Suicide Silence: "Bludgeoned to Death" Guitar Lesson

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In this exclusive Guitar World video lesson, Mark Heylum and Chris Garza show how to play Suicide Silence's hit from No Time to Bleed. More of this guitar lesson can be found at guitarworld.com

[@ghostwalker8249]

I can't imagine these guys in the studio "Ok so imma chug a few times, then you squeal " "Ok chug squeal, got it"

[@wizkid1206]

Ghost Walker thats exactly how my band writes lol

[@Pengulin]

Cheal or sug

[@Alfredo78666]

Gimma aaaaaa chug.... chug... Iaaaaaaaal goooooooooo aaaaeeeehhhh.... ooooouuuuu.... tutum

[@TiANr0ckst4r]

i like how different their tones are specially when they do it together sounds dope

[@JSTPband]

So crazy these guys single handedly got me into 7 string guitars

[@OxDARKxDESIRExO]

The way they explain the sounds is fucking hilarious.

[@Chill-mm4pn]

I talk to other guitarists the same way "dun dunna dun dun with that pinch harmonic at the end"😂

[@fountane]

These guys are just having fun living their lives creating loud heavy music. Why so much hate?

[@nickglover8738]

Maybe cuz suicide silence is Deathcore and Deathcore gets a lot of shit

[@fountane]

***** both. I listen to Bieber too, what you gonna do.

[@fountane]

***** That means you do care. If you COULD care less, that means you have the capacity to care less. Which means you care a little bit. It's "I couldn't care less". I couldn't care less that you couldn't care less about what I listen to either.

[@markolivares6943]

Devin Taylor seriously dude 🤘🏼

[@ZaktanVR]

Devin Taylor They’re guitarists, they’re supposed to do their job, as professionals, you’d expect them to be better teaching songs.

[@letyoudown5]

this might be simple, but the structure of the song is brilliant. it comes out at the right time where you want it. these guys are geniuses.

[@charleswind8298]

“ song” ? 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@allistergraham6704]

@@charleswind8298""song" ?" ?

[@KobeA29]

@@allistergraham6704 """song" ?" ?" ?

[@EraserFan445]

⁠​⁠@@KobeA29””””song””””????

[@Alfredo78666]

No man, you should listen I don't know, other song maybe

[@hubertgagne3628]

''It's got that diminished kinda....'' Mark says this in every video ahahah

[@Shrbrt]

I read your comment the moment he said it

[@azevedo666]

And it s just a minor chord, these guys don t know much about music

[@brandonmontgomery288]

Chris reminds me of Robert Trujillo they look alike.

[@jacknotbarakat]

Except Rob has talent

[@jimjudge8877]

RustyDuckDicks agreed

[@Cheaps928]

Brandon Montgomery lol

[@Cheaps928]

Jack Stoddart Guitar so does chris

[@DD-sq3mr]

yah and mark is like the HEAVY METAL version of MAC MILLER lmfao dead af

[@Froffy_]

"But in the 'Digga digga dun wow' formation" Best bit. Its funny how accurate that is to how it sounds

[@bigal2162]

This song should be called "stoned to death"

[@akyrothea4919]

in this context I think it might as well be the same thing

[@S-4711]

Hey, today I learned about the "fun chord", the diki diki dout wow-Transition and the dropped D George Lynchy chord. Thank You Mark & Chris! The way I figure, it's the simple way of explaining one's music which helps common people to grasp the theory, the concept and the intention behind! Greetings from a Fan

[@theintelligentone4766]

Holy shit they were so high... Lol!!!!

[@fondfarewell2]

Jimothy Meyers people always use the they were so high excuse when the people in question actually or just shit or are stupid.

[@JUMBOpin]

definitely one of my favorite chords (which is why I use it in every song)

[@jesusespada6753]

I know it's been 9 years but which chord are you talking about?

[@MidiPunk]

This is highlarious! I love that deep percussive sound.

