Cacophony - Black Cat

[banez]

This outro honestly made a tear come to my eye. Jason becker forever loved

[torogami2]

does anyone know if this has any relation to the black cat by edgar allan poe?

[OpusPocuSS]

OMFG... the ending!

[nifected]

the ending is mesmerizing

[moonsault2506123]

i liked martys songwriting in the 80s,some lyrics could make you cringe,but all in all some really cool tunes!.

[ELEPHIN0]

Well the singing is epic, but the guitar needs some work.. XD

[rapcoremanx]

@ELEPHIN0 some work the guitars? are you fucking kidding me????????

[ELEPHIN0]

@rapcoremanx Its Jason Becker and Marty Friedman!! Do you really think i'd seriously say that their guitaring needs work?! :P The singer is shit mind ;)

[wifflwaffl]

6:46 :D

[MusiqueLivresPatrie]

Not anywhere as good as their first album, though

[icedbananatea]

1:41

[samuraichickdude]

Wow, imagine that. This video was uploaded by Dethtiger!

[Drownedmeid]

LOVE it, thanks for uploading!!!!!

[MarshallVamp]

This is the SHITTIEST SONG EVER with some of the best guitar playing known to mankind! God I miss the contradictive nature of 80s metal! IF ANYONE DARES TO DISLIKE THIS THEY WILL CASTRATED WITH A CHEESE GRATER!!!!! \m/

Marshall

[xcaluhbration]

@MarshallVamp Haha well said man.

[splattyfish]

Epic song : ), cacophony classic.

[cheese0tron]

singer reminds me of paul dianno

[guitarfreakeddd]

0 dislikes = DAMN STRAIGHT!!!!!!

[eerieinhabitants]

Dance of The Yao Tribe traditional folk melody!!!! 0:38

[pipkguitar]

@eerieinhabitants Oh my goodness, you just made my day. I knew Black cat by Cacophony and one day in history class they showed a video on Chinese history and the outro of the video played black cat. Ever since then I've been dying to know what it was. Thank you so much

[eerieinhabitants]

@pipkguitar Awesome! Yea! Similar story actually a friend of mines father bought a street musicians music while visiting Asia and this melody was on there! But the album was left at a friends in Norway and the title lost.. BUT my best friend in Norway just emailed me the name of the tune and had to post and share it with others who have the same dilemma!

[gokuhatake]

vocalist sucks..song is pretty good

[GargantuanHunter]

@gokuhatake Yeah, well... they ARE called CACOPHONY after all...

Yes, the song IS good =)

[moonsault2506123]

one word describes their playing,BALLISTIC!.

[cool7840]

ok guys im a noob when it comes to remembering stuff but can anyone tell me what lick is played between 5 15 and 5 17. It sounds like something ive heard before but i just cant remember

[cloudowind]

@cool7840 tyea a small part which is a bridge for another key and passage ;that part is also used by dream theater but ; john petrucci is a child when u compared him with jason ofc..cheers

[necrolehad]

EN EL MINUTO 4:43 ME VENGO

[weirdalyankosin]

and to think some people have the nerve to say Kirk Hammett is as good if not better than friedman... rejects

[BlindedinChains444]

@weirdalyankosin hell yeah megadeth over metallica !!! butt they both legendary

[44pauleva]

this is awesum thnx 4 posting

[Foly55]

me recuerda a juegos de nes

[UrbanAssault5150]

love this music that the guitar gods made! Plus i dont care what anyone says I LOVE THE VOCALS ON THIS SONG AND ALL OF THEM!!!..............Never mess with the black cat!!!!!!!

[15Iodas93]

I love how in some Cacophony songs, such as this one and The Ninja, they have sweet exotic scales, then in others like Concerto, it's like amazing classical music, just shows the versatility of these amazing musicians

[yngwie8]

how u say good morning in japanese want to have some tea? yeh sound like that intro,so that i dont offend anyone here as cant speak Jap , hell they should use Mart n Jason music for many ninja movies out now wat u guys think? Exotic scaling of this guys i love it though they rip many paul-gilbert runs

[element5333]

I love Jason, Marty, Cacophony.. wow, they're just..... amazing.

[IbanezDaemon]

Unreal!! The first lead guitar break by Jason at 2:05-2:08 is incredible!!! Best guitar duo of all time!! Get well soon Jason!!!!!

[Nunez87]

marty marty marty!

