The Most Iconic DROP C Metal Riffs

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These are some of the most iconic Metal riffs from songs tuned to Drop C. I know there's plenty more, but I tried to condense it to just 10 riffs.
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Track list:
0:06 As I Lay Dying - Through Struggle
0:42 Deftones - Back to School (Mini Maggit)
1:04 Periphery - Marigold
1:20 Killswitch Engage - My Curse
1:37 Disturbed - Stricken
1:59 Mastodon - Oblivion
2:38 Bullet For My Valentine - Tears Don't Fall
2:43 Job For A Cowboy - Knee Deep
2:58 System of a Down - Chop Suey!
3:28 - Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage
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- ESP LTD M-10
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[@jojoplaysmusic]

What are YOUR favorite Drop C Metal riffs? (btw I got a claim for "Tears Don't Fall" so that's why there's a weird cut) Like my tone? Grab my presets here: tinyurl.com/jojoplaysmusic Get the ÜLTRA HEAVY amp sim II II II II here: ottoaudio.net and use the code JOJO50 for 50% off at checkout

[@totallynotjohn8083]

Some of my favorite ones are my curse, what's up people, chop suey, and most of gojira's drop c riffs my favroite ones are toxic garbage island, the way of all flesh, all the tears and l'enfant sauvage.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

@@totallynotjohn8083 oh yeah I forgot Maximum The Hormone tune to drop C. They slap.

[@totallynotjohn8083]

@@jojoplaysmusic Omg yeah I first heard about them bc of death note and I decided to listen to the band and I was shocked it's like if soad was japanese.

[@wafflemanofficial3130]

Frantic by Metallica and Not Falling by Mudvayne are my favs. Was gonna say Oblivion but then I saw you play it props for that

[@lonelyskiesguitarcover9941]

Funeral Thirst - The Black Dahlia Murder

[@cIappo896]

you look both 15 and 35 at the same time

[@seanconnors1613]

Straight Nocturnal opening, chef kiss

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Yeah I felt like it might be kinda boring without a cold open straight into the riffs.

[@materedai4158]

That *yeah* at the end of Gojira was so pure

[@jojoplaysmusic]

I felt like I should’ve added the vocals of that part too

[@guieming3018]

Thumbnail looks fire af, love a lot of these albums

[@sirspongadoodle]

It looks clickbait and made me not want to click..

[@Stefan979-]

C truly is crushing. Really great choices,Stricken probably being my favorite here. It reminds me of a song from Quake 2.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

That’s true! It does sound like something from Quake 2

[@Stefan979-]

@@jojoplaysmusic I could swear that it just copied the main riff from Quake 2,I instantly made that connection when I first heard it. Listened to the entire soundtrack again just to see which Q2 track had it and the closest I could find were "Adrenaline Junkie" and "Descend Into Cerberon". I also remembered how heavy,groovy and just banger-filled it was.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

@@Stefan979- I gotta listen to it again myself now

[@Coles-bootleg-vids]

Thank you for reminding me of why I love metal and playing guitar

[@pappachook]

Lots of great choices played well there!!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thank you!

[@cgoodiefunk]

really respect the variety of your taste.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thank you! I am indeed a man of ample taste.

[@king6595]

Oblivion Mastodon is euphoric and melodic sounding and geavy at thebsame type...love that song. Great job man.

[@IntraFinesse]

Very well done

[@lucassantacruz6012]

happy to see back to school included, such an underrated song

[@mexicanmaggot666]

It's so nice to see Oblivion getting some love. Crack The Skye might be, along with Blood Mountain, my favorite Mastodon album.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Crack The Skye is a personal favorite album of mine.

[@svenarensman8889]

Such a killer album indeed and you picked a hell of a song to play from it!

[@brandonharris9160]

Great tone and accent. Nice nostalgic work!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thanks! Haha

[@_Henrique66]

Drop C tuning is great because a lot of bands from different styles use it

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Exactly

[@johncastrumstudio8623]

Huge tone

[@disidenciatotal]

Excelente toque, amigo, saludos desde Colombia.