[@Rob_Cary]

I'm not huge on SS but after watching a good bit of his podcast, I love that his voice hasn't changed in any way from there to here. He's one of those people that could never disguise his voice. We know it's him lol

[@TheDoomedUser]

Lol they're both playing Stephen Carpenter sigs. Steph rules

[@yeahthisisntmyname]

I've never seen such outstanding musicianship

[@schroee]

They are just stoned as fuck

[@jamesaaron788]

Here's everything they said in this video summed up in a few words: "I have no idea what I'm doing, but I think it sounds pretty brootle." They can't even explain the subdivision of the triplets for their 'intro'. I can't believe I used to like this band.

[@Hammersmashed68]

who cares?

[@desecrationtv1]

quit being a douche....'they don't know their triplets...' you sound like a turd-shut up

[@Chulanic]

They were baked out of their minds you dult.

[@matthew56nights]

Metal Mac Miller on the left.

[@a.c.3070]

@@daimonicreality1590 lmao

[@BobbyVanStone]

I'm a drummer, and it really frustrates me when guitarists know nothing about rhythm, or at least some terms of it so we can effectively communicate. A good example is at 2:12 when he does the common galloping- kind of strumming (3 16th notes followed by a 16th not rest), but he calls it a triplet, and that makes a huge difference.

[@Cornbooii]

Well it's working for them, isn't it?

[@BobbyVanStone]

I don't know, depends on their goals as a band. Most people have never heard of nor want to listen to a band called Suicide Silence, much less after listening to them

[@YoLpIsBest]

Bobby Van Stone Suicide Silence is one of the most well known deathcore bands and they have over 3 million likes at Facebook so I guess they have done alright.

[@Cornbooii]

Bobby Van Stone It is true, even I think they should know their theory but The Beatles didn't and they got where they wanted to, didn't they?

[@sabianhhxevolution]

YoLpIsBest Just Beiber has millions of fans too, I guess that means he's doing alright too.

[@Yakazas]

This is Metal, not classical music. Who gives a shit if they know proper terminology and/or theory, the riffs are aggressive, heavy and groovy as hell.

[@Ever4Dope]

joesatriani1200rulez youre embarrassing too, and terrible

[@pivetlord13]

joesatriani1200rulez listen to the black crown. Secificaly the song Slaves To Substance. Youll find your melody there.

[@utooberblooper]

see,when you know theory you can write songs/riffs that dont sound this FUCKING HORRID,its like some jackass that just learned to drop tune then played whatever he could muster up.that crap is in the top 3-4 shittiest riffs of eternity

[@Yakazas]

And that my friend is the magic of it. They are not trying to be progressive nor pretentious. They just want to write heavy music.

[@yaboi2500]

+joesatriani1200rulez Those bands aren't as aggressive. They're good, not aggressive. Personally, I enjoy bands like Morbid Angel and Insomnium, mostly for their intensity and lyrical themes.

[@Shadow0fd3ath24]

I love how chris makes his more distorted to mix and match dirtyness with clarity

[@ebritt91]

@ericgeving ok, so 6 string guitar is tuned to EADGBE right? 7 String adds a b above the low e on the neck so that you can get an octave, of the 2nd string b, a new lower string then E. What these guys did is took the new low b string, the thickest, or seventh string, and tuned it to A so that they could get a lower ballsier tone.

[@dehumanizer21]

you realize that they're just nervous, sounds great. I'd like to see em live.

[@johnathantrevino346]

Everyone hating on them having no talent but do you realize they're both playing steph carpenter sigs (who admits to not being a crazy good player) and they both each have more than a few of their own signatures. It's easy to chug yeah, but it's hard to really make somethin Rythmic, heavy and catchy like they do

[@Divine_Serpent_Geh]

I don't like to bash. period. But I think the reasoning behind so much people's hate is that all their material, all the riffs, and pretty much everything they do is extremely repetitive, it all sounds recycled, and I'm not pointing my finger just at Suicide Silence, just like every "Deathcore" band, or whatever people label them, they ALL chug on that same tritone chord in Drop A tuning. It's not so much to do with the simplicity of it. There are a lot of metal artists that play simple music, and sound alot more diversified than these guys. Even some bands of the same sector(genre). Anyway, that's my reasoning for understanding maybe why people bash this band so much.

