The Genius Songwriting of Chuck Schuldiner

[@BerkayVatansever]

Chuck was (and still is) my main inspiration while learning guitar. When I started writing my own stuff, I realized I passively tend to structure songs like him and use similar scales etc. I can honestly say if it wasn't for him, I wouldn't have this hobby I hold so dear to my heart. I mourn his death, but am also so grateful that he existed and created some of my favorite music.

[@VARVIS_]

Amen brother. RIP chuck 🫡🫡

[@8523wsxc]

Yeah, it's over 20 years, so get over it. Low-life loser.

[@danielalvarado569]

Same for me, i'm starting to learn guitar and every times i listen to his songs i get the urge to practice more. I'm still far from sounding anything like him but in the future id like to do songs like his

[@keres993]

I haven't listened to Death on the regular for at least a decade. More than once I've "written" a heavy riff only to immediately realize it's something Chuck wrote. Apparently his music lives rent free in my subconscious. I'm honestly okay with that 😉 See you in heaven, Chuck.

[@ericwilliams538]

Give Watchtower a listen!! You won't regret it. Chuck Schuldiner was a huge fan of this band!!

[@BRKsEDU]

Chuck was one of the greatest musicians I’ve ever heard. I’m a huge fan of prog rock, prog metal and power / speed metal. I don’t usually listen to death metal… but I absolutely adore Death and Control Denied. It’s hard not to think about what Chuck would have created if he didn’t leave this world so early. Awesome video!

[@marcossouza4918]

Bilada curte death

[@augustogomes3367]

Que aleatório kkkkkk

[@monarkjudeudedeus5777]

do nada o edu KKKKKKKKKK

[@luizguilhermesouza0]

Aí sim Edu, ótimo gosto musical

[@therealsouza6517]

edu do death metal foda

[@TheRealRaditz9001]

Living monstronsity seems to be a lot different than his typical song structure, definitely one of my favorites songs from my favorite band

[@jessickalush3305]

It's been a favorite of mine forever

[@Bananenbennie]

Its basicly still the same typical Death song structure.

[@jessickalush3305]

@@Bananenbennie your point is?

[@Bananenbennie]

@@jessickalush3305 that its not that different as suggested

[@AntiDeathMetalBehaviourMonitor]

There is something that deeply fascinates, amazes and disturbs me, and that's the fact that 120 people unreflectively took the content of this commentary as truth, without first checking the structure of the song. Here is the structure of the "Living Monstrosity": Riff 1 Riff 2 (Verse 1) Riff 3 (Verse 2) Riff 4 (Verse 2) Riff 1 (Verse 3) Bridge Harmony Solo Solo riff 1 // Solo 1 Solo riff 1 // Solo 2 Post Solo Riff (Verse 4) Riff 2 (Verse 5) Riff 3 (Verse 6) Riff 4 (Verse 7) Note that I may have made a few minor mistakes. Now tell me how this structure is different, since it follows the same patterns as other Death songs.

[@joeylodes]

Chuck is still the coolest guy I ever shared a joint with. RIP, man. Fantastic songwriter

[@seanmiller7889]

Damn now that is a story you can take to your... Death!

[@VARVIS_]

Great story, did you live near him or something?

[@joeylodes]

@@VARVIS_ I hung out with Death backstage at Sundance in Long Island, NY on their Spiritual Healing Tour. Sundance was short staffed , so I acted as an impromptu security guard on stage the entire night to handle people climbing up on the stage. Spent the entire night directly next to James Murphy and Chuck. It was Surreal

[@calebbean1384]

​@@joeylodesfuck yeah, Chuck was born in Long Island if I remember correctly

[@gregorp8406]

Chuck and James🤘🤘🤘 spent the night next to two of Heavy Metal's most important visionaries and personal artists! And also cool guys as well!

[@armanpgrigorian]

First time I noticed the ABA structure in every single symbolic song my mind was utterly blown. You are the first person ive seen on the internet talk about how much Chuck loved this concept. Awesome vid

[@VARVIS_]

Thanks man! Cheers

[@DeIsaaco-mq1zk]

This is why (I think) their songs are so good - they almost never get old or boring no matter how many times you listen to them because they were written to be repeated.

