+FCValle -me too dude, i mean, i compose my own music, and then cover some Obscura, Scar Symmetry, Megadeth, Adagio, Arch Enemy, etc. etc. .... i tought Syn was sloppy, but damn, some of his solos are really beautifull and complex!

+FCValle And not to mention he even had trouble with one of his own solos that he wrote for the Avenged Sevenfold record because it was all just picked. Almost Easy i'm pretty sure. but he even stated in a behind the scenes video too.

first half of almost easy solo section is a major pain in the ass.

+Thunder Healer the song was Scream. Solo is all picked triplets ^_^

+Charles Muenzner Forté Same dude,I thought it would be easy for me to play synyster solos since i can play some complex stuff from different guitarists,Gotta say Synyster kicked my ass lol

Completely agree. Whether you think he's the best guitarist out there or not, the guy has talent, a unique style, and he's accessible. Sure there are more technical players out there, and faster ones, but Gates knows his place and he works it. He's like the Slash of our generation of players. Talented, accessible, and influential. He also knows exactly what he's doing. His theory is sound, and he might introduce a lot of his fans to things they might've not found, like gypsy jazz. Avenged gets a bad rep, but they really shouldn't.

Absolutely. The whole band are incredibly solid musicians, and it shows live; they're one of, if not the best live rock act of today

I used to love A7X. Don't listen to them much these days but they're the reason I've continued to play, especially Synyster. Because of that, I consider him to be my biggest influence even if it isn't musically.

nickpro11 And now even shit core bands are beating them in Cage Matches WTF!

most cage matches and music awards now are popularity contests; just look at the AP and Kerrang! awards, the nominees are far from being the best in their categories, it's ridiculous

He puts a lot of soul in his solos and work

Koedix Ola england actually commented on Syn's gypsy jazz video AND said "this is awesome!"

Those same people that criticize Synyster Gates for mindless shredding are the same people that praise Dimebag Darrel. Im not hating on him, I love pantera but he's a shredder.

One only needs to listen to the solos in The Stage. They are shredding at one moment, and slow and emotional at others.. the contrast makes the song one of the most beautiful metal ballads i've heard :)

Damn right!!

+TheSamuraiApocalypse I'm finishing the tour right now .

TheSamuraiApocalypse i

I think he’s saying do more than you have to lol don’t just learn some songs you wanna play and play them over and over, try new and weird stuff

He did take cues from the best.

@@matthewboyer7401 so do we all, right? new generations expand on what is laid out. be it in sports, music, research.

yeah a friend of mine had to push me to pay attention to Gates, and i am glad he did, i was surprised to see someone who seemed so young at the time playing what i considered to be more mature and complicated styles musically than a lot of others. And listening here i can hear a lot of influences, when he mentions Frank Gambale i hit the roof! everyone should check out Frank Gambale, he might just be the smartest guitar player ever....maybe

He is really good for sure, but one of the best ever? No way.

He is not underrated

Daniel Romero its also in so far away

Daniel Romero *lay on ground, try not to cry, CRY A LOT*

Im a newbie whos REV?

Viel Gwapa his, and everyone in the bands best friend. Also the old drummer of the band. Who unfortunately passed away. His nickname was The Rev (there’s a longer version but I don’t feel like figuring out how to spell it xD) amazing and super talented drummer and amazing person.

Nathan Wolf jimmy (the revolution ) sullivan..

Amen

Amen

The best in the world.

I write comments like this all the time. That's exactly how I feel about him, and he's an inspiration. He is way underrated, and not like he's not getting any recognition cause he totally is, but he is better than so many metal guitarists today. Even Kirk Hammett from Metallica, he's not of the current generation, but I'd definitely say Brian is a much better guitarist. Kirk Hammetts just kinda burnt out. Brian beats out every metal guitarist that has been prominent only since the past 2 and a half decades by a landslide. It's a shame that we don't have nearly as many great guitarists as we used to. We're not seeing any new incredible guitarists emerge other than Brian. I say that because I feel like he still has a lot of years and albums ahead of him to really put a stamp in everyone's heads that he deserves all the recognition that every amazing and influential artist/guitarist receives.

+Evan Faraday lmao, no. Paul Gilbert, Buckethead, Malmsteen, Satch, Vai, Jeff Loomis, Guthrie Govan, Tony Mcalpine, Alex Skolnick, John Petrucci are just some of the great players that are much, much better than Synyster all around and in pretty much every catagory, Hetfield for riffs. I can also name many more. Anyone who plays guitar would agree. Not to take anything away from him, but you should expand your horizons musically.

with jim root!!

+Chrisataur fuck yea

he means he is good like eddie

Zach Harless he hates instrumentals

Zach Harless marty friedman

Look into martin Rønning

@@frankcastle4715 A perfect mimic of Synyster Gates. What about him

he also has a tattoo of "Rev" on his chest

+Aaron Devoy inlay not engrave

+Steven Carlson I know ahah

+samsquantch14 ...I totally knew that bro... eh heh.. heh...

Aaron Devoy lol i get it mixed up too...that is a sick inlay

yeah same.. my record was two chords!! beat that!

Perfectly describes my playing

I like your attitude bro

GuitarGeek ikr! my buddies always tell me im really good and im always like.. dude no i suck.. this is why i have thst attitude XD

GuitarGeek if you were half as good as him, you would be the second best guitarist in the world

lol true

Guys got a college degree in music lol mad respect for him because he's actually a true musician 😎👌🏻

If you didn’t know he could play like this, have you ever listened to his music? His parts are nuts.

⁠​⁠@@heavymetal_cutting_fabricationafterlife's solo is enough for me to skip learning his other solos. Ik that's a bad habit and I'm still fighting this kind of guitar practicing attitude.

