Heaviest Riffs: Drop C II

[@NikNocturnal]

*Smash like for riffs*

[@carlosjbaez3228]

More heaviest riffs in all the tunings coming? 👀

[@samcrorie]

MOAR RIFFS... ok, I'll stop yelling. Maybe...

[@Relentless_lel]

only if you redo it and play my last serenade right :P

[@n1nj4l1nk]

Sorry Nick but no "drop" tuning (as in tuned so the three lowest strings form a single fret power chord) can be the best when the double drop version is always superior (for double drop d you'd also drop the high e to d).

[@matthrsy]

Would love to see the drop E video re-done with 8 string riffs, keep it up nik🤘🏻

[@chilldamage6741]

If the last several singles he released weren't obvious enough for you, Nik is STILL an absolute monster of a musician. The fact that he isn't at 1m subs yet is CRIMINAL.

[@yetidepiesgrandes1754]

agree

[@over9k874]

agree

[@enigmaburrito1390]

marc okubo better

[@OTTOAUDIO]

His talent even surpasses his humor

[@ericcalvert7499]

@@enigmaburrito1390 Beethoven trumps Mark.

[@nainfarouche6514]

0:58 Gojira - Toxic Garbage Island 1:11 Deftones -Elite 1:21 Adestria - 1984 1:35 Beartooth - The Lines 1:53 Misery Signals - A Certain Death 2:05 While She Sleeps - This Is The Six 2:23 Bullet For My Valentine - 4 Words... 2:35 As I Lay Dying - Confined 2:46 Alter Bridge - Isolation 2:56 Converge - Concubine 3:08 Killswitch Engage - My Last Serenade 3:18 Periphery - The Gods Must Be Crazy! 3:32 Born Of Osiris - Abstract Art 3:46 Blood Incantation - Starspawn 4:01 August Burn Red - Composure 4:13 Jinjer - Outlander 4:27 The Agonist - Panophobia 4:42 Burry Tomorrow - Redeemer 4:58 Chimaira - Needle 5:11 Phinehas - I Am The Lion 5:25 Darkest Hour - Infinite eyes 5:40 Job For A Cowboy - Knee Deep 5:54 Caliban - Song About Killing 6:06 Heaven Shall Burn - No One Will Shed A Tear 6:17 Breaking Benjamin - Tourniquet 6:33 Parkway Drive - I Watched 6:43 For Today - Seraphim 6:58 Of Mice And Men - I'm A Monster (had to remake it thrice cause of all the copyright claims, that's for you people)

[@OTTOAUDIO]

Wow, you're quick. TYVM 🤜🤛

[@jackmcphaden3964]

commenting for the people, thank very much

[@thekiminthenorth504]

You're doing god's work

[@aliciavivi2147]

I love how on any video these days like this you can just expect there to be someone timestamping and there is pretty much 99.99% of the time

[@hhaste]

@Dragon Ball fans can't read Holy hipster cringe

[@andrewpappas9311]

Seeing SOAD on here made me incredibly happy because they were my first introduction to Drop C and you can’t not include them in a list like this, Daron Malakian writes some absolutely banger riffs and it’s awesome. Plus they also inspired me to write some heavy riffs of my own

[@wavyheaddd]

same here Daron’s my biggest inspiration guitar wise :)

[@serjofadown707]

Totally agree

[@Roberto-nn6kb]

WAKE UP XFVXHCCHNNKGCFGVVCYJV MAKE UP

[@TheLowest]

Drop C in my mind is the "soad tuning"

[@gnosticawareness]

They're definitely in my top five bands of all-time

[@ThmSphone]

Drop C is, hands down, my favorite tuning. Even when I'm bringing my acoustic guitar to play at a friend/family gathering, I find a way to play non-metal with drop C

[@radiant_7354]

I’m personally more of a B standard kinda guy but drop c is nice

[@BOATIE141]

@@radiant_7354b standard is a killer tuning

[@samwardonline]

“Drop C is the best tuning ever made….EVER!!!” Nick Nocturnal 2023 Truer words have never been spoken

[@AsIfItNeverWas]

Drop C is the GOATed tuning fr. It's so versatile too. Can do heavy chugga chugga while still being able to do most of the stuff standard tuning is able to do.

