Metal Without Distortion

[@doingST]

*"Playing metal without distortion for the first time"* *Metalhead guys with only acoustic guitar, every day:*

[@ayudhdasroy7090]

"First time?" 😂😂

[@shelbylover1359]

same

[@abyssmanur3965]

Me on my Nylon.

[@HansVetur861]

Just connected my acoustic to an amp with distortion

[@doingST]

@@shelbylover1359 Lol

[@chicoarraes]

Amazing how the blues roots come through, especially in the more melodic stuff

[@ВасяФедоров-ч6я]

Еще бы

[@fasol1998]

Yeah. Metal is literally based on blues and country music.

[@justindantonio257]

​@@fasol1998don't forget Jazz and modern classical music like Gustav Holsts the Planets. Also Drop D Tuning was also important to the development of Heavy Metal Music!

[@ciagangstalker]

fr it sounds so bluesy/country

[@ethancurry1804]

I want a bluegrass holy wars after hearing this

[@blakejustice1972]

Lemmy said Motorhead was a blues rock band, they just played it so fast no one recognized it.

[@ianf6288]

truee♠

[@kingkomodo9084]

Someone should play this downtempo then.

[@SebastianHagl]

Whorehouse Blues is a solid proof

[@Memu_]

Me and my friends actually performed Ace of Spades at a music bar but just slowed it down and performed it like a ZZ Top song. It translates perfectly.

[@ktvindicare]

I got to see a live show where Lemmy fronted a 3 man group that just played rockabilly hits and it was amazing. Dude could play any genre of rock he wanted.

[@samiralhajeed]

0:14 "The new Ford F-150 is all you could hope for. It's the American way."

[@pointy5911]

Playing clean or unplugged is actually a really good way to learn metal btw. It forces you to hear mistakes and not just cover them with distortion. Then we you do add distortion it sounds much cleaner.

[@headbusser1337]

idk if i would advise learning without a amp. i suppose you could still get good but your missing out on palm muting, or anything that needs distortion to be heard

[@Adnan.L333]

I have no idea where this idea of distortion hiding your mistakes comes from. distortion, if anything highlights them. because of the nature of the effect, distortion makes mistakes more obvious, not subdued

[@GaryIKILLYOU]

@@Adnan.L333 Yeah agreed. Any time I spent a lot of time playing clean, I end up needing to clean up the slop when I finally get the itch to add some drive.

[@singleproppilot]

@@GaryIKILLYOU If you’re talking about letting strings ring out when they should be silent, then yeah, that’s going to sound terrible when you add gain. Mostly I find playing without distortion allows me to get the picking dynamics perfect, so that every note is struck evenly rather than some being much louder than others.

[@apocalypse3485]

Distortion actually amplifies your mistakes

[@richardswales6371]

I just love the fact he turns the oven off as well. 😂

[@Uberpanik]

Does anyone have a VST for that?

[@AndreiMarentett]

Holy wars became surf rock, so therefore it's now called Holy Waves

[@TheEmilyFravel]

Holy Waves... Punishment Dude!

[@AndreiMarentett]

@@TheEmilyFravel LMAO!!! You I somehow turned a metal song into a surf rock song, and you made that title into a metal song

[@corinaolivo6925]

And Ace of Spades becomes Ace of Waves

[@connorfinnegan2093]

gnarly wars

[@youareweirdforreadingthis]

I thot u were dead lmao

[@KamasKirian716]

I got my Dad into metal back in the late 90s when I pointed out that metal without distortion was basically just surf music from the '60s.

[@wojciechrzesiowski9026]

Metal with no distortion = Surf Rock

[@cantoelfomusic4548]

Black metal with no distorsión = Evil surf rock with to much sunblock

[@AdamHalvo]

@@cantoelfomusic4548 lmao

[@SavageGreywolf]

basically yeah. Surf guitarists can shred like hell, they just use really warm tones instead of distorted ones. Ain't no one could rock out like Dick Dale.

[@lalolalo975]

sad but true

[@gui_777_]

@@lalolalo975 It's not sad, it's great

[@ardiris2715]

Moral of the story: If it sounds like metal without distortion, it's gonna slay with distortion. (:

[@martinkuliza]

CORRECT

[@l1ckra]

Sad but true sounds like a 1920s blues

[@TheDarkEternalKnight07]

Sad but Blues

[@nicolassena5536]

@@TheDarkEternalKnight07 LMAO

[@d.d.cfishing5545]

or as a western soundtrack

[@AndreiMarentett]

It could be played like that.

