SAVATAGE - Hall of the Mountain King (Cover W/Solo)

This is a guitar cover of the Hall of the Mountain King by Savatage
Tuning is Drop C for anyone interested.
Enjoy
I do not own rights to this song.

[@flamingitaur]

Some other tunes kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHTIgax7l91jobs , www.soundclick.com/artist/default.cfm?bandID=550081

[@SlapChop1000]

Dude ... *Criss would be proud because you played it exactly like the studio version..that was a sweet nod towards Criss.* *7 years later and you will still get comments that age well with this video ..your version is definitely one of my favorites to watch*

[@flamingitaur]

Awesome man, thanks I appreciate that!

[@Boudica234]

Criss Oliva is probably the most underrated guitar player in metal/hard rock history IMO. This is one of the best covers I've ever seen. VERY challenging song to tackle and u made it look easy. Bravo.

[@flamingitaur]

Thanks, I appreciate that!

[@MrVdeVINGANCA]

U did boss it

[@flamingitaur]

Hey everyone, I just wanted to say thanks to everyone for the support and positive feedback. I really do appreciate it.

[@tzogreekwarrior6]

+flamingitaur Greatly done bro!!! Can you cover Whitesnake's Forevermore???

[@samkupper]

+flamingitaur damn dude very nice

[@user-qw5cn5qg9r]

flamingitaur could we have the tabs....im searchin in order to learn the goddamn song but its kinda diff

[@user-qw5cn5qg9r]

flamingitaur of course great job

[@flamingitaur]

Thanks, I appreciate that, but don't have tabs for this.....sorry man.

[@rafaelvieira3820]

After ten years, it still continues perfect! Metal forever! 🔥🔥⚡⚡

[@emersonmayeaux2482]

Savatage should have been the biggest metal and on the planet !! All their music is absolutely amazing !! Loved them since I was a teen. One of my favorite bands of all time.

[@fishroxy]

Holy God this is amazing. Takes me back to 87

[@MrZkoki]

You have complete and utter command of your guitar, as exhibited by this video. Speed, precision, distortion by the use of your fingers on the instrument and to top it all, you were able to play every segment of the piece, be it rhythm guitar or solo guitar. Your hard work and dedication shows. 👏

[@heavydog70]

Best riff of all time. R.I.P. Dear Criss

[@The1WhoKnowsTheTruth]

Nobody can match Criss' playing and killer tone but damn......you came about as close as I have ever seen. Be proud of yourself on this one. \m/

[@flamingitaur]

I appreciate the feedback, glad you liked it! \m/ \m/

[@killW1266]

flamingitaur Well done.

[@electriccreamman4977]

the devil cried the devil lied

[@jaimericardovargasflorian870]

Totally agree

[@douglasgugel2752]

That was the best cover of that song I've ever heard before and he pegged the rhythm's and solo's together perfectly without any mistakes !!! That was an excellent cover of an excellent band and excellent guitarist and awesome song probably one of the best metal hard rock songs of all time ever !!! Criss oliva and Jon oliva and the entire band were so underated it's unbelievable !!! Jon oliva was one of the best metal singer's of all time and his brother criss oliva was one of the greatest metal guitarist of all time ever period !!!

[@flamingitaur]

Thanks brotha! I appreciate the positive feedback. I totally agree with your comments about Savatage, Jon Oliva, and Criss Oliva, Legends in my book! 🤘

[@gregmonte8157]

That verse riff is one of the heaviest of all time, especially on a car stereo system

[@DavidRodriguez-yo7zw]

Tremendous cover. 👍 Savatage is an amazing Metal band. Very underrated.

[@dtcweedking420]

Anything by the great Criss Oliva is very difficult to play. But you killed it. My favorite guitarist ever and you did this a lot of justice. Well done!

[@ekremdursunluer9119]

dtcweedking420 you are absolutely right, criss' riffs are also hard to play

[@dokholidej3464]

This man just entered into the hall of the mountain king. Bravo!

[@nedswebjunk]

Ok, so I've been listening to this song ENDLESSLY on Pandora all fricken week, and I just had to sign in and tell you once again what an AMAZING job you've done capturing every last drop of metal awesomeness dripping from this song! Thanks for making my week with this one!!! 🤘

[@vanorsow]

So damn focused on such an epic US power metal song. You've got my attention now, but with I would have seen this 7.5 years ago when you posted!

[@brannypeves2696]

hace 6 años, seria bueno que lo re grabe con una buena cámara y este video seria brutaaaaalll, bien camarada ese solo de guitar no es nada fácil felicidades

[@ekremdursunluer9119]

you've nailed all the riffs perfectly

[@jmazurski27]

You totally nailed it!!! Fantastic cover. And yes, you COULD fill in for Criss!!!