[@toyotaecw]

Have you ever seen the video where Nik tunes as low as human ear can possibly pick up? That’s the greatest tuning ever.

[@JoeHartman80]

My favorite tuning!

[@andrewday7799]

I agree. I think it brings out the potential of the 6 string electric guitar.

[@xangrycatmanx5104]

That Converge riff tho. Kurt is an absolute riff monster

[@OTTOAUDIO]

Kurt Ballou!

[@youngstary54]

yeah i'm so happy he included my favorite band!

[@BoaeCH]

I'll stay gold !

[@mrssirens]

Agreed, goes so fkn hard.

[@GamingSaurusRexYTube]

greatest band of all time imo

[@_Cosmo_]

Elite somehow earned Deftones a Grammy, so glad to see it here!

[@AsdAsd-rd6ce]

@Elijah Boyd Always has been always will be. Let’s get you to bed gramps

[@rodtronics771]

@@AsdAsd-rd6ce lol

[@wavyfacewavyface]

Somehow??

[@asterodon]

I think my favorite thing about drop C is how many different genres use it, I think that's pretty cool

[@ErimosAster]

Was happy to see Alter Bridge here. They were my uncle's favorite band tied with Whitechapel. Miss him a lot. AB, and WC became my comfort music.

[@ErimosAster]

Side note: I want a Brutalist Breakdowns series.

[@matthewhampel3910]

Picturing Alter Bridge and Whitechapel next to each other is hilarious and I love it. Love both bands too. Sorry for you loss.

[@xAlexTobiasxB]

Yea I consider *_Alter Bridge_* as one of the best modern *Alternative Metal* band today, together with his other band *Tremonti* (he is the same singer and lead guitarist in both bands, which is really cool) They are definitely at the Top Ranking 🤟🤘

[@duckyjeez2394]

I'm the only one in my family who likes Alter Bridge, but I have a couple friends who do as well. I'm glad Isolation was on here but if he was going the heavy route, Crows On A Wire was the correct choice 😂

[@AsdAsd-rd6ce]

@@xAlexTobiasxB Creed had some absolute bangers too idgaf what anyone says

[@shelbys8414]

Drop C is just perfect for everything. Heavy, pretty, jazzy, funky it’s perfect for it all. Drop B has really been pulling me in lately though. Something about hitting that open chord in drop b is so damn nice 👍

[@alexanderh2715]

My favourite tuning is open g :D but that's mostly for acoustic or B F# B D f# B

[@brianbergmusic5288]

I've only seen one jazz musician make use of a drop tuning (once), but I don't listen to much jazz tbh.

[@rossburgess2965]

Seeing him play isolation have me much joy

[@killercasey003]

Agreed

[@weavingsteve1707]

I just went on such a deep alterdridge rabbithole thanks to this video. They werent ahead of their time by any means, but still holds their weight, even against todays music. Like damn man. So fucking good.

[@metal_joe16]

And still consistently dropping bangers every 3 years. Not to mention Tremonti’s solo albums

[@shanetaylor6823]

Tremonti is a 🐐 dude barely ever fucks up

[@blairbird8022]

Time for my dose of Vitamin C.

[@benthewavecame]

I love Drop C so much that when I went to 7 string (about 15 years ago) I tuned GCGCFAD so I wouldn't lose it.

[@domsmith3978]

Thank you so much for including Darkest Hour. I feel like they are not mentioned enough. Undoing Ruin and Deliver Us were huge for me growing up.

[@Martin2k17]

I've Heard both albums live in its entirety lol. What better to ask for

[@isaackle]

That self titled album is an absolute masterpiece, they were touring that album when periphery was doing the 2nd release, it’s nice to see someone who appreciates the underdogs in metalcore

[@joaomota6425]

"Old" DH have a special place in my heart.

[@shapiq122]

Huge shout-out for Misery Signals, Controller is my favorite melodic metalcore album of all times, I have listened to it hundreds of times! It is both super heavy and super melodic at the same time, can't recommend it enough.

[@SecularGuy]

That album helped me through a tough time in my life! Front to back it's fantastic.

[@NateRiversforRever]

I was so happy hearing A Certain Death's riff. Misery Signals is so underrated as a metal act. Very talented group of people, excellent live too.

