While She Sleeps' Sean Long Plays His Favorite Riffs

#WhileSheSleeps guitarist #SeanLong joins Loudwire's #GearFactor to play his favorite riffs from his band and other awesome artists.
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[@alxpap00]

Story time: at one of their gigs I found an all access pass on the floor, so after being drunk enough I thought it would be a good idea to go backstage and ask them for a group photo. So I did, I explained that I found this pass and all I want is a photo and I'll leave. They were obviously a bit weirded out but laughed it off, said they would probably do the same, and Sean was actually the person that called Loz over for the photo AND gave me one of his signature picks. Super cool guys

[@samanthamagowan3195]

m0shpit That’s sounds awesome

[@JacobShepherd]

Did this happen to be in Europe in 2018?

[@alxpap00]

@@JacobShepherd It was at their gig at The Roundhouse, March 1st last year!

[@c4gob00m]

I went to an In Hearts Wake gig a few years ago, and Loz and and I think Mat were manning their own merch stand at the end of the show, and I had a chat to Loz and got a photo with him. They’re very nice guys.

[@ethan-lq1xg]

it's good that the word Shag won't get you demonetised

[@ajboyd9389]

Fuck yeah man, I love the Darkest Hour shout out.

[@shainyyy1950]

His Pinky *.-*

[@TySutherland]

"You old guys don't know about downpicking". Strums erratically like he's trying to wake up Lil Mac in Punchout then just reverts to alternate picking. HA!

[@thytonebone2596]

Sean is one of my biggest influences when it comes to riffing, dude is an insane musician but I feel like he’s so underrated

[@c4gob00m]

I’ve been a fan of WSS since about 2013, and it’s only until recently I have realised how good of guitarists Sean and Mat are. They’re awesome writers and definitely deserve more recognition.

[@xavkoston16]

I'm a drummer nad Sean is the only guy who gives me enough interest to watch guitar videos hahaha

[@necromancer2527]

Him and Matt are one of the best metalcore duos

[@ivannamba1]

Agree!

[@3101max]

adam and josh from architects>

[@iron_tyson]

Rick and Ryan from Polaris for me.

[@cambrowndrums]

I KNO DE WEY he said ONE OF not the best like no one fucking cares that you know who josh and Adam from architects are

[@axelanders9053]

Or not loool

[@olekacf4029]

This is one of the best "Favorite riff" episodes i've ever seen, even better coming from a guy whose band I absolutely love

[@andresyoung5519]

The best guitar leads at the moment. Such a great guitar player.

[@spoonerluv]

Yeah, I definitely think of this guy over John Petrucci when I think of modern lead players.

[@dimou_]

Joel Moore hell no, tom Searle is the one you're looking for, this guy plays the same things all the time on every song with a different morphology.

[@spoonerluv]

@@dimou_ Did Tom play any leads? Seems like a rhythm guy to me.

[@MrAnalyptic]

@@dimou_ to be fair they are both my favourite, while she sleeps latest album his guitar riffs are unbelievable

[@guitarkid0725]

*Brandon Ellis has entered the chat*

[@FormaAlert]

7:00 the riff that finally got me out of my guitar slump after a year of playing the same thing over and over again. This dude is entirely why I got so much better over a few days than I had over an entire year of playing guitar.

[@xJM1993]

I'm actually at that same damn point... Been stalled for like a year playing the same stuff, the last months i have just been doing random riffs of power chords because i didn't knew what else to do 😂🤦‍♂️ I'll give this riff a try this weekend and see if i can learn it 100%, hoppefully it will help me move forward like it did to you!

[@rolypoly92]

Big fan of this guy, very humble dude and I love the way he explains himself and makes sense 'the guitar bass and drums are just...like...shagging each other' hahaha he talks like a music fan not a pretentious music student and it's very refreshing!

[@d9or7n]

Finally someone who actually plays instead of talking

[@dandrehawkins8323]

3:04 These Fevered Times from Darkest Hour! I love that song and I love playing it on guitar!

[@lucacox3589]

Dandre Hawkins sounds like guillotine- etf

[@dandrehawkins8323]

Luca Cox Haha. Well, it’s not. He’s actually playing it a tad bit slower than normal. Check the song out!

[@joemams1833]

Kris Norris and Mike the dude are awesome song writers

[@nielvanderwesthuizen2768]

Love it when As I Lay Dying gets the recognition they deserve!

