Kerry King Guitar Lesson - Riffs Of Doom

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  • Slayer - Kerry King Guitar Lesson - Riffs Of Doom

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  • @bossofthisgym7411
    @bossofthisgym7411 9 років тому +187

    This is probably the first time I've seen him without sunglasses

    • @DanielFantini
      @DanielFantini 9 років тому +22

      this is probably not the first time I've seen this comment...

    • @dickyveteranthoz2049
      @dickyveteranthoz2049 4 роки тому

      👍

    • @magnum69420
      @magnum69420 3 роки тому +2

      i didn't notice that until i saw this comment

    • @MCRUE78
      @MCRUE78 2 роки тому

      😂😂😂 I was just thinking that

    • @galwaytribesman9289
      @galwaytribesman9289 9 місяців тому

      This is probably not the first time I've watched this.

  • @LHondrums
    @LHondrums 16 років тому +53

    one of the most important guitarists in metal ever!!!
    we owe him so fuckin much!

    • @danday4634
      @danday4634 4 роки тому +6

      Kerry King is possibly the greatest guitar player of all time.

    • @BradDelsonFender
      @BradDelsonFender 3 роки тому +11

      @@danday4634 lol :D

    • @sjn_
      @sjn_ 3 роки тому +16

      @@danday4634 Now that's the best joke I've heard in a while.

    • @lord_MangZ
      @lord_MangZ 3 роки тому +7

      @@danday4634 no he isn't 🤣🤣

    • @J_Ritz
      @J_Ritz 3 роки тому +2

      Dan Day Okay woah there bud

  • @CharlieGriffiths
    @CharlieGriffiths 5 місяців тому +3

    This was me interviewing Kerry backstage at Hammersmith. He was awesome and very nice!

  • @ninmachine109
    @ninmachine109 9 років тому +45

    Lame comment section here. I don't play the guitar, but I love slayer and everything that generates there sound. Have fun debating over pointless shit. I'll just pop in Hell Awaits

  • @JordanBritt
    @JordanBritt 9 років тому +109

    Kerry's tuning: E E E E E E

    • @zach9680
      @zach9680 9 років тому +5

      Lol when I started playing I thought that was how you tuned to E standard.

    • @thomasberserk9889
      @thomasberserk9889 9 років тому +1

      +Lexxi Starr Please.... D D D D D D.......

    • @kissmickd
      @kissmickd 8 років тому +3

      Patrick Petrie Eb tuning on the old stuff. Seasons in the abyss etc. And for some tracks on Repentless it's B standard. But most are still Eb

    • @23pawlik
      @23pawlik 7 років тому

      D# D# D# D# D# D#*

    • @drewlitton3843
      @drewlitton3843 7 років тому +5

      They use Standard, Half-step, C# Standard, and Drop B

  • @apexresidual22
    @apexresidual22 10 років тому +49

    HOLY SHIT HE'S NOT WEARING THE SUNGLASSES!

  • @gustavoribeiro4619
    @gustavoribeiro4619 11 років тому +88

    Why is everybody on the internet so stupid?
    If you like Slayer, good for you! If you like Megadeth, good for you! if you don't like either of them, good for you too!
    Dont waste your time comenting on what you dont like

    • @nicholastemplet1616
      @nicholastemplet1616 10 років тому +16

      THANK YOU!
      There is finally someone intelligent on the UA-cam comments!

    • @bonehead1344
      @bonehead1344 8 років тому +1

      the haunted made me do it

    • @gmatsue84
      @gmatsue84 7 років тому +4

      Yeah, so intelligent wow. I've never read this kind of like-seeking comment before. Give this man an award.

    • @blasterofmuppets4754
      @blasterofmuppets4754 7 років тому +1

      Guys who think that Rockmusic is about good musicianship are just wrong. If you think its like that then go and listen to 70s Prog Rock or Jazz or some other shit. Rock is emotion man, intense emotion to be specific. You take your feelings and you write a song about it. Everyone can do that and everyone is allowed to do that. Thats what Rock Music inherited from Blues Music (a lot of famous blues musicians are not that good with their instruments). Thrash Metal is a genre that deals a lot with feelings that are usually perceived as negative (hate, anger, agression). Thats all there is to it. Something pisses you off write an angry song about it and Slayer have always been excellent at this.

