Whitechapel's Ben Savage Plays His Favorite Riffs

Whitechapel guitarist Ben Savage joins Loudwire's Gear Factor to play his favorite riffs. Whitechapel's newest album, Kin, will be out Oct. 29: www.metalblade...
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[@grantwhite4201]

Ben’s an absolute beast, glad he’s getting some recognition! This intricacy & power he plays with Whitechapel is stellar, but also the more alternative-sounding stuff they’ve been releasing recently is awesome as well! Really well-rounded player!

[@zachstefanowski2846]

Hes a savage, what do you expect

[@jeremiahglogg4100]

Absolutely. And he's such a chill dude. I met him at Mulcahys Pub in Wantagh and he stopped and answered any questions I had.

[@Spooky_515]

Judging by this comment Ben must be the shredder I heard. After I listened to the album I had to figure out who it was, then discovered White Chapel has 3 guitarists. Interesting. Any fans care to fill me in?

[@Weewoo12]

@@Spooky_515 yeah Ben is the lead guitar player in Whitechapel

[@Shredder-KJ]

Yeah he is great

[@macwhipple4083]

Fun Fact: My dad was his middle school band director

[@lostintheblur4380]

thats awesome

[@panterarocks9326]

All the riffs he played from Kin are all melodic and that makes me so excited. Sounds like there’s going to be more singing and clean stuff on the record and that makes me VERY excited

[@psychotropictraveler514]

@Mister 5G it makes him excited, just not us lol

[@brandonlam1477]

Dude is a beast of a player and a cool human being as well.

[@kris_kwas]

Those 2 riffs from Kin were so melodic and made me feel some kind of way. Super hyped for the new album

[@lloydlanglois7958]

First guitarist I've seen who cited At The Drive In as an influence. One Armed Scissor from Relationship of Command is amazing, as is the entire album.

[@tpags7398]

ATDI: the band so good that even their side projects are incredible

[@akmetalhead95]

Pretty sure Will Swan from Dance Gavin Dance said he's pretty influenced by them.

[@daredevil2724]

Amazing band i thought they would be huge like TMV but still great none the less

[@dazman323]

One Armed Scissor is a classic. I had tickets to watch them touring Relationship, but they broke up before the concert. Gutted is an understatement.

[@lloydlanglois7958]

@@akmetalhead95 not familiar with them.

[@Talanei]

Ben really colors and fills in the completion of their music with Zach and Alex.

[@2ballsyourjaws]

I'll never forget back at Whitechapels start Brandon and Ben would throw those guitars behind each other's backs and play each other's guitars. Sick memories from way back early 2000s here on Knoxville. I'm so proud of these guys and so thankful for the music. It's saved me from.some dark times in life

[@MoSweiti666]

Ben Savage is a very talented guitarist. I'd day he's one of the main songwriters in the band. He brings the melodic nature to the music, as well as the dark extreme metal side. The other two guitarists, bring the hardcore and groove to it, as well as the thrashier elements. Wonder why their music keeps changing and progressing?

[@arsgraff]

Ben is awesome person and musician! Kin is a deffinatly new step for heavy music. So emotional and brutal in the same time and without any rosewater like it was in 2000's era metalcore. I'm really impressed.

[@AlienorchestraNetoslo]

Ben is a savage guitarist !!! Cool PRS

[@NikZ500]

Every member of Whitechapel is a beast. Digging their craft 👌

[@toemasmeems]

Hell yeah so nice to see Bens musical taste and the fact that he still jams to old Whitechapel too, vedi NIOCE

[@TheMeJustMe75]

The guys from Whitechapel grew up not too far from where I live. I'm friends with someone that grew up with them. I had never heard of Whitechapel until he played me some of their early work.

[@callsignscrottymcboogerballs88]

Waking the fallen is a great album ,their best work imo

[@Mr.M1STER]

The first riff you wrote you say "I just messed around on the guitar". Those are the best type of riffs tbh.

[@eldiablo3794]

Ben saying he was inspired by ATDI and played one armed scissor surprised me lol. Its cool to see who inspired the guitarists or musicians you listen too or are a fan of. Even with The Mars Volta, Omar Rodriguez Lopez is such an underrated guitarist and has composed some amazing technical guitar riffs.

[@Louzahsol]

Finally someone that plays paranoid correctly

[@davu9027]

And played the seek and destroy riff lower 1 string lol

[@jojoversus1100]

"Correctly" lmao dude. Yeah, it's the way Tony plays it, but honestly it's ridiculous to play it so high on the neck. He played an SG so he has ALL the neck room. Same with the "correct" way of playing Smoke on the Water. Idk why Ritchie Blackmore plays it the way he does, but it's honestly just silly.

[@madhatter797]

@@jojoversus1100 Agreed

[@ShredForth]

He’s not playing it right though. It’s in the right position on the neck if that what you mean but he’s hammering on the wrong notes in the intro and there is a partial G chord at the end of each pass of the verse riff that he’s not playing.

