Cry For Eternity (DragonForce) Guitar Cover

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Жыл бұрын

Finally someone does it
The song that everyone likes but no one likes to play
Everything was figured out by ear, I made a tab for my patrons - www.patreon.com/halfduck
Frequently Asked Questions:
Q: Why won't DragonForce play this live?
A: They need my permission
Q: Are you Herman Li
A: Lmao no what
Q: How do I learn guitar
A: One day I will make a guitar course called 'How to be herman li in 24506 easy steps'
Q: What's your favourite Taylor Swift Song
A: Probably Enchanted, its pretty catchy
Q: Do you like progressive metalcore extreme death metal?
A: No, it's not catchy enough
Q: Do you like rap
A: I haven't really listened to much of it, give me some suggestions and maybe I'd like it.
Q: Would you ever do a cover of Live And Learn from Sonic Adventure?
A: Sure, but don't tell anybody - • the most chill version...
Plugins used:
Mixwave Jason Richardson Plugin (Lead)
Fortin Nameless Suite (rhythm)
Guitars I use:
LTD MH-1000
Ibanez RG-570
EVH Wolfgang Standard
Some cheapo flying V guitar that I got for £50 in a garage sale years ago
Recording software used is Reaper, and I use a Focusrite Scarlett interface
The tab was created in Guitar Pro 8.
#Dragonforce @hermanli

Пікірлер: 202

@HalfDuck 9 ай бұрын

I used AI to remove all the original DragonForce guitar tracks from this song, and recorded my own (commenting this because some people were confused). Doing that also removed the keyboards unfortunately, though so I recorded some keyboards in a few places too

@rngaldimcfc 8 ай бұрын

Waiting for new video bro

@Mythikal13 Жыл бұрын

The title of this song is what happens when I try to learn this

@HalfDuck Жыл бұрын

The intro is tuned to D standard, that's what a lot of people don't realize

@walterflores6712 2 ай бұрын

Hahahaahaha

@bobvanka 11 ай бұрын

ZP may not have been great live but he contributed to two of the best albums ever written, Sonic Firestorm and Inhuman Rampage. Excellent cover man, would love to see Body Breakdown next.

@HalfDuck 11 ай бұрын

I hope we at least get to hear some new stuff from ZP, sucks what happened with Skid Row

@Ferjpb 8 ай бұрын

Só sendo Ingênuo pra dizer que ZP não é e foi o melhor vocalista desta banda. 🤦🏽

@thetrawlerman Жыл бұрын

The singing after the solo is so fucking catchy. That's what makes Dragonforce epic as fuck.

@Destroyah5000 8 ай бұрын

My favorite transition into Chorus 3 Dragonforce has ever written.

@FraserEdwards Жыл бұрын

Haha nice solo! Really takes me back in time 😁🤙🤙

@HalfDuck Жыл бұрын

I see what you did there

@FraserEdwards Жыл бұрын

@@HalfDuck 😁

@ElaborateTiger 9 ай бұрын

I think it's about time DragonForce themselves play this song live.

@sensacionsombria5125 8 ай бұрын

they cannot pull this off on stage

@igordias3899 8 ай бұрын

@@sensacionsombria5125why no?

@sensacionsombria5125 8 ай бұрын

@@igordias3899 because they simply can't, mostly Herman and Marc

@mkz4383 7 ай бұрын

@@sensacionsombria5125If they can pull off revolution deathsquad live, they can nail cry for eternity for sure

@irfan-kurniawan 6 ай бұрын

herman said on the livestream that this song is extremely hard to play live

@Matthew_Klepadlo Жыл бұрын

Looking forward to the “Quack Duckstorm” album! =>

@HalfDuck Жыл бұрын

Are you manifesting an album into existance

@Matthew_Klepadlo Жыл бұрын

@@HalfDuckI can’t simply will an album into existence. I’ll end up like King Lear, screaming at nothing. Now, I’m not saying you should make a Quack Duckstorm album. But I’m not saying you shouldn’t either.

@niclaswa5408 Жыл бұрын

Ayyy face reveal! I wasn’t a fan that the chart, tab and lyrics took turns to be on screen, but who cares. It’s the guitar playing we want to see, and you sir, delivered! And yes, EPM next!

@MattStormage 9 ай бұрын

Amazing job. I'd love to hear you play Disciples of Babylon.

@Kleber932 Жыл бұрын

You are the unique person who is able to play dragonforce perfectly in youtube, congrats!! E.P.M. please 🙌

@HalfDuck Жыл бұрын

I started working on EPM now

@Kleber932 Жыл бұрын

@@HalfDuck perfect!!!