[@Daniel-SpiritedAway]

Niel van der Westhuizen I saw them live im Hamburg with Fit For A King and Chelsea Grin and it was fkn awesome

[@marksandberg9063]

Do you know Bleed from within?

[@magnuslikestanks6044]

@@marksandberg9063 Now that's a band that is hella underrated. Their new stuff is insane.

[@Runedragonx]

@@marksandberg9063 Just found a phone wallpaper with their logo on it earlier tonight, about to go an give them a listen now lol

[@Runedragonx]

@@marksandberg9063 Holy shit these dudes hit hard! Fuck! That's another new band on the list lol

[@benbutterworth1]

SUCH a great guitar player, AND good to see a fellow northerner ;D

[@Rishi-nv7bp]

The camera shifting focus @1:20 is damn cool

[@camielvankooten7204]

best guitarist in metalcore right here

[@carlodagnolo]

Sean is honestly the reason I picked up a guitar about 4/5 months ago. Long way to go but so much fun!

[@nicksqueo1303]

keep it up man! you’ll never regret picking up a guitar, it’s changed my life, it becomes a drug haha

[@jeroen0011]

I think Alexi Laiho was the reason i started playing like 12 years ago, but i definetely did not start with playing metal songs let alone technical stuff like children of bodom guitar. It's a good thing it's a long road, more fun on the way and actually the road never really ends because there's always something new on guitar to learn or master!

[@carlodagnolo]

@@jeroen0011 I haven't touched any WSS or other metal song either haha, gotta get used to the simple stuff first

[@carlodagnolo]

@@nicksqueo1303 Can imagine! I think I'll stick with it

[@vivaldi1ett]

Carlo D'Agnolo Good luck on your journey get a band together and making great music🤘🤪💞✝️🙏🏻💕

[@ivannamba1]

Probably, Sean is the best guitarist in the core genre at the moment! Love WSS 👏🔥

[@davidgilroy8500]

Are you mad? Lmao

[@ivannamba1]

@@davidgilroy8500 For my opinion

[@johnbs199]

@@ivannamba1 you're correct man. While she sleeps has some of my favorite guitar work

[@sleeps573]

100%

[@sleeps573]

David Gilroy are you deff?

[@dynamicphotography_]

That dude is a riffing beast.

[@woutervangestel8126]

Sean definitely loves his slides

[@jamesharrison3637]

He’s right. Darkest Hour deserve so much more recognition.

[@cnpanesar98]

Decent riffs and he’s a sound guy, but that tone man, too muddy for my liking

[@sleeps573]

Guilty Party one of the best Riffs. Sean’s riff game is so strong. Wish I had his creativeness to make what he does. FAKERS PLAGUE still has the best riffs throughout the whole song IMO

[@D0wNF4LLofficial]

Sean Long is a great guitarist and he's right in what he says, a good soloist doesnt make a good guitarist, his riffs have emotion and are one with the song and make the songs what they are. Keep on rocking Sean you're a Legend. p.s That "Hurricane" Music Video Shoot up at the Sleeps Brothers Warehouse in Sheffield for the release of "You Are We" was incredible. Please keep writting these inspirational and uplifting riffs. Thank you 👏🤘

[@nathancurriston4529]

James Hetfield approves the downpicking

[@MetalliBucket]

Such a nice guy. Met him at a show about a month ago. Great live too!

[@DaMazzaf97]

Such an underrated artist. Honestly is so good and still just a cool guy as well and you can see how passionate he is about his craft. WSS is easily one of the best metal bands around

[@reinerwongler7263]

I like his energy level. He seems really passionate about music

[@toadetteremotewithwiimotio3330]

Everytime i wanna say their name i said it like: While She shleepsh

[@diegomaradonna9725]

Darkest Hour is one of my favourit Bands of all Time and it now makes Sense why i Love the Sound of white she sleeps so much

[@SixStringOverdose]

if anyone ever asks what pick chirp is, show them 08:37 :)

[@3beedable]

6:55 channeling the Stevie T within

[@vivaldi1ett]

I would love to be his neighbor he’s got fantastic taste in music and plays all the best bits, God love him 💞✝️🤪🤘👍💜💕🤪

[@mike_tkgchs]

finally somebody who gives darkest hour some recognition! criminally underrated riff-meisters and "bass and the guitars and kick drums are basically... SHAGGING EACH OTHER". top

[@dbo4506]

Darkest hour riffs are so mental!!! That whole “undoing ruin” album are some of the best riffs every written. Phenomenal. Doesn’t surprise me that Sean “the riff master” was into darkest hour.

