Warriors of the Axe ! I thought it time to bring you a more intense, extreme track. So without further ado I present my latest audio collab...

BLACKER THAN BLACK

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I was inspired by Todd's Black Metal documentary thread. I wanted to get something with icy chords and blastbeats happening. It's bit of a change to the kind of thing you guys know me for..

The first 'riff' is basically centred around D Minor and alternates between G# (which is the Tritone, flat 5th etc) and D. It hits the G# and D a2 time before resolving from G# to A. That would essentially mean that it resolves from the flat 5th to the perfect 5th.

So this can give us mainly a minor sound. I would use D Minor, D Minor Pentatonic.. and just emphasise the G# (flat 5th) every now and then. Or try D Phrygian Dominant.. or even Harmonic Minor.. see what gives you an evil sound !

The next riff use Em to Fm with an open E root note as a pedal tone between the chords. The F would give us a minor 2nd suggesting modes like Phrygian, Phrygian Dominant.. but also try the normal E Minor scale too

I know it's a fast track but don't worry about your skills, I want this to be open to everyone.

Why not totally go against the grain and put some slow, bluesy licks over it ?!

It's an audio collab only so mp3's or wavs will do just fine !

Deadline is Wednesday 28th November !

You know I'm in

Thank God this isn't vid collab. Otherwise our friend Christian might get too serious with filming.

Oh my... that made me give the biggest laugh I've had in a while - thank you !!

Good to know you're in.. I thought you might like this

This backing is killer!! Great job Ben!

Thanks man, thought I'd try something different !

NIIIIIIICCCEEEEEE!!!!!!!

Who could say no to this collab? Pure Blackened Metal Perfection, I"M IN!!!


Todd

Hell yeah ! I just know this style like my pocket. Those chords progression are just the same in Dimmu Borgir songs.

I'm in of course

Are girls even allowed here??? I think I might like to give this a try......

Of course !!

Everybody's welcome !!

Tempo is 200 bpm right ?

cool backing, it nips along at a fair old speed After watching that black metal documentary Im all satanic-ey so I wouldnt mind giving this a go.
I tried to do the spiders collab but eveything I came up with sucked!

Yeah man, you got it !!

The magic 200



Yeah it's weird how that all happened to you, Todd and myself !!

Dude, you promised not to show my picture to everyone!

I'm really sad this isn't a video collab...which doesn't stop me from shooting a video anyway

btw, killer backing track Ben!

Yessss.. and Ze German is in !!!!

Btw, 2 video collabs back to back ?? I think that would kill me !!!

Here's my take, i played on first ball , didn't take any chances , to maintain true Norwegian black metal spirit !!

This should be worth some kind of donut.

Hey you Guys and you Girl are real crazy !

I must try that out too even if i dont know yet what to do

Dieter

Oh man that is totally NECRO !!

I'm starting to think we should make a mini album

Ok here a little record !

Dieter


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Mini album would sound totally mutilated.. can't wait for another piece of brutality.. \,,,/_

A Black Donut... or maybe something more like this..

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Oh yeah, D-Killer !!

Your first Black Metal solo !!

Created a new OVERLOUD TH1 patch with an old school sound and used some of vintage blackened chops which focus much more on vibe/atmosphere than technical precision. It's primitive, but that's what Black Metal is all about We are going to go through these techniques in this SATURDAYS VIDEO CHAT SESSION so BEN!! CAN I USE YOUR SPIFF TRACK THIS WEEKEND IN MY LESSON?

YOU RAAAAAAAWWWWWWWKKKKKKKK (Growl/grunt/argghh)

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http://soundcloud.com/techniqueswithtodd/todd-blackened-solo-wbt-ben

Here is the patch just in case!
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***BEN!!! WHAT ABOUT MAKING THIS IN TO A FULL TRACK?******
Todd

Whadda 'bout black sausage

Todd u drilled this one , like with Black & Decker Power Driller



Yeah, FFULL track would be awesome!!!