[@Floki_Feanor]

Really))

[@thejdmguru621]

This should become a genre in of itself. It genuinely doesn’t sound bad.

[@Atlas65]

Every guitarplayer that have played metal as a kid have played it like this. if they were playing their favourite metal songs on their acoustic, or unplugged electric guitar. Then the internet comes and paint it up as something special .. hmm interesting.

[@otto_jk]

It already exists it's Surf or Blues rock

[@johngeiger3770]

Metal without distortion is called unplugged. It was a thing in MTV back then and every Metal fans play it that way. You should listen to Godsmack acoustic album title The Other Side. Metal without distortion sounds badass.

[@TheDarkEternalKnight07]

You know that the song is good when even without distortion sounds badass

[@blupandaxalt]

Killing in the name sounds like when the two main rival cowboys are facing eachother in the sun

[@cherrytv4572]

This is how I practice a song to make sure I have it down for confidence before jumping straight into distortion

[@Bouffondestenebres]

So do I :)

[@motodenciovlogs3676]

True👍

[@martinkuliza]

that's literally what i said As if every guitarist practicing has NOT done this to make sure they have it down properly

[@qugorion5153]

The Ace of Spades riff sounds so sick even without distortion. Keep rocking.

[@MrTcamargo]

So cool!! Even without distortion some songs are still really heavy. You're a great player indeed

[@Ader1]

No.

[@theonetruedavid5372]

I think whether something is heavy or not mostly comes down to attitude. Take bands like The HU and Apocalyptica, who manage to sound heavy as fuck even though they're using traditional Mongolian instruments (former) and cellos (later)

[@thesausage351]

Hey man Tom Morello sounds heavy as fuck on a single coil Tele.

[@rupe53]

@@theonetruedavid5372 .... is it the attitude or maybe that some are in a minor key? (and different timing)

[@rodrigoagostini9202]

for me still sounds like metal, and the only instrument, a metal song can´t sound like metal, is an ukulele.

[@psychokitty444]

1:00 Come on down to your local Ford dealership during our 4-day President's Day weekend sale...

[@Holtnase]

what i like the most about this video is that there is no "brand-shaming". between these high end/boutique guitars is a harley benton. i like it. epiphone, squier or harley benton crafting good instruments.

[@KevinBalke]

And I like playing all of them. The setup and playability on the Harley Beton guitar is just as good as it is on the others.

[@jakubmachnik1259]

yeah I own a classic vibe 50' squire, it's garbage... I need to resend it to the dealer 2 times beacose konbs didn't work or strap button fell off

[@AceBambam]

lol never experienced a brand shaming comment section on guitar videos (except on bad guitar review videos ofcourse) on YT since the last 15 years

[@Holtnase]

@@AceBambam you are right. But look how often you won't See the headstock in other videos. That's what I thought about.

[@Holtnase]

@@jakubmachnik1259 that's s*it. I have never experienced this. My epiphone and my sqier and even my harley benton play very comfortably after ich set it up.

[@GTRFREAK17]

Damn TOOL (2:50) sounds slick with a clean sound! Keen to hear you play more of them

[@Evelynthelost3]

Killing in the name sounds so kick ass without the distortion like damn

[@marcblum5348]

What's the difference between RHCP and RATM? Add some distortion.

[@Evelynthelost3]

@@marcblum5348 fr though

[@heather2503]

@@marcblum5348 and politics

[@Axerocker85]

Actually Tom Morello doesn't use much distortion at all. Its a very crunchy riff. And it kicks even more ass when you play it on a single coil. Just listen to a live version.

[@braydenjohnson1063]

Fr

[@quieto1722]

It's kinda cool how 'Lateralus' continue sounding heavy.

[@dethhend]

Sounds not bad even without distortion. Well played.

[@tegoehsoediro6404]

Except toxicity

[@monzaede6416]

@@tegoehsoediro6404 true,still sounds awful.

[@Kokola-qh9wp]

That's cuz the bands put effort into writing music that sounds unique and pleasing....unlike most repetitive modern pop lmao

[@joedwyer3297]

​@@tegoehsoediro6404Daron will remember that

[@NieroshaiTheSable]

One thing I've always loved about Metallica is that all their stuff sounds like it'd still rock just as hard on an acoustic.

