The BEST Clean Tone Metal Riffs w/Nick Bowcott!
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Its Uncle Ben Eller and Nick Bowcott back at Sweetwater Campus once again to bring you all our personal top 10 list of the BEST clean tone metal riffs of all time! From Judas Priest to Periphery to Opeth to Ghost to Pantera, there's a little bit of everything here. Take off your socks and shoes and enjoy this relaxed fit long form video chock full of awesome stories and insights from the legendary Mr Bowcott himself! And let us know what riffs we missed in the comments! What are YOUR favorite clean tone riffs that didn't make our lists? Let us know!
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thanks for watching me and Nick Bowcott's top 10 clean tone metal riffs! Always a pleasure to hang out with Nick, mash some ropes, and soak up some music history. Whats YOUR top 10?!
Anytime Uncles Ben and Nick get together you know it's going to be a good time \m/
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You need to check out Evergrey from Sweden, thank me later
Tragically rarely analyzed/mentioned, the work of Jeff Waters of Annihilator. His clean stuff is very original and intriguing
Late, but the word salad clean part, Phoenix Rising, Sounds Good to Me, and Crystal Ann are amazing!
Yeah Jeff doesn't get enough credit.
I always like the clean section in 'To Live is to Die' that comes in half way through the song. It's the same part they play live on the 'Live Shit Binge and Purge" Seattle show, right before they go into a Master of Puppets.
Totally agree. One of my all time fav clean/melodic parts
Nick "Simon" Bowcott is a great hang, and congrats for nailing all your riffs on the first take! You guys make a great Team, Ben is killer as usual and Nick's stories are awesome.
Great call on amazing bass and drum sounds from Queensryche. I can’t think of anything I’ve heard that tops those on Mindcrime and Empire.
Agreed…. The mix direction on O;M was unique at the time, given how almost harsh the mids were, and the crack of the snare on Rockenfield’s kit.
I did a cover of I Don’t Believe in Love, but never found the bass tone Jackson produced on the final mix….
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The smack of the snare is incredible.
Clean tone metal is underrated
Agree
Metallica's cleans are as iconic as the heavy stuff, if not more. Also Mastodon's Asleep In The Deep or Sleeping Giant*sleeppun* ah, and Crack The Skye
Pull Me Under - Dream Theater and Welcome Home (Sanitarium) - Metallica - the 2 songs I use to dial in a clean tone on my guitar.
Awesome! How about best metal riffs in Major, then another vid with best metal riffs in minor.
I feel like a lot of modern metal guys totally disregard the clean tone. An absolute laundry list of my favorite riffs are clean and it totally makes everything perfect. Well played Uncle Ben and Grandpa Nick! Love it!
Fuckin' hell, these Uncle Ben + Grandpa Nick videos are my absolute fave. Can we not at LEAST make this an every-other-monthly series? 😁🤞 Was super hype to see some love for the descending D minor part during the This Love solo! I've genuinely never heard ANYONE mention it before and I've always adored it! Also this for some reason reminded me of a thing my band used to do in college called "Cleanthrax", where we'd randomly jam through a bunch of entire Anthrax songs, with completely clean tones and single notes only. Highly recommend 😉
Metallica - Sanitarium
Dream Theater - Pull me under
Tool - Vicarious
Fear Factory - Final Exit
Ozzy - Diary of a madman
The Cult - She sells sanctuary
Devin Townsend - Ki
Alice in Chains - Rooster
Weezer - The world has turned and left me here
A perfect circle - The outsider
10 - Killer of Giants - Lee/Ozzy
9 - Fade to Black - Metallica
8 - Crystal Ann - Annihilator
7 - Intro to Reality - Anthrax
6 - Cemetary Gates - Pantera
5 - Welcome Home (Sanitarium) - Metallica
4 - Under Siege - Sepultura
3 - Still Loving You - Scorpions
2 - You Can't Kill Rock 'n Roll - Rhoads/Ozzy
1 - Diary of a Madman - Rhoads/Ozzy
7 of my favourite 10. 🤘🖤
I hate to be cliche, but that clean section in Alison Hell is to die for
They may have chosen Killer of Giants but who would want to try and play it!