[@CalebHimself]

Listening to Death for the first time, I just didn’t get it. I couldn’t understand why people liked it, it was just so different. But there was something about it that made me keep listening, the riffs enticed me. And now I love Death, his songs are some of my favorite to practice. Great analysis, rest in peace legend 🤘

[@VARVIS_]

Thanks bro. RIP Chuck

[@velipyr]

While he did stray away from typical death metal, which he even admitted to, hes still a massive influence and icon to most of the scene.

[@VARVIS_]

His influence only seems to grow daily it seems

[@RadicalizedRadical]

He is death metal

[@xxxYYZxxx]

The "death metal" genre was named after Chuck's band, not the other way around.

[@NotCollipse]

@@xxxYYZxxx most people tend to say Possessed created the name death metal

[@kaydgaming]

Preaching to a choir

[@eamonahern7495]

The first album I owned was Individual Thought Patterns and once I noticed the pattern to his songs it made the lyrics much easier to remember. A song is more enjoyable when you can sing along. Not only do I sing along, but I also hum the music parts or do the drum sounds where I can in Chuck's songs. Edit: I never noticed that about my favourite Iron Maiden album, Somewhere In Time, but that's very interesting now that you made me realise it.

[@tarekgamaleldin518]

Chuck continues to impress and inspire me till this day . Been listing to them still Leprosy .

[@podhditalia]

In my opinion, Death is the only extreme metal band using traditional structure in songwriting (opposed to a riff salad). And damn that paid off in relatabiity. Also, sometimes Chuck also puts a bridge/special before the last chorus, but I can't recall song examples off the top of my mind.

[@user-xm5fo3bo3t]

Idk, some songs on the last album are pretty much riff salads with weird writing choices

[@thelegendofner0]

​@@user-xm5fo3bo3tgive examples

[@metalheadblues]

​@@user-xm5fo3bo3tyeah chuck song structure in the later album was more experimental and progressive

[@serjofadown707]

​@@user-xm5fo3bo3tWeeeell I think the last album is pretty good composition wise

[@jaketaylor8176]

Evil Dead has a bridge

[@ZK_SHREDR]

You got it so right when you mentioned, it leads you back home. Every Death song takes you on a journey. Chuck was something else

[@adamchastain7089]

This made me realize that symbolic has the same song structure as the camera eye by rush, and like that song they're both amazing

[@VARVIS_]

Man I love Rush, that is seriously cool. Going yo re listen to moving pictures now 👍👍

[@SickOfMetal]

If you're interested in Death's shift to technical metal check out "Energetic Disassembly" by Watchtower, Chuck said he was influenced by that record prior to or during the recording of Human. Worth mentioning is Candiria's "Process of Self Development" that ranges from technical thrash metal to technical death metal, jazz fusion and even hip-hop!

[@VARVIS_]

Wow that is awesome! Yes I will definitely check out both of those! Cheers man!!!

[@loboahriman7680]

Got to see Candiria some 20 years ago and they lit the place up. I believe Soilent Green and Cephalic Carnage were on the same bill.

[@jcneverquits]

"It is sickening, to see dreams die! A word of advice, fates patience is growing short!" RIP brother Chuck! The greatest of all time!

[@irreligiositat]

You can actually kinda get the pattern of the structure he uses in the songs when you start playing along with it! Chuck is like my biggest inspiration and he's one of the reasons I picked up guitar as a hobby and currently I'm trying to learn some Death songs and I started to realize that almost every song I picked up had a very similar structure, and it's really interesting! Nice to find a video finally explaining it!

[@VARVIS_]

Cheers man!

[@Rituaali_]

Great video, as a huge Death fan and also a guitarist/ songwriter these are things i've definitely noticed but you explained them in a really simple and understandable way, which I definitely couldn't do. Also this made me realize why the structures of a Death song are usually way easier to remember/ learn.

[@VARVIS_]

cheers man!