[@flamingitaur]

Thanks, I appreciate it!!

[@slayerone2050]

The best cover by far!!!! 💯🤟🏼

[@robaxl3088]

I still love coming back to your channel to watch this video! Almost 10 years later

[@flamingitaur]

Awesome, thanks!

[@tdonger]

RIP Chriss Oliva. Great cover over my favorite axe-man !!

[@stonecoldtim]

That was one of the most awesome covers I've ever seen. PERIOD!!!

[@gyslainbeauchamp9241]

Good job man, it takes me 2 minutes after your video & crank up the volume listening to the complet cd

[@rstocks1]

Sweet, great job dude. One of my all time favorites. Didn't think anyone remembered this stuff any more.

[@trilogene]

im dying to learn this song but nobody i know or i know how to play this your a wicked player and i only hope to master this song like you did . going to watch it over enough until i get it .. still new but ill get it

[@scottnorman408]

That was bad ass. Criss would be proud

[@liamfraser7041]

Nice! Well played. Savatage is working on a new album. I'm definitely looking forward to that

[@Shadowwolf7774]

Absolutely awesome rendition of Hall of Mountain King I definitely think you made Criss proud!!!

[@nytephntom]

Damn. I've been trying to learn this song for 20 years and knew it was some kind of lower tuning. I've played around with some alternate tunings, but never Drop C. Now I get it. Thanks a million. You really nailed a lot of the nuances of the song, especially the harmonics. Great job.

[@jeremypleso676]

Great job. Criss approves in the sky.

[@rickyhull3941]

Thank you...This Is Great..Miss Criss ..Keep Keeping the music alive...🙃

[@felixrussell2345]

Fuck yeah man that was awesome! I started learning this from a shitty tab and it felt really awkward and wrong, but after watching this I realise it's actually in drop C and the tab had it transposed for standard tuning. So yeah, thanks for uploading an accurate version that i can learn from!

[@ZoSoUsAm]

Just as good the 20th time!!!

[@wishdeus]

Man Jon really got into at 3:17 such an awesome song. Nice playing from yourself

[@TheGumrosa]

Surreal!!! A rare KZbin cover 100% perfect! Very nice instrument. I've been a little confused about the guitar gear. Tnx a lot!

[@labrosliapis1048]

You should be in the band by now. Awesome. Just awesome!

[@fatihguler7141]

Superb cover. Perfectly executed. Well done my friend.

[@DaveThompson1214]

That was bloody brilliant!

[@RossBayCult]

Nice heavy drop c tuning, gives it a harder crunch and the harmonic pinch adds a nice touch to it and actually makes its sound current as well.

[@flamingitaur]

Thank you, I learned the song by ear, I don't have any tabs for this. Recording volume wasn't excessive, I had the power section turned up to get the tubes to saturate, but controlled the output with the preamp. Alot of the tone came from the different EQ'ing throughout the signal chain.

[@EloyAguilar95]

You play the song exactly as i espect

[@sambeux]

I tried to figure this out in the 80's but couldn't figure out the tuning. Dude, you nailed this cover. Be proud!!!

[@fishroxy]

Absolutely insane. Takes me back to 87-88 when I heard these guys for the first time. Hooked. Great job!

[@flamingitaur]

Thanks I appreciate it. \m/

[@guilmon182]

That kicked ASS! That was amazing!

Awesome performance! Great to see brothers keeping Savatage soul alive! Cheers mate!

[@Albiinomajava]

Brilliant! You are very talented. 🤘

[@makalu877]

Very well done!! You didn't miss a thing.

[@MEITNER666]

Hey MAN GREAT Cover you have the GOLDFINGER and the lot work ⚡️🎸⚡️

[@savaking72]

Thundering, that is by far the coolest, heaviest, most fist pounding riff ever created by anyone in the history of Heavy Metal. Criss Oliva was a Rock God, and you sir, Flamingitaur...nailed this perfectly. Awesome.

[@flamingitaur]

Thanks! glad you liked it. I appreciate the kind words.

[@darkaurori]

Fucking epic dude! You nailed that. Wow!

[@allmagicguy]

Great f'ing tune fantastic job!!!!

[@shleprockshleprock]

As an older guy that was heavy back in the day. Still pull the CD out now and then! Nice job!

[@flamingitaur]

Thanks alot, glad you liked it!! All I can say is I'm glad I got to see him at least once, back in '90 or '91 in Salt Lake City when Vicious Rumors opened up for them. It was an awesome show.

