Necrophagist - Mutilate the Stillborn (cover)
Definitely among the three toughest Necrophagist songs I've come across. It's hard to skip all those strings back and forth and switch to arpeggio mode all the time! That said, it's pretty simple structure-wise once you get the hang of it and the riffs are a lot of fun. The verse riff is one of their heaviest in my opinion and does indeed call for Jens Kidman-type faces!
Youtube's downsampling from 50 fps might make the video look time-stretched - switch to the higher settings at 50 fps and it should look more natural!
It's in C-standard because it's simply too much of a hassle to go from my regular tuning, C-standard, to E-standard with all the balancing, intonation etc. that is required, just for one or two covers.
It was recorded July 8 using a Shure SM57 (angled very slightly, aimed at the center of the left bottom speaker) through an E-MU 0404 USB 2.0 audio interface.
The video was recorded using a Sony HX100V, edited using Sony Vegas Pro 13.0 x64 and rendered as a 1920x1080 50p (same as the original footage) MP4 video using 2 reference frames, "High", 14 Mbps CBR, CUDA-encoded, with 48 kHz and 384 kbps audio.
Guitar: Jackson Warrior WRMG (with EMG 81/85).
Amplifier: Peavey 6505+ and an Ashdown Peacemaker 412A cabinet with Celestion G12E-50 speakers (one of them, the speaker used, is a Celestion V30).
Strings: Ernie Ball "Not even slinky" "Custom gauge nickel wound guitar strings" (12 16 24p 32 44 56).
Pick: Dunlop Jazz III.
Pre: 5.9
Low: 3.3
Mid: 6.1
High: 7.2
Post: 0.8
Resonance: 4.7
Presence: 7.1
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I used the Guitar Pro tab at (it isn't entirely correct so I made some changes):
https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/n/ne...