    • @PETERODZZ
      @PETERODZZ 4 роки тому +1

      Thank you for that. Am sick and tired of stupid comments. Kerry King is king.

  • @forcexdisplacement
    @forcexdisplacement 12 років тому +37

    Actually, I've seen Michael Angelo Batio live, he is quite an amazing guitarist. My point here was simply that music does not have to be complicated to be good, and Kerry King is a great example of that. As to me being a "noob" I've been playing guitar for 9 years and have taken several classes in music theory, I just prefer Slayer's riffs because they easily get stuck in your head, unlike the virtuoso type players. Don't misunderstand, I love them too, they are just different to listen to.

  • @mondola
    @mondola 11 років тому +18

    I don't understand all the hate Kerry gets. To me he always sounds like a nice guy in interviews, and while it's true that Jeff wrote most of my favorite Slayer songs. Kerry also wrote enough kick ass stuff.

  • @iGuitarGuru
    @iGuitarGuru 13 років тому +18

    Not a crazy slayer fan, but major respect for kerry and jeff! Angel of Death riff is amazing!!

    • @AntecGreeno83
      @AntecGreeno83 Рік тому +2

      Angel of death is the song that got me into metal

  • @DomIstKrieg
    @DomIstKrieg 16 років тому +5

    love his tone. Like a river of lead. Heavy and inevitable.

  • @dfrye4
    @dfrye4 12 років тому +11

    2:33 heaviest riff ever

  • @MegametalNick
    @MegametalNick 16 років тому +3

    And like I said before...This riff will live forever!

  • @homergrand99
    @homergrand99 12 років тому +5

    "Mandatory" chugging! love it

  • @s3ntry948
    @s3ntry948 8 років тому +9

    Wow 9 years.

  • @Michael.A.Grinstead
    @Michael.A.Grinstead 14 років тому

    Seen these guys Saturday night, Kerry is such a machine.

  • @rushak1178
    @rushak1178 11 років тому +29

    one of the best guitar players of all time, he and hanneman made slayer's spirit

    • @SandalsSocks
      @SandalsSocks 10 років тому +19

      lol good joke

    • @Somber.Killer
      @Somber.Killer 10 років тому +4

      Neighborhood Troll Troll indeed

    • @avesatanas1114
      @avesatanas1114 9 років тому

      +StayFit Productos Naturales since there were no other guitarists in the band...

    • @GuitarandPassion
      @GuitarandPassion 9 років тому

      +BRAGY AH It already is

    • @peppinodicorrado407
      @peppinodicorrado407 7 років тому +1

      Rey Resvel one of the most shit player of all time

  • @13almazan666
    @13almazan666 15 років тому +2

    great guitarist he is one of my favorites

  • @miisu
    @miisu 10 років тому +63

    He is Kerry King and you are not.

    • @Vaginaattori
      @Vaginaattori 10 років тому +22

      Yep and created countless memorable and unique riffs none of these ignorant cunts could EVER think of.

    • @IHateHandleNames
      @IHateHandleNames 9 років тому +6

      Thanks for reminding me bro. Here I am trying to learn licks while dreading going to work tomorrow, and you reinforce the fact that I'm not touring the world and being a metal legend. Lol

    • @MrBones-lw2bf
      @MrBones-lw2bf 4 роки тому +1

      Thank god

    • @piratelife5287
      @piratelife5287 7 місяців тому

      There is no god.

    • @dimebag20
      @dimebag20 6 місяців тому +1

      ​@@piratelife5287as a deist, I think there is a god bruh🤓

  • @yoe91
    @yoe91 16 років тому

    man that angel of death riff is just legendary. I've been hearing it for yeaaaaaaars and years, and it's still got the exact same effect on me.