[@user-jo5vy8iw3l]

YES! FINALLY,SUCH A LEGENDARY RUBRIC IS BACK !! I hope that we'll see another episodes with other tunings as well as the come back of your "sickest solos" series

[@cristl1375]

bury tomorrow absolutely needs more recognition they are easily one of the best melodic metalcore bands out there

[@xxSPiKeZxx326]

Not only are the riffs sick, but that OTTO Audio 1111 absolutely does the damn thing right. Such a good VST and honestly I don't see anyone not being able to get a great tone out of it.

[@EviloveMetal]

Happy to see Chimaira being repped in here. Needle is such a brutal song!

[@toastperson8346]

same, I saw the thumbnail and Immediately recognized the album art.

[@siktz]

Anything off The Impossibility of reason is way heavier though. Should have picked one of those

[@metalfreekz13]

@@siktz Respectfully disagree. I don't think they've released a track both lyrically and musically heavier than The Flame.

[@ryanpatterson4244]

The riff out of dehumanizing process has got to be my favourite

[@wrldsky2311]

the Riff that I hear is chop suey

[@firatkeskinnn]

Chimaira such an underrated group... Need more content with them 🤤

[@masediggity]

Just saying Chimaira is hands down one of the most underrated heavy bands ever. Super bummed I'll be missing their reunion show next week.

[@cathybannister1311]

Yeah, bought ST album as kid on a whim, just from the vibes coming off of it. 30 bucks was a lot for a gamble at that age. Paid off. Bloodlust makes my taint tingle.

[@joaolopes8763]

Adestria's 'Chapters' is soooo underrated. Glad to see them in the video!

[@Szczauqa]

I don't know if underrated or just relatively unknown.

[@ianwalker2205]

big big facts. Chapters is phenomenal

[@Omally226]

unreal album, criminally underrated and shockingly unknown

[@thevishyfishy]

I fully agree that drop C/d standard is the best tuning. its heavy enough to be distinct from drop d/e standard, but not so low that many amps and pedals struggle with the frequency. Also it gives the most satisfying resonance and chugs with good string tension.

[@_yami]

Absolutely astonished that somebody used Abstract Art for once, absolutely underrated song

[@chopst11x92]

Just out here to remind y’all how criminally under appreciated Misery Signals is.

[@jeffd.3883]

To me they were the best in the genre.

[@kidtrinity2157]

Hell yeah. Seen them 3 times over the years, in 2008 and 2013 and then in 2014 on the malice x tour with the og lineup (we got lucky and got to see a mini 7 angels 7 plagues reunion for a couple tracks too) they deserve every bit of praise they get and a lot that they don't as well. Bands like counterparts, defeater, Napoleon etc. probably wouldn't sound the same without mis sigs paving the way

[@alexmacdougall5700]

Hell yes. Somehow my most scene band. They were just always on others tours I wanted to see. No complaints though. It must be around 13 or 14 times at this point. Controller is a flawless 10/10 in my mind.

[@NateRiversforRever]

I think Nik should cover The Year Summer Ended In June tbh

[@katogojira7223]

Aww yes the signal the fucking real deal yez zir

[@jessehernandez6818]

Oh hell yes, anything from Chimaira’s Resurrection album fucks so hard! Needle is one of me fav.

[@marcelo.bassalo]

4:27 One of my favourites. The Agonist is underrated af.

[@BuriedAlive941]

Happy to see you gave Phinehas some love. Not many people know who they are. Killer list bro. 🔥🔥

[@danielcooper2669]

Thank you for including For Today! They have so many good riffs and songs, just often overlooked nowadays

[@cheesecakefriend28]

Dude they have some absolute slappers! Elijah from Potraits still hits hard today.

[@CuteSceneChic]

The Pastor at my church told me to listen to them at one of our church services. Best thing he has ever told me to do lol. I'm so thankful that Christian Metalcore is an actual thing.

[@leifn]

I am always surprised by the versatility of Drop C. Seeing Alter Bridge and Blood Incantation using the same tuning as all my MySpace era favorites is wild.

[@bengreenbank]

Blood Incantation is definitely the most unexpected drop c band I think.

[@jenstrudenau9134]

That's like saying e tuning is wild because Eric Clapton and Judas priest use it. Well...

