Metalocalypse - "The Duel" SHREDTHROUGH with Brendon Small

Brendon Small shreds his way through Skwisgaar's part of the "The Duel" from Metalocalpyse. Watch and get PUMPED!

[@giovannidykes6158]

I don’t think people realize just how GODLIKE brendon is. I mean he IS Skwisgar, and Toki!

[@LebaneserScrooge]

DON'T PUT MARBLES IN YOUR NOSE put them in there DO NOT PUT THEM IN THERE!!

[@julealero7689]

Tommy blancha voiced toki. Brendon recorded toki playing though.

[@elidasilva5558]

And Pickles

[@AngryJT]

This deserves a banana sticker.

[@sickaroony]

🍌

[@Naota-00]

Give this man the whole banananah sticker factory

[@morganharris2212]

I wanted to like this comment so badly but I couldn't bring myself to do it

[@AngryJT]

@@morganharris2212 Well thanks for commenting so I could see while it's still 666.

[@marvin667]

@@AngryJT Same, I stopped when I saw it.

[@milliman4]

I have the deepest respect for Brendon, he achieved so much by just being a passionate guy and a metal fan

[@TaRAAASHBAGS]

I've been struggling for months to learn this... this guy fucking WROTE this...

[@TheCreepVideos]

+TaRAAASHBAGS Its easier to write someting like this than to pick it up from someone else. I often write complex things, forget them and then struggle like hell when i have to re-learn.. :)

[@oldGnRrocks1]

+TheCreepVideos very relatable.... lol, i would record song ideas on my phone, and in like a month and i forget it, and try to remember how the fuck i played it, the position and everything...

[@ChrizoPrime]

I wonder how many roadies, techs, fans, etc. in the background were killed by accidents while Brendon was playing this?

[@cannibalfan01]

+ChrizoPrime Alls of thems

[@skwisgaarskwigelf331]

+Alejandro Herrera Stops copies me!

[@_Majunior]

+Skwisgaar Skwigelf underrated comment

[@Metalalbumreviewers]

Thems all dildos anyways.

[@dawidbrylinski]

You think why the camera is on tripod? XD

[@andystoneburner4641]

Most underrated guitar player in the world

[@_Sonofkrypton]

PREACH PREACHER

[@a.od-reszki4674]

Just like toki

[@johansmallberries9874]

It’s funny to me that some of the best true metal of the last 20 years came from an animator.

[@phatoume227]

@@johansmallberries9874 I don't think he animated it, just storyboard and wrote it, as well as doing all the music excluding drums and base.

[@dennis_laz3256]

@@phatoume227 he also voiced many characters, including Nathan, Pickles and Swissgar. The guy is a legend

[@fuzzbrain913]

Whoa. It's cool seeing the dude who actually wrote this playing it. I've seen a lot of good covers, but nothing really beats the author on something like this

[@yannickvaz694]

1:20 onwards gives me goosebumps everytime I listen to it, especially the twin guitar part afterwards. The composition for that part alone is deserving of A LOT more praise.

[@augustesdupin7967]

Yes that was genius

[@SignalDitch]

Ever since I heard the duel for the first time I've been looking for another band or song with the same sound and I can't find it. The harmony combined with the bending is really smooth and weird in a way that I wish I heard more of in melodic death.

[@gingeranagram2467]

Nobody lays down staccato backing chords like Brendon 🤘

[@OhHeyMarc]

That 14th century baroque style in heavy metal was just amazing.

[@daemonknight460]

For someone who does a million other things and still plays guitar better than most people who only play guitar.....Awe!

[@Wildchildinc]

Brendon Smalls compositions is proof that simplicity makes for epic pieces of work! People don't always need to play fast through multiple scales to have amazing solos!

[@Pauly421]

The crowd ams a fickles mistress toki, the crowd ams a fickles mistress

[@bmoney2011]

Fucking love how halfway through it just goes completely Baroque.

[@TrashMojo]

Small is such a beast

[@madcat789]

I think I see how Toki lost. Skiwsgaar ended his song immediately, he must have been worn out. But Toki, still determined and ready, tried to continue. When he heard him end it, he flubbered, and screwed the last part.

[@rubymeaddle]

Toki is just as good as Skiws, he's just *super lazy*

[@nepntzerZer]

@@rubymeaddle he's better. he doesn't practice at all and can still keep up.

[@rubymeaddle]

@@nepntzerZer not quite, he can for rhythm but he can't match Skwis for speed.

