(S)LOWER = HEAVIER ?!?! | Lamb Of God - Laid To Rest

Does lower tuning and slower tempo equal a heavier sound? Several bands play in Drop A, Drop G, Open C or any exotic tuning to get the chug out of their instrument. In Djent it's mostly common to have a very low tuned guitar for the brutal sound. But what if we take e.g. ' Laid To Rest ' by Lamb Of God and drop tune it down step by step plus decreasing the speed? Will a low tuning automatically make it sound even heavier than it already is? Tune low chug slow? Let's find it out! How does this work? How to downtune a guitar? I use my Whammy DT for this fun video! The Laid To Rest verse and chorus riff on repeat!

#0 - I explain stuff - 0:00
#1 - Drop D - 0:30
#2 - Drop C# - 0:49
#3 - Drop C - 1:07
#4 - Drop B - 1:25
#5 - Drop A# - 1:43
#6 - Drop A - 2:02
#7 - Drop G# - 2:21
#8 - Drop G - 2:40
#9 - Drop F# - 3:01
#10 - Drop F - 3:21
#11 - Drop E - 3:43

After Drop E it was waaaay too muddy....

Let me know what you think sounded heaviest in the comments below! Also YouTube destroyed a bit of the sound... it did sound better on my PC.

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Does lower tuning and slower tempo equal a heavier sound? Several bands play in Drop A, Drop G, Open C or any exotic tuning to get the chug out of their instrument. In Djent it's mostly common to have a very low tuned guitar for the brutal sound. But what if we take e.g. ' Laid To Rest ' by Lamb Of God and drop tune it down step by step plus decreasing the speed? Will a low tuning automatically make it sound even heavier than it already is? Tune low chug slow? Let's find it out! How does this work? How to downtune a guitar? I use my Whammy DT for this fun video! The Laid To Rest verse and chorus riff on repeat!

#0 - I explain stuff - 0:00
#1 - Drop D - 0:30
#2 - Drop C# - 0:49
#3 - Drop C - 1:07
#4 - Drop B - 1:25
#5 - Drop A# - 1:43
#6 - Drop A - 2:02
#7 - Drop G# - 2:21
#8 - Drop G - 2:40
#9 - Drop F# - 3:01
#10 - Drop F - 3:21
#11 - Drop E - 3:43

After Drop E it was waaaay too muddy....

Let me know what you think sounded heaviest in the comments below! Also YouTube destroyed a bit of the sound... it did sound better on my PC.
I didn'T have that much time today. Recording and editing done TODAY from 3pm till 9pm which is 6 hours to completely create this video from scratch. If the audio and audio/video editing synch isn't perfect you know why ;) I pushed myself to get this video out today for you guys since wednesday is one of my two upload days! Hope you nevertheless enjoy it!

Stay tuned and rock on!
Jassy J // JJ's One Girl Band

[IanRoberts]

Slower did feel heavier to me, but likely a personal thing. Totally awesome playing Jassy, great experiment.

[phlorgan]

Between the lower tempo and the tuning, the A# one sounded soooo In Flames and I love it!!!

[Mesatallic]

Ah, you made a video from my S-LOWER suggestion! I’m honoured! 🤘😜🤘

[RoughRaiders]

Drop C for the win for me. Still like the original the best but for the range you went through I liked drop C the most. I still adore all the cute faces and how much fun you look like you're having when you play. Definitely a fan for life. Keep shredding. 🤘🤘

[jacksimo]

Hi you should do this with megadeth symphony of destruction that would be awesome
Edit please like so this video will happen I would appreciate that 👍👍🤘🏻🎸

[chazgilbert]

Oh yes, that didn't change the feeling of tha song, great video

[richiefrancis]

Hi Jassy,

Strong omens to the tones of the song and can imagine demons enjoying it so much :).

Hope to hear from soon, stay safe and rock on 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸.

[trap]

I loved the drop A n drop C they were 🔥🔥🔥

[troygolden]

Awesome as always Jassy. Thanks for this! ❤

[patbateman]

I think it depends on the riff as to what speed it’s heaviest at. Plus, I think opinion is a big decider as well. Awesome playing as always Jassy and rock on! 🤘🤘

[micah]

Fantastic metal sound!😍 Interesting video👌

[impact]

I prefer fast and loud
Great job again!

[nbguitarist]

I'm here just to tell that because of you, I bought Digitech Drop pedal (just half of your Whammy DT) and its awesome.
No more tunning back and forth and sound quality is stunnig.
So thank you, for let me know that this thing exists

[bherani]

I am a drummer, and I found this topic is quite essential for brainstorming in metal songwriting

[michaelelungchu]

Drop C was the devil himself... Love it so much🤟🏻😜

[jaymesmustaine]

Hey Jassy it’s still awesome to watch ur cute little fingers fly across the board 😍😍😍 I’m not familiar with this song but it sounded heavy to me at each tuning and speed. That’s a really cool pedal!

[peaceindarkness.darknessis]

This was really cool J, but this particular riff is best in original form!🤘🏻
Keep rocking!

[GARYBLONDER]

At last! Something I can offer an informed opinion on! I'm not a musician, but I am a keen listener and devotee of rock from 1951 to now. The answer is that YES, lower and slower is heavier! Go all the way and you get the first half of Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath ! HOWEVER there is a trade-off. You lose energy and "headbangability". You can't go apeshit and scream to 100% doom. For example, you can only get down to the second half of Black Sabbath (the song) when the pace picks up. I think that for a live sound, you want to be right in the middle, where there is enough darkness for a primal scream but also enough tempo to throw yourself around the mosh pit. Doom is best for brooding resentfully on your own (good cathartic therapy) and Power Metal on the other extreme to feel uplifted and ride dragons.
Jassy I love your tutorials! Keep up the good work. I think you should do some more original solo work though.

[trinityschool]

The B and A are both awesome for laid to rest :). Awesome job on the riff.