[@6Blood6runner6]

These guys crack me up. I love it.

[@helmerke94]

what effects are used for the guitar from chris garza??

[@JustinWalker951]

Some day I will master this...

[@IllNinoHolland]

+Bustin Justin Try songsterr, it helps me a lot!

[@JustinWalker951]

I was being sarcastic but thanks anyways. I'll check it out.

[@drummessiah2211]

3:56 bet you'll have trouble with that

[@MetaLeir93]

Funny how everyone is too busy searching for a thousand different reasons to call this "shit" If you only put that much energy in search of suicide silence songs you might like to broaden your playlists, you'd be much better off But hey it's your life

[@MetaLeir93]

AND if you don't like any suicide silence songs then move on to the next band and there you go. It's that easy

[@DwayneTheAnimal]

those guitars sound soooo good!

[@cultshakere]

huge respekt for the simplicity and genious in it

[@williamcanavan7085]

because everyone who's not doing it are mad that they can't get a gig because they spent there lives in a bedroom playing with themselves and think there awesome because they know every scale but have no social skills or charisma and are so consumed with how great they are but can't keep real time with a real drummer and have no feel!! but these dudes don't know shit about all that they started in the garage with friends and did it because they love music and have feel.... no they are not technical but they have feel and can make a bunch of people happy and themselves happy fuck the shit talkers you don't see them on a stage!!! I'd rather jam with those with a love for the jam then those with God complex jam bands smile and have fun. even death-grind-sludge and stoner metal and as I said there the ones on the stage and you haters... keep on hating if there like me it only pushes you harder which makes you better!!!!!

[@jefftX]

William Canavan You hit the nail on the head. Technicality does not make good music. Feel and songwriting skills makes good music. You can write better music with 3 notes than some people who write music with 10 different scales and chords.

[@chuffinjackpot]

easy enough....now the Nile guitar lesson....different story

[@StevenMystery]

this is the greatest thing that the guitar world has ever seen

[@rayrichter7678]

Marks tone in this is brutal.

[@a7xshaner]

They have no idea what they are talking about

[@majesticcasual532]

first how to video ;p

[@Cheaps928]

shane gallagher they do, its just hard to explain it

[@jus10_lee]

You do realize they smoke a ton of weed right?

[@brandonharrison7397]

smoking weed isn't an excuse for stupidity. I can get high as fuck and have a conversation with you about quantum physics.

[@jus10_lee]

Brandon Harrison doubtful but okay. In every other guitar related interview I've seen these guys do, they seem to know what they're talking about.

[@STAIND12300]

have you every noticed that most bands that use 7 string guitars never use them to their full potential

[@STAIND12300]

Linn Motionless I was specifically mentioning deathcore bands. I should have been more specific haha

[@T3STAM3NT11]

its not only about using the full 7 string range. some guys just prefer the feel and the different playability caused by the different neck

[@va6465]

These guys do use their high e in solos. But this, along with a lot of their old stuff, can be played on a Baritone 6.

[@marcosking8]

polyphia use 6 string......

[@STAIND12300]

never said anything about 6 string... so yeah...

[@robrojas6351]

Those guitars are sick

[@pastilance1]

@partyboy175 Garza is using ESP LTD SC-207, Mark uses the same, but in different color.

[@yourblackhalf]

"Totally, it's a power chord....it's a power chord with...it's got the- it's got the same like...like diminished kinda....It's definitely a fun chord." Oh yeah, I get it.

[@ZodiacMeatgrinder]

"...squeal, where ever you want a squeal" haha...