  • @franpeirone5607
    @franpeirone5607 7 років тому +3

    0:17 - 0:19 OMG thats sound happy....

  • @cichowina
    @cichowina 13 років тому

    @iGotShelz Because it was. Kerry is using here guitar tuned to C# standard, which is lower than "Angel Of Death" is usually played

  • @kenscustomdesigns2723
    @kenscustomdesigns2723 10 років тому +15

    I used to have one of those Kerry King warlocks. Worst pos I ever owned

    • @Admiral_Bongo
      @Admiral_Bongo 7 років тому +8

      Actual neck-through one or a cheapo bolt-on? Anyhow, BC Rich's are a hit or miss. I own a bolt-on KKV I bought off a friend for 150 bucks in mint condition, put an X2N in the bridge and for the money this guitar fucking rips. And I've also heard of people getting their higher end models with sharp fret edges and whatnot. Really, the company's been a bit of a mess in the last few years.

  • @lionslicer9999
    @lionslicer9999 17 років тому +2

    I think one of his best solos is the solo he does at the end of War Ensemble, that one pretty much kicks ass

  • @SuperAlittlebitcrazy
    @SuperAlittlebitcrazy 11 років тому +10

    Comparing Jeff to Kerry again? Really? Its getting old. Kerry isn't a greedy douche. He's looking out for his band, for his fans. If it wasn't for Kerry we wouldn't have slayer. Kerry taught Jeff how to play better. Kerry fuckin rules

  • @Hemotoxin
    @Hemotoxin 13 років тому +1

    @MegatallicaFTW69 He played his solos and riffs they wanted to hear

  • @danday4634
    @danday4634 4 роки тому +3

    The greatest guitar player of all time. It is either Kerry King or Jeff Henneman.

  • @jedimastergarcia87
    @jedimastergarcia87 15 років тому

    Kerry King talks! XD Usually he never talks. War Ensemble is my fav Slayer song. Cool lesson video.

  • @komonology
    @komonology 10 років тому +4

    This is a complete joke
    Reminds me of my first few days holding the guitar in my room for the very first time

    • @eetchit6034
      @eetchit6034 10 років тому +1

      ***** IF HIS FUCKIN WAMMY BAR FELL OF HED BE LOST , JAGOFF YOU WANT ANIALATION ROCK? AOD WACKY HIJINKS

  • @danieljacunski3252
    @danieljacunski3252 Рік тому +2

    Every single riff based off open E string.

  • @cutter1031
    @cutter1031 8 років тому +5

    this is more about Hanneman

    • @cutter1031
      @cutter1031 4 роки тому +1

      @Johnny Austin lol.ok noob.

  • @699brandon699
    @699brandon699 16 років тому +1

    i agree my favorite guitarist

  • @NewWarOrder
    @NewWarOrder 11 років тому +6

    Megadeth better than Pantera and Slayer combined and even Metallica? You must be high. While I'm loyal to Megadeth from growing up listening to them and the likes I can't say they outweigh those heavy hitters.

    • @michaelgraham9774
      @michaelgraham9774 8 років тому +1

      Mihai Bacauanu Megadeth has had the most talented musicians out of all those bands but Pantera was a little less technical and more heavy.

    • @Dankster-yo8xv
      @Dankster-yo8xv 4 роки тому

      @@michaelgraham9774 Dimebag had more feel then dave or marty

    • @louisbrown3901
      @louisbrown3901 3 роки тому

      I'd say megadeth and pantera are equally superior and the other 2 are below

  • @moistbeenz2248
    @moistbeenz2248 4 роки тому

    Literally the only time you’ll see him without sunglasses

  • @xXPlayer2
    @xXPlayer2 13 років тому

    the little intro song sounds like a new level

  • @Metallhhead
    @Metallhhead 10 років тому +6

    Hi My name is Kerry Kunt and i suck at the guitar at slayer. I dont know how the hell this band maintained 30 years with my shit skills in it " aww i think its minor or major and just run it down the neck"