@@lowdz68really? I’m def not talking shit, nor trying to take anything away from it, but it’s not that hard to play. Beautiful song. And again, no disrespect intended, whatsoever
@@rferguson3 the intro where Jake uses his thumb as a capo? saw him do it live and was very impressed.
Nick is such a metal legend.
Metallica - To Live is to Die: The little riff they do in the middle where they cut off the other instruments for a bit. They do play it with distortion first, but still. Quite possibly the most beautiful thing they've ever written. It's at 4:58 in the song.
Love that song!
For that exact riff,it's awesome!
100% and those swells, too. Then James’s beautiful solo on top. Glorious ear candy, for sure
Killer of Giants - Jake E Lee
Women in Love - EVH
Secrets - EVH
Top Jimmy - EVH
Is This Love - John Sykes
Ship of Fools - Robert Plant
Big Log - Robert Plant
Last In Line - Vivian Campbell
Shake My Tree - Coverdale/Page
7:42 This Love was actually on Vulgar Display Of Power! So glad that song made the list! Would've been nice to see Floods make it, but oh well 😄
I love all the content you are doing with Nick. The man's a legend and he's got a very unique playing style, I wish we could hear more of him.
Nick plays in a band called D-Day
My list would have had Hallowed Be Thy Name, A Question of Heaven, The Bard's Song, 46&2, In The Shadow of Our Pale Companion, Jotunheim (Moonsorrow), Ora Pro Nobis Lucifer, Flying Whales, Nobody's Here, Where Dead Angels Lie, and Face of Melinda on it.
Queensryche is awesome!!!!! Sabbath's Children of the Sea.....
Ben and Nick make some great collaborations
Sabbath - Planet Caravan(I suppose this one is cheating but I love this song)
Opeth - Moonlapse Vertigo
Judas Priest - Dreamer Deceiver
Jake E Lee - Killer of Giants
Testament - The Legacy
Scorpions - You Give Me All I Need
Black Label Society - Bridge to Cross
Testament - Return to Serenity
Pantera - Cemetery Gates
Metallica - Anything clean to be honest. Lol
Nice list. Though I’m embarrassed to admit that I’m not familiar with that priest song you mentioned. Never been the biggest fan, but always had huge respect/appreciation for them. Gonna go check that out after this
Guys, this was amazing! The favorite is "Pull Me Under". That then Ghost and Opeth can make clean tones dark is no wonder. In Sweden, folk music has always had a sad tone and even children's songs can be in minor. Great episode!👍❤
It's always fun to see this kind of "best of" lists with you and Nick and find out how at least 50% of your picks are matching with my picks, it was like that on 80's and 70's riffs lists, and also with this list :) I would also add "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Warrant, "To Bid You Farewell" by Opeth, "The Ballad" by Testament, "Laid to Rest" by the late Alexi Laiho's lesser known band Sinergy, and for some more "modern" stuff "Say Goodnight" by Bullet for My Valentine
You need to check out Evergrey.
Thank me later
I always liked "Save All Your Love" from Great White.
7:40 he meant Vulgar Display of Power
song #5 on Far Beyond Driven is Good Friends and A Bottle of Pills
In "Beyond the Realms of Death," I always hear Styx's "Suite Madame Blue."
Nick you mean vulgar display of power. That is the album This love is on along with the others you mentioned I'm sure you know lol things change when a camera is in your face lol
“Simple lines, intertwining”. Bozart!
Beginning of Empty Words by Death and Ghosts of Midwinter Fires by Agalloch.
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Dream Theater - A change of Seasons
Disturbed - Remnants
Ozzy - Mama I'm coming home
System of a Down - Chop Suey!
Before even watching this video if I don't see Beyond The Realms of Death on here I'm gonna ERUPT
Such a great video. Nick is always fun to watch.
It's actually so nice to sit here listening to all these clean music pieces that are from hard pulverizing songs. Makes you realize the small clean passages could easily have been songs on their own, they're so good.
Black Sabbath Children of the Sea and Planet Caravan.