[@LovelaceCamilo]

I love that sound

[@doomsdaytelemarketer]

What guitars are they using?? I wanna say it's the ESP ltd sc-607b but it can't b cuz ther headstocks are not upside down

[@Djenithalls]

Great guitarists. Fucking awful teachers... and they know it hahahaha!

[@rram992]

Djenithalls Motherchugger that's literally me when i try to teach others guitar

[@BVCKBEND]

Them saying "triplets" is probably just to use an easier term for most guitarists. A lot of us are good at what we do and probably care less about 4 notes 16th notes 4 beats per half measure on the treble cleff shit

[@ebritt91]

@ericgeving no, its exactly the same as your regular six string guitar, with only one new thicker string tuned to the regular six string's A, but an octave lower. So just the seventh string is an octave of another note

[@thecharliesence]

why does mark have a more crispy tone then chris ? i know they both emgs which sound amazing . does chris have treble rolled back a little ?

[@Metalheadmike1211]

bandwagoning is getting old quickly. Life is too short to not have an appreciation towards music. Although suicide silence may not be my favorite band like they used to be, I can still appreciate their dedication and patience to being musicians. Theres a serious lack of that these days and its disgusting.

[@paulthoresen8241]

Dedication? they don't even know what is happening in their own songs

[@Metalheadmike1211]

Paul Thoresen that makes no sense

[@niklaskarlberg5547]

Not gonna lie here but the verse on 3:27 sounds so much better played slow

[@maryheather8540]

Niklas karlberg sounds good but simple

[@TheVelazquez95]

wat effect are they using or is that the acustics of the room

[@Galactis]

Never realized how much went into the first 20 seconds of this song till this video lol

[@drummessiah2211]

but I wanna learn how to Djent

[@oscarrameno6865]

Drop G will get you started

[@Connor391]

The first verse after the intro isn't diminished, it's a minor third chord.

[@tshred666]

I think mark said it was diminished because he was confusing diminished and augmented. And rather than thinking with respect to the tonic he was thinking about the interval between the top note and the perfect fifth being played on the E string between the two A strings. Especially since the down tempo filler measure where Mitch hits the super low and guttural “bludgeoned” at the end of the first set of verses uses augmented chords on the 1 and 3. Which is kinda genius since this gives a sense of movement for the latter half of the song because that part is built off of diminished fifths and it all resolves on a perfect fifth. And they divide up and resolve these ideas in a very Wagnerian way. Where Wagner will tease an idea and leave it unresolved only to bring it back again after a while and only then resolve it as a story telling musical device.

[@JohnHenkamGangte]

Whats that guitar, Mark is playing? Model? And any other specifications.

[@GeaRHeaD6565]

@zubberguitar Forgot to specify augmented 5th. Clearly its in the shape of a power chord but the fifth is raised. Their in Drop A by the way.

[@13superdude2]

These guys are most likely decent guitarists and decent musicians but this just sucks man

[@ClassifiedRecon]

+Dialogue with the Stars their the guitarists for suicide silence

[@ray625164]

honestly they are super high in this video. lol

[@MichaelAngeloOjeda31]

Dialogue with the Stars you got any videos you want to Post? Lol

[@PanosSG55]

Instructions unclear, learned how to play Wonderwall on a 7-string instead.

[@OlviMasta77]

underrated comment xD

[@ThatKrookedVulture]

@deanbrowny Is there any right video for screamo?

[@AlisterTate]

What an intricate song.

[@jsj6359]

Those guys don't inspire too much knowledge ....

[@kevkev00333]

oh man these comments are salty.

[@noo648]

@301Ibanez about the guitar..its not a 207. its a ltd sc-607. the colour is "natural" and its discontinued. I wanted it so bad too. Nowadays ESP only makes the 607 and 607b (for baritone) in black only.

[@BrilliantMuppetSex69]

love this vid

[@yaboi2500]

I'm pretty sure everyone bashing these guys has never picked up an instrument in their lives.

