Only Vishal Roney and Tim Heidecker have a chance.

Not many humans can shred that brutal!

I was about to say only Brendon Small can but then i remembered that Daisuke Ishiwatari can also shred so I guess only a couple dudes can lol

Is he a cartoon creator who shreds or a shredder who makes cartoons???

This guy is a fucking dick head . I "met" him. He walked right by and didnt even look at me after saying hi to him. Also watch some of his interviews. Fucking piece of shit

Not anymore.

Buckethead

Underrated and lesser known? He had his own tv show on cartoon network ffs. I don't think ppl even know what "underrated" means any more.

As far as melodic metalcore and iconic riffs, I would agree.

And yet the best

Amazing tone from the vai amp,too

It's some good riffs, but if you think this is 10x better than "legit" metal bands you either don't know a lot of metal or have low standards

whats a joke about a viking spliting a king's head in half with his axe and taking his kingdom

Dethklok is decent, and has some funny lines, but you are crazy if you think they are 10x better than other stuff in the genre. There is SO MUCH better than this

Like for example?

***** Everything but the sweep picking is relatively simple about this song

***** I've been playing for 9 years and I'm just now starting to get okay with it. I don't have the patience to sit down for hours on end and practice one single arpeggio to a metronome, it drives me insane.

***** I can't sweep to save my goddamned life... I guess I just don't have the fingerwork down yet ;_;

+JTMFlash It's not too bad at all, but then again I've been doing Dream Theater stuff for a while now...

fuck yeah he does!

It reminds me not to judge appearance but action

Take a look at Hansi Kürsch from Blind Guardian

Dude looks like Mike Judge which somewhat makes sense

That's what probably 90% of us look like once we pass 30. I was just thinking, "damn, this guy kinda looks like me"

its because he is bro! graduated from Springfield iL! 30 min from me!

I love you.

Duncan Hills Jingle was actually pretty good man!

Don’t forgets to sweeeeeeps picks it

SCREEEEAM FOR YOUR CREEEEAM!

Do you like coffee?

He's really god damn talented!

+Greg Ellis Actually, I think he said in a interview that in Toki he represented the guitar player he was before (learning, quite sloppy and with no confidence in himself) and Skwisgaar was the guitarist he wanted to be. He may not be the musician he was when he started, but I sure see a lot of Toki still on him too.

Pablo Vergara Mussre Yet he played Skwisgaar’s riffs and solos alongside Toki’s.

Toki was able to play Skwisgars parts in the episode where they become Thunderhorse, a tribute to themselves.

haha so true

Came here to say this.

Anonymous Brit I pirateds the tabs booklets (buts don't tells no one okays toki?)

+TheSmallLavaz I got the main riffs down but its no joke that's for sure...

+TheSmallLavaz I find the rhythm the hardest. All that fucking chugging. Hard for me to get down. The sweeps and solos are quite easy to be honest.

you should look at the guitar solo of murmaider. That shit is hard lol

Detached Loop Since I posted that comment, I've gotten Thunderhorse down and also Murmaider. The Murmaider solo isn't really that hard for me. idk why

That's been literally my favorite riff ever made since I first heard this song.

It's gonna be 1:46 for me, that is just too fucking beautiful 🔥🔥🔥

Bro and that scaling he does at like 1:46 lol simple but sounds amazing

@@ItsYaBoyJah just saw I'm not alone at that spot lmao 😅😅

2:51 for me

DanR67 In my opinion Death is better than Dethklok. Brendon Small is still an amazing guitarist though.

Jared Martinez It is pretty smart, and it's my personal dream job to do exactly what he does. I love to draw. I draw manga, animations, and even just pin up pieces for Facebook. But I also would love to pursue a career in music, but am not necessarily keen on the idea of devoting myself to live performances. So my dream would be to realize my animations and stories, and compose my own music, exactly the way I want.

+TheSmallLavaz i think he named it "deth" not "death" because the main characters in the show are really uneducated.

Moon Man What are you talking about? I'm saying that the band Death is better than the band Dethklok.

oh sorry i misunderstood.

You should look up who did the bass and drums then hahaha. Legends in there own right as well whole band is sick.

@@dragnrider9 Oh I thought Brendon did those bits too?

@@nspinicelli he did the vast majority of writing, as far as I know, but the other dude is right about there being a live/studio bassist and drummer. The drummer I’d guess had more input especially considering how big of a legend he managed to get

​@@dragnrider9 their

Movie!

The record industry doesnt even exist anymore haha

And he wrote single handedly the greatest childrenz show

Mistweaver He has no star-trip ego. He just plays that guitar with love and tremendous respect.

thats usually how songs are played... jumping around and kicking into the air is just "showmanship"

Well said

Isn't it like, one of the best selling metal albums ever?

psh, you ain't lying

not sure if i could agree any more with that statement. He studied at Berklee College of Music. nuff said

97%? Where does that number come from? The International MyAnus Research Center?

Rick Sanford More than one musicologist has said that if the classical masters were alive today, metal would be the only music they could tolerate.

The harmony in metal is similar in some aspects to the harmony of classical and baroque music.

Old man guitars

Check out KEYGEN CHURCH

Dude Beethoven is just straight up metal music. Man would’ve loved himself some Tool I like to imagine 😂

+David Wilson Someone sounds bitter.