  • @diamonddust22
    @diamonddust22 14 років тому +1

    Love that guitar. Looks like a doom machine

  • @lathandien
    @lathandien 14 років тому

    look at that guitar man, so badass

  • @theguywithguitars
    @theguywithguitars 13 років тому

    91 people were too busy watching the video to keep track of where they were clicking

  • @Fretfeeler
    @Fretfeeler 12 років тому +2

    I like how Jimi mixed the minor pentatonic and mixolydian in Purple Haze, and he did some other interesting stuff in other tunes... like many of his contemporaries (Beatles, Cream, etc.) he was pushing the envelope musically.
    I got a weird CD of Jimi's in a truck stop and every song sucked... however, there were still a few riffs (even by his keyboard player) that influenced a lot of chromaticism in my writing (along with Kerry King, Randy Rhoads, and some others).

  • @Karlmetalhead
    @Karlmetalhead 15 років тому

    It's what Total Guitar magazine call the videos that are included on the cd-rom that comes with their magazine. As far as I am aware it's not broadcast on any tv channel...

  • @JakePopowskiGuitar
    @JakePopowskiGuitar 15 років тому +1

    Honestly, when I first started, I did the same. Just remember to master alternate picking, and then you can practice whatever you want. Now that Ive played for eight years (I got 5th in shred the web 2) I figure you can play whatever you decide you wanna play, its just a matter of how long it will take you to get it.

  • @vikingwizardeyes2121
    @vikingwizardeyes2121 13 років тому

    @OfficialJabberwocky Slayer typically uses Eb standard tuning. There are exceptions though.

  • @LeggoMaEggo17
    @LeggoMaEggo17 15 років тому +1

    Anyone notice that "Angel of Death" sounds alot like "Breath Life" by Killswitch Engage?

  • @aivrar
    @aivrar 15 років тому

    I find the latest comments on this video nuts, Kerry King is a master and genius when it comes to guitar and music. This dude is freakin' awesome! (my opinion I understand this)

  • @blackmath8
    @blackmath8 15 років тому +1

    man i love his freakin guitar!! i want it!! XP

  • @HerewardtheWake23
    @HerewardtheWake23 14 років тому

    @thispagesux
    The root note is 1. A chord is made up of the 1st, 3rd and 5th as you said, the root note being the 1st.

  • @trurocker03
    @trurocker03 13 років тому

    I used to have that same guitar but it was the starter pack one from BC Rich. The resemblance is with the body and the decal on it. I loved that guitar it was my first one ever. Yeras later I traded it for a black les paul with gold hardware. And no not one of the crazy expensive les pauls lol

  • @MusicIzMyDrug656
    @MusicIzMyDrug656 14 років тому +1

    Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King are the best guitarist to walk this earth!!

  • @metalzz1
    @metalzz1 13 років тому +1

    kerry and jeff have written some of the most brutal songs in metal and there solos match
    the songs brutality unlike some other bands

  • @I_am_Jordan_K
    @I_am_Jordan_K 15 років тому

    @RevisedTV
    i think the first song i learned every note all the way through for the rhythm guitar was master of puppets.
    i learned all of smells like teen spirit except for the "a mullato my libido" whatever part

  • @kbmethod
    @kbmethod 15 років тому

    AHHHH 6 DAYS TILL I SEE SLAYER!!!!!!!!
    7/25 INDIANA i cant f'n wait!!!

  • @TheZombini
    @TheZombini 13 років тому

    He makes it look easy. this guy is one of my inspirations for taking up guitar. but i can't afford one.