[@ami2evil]

They play acoustic sets...

[@quackerjax]

As someone who practices metal a TON without my amp so I don't bother my neighbors, it's very comforting to hear that I'm playing these right when I can't be sure unless I hook up my guitar

[@rupe53]

many of these are in a minor key so if you just add the right timing, they sound pretty edgy anyway.

[@LRM12o8]

Lifehack: plug headphones into your amp 🤯

[@chrismaddock5790]

They sound like oldschool 1950's rock'n'roll/bluesy jams............And I love it!

[@МаксВинокуров-з6й]

1.Surf but true 2.Surfel 3.Surfing in the name 4.Surfcity 5.Surfer's curse 6.Beach of spades 7.Surfkiller 8.Cloud surfed 9.Surfalus 10.Holy surf... and punishment beach

[@Connorthebozo]

Noice

[@evildiamond6247]

Undersurffed comment

[@invictor2761]

surftastic!

[@jordanmcknight815]

couldve said painsurfer

[@armondtanz]

Missed out on sum metal gems Surf in blood (slayer) Surf pigs (blk sab) Wasted Surfs (maiden) Surfetry Gates (pantera)

[@TheCompodulator]

I laughed way harder than I should have when you turned your oven down 😂😂😂

[@ninthaeon8106]

I believe it was Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson who said that they used to right songs on acoustic because if you could make a song rock on an acoustic, then it was easy to make it sound good when distorted (I am paraphrasing). This video kind of proves their point. These riffs still sound good when on clean guitar, so they are naturally going to sound cool when distorted and amplified.

[@geroffmilan3328]

There's also a clip of Lars Ulrich talking to Jerry Cantrell about MTV unplugged & saying something very similar, albeit describing the reverse process.

[@frikifit]

The producer of Mastodon supposedly told them the exact same thing lol

[@calebbliss8626]

I don’t believe riffs would have ever evolved into the way metal riffs sound if distortion was never invented. Having distortion fundamentally changes the way we play guitar often times.

[@calebbliss8626]

which isn’t to say these riff don’t cool. Just that they likely wouldn’t have been written in the first place without distortion being invented.

[@tzmcneill]

Ace of Spades sounds like Rockabilly.

[@buck-mq3qo]

Ive been playing guitar for 30 years and my first teacher wouldn't let me use any kind of distortion/effects until I had learned proper finger placement and how to train my ear. I can honestly say I still learn how to play songs on the acoustic before I ever plug in. it makes a world of difference in learning how to play heavy music.

[@pietroborgesparri]

Sad But True it's actually very charming

[@younghan3573]

I'd totally listen to these versions, in the background, at a party

[@peroute2040]

i play this riffs everyday on my acoustic because i cannot afford electric guitar((

[@KingFilth]

Harley Benton makes great affordable guitars

[@Alex-nk8bw]

@@KingFilth was literally about to say the same. You can get a Harley Benton DIY Les Paul kit for 89 €, or buy a Les Paul copy for 179 €. Dead cheap, and surprisingly good quality. 👍

[@KevinBalke]

@Björn Oldyck can confirm!

[@dungcheff7470]

Pity you man

[@bnb3394]

@@KingFilth same here

[@bloodblade58]

Was not expecting lateralus. Very happy to have heard it. 👍 Tool always puts me in a good mood😊

[@jgbcodemonkey]

So many of these sound like songs from the OG DOOM soundtrack! Fantastic stuff!

[@camerindrake5462]

Especially painkiller and holy wars

[@myles_234]

When you crank the knob up to eleven, but it hits a "stack overflow," loops around to the other side of the dial, and lands back at zero ☺

[@dirtnapstor6884]

This is actually the best way to learn to play your favorite metal songs, and sound good when jamming 😉

[@cfc1001001cfc]

Sounds like you're ready to establish the new sound of Nashville...go for it!

[@Gohn9508]

Motörhead with no distortion sounds awesome! I want a whole album

[@pregart001]

In a music school, rock is played similarly on the classical guitar. It sounds very similar. On the other hand, this is a very good way to practice before you start playing with distortion. The clear sound reveals inaccuracies that are less audible during distortion. However, playing distortion requires specific accuracy that cannot be practiced on pure sound.

