Heaviest Riffs: Alternate Tunings (BADGBE, A

[@NikNocturnal]

The first installment of "Heaviest Riffs: Alternate Tuning"! Many more alternative/weird tunings in this series to come, I just started with these two since they happen to have the most bands that actually use them surprisingly. *WE GETTING WEIRD*

[@jamesjearum7296]

I don't know if there are other bands that use it but definitely check out Karnivool, Babgbe 😜

[@majabyss4957]

I don't know of any bands that use this tuning but you should try doing a video in BFBFA#E tuning

[@samratsen4609]

Can you make a cover video of song greatest generation of band all that remains.

[@christopherjensenmusic4131]

The karnivool tuning! Lifelike, Fade, Rquefort and Set Fire to the Hive would be sick (should totally do covers of all these)

[@alexcampbell311]

Does this mean the next video is Periphery time?

[@hippikilla1753]

Oh hell ya man, love to see my favorite prog-death metal band Nickelback on here

[@sidgar1]

Nickelback the OG djent band 😉😉😉😉

[@peakcartoon]

@@sidgar1 OG Melodic Slamming Djentcore band

[@shanegrant2927]

Thought the same

[@kotanovakota]

@@sidgar1 You stupid hombre? it's noise too fast for grindcore good growl vocals thou

[@mauvelynx7289]

Jokes aside, that riff is actually cool btw

[@CineMusician]

Never knew black label experimented so much with tunings

[@NikNocturnal]

Me too, I've actually used them a ton in this series

[@royalcat10]

It's not *that* weird, just more of a... Utilitarian tuning? For lack of a better word. Periphery sort of does the same thing. If you look at the tunings closely, they show what they really are. B ADGBE & Bb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb So, the top 5 strings are just from the same old E & Eb standard everyone knows and loves, and the bottom string is just a B or Bb. You know what else has the same B & Bb on the bottom string, and standard tuning on the high strings? A 7 string guitar. BEADGBE & Bb-Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb It's just standard tuning or half step down of a 7 string guitar, moved onto a 6 string in a slightly different way. All that's happening is they're taking a 7 string guitar, and cutting off the low E string... So that you can have low chugs and high solos, just as a 7 string would be, without having to purchase a 7 string guitar and adjust to it. Essentially, they could just use a standard tuned, 7 string guitar for these songs and no one would be able to tell the difference in sound alone. It's not weird or experimental at all, it's just finding a way to get on a middle ground between a 6 & 7 string guitar.

[@someonerandom7466]

Yeah, they have. They pull it off really well too.

[@TopSecretZ]

Alter bridge x100

[@NikNocturnal]

Such a sick band

[@lillaxxitiv1501]

Alter Bridge finally getting the recognition they deserve! 🤘

[@That0PENMindedKiD]

Essentially the "Hard Rock" riff tuning.

[@NikNocturnal]

Pretty much

[@blender3935]

@Dexter Hynes no u lol

[@ScarletSun]

I love how you made that muse riff heavy, sounds DELICIOUS

[@NikNocturnal]

Aha yeah, like in the original the guitars aren't very prominent but live it sounds solid af which is why I put it in

[@ironhorse2698]

I was surprised to see a Muse song and had to go check out the original. Nice adaptation!

[@anthonyeffect]

Glad to see some Alter Bridge love! A lot of people don’t realize how heavy the actually can be on some tunes.

[@dgs5809]

Never thought I'd see a Silverchair song in Nik Nocturnal video. I didn't know this song as I had already given up on them by Diorama haha! Thanks for this.

[@JOE-we2wf]

How about Heaviest riffs: Double drop D. Bringing us some black tounge.

[@sirnasty1553]

Reflections tho 🤞🏻

[@davidallen3360]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen him use an 8 string in these videos

[@BigMetalDaddy1301]

@@davidallen3360 that's what baritone guitars are made for. The only reason why many use an 8 string for instance is the longer scale so... Basically a baritone.

[@kotanovakota]

Machine head is the 1st band I think when I hear Drop D

[@davidallen3360]

HateCreation from what I’ve seen he doesn’t have anything that surpasses a 26-27 inch scale, you’ll need more like 30” to get down that low without it sounding like a dumpster fire

[@Future_Doggo]

Really cool too see Pentagram on here, those dudes were tuning that low in the 70's!

[@NivanSharma]

Heaviest riffs in Drop Z

[@NikNocturnal]

Soon

[@mrbrownstone2840]

I want to see Drop Q#

[@travometric]

Suffering overdue is by far my favorite BLS song. It took me so long to figure out the propped tuning. I've never heard anybody else play it properly, props to you.