[kguitar765]

And always when I play these Arpeggios FROM BLACK CAT....DONT MESS WITH MY GUITAR PLAYING SUCCA

[kguitar765]

black cats are cool

[metalero19882]

miss good old guitar player, today i watch those motherfuckers choking the cock at stage and, DUDE! can you fucking clean your shit covered ears and listen to THIS!

that's all, fuck the new order.

[MrSkull86]

lyrical prowess they do not have, but dear god, is this ever an ego check on my guitar playing :P

[cerelilqt]

Today is a wednesday, I was followed by a black cat today, not good.

[anothermentalcase]

this song fits perfectly with swat cats .

if you know that cartoon?

[dethtiger]

Yes,i know that cartoon. It was awesome.

[666Goddammit666]

I like his voice...i just can't picture Bon Jovi singing it, or even Lemmy for that matter...James Hetfield?...Naaa.....althought i really think Bon Scott Would have torn this song a new one!

[quilmesredlager]

hey the singer is good.

his natural voice is like that, rough.

not everybody likes that voices but it doesnt mean is bad.

then you will say symphony x´s voice is gay?

are different type of voices.

this singers voice is kinda rob halford´s voice but rob is able to go higher,

but they are male voices, fuck i dunno what do u wanta? a girl singing in cacophony?

[sisyphusorianus9787]

@quilmesredlager

...what...?

Thanks for the laughs.

[sanctumovdarkness]

6:20

[fabianidhesona]

yeah man, that part made the song.

[scenekidacide]

cool asian sounding intro.

[eatingyourbreadcrust]

weird, you'd expect a better singer for two of the world's greatest guitarists

[theshreddedcheese]

Agreed... but hey, this is cacophony,

[XR8Hornet]

Singers OK, doesnt he do that OZZY show in LA now?

[Kugarok]

Yep, He does an ozzy coverband now. I dont like how all the people bash the vocals. He's not insanely bad, this kind of vocals fitted this kind of music back in the day.

[pel666]

the Arpeggio sequence @ 2:03 is just sooooo freakin' insane...after 20 years it still amazes me!

[nomis777]

its freakingly amazing

[1madaboutguitar]

You stole my comment lol

[CreatorOfChaosxx]

I bet if singer left they would have sold more albums lol. Becker and Marty together is godlike.

[fabianidhesona]

this singer, gotta be the worst in the last 100 years.

[Sirmalice192837]

sorry but im number 1 in that category

[acdcislaw]

the singer kills this song for me

[LorKen17021991]

I think he is not soo bad...he does the heavy metal thing very well....

[Seethroughfisheyes]

Same here.

[hummarstra]

GENIUS!

[mrsquiggles9]

trying learn this stuff is hard, i love the whole asian thing from becker and adore martys arabic type stuff

[pacerman265]

I used to worship this stuff as a guitarist in the 80s and it led me to playing Arabic drum now! I can really hear how i was inluenced though. Shred Brothers!!!!

[thegoddescomposer]

realy muziek

[MehYam2112]

The part from 1:29-1:55 is the reason I've been scouring Cacophony posts for the past hour. I still remember that part from 20 years ago when I last heard it on cassette. I love the internet.

This song shows what someone (two people) with Yngwie's technical ability can do when they push the musical envelope along with just flying fingers around. They way they mixed up scales, rhythms, grooves, etc set them apart.

It's just too bad they didn't get a better singer... ;)

[mrcooki3]

the signer is awesome dude ,just need better recording ahha

and jason is a freakin god of guitare don't wonder why this sound like some sorte of Gods symphony

[Nouchine]

@MehYam2112 yep that was a crazy band I'd say they were both better than malmsteen, at least for sweep pickping! love the breack 2:05 \m/

[DigitalPosion]

@MehYam2112

who cares about the singing cacophony is all about guitar . if marty or jason cared at all about the singing they'd spend more than an hour writing lyrics or let someone who can actually write lyrics do that and hire a decent singer. Its like if someone gives you best thing you ever wanted you just wana go and have fun and dont care about anything else same here they just wanted to shred, forget everything else lol

[MehYam2112]

@DigitalPosion

Sure. But I can guarantee that if they were doing this again, they'd get the singing done right.

[thegoddescomposer]

sweet

[RockoSaurius]

Really...Excelent Musicians..!!!

[chenhen72]

6:20 is perfect melody~~~~ so nice

so sweet~! so wonderful~!

[evolutionbanjo]

widespread panic = good rock n roll