[@tarushdei]

This is an incredible analysis. Never something I've thought about while listening to extreme metal, but damn, Nile and Karl Sanders was definitely inspired by Chuck's methods. So much of Nile's music is incredibly complex, but it's always got a hook or some catchy riff (esp. Annihilation of the Wicked).

[@mura_guitar]

I truly agree that "it's important to remain a fan". I believe that was the key that Chuck continued to make amazing records. Now I compose songs and play guitars, but I'm primarily a Metal fan, so I'm glad to know that he said like that. In terms of his songwriting, when I first noticed his typical composition, I remember it was surprising because it still sounds complex though the structure is not so complex when compared with other "technical" bands. Chuck is a genius, and I respect him so much. R.I.P. Chuck Schuldiner.

[@VARVIS_]

RIP CHUCK

[@Misanthrope84]

RIP legend. There ain't enough words to describe how talented this dude was. His music will live on forever.

[@jstro-hobbytech]

Im in nova scotia and plan to visit his burial site later this year if his family doesnt mind. I dont know how to find that out. Death, cynic and thiest were massive inspirations for me. They are the reason im 45 and still put in work to improve my playing. He got a 2 second mention on much music when they shouldve dedicated the whole hour to him. I still have tons of death merch and buy multiple copies of his albums as gifts and to support his family. He deserved to be rich like the supposed greats. Not one of the rock "gods" from the 70s like clapton or others ever showed improvement in their chops like him. Especially once the 80s hit. Im getting sad and bitter just thinking about his family. They probably get a bit of money but his family should be able to live comfortably for at least 2 generations from all his hard work. I bet he influenced more players than hendrix. Not to knock on jimmy. From the late 80s to like 2002 i felt like music was on this massive wave but sadly broke on the shores. I have alot of respect for paul waggoner and dusty waring. They are the definition of taking prog and moving it forward to a place im sure chuck would like. Hard to believe ive listened to btbam for over 20 years now haha.

[@do_yohomework]

This is a really well put together video u deserve more subs

[@VARVIS_]

Hey bro thank you so much. That means a lot 👍👍👍 cheers homie 🫡

[@jstro-hobbytech]

Im still saddened by his passing. I can remember the day he died. Theres control denied songs left unreleased. Individual is my favorite album.

[@swaggyreyes5116]

Death is my favorite band of all time. None of their songs ever get old

[@VARVIS_]

100% bro

[@АртемСарин-л5ч]

I think that one of the main things in Death songs (and most of great memorable prog rock/ prog metal/ prog death metal songs, which in some sense is highlighted here) is that you hear great hooks/riffs that don't repeat for some pretty long time, but the band makes you to anticipate these parts for this long time and then feeds your hunger for these great parts, but still manages to make them sound not as standard verses and/or choruses because of melodies/solos between them which make songs diverse enough

[@jye_24]

This is also why I love The sound of Perseverance and Symbolic the most, it does sound like basic song layouts but seems its Technical Death metal it is the most intense and atmospheric music you can listen to, every song always have small variations and extra details, Chuck is one of the best composers ever, every Death album is perfection and every line up he had was unique to its own and rememberable, Best Extreme/Death Metal band and one of the Best bands of all time. Long Live Chuck Schuldiner

[@VARVIS_]

I have to agree with everything you said here man!

[@alphaenemyplus8376]

He's a great riff writer, but God no, he's a terrible composer. His songwriting mechanics were really bad. The riffs are interchangeable between songs. They're not even remotely complimentary. That should not happen. Great riffs, but they would have been better if they were written into songs with better songwriting chops.

[@gregorp8406]

Having a strong substantial verse riff also makes the lyrics more memorable Because more attention is drawn to the verse as a whole

[@jesseoreilly1792]

Chuck was a very smart and talented writer.

[@alphaenemyplus8376]

Only if you're talking about riffs

[@Machenist]

@@alphaenemyplus8376 His Solo´s arent exactly technical but extremly unique and soulful. His Lyrics are also very deep and philosophical, dont know what you mean ;P!

