I remember being so stoked when Guitar World released this video. The opening riff to Parallels is, in my opinion, one of the best riffs ever written. There's something about its rhythm and melody that makes it so pleasing on the ear. Phil is my favorite guitar player/song writer to date.

Nick and Phil are two WONDERFUL guitarists.

One of my favorite guitar duos, and one of my favorite bands. I'm so glad they're back!

great great band with huge riffs !

A well written song! Aild always stuck out in the genre.

2 of my favorite guitarists! They’re so great together like Mark and Willie!

Maaaan I love that riff in the intro! I wish the whole song was played with that riff

Thank you for so been kind as and man in sharing your knowledge

I LOVE AILD AND GUITAR WORLD FOR DOING THIS!!!!! Awesome guys, keep it up. :) best wishes from Germany

My mans are BACK!

AILD wasan amazing band. I'd love to see them live again

Hey guys, just wanted to tell you that if you buy the powerless rise deluxe edition it comes with tabs to every single song on the cd, in both guitar pro and pdf format. I got the deluxe edition not knowing this and was blown away. Just to make sure, i rewatched this vid, and the tunings, and playings match up. If you want to learn the songs right, def buy it, a little pricy, but its def worth it in my book.

Really epic opening riff sequence

AILD just love this 7 - 12 stritsh

That's a very good melody that they composed in Parallels! On another note, I won't ever get people complaining about EMGs sounding too sterile and how they don't reflect the tonal qualities of woods. First, not everyone has the money to afford different guitars with great sounding woods and EMGs actually provide a solution on that aspect. Second, if you want something warmer, you can always try the 18-watt mod on classic EMGs or just go with the newer X series or try Seymour Duncan Blackouts..

Creativity excedes complexity and all that skills that isn't required to make something beautiful

I love that tuning!

wooooow i waited so long! nick

phenomenal metal GL!!!

Hands down my favorite metal band!!

Amazing!!!!👍👍👍👍

I will have to try that tuning out, never really got into anything like that myself

I think this is their best album. This shit has so many heavy fucking riffs. Tim’s best vocal performances.

Man that tuning still trips me out to this day. Love these guys!

There’s something about the emg pickups, the pick he uses and his picking technique that gives that really nice quack quack tone to his riffs like everything from shadows are security

= O the tuning !! very cool idea !!

Awesome!

brilliant song writing!

More Guitar Lessons!!! Please!

@kylez3d its the amp settings, and mic placement. the prs's are sick

i like your guy's guitars

@wickerman667 I agree. Blackouts are my choice for active pups.

amazing

Ooo and I forgot dimebag wrote walk in d standard and played it in d standard live. Most people think its e flat or drop d. But its actually d standard.

no, within destruction is in drop Eb. i got to meet phil and ask him. they tuned the guitars UP a whole step and then drop the E string. live they play it in drop D.

i've been playin it drop D all these years WTF?

@SuperGuitarMark this is just a PRS Singlecut... not every PRS Les Paul shape is a Tremonti Signature...

@GusCabanillas the taps are in the magazines. This one is from November 2010. I'm not sure if guitar world puts up their tabs online though

@Daemonfury1 nick is using seymour duncan blackouts

@maneatingtoilets just turn the volume down a slight bit and it cleans up like a passive

Is there any way to get this magazine if you're not from the US? Tried looking everywhere for an online format

COOOL! SO COOOL!!!!

@untotenkid115 Its a Paul Reed Smith. Phil Sgrosso is endorsed by them. I'm assuming its a PRS Singlecut model with EMG's.

@jedivolt the white one i think is an ibanez

@jedivolt But i've never see a Prs Singlecut with a tremolo and 2 vol 2 tone knobs. Only the tremonti has that setup. The Single cuts either have 2 vol 2 tone with a wrap around tail piece or a trem and 1 vol 1 tone.

@maneatingtoilets these are basically a louder and clearer tone. Kinda needed for this genre.

haha at 4:45 Nick wanted to keep going. The guy just never wants to stop playing!

qual é a afinação das Cordas? what is the pitch of the strings?

phils prs is awwweeessoommee!

@sonicx2218 The problem is the song is mixed so well for the intro and layered very tightly.ITS VERY HARD TO HEAR BY EAR that they use DGDFAD tuning. I love this song tho

Nick always looks serious lol

@Harris2160 He uses a custom made Ibanez he has the closest you can get to is an ART200 its not the same, it doesn't have EMG's but thats about as close as you'll get

@sXeSnowmansXe Don't be hating on EMG's they're great pickups, and sound even better with a PRS's thick tone

@TheSchmittable I actually like the single cut aways that PRS make, its just, I'd never ever ever put EMG's in em.