[@rupe53]

... IMHO, too much distortion gets the guitar "lost in the mix" but dialing the gain back can bring it out front to the audience. I have had the guitar player wear headphones for a recording session, and they finally see what I mean. It's so much different that standing in front of the amp.

[@davidtello175]

Engel without distorsion is SO FUNKY

[@themetalslayer2260]

it makes the sound warmer and show how complex heavy-metal is love it

[@sthi3396]

It still sounds heavy. I often realize, that metal players dont use much gain. It often sounds heavier distorted than it actually is.

[@EmazingGuitar]

It’s because the bass and drums actually plays a big role in the low end and the “ummff” of distortion

[@rupe53]

@@EmazingGuitar ... one of the things I did when recording bands was make the guitar player wear headphones and dial the distortion WAY down... till they realized that too much distortion actually got them lost in the mix. Listening on headphones is what the audience hears, which is not what is up on stage when you are standing in front of that amp.

[@jonpatten3414]

Still sounds amazing.....even without distortion.....thank you for showing everyone it's not just about distortion

[@mbarker_lng]

To me, Rage sounds like Country Western without distortion. Ace of Spades still rules, even without distortion. Ditto Megadeth :)

[@MatuteDrumCover]

And that's how you do what we use to call 15 years ago an "unplugged". Shows with acoustic guitars, indoors for just a few people, more intimate. Very nice vibe, another version of the same song, is kinda seeing the other side of the song. Your ears will thank you. Very nice video.

[@dulguun.s7041]

That "killing in the name of.." whisper 🤣

[@Schulstand]

This gives me the same feel as not being able to punch with full force in a dream

[@stacypollock6429]

Very cool. I generally learn a song pretty clean at first and get it right, then flip the switch. In fact, quit a few great rock guitarists learn a song on acoustic first - not just for sound but so the fingers know the position technically (unforgiving). Ya can add the gain to it after ...ya get the damn thing straight and proper! Good job. Good video

[@ripleyhrgiger4669]

In Flames got my head boppin'. I love it better clean! And the guitar you played In Flames on is beautiful. The lighting really accented the finish on the wood body.Thank you for taking the time to make this video!

[@Velikpetrov]

RATM sounds pretty much the same without distortion

[@mrashxashx]

real

[@Jorge_R762]

real

[@beforesoad8686]

real

[@Antimonuu]

real

[@RadekHikl]

real

[@highspeedracer1921]

The Rammstein, Mastodon, Tool and Megadeth riffs still sound sick tho

[@muntazircreatesmovies123]

Ace of spades sounds like a country song.😂😂

[@pepeCastillo]

XDDDD

[@blablabla3515]

YEEEE

[@l17___321]

Especially 2:07

[@disistheway2010]

Need a Reverend Horton Heat cover of that song

[@stephenhawk8384]

You are so right. A lot of the comments were talking a surf sound, but there was a lot of country vibes as well.

[@daffyduck1937]

Goes to show you how GREAT these songs no matter what instrument 🎸 you possess that's why these artists are genius!

[@planetphatness]

I always said Pantera needed an unplugged album.

[@nohero178]

You have such good tone coming out of that amp and recorded yourself so well that you end up sounding way better than similar videos. Nice one.

[@wolfgardener9471]

Sign of a great guitar player all notes spot on great playing man👍

[@bigrig4385]

Wow, Chop Suey riff still sounds heavy as balls even without gain.

[@argonwheatbelly637]

If you can play it clean, you can play it dirty. Not always the same the other way around. Shows mastery of the song.

[@mattamance4548]

Last show I hit the down preset instead of up preset button on my fractal and went into a spanky clean preset instead of my distortion for a heavy riff and it sounded kinda sick haha luckily it was the volume boosted channel so I still stayed present in the mix.

[@johnhaynes8033]

That cooker knob 🤣

[@thesaltybeard1793]

If only I could get my cleans to sound so fucking good.

[@muhammadfadhil9544]

Next rock without distortion please 🙏

[@youreadopted3960]

Rock without distortion is just hillbilly music

[@KevinBalke]

Rock without distortion is just... this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKe6k6N3etmLpKc

[@synchro505]

Really makes me appreciate all the setup and effort that goes into crafting a killer metal distortion guitar sound.

