Brendon Small's Dethly Riffs

The rhythm and lead techniques that power Dethklok and Galaktikon

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00:00:00

Tracking The Playthroughs

 

00:00:03

Icarus Six Sixty Six

 

00:12:48

Dethsupport

 

00:24:04

Guitar Tone

 

00:26:49

Downstrokes

 

00:26:58

Ian Mutes Fast

 

00:27:04

Ian Mutes Varispeed

 

00:27:35

Ian Mutes Low C

 

00:27:56

FW Rhythm Slow

 

00:28:17

FW Rhythm Fast

 

00:29:01

Gypsy Flex Transition

 

00:29:10

Gypsy Flex

 

00:31:50

FW Harmonics

 

00:32:40

FW Bounce

 

00:34:27

FW Bass Accents

 

00:34:48

FW Bass

 

00:35:04

FW Bass Endurance

 

00:40:20

Reb Rhythm

 

00:41:41

Deth Gallops Transition Tk1

 

00:42:35

Tremolo Technique

 

00:42:39

Deth Trem

 

00:42:47

Elbow DSX

 

00:43:30

Elbow DSX Low Edge

 

00:43:44

Gears Trem Melody Tk1

 

00:43:56

Elbow DSX Left Hand Mute Tk1

 

00:44:08

Elbow DSX Harmonics

 

00:45:08

Elbow DSX Synchronization

 

00:45:28

Icarus Trem Chords

 

00:46:27

Elbow DSX Left Hand Mute Tk2

 

00:46:49

Icarus Trem Chords Mute

 

00:47:00

Icarus Trem Melody

 

00:47:40

Gears Trem Melody Tk2

 

00:50:25

Elbow-Wrist DSX Tk1

 

00:50:44

Elbow DSX G String

 

00:51:49

Elbow-Wrist DSX Tk2

 

00:52:10

Gallop Rhythms

 

00:52:14

Deth Gallops Transition Tk2

 

00:52:22

Gallop Patterns

 

00:52:52

Bleed to Deth

 

00:53:58

Bleed Mutes

 

00:54:17

Bleed Pattern

 

00:54:26

Lead Playing Motions

 

00:55:43

Wrist DBX Moderate

 

00:55:59

Wrist DBX Faster

 

00:56:10

Wrist DSX Tk1

 

00:56:20

Wrist to Elbow DSX Transition

 

00:56:38

Elbow DSX B String

 

00:57:44

Wrist DBX Slow

 

00:59:08

Wrist DSX Tabletop

 

00:59:43

Wrist DSX Tk2

 

01:00:36

Scale Improv

 

01:01:04

Sixes Ascending DG Strings Tk1

 

01:01:34

Sixes Ascending DG Strings Tk2

 

01:01:50

Sixes Ascending DG Strings Tk3

 

01:02:05

Sixes Ascending EA Strings

 

01:03:33

Sixes Ascending Hybrid Escape

 

01:04:41

Scale Six Strings Improv

 

01:05:02

Scale Ascending Moderate

 

01:05:31

Scale Ascending Descending Fast

 

01:05:41

Sixes Patterns Improv

 

01:06:02

Scale Ascending Descending

 

01:06:07

Scale Ascending Tk1

 

01:06:21

Scale Pair EA

 

01:06:49

Scale Ascending Tk2

 

01:06:53

Scale Ascending Tk3

 

01:08:01

Scale Ascending Tk4 Smooth

 

01:11:05

Elbow Tiny Motion

 

01:11:24

Star Spangled String Changes

 

01:12:05

Icarus Sweeps

 

01:14:36

Five Note Pattern

 

01:14:57

Five Note Pattern String Changes

 

01:15:13

Small Fusion

 

Bleed Mutes

 

00:53:58

Bleed Pattern

 

00:54:17

Bleed to Deth

 

00:52:52

Deth Gallops Transition Tk1

 

00:41:41

Deth Gallops Transition Tk2

 

00:52:14

Deth Trem

 

00:42:39

Dethsupport

 

00:12:48

Elbow DSX

 

00:42:47

Elbow DSX B String

 

00:56:38

Elbow DSX G String

 

00:50:44

Elbow DSX Harmonics

 

00:44:08

Elbow DSX Left Hand Mute Tk1

 

00:43:56

Elbow DSX Left Hand Mute Tk2

 

00:46:27

Elbow DSX Low Edge

 

00:43:30

Elbow DSX Synchronization

 

00:45:08

Elbow Tiny Motion

 

01:11:05

Elbow-Wrist DSX Tk1

 

00:50:25

Elbow-Wrist DSX Tk2

 

00:51:49

Five Note Pattern

 

01:14:36

Five Note Pattern String Changes

 

01:14:57

FW Bass

 

00:34:48

FW Bass Accents

 

00:34:27

FW Bass Endurance

 

00:35:04

FW Bounce

 

00:32:40

FW Harmonics

 

00:31:50

FW Rhythm Fast

 

00:28:17

FW Rhythm Slow

 

00:27:56

Gallop Patterns

 

00:52:22

Gears Trem Melody Tk1

 

00:43:44

Gears Trem Melody Tk2

 

00:47:40

Gypsy Flex

 

00:29:10

Gypsy Flex Transition

 

00:29:01

Ian Mutes Fast

 

00:26:58

Ian Mutes Low C

 

00:27:35

Ian Mutes Varispeed

 

00:27:04

Icarus Six Sixty Six

 

00:00:03

Icarus Sweeps

 

01:12:05

Icarus Trem Chords

 

00:45:28

Icarus Trem Chords Mute

 

00:46:49

Icarus Trem Melody

 

00:47:00

Reb Rhythm

 

00:40:20

Scale Ascending Descending

 

01:06:02

Scale Ascending Descending Fast

 

01:05:31

Scale Ascending Moderate

 

01:05:02

Scale Ascending Tk1

 

01:06:07

Scale Ascending Tk2

 

01:06:49

Scale Ascending Tk3

 

01:06:53

Scale Ascending Tk4 Smooth

 

01:08:01

Scale Improv

 

01:00:36

Scale Pair EA

 

01:06:21

Scale Six Strings Improv

 

01:04:41

Sixes Ascending DG Strings Tk1

 

01:01:04

Sixes Ascending DG Strings Tk2

 

01:01:34

Sixes Ascending DG Strings Tk3

 

01:01:50

Sixes Ascending EA Strings

 

01:02:05

Sixes Ascending Hybrid Escape

 

01:03:33

Sixes Patterns Improv

 

01:05:41

Small Fusion

 

01:15:13

Star Spangled String Changes

 

01:11:24

Wrist DBX Faster

 

00:55:59

Wrist DBX Moderate

 

00:55:43

Wrist DBX Slow

 

00:57:44

Wrist DSX Tabletop

 

00:59:08

Wrist DSX Tk1

 

00:56:10

Wrist DSX Tk2

 

00:59:43

Wrist to Elbow DSX Transition

 

00:56:20