Mikael is one of the most creative guitarists/musicians I’ve ever heard. People sleep on opeth
“Pun intended” 🤣🤣🤣
System of a Down had some pretty cool clean riffs on the first album
Without a doubt, Daron really did have a knack for writing great clean riffs in addition to his usual heavy distorted tone
Rebellion in Dreamland
Queensryche EPIC bass tone is amazing.. Tobias 5 string with Cartalini pick ups with those ESP guitars is the BEST
A fantastic sounding technique cello players use is the octave trill it sounds amazing when you have powerful hammer ons
I'd also like to add two from Jorn:
My Road
and
The World I See
I think both are excellent, just not so widely known
I absolutely love the energy you guys have, it's a joy to watch, how 2 players should be with each other, humble, yet with humour, I could watch you 2 for hours.
Dimebag was the sweet raunchiness
Love the list. Couple of surprises in there. Would have loved to hear Suite Sister Mary, or ...And Justice for All. But, great lists from both of you.
Like the riffs, love the stories.
I love the verse riff to Priestess by Periphery. A new favorite of mine is Stench of an Iron Age by Black Crown Initiate and Pisces by Jinjer.
Here’s a few more from the top of my head:
Darkness Within by Machine Head.
Where Owls Know My Name by Rivers of Nihil.
Ghost Prototype II Deus Ex Machina by Scar Symmetry
Vermilion pt. 2 by Slipknot
Hollow by Submersed
Cruel Melody and I Have a Need by Black Light Burns
Little remark cause im a Pantera geek i guess haha, This love is on Vulgar Display of Power :P
ESP intro from cacophony
30:31 That would've been a killer choice!
"C'est si bon"! That's exactly what I was thinking when watching your channel.
Thanks from France.
Trower baby!!!!
Living legend!
Yes Ben! humans Being ⚡⚡
brb re-watching Twister real quick
Report back with your findings hahaha NOOOO WAAAAAY DOOOOWN
Black Sabbath - Children of the sea
Metallica - Sanitarium
Iron Maiden - Children of the damned
Overkill - Soulitude
Testament - The Legacy
Megadeth - Good Mourning, Diadems
Grave Digger - Legion of the lost
Slayer - Seasons in the abyss
Ozzy Osbourne - Killer of Giant (because you already mentionned Diary)
Scorpions - Always Somewhere
Awesome vid!
No offense Grim Reaper, Raven, Priest,Saxon, and Maiden are my all time faves!!!
Can you do a vídeo about KING DIAMOND riffs?
Cheers from Portugal 🤘🍺🇵🇹
That Diary of a Madman riff is incredible. Great video!
Nice arms Ben, man's been workin' out! Great vid. Thanks for sharing ✌🏻
And you could show us how to ride that Opeth wave man.
Thanks dude! I’ve got a Dirge lesson from a couple years back, check it out!
Yup, found it. It's still there 😅 Thanks for pointing out. Love those WW intro songs ✌🏻🤣👍🏻You all have a great day/night.
I think right at the 15 minute mark everyone was like “RICKY WAS A YOUNG B-“ 😮
The intros to BeneathThe Remains by Sepultura & Black Horsemen by King Diamond would have been good on this list.
Awesome video and GREAT clean tones!
Dunno 'bout metal riff. I'm a hard rock guy. I do not think ozzy john Petrucci are metal (All fantastic music) It's a small matter but these guys:
Judas Priest - Beyond the realms of death
Iron Maiden - rhythmof the ancient mariner
Honorable mention
Suicidal Tendencies - How can I laugh tomorrow
Glen Proudfoot - fallinh
And a bit of humor
The Good ol' Boys - Corn shucking mofo's
Such a terrific 'tube duo 🤘
As soon as I heard Mastodon, I was hoping for This Mortal Soil. I am, needless to say, disappointed.
At least they have the cool Call of Ktulu chord in Pendulous Skin.
I believe he meant 5th song on Vulgar Display of Power.
Closer to the Heart by RUSH is a favorite of mine. Open Your Heart by Europe is another.
You're right Nick you butchered it lol but Ben should have done that little lead on it.
That Judas Song reminds me of Suite Madame Blue :Styx
from both of You there is something from Dimebag ...that's means something!