[@alphaenemyplus8376]

@@Machenist song structure and composition.

[@thesoundpurist]

I’m glad I had a smoking weed buddy who introduced me to the best bands while he was fishing good stuff on Napster. Death was one of these genius bands. I wasn’t into computers yet. As a musician, I was stunned by the originality, the skills and complexity of the music

[@DingleberryProductions]

I think time will prove him to be one of the best songwriters and artists out of Florida

[@ПётрСимагин]

One of the best or one of a famouse?

[@Oesbbr]

Chuck was indeed a genius . Thank you for this wonderful summarizing video .

[@slayer7833]

I’m learning songs from every death album and i’m fascinated how Chuck evolved is his music overtime. The way he’s able to create melodies that are memorable with relatable lyrics is why Death is one of my favorites. Symbolic is a prime example Rip Chuck

[@Tman-bf9he]

Thank you for making this video! DEATH has been apart of my life for so long and any content and facts I can learn about the band makes me enjoy them even more.

[@VARVIS_]

glad you enjoyed it!

[@raytsh]

One interesting thing about most Death songs is, that they seem to be recorded without a metronome. The BMP vary from bar to bar if you would try to map the song in a DAW.

[@VARVIS_]

Didnt notice that! that is very cool

[@calebbean1384]

Not to mention the BPM shifts massively between riffs often

[@alphaenemyplus8376]

Yes, that's because he didn't write songs, he wrote riffs and slapped them together.

[@alphaenemyplus8376]

​@@VARVIS_it's not cool, he wrote great riffs and slapped them together in a formulaic way. You're ball washing way too hard here. Chuck was a shit songwriter, but still wrote great riffs. He had no clue how to make them work together so he didn't bother trying, he just did it. And look, so many years later people still playing mental Twister trying to justify his terrible songwriting. It's literally he wrote riffs and slapped them together in this formula you describe. You can take any three riffs from any three Death songs and slap them together and you'll get the same result. It's not genius.

[@VARVIS_]

@@alphaenemyplus8376 OK 👍👍

[@r32gtr50]

Death needs more recognition each and every single musician in that band were so unique and skilled and chuck his skillset and his intelligence was something else

[@VARVIS_]

100% my brother

[@markcostello4013]

Loved this guys music and guitar playing as a teenager. Didnt have internet at home back in my metal days didnt know much about him, still dont but will watch this video

[@StatesideHeathen]

X3 things: Damn Dude! Excellent job breaking that down! #2). "Flesh, and the Power it holds" is my FAVORITE Death song. As a Metal Guitarist myself, it is ESSENTIAL every one of us Respects and learns from chucks legacy! It's GAURENTED progress! #3). I want that guys job....just stand there and make sure the monitors don't get knocked over, or smashed N' shit. Lol ....just jamin' out! Long Live the 6-String! 🤘🏻 R.I.P Chuck!

[@VARVIS_]

RIP CHCUK, thanks for watching my guy

[@limi.]

I have always been a big fan of his way of approaching music in general whether it be riffs or lyrics... Thanks for the video great work 🙌🏻🤘🏻

[@VARVIS_]

Thanks man! Appreciate it, more to come

[@Sean.Cordes]

I will probably get flamed for this - I say this not to troll as like many in these comments, Chuck's riffs were HUGELY influential on me. I absolutely love his riffs so much and his solos are awesome. A HUGE influence on my playing and writing. BUT, I wouldnt go as far as saying genius songwriter for the reason you demonstrate early in the video - eventually I noticed all of Death's songs pretty much follow that same structure and once I saw that I couldn't unsee it. I still love Chuck and love his riffs and again he's a huge influence, but the structure and songwriting is pretty formulaic, which isnt really a problem - the riffs are so good it's fine! It's just not exactly adventurous.

[@Celatra]

nearly all bands use the AB AB structure, very few bands use the continuous, progressive, non repeating structure. i listen to quite many that do the latter, but 99% of all bands on earth stick to AB AB.