  • @BobMarleyfan200
    @BobMarleyfan200 14 років тому

    i saw that guitar at guitar center! i want it really badly

  • @Fretfeeler
    @Fretfeeler 12 років тому

    That's good of you to say, Timmy.
    He is talented in a way though, he never learned any music theory back in the day when they recorded most of those tunes, and I quote my Drummer yesterday "...for a Metal band back in the '80's, Slayer grooved heavily!". ;)
    The thing I like about Kerry King is that he's written some really heavy harmonized chromatic riffs that will actually form new neural pathways in your brain the first time you hear them. :)

  • @katadantesux
    @katadantesux 16 років тому

    absolutely agree.. with one exception.. the neckthrough designs with the EMGs are pretty good.. hadnt bought one, but I've test driven em a buunch at guitar center.. probably the best one is the Jr. V cuz they never have the King or Chuck S. sig models at any of the stores I've been to.

  • @Anh_Ra
    @Anh_Ra 14 років тому +1

    i love his guitar!!! yeaaah!!!

  • @Vincent_Brien
    @Vincent_Brien 13 років тому

    @MorbidAngel2011
    On most of the songs Slayer plays in D#, God Hates Us All as C# and A# (Seven String)

  • @stevel178
    @stevel178 13 років тому +2

    Kerry's leads might not be the best. But hands down the best riffs ever written by a metal group! Slayer #1

  • @GoldenRatio
    @GoldenRatio 15 років тому +1

    Kerry fucking nails the riff from 'Angel of Death' in this video. I've never seen him play it so clean before - if only he could play it this well live! The 'Spirit In Black' solo except is also brilliant...not as easy to play as it may look.

  • @Calebyourdaddy727
    @Calebyourdaddy727 15 років тому

    I have one of those but a NJ Series
    They are in my eyes the best

  • @BstandardDan
    @BstandardDan 10 років тому +2

    Guide to kerry king: Get floyd rose guitar, set it up half step down, crank distortion, palm mute open e and then do some sliding power chords. for soloing start on any random ass shape and wiggle the floyd rose.

    • @Seant1995
      @Seant1995 10 років тому +9

      kerry king uses Kahler, not Floyd Rose

    • @BstandardDan
      @BstandardDan 10 років тому

      ^ yes he does my bad. Replace any instance of floyd with kahler tremolo bar

    • @Seant1995
      @Seant1995 10 років тому +2

      he was described as the best rhythm guitarist by Dave Ellefson and Dave Mustaine said hes good, all your arguments and opinions are invalid and until you can do the spider crawl riff in raining blood then sit down and stop talking shit about someones guitar playing and hating on someone because your pals do it or you think its popular to do so

    • @mountkarate-nunchucka
      @mountkarate-nunchucka 3 місяці тому

      ​@@BstandardDan works for me

  • @MattKpo
    @MattKpo 15 років тому

    its a bc rich warlock, at music shops there's the same guitar, kerry king one is costumized and its on sale as production item

  • @yukikodethmetal666
    @yukikodethmetal666 14 років тому

    thats a really kick ass looking guitar.

  • @timhaley101
    @timhaley101 16 років тому

    awesome! i just kerry king and all his stuff ,molosser music

  • @IwishIwereJoe
    @IwishIwereJoe 16 років тому

    He probably does use effects but it doesnt sound like it in this video ..He gets a good tone because he uses a marshall tube amp and he has active emgs pickups..i love his tone

  • @Dypah
    @Dypah 12 років тому

    Okay that was so funny. Total respect for you and everyone else on this comment board now. lol

  • @bstarcher419
    @bstarcher419 13 років тому

    @kjrody21 i think while he was in slayer he used Eb but I'm not too sure

  • @HorstKirkPageKian
    @HorstKirkPageKian 14 років тому

    @FrankensteinJr45 I guess it's just a doodle, not a song. many magazines have such things, just a few seconds that fit in well with the main material.

  • @DrumStan
    @DrumStan 16 років тому

    Cool video

  • @richie29215
    @richie29215 15 років тому

    man Kerry King is a ledgend

  • @siskabobs
    @siskabobs 16 років тому +1

    that angel of death riff is the best riff of the song.

  • @TiddlyShit
    @TiddlyShit 14 років тому

    Kerry King is my hero.

  • @hokeystar8
    @hokeystar8 16 років тому

    holy shit tht is such a nice guitar!!

