3 songs that use the “5 7 8” Metalcore Riff

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  • 3 Songs that use the “5 7 8” metalcore riff, 578 refers to the frets/notes used to make this sort of sound with the heavy palm muting on the low E string, how many songs have you heard use a riff similar to these songs? A lot I’d bet,
    First 2 songs are in Drop D tuning (DADGBE) and the 3rd is in Drop C (CGCFAD), and I’m using @stltones Tone Hub Plug In, with the Machine Preset “Walk In Hell Lead 2”, using a Scarlet 2i2 Interface by @wearefocusrite into GarageBand
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  • @banatiansniper
    @banatiansniper 3 місяці тому +342

    5-7-8 now is what 12-bar-blues was way back

  • @Bkens023
    @Bkens023 3 місяці тому +422

    I love 5-7-8 core. Was the best era of Metalcore

    • @drewccxvi
      @drewccxvi  3 місяці тому +19

      It certainly was,

    • @hclyrics
      @hclyrics 3 місяці тому +14

      I call for a revival.

    • @Yah_Mean
      @Yah_Mean 3 місяці тому +5

      Damn right it was. 💯

    • @thewlzr8658
      @thewlzr8658 3 місяці тому +8

      Still miss the Myspace-era mathcore

    • @MercuryHg34
      @MercuryHg34 3 місяці тому +1

      @@thewlzr8658 Ever heard of Ultrageist? Check out their 2010 album for a hidden gem

  • @n_o_n_t_u
    @n_o_n_t_u 3 місяці тому +107

    5 7 8 is like the metalcore version of 0 3 5

  • @Fretboardmastermind
    @Fretboardmastermind 3 місяці тому +130

    5 7 8 is responsible for some melodic classics 🤘

  • @mrhamburgler480
    @mrhamburgler480 3 місяці тому +101

    honorable mention the first two As I Lay Dying albums 😅

  • @jakeyoung661
    @jakeyoung661 3 місяці тому +46

    This reminded me how sick as blood runs black is

  • @paul-emilefrancois3731
    @paul-emilefrancois3731 3 місяці тому +85

    Crazy how they were all inspired by Slaughter of the soul by at the gates

    • @TheDrewjameson
      @TheDrewjameson 3 місяці тому +9

      I was gonna say, this was very At the Gates ish!

    • @d_byrd
      @d_byrd 3 місяці тому +9

      electric eye

    • @dannycheesums
      @dannycheesums 3 місяці тому +9

      I remember being so frustrated in the 00s by trying to tell people who had got into killswitch / trivium etc to check out at the gates and then being told nah I don’t really like old music

    • @modernlifeisadam
      @modernlifeisadam 3 місяці тому +5

      big fax. i couldnt get into this music for a little as a kid who had heard SOTS first and just heard modern metalcore as "at the gates worship" lol. stuff is obviously good on its own but yeah it's so heavily influenced that I literally couldn't unhear it as a 15 y/o

    • @tshred666
      @tshred666 3 місяці тому +3

      @@modernlifeisadamit’s funny because even as a kid I thought SOTS was overrated and that their previous records were better. My main gripe back then as it is now with most of the SOTS inspired bands is the over compressed production, and in the case of those a7x and trivium records, Matt’s vocals. They’re both good vocalists now but back then they were god awful

  • @Yah_Mean
    @Yah_Mean 3 місяці тому +37

    5 7 8 core was king.
    *honorable mention 4 too tho

  • @psyghtseer
    @psyghtseer 3 місяці тому +31

    Im partial to 3-5-6 core

    • @noesunyoutuber7680
      @noesunyoutuber7680 3 місяці тому +2

      Hell yeah, that's like the whole post-ETID Southern Rock/Metalcore thing.

    • @BruceCopperfield
      @BruceCopperfield 3 місяці тому +5

      Lamb of God

    • @Yah_Mean
      @Yah_Mean 3 місяці тому +2

      He Is Legend, Maylene & The Sons of Disaster, A Life Once Lost, that was a great era in 3 5 6. 👌🏽

  • @ProducingInTheBox
    @ProducingInTheBox 3 місяці тому +11

    Why is no one talking about the absolutely perfect execution of those pinch harmonics? 🤘🤯

  • @DarkSydeSean1
    @DarkSydeSean1 3 місяці тому +19

    Eveb though the pattern is synonymous with metalcore, death metal pioneers, Death, were using that pattern in the late 1990s.

