Spiritbox - The Beauty Of Suffering (GUITAR PLAYTHROUGH BY MIKE STRINGER)

Mike Stringer of Spiritbox brings us this guitar playthrough of their latest single The Beauty Of Suffering!
He's using his Aristides 070 Matte Black loaded with Seymour Duncan Pegasus/Sentient pickups.
Signal Chain: Aristides 070 with Seymour Duncan Pegasus/Sentient pickups - Fractal Audio Axe FX 2 - UA Apollo Twin - Reaper.
Spiritbox debut self titled EP is officially out now: geni.us/spirit
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[@dirklance322]

- Almost two years later and still the most creative metolcore band around.

[@skaterphone]

Five years now

[@stickmanjedi7462]

this aged phenomenally

[@jhamilton1007]

6 years and still going strong. Spiritbox never misses, no matter the style they choose.

[@goobingtons]

Not anymore

[@whatokyea96]

this is becoming my favorite song of 2017. this dude is rifflord

[@danieleuggetti1818]

same in 2023

[@alexvest2199]

Same in 2024

[@mylife1221]

3:40 to the end is one of their most beautiful sections of music they've ever made

[@Veeto]

3:45 to the end is easily one of my favorite guitar riffs ever. so much emotion!

[@frogtofall]

The section from 2:52-3:40 is so much fun to play on guitar! I love his writing style.

[@CelestialFury]

That riff at 2:18 is some of the darkest stuff I've heard. Love it.

[@emptycloud2774]

Listen to some Vildhjarta or early After the Burial.

[@emptycloud2774]

@@sadoromi oh yeah, Definitely has Shug, but Shug influences pretty much most of all these bands.

[@metalheadblues]

@@emptycloud2774 shug didn't pioneer the herta pattern , just popularized it.

[@rowanb4395]

It's invokes more of a monuments vibe. Then straight up Meshuggah - Bleed+ Concatenation remix if you want to get picky). Loud Milton Cleans. Then little bit of bulb at the end :) Great work

[@KicCam508]

@@rowanb4395 little Tesseract-ish vibes at the end with those clean guitars too

[@davidjulian4575]

This video made me a Spiritbox fan! Thanks guys!

[@jhamilton1007]

That machine gun riff with the double kicks reminds me so much of Fear Factory. So good.

[@samuelcfuentes5540]

Agreed, thought the same thing. Also dig thier own approach to it

[@jhamilton1007]

@@samuelcfuentes5540 It's crazy to know that this was the first song they wrote as a band. Such an all-around great song.

[@jhamilton1007]

@@samuelcfuentes5540 Or i should say, the first song Mike wrote when they formed the band.

[@samuelcfuentes5540]

I just started listening to them bro

[@amirulislam8474]

The last part gives me goosebumps really 🔥

[@Austinwevo]

Still a top 3 spiritbox song if not #1.

[@preyfan]

The outro melody is sooo beautiful :)

[@AdrianDV]

This is superb. Please more Spiritbox guitar playthroughs!!!

[@JusticeXFalls]

The whole song is dope but from 3:08 on ... those riffs..... 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@bw5187]

this grants access to heaven

[@constantringing1546]

I think this is literally the greatest thing I’ve ever seen. I just can’t with this dude, everything he puts out is a banger.

[@Some_Guy_87]

By far my favorite song of you, this EP is so bloody amazing. The outro still gives me goosebumps every time. I was surprised it's actually recorded on a 7 string, definitely sounded like an 8 string record to me.

[@americanmetalhead7318]

You say the pain will liberate me You turn my body into knots and tell me it's a blessing You say you love me love in this shape That there is beauty in my suffering I wonder would I stay If you asked for it You still create the shape And I ask for it I gave my heart in pieces Please release me I'm tired Don't try to pacify me Please release me I'm tired I'm slipping away No discipline just let me be And now my body starts to worry Put down the words I will not hesitate This is your chance make me relatable Knock me down with your false intentions It turns to ash in my mouth I need you gone I beg you to release me Now I turn my body into something Into the shape you find so trusting I could never be that shape You caught me slipping Farther down in madness Echo chamber (nod your) Leave my body in peace No need to pacify me Nod your head yes The pain will set you free I gave my heart in pieces Please release me I'm tired Don't try to pacify me Please release me I'm tired Leave my body in peace No need to pacify me Leave my body in peace No need to pacify me You find escape in the reverie This is the beauty of suffering You find escape in the reverie This is the beauty of suffering I love you I always will My heart is always still I love you I always will My heart is always still Please release me I'm tired (You find the strength in the reverie) Please release me I'm tired (This is the beauty of suffering) Please release me I'm tired (You find the strength in the reverie) Please release me I'm tired (This is the beauty of suffering)

[@peter2f6]

Oh my goodness gracious, Mike! 🤯❤😎

[@currentlyvibing9916]

how am i only finding this now......this is quite possibly already my favourite song from them now

[@juneauz]

Some of the best riffing and composing skills I've ever seen. This man is truly a unique artist.