[@OTTOAUDIO]

Thanks for riffing on my heavy fella II II II II. To those watching, I say one thing: demo it in your room... It will hit you like nothing you've ever heard. 😎👍

[@aicraft_music]

How long will the promo code be available? Can I use the 14-day trial and then purchase using the promo code? Thanks.

[@OTTOAUDIO]

​@@aicraft_music Absolutely you can. Email me with any questions after your trial is up. Enjoy some happy heavy chugging.

[@DomMcsweeney-DoomPlugs]

1111%

[@JAMbandful]

You still doing any discounts on it?

[@OTTOAUDIO]

@@JAMbandful 50% off with NIK50 🤩

[@iNeedaBreakdown]

Misery Signals finally get the love that they deserve

[@zero_block]

Thank you for including The Agonist in this, they're such an underrated band that a lot of people don't know about.

[@kkolaid_.]

nik makes me realize how much more metal i need to listen to every single time

[@-xHALx-]

Thanks for using Blood Incantation riffs from Starspawn! I never would have known there is such a gem of a band in existance - old school production style (reminds me sometimes of Pestilence - Spheres) and great mix of riffage, groove, blasting and atmosphere - whole album is 10/10 - highly recommended!

[@saltysteel3996]

Chimaira - Pictures in the Gold Room : is one of the heaviest drop C riffs. Also their song Severed is too.

[@esaedvik]

These kinda riffs are why I love that some bands are releasing their albums also as instrumentals. So good to just enjoy excellent riffage!

[@MrCholoPants3415]

I like how you managed to transition from one song to the other seamlessly. Songs with different tempos and time signatures. The riffs aren't hard, the hard part is the editing and planning the video and it's super impressive how coherent this is. It would've been so much easier for you to add little gaps in between riffs but you didn't.

[@Boozer13]

For love of all that is holy and just in this world, please continue to spotlight Darkest Hour more and more. Been my favorite band since 2002 and people just don’t realize how incredible they are.

[@andre8273]

Deliver Us is one of my all time favorite albums, and even their new stuff like the self titled go hard

[@Boozer13]

@@andre8273 same. They are underground trendsetters. Have been for years. Undoing Ruin, Deliver Us and Human Romance are absolute bangers with endless riffs. Even tho Hidden Hands is what brought me to them all those years ago…

[@totalityismentality7472]

Ou dude you just unlocked a good memory

[@Mike-ix5sv]

Love darkest hour, been listening to them for 20 years now!! Undoing ruin is landmark album for the genre Deliver us and human romance are fantastic too Saw them in '07 misery signals opened. Awesome show, their iconic lineup when Ryan Parrish was on drums and kris norris on lead guitar! The lineup has changed but as long as John Henry is on vox and mike schliebaum is writing riffs, its gonna sound like darkest hour

[@Thvll]

Never thought I'd see the day the heaviest riff series returns! So hyped on this.

[@Rowanexen]

Love the Alter Bridge pick! :)

[@mbratchie1]

The Gods Must Be Crazy caught me off guard being on this list. Such a killer riff!

[@Maximus_W]

Phineas getting some love! They are so underrated. They should be at the top of the genre

[@lazarefilms9290]

Soooooo happy to see the Resurrection album art in the thumbnail! I feel like nobody knows Chimaira or gives them enough praise.

[@chaosguitarist666]

Gaaaa daaamn 4:27 im ashamed to say that this is my first time hearing The Agonist and immediately went on spotify to hear everything they have to offer and was definitely not disappointed!! Especially having Panophobia on repeat just because that riff and ending that song with that same riff.. *chefs kiss*🤯 Thanks for helping me find them!!!

[@Tobias-mu7vp]

Isolation has to be up there for my favourite songs of all time, so good

[@SebStatic]

Love the insane riffs Periphery manage to create :) Great vid!

[@MaestroKatProductions]

That riff (and the entire song) is Jake ripping off Mark lol

[@alexburchell1891]

​@@MaestroKatProductions Sounds like one heck of a successful formula!