[@OurBrainHurtsALot]

I've always seen it as ABA where A is basically a minisong that starts with the main riff and ends with the chorus and in the B section you just go crazy. You can throw in an intro or outro section if you want to. The genius of this structure is, since the sections are quite long, you can add in so many different riffs and transitions, go to so many different places, but the song still has a cohesive structure and doesn't endup sounding like riff salad.

[@sunsty1e]

just about my fav metal band ever...great vid

[@jefewrightson]

I've noticed this structure for a long time. Thank you so much for giving it voice, digging in and laying it out in such detail! 👍👍

[@menkeroriental]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[@aurawind1597]

I feel the wanting with Bite The Pain. The opening riff leaves me wanting every time i hear it,.. and it's ONLY at the beginning!

[@ducte1213]

Thanks for breaking it down. You made a great video explaining his writing process.

[@VARVIS_]

Thanks man 👍

[@grogu1986]

The GOAT ❤🤘 great vid man

[@broncoxy]

Having learned and played many songs from Symbolic, I also noticed this pattern; and I also noticed the greatness of all those individual riffs that are just too catchy to forget them

[@rustykuntz94]

My favorite Death song might be a odd choice but it's Perennial Quest, last track on Symbolic. The whole song is great but that final min-minute & a half acoustic fade out can bring me to tears in the right mood.

[@gillfortytwo]

It's more freeform than Death but Gorguts on Obscura used a similar ABA structure for most of the songs, Nostalgia is an example that really demonstrates it. Having the structure really helps ground you as a listener, since the riffs have so much dissonance your ear picks up more of the groove the second time around.

[@eldiablo3794]

Awesome video, man. I never thought about how he structured his songs from the point of view you laid out. Now I'm going to think about it when I listen to his albums. For me personally Human is my favorite era of Death and my favorite era of Chuck as a guitarist. I listen to it almost every day driving to work lol. I think Chuck playing with the guys from Cynic and creating that album broaden his guitar skills and made him a better musician, composer, and songwriter. Compared to playing straight forward sludgy death metal like he did with the first 3 albums. Chuck always surrounded himself with the best musicians too. As a drummer, Sean Reinert inspired me to play more challenging drum parts and push myself. While Chuck always made think more outside the box when it comes to playing guitar.

[@Deadbeatatheist90]

Hell yeah dude, nice to see this type of content! Love the video \m/

[@sole__doubt]

The best to ever do it. RIP Chuck Schuldiner.

[@richperez2168]

I like how he changed his singing voice staring with Symbolic.

[@lorenzkroh755]

i actually noticed that and it made learning the songs very easy for me, cause you can really just learn the parts seperatly and then just put them back together

[@VARVIS_]

Hahahah same that is how I noticed it as well.

[@artursspade7429]

I like Death. I am not into learning everything about each member, but their music has left good impression on me. I hope they've been good boys, because their music and lyrics are quite meaningful.

[@sole__doubt]

I figured out the structure the hard way trying to figure out the guitar parts in the 90s. Great content here brother.

[@VARVIS_]

Thanks my man! What was it like hearing Death come out in the 90s?

[@sole__doubt]

@@VARVIS_ We didnt realize how good we had it as far as good metal. Its aweome to see his legacy lives on, I went and saw Death with Steve D and them a while back and it was the most packed show I went to in a while. Chuck was so ahead of his time.

[@somarriba333]

It wasn't until "The Sound of Preserverance" that I noticed that pattern. I thought of it as an "ABCAB" pattern.

[@thomasfleischer83]

RRIP Chuck. I'm a Thrash Metal Fan since 1986. Death Metal was never my thing but Leprosy" and "Scream bloody gore" are masterpieces.

[@danielblake1537]

I love the way and im still amazed at what Chuck and the other members were able to continue putting out quality material on every album, from their riffs, bridge parts with Harmonic Minor solos from Chuck im always thinking to myself when i listen to his work "how the hell did he come up with so many great songs! And lyrically aswell he had some gore, some real life issues like on Spiritual, then the deep album Human just so many great things came from this band and the intrical part in the band frontman Chuck Schuldiner! #LetTheMetalFlow

[@calebbean1384]

Learned Lack of Comprehension today, his solo in that shifts between two harmonic minor scales a fifth apart. Really good shit

[@angel2of7death]

Well put together vid. Learned a lot. Thx man

[@VARVIS_]

Cheers bro! I am glad you learned some stuff!