@StzaJack 9 ай бұрын

@@HalfDuck Hows EPM coming along? :P

@LvL5dE4tH 2 ай бұрын

@@StzaJack If you want to hear another awesome EPM cover, check out Robin Ethan's cover while you wait Don't get me wrong, HalfDuck is just as awesome

@AlanRojasMusic Жыл бұрын

you're the best.

@HalfDuck Жыл бұрын

You're the best!

@alto4158 11 ай бұрын

Bro finally, possibly the hardest song ever made and you did it,thank you so much, You're a legend!!!!!!!

@jdhh1801 2 ай бұрын

Can you post just the guitar tracks? I love the writing of this song but no matter how well it’s mixed compared to the original I can never hear enough of the intricacies in the guitar parts that. Don’t get me wrong, you’ve done this song the justice it deserves.

@phantomxgh3 Жыл бұрын

Exelente como siempre

@joekauffman9690 5 ай бұрын

This was a great cover!!

@jonathank2029 6 ай бұрын

Legend 🙌👊

@dannyvalz Жыл бұрын

Wait a second, that's Ascension in the solo at 6:15!!!! Amazing little Easter egg :D

@HalfDuck Жыл бұрын

Haha someone noticed, gj

@dannyvalz Жыл бұрын

@@HalfDuck Did you expect it to be so quick though? ;)

@TheAlmightyToaster01 Жыл бұрын

I thought it sounded familiar

@itachidks3331 8 ай бұрын

Great Cover D:

@Zakkujo 10 ай бұрын

Dude this is so CLEAN

@amirhoseinrasooli6020 Жыл бұрын

The time and effort you put into your videos is exceptional. Keep it Up

@freezeur 8 ай бұрын

This is perfect. You're incredibly talented man, congratulations

@edmo.munizalves Ай бұрын

parabéns, ficou muito bom 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@isaacmayhew1181 11 ай бұрын

they NEED to perform this live

@pleite567 11 ай бұрын

Said it before and say it again, amazing and you deserve wat more views!!

@irfan-kurniawan 6 ай бұрын

The best cover ever on this song

@Lordszynencja Жыл бұрын

this is epic, it sounds just like original

@deflamec Жыл бұрын

halfduck bringing pure FIRE

@niclaswa5408 Жыл бұрын

And flames

@Delta_Om3ga 11 ай бұрын

I love how you used the footage from the old cover of the solo, and harmonized with that in some places as well.

@loki_ytb895 Жыл бұрын

ive waited that !!!! thanks man i love you

@HalfDuck Жыл бұрын

Awesome! I'll make the next one extra cool

@liambuchan4162 Жыл бұрын

YOU ACTUALLY DID IT YOU MAD LAD!!! Love ya

@Treeworks211 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for uploading this.

@HalfDuck Жыл бұрын

You welcome

@WeegeeSlayer123 5 ай бұрын

GODDAMN this is an epic cover of one of my most favorite DragonForce songs!

@Evsjf 11 ай бұрын

Absolutely amazing, sounds as good as the official version. Now I wish I was as good as you. Good job!

@malcom91 Жыл бұрын

Beast, as always

@HalfDuck Жыл бұрын

Not beast, duck

@albinaXIV 7 ай бұрын

Here before this hits 1mil views 🔥🤙

@bururei5844 10 ай бұрын

NICE TONE

@Gtrjasongre68153 8 ай бұрын

Didnt believed when i first heard it,but i loved the way you putted Somewhere Back In Time in the middle of the solo! My favourite from Ascension.

@brunobrunp3616 Жыл бұрын

I love the clean sections on solos man, btw, another perfect cover 😳🕶️👌

@HalfDuck 11 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

@Alicat09 Жыл бұрын

It's crazy I was literally just thinking about the solo for this song and then this popped up, love it.

@HalfDuck Жыл бұрын

KZfaq has mind read ability

@dannyvalz Жыл бұрын

I only stumbled across this channel a few days ago, but boy am I glad I did!

@HalfDuck Жыл бұрын

Just in time!

@vusiliyK Жыл бұрын

I learned the part at 5:46 (but at a much slower speed) after seeing the video of you playing it a few months ago. Not sure if I'll ever be able to play it at full speed. Good job! I hope Herman li does a reaction to one of your videos some day 🤘

@enavatar 11 ай бұрын

EPM plz! Amazing cover bro!