  • @richiec54
    @richiec54 15 років тому +2

    Slayer's solo go perfect with thier songs

  • @gorandragicevic6853
    @gorandragicevic6853 3 роки тому

    Best guitar player ever

  • @Cassan72
    @Cassan72 10 років тому

    Very nice

  • @fireonhigh100
    @fireonhigh100 Місяць тому

    SLAYER LIVES FOREVER!!

  • @KristianCramer
    @KristianCramer 16 років тому

    i dont know why but kerry king just looks so totally laid back when he plays

  • @galwaysynth
    @galwaysynth 11 років тому

    i would love to be able to play angel of death like kerry dose there, saw slayer twice, awesome band live, jeff hanneman rest in peace.

  • @andrewhinds6560
    @andrewhinds6560 15 років тому

    It's a BC Rich Warlock, with a Kahler trem system and EMG pickups.

  • @skifarterufa
    @skifarterufa 15 років тому

    Whole step, absolutely.

  • @joweasly0909
    @joweasly0909 11 років тому

    I like the ad before the video.

  • @DittyDafku
    @DittyDafku 16 років тому

    oh and also. whats that song that plays in the intro and between every slide animation! it sounds SICK

  • @thrashtildeth247
    @thrashtildeth247 14 років тому +1

    the angel of death riff is my favorite riff of all time to play

    • @andreico6491
      @andreico6491 4 роки тому +1

      thrashtildeth247 bro u still alive after 10 years?

    • @thrashtildeth247
      @thrashtildeth247 4 роки тому +2

      Andrei Co 2 yep, still kicking

  • @mURDErfAceD402
    @mURDErfAceD402 15 років тому

    Slayer and Kerry King RULE YOUR SOULS!!!!!!!

  • @IvoMaropo
    @IvoMaropo 16 років тому

    It doesn't really matter that much. Slayer's riffs alone were the responsible for extreme metal creation. The caotic guitar solos, non stop disarmonic riffs and sadistic lyrics were the foundation for many other metal subgenres. Also, Kerry's live presence is sensation. Pure hateful headbanging. He was born to this band.

  • @thrashtildeth247
    @thrashtildeth247 14 років тому

    @mightymightable war ensemble? hes playing the tapping part from the solo

  • @unhoiy1371
    @unhoiy1371 11 років тому

    rock on slayer!

  • @mofo6907
    @mofo6907 12 років тому

    Please realize that the skill of guitar isn't just playing, writing good riffs is also part of the skill in playing guitar.

  • @xXDragonTribalXx
    @xXDragonTribalXx 15 років тому

    Mine is either, I use a full metal pick, I like it ^_^
    Good ears!

  • @meh54
    @meh54 16 років тому

    On the album I think it's Eb, but it's tuned down more here.

  • @SgtPepper0717
    @SgtPepper0717 12 років тому

    I want to play guitar but don't know do should I start with acoustic or just get an electric guitar because I have no idea what I'm going to do with an acoustic

  • @poyanator
    @poyanator 14 років тому

    ppl dnt be trolling what u dnt understand.
    I use to hate metal as well but then i opened my mind to it and it blew me out of the water :O

  • @EnigmaticOranmentV6
    @EnigmaticOranmentV6 16 років тому

    Well, he's succeeded in the music industry as a Pro Guitarist of a Major Rock Band, that is what counts. Respect

  • @flowerpowermanful
    @flowerpowermanful 14 років тому

    his guitar is soo cool

  • @jag1393
    @jag1393 16 років тому

    Im 15 and slayer is the best fucking band ever!!! so not only older metal heads like them

  • @SpriteStudio
    @SpriteStudio 12 років тому

    Kerry is the best!!

  • @Josh18335
    @Josh18335 11 років тому

    Indeed, Hail SLAYER!

  • @J-P.S.
    @J-P.S. 13 років тому

    he is the best thrash metal riff writer period . and he never even lernd music theori and still writes sick ass songs , he said in a interview he is starting to learn theorie so stop pissing about his solos . and dont start macking fun of my spelling im german