlikker]

maybe next: cannibal corpse, anthrax, NIN, rammstein, gojira, mastodon and LoG

[@chokovok7231]

Mastodon would be great actually

[@andrewpappas9311]

I'd love to see one of these for System of a Down or Ghost

[@Kalebsweeten]

Each episode in this series is like a documentary of a man losing his sanity

[@user-ft4re3mm7y]

Agree 😅

[@rafamaldonado2835]

PLEASE WE NEED AVENGED SEVEFOOOOOOOOLD 🥺❤️

[@bert3840]

Now whenever I play Opeth songs and I play a riff that sounds like that one in the middle I can't help but shout "PROGGY BIT"

[@Callumiller_]

How to write an Opeth Song: Heavy then Acoustic, next Repeat for 7 minutes

[@bottlemanic]

Only 7?? Don't forget the 3 minute outro

[@Jorge-xf9gs]

@@bottlemanic And 2 minute Reverie-like outro.

[@geipnir6623]

And new riff every 1minute

[@ogulcanyolcu8714]

yeah, but try to find 20 different heavy and acoustic parts for 7 minutes. Then write a song like Opeth idiot.

[@HexOmega3113]

Obviously your not a golfer

[@robwalsh9843]

Throw in some Steven Wilson production and you're there

[@SideWays8Productions]

So far the most accurate song. It’s impressive that you managed to write 0.04% of an Opeth song in such a short amount of time, and without using a 3/4 time signature!

[@welkyn5]

He used triplets instead and that gave the song a 6/8 feeling tbh.

[@jonw3462]

I love Opeth but didn't notice any of their stuff in 3/4 Which ones of top of your head

[@SideWays8Productions]

@@jonw3462 most of morningrise, my arms your hearse, and still life, are 3/4, and nearly all of blackwater park is in 3/4 aside from occasional 4/4 stuff. Main riff of ghost of perdition is 3/4 along with the quiet bass part of Baying of the hounds.

[@jonw3462]

@@SideWays8Productions fuck your right lol. And I can play the Moor, ghost of perdition, leper affinity and black water park. I always think of 3/4 as waltz and not rele metal unless it's just triplets in 4/4

[@Non-mq7ru]

​@@jonw3462 You're confusing 3/4 with 6/8.

[@muhammadrezahaghiri]

First electric riff actually sounded like Emperor. You definitely have to make an emperor song as well.

[@bernardocatrilef2846]

ASAP!

[@muhammadrezahaghiri]

@@bernardocatrilef2846 Take my comment to the mooooooon so Bradley will make an Emperor song.

[@benbaer3525]

plot twist: his first emperor riff will sound like opeth

[@some_wingless_thing8466]

Why was that riff so sick though(and the drums were on POINT) like damn I'd listen to that

[@whosaidthat84]

Other youtubers should do this and call it the Bradley Hall Speedrun Challenge. These are fantastic!

[@helderraposo8013]

This was way better than I was expecting 😂 Good job!

[@symbolic1884]

“Making an Opeth song in under 5 minutes” Aren’t most of their songs over 5 minutes long?

[@connorglaze538]

Should've copy-pasted to bring it up to a nice round 12

[@StuntcatTV]

you f***ed that joke up alright man 😃

[@christiangarioni8006]

Now we want a children of bodom speedrun.

[@lilynorthover8378]

Needled 24/7 IS a speed run.

[@metaloreo8423]

@@lilynorthover8378 true

[@dominikweber4305]

@@lilynorthover8378 shiiiiiit that's harsh

[@Lokharn5]

THIS

[@lilynorthover8378]

@Dominik Weber, whaaat? I meant it's rilly fast. COBHC

[@l17___321]

Plz never stop making these series

[@ast1gmat1k28]

Making An MISFITS Song In 5 Minutes (Speedrun)

[@krizalist.]

I think he can do misfits album in 5 minutes

[@valentinolarosapardinas7711]

Man this speedruns are legit getting better every time

[@minasetakeshi5940]

YES FINALLY OPETH LOVE YOU MAH MEN EVERY VIDEO YOU MAKE IS PRETTY GOOD!

[@LordSkunk707]

This was amazing. Nailed it. Would love a Symphony X run!

[@jackbove7721]

i love how he plugged his acoustic into the lead channel instead of the acoustic one

[@5urg3x]

The fact that you do drums like that on your midi KB is astonishing to me. I've gotta learn that. Programming the hits in one at a time is so time consuming.

[@Opranius]

Sounds like a really old Demo-tape from Opeth, like "Eternal Soul Torture" xDDD

[@KimiiiRaikkonen]

This is so good. Love these kinda videos. Love the mix of irony, rawness,self humour and also just really good music playing and well done parodies. A good mix of quality and humour content. Thanks for your videos Bradley!