    • @ObieCS2
      @ObieCS2 3 місяці тому +9

      5-7-8 riffs are also a staple of melodic death metal, which metalcore takes influence from

    • @happycat4838
      @happycat4838 3 місяці тому +6

      I have just called it the Spirit Crusher riff, I like when songs have that in them

    • @triplej8666
      @triplej8666 2 місяці тому +1

      Judas were using it in 1982 and maiden

  • @joshuabeauchamp4525
    @joshuabeauchamp4525 3 місяці тому +34

    I really thought this would include Rose of Sharyn and Through Struggle lol!

  • @serjaoguitarreiro2003
    @serjaoguitarreiro2003 3 місяці тому +7

    All As I lay dying songs

  • @horrifyinggelatinousblob
    @horrifyinggelatinousblob 3 місяці тому +6

    it's crazy how all of these riffs were invented in the 90's by Dark Tranquility and In Flames and hundreds of bands built careers essentially covering Swedish melodeth with better guitar tones.

  • @schoolgamer9592
    @schoolgamer9592 3 місяці тому +16

    The 5-7-8 Core is Amazing. I Also Just Subbed

  • @themightymcb7310
    @themightymcb7310 3 місяці тому +7

    I love that ABRB riff, that band was so good

  • @Magdalena8008s
    @Magdalena8008s 3 місяці тому +10

    "At the Gates" core.

  • @SpiritofPoison
    @SpiritofPoison 3 місяці тому +4

    Knives and Pins Black Veil Brides

  • @user-wo6oj7wh7z
    @user-wo6oj7wh7z 3 місяці тому +3

    You're Amazing 🙌

  • @me4tgr1ndr
    @me4tgr1ndr 3 місяці тому

    I love all of those songs!

  • @chupiconverge6034
    @chupiconverge6034 2 місяці тому

    Cooool!!

  • @meltingautumn867
    @meltingautumn867 3 місяці тому +22

    I never noticed the pattern in unholy confessions until now

    • @6idangle
      @6idangle 3 місяці тому +1

      Yea same string skipped riff all of the melodic bands used.
      Darkest hour used it, and so did pretty much every metal core act doing melodic stuff.

    • @triplej8666
      @triplej8666 2 місяці тому

      unholy was the one that made it popular, or atleast is the most popular out of them

  • @Rayman120
    @Rayman120 3 місяці тому +3

    This applies to the entire Unhallowed album from TBDM!

  • @joethesheep4675
    @joethesheep4675 3 місяці тому +13

    provided you are on a drop tuning (should be D here but works exactly the same for every drop tuning) what 5th, 7th and 8th fret on the A-string in conjunction with the open E-string (which is dropped so not an E but D for drop D and so on) amounts to is basic minor sound. The open string that gets played along is the keynote. The 5th fret on the A-string is the same note but an octave higher (thats standard metal; doulbing the keynote) and then you add in a major second and a minor third (which adds the minor sound).
    Another interesting note in this context is the note A which you find on the open A string and in case of a drop-d-tuning on the 7th fret of the E-string (which is dropped to D in open). A is so interesting cause that is the fifth in the key of D minor and is basically interchangeable with the keynote and is typical for metal. And ofc you play that a lot too in these songs.
    So yeah. Pretty common.Basically every metal song thats ever written similar i would say.
    edit: obviously there is a lot you can change musictheorywise. Like, for example swap the major second for a minor second (play 6th fret A-string isntead of 7th fret). That would move the sound from basic minor to phrygian which sounds totally weird (but awesome in my opinion).

    • @sweetypuss
      @sweetypuss 3 місяці тому +9

      nobody is reading all of that

    • @Yah_Mean
      @Yah_Mean 3 місяці тому

      Autism

    • @PRR-ny6eq
      @PRR-ny6eq 3 місяці тому +1

      Someone who knows what they’re talking about doesn’t use words like ‘keynote’. Do you know about keys in songs? You could’ve cut your wall of text in half

    • @joethesheep4675
      @joethesheep4675 3 місяці тому +1

      @@PRR-ny6eq i am not an english native and had to use a dictionary for this.