[@TwoHeavyThrash]

+Trent Stines That's just what these two look like, like they've never picked up an instrument

[@Peef_Spogdar]

+TwoHeavyThrash Hah!

[@ljinlj]

+TwoHeavyThrash They are better than slayer tho

[@TwoHeavyThrash]

Lino Talaveron You are trolling the wrong guy. I'm not sucking Slayer's dicks like every other elitist in the world ;)

[@ljinlj]

TwoHeavyThrash Haha ok, that makes you a good guy. But I ain't trollin, i find them really overrated tho

[@samsquantch14]

sounds like a guitar and amp falling down the stairs......this is giving me cancer

[@ketaminehydrochloride6099]

you already had cancer...

[@yeahboi2177]

samsquantch14 you are cancer

[@flash14Ball]

What's the model of the guitar which Mark has.?

[@jackisawrestler]

i love garzas tone!!!!!!!!!

[@JUMBOpin]

that as awful HAHA

[@higler.]

haha stoned much

[@rynyghee]

What tune do you guys use?

[@acusticosemmascara4396]

love that tiki tiki twell transition!

[@thrashmetalmaniac72]

False metal!!!!

[@ljinlj]

+thrashmetalmaniac72 k den

[@castanonw]

Horrible players

[@Cheaps928]

Magnus Kartus you must be deaf

[@AlexBagodonutz125]

Yeah it does, it shows that you have an idea what you're doing, and it takes practice. Music isn't a sport, who cares if they aren't the best of the best, they still deserve some recognition.

[@NecroArmour]

I still think the heaviest tone is the "buzzsaw" tone that old Swedish death metal bands like Entombed and Dismember used. And newer bands still borrow that tone today, such as Rotten Sound, Magrudergrind, and lots of other grindcore bands.

[@NdNKorn101]

"DIKKY DIKKY DUN WOW" formation, genius

[@murdoc5429]

That glorious *Chuging!!!*

[@JJ-rp5ck]

These are my guitar heroes

[@lawsont4396]

That tone is fucking gnarly

[@mercuryman9]

@ericgeving It isn't an octave down. Its a 7 string guitar. Its drop A for a 7 string guitar.

[@guitars357]

@dakotamanomgwtf To be honest I'm not too sure, but I think it's basically just metal but they play around with different time signatures and keys a lot.

[@HolyCheezitsDan]

Now I see why their music videos are so colorful and trippy.

[@LoudSilence08]

i love their interpretations of the guitar with their voices.. haha

[@RyanKenny92]

@SpazzedOut56, this song is not about Mitch's death, it was written years ago

[@DarthRhaadoo]

is the picckups they are active end tone is quite long and stuff coustom ones

[@badcarma88]

what are the cords they are playing?

[@raydrt]

Yeah, now that you've clarified, you're totally right. I was just nitpicking over what you said in the previous context.

[@jdizzleh3]

In the description, it says this song is from No Time to Bleed. I dont think it is.

[@fatefatefate]

For those that can't load the video, just look up tabs, it may be easier for you to learn the song that way. Kind of like how I looked up a video lesson of how to play a Behemoth song and it ended up being easier just by finding the tablature online.

[@teamshady04]

is that squeel a pinch harmonic?

[@Now23232]

How many strings are on marks guitar

[@tharbeapancake]

what amps do they use?

[@Shredlikeme]

witch pedals does he use ?

[@Z1CAUSEDEATH]

good question sir.

[@KissMeImPunk]

@TheSmartestTaco Cool band bro, when do we play the bars?

[@doomsdaytelemarketer]

@mahamed636 mark has a signature?

[@iamabominate]

As a frequent listener to this band, and a guitar player. I couldn't fathom why they would make them do a guitar lesson on any of their songs, especially one with out and sweeping at least.

[@_wallyh_]

Essa sim, real dupla dinâmica do Metal da internet

[@Mxyaguitar5150]

how come my 7 string doesn't sound as deep as theirs when im in drop a?