[@Krawberry]

@@nepntzerZer He can't match Skwis' speed. There's one episode where he accidentally deletes Skwis' guitar part, and tries to redo it himself, and says, "It's too fasts, Skwisgaar always makes its too fasts"

[@calebbean1384]

Toki uses his best motifs early on as well, and so runs out of material

[@evankimori]

What makes this series so much MORE awesome is that Small plays or crafts all his own music for the series. That's the lifeblood in the show. That's his own work double the way!

[@Grym0626]

CUH-CUH Good job on the guitar riffs baby, Dr Rosko’s CUH-CUH impressed!

[@zoeythebee1779]

I am blown away by this solo. Not because of its raw speed and a crazy amount of notes. I love Deathcore as much as the next guy. And yeah those wild solos are impressive. But what Brendon wrote here is so creative, full of riffs that I've never heard and it sounds amazing. This is why I love Dethklok. How completely original every song is and how amazingly clever and amazing it all is.

[@zb3645]

for while was the most excited metal band out there and they weren't even a "real" band lmao

[@GuitarSlayer136]

@ZB Every Album hit #1 for metal for a damn good reason.

[@relyks286]

sasys he's gonna play skwisgaar's part, doesn't do the opening pickslide.....c'mon mannn

[@juanpabloaybar7630]

QUE PREGUUNTA CHABOOOOOAAANN!!!!

[@skwisgaarskwigelf331]

I gots to say that guys plays pretty fines to mey! Though it ams hards to admits it... There is ams a guitarrist who cans almost plays as goods as mey. ALMOST. Leanrs from hims, Toki.

[@zolsen9000]

he is your reals father

[@skwisgaarskwigelf331]

+giroko Nopes, but Thor von Clemson mights be.

[@geekymetalhead5112]

+Skwisgaar Skwigelf Hey Skwisgaar I am a huge fans of your guitars playings. Yours a legendarys player. Among the gods of Guitars.

[@skwisgaarskwigelf331]

Geeky Metalhead I knows.

[@geekymetalhead5112]

Skwisgaar Skwigelf Hows many ladies dids you dos today?

[@mschrage618]

I’m a rhythm guitarist in a metal band, and our lead guitarist and I often reference the show and people compare us to Toki and Skwisgar, so for my one year anniversary of joining the band, we’re going to try and recreate this duel 🎸 wish us luck 😎

[@v0lt4m0re]

i hope you were able to!! that sounds so cool :D

[@BFCNick]

If you could get smoke machines to form the shape of an eagle and horse respectively that would be amazing

[@thomashalley7258]

Whens the one year?

[@mschrage618]

@@thomashalley7258 August 2023

[@ryandowner2998]

goodluck!! 🔥💪

[@Williamstanway]

that muck on the fretboard should be distilled and sold to Shit bands as an elixir of effort and talent .

[@mtlhero514]

I just want you to know that I like your comment.

[@mudmike]

+William Stanway That made me laugh a lot more than it should have

[@Williamstanway]

+mudmike lol cheers dudes .

[@jMOPS1993]

I would buy it and rub it on my fretboard

[@Williamstanway]

+jMOPS1993 I would down a pint .

[@PaulShallPerish]

That fretboard gunk man, love it! Means that guitar has been putting in work recently!

[@renoloverxoxo]

Paul Shall Perish he jokes that his fretboards are gross lol

[@racheghoul2511]

The Doomstar Requiem is so underated and also needs a Blu-ray release.

[@inferno1217]

1:30 onward gives me chills such a good sound

[@mobiousone2344]

meanwhile, me over here learning smoke on the water

[@fernandomoreno7753]

Mobious One everyone starts somewhere man.

[@joeyuzwa891]

Mobious One no lies, I started on panic attack by DT. Easily the best decision I ever made in my life as a musician.

[@DaveRelph001]

A song every garage band should know anyway!

[@theolschoolblues]

your probably playing it on a granpas guitar too!

[@TheDUDE101GOOD]

By now you should be able to play this lol

[@ariel_diaz-beato]

0:28-0:40 that is just my favorite sequence of the entire duel...other than the baroque style guitar playing, that was awesome as well.

[@virtualblackface3009]

Thank you for the memories Brendan. From Home Movies to Metalocalypse. Ive enjoyed your work every step of the way. My daughter even pointed out your character in "Clarence" working the movie store. That was a fun little easter egg. She loves home movies. Shes not ready for Metalocalypse yet though.

[@younglink309]

Now do "Some Time Ago" Actually, just play the whole Movie/Album...

[@jairoflamencocuevas2964]

yes please i need see some time ago solo for brendon small

[@makita3680]

Brendon I am obsessed with this song. I want to hear more like this, these melodies are amazing.

