We cut our teeth on bands like metallica and pantera, but bands like lamb of god, and this album specifically.... They are the reason we move from being hobbyists to musicians.
Will never understand why everyone plays the D# on the first fret of the A string and not the 6th of the A in laid to rest. On a side note, this riff is literally what got me into lamb of god. Absolutely amazing guitarists
It’s because Mark Morton did an old guitar world column and that’s exactly the way he showed how to play it. Besides, imagine how weird rolling your pinky down to grab that 5th fret on the A would feel during that riff
It's for the timbre. I write like that a lot, really makes a difference to me. Guitarists that I've played with will play something that I wrote in a different way, like how you described, and it doesn't sound the same. Not as full or punchy sounding.
I play the 5th fret on the A string with my middle finger, 5th on the low D with my index, and when he moves to the 6th on the A, I switch to my ring, and keep using index for the 5th fret on D. Not dogging on anyone for other ways, just seems more difficult than its worth and I can't tell a difference in tone or timbre either way
Now You've Got Something to Die For was one of the first songs a friend and I practiced to play together before we founded our first band, such a fun song to play, takes me back
before i pressed this reel i was listening to now you’ve got something to die for and ur riff started at the same exact spot i was at i was like ayOOOOO
you could play the second part of the laid-to-rest riff on the 6th fret of the A string, making you only need to do the mega stretch at the end of the riff, instead of twice
Been playing for nearly 20 years (not as often as I should, honestly). I can play a ton of LoG riffs, but that laid to rest riffs complexity combined with my smaller than average hands just makes it impossible. I keep trying though, maybe someday. LoG made me the guitarist I am today. I wouldn't have the picking ability, speed or accuracy that I do now if it wasn't for being motivated to play their music. Chris Adler is the entire reason I learned to play drums as a kid. They're legends, I'd consider all of them my musical heroes.
You should probably title this video, "Making riffs look unnecessarily difficult by incorrect, deliberately inefficient fingering!" since that's what's happening.
So I looked up some live videos to be like "There's no way they play it like that", and, interestingly enough, Mark plays it that way, but Willie doesn't, which is just weird. Pick a damn fingering pattern for your riff! But I definitely can't call it incorrect anymore. @@JamieSlays
Jamie,Lamb of God are my favorite band since As the Palaces burn.The riffs of the 2 Riff Machines the best and very difficult.Also the lyrics and they Stray true motto is for me old Metal head important.Metal till the grave
Can we all agree that Willie needs to chill out and make a riff that doesn't require the whole fretboard when hes mainly using the top string, dudes crazy 😅 i love it though
Ashes of the Wake is so good. It literally changed my life. I identify with that album at a soul level. Probably the most riff packed album of history. Every. Single. Song. From start to finish. Just bangers. And my boy here played the best(?) song on the album. LFG
Ah yes... the marathon at the end of laid to rest... I remember it was the first song I played with others and we always gave a huge sigh of relief at the end, haha.
That riff in laid to rest is hard. I need to look up the tabs and start relearning this shit. I used to be able to play most of the songs on Ashes of the Wake
Its funny, I'm a a guy that used to have the ability to be able to play pretty much any riff in my teens, but not much serious lead stuff, To playing in a reggae jazz rnbish type band(soulscaptives check our live performance out lol) and loosing my ability to play hard and heavy riffs But I can still play that end bit to laid to rest pretty well still, what I find difficult are riffs 11th hour at the end with the dissonant chords between the triplets, fucks me up
blood of the scribe is still my favorite LOG song to play willie went beyond technical in that one. Him and Marks styles are so different but they work and compliment the other even there new album is fucking amazing
Dude that bridge riff for 'laid to rest' took me forever to learn back in the day. "guitar world' had willie and mark tab out this song it's awesome. PS; anyone that has watched Killadelphia has seen a video of John "bass player" playing that riff and after he says "that's the mothafucker"
Dude every riff/song on Ashes of the Wake is pure gold.
What’s the first song??
@@gabethesauce1465 Now youv got something to die for
Couldn't agree more!
Literally. Top 5 metal album of all time for me.
@@BQNER- oh for sure my dude🤟
They are all difficult. Crab walking down the neck. Damn
What’s the first song
@@gabethesauce1465 Now you've got something to die for
Second this 100 percent, it's all fkin hard!
LOG are riff masters 🤘
That's why I love them😊
That Laid to Rest riff is my favorite riff of theirs.
Me too!
Isn't it always that way? The simplest riffs completely destroy your reach. Good job bro.
Do you know what the first song is called?
@@gabethesauce1465 Now you‘ve got sonething to die for from the ashes of the awake record ✌️
The riffs during the intro of Grace in the wrath alblum have to be my favorite, such a pretty intro to such chaotic hell
I tried to learn that song today dude. Its just as hard to play as it sounds
We cut our teeth on bands like metallica and pantera, but bands like lamb of god, and this album specifically....