    • @levpor89
      @levpor89 3 місяці тому

      Take it easy, Beato

  • @zonadogt
    @zonadogt 3 місяці тому +2

    i was thinking all metalcore songs use 578

  • @alexgalloway9310
    @alexgalloway9310 2 місяці тому

    Hell yea as blood runs black!

  • @redlober9982
    @redlober9982 3 місяці тому +2

    all of these songs are part of my childhood, damn

  • @BodaciousWickerman
    @BodaciousWickerman 2 місяці тому

    The good old days man!

  • @glitchyrhythm6749
    @glitchyrhythm6749 2 місяці тому +1

    Every as I lay dying song from before 2010 lol

  • @DrSuess360
    @DrSuess360 2 місяці тому

    Awesome bro!!! Also, Savoir Saint Salvation by Bleeding Through. Which also has Matt from Avenged on it too. 👍

  • @shawndefiore
    @shawndefiore 3 місяці тому

    Boundaries is somewhat bringing this style of metalcore back with a hardcore punch to it and I love it so much

  • @christianstojgtr
    @christianstojgtr 3 місяці тому +8

    chuck invented it 🎉

    • @clarkcrichton
      @clarkcrichton 3 місяці тому

      which chuck. shuldiner?

    • @d_byrd
      @d_byrd 3 місяці тому +4

      listen to judas priest

    • @christianstojgtr
      @christianstojgtr 3 місяці тому +1

      yeah but chuck made it happen in a more extreme sense that inspired the metalcore shit@@d_byrd

    • @christianstojgtr
      @christianstojgtr 3 місяці тому

      yes@@clarkcrichton

    • @faust8218
      @faust8218 3 місяці тому +3

      No, more like Swedish Melodeath.
      At The Gates - Slaughter of the Soul (the album) is the obvious source. Even though it's just a basic minor shape, but that definitely inspired the later metalcore stuff the most.

  • @ApCommunityRock
    @ApCommunityRock 3 місяці тому +1

    good good !!!!!!!!

  • @naoki-tanaka
    @naoki-tanaka 3 місяці тому +1

    very famous songs

  • @ethan_loves_emma
    @ethan_loves_emma 3 місяці тому +3

    rose of sharyn by killswitch engage comes to mind

  • @BlazonStone
    @BlazonStone 2 місяці тому +2

    Judas Priest - Electric Eye

  • @piercestormmusic7708
    @piercestormmusic7708 3 місяці тому +15

    The 5-7-8 riff is a very specific thing and a little deviation is okay but not every melodic death metal riff is a 5-7-8 riff. Songs that use that riff specifically are Unholy Confessions like you mentioned, Attack Attack's What Happens If I Can't Check My Myspace When We Get There, Asking Alexandria's Not The American Average, Chiodos' There's No Penguins In Alaska and many more that have that same melodic motif.

  • @TPD
    @TPD 3 місяці тому

    king for a day?

  • @TokyoNightGirl-fk4cn
    @TokyoNightGirl-fk4cn 3 місяці тому +1

    Wow💗💗💗💙💗💙💙

  • @mentox6592
    @mentox6592 3 місяці тому +3

    This is still the kind of music I write 😅

  • @Kevly_
    @Kevly_ 3 місяці тому +1

    Not the American Average by Asking Alexandria and What Happens If I Can’t Check My MySpace When We Get There by Attack Attack! are also another two that are near identical

  • @seanbrown6904
    @seanbrown6904 3 місяці тому +2

    5 7 8 taught me guitar

  • @nvjohansson9741
    @nvjohansson9741 3 місяці тому +2

    I named my son 5 7 8

  • @LaVidaDelRoba
    @LaVidaDelRoba 3 місяці тому +3

    There are way to many, here comes the kraken, chiodos, asking, etc

  • @firdauszainudin7118
    @firdauszainudin7118 3 місяці тому +6

    No Old Bullet For My Valentine & Joneswitch Engaged, no subscribe

  • @keithedeadlierreaper5661
    @keithedeadlierreaper5661 3 місяці тому +3

    Bring Da Muthafuking Ruckus

  • @preythefox
    @preythefox 3 місяці тому

    Like Light to the Flies is one of the best in history.