[@evenzeroescanbeheroes6875]

Man seeing The Agonist on here made me happy. Out of nowhere that song became my favorite and I can't stop listening to it

[@postmoderncondition3353]

I love how odd the Blood Incantation riff sits in this list/channel, very surprising

[@Josh_Torre]

Seeing Converge on this list makes me happy! What a riff!

[@esotericportal619]

After Nik could read the Blood Incantation logo on the band logo video he throws them in the heaviest riffage vid, love it 🤘

[@Wakkawakkawakkawah]

djent /jent/ noun a form of heavy rock music featuring complex rhythms and distorted, low-pitched guitar sounds. "djent has sort of exploded as a scene" The “used in a sentence,” part really killed me. Im dead now. Thank you. I RIPPPPP. Ima hit you with a sexy riff thus week. You’re going to need padding for that chair. Yeah im talking d to b string skips!!!

[@justinsundstrom8976]

Thank you Nik. Now I can feed my guitar more riffs tonight...

[@joshuajellybean384]

Bullet for my valentine and As I lay dying always have some of the best sounding riffs! It’s really hard to top them😌 Kill switch comes close though.

[@r0bj0b]

This is dope. Love the old Killswitch. Also love your eyes during the Misery Signals riff though. Hoping for an Adamantium one in there somewhere.

[@xangrycatmanx5104]

Fr Adamantium is such an underrated band. Through The Depths of Depression is probably my favourite early OC metalcore album

[@Yanzar98]

I want to express my gratitude to this type of content because I often find new music for myself to study in it

[@jeffneiman4635]

God damn, not just great playing... but the mix sounds so good! Nice work!

[@Sweet9964]

i think Nik really likes Converge - Concubine, this is the 2nd or 3rd time he's used it. can't blame him because it's an incredible song haha

[@UpstateBeard]

I'm so new to guitar that I'm still learning Good Riddance and Zombie on acoustic. I can't even imagine making those handshapes or switching that fast, but props to Nik!

[@fromdepthswerise3024]

I use the Otto Audio exclusively for my projects since I bought a few months ago. This was a gamechanger since I play in Eb1 and G1

[@preyforapophis]

Honestly, this is the best guitar tone you have had yet. Love it.

[@KaiserBruh]

So glad he put Elite by Deftones, that song goes so HARD. Could have also included Korea thats also heavy

[@Onamorata]

And the better song

[@peterkennedy4011]

Man I just listened to Korea again for the first time in probably 5 years, last week and was so glad I rediscovered it. What a heavy fuckin banger of a Deftones song

[@aaronmichaelmusic_]

Thank you for this video. I’ve picked up the guitar again after 10+ years of not playing and I’ve been looking for new music to listen to. This video was perfect! Keep rockin 🤟

[@alextalada7353]

Every time I watch one of your riff videos, I learn about a new heavy band or two. Drop c is king.

[@zaynebonshire4860]

Any Godsmack riff in Drop C is always awesome (Songs like: I Stand Alone, Awake, Whatever, Straight Out of Line, Re-Align, Speak, Greed, Mistakes, ETC.)

[@veenoir1991]

The I stand Alone riff never gets old to me honestly lol

[@JustinCarberry]

1111 is actually astounding. My favorite VST.

[@wiaindelange4406]

This is very sus man, I tuned my guitar down to drop C to play a day to remember songs like an hour ago wtf? XD great vid mate \m/

[@AlexWhite202]

Me: *sees chimaira* Me: "Ah yes, a man of culture I see."

[@preetikhangura2087]

I know I’m pretty late, but Helmet should have been in the list. THEY’RE THE KINGS OF DROP C

[@UponThisAltar]

Damn man, I forgot how good Chimaira were.

[@kurtramos59]

very underrated band

[@MrJt1020]

Super awesome to see, For Today, get represented. Such a forgotten metalcore classic.

[@25stealthshooter]

The agonist going into that bury tomorrow riff literally flowed too well. Would have been a sick song

[@dominikgariepy8581]

u know its gonna be a great day,when nik drop a video !!