They are the reason we move from being hobbyists to musicians.
Omerta is how I found LoG and I have been in Love ever since.
What’s the first song
@@gabethesauce1465 Now you've got something to die for
Maaaaan that part is so tricky, it's actually hard to play lmao, I thought I was the only one who had a hard time with that part
Pretty hard on bass too bro, lol.
Extremely
- A bass player
The longer scale length turns your fingers into a Yoga-masterclass.
Absolutely 😅
Gotta learn it now!
That laid to rest riff is so hard. That stretch is so hard 😂
Except you can just play it correctly by going to the 6th fret of the A string instead of the 1st fret of the D string 😂😂😂
@@thisnameistakenyeah that's how I play it too but the last bit is still the big stretch, fortunately I was blessed with v large hands 😅
@@thisnameistakenlol thats exactly how i play this part 😂 still sounds good tho
@@thisnameistaken Except you still have to do the stretch anyway for the last part so
For some reason, Laid to Rest was one of the first songs my guitar teacher tried to teach me 😂
Will never understand why everyone plays the D# on the first fret of the A string and not the 6th of the A in laid to rest.
On a side note, this riff is literally what got me into lamb of god. Absolutely amazing guitarists
For the timbre I’d guess. Dosent sound as full up there
It’s because Mark Morton did an old guitar world column and that’s exactly the way he showed how to play it. Besides, imagine how weird rolling your pinky down to grab that 5th fret on the A would feel during that riff
It's for the timbre. I write like that a lot, really makes a difference to me. Guitarists that I've played with will play something that I wrote in a different way, like how you described, and it doesn't sound the same. Not as full or punchy sounding.
I play the 5th fret on the A string with my middle finger, 5th on the low D with my index, and when he moves to the 6th on the A, I switch to my ring, and keep using index for the 5th fret on D. Not dogging on anyone for other ways, just seems more difficult than its worth and I can't tell a difference in tone or timbre either way
Mark does the way shown in the video and Willie does the way you've said
That Laid To Rest riff dude yeah. It's a great warmup too with the stretching and string skipping.
Blood of the scribe. One of my favorites to play.
Willie and Mark know how to write riffs that are fucking hard to play
11th hour is my favorite song to play them. Shit is gnarly
My favorite too....
11th Hour is the best, that is a real struggle to play also, an absolute marathon
Asking as a non guitarist, is walk with me in hell classified as difficult?
Now You've Got Something to Die For was one of the first songs a friend and I practiced to play together before we founded our first band, such a fun song to play, takes me back
Cthulu fingers ignite!
before i pressed this reel i was listening to now you’ve got something to die for and ur riff started at the same exact spot i was at i was like ayOOOOO
you could play the second part of the laid-to-rest riff on the 6th fret of the A string, making you only need to do the mega stretch at the end of the riff, instead of twice
I swear they have the best riffs.
My fave riff is the the riff from hourglass I just posted it on my shorts
Yeah I would imagine so. The stuff that sounds “easy” usually ends up being way more difficult than the stuff that sounds “difficult”.
Been playing for nearly 20 years (not as often as I should, honestly). I can play a ton of LoG riffs, but that laid to rest riffs complexity combined with my smaller than average hands just makes it impossible. I keep trying though, maybe someday. LoG made me the guitarist I am today. I wouldn't have the picking ability, speed or accuracy that I do now if it wasn't for being motivated to play their music. Chris Adler is the entire reason I learned to play drums as a kid. They're legends, I'd consider all of them my musical heroes.
You should probably title this video, "Making riffs look unnecessarily difficult by incorrect, deliberately inefficient fingering!" since that's what's happening.
Haha yeh probably. I play it the way LOG play it. It’s so hard
So I looked up some live videos to be like "There's no way they play it like that", and, interestingly enough, Mark plays it that way, but Willie doesn't, which is just weird. Pick a damn fingering pattern for your riff!
But I definitely can't call it incorrect anymore.
@@JamieSlays
thats how its played originally 🤦🏻 du o eveb know the song 😂?
My hand did cramped back those days
I was expecting Grace, that intro distortion/ chorus riff is ridiculous
Those stretches in Laid to Rest are no fucking joke.
Lamb of god has been my favorite band since i saw them open for Slipknot during their subliminal verses tour. The riffs pulled me in so fast.
Wow dude!! The fingering on that second one looked awesome !
I gotta try that one.
Thanks meng!! 🤘
That outro slams on laid to rest, I dont think Ive ever transitioned it to it in time though.
Great choice!
Hour glass riff with the 2nd guitar harmonizing it
Blood of the scribe is an instant classic for actually difficult
Wouldn’t say it’s the most difficult but that opening riff to laid to rest is one of my favorite riffs to just play over again and again lol
So facts I thought I was the only one that finds the Laid to Rest outro riff hard as shit
Do cannibal corpse nxt
I knew as soon as the video popped up what the second riff was gonna be
laid to rest usually give me cramps.