[@TheAskald]

Sounded very Still-Life-ish :)! Great job tbh

[@DarcMurkee]

LOL at the bass tuned to Drop D. This is quickly becoming one of my favourite KZbin series.

[@ghostcandoit]

-Mom can we have the lotus eater? -We have lotus eater at home Lotus eater at home:

[@ThomatoForce]

That clean "Sorrow" broke me haha. Job well done, dude!

[@derekm3180]

Practically indistinguishable from Opeth. Fantastic job.

[@satejmulick9419]

From the album: cheesebutter park

[@plasmakitten4261]

Another stage in the Saga Of Bradley Hall Slowly Admitting He Can Sing Pretty Well.

[@OhNyo69]

That riff is unironically fucking sick.

[@user-ft4re3mm7y]

Greetings from Argentina...these series are amazing ...i use them in my guitar classes as an example of musical creativity and how to be in the moment ...thanks a lot

[@silverphoenix_1756]

It does sound like Opeth until the clean vocals hit.

[@j-monk3063]

Dominos would like to sponsor your next speedrun for BLACK SABBATH

[@TheSunMoon]

Nice! Lovely stuff!! Opeth is one of my fav bands!

[@mobilemetal4554]

Those lyrics completely changed my life! Thanks for that Bradley.

[@rerditirerthz5568]

YOU JUST KEEPING GETING BETTER AND BETTER EACH SPEEDRUN

[@iacobmario9550]

this is a real opeth moment

[@toprak3479]

certified ikea classic

[@maitremechant666]

That riff sounded alot like Primordial actually. Would love to hear a speed run for At the Gates or Sabaton!

[@orlandobuurveld2546]

Honestly, that was pretty dang good for 5 minutes

[@akramrahim369]

Should do The Faceless. Tremolo picked riffs ending with weirdly stretched chord, sudden sweep picking lick, accidentals, and tremolo picking sections. In no particular order.

[@YannSelka]

Man I love how you noticed the small details, like the bass tuned to dropped D. 10/10

[@isaaccate1623]

Interestingly Opeth’s bass tone is very rarely distorted but has more of a clean, jazz tone

[@bropeth]

This IS your best speed run entry yet

[@gruu]

No fucking way you just did Opeth...and NAILED IT!!! Sounds like serenity painted death xD What a legend

[@mattcanty7313]

If anyone ever steals my cheesecake in the future, this will def be the jam I show them

[@TheHeatnik]

Bass going all over the place, in and out of key, the acoustic guitar screaming with noise.. it's BEAUTIFUL 😂

[@Zsazsa8484]

By far my favorite speed run you’ve done !!

[@thesigma_andtheligma]

Bradley mikael said in a interview that's he really loves cheese. So this song is really fitting

[@nillus7296]

I love how a classic opeth song is like 10 minutes and youre just fucking doing it in 5 minutes but i love it

[@nillus7296]

Also EVERYONE knows good opeth bass comes from Orchid so that FAT fucking bass is where its at

[@dreadveil]

Best Opeth track since Deliverance/Damnation

[@NIGHTMARE-ul8tv]

That sorrow cheesecake part really hits me

[@emuhojoxparad7589]

Opeth Cheese Waterpark Mikael Akerfeldt - Guitar Vocals Jerry Cantrell - Guitar Vocals Bradley Hall - Bass Lars Ulrich - Drummer

[@jake6112]

So it's like April Ethereal and Bleak but with Brendon Small's vocals on top.

[@dpssaboteur3799]

Opeth is fucking life.

[@bootsy_davrot183]

Smashing job old sport! Death speed run next?! Would love to hear your take of chucks voice 😂😂😂

[@raen19]

Valiant effort. That was actually pretty good tbh.

[@jonmckenzie6923]

Headbanger absolutely killed me lol 😂

[@aaronalbores3999]

this deserved at least 10 minutes

[@arvidstrombro7736]

By far the best one of the series, great video.

[@jugalo_deathcock7317]

Have you done a Bolt Thrower speedrun yet?

[@UGeneral23]

Cool video! Gojira next?!

[@x1.marselle]

Masterpiece!

[@gabepaez9938]

he's getting much better at this

[@matias6119]

Dude this is brilliant!

[@j.gabriel9882]

I really liked the drum part

[@GabrielGabriel-xb5mu]

Man, this is actually awesome.

[@hussamfawarseh9129]

I was playing opeth - the grand conjuration when the video was posted lol

[@gator124]

Thank you Bradley for Blessing us once again

[@mihailmarinov2819]

This just in: british me'al head headbangs while playing the keyboard