[@donaldsalkovick396]

Sound good! ..... MTV did this over 20 years ago with its "unplugged" series, it was hot for a minute then died out like anything else

[@thedancingguy828]

It lasted about 10 years to be fair

[@bombalisa2724]

They should bring it back, it was awesome

[@therealsoulproduct]

So basically a cross between Blues, Country Rock, and Funk. I can dig it.

[@darylc6669]

Rage against the machine sounds about the same as the original.

[@LyleAllbritton]

2:54 I did this many times as a teenager, but on a Tele. Much jangle

[@brycesstuff]

That was actually a great selection of songs 👍🤘

[@Raidr5]

Lateralus sounds basically the same, and I love it!

[@Amorous578]

The way dude wispered "killing in the name of" ХД

[@Dragonblaster1]

I used to be a heavy metal guitarist, songwriter and singer in a band called The Uninvited. I never wrote a completely clean song, but our usual finale, Midnight at the Hellfire Club had an intro of chains of clean harmonics with chorus and a little delay that then moved into a clean riff, then into two clean verses with chorus, then the distortion kicked in for the chorus, then back to clean for the next verse, a distorted chorus, a distorted solo of variable length, another chorus, then a distorted outro with delay kicking in on the final note, so it reverberated after we stopped dead. The audiences really seemed to love that song, so we always had it as the finale. Another song, It’s a Long Way to Fall, had distorted verses and clean choruses, a trick that Metallica later used on their song, The Unforgiven, one of my favourite Metallica songs.

[@QueenSabineCom]

Hellfire Club!??!

[@Dragonblaster1]

@@QueenSabineCom It was an infamous 19th-century British gentlemen’s club that let it all hang out. They were rumoured to engage in devil-worship.

[@QueenSabineCom]

@@Dragonblaster1 have you seen Stranger Things season 4? :D

[@Dragonblaster1]

@@QueenSabineCom No, I haven’t. Does it mention a Hellfire Club by any chance?

[@QueenSabineCom]

@@Dragonblaster1 haha well google that, you will be surprised :)

[@maximilianodelrio]

Finally a no distortion video that isnt simply the shitty DI signal

[@fixedpro372]

Metal with no distortion = Groove!😍😍💫

[@selfaware7617]

In Flames and Mastodon were great choices because they have clear blues influence.

[@bruinflight]

"These go down to -1." "Why don't you just make 0 less?" "But these go down to -1."

[@N3TR]

My father plays metal on a classical guitar, so I'm kinda used to that sound.

[@timpie9346]

This guy sent me to a serious nostalgia trip. His song choices are literally my garage-band's playlist from when I was 16 years old (drummer, not guitarist though)

[@BodaciousWickerman]

Cloud Connected sounds awesome!

[@vegy08b06]

Tool and Motorhead without distortion surprised me. I really liked those

[@bigbear1845]

Nice playing without distortion

[@OLH3rd]

This is interesting. Sometimes you lose the virtuosity of the composer/player when the sound is so distorted. This gives one a new appreciation for these works!

[@joshuadelaughter]

So metal is really just blues with distortion? Mind blown.

[@ovini276]

this is how i sound in my acoustic guitar😂😂

[@romasaff]

I didn't expect that Metal could be so good without effects) 🤘🔥

[@kayleebaginski]

I love that you threw a Mastodon track in there

[@randombitsofreality]

Love it, great work man! Oven distortion button was great :)

[@brenomonforte7022]

metal turns in classic rock/grunge, amazing!

[@ahouragoo]

Welcome to lofi Genre! Every Riff Sounds damn good even with no distortion

[@sun_snake-0-]

Great idea! Thank you.

[@tomasrosenberg3430]

i actually enjoy them like this too. Good work!

[@elestraza]

Sounds like first wave of British heavy metal

[@ashthedragon]

Even without distortion, it is still raw as fuck. Awesome

[@バラエティーチャンネル柴三郎]

Holy wars sounds like an 8bit game BGM lol

[@christravels360]

*rocks head whole video* Also, can't hide mistakes behind playing clean. This was really good. Thanks

[@pat1012]

Painkiller sounds like old school doom 😅

[@FoxyGekkerson]

Ace of Spades without distortion sounds like something that would play on the Dukes of Hazzard.

[@juansebastianhurtado7004]

Country metal / hard country