[@davidtguitar]

Excellent playing 🤘

[@lonestardreadpirate]

lmao i'm SO stoked to see adestria make this list. found them through spotify radio a few years ago and noticed they don't have very many plays so i felt like i was the only mf that knew about them honestly i'm so glad to see them getting some recognition

[@charley_161]

I just discovered Drop C (and also this channel, lol), it‘s amazing! I‘ll try some of those now, haha

[@miguelmartins6794]

Tremonti is a beast

[@alexbasebound6415]

You’re one of the reasons i picked up the guitar man. Slipknot is #1 but you take the 2nd spot. Thanks for all your work for us man

[@Evolji228]

So you're waiting for Drop B video too right?

[@alexbasebound6415]

@@Evolji228 i’ve seen his Drop B vids lol all i play is that.

[@jackmurphy8696]

really impressed how much these sound like the original mixes, that's hard.

[@mueesli4745]

Did not expect to find Alter Bridge here, but you are completely right, the riff is awesome! Tremonti really is a riff and solo monster!

[@TJ4A9]

For Today wasn’t forgotten!

[@OTTOAUDIO]

GOATED

[@samuliauno8163]

I don't know why but for me the video goes out of sync at Needles by Chimaira. The video skips Chop Suey completely and the rest of the video is desynced.

[@nikoltsis868]

Fun fact, Lord of This World, Into the Void, Under the Sun or Symptom of the Universe and more by Black Sabbath are played mostly in E tune and played with banjo strings by Tony Iommi (the hand of doom), and still are the heaviest sounded rifs ever. Long live to rif lord and the hand of doom, Tony Iommi.🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@nikoltsis868]

And yes i hit first the thumb up button on my comment because what i commented is the truth. Thank you my self for letting me enjoy the mighty Black Sabbath.😁🤘🤘🤘😁

[@ipwnIRLyah]

nah

[@cathybannister1311]

I’m gonna be up all night now, thanks. Oh well, I’ll be ready for the neighbours, opening up the pit in the driveway tomorrow, while operating power tools, right at the crack of dawn.

[@benstanfill363]

I used to always use drop C but since I've been playing a baritone guitar lately it's drop A all the way. Also good to see alter bridge here. While they aren't deathcore or anything they have some HEAVY riffs.

[@metal_joe16]

HVY riffs, ripping solos, great melodies. Hard to beat

[@JM-yv8xs]

Props for including the chimaira riff bro

[@JM-yv8xs]

And the bury tomorrow one too!

[@veenoir1991]

One of my favorite Drop C tuning songs is Pushing Through by mudvayne. been a fun riff to play since Lost and Found came out haha. Also Gojiras Gift of Guilt, the verse riff...fkn sick

[@thatjacksondude858]

I'm just gonna keep throwing Cancer Bats "Lucifer's Rocking Chair" into the conversation. One of my favorite riffs of all time. 🤘

[@huntmanday]

I’m sooo happy you included JFAC in there. That first album is still mindblowing IMO. It’s too bad the band didn’t continue that specific DOOM sound they had. I didn’t care for Genesis or any of the other records other than Doom.

[@kidtrinity2157]

Even their first demo was good (check out day in black), I like their consistent quality even if they've changed their sound over the years. Doom is still near and dear to me cause it was my top pick for a long time. Their last one is actually my favourite album of theirs now though, although if itd have been before Sun eater came out I would've agreed 100%

[@jeremyv3010]

Yes! Some Chimaira love. Great luck with Needle. The whole album of Resurrection could arguably be in this video. Rob and Matt are riff monsters.

[@ballisticthreat]

Love drop C, that's the tunning I use since I bought my first guitar, damn, I'm getting old. Drop C for me is the best balance between heavy and defined sound.

[@RajDrummer1]

Most of these sound much more brutal in the video than the original haha

[@OTTOAUDIO]

You are very welcome, that's my fella the II II II II

[@GamingPanda156]

How do we feel about In Waves By Trivium

[@houstilicious]

egg whites

[@houstilicious]

eight wives

[@user-jo5vy8iw3l]

It's in drop c#

[@GamingPanda156]

@@houstilicious I'm triggered 😂

[@CHAINED22]

Surely you respond

[@robertcop8825]

it's actually quite amusing how same sounding all these riffs are. i had this on in the background and didn't even realize they were all different songs.

[@B31L]

i was just looking for more drop c riffs yesterday ooooooooooooooooooo

[@neilmiller3505]

Has no one noticed that he has Lamb of God - Vanishing for like, 1 frame? And then it... vanishes at 5:40?