[@robertkennedy8475]

The amount of talent it takes to play something like this is amazing everyone In the band shits crazy bravo

[@emptycloud2774]

It's like an amalgamation of my favourite progressive math metal in one: TesseracT, Vildhjarta, After the Burial, Monuments. Definitely a band to pay close attention, evolution of the genre is underway. I have had the S/T on high rotation lately. It's addictive.

[@user-ns6fi9un9i]

That arpeggio is one of the most beautiful things, that i've heard in my life

[@FacundoOblivi0n]

This is in Drop F#? finally someone uses that tuning lol

[@SpiritboxOfficial]

Yep! Drop F#! :)

[@AaronMorgan666]

Spiritbox Official string gauges? I have a 26.5 7 string as well. I just don't know how I feel about f or f# on a 26.5 scale

[@Tripdjent]

Aaron Morgan Im sure you'd be okay to since it's larger than the norm 25.5". But it might be a little floppy and not stay in tune as easy..

[@Tripdjent]

Aaron Morgan You would need thicker strings to make up for the tension.

[@AaronMorgan666]

Chandler Dunlap I just don't think 26.5 is enough. I know ppl use it for 8 strings, periphery, Rob scallon. A few others. But I think 27 would be a minimum for f or f#. At leasy for me. Just my opinion.

[@LifeHawkeye]

That right hand though! Wow this man is tight.

[@vishalsavur]

Most beautiful and expressive guitar parts ever 🔥

[@destroyerofstupid7073]

What i do on the guitar is what i do in the mind, and debate. Great job to everyone involved. my jaw is dropped.

[@hbade]

Ion Dissonance vibes abound, with a tasty Modern Day Babylon outro.

[@MadnessOpus]

With a pinch of Architects.

[@MrJirntson]

Meshuggah around 2:20 as well. Great mix of ideas.

[@AdamMcCann1178]

@@MrJirntson in a similar way, the riff around 40 seconds into "Bleach Bath" also sounds very Meshuggah-y

[@MarioHernandez-fr3jv]

Love reading the lyrics while listening to the instrumental

[@felixgarstka]

just sooooo good

[@danb7601]

Man I love this album so much

[@lukasskalican608]

Awesome intro riff! Made my day.

[@marc-antoinemetivier2854]

Discovered the band a couple of months ago thanks to this nice playthrough! Great

[@jonnycutts5254]

The whole outro riff section is too sick

[@recyclingonly5743]

Mike is total kill love it

[@remicdetreir7473]

The MAN!! SPIRITBOX RULE

[@Ryo7_7]

So clever, groovy and catchy. That guitar is awesome 🤘🏾

[@AkiraSpectrum]

sick!

[@JackRosei]

Love this song!

[@ludoletono]

I remember making a Monuments comparison some time ago. Watching Mike's right hand at work, I am now convinced Mike and John are the same person.

[@metalheadblues]

Wonder if that style would come up organically if meshuggah hadn't pioneered it.

[@seanbanez]

Just amazing.

[@Aroniyun]

3:56 is even more pretty when there is no distraction from the guitar/music. No disrespect to the vocals. It's hard to hear differentiate amazing when it's put beside amazing.

[@Aroniyun]

I have been enjoying this song/album for a bit. It's good to see a bit of what it looks like.

[@gregpotter2278]

AMAZING!! I'm sooo late to the Spiritbox game!

[@sashabezusov7632]

spiritbox is top of the tops)))) amazing riffs wonderfull band!!!!

[@LucasLaffineur]

I'm so in love with Aristides, even in black and White they are awesome... have to get one one day ! Love the song and video too ! :)

[@charliebusby5428]

what a frickin masterpiece

[@RephlexTwin]

Awesome

[@NEWYORKSELiTiST]

I need that guitar. The body looks amazing

[@username9610]

SOOOOOO FUCKINNGG HARRRRRRDDDDDDDDDDDDUUUHHHHHHHH!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@23brettj]

Such savagery. Love it.

[@theloganeffect5315]

AMAZING playing! I'm loving this band

[@Luciano-st8pn]

What a journey 🔥

[@fernandorampa]

The best the best!!!!!

[@user-gr5qp3gu9r]

nice tone bro

[@beratsamil]

i want to be this man when i grow up

[@lenschumann1321]

I wonder if this album was recorded with an axe 2 … sounds awesome, I always love mikes tone!!!

[@takoshihitsamaru4675]

So much variety in a single track. And this was your first song as Spiritbox? Fuhuck.