[@onekidneystan4330]

Mark Tremonti, king of alternate tunings

[@HarptoHeart69]

Amen! 🙏🙏

[@joer2723]

Tremonti is no doubt a beast but don't forget Jasen Rauch

[@joshstiehl1170]

Lmfao

[@ProbyWaN1337]

That would be Andy McKee, Michael hedges, or Mike kinsella. Creed sucks

[@joer2723]

@@ProbyWaN1337 do you have any ideo what you are talking about?

[@hippikilla1753]

Finally, hope ill see some IA on here edit: oh i didnt realize hes using only these two tunings

[@NikNocturnal]

I'll be doing multiple of these since there are literally dozens of alternative tunings, so I'm sure they will be in one of them :)

[@jmanredbull1]

@Psyche I would guess invent, animate

[@hippikilla1753]

@Psyche infant annihilator

[@hippikilla1753]

@@jmanredbull1 lol no its infant annihilator

[@coolguyman7356]

@Psyche sometimes they use EAEADGF#E i think, its called drop E/A or something

[@ArpeggioPegasusMusic]

*Video starts with Alter Bridge* E P I C

[@24Nutzername]

Man I miss old Nickelback, they had a whole lot of awesome riffs back in the day!

[@martinhroch344]

Some songs on the last album Feed The Machine are really good and heavy. Check out Feed The Machine, Coin For The Ferryman and For The River.

[@jacktowers7533]

Rewatching and glad to see Silverchair The Lever and One Way Mule area great use of this tuning so heavy and psychedelic

[@patriotstreammedia3635]

1:41 wow a silverchair song out of nowhere, it sounds sick af

[@davesuneyes]

There are more like this! Neon Ballrom and Diorama are the best shit eveeeer

[@TheGes333]

That is a great album

[@LezzrickMusic]

One Way Mule is another song off of Diorama that is in this tuning! Another heavier from is Spawn (Again)

[@oldmatevb]

Awesome song hahha

[@zackyp7452]

Alter bridge uses that tuning so much and I love how heavy they can make it sound!

[@arielpereira272]

since i discovered thedooo, this is the second best thing that has happened to me. i stumbled upon ur channel like yesterday and i already watched 30+ vids

[@NikNocturnal]

Glad you enjoy the vids!

[@flywayen2135]

open a tunings and put infant annihialtor and rings of saturn LUL

[@HarptoHeart69]

Yesssss!! 👏👏

[@NikNocturnal]

The hevvy

[@theinfinityscout3289]

ROS uses open A?

[@flywayen2135]

theinfinityscout yes

[@gavenc673]

@@theinfinityscout3289 no they use drop æ get it right dude

[@august3869]

More Alter Bridge plz. :)

[@NikNocturnal]

[@TempleOfUtopia]

I non ironically like this nickelback riff

[@dustinsterling3248]

They actually have some decent stuff, just gotta crawl thru the music to find it lol

[@JokerCat9]

Nickelback actually writes decent songs, they just have a douchebag vibe to them.

[@binarylateral8342]

I'm not a huge fan but some of their songs seem incredibly well mixed.

[@starrk7158]

Yeah that nickleback riff was actually quite Cool.

[@NikNocturnal]

They have a lot of solid riffs on their older material

[@aboxofissues1369]

The damage Done by Alter Bridge is such a deep cut

[@jordanjonz]

So glad to see BLS getting some more love! They're discography gets overlooked quite a bit

[@NikNocturnal]

They have a lot of solid af riffs

[@jordanjonz]

@@NikNocturnal Couldn't agree more! Love the videos brotha!

[@that_kid_th0509]

im sooo glad he knows who Mutoid Man is...such an amazing underrated band with an amazing stage presence..nice job bro \m/

[@NikNocturnal]

Thanks! They're a solid band

[@that_kid_th0509]

@@NikNocturnal they really are

[@EmptyKingdoms]

So proud to see Cave In!

[@metal_joe16]

Damage done by AB is a deep cut. Thought for sure you would’ve went with Come to Life, that riff rips

[@yummycupcak2810]

imjusttoogood where do you find this track???

[@metal_joe16]

Yummy Cupcak Blackbird

[@yummycupcak2810]

How about Damage Done???

[@anthonyeffect]

Yummy Cupcak Damage Done is a Blackbird b-side and Come to Life is the second track on Blackbird.

[@yummycupcak2810]

Sorry for the multiple replies but where can you listen to bsides version?

[@Jefafa824]

Favorite part of this series you do is getting a little taste of bands I've never heard of!

[@gabrelgusmao]

Did you buy that pink 8 string guitar? We need double drop D

[@NikNocturnal]

;)

[@Naddoniz]

Cave In!!!!

[@gabrielvassar7728]

Was waiting to see Soundgarden on this and was not disappointed 😎

[@The_Crooked_Path]

Was not expecting to see my boiz in Silverchair. Mad

[@mikhailmihaltses2651]

I love how you started with alter bridge

[@NikNocturnal]

Love them!

