Niczy's Video Blog

Assume the shred position!

noreply@blogger.com (Richard N) — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:21:00 +0000

Yep, its the shred legend himself, Michael Angelo Batio

Shawn Lane - "How to Develop an Outside Sound"

noreply@blogger.com (Richard N) — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:50:00 +0000

This is a video featuring the late, great guitarist Shawn Lane. This guy had amazing speed and technique.

This guy

noreply@blogger.com (Richard N) — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 21:21:00 +0000

You may of heard of this guy, Rusty Cooley - I couldn't leave this guy out of my speed special week, check out this clip of him performing live:

Chris Impellitteri

noreply@blogger.com (Richard N) — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 00:05:00 +0000

This guys shred technique has always impressed me, especially his speed picking, check out this cool vid:

Tiago Della Vega - The worlds fastest guitarist

noreply@blogger.com (Richard N) — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:27:00 +0000

Here is a fantastic video showing the speed skills of the world fastest guitarist - Tiago Della Vega. This week ill be doing a special showing shred guitarists who stand out from the norm and take their speed technique that one level higher, this is to tie in with the new Tiago interview on the website, check that out also!

Racer X - Scarified

noreply@blogger.com (Richard N) — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 10:27:00 +0000

A shred guitar classic:

Casiopea

noreply@blogger.com (Richard N) — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:44:00 +0000

Here's a cool Jazz fusion band called Casiopea, really good musicianship, I thought I would include 2 video clips this time

Michael Romeo

noreply@blogger.com (Richard N) — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:54:00 +0000

Here's a video of the awesome guitarist Michael Romeo from the Progressive Metal band Symphony X, you can really hear the Neo-Classical Yngwie Malmsteen Influence in his playing. The track is ''Sea Of Lies''.

Showdown In Little Tokyo

noreply@blogger.com (Richard N) — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:25:00 +0000

Just got done watching this really cool movie, I noticed it had some awesome music in it as well, some great guitar playing here:

Jason Becker

noreply@blogger.com (Richard N) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:29:00 +0000

This video is a classic, Jason Becker ripping up on the guitar, this video has been one of my favourite shred videos for quite some time now

Most hilarious use of a guitar hammer-on in 2010?

noreply@blogger.com (Richard N) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:06:00 +0000

Absolutely brilliant, words can't describe the amazing-ness of this song:

Rydeen - one of the greatest melodies ever

noreply@blogger.com (Richard N) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:58:00 +0000

I love this song, originally by the amazing Japanese Techno Pop group ''Yellow Magic Orchestra'', I saw this cover someone did on electric guitar and thought it was a fantastic rendition!

Terminator Theme Metal Version

noreply@blogger.com (Richard N) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:56:00 +0000

Just pure awesomeness

David Shankle

noreply@blogger.com (Richard N) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:04:00 +0000

Here is a video of a great shred guitarist called David Shankle, in this vid he's live on stage playing with Manowar! Check out this cool vid:

Mercyful Fate

noreply@blogger.com (Richard N) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:09:00 +0000

The first 2 albums by this band are heavy metal classics in my opinion, guitarists Hank Shermann and Michael Denner are awesome, some great harmonies in this short track:

Great unique solos

noreply@blogger.com (Richard N) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:57:00 +0000

An awesome compilation of guitar solos from the album ''Individual Thought Patterns'' by Death, one of my favourite albums by them.

George Lynch and Dave Navarro jamming

noreply@blogger.com (Richard N) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:54:00 +0000

This was a cool find, some awesome playing here:

Megadeth - Wake Up Dead Lead Guitar

noreply@blogger.com (Richard N) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:42:00 +0000

Here's an interesting video that Bainzy linked me to, riffs and leads to the Megadeth song ''Wake Up Dead'' by themselves:

Buckethead

noreply@blogger.com (Richard N) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:24:00 +0000

This guy is awesome, he has a great unique style and amazing technical ability. Check this video out:

Frantic Disembowelment

noreply@blogger.com (Richard N) — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 01:24:00 +0000

Check this out, really awesome video from Cannibal Corpse:

Deep Purple Cover

noreply@blogger.com (Richard N) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:32:00 +0000

Check out this video of Michael Angelo Batio doing his own shred version of the Deep Purple song ''Burn'', this is really a fantastic rendition:

Some Blues

noreply@blogger.com (Richard N) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:47:00 +0000

Here is a really cool video of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble performing the awesome tune ''Scuttle Buttin''. Some really awesome blues playing here...

Riffs Of Doom

noreply@blogger.com (Richard N) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:27:00 +0000

Slayer guitarist Kerry King plays some amazing riffs and licks from various Slayer songs in this video, nice and heavy.

Shred Fusion Lesson

noreply@blogger.com (Richard N) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:25:00 +0000

Amazing guitarist Guthrie Govan shows some great licks in this video, check out his awesome technique:

Venom - Bloodlust

noreply@blogger.com (Richard N) — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:21:00 +0000

Venom, a great metal band, a live performance of the song ''Bloodlust'' here, great energy and check out the insane ending!