[@Fu345]

Buckethead. Hold Me Forever is a masterclass of writing riffs that don't repeat and making them all coalesce perfectly for nearly 30 minutes straight.

[@Fu345]

Also Necrophagist. They were heavily influenced by Death.

[@kubabuchwald7952]

this amazes i literally just noticed it couple days ago especially in songs such as scavenger of human sorrow or without judgement which have one of the most brutal death riffs in section 3 in my opinion and i always catch myself counting riffs until section 3

[@lukassedlacek8308]

Interesting analysis. Although I would argue that part 5 of Symbolic most would consider as chorus. Even in the booklets on various Death albums these parts of the songs which includes the title of the track are reffered as choruses. And that's quite interesting - on Scream Bloody Gore most of the songs contain a chorus played 3 times. Makes it more of traditional rock structure: verse/chorus/verse/chorus/solo/chorus. That's the typical formula on SBG. But after SBG Death actually never ever played any chorus more than two times.. sometimes even only one time (Living Monstrosity). And thats quite remarkable cause Chuck usually wrote very strong, catchy choruses (Empty Words, Suicide Machine, Spirit Crusher, Within the mind, Mentally blind, Leprosy...). But you can always hear them just twice :)

[@VARVIS_]

great post man! One hundred percent spot on. You could def argue that section 5 is the chorus, but I was using it as a general template, but yes you are correct!

[@marcoam2610]

For shure Chuck was a guitar and songwriting god. Will listen to Death till i go. Good analysis vid, thx!

[@VARVIS_]

Thank you sir!

[@michaelmyers7425]

GREAT VIDEO !! 👏👏👏

[@VARVIS_]

thank you man!

[@syntezjaofficial4240]

Song structure is obviously genius but also his solos, guitar sound and riff style on last two albums are way different than other death metal bands. And then there is also Voice of the Soul or Perennial Quest outro that shows his more emotional side. His style sounds for me like progressive melodic death metal.

[@henriquespencer8644]

Thank you!!! It's gonna be a very intresting vídeo!

[@VARVIS_]

You are most welcome sir!

[@ericwilliams538]

You should check out the band Watchtower!! Chuck Schuldiner was a HUGE fan of this band and you can literally hear where he drew inspiration from them. Especially on later Death and Control Denied material.

[@VARVIS_]

Cool! Ill check them out right now! thanks for the rec man

[@JDAMorley]

I grew up listening to both Death and Watchtower. If you can get past the vocals they are incredible

[@lessthanthreemetal]

Most important figure in metal history.

[@alchimerical2613]

Great video!

[@VARVIS_]

Glad you enjoyed it brother 👍👍

[@hugolafhugolaf]

Symbolic is such a masterpiece.

[@VARVIS_]

Absolute work of art man.

[@DyarContreras]

Long time Schuldiner fan here… Jazz song structure is the key terminology to understanding his music. That approach paid off very well on his most bass guitar driven albums that had DiGiorgio on them.

[@snod7598]

There is no jazz in Death. It's all prog and Iron Maiden.

[@DyarContreras]

@@snod7598 what do you think influenced prog rock? All American music traces back to the blues; and so, there you have it. Try listening to Rush’s song, “La Villa Strangiato” sometime. Peart always freely admitted to his jazz influences.

[@snod7598]

@DyarContreras look I know Americans are always looking to get brownie points, but prog was not influenced by the blues and it's not American lmao. Prog comes from late 60s English psychedelia.

[@DyarContreras]

@@snod7598 are you in an argumentative mood? Or do you actually want to have a discussion with me?

[@DyarContreras]

@@snod7598 also, nice try at moving the goalposts, lol 😂

[@clowncorpse7230]

my old band clown corpse & my previous band before that wrote in this same format through he 90's up until 2012 as I was a big death fan so I picked up on this same formula,great video btw & nice to see others also had the same vision on chucks music

[@centocerez]

Great video, keep up the good work.