[@anzekos429]

damnn didnt expect alter bridge from you... nice

[@rubenlopes4558]

Nice to see Cave In. Amazing band! Keep it up

[@DennisMollanOfficial]

DUDE... A Silverchair riff?!? Thank you for that.

[@Hellscrap3r]

Nice to see Mutoid Man, Cave In (RIP Caleb) and Maudlin of the Well on here

[@SpartanLaserCanon]

Huh, Maudlin of the well.is an interesting band. Cool to see one of there songs here. #WhenyouwantaBstringbutdonthavea7string 😆 One person I saw did a good tab and video that is a 7 string version of a song in 6 string B tuning. The song was "Parabola" by Tool.

[@the1trueporkchop]

I was not expecting to know so many songs on this list!

[@Matteo-mv7ds]

Love to see muse nik, my favourite non-metal band, keep it up

[@GermanYinzer]

Fuck yeah, some Alter Bridge! Mark Tremonti is a riff-monster, you should definitely check out his solo stuff, is even better in terms of guitar work imo.

[@JACK35251..]

2:22 Love to see Soundgarden on here @niknocturnal!

[@HitEmUpru]

Hi from Russia! React pls to a girl with dope vocal: Ai Mori - Royal Beggarts (Architects cover, Sam Carter on insta sayed that he liked it) Ai Mori - Sleepwalking (BMTH cover) Ai Mori - Crawling (Linkin Park cover) Those covers are on russian but i bet you will love it

[@HitEmUpru]

guys pls thumb up so he will notice it, because nobody from English youtube didn't reacted to her yet

[@Ezra.G]

When I first read the tab for Prison Sex and saw BADGBe it was such a mind fuck lol

[@akaboo69]

This video has me writing in this tuning now. The B flat

[@kmw5100]

Ready for DADGAD in this series to just be John Browne riffs

[@NikNocturnal]

That might be next

[@andrewschuler8298]

there were a lot of bands that I did not expect to be on that list

[@zachbuddie8393]

NIK COVERED A MAUDLIN OF THE WELL SONG??

[@henrypaulsen736]

I know man! I was super surprised to see them in here, very underated band.

[@silver9802]

Do a Haunted Shores song like Norway Jose or The Spire!

[@dustinsterling3248]

This, soooo much this

[@tom_dilley]

i second this but it might be hard to make it into a video though as what other songs are in open c minor add 9 ?

[@halfunder9712]

Isn't periphery's song Scarlett in that tuning also it would make sense because they both had riffs by Mark holcomb

[@silver9802]

@@halfunder9712 Scarlet is in a very similar tuning, but instead of C Minor Add 9, it's C Major Add 9. :)

[@halfunder9712]

Thanks for the clarification!

[@Embersword281]

damn i got here early, also, so glad to hear Audioslave in here

[@leonamann6272]

The only thing weirder than these tunings is Nik‘s facial impression in the intro

[@TheDeedeeFiles]

Awesome playing man

[@davend36]

Offf... awesome 🤘♥️

[@matthewdpavitt]

wow, surprised to see Muse in here. a welcome surprise

[@zacharymosley1523]

I can't help but notice this is just AGCFAD but it's tuned up a half or whole step.

[@zacharymosley1523]

@@stevestevestevesteve6466 Alright, my comment made me out to be captain obvious. Don't need to be sarcastic about it. Good god.

[@SDREHXC]

Tehnoobbrothers it’s just a really silly thing to point out when it’s so obvious just by glancing at it. It’d be different if it was like oh wow this is drop C# with an A# for the low string but it wasn’t that lol it was oh wow it’s “drop everything half a step” tuning except up half a step... it’s a pretty meaningless observation to point out that it’s half a step up from AGCFAD.

[@aaronbennett3584]

Thank you for putting BLS on there!! I think The Blessed Hellride is their best album.

[@GlebJaskevich]

Thanks!

[@JOE-we2wf]

Heaviest riffs DROP D# (HALF A STEP LOWER THAN DROP E).

[@benjipc5637]

I can only think of To Carry You Away by After the Burial and 4D by Northlane

[@NikNocturnal]

Oh damn I actually never did that tuning. I don't think many bands use it though tbh

[@JOE-we2wf]

@@NikNocturnal falling in reverse did it for the breakdown in popular monster, northlane did it in their song 4D, I think messugah used it before, and after the burial used it on to carry you away. Are you planning on doing heaviest riffs in Drop D#. I think if you drink 10,000 more water bottles you will remember some bands that have used it.