[@relentlessvomit4361]

everytime I come to this video, I watch it like 10 times in a row. makes me wanna gouge my eyes out because nothing will ever be worth seeing again after watching this. but then I watch this again instead of the gouging

[@2lostbikes]

It still blows my mind that the guy who made Home Movies was secretly this amazing metal guitarist all along.

[@OrendaSaki]

You can tell the man puts a lot of hours into playing by how dirty those fret spaces are ❤

[@cwel2217]

BOWS DOWNS TO YOUR GOLDEN GUITAR GOD!!!

[@soulrpower3031]

The entire episode was so great. I think it deserves an Emmy nomination. For real.

[@TheMattJacks]

Brendon Small is a god. Dethklok music is just straight up better metal than almost anything out there. He is not only a guitar god, but his creativity and foresight and sense of humor are a reason to keep living on this planet.

[@randyk_18]

I respect that you enjoy this alot but to say dethlok's music is "just straight up better" than most metal is laughable.

[@WayCoolStudios]

That is just the coolest duel! I think this guy is truly a guitar God!

[@ryanreyna1794]

1:22-1:30 is amazing

[@greekfreak1980]

Dear GW,get Brendon Small more often on your channel for lesson-videos,the guy kicks ass,thank you.

[@Angushrothgar]

Saw this in Atlanta, I don't think I've ever smiled so hard

[@JohnLRice]

Brendon, you are truly and amazing musician, writer, and producer!

[@LincolnLogster]

A real life Finger Wizard Fast Hand Master Class

[@ClayInMyBeer]

Still can't believe I got to see this live Friday. Amazing!!!

[@stevenlicatesi9453]

DUDE, I love your work! Thank you for bringing Metalocalypse into this world. So fucking cool.

[@yoshistover5881]

Sometimes, just watching a pro gutiarest play makes me smile like an idiot, just because it's just so damn impressive how well they play their songs.

[@yurodivy1]

Wow, I've never seen anyone do a half-step trill with their index and ring fingers before.

[@BlackSailPass_GuitarCovers]

More strength perhaps.

[@haydenlanning5674]

The way you play this makes it feel as though there were certain parts Skwisgaar was trying to flatten Toki, but some parts sound like he was testing Toki to see how he would do with call and respond. And the last melodic part before Toki fucks up, was Skwisgaar enjoying himself before the final move.

[@robineggs]

I knew aleeady that Skwisgaar's guitar playing style is inspired by Yngwie Malmsteen, but this made me realize. That means BRENDON SMALL can play like fucking Yngwie. He wrote and played that shit!!!! This man will never fail to impress me. His passion and talent for music is unmatched.

[@esme553]

He always plays such beautiful trills.

[@Bastion83]

that was amazing and loved the Rock Opera Doomstar Requim, just wish he could get season 5 or the film going to let us finally see Salacia taken down. DETHKLOK RULES!

[@AnthonyWabo]

0:28 duel part if fxckin; awesomely melodic!

[@ThePizzamage]

please tell me you guys got him to do tokis part too?

[@patricksmith4860]

Ya I honestly feel from personal experience that toki's part is surprisingly harder

[@1337million]

I found a Midi file thingy a while ago, and personally I found Toki's parts a little easier than Skwisgard's www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/dethklok-the-duel-tab-s389684t0 (only a dildo wouldn't leave a link lol. Should mention that the tab here is different from what Brendon plays in the video)

[@1337million]

***** oh yeah the sweeps are difficult, but with practice it gets easier. Go through it slowly 1 000 times, play it slightly faster another 1 000 times then rinse and repeat until you can do it :P

[@tonypepperoni612]

i feel like the sweeps at 0:41 are hard because they are pretty stretched. maybe i should just tune down. is he in Cb standard/drop or C standard/drop?

[@tonypepperoni612]

nvm i found out

[@lolzyouhaveaids]

Thank you Brendan for the vid. Good luck, and I hope to see Dethklok return to the airwaves soon.

[@xedgerenegade6666]

wow, man. more um listening to Brendon Small more being a fan of him. he is genius , man.

[@stevenlicatesi9453]

WATCHED IT AGAIN, DAMMIT IT'S SO NICE!

[@whatsupranchdubois]

I've heard this so many times but watching him actually play it is insane

[@nanonukegaming5508]

honestly, the world's greatest guitar teacher couldn't teach me,I would dare him to try.

[@BlackSailPass_GuitarCovers]

0:54 is nuts.