  • @latentthreat.
    @latentthreat. 3 місяці тому +1

    melodic black metal is also based on this sequence

  • @jarrett4154
    @jarrett4154 3 місяці тому

    bring back core bands that use 5-7-8 riffs!

    • @DrSuess360
      @DrSuess360 2 місяці тому +1

      Where you live?? How about we start a band and just do it ourselves. 😂

  • @BRPDProductions
    @BRPDProductions 17 днів тому

    I HAVE THAT EXACT SAME GUITAR WTF

  • @dennismetzger9287
    @dennismetzger9287 3 місяці тому +2

    Trivium? Banned...

  • @rahafjabari5656
    @rahafjabari5656 3 місяці тому

    how do you get this tone bro please help a brother out 🙏🙏🙏

  • @EnigmaticAnamoly
    @EnigmaticAnamoly 3 місяці тому +2

    Silent Night Bodom Night?

  • @JeremiahDaniel1995
    @JeremiahDaniel1995 3 місяці тому +4

    What about 8 7 5 lol

  • @tylerhand6759
    @tylerhand6759 3 місяці тому

    Phinehas - I Am The Lion

  • @AustinBrake98
    @AustinBrake98 3 місяці тому +1

    Well, it is the minor scale pattern. A lot of metal uses it, not just metalcore.

  • @adityag9199
    @adityag9199 3 місяці тому +1

    Me when 5 7 8: 🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @Spaaanky
    @Spaaanky 3 місяці тому

    Make me feel 14 again haha

  • @venrakdrake
    @venrakdrake 2 місяці тому

    Real lads know about 7 9 10 (C standard supremacy)

  • @fromthecrypts
    @fromthecrypts 3 місяці тому

    Extremely basic music theory got people like 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

  • @dgkallday9
    @dgkallday9 3 місяці тому +4

    Boneyards

  • @mega_jonne1546
    @mega_jonne1546 2 місяці тому

    5-7-8 is from the 70s

  • @ghhdgjjfjjggj
    @ghhdgjjfjjggj 3 місяці тому

    Can someone help me understand what 578 means? I'm not a musician

    • @DrSuess360
      @DrSuess360 2 місяці тому +1

      Fifth fret, Seventh fret and eighth fret of the guitar. Usually the A string.

    • @ghhdgjjfjjggj
      @ghhdgjjfjjggj 2 місяці тому +1

      @@DrSuess360 thanks

  • @omertito4223
    @omertito4223 3 місяці тому +1

    i actually never noticed that

  • @the_BattleGoose
    @the_BattleGoose 2 місяці тому

    ABRB did it the best. Ill happily die on this hill.

  • @jturquoise
    @jturquoise 3 місяці тому +1

    Damn dude
    You’ve got all the boxes checked ✅. lol
    Great playing though.
    You could use a Phenomena and Tenebrae poster though.
    Argento would be disappointed.

  • @whahappend8222
    @whahappend8222 3 місяці тому +1

    Lol kinda says it all the stereotypical metalcore riff was something that was already a decade overplayed by the time it trickled down to core.

  • @mojolito
    @mojolito 3 місяці тому

    would sound better if you panned the guitars left and right

  • @sparechainge
    @sparechainge 3 місяці тому +1

    Only metal core I know how to really play lol

  • @gabriellangston3175
    @gabriellangston3175 3 місяці тому

    Too bad guitarist don't know music theory. Natural minor. It can be in a key that sits well with the open strings of a guitar in that position. Case closed. Its not inherently "5,7,8". Try a different tuning and see where you find yourself.

  • @Hugo-Glatzos1980
    @Hugo-Glatzos1980 3 місяці тому +1

    Metalcore😂😂😂

  • @drummerdude476
    @drummerdude476 3 місяці тому +1

    It’s just the minor scale lol

  • @Hdhdjdudh-fv5jk
    @Hdhdjdudh-fv5jk 3 місяці тому

    Jesus loves you all, stay safe out there and stay strong.

  • @vanya65
    @vanya65 3 місяці тому

    Its the reason i dislike mid 2000s metalcore. 90% of them used this. They are the cookie cutter 80s glam of 2000s metal

  • @Hohlopidor
    @Hohlopidor 3 місяці тому

    👍