Accurate. That riff took a bit for me to learn fr
The vomit riff from Hourglass
Exactly the riff I was thinking of
Im glad I'm not a bad guitar player for having a hard time getting the end of that riff right.
My fav metal band 🤘🤘🤘
100% agree that is the hardest to play riff lamb of god have
The fucking 0151 stretch on the laid to rest bridge is wild
Jamie,Lamb of God are my favorite band since As the Palaces burn.The riffs of the 2 Riff Machines the best and very difficult.Also the lyrics and they Stray true motto is for me old Metal head important.Metal till the grave
I absolutely love and hate that laid to rest riff haha. Fucking pinky work! 🔥
On bass😈
Can we all agree that Willie needs to chill out and make a riff that doesn't require the whole fretboard when hes mainly using the top string, dudes crazy 😅 i love it though
Sir shreddsalot 🔥
So glad that i have the skill level to be able to play this shit 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
One of the many reasons I love Lamb of God!!!!!!
that final laid to rest riff took me more time to learn than the rest of the song
Lamb of god imo is the perfect metal band.
Play Purified riff where Randy sings “in this my world” 🧌
Thanks
-Chris
My hand hurts just watching this
Mark and Willie are true riff lords.
This makes me appreciate having bigger hands...I didn't realize the struggle some of y'all have
Now you’ve got something to die for has some pretty tricky riffage
Ashes of the Wake is so good. It literally changed my life. I identify with that album at a soul level. Probably the most riff packed album of history. Every. Single. Song. From start to finish. Just bangers. And my boy here played the best(?) song on the album. LFG
Never seen laid to rest played that way, lol
Ashes of the wake is my favorite album of all time
Everything is muscle memory + feel + execution =
That ending on laid to rest is brutal!
Damn this makes me wanna learn some LOG songs. Reclamation is a ton of fun if you wanna learn it 🤘
Ah yes... the marathon at the end of laid to rest... I remember it was the first song I played with others and we always gave a huge sigh of relief at the end, haha.
That part of ltr is so fuckin frustrating lil
Imma agree that a 5 fret high neck stretch is nutty
I agree with you pal ,the last part of laid to rest is very difficult 🤘
That riff in laid to rest is hard. I need to look up the tabs and start relearning this shit. I used to be able to play most of the songs on Ashes of the Wake
It's funny cause I've been learning Laid to Rest cause my band has finally agreed to cover it. 15 y/o me is happy af
Remember when LOG weren't lazy about writing unique riffs?
Makes me feel much better about always getting caught up on that laid to rest ridf 😅
Forgotten Lost Angels! Fucking hard one to play compared to most.
Blood of the scribe hard asf too
hourglass riffage wails over laid
do the intro riff of Ashes of the Wake
Blood of the scribe chorus riff is really hard
Lol the outro for Laid To Rest is actually easy af imo 😭🤣... Shoulda done the Grace intro 😂🔥
Difference between mark and Willie right there.
Goddamn 1000% accurate
dude writes the coolest but weirdest riffs, has crazy weird Technique as well, but hey it works!
Its funny, I'm a a guy that used to have the ability to be able to play pretty much any riff in my teens, but not much serious lead stuff,
To playing in a reggae jazz rnbish type band(soulscaptives check our live performance out lol) and loosing my ability to play hard and heavy riffs
But I can still play that end bit to laid to rest pretty well still, what I find difficult are riffs 11th hour at the end with the dissonant chords between the triplets, fucks me up
Miss the old techincal LOG and Gojira too
I'm not even a guitarist but for sure know LOG is some tough stuff!
So proud of my 13 year old self getting that 7th fret stretch for the break down in laid to rest
The intro riff to omerta = hardest riff on planet earth 😂😂
Now do hourglass vomit riff! 🤟🔥
That laid to rest riff had got to be one my most favourite riffs of all time
Nah bro, blood of the scribe riff
@@ericwynyard2428 also a top favorite
One gun really got my fingers stretching
Mark Morton is a goddamn riff god
Well my brotha you make the shit look easy! 👍🏻
And they do it on concerts, hanging hip level straps. They sure have wide hands 😅
blood of the scribe is still my favorite LOG song to play willie went beyond technical in that one. Him and Marks styles are so different but they work and compliment the other even there new album is fucking amazing
I can confirm
At times we even consider getting a 7 string guitar
Heavy
I remember the difficulty in that part. It's like crushing your fingers for those huge stretches. But in the end it was worth it.
Saw Lamb Of God & Pantera last night! Was sick asf and made the speeding ticket I got on the way back all worth it!
Dude that bridge riff for 'laid to rest' took me forever to learn back in the day. "guitar world' had willie and mark tab out this song it's awesome.
PS; anyone that has watched Killadelphia has seen a video of John "bass player" playing that riff and after he says "that's the mothafucker"
Sick