Todd this rocks ! I was hoping for guitar insanity and you didn't disappoint !!

Dude, you can use any of my riffs anytime !!



That is black sausage that I posted, just a complete one that hasn't been chopped into

It's funny because we call it Black Pudding in England

Yakk, that looks ugly... at first i thought it's a dog poop

I'd be worried about the dog if it produced that !!!

"What's this dog been eating ? Car tyres ??"

Glad you dig it! I'm going to teach those chops in todays SATURDAY METAL MELTDOWN. They are a tad nuts, but wads of fun Great collab dude, and I"m way serious that we should make this in to a full tune!





Thanks man The drill analogy is really dead on!!! The right hand technique I'm using is very "Drill Like", mechanical/repetitive/forceful and gives that spiff aggressive sound. The pioneers in the genre have to be credited for creating these approaches that so many (including me) have stolen/borrowed.

Dropboxed you my stuff you asked for

Huh, Todd didn't manage to recruit more people in this Black metal vegan chef collab!!

Only a few can withstand the intensity !!!

Even though I like black metal, I', totally stumped on this one, can't seem to come up with something good. I just end up picking the strings like crazy and it sounds crap cause I can't shred, lol

Hey dude, just because the backing is typical fast BM, doesn't mean the licks have to be. I often choose to do a total contrast with what the backing is doing. If the backing is fast, go slower, hold some notes for ages.. a bit like what Chris Poland did in Megadeth on the super fast tracks.. he'd hold those high bends for ages and then play a little flurry of something.

Go for melody.. it's less of a headache and easier to get a better solo !!

I've heard what you can play so no excuses !!! Are you a NINJA or a NANCY BOY ??

Heyey Ben

I have these notes a# b c g d# for the 2nd part. Do they "fit"
I half bend to c then release to b and pull of to a#

Man, have you listened to Black Metal at all?
Every note fits , if it's nice incorporated into atmosphere

Allright !!

Yeah, just go for it man !

https://soundcloud.com/alfafirefox/blackerthanblacky

Ain't really into black metal but thought I'd have a stab at this one. So corpse paint and studs on.
http://soundcloud.com/llibach/blacker-full
http://soundcloud.com/llibach/blacker-no-backing

Hell yeah, diggin' this !

This is what I meant when I said that the solo doesn't have to reflect the speed of the backing track. Just because the backing is fast, the solo doesn't have to be. In fact, a contrast is usually better to add melody to the extreme nature of the track ! Great work V !



Nice work L !! Did you feel the icy blasts of the Norwegian landscape as you sculpted out your caustic licks ??

Great stuff !

Great

Now your getting it!!!! It's Black Metal so the notes are actually less crucial than the overall "Vibe" of Dark/Heavy/Aggressive/Bit Nuts. So notes that are dissonant and out of key actually work better in many cases

Todd





Spiff! You really nailed the vibe!

Todd

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Nice work L !! Did you feel the icy blasts of the Norwegian landscape as you sculpted out your caustic licks ??

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You psychic or something Ben. That's actually what did happen. On my delivery rounds yesterday I was going through a pass in the Ogwen valley and it's been raining heavy here the past few days. Stopped in a lay by jumped over the wall to look at a water fall and imediately got vibes of Norway. I knew then I had to have a go at the collab, check out the photo I took on my phone.
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Oh that is just stunning !! Wales is just beautiful

I may need some new picks now

With backing:
http://soundcloud.com/bleez666/bleez-blacker-wb

without backing:
http://soundcloud.com/bleez666/bleez-blacker-nb


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Here is my take on it, sorry about eq-ing the original a bit with the master edit, hope you don't mind Ben, I can redo it without post eq if you prefer.

Man that is beautiful, which is a very un-black metal word !!



That sounds fantastic, Patrik.. no, I don't mind what you did with EQ at all

Nice work !!!

Cool, I see This Collab's Turning from Black metal into Technical Death Metal

Thas was pure evil

wow! thank you guys, that's cheered me up no end
beautiful and evil.... I like it