[@jwspitz35]

god daaaaaaaaaaaaamn that riff from the actual song Kin is gorgeous, I already know I'm gonna spend so much time trying to learn that once the album's out

[@Thurston86]

Im just a random stranger but my first one string jam was the overly common Smoke On The Water! Later the first actual riff I learned was Brainstew! There were other tunes I wanted to play but they seemed/sounded to difficult at that time even though i learned later that they weren’t. 🤘👺

[@stevecaron6609]

@3:27, I couldn't help but notice that he plays that riff better than At the Drive-in does. I listened to that song for the first time after watching this video and it wasn't what I expected after seeing him play it.

[@tpags7398]

At the drive in being primarily a Hardcore band with a jazz influence and not the other way around definitely contributes to the messy feel of it. Which I like

[@tpags7398]

You should check out The Mars Volta if you like that cleaner style

[@stevecaron6609]

@@tpags7398 I tried them out, thanks for the tip! Crafted complex sounds

[@jojoversus1100]

@@stevecaron6609 He didnt really make himself clear, but the reason he suggested The Mars Volta is because they're most of the same members from ATDI. They were sick of being a hardcore band so they became a super beyond amazing, honestly legendary prog band, right in between Coheed & Cambria and Dream Theater. (ATDI is also Coheed's biggest influence lol).

[@Brookzplayzmuzic]

Something about his personality reminds me of Dime. Idk why

[@brandonaitchison3747]

It's the hair and southern drawl. Ever see Dime's Riffer Madness coloum in Guitar World? Hilarious

[@GPaulTheThrashKing]

It’s not just that. The facial hair, the chubby cheek look, and most of all, the way he’ll end ta riff with that sort of dime-y slide up and bend.

[@MrGareth616]

About God damn time we got some of the Whitechapel guys

[@badgerstorm6141]

Loved him in Boy Meets World.

[@GPaulTheThrashKing]

Jeez man, that riff from Devirgination Studies still has me grooving.

[@davidlindsey5363]

Love this band so much man. For all the years of savagery they've given me.

[@poemonroe8848]

Definitely one of my favorite guitar players. As soon as I heard prostatic fluid, I knew.

[@elliottpetrella155]

Heavy power cord riffs always hittttt

[@iwasborntoscreamnick]

He is dimebags son hes such a look alike always a beast at guitar as well

[@Greennoob2]

I wasn't expecting him to draw inspiration from Mastodon. I love that band

[@fromthesky1050]

Chris Storey's sweeps from Awaken The Dreamers

[@staceysphatstacks5572]

Great stuff Ben thanks for Sharing 🤘

[@zakabrah]

savage is a savage

[@vipset87]

i still listen to father of lies at least once a month

[@tarfathewise]

Can we musicians take a moment to appreciate this PRS he is playing? Man, that guitar sounds incredible.

[@SirThrobert]

john mayer silver sky i’m the tugsten color. beautiful i got my silver sky in orion green

[@jail2634]

Waking the fallen is an awesome record

[@freezee5616]

Awesome

[@PSZEMKI]

Now Im hyped for the new album

[@JonYadonJr]

Awesome!!!! So stoked for their new album!

[@matthewhale9831]

Damn I didn’t know Corey Matthews can play such tasty licks 🤘

[@anthonym4514]

Holy shit those Kin licks were powerful, so excited for this album

[@discopolarizationmusic]

No body is psyched that he is playing a john Mayer model PRS

[@voidtremors5814]

So surreal seeing him with a Silver Sky 😂

[@SoMiSongbird]

Man I really miss playing guitar…

[@scribeofsolace]

Why'd you stop?

[@kevinmatthews9469]

Why don't you play any longer?

[@SoMiSongbird]

@@kevinmatthews9469 Had to sell my one and only guitar to help a family member, but looking forward to get one sometime

[@loganross6436]

@@SoMiSongbird id sell my tv before my guitar but shit happens

[@SoMiSongbird]

@@loganross6436 True that man, but it was the fastest one I could sell sadly

[@jeffreyjones9204]

Ben Savage is such a sweet dude… and he’s one of my favorite guitarists in the Deathcore scene..

[@JoePriceJWP3]

Man I wanna see more old school riffs cuz that was awesome!

[@EvanJr]

This dude looks like Dimebag... Good player. 🎸

[@deut3ron10]

Ben looks like he'd be Kerry King's Son lol 🤣 killing it tho!