@leexlcsgo5511 5 ай бұрын

Increíble 😎😎🔥🔥👹

@kawikaoloa9153 Жыл бұрын

i didn’t think it was possible to replicate..absolutely sick AF my man 🔥🤙🏽

@HalfDuck Жыл бұрын

It was very difficult to tab it in a playable way

@sakstern Жыл бұрын

Pacman and elephant, nice! absolutely mad cover

@HalfDuck Жыл бұрын

Best part of the song

@bowl-kunx9544 Жыл бұрын

talento

@turbulencia4190 Ай бұрын

WONDERFULLLL THE FIRST INTRO SOLO ... HE COULD DID IT

@Ferjpb 8 ай бұрын

A cada dia as coisas estão ficando mais top

@Xbox-ug1rl 9 ай бұрын

MY MAN IS HANDSOME

@lixi9881 Жыл бұрын

yoooooo we even got the face reveal, also, ive watched you cover just the solo so many times, this is awsome!!

@geo-fry6372 Жыл бұрын

Epic cover. Anybody who can actually play this song is awesome. Also, both Body Breakdown and EPM are excellent choices for the next cover.

@HalfDuck Жыл бұрын

The world needs a nice body breakdown rendition

@user-hv7xu8jb5w 9 ай бұрын

クリーンのギターの難しいところバッチリで凄かったです。ブラボー！

@Synest2 9 ай бұрын

HalfDuckが理解できるように、コメントに英訳を提供します This comment means: You really nailed the hard parts of the clean guitar. Bravo!

@SamKFCNyanJAHorsley Жыл бұрын

the GOAT

@HalfDuck Жыл бұрын

That polyphia

@grille3182 9 ай бұрын

By all the Gods, finally a hero appears

@Venerabela Жыл бұрын

My MANS never misses 🥰🤘

@zero28ism Жыл бұрын

Let's fucking goo. The best song of the album frfr

@DazeGaming126 Жыл бұрын

Yo a full cover. This is truly insane, nice work!

@GrimmMusic Жыл бұрын

You do it so well that you even make me wonder if it's real, my mind just can't assimilate it 😅

@JarheadHME Жыл бұрын

i'm not the first to notice but i got whiplash when that ascension part came in during the solo cause i literally listened to anotherr ascension song just before this lmao as usual, damn awesome job man

@HalfDuck Жыл бұрын

I just need to stop saying they sound like dragonforce now

@therealpancake7140 Жыл бұрын

God damn dude, cleaner than Mr. Clean

@HalfDuck Жыл бұрын

I never met mr clean, he sounds clean though

@timmyp7 Жыл бұрын

Fucking beautiful, is all I have to say. Nice edit too!

@iNabber Жыл бұрын

noice

@HalfDuck Жыл бұрын

noice

@DMTune Ай бұрын

Amazing!!!! Above the winter moonlight next? ^^

@NicholasHenriksson 10 ай бұрын

Can you do hypersonic roller coaster venture

@Kiewicz92 Ай бұрын

FUCKING YES

@buneco05 Жыл бұрын

yoooo the production is insane. This need to get viral

@buneco05 Жыл бұрын

also FACE REVEAL WHATTTTT

@HalfDuck Жыл бұрын

It's really tough for covers like this to get views in this era of KZfaq, I tried my best and stepped up my game a bit though haha

@buneco05 Жыл бұрын

@@HalfDuck I can tell. Since the Soulless 4, when I found out your channel, this video in particular is out of this world. Hope Herman Lee reacts to it. Honestly, I think you might collab at some point. I don't think there is someone better at playing Dragonforce songs EXACTLY how they were recorded as you. You are crazy good and an inspiration. Keep going dude

@coheton 9 ай бұрын

Pls do heartbreak armageddon, its the most beautiful song in ultra breakdown🔥🙏

@leogonzalez8674 5 ай бұрын

Sick cover playing is unreal! How bout a cover of revolution death squad?

@StarTard8 8 ай бұрын

At some point Black Winter Night or Operation Ground and Pound are in order

@thetrawlerman Жыл бұрын

I just realized you showed your face Not only you're fucking killing with the guitar but you're also serving looks

@Josedamianmaestromusica 8 ай бұрын

Omg, body breakdown or Lost souls in endless time plz

@suchakreelaokom9494 Жыл бұрын

💪

@HalfDuck Жыл бұрын

The power

@BlissBee 10 ай бұрын

You should do no fucks were given and theif in the night part 1 and 2 merged together

@sakstern Жыл бұрын

also if you do either or, body breakdown and epm are two very VERY solid choices, my vote goes to body breakdown because of how old and orgasmic it is

@GustavoFerreira-ci8tp 8 ай бұрын

Finally someone with balls to cover this masterpiece!