[@GORECOUNTYPRODUCTIONS]

I can definitely tell nik nocturnal had some inspiration on you

[@henrywalton5967]

I always forget how amazing Crack The Skye is!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

One of my all time favorite albums

[@duskmoon181]

Just gotta say, the intro to Indestructible by Disturbed slaps really fucking hard. The first time I ever heard that intro I felt like I was riding a blackhawk into a heavy urban firefight, going to war. That riff just slaps man, old Disturbed ❤

[@Clinthopanonymous]

yeah that marigold riff is killer on the hands

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Definitely a finger twister

[@Clinthopanonymous]

@@jojoplaysmusic worth it!

[@Lotastic_Films]

Drop C is truly an amazing tuning. I wouldn't mind tuning a guitar to Drop C, even though I have a 7 string. I'm a die-hard KSE fan, so any riff of theirs makes sense. How about you try to write something in Open D Minor? That would be a challenge🎸🤘🔥

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Definitely would be a challenge.

[@evanduncan1015]

Opeth's Ghost Reveries is Open D Minor

[@b-radicalproductions9962]

Loved the first song, favorite band

[@jojoplaysmusic]

One of the first bands I fell in love with for sure

[@wrongperfection]

I also mostly tune to D / Drop C. And use the exact 10-52 skinny top heavy bottom set that you have in the background! Though I would also add a Dååth riff, they kick ass! (Though one of the simpler riffs, stuff like From the Blind or Sharpen the Blades is killer... both in groove and difficulty, especially compared to simpler stuff shown here, Periphery riff is the only left-hand twister)

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Oh I love Daath! They have some of the tastiest riffs ever!

[@alexbabkov5935]

Swallow the Sun would be excellent addition as well. A lot of their songs are in drop C. Kanonienfieber would fit too.

[@DarrenHeywood]

Swallow the Sun are so good, they deserve more attention.

[@jungleblobs5225]

kanonenfieber fucks

[@svenarensman8889]

Absolute killer list, top picks and great variety as well. Kept the best for last; fantastic song from a genre-defining album by Gojira❤

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@awguitarroom8033]

For a god year straight I always played the Marigold riff for warming up. For real though I live all these songs.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

It really is a great riff for getting your fingers used to twisting around

[@signalrr9138]

I just tuned my new guitar to drop C. Considering that the lowest I've tuned was drop D; OMG, why didn't I do this years and years ago?! Been a bedroom player that just mostly dabbles around every so often so I just always had my guitars in standard tuning. Not only was I amazed on this new to me down tuning but it just had me fixated on trying all kinds of stuff. I don't think I'll ever go back to E standard.

[@rene8564]

Qué orgullo que seas mexicano, hermano. Un muy respetuoso saludo desde Tecate, BC.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Saludos hermano!

[@jesusespada6753]

A q es mexicano

[@agustincaceres7718]

Y yo como imbecil tratando de hablarle in inglish jajajajajajajaja saludos desde Argentina 😂😂😂

[@moneybaggjo6234]

Had no idea that deftones song was in drop c. Gonna have to learn it now lol. Great vid as always! 🤘

[@jojoplaysmusic]

I believe Adrenaline and Around the Fur are in Drop C# and then all of White Pony was in Drop C (maybe a few exceptions here and there, but Elite and Change In the house of flies are also in Drop C). Stephen does take a boatload of guitars with him on tour so it makes sense. And thank you!

[@user-jo5vy8iw3l]

​@@jojoplaysmusicAdrenaline had more E standard and Drop D riffs

[@jojoplaysmusic]

@@user-jo5vy8iw3l oh I see, interesting. So basically they change tunings every album lol.

[@SofaKing880]

3:30 This right here is why Gojira is so good. Playing these parts is a legitimate physical feat; you literally have to suffer to play it, and it’s as if that effort is somehow manifested into their music and it just sounds different because of it

[@mrtiesthatbind]

They sound like a black metal band in the song

[@AffixedEvil]

Nah don't dramatize it. Fast tremolo picking on a single string is a common thing and used by every band that tries to be heavy. It has nothing to do with suffer

[@SofaKing880]

@@AffixedEvil You’ve never played this part, or at least never played it correctly. That is not tremolo picking. Just listen to the picking intensity. It’s full force speed picking for 30 seconds.

