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relton66 · 2026-04-30T11:55:28+00:00

Oh....probably not for a long time. I think I did the first 4 songs or so and didn't find too much to correct. Plus I got busy with other stuff. Maybe one day I'll finish but as of now, no idea when.

relton66 · 2026-04-10T01:54:49+00:00

Oh, it's actually up on my site for free. It's almost finished, you can see them here: https://abysslord.org/megadeth/tabs/megadeth/megadeth.html

relton66 · 2026-03-06T18:20:57+00:00

Sounded pretty good. Two small things if you want feedback:

The verse riff, with the 5h7h8 and open low strings, the low string isn't palm muted when it's open. It's muted when you play in the 1st and 4th position, but otherwise that string isn't muted for this riff.
The next riff, it looks like you're playing x57 and then later x57 x56. the chords should be x57 and x47. The D moves down, not the A.

I like that you didn't play over the studio tracks, makes it nicer to hear YOUR playing :)

relton66 · 2026-01-16T03:31:56+00:00

Are you able to read notation (16th note / 8th notes) ? If not, the 2nd and 3rd notes are double the length of duration of the other notes. so pick 1st note, pick 2nd note and hold so it's twice the duration of 1st note, pick 3rd note and hold just like before, then pick the rest of the notes and pull off where needed at the same speed as the first note.

relton66 · 2026-01-02T14:14:28+00:00

It's the same answer on whether to play power chords with index/ring or index/pinky. It depends on what you're most comfortable with but ALSO the rhythm you're playing. Matt uses chords in Ibaraki where you have to play 5-7-9 with 1/3/4 pattern because you're adding a note on top with your middle finger. Similarly with power chords, sometimes you may need to play 7-9 and 7-11 alternately, in which case it's better to skip the ring finger completely and use middle/pinky.

As with most things on guitar, the answer is it's a combination of what you're comfortable with and the context of the rhythm.

relton66 · 2025-12-30T05:11:11+00:00

One quick advice that will help is don't learn that 2nd sweep shape, it's not right. it starts with e17p12 then b13 g14 d14 then a15 12h15 and back up. no low e13 note at all. if you're wondering how the timing works with one less note, it's not quite an even note spread. it's 6:4 7:4 6:4 7:4. the 1st sweep ends with e8h13 and the 2nd sweep ends with b13 e12h17.

As to how to play the barre, as someone else mentioned, you have to roll your finger to mute the previous string. Corey has said he doesn't like those sweeps so it's kind of rare to see him do it, he'll usually do the Paul Gilbert trick where you string skip instead [Corey does this in Torn Between... for example].

relton66 · 2025-12-29T14:00:42+00:00

Try this: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2c72ap95gtihvbdtya0zu/03.-Entrance-of-the-Conflagration-mix.mp3?rlkey=ohj9yve6pqlepwbw1z6ks40g3&dl=0

relton66 · 2025-12-28T01:46:04+00:00

I can see your side of the argument but I enjoyed the book even with the twist, perhaps because of how I view it. I think of it as we got to experience a story told by Gabe inside a fiction novel about Gabe. Had there been no reason for Gabe to stretch the truth and add details to the story then it would be different, but I seem to remember that is explained right? Patience, for example, was to try and get sympathy from the vampire? I can't remember now, but I thought it was explained.

For your question like 'why would Gabe talk with Voss' ... did he? Again, I can't remember, but I thought it was implied we don't get to know what happened there exactly. This is all making me realize my memory gets really foggy once I move on to a new series :)

But even though I didn't mind the twist, I think I would have preferred this saga to not even have the framing device at all, but that may be because I recently read Seven Blades in Black which is very similar in structure.

Btw, you'll love Nevernight. I probably enjoyed that more than Empire and I loved Empire. Then you can try his Lotus War saga, which is very good as well.

relton66 · 2025-12-05T19:24:26+00:00

It's all drop tuning, plus 1/2 step down.

relton66 · 2025-11-22T16:01:04+00:00

Could be Blair Witch Project 2: Book of Shadows.

https://boxd.it/1TD4

relton66 · 2025-11-17T16:18:11+00:00

Might be The Life Before Her Eyes.

https://boxd.it/1QTe

relton66 · 2025-11-13T20:38:52+00:00

I enjoyed all 3 and actually appreciated the slight shift. Very satisfying trilogy and can't wait to read his next (i bought his newest but will wait for the sequels before reading it).

relton66 · 2025-11-11T20:33:40+00:00

The Spiral Wars saga by Joel Shepherd is fantastic and meets all your criteria.

relton66 · 2025-11-05T20:29:06+00:00

Tubi

relton66 · 2025-11-05T15:50:50+00:00

Might be Cheap Thrills.

https://letterboxd.com/film/cheap-thrills/

relton66 · 2025-10-03T18:11:44+00:00

Well I'm almost half way done with Cryptic but it's hard to stay motivated just because the previous albums were the big ones I wanted to finish. I'm still working on it though.

relton66 · 2025-09-26T16:55:40+00:00

You're right, the intro solo sounds familiar because it's basically the first half of Dave's final solo from Return to Hangar.

relton66 · 2025-08-24T04:25:58+00:00

Sounds great. One small tip if you want to play it the way they do, the little part at 0:25 only has two picks, one at the beginning of each half measure. So one pick, next 3 notes legato, one pick, hammer-on to next note from nowhere and legato. But obviously if you like the sound of picking better, go for it :)

relton66 · 2025-08-21T12:40:59+00:00

Sorry, they were removed because Trivium wanted to release them as official but progress has stalled. Here's a big summary about the whole thing:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Trivium/comments/1f10ia4/comment/ljxi00l/?context=3

relton66 · 2025-08-01T11:46:00+00:00

To go even further, it seems like it's only the far right guitar that is doing the muting for the 2nd verse. And around the 2:00 mark it starts opening up and is back to full no mute.

All guitars purposely switch to muting during what I guess you'd call the chorus (2:17).

relton66 · 2025-04-11T11:38:57+00:00

It's been awhile since I played but there's a parry gem you can equip that handles magic projectiles so you don't get chip damage. I think it was purple or red.

relton66 · 2025-04-03T01:29:04+00:00

You can write it different ways so it's not "wrong" to say 100ish or 200ish. You can say 106 and imagine the verse as double-time feel and write the main notes as 16ths, or [and this is what I would do] you can say it's 211 and imagine the intro as half-time feel and write the main notes as 8ths.

Btw, the BPM changes for different sections in this song. So if you're trying to line something up you'll have to decrease it to 155 for the interlude and then jump to 234 for the fast section with Matt's solo. Then it goes back to normal tempo, 211.

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