3:39 aww nick wanted to play along!

0:17 - 0:24 Nick you show em the full power of your facial expression :D

Quick question, when they play the chorus does Phil use a pitch shifter again, or do they both actually harmonize? I'm referring to when they play it live by the way.

@TXGxTheChosenX I know right, they're amazing pickups

HAYYY I use EMG 81/85s in my Les Paul too! xD

i thought within destruction was tuned up a half step to F standard but then drop tuned. Eb A# Eb G# C F, but live they play it in regular Drop D. That's what nick said in an interview.

@MrPppRrrAaaSss its the mark tremonti model. you can tell by the inlays

Does anyone know where I can find a tab to play this as they do?

@kirkmetalupurass prs what? im getting one but i need to know the specific one

Man i feel like ultimate guitar never has accurate tabs

@prenner111 you also neglected to mention the fact that you originally were mistaken in that I wasn't commenting on the "metal"ness of the guitar, rather the pick ups in the guitar.

@MyEverConstantSmile Nick and Phil are unbelievably consistent when it comes to playing live. If you closed your eyes and listened you'd think you were in the studio.

@sonicx2218 tabbers might be wrong, but some have a nice sense of how different notes are on different strings, i first learned this song from this video, but i also know it by a tabbers point of view because it's tabbed in the same note/different strings on dropped D tuning, nowhere near as hard as the real way, but to me there is no right or wrong way, nothing has to be perfect or exactly the same as the band itself, we aren't the band so we dont have to play exactly like them :)

@sonicx2218 is there anyway you could send me the media files for the tabs? that would be awesome

@elasdickband027 my bad must have hit the letter d instead of c on my phone when I was typing that. I hate touch screen phones. But at least I got how to tune it there right.

James Franco plays guitar for As I Lay Dying?! :O

Does anyone know which guitar Nick is using?

RIP As I Lay Dying You will be missed

Freakin Phil's guitar has birds on the frets. EPIC

What kind of Ibanez does Nich have there? 😻

@jedivolt Actually I think it is a Tremonti model, because I don't remember PRS ever doing normal singlecut with 4 knobs and the p/u-switch in the normal Les Paul position AND with a tremolo on the same guitar. It's been either 4 knobs and a hardtail or 2 knobs and a tremolo, so... It's a Tremonti model. Or a private stock which I doubt.

PRS with EMG!) very nice

Nick taken out of context at 5:30 "So I'm going to be playing with Phil."

@PrayerOfTheRefugees Correct, it's such a crazy tuning i guess you could say. I'd say Nick and Phil are pretty awesome innovators in thinking this up

@XMetalChefX Agreed, I would of never guessed myself

@slipknotxpaulxgrey If I knew how to tab, I would. I can make a video lesson sometime in the near future though, I learned the whole song, and converted the drop D Guitar Pro tab for the solo only, I watched the music video and corrected the parts that I could see.

@Zhaggysfaction dude, custom shop?^^

These guys need a nap ASAP. Then get them to come back and show us how to play "Condemned" because that song fucking owns this one.

Wish they showed the main riff

i like the old as i lay dying

what would that tuning of theirs be called? DGDFAD...sounds like a folk open tuning!

nice

Got 'em in my Schecter, I have Exploders in my Paul

woah. a metal PRS? YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

@anubiskk How did you know?

Well from what I understand, that makes inverted power chords much easier to do because they become just like the one finger bared chords that you normally get in a typical drop tuning. It enables you to sound lower, almost like a 7 string guitar.That is what you call being innovative.

@Daemonfury1 use seymour duncan blackouts

3:37 lol Nick: Dammit! I was about to join in! :|

3:42 NICK YOU GOT FAILLLLLLLLLL...LOL

@IrishRocker7710 No, that's Escape the Fate.

I'm just wondering, are all the songs of As I Lay Dying use this tuning ? Furthermore, are there any other bands using this tuning ? Since it's the time I've ever heard of it , I found it to be really genius...

can someone tab this in this tuning? i got lost

i have the full-video on my channel..and i can link the tabs from my email..haha

@sonicx2218 But you have to admit...noone ever would have the idea they could use such a sick tuning ;)

Sounds even cooler at the slower tempo

The Ibanez has Seymour duncan blackouts. better than the EMGs in my opinion.