[@canadianloon6433]

You're awesome

[@ChiefRager]

He has that prs silver sky nebula ughh want that

[@officialjaygee8151]

Sounds like a dimebag Darrel 💔💔😌

[@officialjaygee8151]

Yessss hahaha

[@phillatio3266]

Didn't know Ben savage played guitar, boy meets world was my shit lol

[@jojoversus1100]

This is literally the only comment I've seen like this, & it's honestly sad. I expected everyone to be making lame jokes about it, but nobody seems to notice :(

[@delanoarts3703]

It's funny some of the riffs he played are some of the most iconic songs but normally guitar players on gear factor don't play them because they are well-known he plays hay lady by zeppelin and seek and destroy paranoid lol there obvious riffs but definitely favorites by all metal players Really cool perfect mix for great metal acoustic players seek and destroy gas such a cool intro if you're new to guitar its awesome just ripping that simple riff and sound like you know what you're doing lol

[@zachscott4867]

Sick! I do like their stuff and I always am excited to hear how other players get inspiration from the metal/rock legends that came before them. Honest guy and I like his taste!🏴‍☠️

[@ssarras]

Awesome playing! Seek and Destroy init riff is in the key of A though…

[@daredevil2724]

Those riffs sounded super Opeth to me like My Arms Your Hearse era. Maybe just because of the heavy reverb and the tone but i love it

[@Arkansauce76]

He kinda looks like a young Dimebag

[@jackashcraft339]

Yes just yes

[@lint1983]

Anyone noticed how he looks weirdly like DimeBag?

[@FullCircleguitar]

Yep. Give him a pink beard and longer hair and he's the spitting image.

[@bodhi8297]

Love dudes passion, some killer licks

[@gamingwithmygirl6026]

Cool dude!

[@rx42711]

8:24 & 9:24 feels like i am in silent hill / resident hill world , sooth, alien, calm. .

[@ESPLTD322]

Good to see Whitechapel getting recognition. Not many well known southern metal bands around, even though the metal scene has always been huge in the south. A lot of people think we’re only into country. That’s BS. Metal is every bit as big, if not, bigger.

[@ohm8458]

......... okey, bad ass bro. Cool of you to take the time and jam for us. \,,\

[@patmillen9162]

The Silver Sky sounding pretty good even for those heavier riffs

[@RiffKing719]

MAKE IT BLEED! Yes that riff is killer!

[@aaronchapman3]

Ben looks like Dimebag Darrell's long lost little bro

[@roserebelsoul3210]

Ben Savage!! Yoo !! You. Played some Tunes i like very much!!⚡️🎸 ha!! Patience Passion n dedication!!! 🤔wish had my ‘mate’ to fulfill these wishes 🤭😝🎶 ty!! Sharing 👍

[@corey8324]

Nice

[@HehezTV]

The Dimebag of Deathcore

[@razor7543]

Bring me home is one of my absolutley favorite songs of all time

[@andysalter7192]

Mini Dimebag got some riffs !!

[@jamesmayer6313]

i get to see them live in february with cannibal corpse 😈

[@zombiegunner3arc82]

Shadow and Rev will be there, too. At least for me

[@michaelarchangel1514]

🤘

[@adamsamels3024]

We need the other two and Phil as well

[@jaysonjohnson556]

He good.

[@willhayes8229]

As soon as he played bring me home I was near tears just from the impact that song has on me from losing a parent

[@GarrettLoganGriffin]

And what a fuckin’ savage he is. What an awesome guitar player.

[@alxr.4522]

Fuck yeasssss! 🤙🏼🤪

[@mlgnews115]

NO WONDER WHY I THOUGHT LOST BOY SOUNDED LIKE TOOL!!!!

[@karlheinzkupper9666]

cool dude

[@kevinschoenekase1934]

New young blood in metal it great

[@kirkgifford746]

So this is what Corey from Boy Meets World is doing these days

[@tasosdiaforetico7377]

Put in time with the chaconne, musically it works,

[@xxxxxbreakdownxxxxx]

4m30 riff reminds me counterparts

[@TimuV76]

Is it me or should Seek and Destroy have started on the A string and not on the E like it looked like he played it.

[@JokerCat9]

Now I need to get a single coil strat

[@yourbuddykevin]

low key clicked cause I thought the guy from boy meets world would be playing guitar.

[@mas221]

❤

[@Hippo007]

Ben's an absolute Savage...Pun intended

[@briansheridan9160]

Seek and Destroy I sure was played wrong....

[@bobbyincidemetal]

It was.

[@robbiej2734]

Love his face while he’s playing

[@michaelwarren9103]

Can we get Brandon Small on one of these?

[@pauliewalnuts829]

I think there is one actually.

[@robpeyton1986]

I feel like he did some time ago

[@michaelwarren9103]

Now to find it

[@PrestigeWorldwideNAM]

I love it...That "Make it Bleed" riff

[@theopinson3851]

Those riffs are SAVAGE! I’m sorry…someone had to say it. 😂

[@montymcclellen1918]

Since when did Jorge Masvidal start rippin guitar

[@howiejohnson7227]

Glad i wasn't the only one that noticed that lol

[@davu9027]

BRING ANDY MARSH FROM THY ART AS WELL

[@davu9027]

He literally played it on the E string instead of A

[@bobbyincidemetal]

Right! I was wondering what he was doing.

[@alxr.4522]

❤️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@travissexsmith5362]

ATDI