[@EdNieves82]

Freaking awesome, brother. Cheers.

[@timothymccune2101]

You are FN incredible ,

[@amandas.6860]

Million thumbs up from a old rocker

[@fmkoba]

I was gonna ask the tuning for that but you were kind enough to provide in the comments, thanks and congrats for the great video/playing

[@judas2891]

Awesome playing.

[@JohnPFilakovsky]

GREAT JOB!!!

[@viniciuspitorra1220]

great! congratulation!! good,Very good.

[@ivancacevic]

Bravo, respect from Serbia!!!

[@groundzero857]

Your tone is marvelous.

[@flamingitaur]

+groundzero857 Thank you!

[@scottlambert6640]

love the sound.. great job

[@TenaciousC71]

amazing, best cover I've seen on youtube, classic metal loved it!!

[@clealb76]

Great

[@bodhisattwachanda3436]

Toughest and best cover... Awesome just awesome... Splendid...

[@flamingitaur]

Thanks, The guitar is an 80's model Ovation hardbody electric fitted with and EMG 81 in the bridge with DR strings (.010). Recording setup: Guitar>ErnieBall Volume>Ibanez TS9(for boost)>Marshall Jmp1 preamp>Alesis Quadraveb for delays>Lexicon MPX1 for a touch of verb>Digitech MEQ14 equilizer>MesaBoogie Strategy 500 Power amp>Marshall 1960B cabinet>SM57 and Bluebird Mics>FMR RNP mic preamp>Tracktion recording software

[@basketballSZnaruto]

great solo, fantastic job

[@CRC29]

Awesome man !!! 🤘

[@rodolfosantiago2846]

That's a awesome cover !

[@flamingitaur]

Thank you Rodolfo!

[@A30ot6]

Love it, the rhythm parts are somehow heavier, but the integrity of the solos is maintained.

[@snowyrain5730]

this is one of those "low fi" youtube videos that sounds just downright filthy. i love it

[@shankhaghosh9030]

Beauty ❤ Excellent man, great job

[@microlightproductions3318]

Damn dude, that was almost a perfect cover of the original. Very nice! :D

[@Sysiphusjwk]

You have the "feel" of Criss Oliva's guitar playing. Well done!

[@voodoochilezee]

Bad Ass dude, excellent work man.

[@jamesmichaelfrank]

Great job ..was a pleasure to hear the guitar up front played so well :)

[@Orangeokie7]

Solid cover dude. Very impressive

[@MetalMike87]

Holy shit man. Simply perfect! Trying to figure out the solo by myself ... long way to reach ya...

[@nedswebjunk]

Dude, that was out-frickin-STANDING! Well done covering one of my all time favorite metal tunes of the 1980's :)

[@MwoakilloaDardo]

Metal Master \m/ \m/ Killer cover!!!!

[@rick9977015]

Very nice work buddy. That album still stands as one of my all-time favorites. Thank you for uploading

[@flamingitaur]

Thanks , and this album has been one of my all time favs as well.

[@batalhadopovo4782]

Maluco, excelente! !!!!! Perfeito

[@whitefly2]

I wish I could play like that. I remember when my good friend Dan Johnson produced the first two albums Savatage recorded he use to say that Criss would lay down the tracks first time flawless. Anyway you sure can play I agree with the 100% perfect comment!!!

[@Fernando_furiks._.]

Amazing.

[@adrianojetsmithlee]

i love this sound. thank you for play

[@flamingitaur]

+Adriano Silva Thanks

[@pwhip68]

Freaking great!!

[@snowdog202]

Sweet Cover of a masterpiece.

[@eduardodearaujopinheiro5972]

fantastic!

[@rogerrdcosta]

BRAVO!

[@dalemuzingo799]

After seeing several crappy covers of "the price you pay" I wasn't expecting much when I came across your vid...but WOW! great job on that man!!

[@flamingitaur]

Thanks alot, I appreciate it! Cheers....

[@fishroxy]

oh man, soooo good.

[@mosheswisa]

Good job mate, best cover yet!

[@jasonkrieger3131]

Being a drummer and a huge Savatage fan, I would luv to jam with this guy !!! \m/ \m/ great job,

[@charlesp6642]

Nicely done bro!

[@ifoundsage]

Great job! I've never tried dropped C tuning, but that gives the songs such a guttural power that it couldn't get in standard tuning.

[@dreamweaver6731]

Wow sick your just like crisis, badass great job

[@flamingitaur]

DREAM WEAVER Thanks, but I wouldn't say just like Criss. I tried my best though.... \m/

[@dwaynebodzenta7994]

Sounds awesome . Great song. Great job.