[@thatyoutubechannel9953]

I like the neoclassical breakdown

[@glitterbrains69]

Hims pickle is ams musts be prouds to get polished by such of a godly hand

[@stevewinword9266]

Yessssssss! That was sweet ass sweet! Thanks for the clip!

[@kbgrevolver4563]

Always wanted to know the rhythm to this. Thanks Brendon!

[@spartanace13]

It's even better when I can see what he's doing.

[@DeanClean42069]

Brendon is an amazing guitarist. I think he's one of the fastest and cleanest i've ever heard. I don't know of many times he fudges a note, he's a perfectionist when he plays.

[@ChadSaunders0963]

He is no mere mortal. Zazz/10.

[@clowes1987]

SO SICK \m/

[@joey_mck]

Watching Brendon play this makes me feel kinda funny like when we used to climb the ropes in gym class…

[@JasonShallPerish]

Wish he'd play the solo at the end of "FatherKlok" and the Life Sentence solo from "DethWedding."

[@SamaelVR]

I've watched this so many times

[@SolantisA]

@1:30 jesus christ why does this sound so good?

[@dudeis2kool975]

I've been trying to figure this out as well. Have not reached a conclusion. It's just that fucking good.

[@iliveonatropicalisland6086]

That part has been stuck in my head for years since I first heard it. It still pumps me up every time I hear it

[@astrowolvez]

Dude this is so cool!

[@harukogaki]

just learned this is the same brendon small from home movies 💀 this dudes way too talented

[@tbheat397]

The classical part is easily my favorite

[@user-iy4rc8hb4r]

Это божественно.

[@JohnTheRipper6]

One of the greatest moments in metal history. \m/

[@adamsvette]

THANK YOU BRENDON!!!

[@metalmikebot]

Dethalbum IV? Pretty please?

[@jacksonedwards2456]

+Mike Doolittle Its happening, for sure. It may not be called Dethklok/Dethalbum IV due to legal constraints, but it is happening. He talks about it in recent interviews and I personally heard him say it at a rally to get the show back on the air. Visit Metalocalypsenow dot com to sign the petition to bring the show back. It's officially backed by Small as the best way to get the show back for its final season.

[@skwisgaarskwigelf331]

Trys the soon releases Galaktikon II. I tink it'll sounds kinda likes Dethklok...

[@metalmikebot]

I had no idea the first existed (which is crazy)... and let's be honest, Galakticon II would be an awesome name for an album even if there was no part 1. Nonetheless I immediately hopped on iTunes and bought it... I shall prepare my body for the sequel.

[@skwisgaarskwigelf331]

It ams no from Brendon Small. Maybe I tooks parts on they recordsing of dems album, if dat tell yous someting.

[@IlViciouslI]

Listening to galaktikon and dethklok every day I wonder; Why isn't Brendan Small more famous ***Meanwhile in the upper left quadrant***

[@nobodyimportant4778]

You did so well

[@Glider34]

One of the greats

[@lizaltman1200]

the number of nerds on this site blows my mind

[@dcon2025]

WE NEED MOAR METALOCALPYSE!!!!

[@patton303]

Many people think Skwisgaar is a play on Yngwie. But really he’s Kei Hansen from Helloween.

[@rebeleno3223]

play the Kafka rock opera stuff yo

[@Dread_Naught_But_The_Dark]

One does not simply watch a Brendon Small guitar video without seeing a commentor impersonating Skwisgaar

[@deangi1berry]

brendon small is amazing and a genius

[@Karsa6]

One of the greatest songs of all time

[@sheldoncooper8199]

What a Godlike guitar sound

[@samiralhajeed]

The breakdown at 1:30 always gives me goosebumps

[@JesusSocks]

Brendon Small is a literal guitar wizard \m/ \m/

[@hauanter]

I want to thank you for one of the gratest metal show ever! I also thank you for great songs. Dethklok is one of my favourite bands, even if it's not real. Thank you Brendon Small! Btw. You rock at guitar! ;)

[@ABJr229]

Great cover

[@user-vy8ep8sx8u]

Man that fretboard is filthy

[@Bultish]

One of the most awesome musical pieces ever, hail doomstar!

[@asdfghjjfdfvcddcbhxg6550]

MELTING MY FACE!!

[@marybrowns7296]

My face melted off cause this was so metal

[@salnoto2322]

Youre killin me smalls

[@Frosty-kz4om]

This man is a living god.

[@geoczeoszkar]

FANTASTIC SOLO!!!!!

[@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2it]

the way he bends strings. like a robot. mfucka is a perfectionist

[@user-rw3me9vi5t]

Brutal .