[@nighthawk9532]

Psyche I used High Drop D# On a paramore song once “Decode” and also linkin park “A place for my head” (I know that’s not really metal) you tune up a half step from E standard so it’s f standard and then you Drop your F to a D# (D#,A#,D#,G#,C,F) so like a drop D tuning tuned up a half step

[@nighthawk9532]

Their older material yes not hating on nu metal I love nu metal

[@shanedeel2]

I love these kind of videos

[@olonix4780]

Son: Mom, can we get Blackened? Mom: No, we have Blackened at home Blackened at home: 1:12

[@defnerd91]

Mutoid Man!! Hell yes

[@geeissmwr]

From only listening too frogstomp and freak show did not expect silverchair to be on here

[@LillianAredhel]

I mean, don't crucify me but I liked Silver Side Up

[@_Noctifer]

Nothing quite like ending on a *NICKELBACK* note!

[@kylec4858]

Fuck yeah Pentagram 🤘🏻

[@PalmettoStateSirens]

Glad to see some silverchair love

[@2Late4U2Run]

hahahaha Nickelback stuff…. never thought i'd see it here!!!

[@emers1n_]

very surprised but very happy to see silverchair here :3

[@ericbelmont4322]

Silverchair 🤘

[@mdntctyvlcn]

0:02 *_Hello, Clarice._*

[@jansimek96]

That Eclipse!

[@CoryRockerKubrak]

Mutoid Man followed by Cave In? Brodsky would be proud.

[@shvn440]

Maybe try Heaviest Riffs: Open Tunings (and variations)?

[@Reinonen]

Can’t wait heaviest Open Dmaj7 riffs

[@lucacox3589]

Was literally looking for agcfad sharp tuning songs Edit: forgot the other side- AB

[@tyrantband5484]

Fuck Yeahhhhhh Silverchair Is On This!!!!!!!!

[@tama2774]

This original version of this song by Dir en Grey kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGisiaCMa6ZpeM0 I believe they recorded it in A#G#C#F#A#D# as well....on 6 strings guitar. But later on they re-recorded it on their next album with half-step down 7 strings. This such a killer track!

[@gabrelgusmao]

What about black hole tunnings?

[@TheShadowSamuri2012]

Alter Bridge baby. Alter. Bridge. ❤️

[@_SWLW]

Thats some gang shit.

[@Mel-lk6tf]

I hit the like button because you played BLS. 🎧🙌🏼❤️

[@rewoundmusic2312]

Nik: *plays Nickelback* Me: screams in terror

[@Trent2002W]

Same

[@buffalothebison4850]

I've written about half an album in BADGBE so far. Literally my favorite tuning .

[@jonahsheehan9511]

silverchair!

[@brianmesser8924]

Periphery - The Bad Thing (AGCFAD)

[@truedarklander]

The art of Dying for Open C minor

[@smokejc]

Prison Sox

[@NikNocturnal]

Many sox

[@xazien]

I watched both commercials for you bro👌🏻

[@NikNocturnal]

Ty

[@frosmane9041]

cave in vicious cycles reminds me of something from the kingdom hearts soundtrack

[@KondorXT]

Heaviest Riffs: F D# G# C# F# A# D# & D A D G A D

[@JorisGriffioen]

Hey Nik, what gauge strings do you use for these kinda tunings? I tuned down to B for some Polaris and my strings are now down by my ankles...

[@KnownUser139]

LMAO

[@JOE-we2wf]

Heaviest riffs EAEADF#B

[@ikedaleo]

just waiting for alternate drop f

[@brandon.tate77]

I was lowkey gonna scream if Audioslave wasn't included when BADGBE riffs started playing 🤣 Thanks as always Nik! 🤘😄

[@HarptoHeart69]

No..😂😂

[@LucasBozovich]

Fun fact, Architects uses an alternative tuning on their song “Death Is Not Defeat” (G#F#BEG#C#)

[@phantomtearsca]

They use this tuning on a lot of their songs. not just that one.

[@broondjongen]

Is Drop C sickest solos coming up soon?

[@NikNocturnal]

I'm almost scared to do that one since I have to include SOO many amazing solos. It'll prob take me DAYS to finish it

[@calebrose4607]

@@NikNocturnal you'll have to include at least *one* Falling In Reverse solo and *one* Black Veil Brides solo since both bands have some pretty sick solos in drop C

[@josuastangl7140]

*Luck As A Constant intensifies* also Absomomb!

[@watorimelon_]

Josua Stangl and marigold, can't forget to destroy his pinky

[@josuastangl7140]

@@watorimelon_ I don't have any problem with my pinky playing Marigold, for me it's the consistency of my picking hand playing precisely after a few minutes of insane alt picking and string skipping.

[@ESPonMe]

Sick Eii eclipse

[@ondzin]

Was so ready for "Dir En Grey - Hageshisa ..." 🤨

[@terasophe6205]

Glad to see someone mention that! The new 2010 version of ZAN is also in that tuning.