[@samueldaniels8415]

​@@SofaKing880So, speed with your right hand. No coordination whatsoever, no left hand dexterity, no dynamics, just speed? You call this suffering? This is something you can learn easily just by practicing on the regular. It's not easy, I agree, but acting like this is one of the holy grails of technical guitar play is just an insult to anything actually making you suffer.

[@itsshini]

I hurt my hand trying the Marigold's intro

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Same

[@user-bz6xr9wx4b]

YEEEAHH🤩

[@aLsordon]

Buen gusto musical compa, t la sacaste pa miar

[@jojoplaysmusic]

El mejor comentario de todos

[@alexandreboudry6476]

Sooo freakinng loud !!

[@NicolasBloomDrums]

Babe wake up, Jojo uploaded 🤣

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Best message to wake up to

[@fullmetalguy8357]

Paradise Lost - Never For the Damned. Very doomy and gothic riffs.

[@347Jimmy]

Paradise Lost are an underrated classic

[@jojoplaysmusic]

@@347Jimmy definitely

[@jasongraham4425]

Man’s got taste

[@eoghanwalsh7569]

Sick playing mate, what model LTD you got there?

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thanks! It’s an LTD M-10

[@pizzashorts887]

Here we go.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

I have a physical copy of that Opeth album from your profile pic.

[@pizzashorts887]

@@jojoplaysmusicMe as well.

[@hapkido150]

C is best because its the perfect balance of heavy but not so heavy it gets drowned out

[@brownpunk1794]

Exactly..anything lower than this gets muddy imo

[@agustincaceres7718]

I got the same LTD M10 guitar for drop C. Excelent guitar for the price

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Honestly yeah. It’s really solid for such a cheap guitar.

[@awolfinhumanshape2623]

_Stricken is goated_

[@jojoplaysmusic]

It sounds so heavy without the vocals too lol

[@awolfinhumanshape2623]

@@jojoplaysmusic Everything about Stricken is legendary

[@GAyveryHarvey]

I really like toxic garbage island from Gojira

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Oh yeah! I forgot that song is in drop C

[@Chaos_Smoker]

❤

[@347Jimmy]

For bonus points: Devin Townsend plays in open C, you can either play or fake 90% of his older material in drop C

[@jojoplaysmusic]

I think Devy has always played in open C, but you can definitely get away with drop C for most of the Strapping Young Lad catalogue. (And I do know he has a lot of songs in open B with DTP, but I believe that was by accident)

[@347Jimmy]

@@jojoplaysmusic it's further proof that Drop C is the best!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

@@347Jimmy exactly

[@blaisecampbell9722]

You forgot isolation the downfall of us all and animal I have become

[@kenmwah]

Marigold, chop suey and stricken 💜💜💜 the gojira one was also so good but ive never heard that one before. I only know global warming D: definitely gonna listen to that one more

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Definitely check it out! I’d say it’s one of the best and most complete Gojira songs ever :)

[@darthcalculusmusic]

Oblivion! So hard to beat that song

[@jojoplaysmusic]

It’s a certified classic at this point

[@Dhieen]

No converge???

[@egriffin6028]

The chop suey part had to been the best.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Because I’m wearing adidas of course

[@elephantofdestiny8628]

Really wish I was as cool as you are

[@jojoplaysmusic]

It’s extremely hard but not impossible to achieve

[@user-jo5vy8iw3l]

Next ones should be Drop C# or B or any standard tunings

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Yes

[@psychosis8429]

My Curse ❤️

[@jojoplaysmusic]

A certified classic

[@drcockles]

🤟🏽

[@MusiCaninesTheMusicalDogs]

Silence at 2:45.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Copyright claim 😤

[@theshuriken]

do you got endorsed by otto audio bro?