@thenatron6136 6 ай бұрын

Outstanding cover on 2:30 there should be moistcritical screaming ''WOOOOO'''

@bernardoreyes3384 4 ай бұрын

The Pac-Man and elephant killed me. 😂😂😂

@GabrielHenrique-ow9jh 6 ай бұрын

Perfect

@leongilnestorivan 2 ай бұрын

5:46 is sick!!!!!!!!!

@scarecrow5848 Жыл бұрын

yooo!!!!

@adrielacosta8182 Жыл бұрын

epico!

@HalfDuck Жыл бұрын

Very epico comment

@eucli360 11 ай бұрын

Epic cover and the best one yet for this song. Nice! Btw 6:15 voice in the background?

@AlanRojasMusic 11 ай бұрын

Somewhere Back In Time chorus by Ascension hahahaha

@MattStormage 9 ай бұрын

@@AlanRojasMusic I knew it sounded like Dragonforce ;)

@isaacmayhew1181 11 ай бұрын

could you pleaaassere upload a backing track for this

@TerminatorZXY Жыл бұрын

Next challenge: The Flame of Youth, but the live version because big funny.

@HalfDuck 11 ай бұрын

That intro tho

@TerminatorZXY 11 ай бұрын

@@HalfDuck include the fucked up one before the replay

@jhonatanoliveira5586 10 ай бұрын

Ok, we need heartbreak armageddon cover too.

@gobbagoo 11 ай бұрын

why did i hear ascensions somewhere back in time haha

@ExtraordinaryDragonforceHater 11 ай бұрын

im going to cry for eternity btw great job, this song is more difficult than ttfaf, you have beaten the guitar game

@muhammadrevan9760 Жыл бұрын

0:50 Finnaly i can see your face😆

@alexxsantos8475 Жыл бұрын

EPM next, please!!!

@HalfDuck Жыл бұрын

Extreme power metal!!

@Synest2 Жыл бұрын

I had to even pause the video to laugh at 2:32 lmao, good one Amazing cover as always! Also, only the goats will know that this is not your first face reveal, first one was like, 3 years ago when you were in a band or something

@HalfDuck Жыл бұрын

Lmao I knew there had to be at least one 2018 duck GOAT somewhere

@gobbagoo 11 ай бұрын

i always wondered how you get the stems cus i can clearly hear everything behind your guitars so well

@HalfDuck 11 ай бұрын

Demucs AI stem seperation lets me remove the guitars pretty cleanly from the original recording (it also takes away a lot of keyboards unfortunately though)

@jeremymay9507 Жыл бұрын

Haaaaay saw your face lol how can I get this chart on clone hero

@UmbraVivens94 10 ай бұрын

hoping they play it live in the upcoming tour 🤞

@shokasen8584 Жыл бұрын

Nah cuz like why are u so good and don’t have a really big audience

@HalfDuck Жыл бұрын

Where can I get one of those

@thebeauchinator 11 ай бұрын

EPM next please!! Maybe you could even collab with Tonnykeys for the keyboard solos? He’s got a ton of the DF keyboard solos covered already (and they’re CLEAN too), he might even know them already.

@thomasbonds2559 9 ай бұрын

Great Job! How many years of practice?

@chrisghpro Жыл бұрын

First ahah keep it up nice job 🙏

@thetrawlerman Жыл бұрын

I was wondering if you were going to re-record the solo but I'm glad you didn't because I can only imagine the pain it would be lmao The part after the trills seems much more harder than the trills itself, I may be wrong but the trills have similar notes on different patterns

@HalfDuck Жыл бұрын

Haha yeah this video would still be in the making if I was redoing the solo

@StzaJack 9 ай бұрын

Insane cover dude. I think you should add to the bio that you removed the original guitar with AI, it sounds so similar that I thought I could only hear the original. I will say it again though - genuinely insane cover. Humans are incredible at times lol

@HalfDuck 9 ай бұрын

Ohh, good point haha, I'll make it a pinned comment. I spent quite a while trying to nail the lead and rhythm tones

@xXloneysniperXx 7 ай бұрын

So, the unplayable song is playable after all. Surreal work my friend. Greetings from Brazil Do u have plans to cover Heartbreak Armageddon or Inside the Winter Storm?

@HalfDuck 7 ай бұрын

Absolutely, I wanna do more of these songs justice