[@kenanm8867]

I believe the lyrics that are about violence and gore are "tongue in cheek" in regards to most bands but transcendental lyrics actually might seriously serve some purpose for more than just storytelling.

[@sergioarevalo406]

I always said that Chuck and Alexis would make the ultimate duo 😪

[@axisvillain7222]

lol i've just been learning without judgement on guitar and off the top of my head I think it is structured exactly the same. nice. Your comments on re-listening to catch that juicy section you loved stands true with without judgement too. I think the first time i heard the middle section of that song was when I first understood what Death was all about. one of my favourite songs.

[@VARVIS_]

Without Judgment really is a fantastic song!

[@DaveAlanSchuldiner]

died today 21 years ago! RIP Chuck

[@VARVIS_]

RIP

[@OHBJJ9634]

I love the template, firsthalf/solo/first half again fucking mint

[@carlandersson7870]

I love the infusions of tasty mini-solos here and there, like immediately after a chorus for example (Overactive Imagination comes to mind, LOVE that song/part) or in the brigde (Crystal Mountain right?)... I think some songs even starts off with a solo iirc

[@sepul6667]

I BELIVE IT IS 21YEARS TODAY THAT WE LOST CHUCK RIP

[@Silenthillontheinside]

min 0:34 min 1:07 min 2:22 min 2:52

[@micah_noel]

I noticed pretty early on that he used this formula. Going through 3-4 riffs with a breakdown after what feels like a chorus and then repeating the whole progression in the second half.

[@jye_24]

Great videos man, I'm glad I found ur channel u have good taste, u have a new sub!

[@VARVIS_]

Thanks so much bro!

[@scottwickham2613]

See Through Dreams has a good example of the transition from solo/bridge back to the verse, except that now it feels like it is capping or upping the solo. Feast & Famine by Foo Fighters has a very interesting structure.

[@gabereal917]

Loved this

[@Chicago_Podcast_Authority]

This formula got a little tiring on the last 2 albums but not to the point of ruining the songs. It’s just once you know the formula it makes it a little too predictable. Those last 4 albums are so great as to overcome any tropes even if they are exclusive to Chuck 🤘🏻

[@Eszz2384]

Awesome video! I'm going to completely copy your style and make my own videos about this

[@VARVIS_]

Love it go for it brother 👍👍

[@danjohn6422]

sick video

[@namanmhta]

Your content is good, Subscribed 🤘

[@metalpozer1045]

great video bro! Awesome!

[@charlesegan-wc8ug]

Dude was on a different level. Plain and simple, and I would argue chuck was in the top 100 best guitarists ever. Death doesn't have one bad album.

[@BlackSailPass_GuitarCovers]

For a very different and controversial perspective on this topic, check out Scale It Back Archive's '5 Times Chuck Schuldiner Couldn’t Write a Song'.

[@SlyHikari03]

Great channel. Love how he looks at things like how a college level music teacher would.

[@Armazillo]

Not to shamelessly self promote but that's how my band WonderStump write our songs. I was a house cleaner for a long time and so had a lot of opportunity to listen to music. I discovered The Sound of Perseverance and devoured it, I listened to it every week, and really internalized those sounds. I didn't realize how influential he was to me personally until I watched this video. So thank you and check out WonderStump on all streamers and on KZbin lol

[@soakedbearrd]

He was honestly one of a kind. The fact that I don’t like death metal as a whole but I really dig death shows his music transcends the genre.

[@VARVIS_]

Same man. I am not much for other OSDM bands, I find myself more of a melodeath fan, but Death always hits the right spot

[@DEATHMETALRUST]

Symbolic is BY FAR my favorite Death album. I really got into them over the last year. I always liked them but never fell in love til digging into their discography recently.

[@guilhermepinheiro5984]

The king. The best. One and only.

[@Ultraprotos]

The philosopher of Death Metal

[@FutschasAnanas]

Very interresting!

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ive been making music almost like him. damn.