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Not endorsed, but I am affiliated with them in some way now.

[@theshuriken]

thanks I will use your code when i buy the ampsim@@jojoplaysmusic

[@edgarovazquez8658]

Faltó Rock Lobster! 🐚

[@jojoplaysmusic]

🤨

[@tokk3n-hj4xg]

Don't you have another channel; Crime Circus?

[@jojoplaysmusic]

No (?)

[@tokk3n-hj4xg]

@@jojoplaysmusic Oh its just that you look like drip drop without the make up.

[@geraldcagney5926]

My favorite tuning is c# standard not a fan of drop tuning I guess lol just what I like to play

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Well a lot of great bands play in C# standard like Hate Eternal, Suffocation, Belphegor, Dying Fetus, Behemoth, etc.

[@geraldcagney5926]

@@jojoplaysmusic oh yeah new dying fetus is great behemoth is ok I live in Florida I get to see all the classic bands out in tampa

[@MrDroned]

there's no sound from 2:45 to 3:05 :(

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Yeah I got a copyright claim :(

[@jamesfrankiewicz5768]

@@jojoplaysmusic You might want to place a pinned comment about that.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

@@jamesfrankiewicz5768 done

[@piusaditya5206]

Where is tool?

[@jojoplaysmusic]

I believe most of their songs are in drop D. Also, I never really got into them.

[@Georgetto89]

DROP D IS THE BEST

[@tiptopflipflop7991]

Anyone else think that intro was a little too much like Nik Nocturnal?

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Looking back, yeah.

[@bloody-fire]

that wrong note in Marigold😭😭😭 great video anyways, but that wrong note freaks me out

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Really? I didn’t notice 😤

[@bloody-fire]

@@jojoplaysmusic when you're playing 8-12 part of a riff, you have to go on 7th fret on 4th string instead of of 8th like you did that particular note is the reason why i still can't play that riff correctly even after 4 years of non consistent practicing 😭

[@jojoplaysmusic]

@@bloody-fire ohhhhh

[@dickmonddickelheimer9452]

How could you not include Mgla?

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Cause they tune to D standard and C standard

[@dickmonddickelheimer9452]

@jojoplaysmusic they've got some great drop c songs too...can't remember which ones cus they use different tunings but I have at least 5 mgla songs in drop c on rocksmith that are a blast to play

[@Nosmajszl]

System of a dowm moment😅

[@dante7935]

Gorguts 😢??

[@jojoplaysmusic]

They play in C standard

[@Chris_lau]

Try Drop G next time ?

[@jojoplaysmusic]

I need a 7 string first

[@user-jo5vy8iw3l]

​​@@jojoplaysmusicthen we should hear some stuff by Signs Of The Swarm, Wage War, We Butter The Bread With Butter, Crystal Lake, Chelsea Grin, Alpha Wolf, Whitechapel, Knocked Loose, Any Given Day, Lorna Shore and others

[@jojoplaysmusic]

@@user-jo5vy8iw3l definitely, I want to make more low tuned content, I just gotta get the right gear for it first. If you like Signs of the Swarm then you better stick around 👀

[@NLore-pn3iy]

ain't Chop Suey in Drop C sharp? otherwise, great stuff

[@jojoplaysmusic]

I think they started tuning to that after Toxicity

[@347Jimmy]

Whole Toxicity album is in C for sure

[@jojoplaysmusic]

@@347Jimmy yeah and I believe there’s not a single open note in it, so they could play it after in drop C# no problem.

[@347Jimmy]

@@jojoplaysmusic my brain went to disagree with you for a second there, but then I remembered the acoustic part doesn't matter for live reasons. I'm pretty sure you're correct

[@censored7881]

Just FYI and I swear I mean this in a positive way: The thumbnail and the intro and that whole "I"m fucking around, aren't I hilarious?" vibe is a massive turn-off to some. There are a ton of useless guitar-related KZbin channels, so I've started blocking them in earnest. This is how you ended up on that list.

[@1redio]

re-listen to Kill Switch Engage, you're on the wrong note