+Suh DUDE I did say at least on the level of dimebag darrell too. but hey this is just my opinion

don't worry man, people will never appreciate talent

TOTALLY WITH YOU IN EVERY WORD! Ivery also expressed that years back.. haha just don't take the heights of comparing dime lol.. BUUUT I know what you mean 😊 \m/ .. I guess with the comparison, it's just about dime being the upperclass man that anyone can't ever beat :)

I agree. I'd even go so far as to say that Dimebag wouldn't be half as hyped up as he is if he wasn't killed. Sue me.

Geoff Tighe dimebag is incredible. gates is sloppy man. any of his live guitar solos will demonstrate that. or even his pitiful attempt at the solo to walk

X3nonEyez Would be great!

Funny enough the same style that influenced this is the same that inspired the guitar work in Hail to the King and some of the Deathbat game's soundtrack.

hey could you guys post only the solo video please

KeremK would be awesome

Is there any DVD out from this?

khalid filali but why is this filmed?

yeah it is i m just asking if they can upload full solo with hq audio that's all

His reminds me of Hank Shermann of Mercyful Fate

On a scale from 0-100, with zero being utter shit and 100 being fucking insane, Slash is like a strong 25, and Petrucci is like a strong 90. Your statement makes no sense.

Libsoc Bruh I would put Slash higher than that, dude, come on. Slash should be at least at 75. He's perfectly capable of shredding and all that, he just choses a simpler route

Dave Grohl Slash plays modal pentatonics mostly, and really by accident. His technique is shit. He's really not a 75 dude.

***** What a fucking ridiculous statement. Where are your songs on youtube ya fucking idiot?? Several million albums sold, still arguably the most popular guitarist on the planet (whether you love him or hate him, he is)... and you, insignificant little no-one comes on here and say he's shit? If he's shit, you lemme know when you are touring buddy, 'coz I cant fucking WAIT to hear what you can produce. Arserag!!

+boberson33 he did so accidentally. He's admitted that. He literally just played licks over similar chord progressions. His use of modes was beginner level at best. That and "using a mode" and using a mode correctly are two different things. Really modes serve as a framework for actually anticipating chord changes and helping you better pick the proper chord tones to create specific emotions over certain chords. It's not just playing a C major scale over a Gmaj or G7 chord. Highlighting the sound of a mode or modal chord progression is so much more than that. Slash played an Em pentatonic box pattern over a G major chord progression most of the time. It created a bluesy sound so he went with it. I'm not knocking Slash as a musician, but he's not in the same league with petrucci by any means. Pretrucci does write shit that I don't find melodically appealing, but he's more than capable of doing so. I mean listen to the solo from his first instructional video, or the solos from their early albums...or the Under A Glass Moon solo. His playing style has changed over the years. I don't enjoy his stuff much any more. Slash is good for beginners to learn, but as your ear evolves, Slash becomes boring and more than predictable. BB King, a "blues" player, was less predictable than slash in his later years.

Thtd be so fucking dope.

Shrizzle ikr

he talked to fieldy of korn cuz fieldy is working on a jazz instrumental album

that would be awesome

Listen to the song called Exist, of their new album The Stage ;)

4 months after... And nothing changed.

3 years later

ShinyCLEM You legit think they're gonna listen?

There's a small chance that they might. Not at this point but at first... Yeah

4 years later..

I love the brass in Sunny Disposition (I know it’s not on CoE). I love that proggy shit. Hope to see more on their new album

biggest inspiration for me to play guitar 😂

they did the same when they did the Interview with James Hetfield lol

it's a trailer to the whole master class!

George Sevnv I hope the whole thing gets posted, or at least the instrumental performances alone

It's called production, and it's quite popular among people that want to make a career of the industry

2inchfromtheground Production also occurs when people edit solely instrumental sections... Audio mixing... Shot transitioning... Yeah, this video is cool and all. But the guitarist in me would like to watch one where the talking doesn't sit on top of the musical performance. You can only listen to Gates talk so much about the same things, but you can listen to a piece of music endlessly...

i think RoS its Rings on Saturn

hes correct ^ it sucks that Synyster doesn't have a solo album where he can play technical stuff like this.

exactly what I was thinking when I first heard it

Seriously, how the hell does he come up with that??

You'd like building the church by Steve Val

he was so fuckin nervous. its his first master class

noticed it too, but he is still the best!

You can also see him looking at his feet for the whole thing. He appears really nervous. Personally, I'd be a lot less afraid here than on stage in front of a ton of people playing the really tough stuff.

Feisal Irfansyah ok, and? on stage, all eyes aren't on him. here, they are.

Aww, made me feel bad for him😆 he nailed it tho🔥🔥 best guitarist evr

His idol is dimebag

there in his solos, not so much hail to the king (was more of a rock album) but there other stuff, anyway i agree 100% so far away was truly a beautiful song...that he wrote... entirely...

we had a taste of it on City of Evil. He's a better guitar player now so if he uses his full potential on the next album they could write a masterpiece. I really hope they do.

@@theashes7149 Well, i Hope you liked The Stage lol 😁😁

deathbastardable they're a good band tho try checking their earlier stuff

Waking the Fallen: Resurrected it's all you need!!

Braedon Morrissey no. Its not their best album they became legends with city of evil

WhiteBoyWithAnIpod I actually think it’s self titled is their best work

Emily Abrams you really can’t go wrong with any album except in my mind I don’t care to much for the first record and hail to the king has a few good songs but I wouldn’t put it up with the others

They already exist, they're called pinkly smooth

Matt7811 Pinkly Smooth was Goblin Metal.. Or at least thats what he said

Jazz metal already exists. They're called Exivious.

Ming Wu Yeah Exivious is the closest to jazz metal that exists

Seriously GC, it's been a year or two; post the full solo of him playing. We all want it for a long time! :(