No good morning Black Friday?…. Oh dear
The fact we have to acknowledge when we play a bum note sucks, just enjoy the feel
I love the original half-step tuning to A tout le monde. The E tuning sounds weird.
I need to start practicing again.
Metal Church!! Those albums with David Wayne are fantastic, what a unique and amazing voice.
Great pick Nick!! Big fan of Grim Reaper also
a lot of really beautiful riffs in this one
baroness - chlorine and wine
Tony Iommi has a lot of easy but yet killer clean riffs even from the very beginning of the band :
Sleeping village
Planet Caravan
Embryo, Orchid
Spiral Architect
The Writ
She’s gone
Children of the sea
The sign of the southern cross
Born Again
Scarlet pimpernel
Night wing ,when death calls
Odin’s court, feels good to me
Too late,
Cross of thorns,The hand that rock the cradle
I won’t cry for you, kiss of death
There are others of course.
Always easy but working well and sometimes really unusual chords shapes.
Nick’s clean tone is awesome
it feels good to know that even pros will go " i'm gonna mess it up" lol
The two I had in mind were diary and beyond the realms of death what are the chances
Less talk more playing lol.
Metal Church yes!!!
Great video!
Freakin great video y’all. Thanks for this. And for introducing me to a bunch of new bands to listen to.
FUTURE BREED MACHINE!!!!!
Flawless!!! I would add Guns 'N Roses You're Crazy G 'N R Lies version. Clean guitar that barks when needed.
Working Hard At Hardly Working!! Strraight to the nearest pub
My fave clean tune has gotta be SECRETS by our beloved Mr Eddie.
From my native Wales - I reckon A DESIGN FOR LIFE by the Manics is a blinding tune.
Nice noisy vocal too . Cheers from Spain
Been on a kick watching Ben's video with Nick and absolutely loved the 70s/80s riffs vid, if you ever meet up again with him I'd love to see a UK vs. USA Best 90s Riffs or Best 60s Riffs vid to round up the series. Great vid as always, man, and here's my Top 10 of some of my personal favourite clean riffs in metal songs
1. Master of Puppets - Metallica (Instrumental/bridge section before James Hetfield's solo)
2. Aerials - System of a Down (Intro/chorus riff)
3. Call Me Little Sunshine - Ghost (Intro/Verse riff)
4. Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden (Intro/verse 1)
5 Pull Me Under - Dream Theater (Intro)
6. Cemetery Gates - Pantera (Verse riff)
7. Endless Rain - X Japan (Verse/chorus riff - Highly recommend checking this band out, great band and definitely one of the best Japanese hard rock/metal bands and my personal favourite)
8. Paradise City - Guns 'N' Roses (Intro riff)
9. A Tout Le Monde - Megadeth (Intro riff)
10. Welcome Home - Coheed & Cambria (Intro riff)
Here’s a few off the top of my head: Tesla - Song and Emotion, Sabbath - Children of the Sea, just about anything by Triumph but I’ll go with the obvious - Magic Power, Dio - Last in Line
Man you guys are awesome!
I also get completely bugged by Malcolm's playing on the intro of Thunderstruck. Only he could do it.
That was Brilliant! Nick is cool as hell--I met back in the late '80s at the Foundations Forum. Coolest cat ever!
I enjoy the videos with you and the iconic Nick. Yes, Twister does still rule and I have used that analogy of Armageddon and Deep Impact so I got a kick outta that. I also use Volcano and Dante’s Peak analogy. Keep rocking dude
Uncle Ben I always enjoy the video's you do with the great
Nick Bowcott.
& I enjoy your solo video's as well. I always look forward to seeing your new video's & I enjoy learning the different techniques that you teach. I appreciate everything you do. I hope you have a peaceful Monday.
Peace Chuckguitarist87
Wow what a blast. Love Kills by the Vinni Vincent Invasion sounds a lot like Yngwie's song Dreaming. It was actually my my love for Love Kills that got me into listen to Yngwie because of the similarities. Way back when Elm Street's Dream Warriors was in theaters and MTV played videos.
Halfway through this video, I picked up my guitar and created some new dark clean riffs...
Thanks for the inspiration !