[@Sailor1010]

Saw Darkest Hour with Everytime I Die and Norma Jeannin Australia years ago. Such a good show and he’s not wrong saying DH is super underrated.

[@jameswheeler7153]

Darkest hours undoing ruin album has some of the most epic riffs ever. That album will forever be one of if not my favorite metal album ever.

[@asiertxu97]

Happy to see Richard has moved on from Pied Piper and become a pretty good guitar player.

[@FearghalDuggan]

i had the pleasure of interviewing sean, along with sleeps' second guitarist mat welsh, nearly eight years ago just before the release of their first album! such a great dude, it's been awesome seeing the band rise up, stay consistent and now get so much recognition for their talents.

[@southparkcraig]

I feel so emberassed asking this considering I know like every As I Lay Dying riff going but what is that AILD riff he was playing it's right on the tip of my tongue but I cant remember what it's called please help! Lol... and for some reason I'm loving that really muddy tone Sean has, dude friggin rips

[@bertdebackercovers]

Do You know it already? Im also looking?

[@pewpeww4765]

Matt's one of the most innovative riffy boi out there. His riff from civil isolation still pull off to these days.

[@Marps2016]

Sleeps are underrated

[@AyaKaleFams]

Sean's riff it's just amazing.. The creativity is high level, and WSS song never wrong for their breakdown. Well done!!

[@IainFrame]

Yeah, Sean is absolutely right to be proud of that riff in the Guilty party. It's phenomenal. Great lead work in Haunt Me too.

[@DrastixMachina]

Met this guy and Loz at a WSS show last year with architects and Thy art. Him and Loz are such amazing dudes. The line was short so we had the chance to talk a bit more

[@thatcurlyhairmate6779]

The words i would say to Sean if i meet him, such an inspiration for myy life, as a person, and as musician, he´s really my hero, hope i can climb one day to where he is and inspire so many other people as he did with me.

[@heyflo1]

The Guilty Party guitars are so fucking good, no wonder why he is proud of the main riff in this song :D

[@westsguitar4046]

So what do you guys do while she sleeps?

[@zachm5286]

Sean is such a thoughtful dude lol btw the breakdown/riff in empire of silence is exactly what i was thinking when he said his breakdowns style wasnt typical. I love hearing that shreddy melody riff expecting some chuggy breakdown i get adreniline rush everytime i play it or show yall off lol.

[@blameitonfrank]

i could watch sean play anything on guitar for hours

[@isidorpal698]

same

[@Cymoar]

Duuuude the riff from guilty party is like my favorite from their new recorddddd

[@whatsup513]

Every time Sean says "DJNAAMIN" I fall in love

[@brushot]

Wait, bcuz of corona, people are in quarantines now. WSS is from the UK, while Loudwire is from America. So while WSS was touring in the US, the whole quarantine thing happened and now they are in the quarantine in the US unfortunately. Edit: I just found out that what I thought was false. They safely flew back to the UK when the outbreak happened and that this video was made long before that.

[@lolfriendz]

Um what? They all safely flew back to the UK after they cancelled their remaining dates in the US. This video was filmed way before the pandemic got crazy.

[@brushot]

@@lolfriendz oh, that makes sense. I will edit my comment now

[@thequinnchavez]

Finally some Darkest Hour props in the scene. Undoing Ruin and Deliver Us are iconic to me.

[@pmullen622]

Sean Long makes me love music even more, this video is an underrated gem

[@jeroen0011]

7:20 best Riff in the video, great played!

[@bencegyorog2897]

While She Sleeps - The Guilty Party

[@justinlautzenheiser3132]

Interesting to hear him say he basically would block out the vocals and focus purely on the instrumentals while listening to music. As a drummer since I was 12 it took me a LONG time to realize I was doing the exact same thing.

[@tacob69]

I love that he's playing a LTD instead of a ESP.It goes to prove ESP's LTD brand are the best import guitars out there.

[@itsthesubiedaat9091]

3 years later and this comment hit hard haha $2500+ LTD models on the market. Wild what the market has become

[@xRamZx]

0:32

[@sea_buhdaa5894]

Bruh

[@VOYAGEUR-YT]

I'm exactly the same about harsh vocals. I'll sing along to the riff instead of the vocals a lot of the time lol. I'm getting more into the vocals now but definitely when I started listening to heavier music, the guitar had to be pretty fucking good or else I wasn't listening to it.

