After taking over Instagram and YouTube with his insane guitar skills, reaching millions of viewers and over 280.000 subscribers in just one year, BERNTH has officially released a studio version of Paganini’s “Caprice No. 24” as the first single from his upcoming album, Elevation, available May 14. Watch the awe-inspiring playthrough now below.

BERNTH’s new adaption of Paganini‘s final “Caprice” (widely considered to be one of the most difficult pieces ever written for solo violin) showcases all of his signature breathtaking guitar techniques and a stunning light show. “This is the only song on the album I did not write myself, but there might be the strongest personal connection and story behind it,” says BERNTH. “I wanted to play this piece since my teenage years when I first picked up a guitar. I was fascinated with all the techniques and melodies but couldn’t make it past the first measures! I brought this piece to many guitar teachers in my early years and they all couldn’t really help me… that’s when I realized that I had to do this on my own. I promised myself that someday, I would be able to write a full arrangement and a killer metal guitar version of ‘Caprice No. 24’ by Niccolò Paganini!”

After becoming a double honor student of the acclaimed Vienna Music Institute, gathering experience on tour and in the studio working for highly praised multi-platinum productions and exploring the limits of the guitar through his weekly shred videos over the last years, BERNTH is finally ready to cross this achievement off his bucket list.

Guitar enthusiasts can download the tabs and guitar pro files for this Paganini arrangement on BERNTH’s Patreon page (along with 160+ guitar technique and theory lessons) at https://www.patreon.com/bernth.

Elevation, the first instrumental album full of BERNTH’s signature high-adrenaline shredding, took years to finish and embodies the absolute dedication and perfectionism his viewership is already accustomed to.

“I couldn’t be happier with these new songs and the album in general,” BERNTH says. “My biggest goal was writing fresh, challenging instrumental music that is also easy and entertaining to listen to. All songs were insanely challenging to record but emotion, feeling and melody always had priority. You can find odd meters, exotic scales, unique guitar techniques, the weirdest effect, and many more details all over the album – but always in a way that serves the songs and the emotions they are supposed to portray.”

Pre-orders for Elevation are available now at https://bernth.myshopify.com/. Limited bundles sold out within hours of their announcement.

Rising YouTube guitar sensation BERNTH has announced his debut album Elevation, scheduled for release on May 14, by lighting his guitar on fire with three flamethrowers – and shredding on it afterwards!

“My biggest goal with ‘Elevation’ was writing the ultimate guitar album,” says BERNTH. “A mix of completely new sounds with traditional elements all guitar enthusiasts love: blazing shreds, inescapable hooks, and captivating songwriting!”

The clear message: You Can’t Kill Guitar Music:

BERNTH now has the fastest-growing YouTube metal guitar channel in recent years, surpassing 270,000 subscribers and 12 million views in just one year of uploading regularly.

Pre-orders for the album are available today and guitarists can claim one of 108 limited box sets including a free Elixir strings 10|46 Optiweb set and Ibanez Jazz III grip picks at https://bernth.myshopify.com/.

The task of creating his first instrumental album proved loftier than expected. After scrapping a full album, noting that “it wasn’t good enough, there was nothing special or unique about it, and I felt like the world didn’t need another by-the-books instrumental record like this,” BERNTH embarked on a long tour with a well-known Austrian pop/rock act later that year, followed by a much-needed vacation with his girlfriend on a secluded Colombian island.

“That’s when the sound and production style suddenly came to me, step-by-step, and I couldn’t wait to return to Austria to restart the project,” BERNTH says. “Everything came together quickly after this small epiphany and I re-worked existing ideas and came up with new and different sounds to make this album special and meaningful. With the help of acclaimed and much-awarded Austrian producer Daniel Fellner, ‘Elevation’ was finally finished in 2020 and I could focus on the release and finishing the ambitious music videos.”

Four years in the making, Elevation is full of signature high adrenaline shredding and embodies the absolute dedication and perfectionism BERNTH’s viewership is already accustomed to. To give a taste of what’s to come, BERNTH‘s stunning and virtuosic new interpretation of Paganini‘s “24^th Caprice” will be released on his channel and on all streaming platforms as the first single on April 23.

“There are so many articles online claiming that rock music, especially guitar music, is dying and becoming more and more irrelevant nowadays,” says BERNTH. “Thankfully, many aspiring players proved the world wrong since they took over social media with their amazing skills! This is what also re-kindled my passion for the instrument and led me to build my own presence on Instagram and YouTube.”

Before focusing on his YouTube and Instagram presence,BERNTHmainly worked with the Austrian pop/rock actSeiler und Speer, playing on multiple gold and platinum certified albums and singles in his home country. His roots lie in the extreme metal genre, where he started his career as a session/live guitar player for the Austrian bandBelphegorin 2010. He also wroteDavid Hasselhoff‘s debut metal song “Through the Night” with his electronic metal projectCueStack. Aside from his work on stage and in the studio, he is a double honor student of the Vienna Music Institute, where he studied jazz guitar and instrumental pedagogics. BERNTH has taught over 10,000 students in the last two years with his online courses, “10 Steps to Modern Shredding” and “Sweep Picking Masterclass” onwww.bernth.atand with this weekly video lesson content onwww.patreon.com/bernth