EXTREMELY lol

+David Wilson hahahahaha

+E Man Or is making a good joke.

Innovation comes to anyone who sees an opportunity and takes it. Talent is a natural grasp and perception that comes to some easier than others.

Lol holy shit didn't catch that the first time i watched

I noticed it. But like a true pro, he played it off like it was no big deal

In the midst of a shred af riff, while ONLY downpicking o.o

What's the switch even supposed to do? I don't notice a change in the sound before and after toggling.

@@BlindBosnian It's a 3-way pickup switch, toggles between neck, both and bridge pickups respectively. The difference is better heard on lead parts.

Galactatron is fucking epic. Small once said that Skwisgar made him become a better guitarist (which is an Easter egg in the Klok Opera, where Skwisgar says nobody ever made him play as well as Toki did in his audition). He said the first season, he recycled a bunch of Gilbert and Malmsteen licks, but that he exhausted them all on that first album. And there were times in the second and third season where he felt the song didn't need to be just shredded, but he had written Skwisgar as this master shredder, so he had to push the boundaries of his playing to keep up with the character. But his non-Dethklok work (Galactitron) is great, because you see what he means about wanting to do something outside of the way he wrote the characters. The guy is a creative genius.

He fingered a girl once, she's still orgasiming

Rumor is that was a few years ago.

When did you awaken?

Musta Krakish TAKE THE LAND THAT MUST BE TAKEN

jon shaffer She uh... she didn't make it.

Definitely not one of the greatest players or vocalists. The thing he's great at and probably one of the best in the entire genre which is the most important aspect of music: he's a great song writer. All of the Dethalbums are great and so are the Galaktikon albums, no dull moments in those albums.

@@AnzaShadow Definitely one of the greatest players and vocalists. It's not about who can shred the fastest and bestest and the utmost brutest or whatever it is about having style while sounding heavy. Look at the two kings, Iommi and Blackmore, they may not be the fastest but no one can reach their style.

@@ozmobozo As a vocalist he doesn't have the control or the technique to be considered "one of the greatest" and he isn't exactly expressive either. I never said it's about who shreds the fastest but technique is important no matter the genre of music, it allows you to play anything you want without restrictions. He certainly cannot keep up with most of the top guys these days. That doesn't mean he isn't good or that you can't like him and appreciate what he does, he's clearly one of the best song-writers in the genre and I personally think that's more important than being the greatest guitarist or vocalist and I suspect that's exactly the reason why he's great, not his ability as a player or vocalist.

Well that's more than expected from him as he's the guy who wrote it.

***** ... Oh. Well it looks like I'm a dumbass

IAN 4000 it's cool man :)

He wrote the song, he is the voice actor of Nathan Explosion, Skwisgaar Skwigelf and Pickles. Yes, is more than a human.

He's just not the drummer. lol

Gene hoglan, the human atomic clock. That's the percussionist for dethklok, and honestly you couldn't ask for a better one.

+N. Shadows yeah it's really hilarious after the song!! completely Charles Offdensen's way of talking XDD

Karly Kang Yeah, Brendon does his voice too on the show so imagine, you're like watching Charles right now. xD

N. Shadows he's really really talented!! listening to him play gives me the goosebumps

Karly Kang Good to know... xD

Karly Kang Everyone likes Skwisgaar I guess...

+Br J After finally watching the first 3 Metalocalypse episodes one night, I listened to all three Dethalbums the next day. I found them all awesome so I couldn't really say I have a favourite, although The Dethalbum's Awaken is probably the one that stands out for me.

I see what you mean Interesting 👏👏

(read in Skwissgar accent)

+Jacob Betz I agree for the most part. But if you listen with headphones a couple parts are pretty sloppy.

Ev L Probably true. I'd have to watch it again.

Maybe because he graduated from Berklee College of Music. He's classically trained.

Jason Luthor But even classically trained artists have there own flair and style, e.g., Randy Rhodes, Ritchie Blackmore, and a few others. I can't really find anything unique that pops out about this guys playing.

Well that's because "his style" is that exact song. He wrote it. He is I think 3 characters of Dethklok.

Thanks genius.

***** You +1'd both your posts?

Samuel Janzen raped

He kind of MADE the band... so.. yeah.. He does a few voices of the show.. so, he IS Toki and Skwisgaar.

He can play like Toki. He can sound like Skwisgaar after editing out the mistakes.

Not really, the only words in the song are thunder and horse. Mostly just great instrumentals :)

Well atleast you still got Oscorp.

good point

*sets self on fire*

The crazy part is is it's not that hard.. even I can play it, and I'm SHIT :D

No brother keep on

They just werent ready for it yet

but your kids are gonna love it

lol, they're both excellent cartoonists and musicians, and two of the most "standard dad" looking guys ever. I love that

It would be too brutal. Faces would explode and melt.

but that's how you start. take inspiration and run with it.

Scross gimme an update it’s been 4 years

Yeah we demand an update

@@manny7246 If he really practiced this song he is problably playing it now because even though it looks pretty hard it is easier than it looks just some gallopy riffs and a 3 string sweep pattern. This song is not hard it just requires some practice.

I may be 5 years late but i hope you had a good time

149CreepingDeath08 1:17 sounds better to me personally.

Smatchmo, the Trumpeteer

Honkey Magoo!

Yes I do lol, and also that one time Coach Mcgurk gave some terrible advice? LOL