[@Negat1veSpace]

This was refreshing

[@bds_mguydasic9293]

They should beore famous

[@synhet84]

6:55 "bloolloolooblop"

[@akuma862005]

Damn this is so funny to see my exact route to playing and the exact same bands! Nice.

[@meteor09]

I didn't know Thomas Middleditch played in a band

[@yash9410503314]

For real 😂😂😂

[@TheJosey84]

That last riff sounds a lot like “Desolation” by Lamb of God in certain places

[@KreshDraven6]

One of the best riff makers of the industry nowadays , absolutely beast ! Great episode

[@JackboyOC]

Extremely articulate dude

[@AntonioGym101]

Civil Isolation has some amazing riffs aswell. It may be my favorite WSS song, riff wise.

[@teriyakigod2527]

Thank you for showing me this band Loudwire, im binging his bands music right now

[@cristiannieto2900]

I have a very similar way of playing. That's weird

[@doused7641]

6:55 is exactly how my leads sounded when i played guitar

[@M.C.R.SYNTRN]

Do John Connelly!

[@isidorpal698]

what song is the darkest hour riff he played from??

[@Lawkidd]

These Fevered Times

[@theyesman]

It’s good of him to keep on asking us if we know what he means. Very considerate.

[@guitartoneSA]

Great musician, great songwriter...

[@tompiche2369]

I don’t know who this guy is but I rather enjoyed that!

[@davidfischer1971]

unbelieveably good looking guitar

[@AkikoAkaki]

While She Sleeps！The god forever！

[@heyimjoshnicetomeetya]

Antisocial sounds like Obey by Bring Me The Horizon

[@Raven_TM]

Other was around... Antisocials was earlier

[@jimwoday1776]

WSS are mega live for anyone wondering

[@bertdebackercovers]

Whats that As I Lay Dying song?

[@searchlight6059]

An ocean between us

[@bertdebackercovers]

Thanks buddy

[@elunico13lu]

This guy knows his stuff

[@tjsmb1493]

Those are some thicc strings

[@Janine.Najarian]

What's that covering his pickup?

[@aintnopity]

A Pickup Cover

[@TopiHamalainen]

paint?

[@johnnytrapphone6569]

One of the best bands I've ever seen live💯

[@thatmetalguy7746]

What model guitar ?!?

[@Hugelybased]

ESP LTD. SN-1000HT. He’s got an aftermarket pickup in the bridge though.

[@treyosborn3968]

So when we gonna get Synyster Gates or Zacky Vengeance on one of these?

[@Shutaraaa]

i love this guitarist

[@gorehammer42o]

Bro that's so cool. My first riff/song I learned was Dammit too. That's so fucking awesome. Edit: Darkest Hour was when Victory Records Reigned Supreme brother! I just fell in love with While She Sleeps more than I already was lol

[@SMASHtheCAN7410]

Holy shit I got a great idea for a series of videos. Do what jimmy kimmel did and have a segment for mean tweets but only metal bands! I wanna what funny shit talk people are saying about our favourite bands.

[@sonkeh7362]

This energy... just wow

[@Dustinchugs]

Loudwire, I know y'all can get better tone than this! It's bad for everyone's video. Shame, dude is a great guitarist and you make him play through that 😂

[@rippitydippity]

As I lay dying are great

[@BigDro1323]

Aaaanybody notice how he holds his pick with his thumb, index and middle fingers like Hetfield?

[@aidanlarose6901]

That time is fucking filthy, anyone know what amp he’s using here?

[@rolypoly92]

Another thing I find really interesting is seeing who the best bands in the genre are influenced by. It's always the same set of absolutely incredible original metalcore bands. Name one good band where the guitarist was like 'Oh yeah I'm really influenced by Motionless in White'. They're not. Or if they are then they have no sense of melody or song writing or originality. The best bands in the genre all worship the same original bands and it shows. Love it!

[@giuseppesorce8426]

The new tom morello

[@EvilJared88]

what kind of crap amp is this? he’s such an outstanding musician and this sound is terrible

[@pierreblanc-garin1058]

5:39 but now it is online thanks to the incredible work of the guy of The Vault that searched for 9 months the early work of WSS from 2006 !