[@AyeeKyro]

i want a guitar just like his but left handed and red with gold knobs/tuners

[@birko985]

Love this song aye

[@slascher4]

Awesome video and awesome skills, insane! Just the instrumental in this song is so sick, thanks for showing this!

[@JHallDaBoss]

This guy is a fucking beast!!

[@josephrosenbaum3343]

still the best song they've ever put out imo. Too bad they won't get techy like this ever again

[@ryanexsus]

Never say never.

[@josephrosenbaum3343]

@@ryanexsus still seems to be the case. They're going farther and farther into pop music

[@blackbird7156]

yup sadly.. :/

[@tellus.aflame]

Fell in love with you guys. Such an amazing EP. Hope to hear some new tracks soon! What strings (gauge) do you use for drop F# tuning?

[@felixgarstka]

so good 🔥🔥🔥

[@wyliehj]

In the intro riff, for that fast dissonant run part in the 4th bar, it looks like he goes from the 4th fret on the 5th string (F# 2) to the 3rd fret on the 4th String (B2). Thats for the fretting hand. His picking hand hits the 4th string for both notes though, and thats also what the V2 tab on ultimate guitar says (the first tab for this has this run extremely off so i wouldnt pay it much mind) However, i slowed it way the fuck down in my daw and i can clearly hear that the first note is the A# (4th fret on the F#2 string) Just thought id clear it up cause this had me confused af lol. This song is a lot of fun so far, happy learning homies \m/

[@stoppinstoff]

The last part of this song.....Life.

[@nappysayss]

All hail the rifflord.🙌

[@adamdidier7849]

2:19.... that right hand. That’s the definition of “no bitch picking”

[@uliseson7895]

I love this :)

[@raviolimaster]

that right hand at 2:18 says alot about what this dude is really capable of doing as a guitar player... i mean, look at the face hes making during that part lol gives some "bleed" type vibes!

[@user-xh3wf6wv3p]

Hello! Can you please tell me how to create a guitar effect that will sound at 3:40 minutes? Earnest call a beginner in guitar sound. I really need this sound ( Help please, kind people

[@dirty2shame]

You are fucking incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@davidlombardo4836]

This fuckin guy is a wizard!

[@post666-bg]

Goood job men!

[@lysergicgeneral2237]

Those right hand

[@Errcyco]

🤟🤟

[@gregpotter2278]

Go check out his "Electric Cross" guitar playthrough, AFTER you listen to the original...it will blow you away with what you THOUGHT you heard....LOL

[@TheTeaTVI]

1:51 Bleed pattern... nice

[@ryanexsus]

Different pattern and different notes.

[@metalheadblues]

It's called a herta

[@TheTeaTVI]

@@ryanexsus it's a Herta, the same pattern in bleed, it's just a different note...

[@ryanexsus]

@@TheTeaTVI I understand

[@ryanexsus]

@@TheTeaTVI I just don't like the implication that you think they stole it. It's like trying to say any song with a triplet sounds like X which I have a problem with.

[@liamnissanS2K]

You really didn't have to do us that dirty with that outro

[@Sumarbrander]

Please be more popular :P

[@skate4free7]

so uh, can i buy your preset? :D

[@Rebelintheshelltfz]

What tuning?

[@assaultkeyhd1200]

2:18 what's the technique called?

[@hnneny5283]

DjEnT

[@legoharry100]

Meshuggah - Bleed. 7 minutes of that.

[@Ravelle17]

Disgustingly syncopated alternate picking

[@blackbird7156]

djent tf out of it

[@evdboy2]

That breakdown didn’t look real

[@metehantuncbilek6152]

HEEEEYYY ! can anyone tell me that whats the gauge of top string on this Aristides 070 ?????

[@l3lvck0ut]

my question is how tf do you play that ending live without 4 different guitarists

[@americanmetalhead7318]

They use tracks over the sound system like Veil Of Maya and Rings Of Saturn do

[@user-os8yw7eh3w]

can you paint the tuning of the guitar from the notes?

[@ptcypress]

8 o

[@ktxdgqtx]

Does anyone know what Axe Fx amp model he uses for the rhythm tone?

[@SpiritboxOfficial]

Hey! I'm using the FAS Modern in this video.

[@ktxdgqtx]

Spiritbox Official thanks for the response! It’s such a great tone and I’m loving these new tracks

[@nmfarlow]

Is your tuning F# B E A D F# B?

[@qpphil5150]

has anyone got any tabs?

[@imbuckandimheretofuck8908]

Pleeeeeeease tab

[@peteharper3299]

I didn't know fingers were supposed to move like that...

[@EpsteinNooseSolutions781]

Guy has a deftones kinda look to him.

[@tomasixtlapale86]

Tabs :'(?

[@Szaladin]

Wait where's the beard?

[@Logusband]

for a one minute I thought it was a Meshuggah riff lol