I play guitar and have done so for 3 years. Lessons since 1.5 year or so with a guy who is undoubtley one of Swedens most skilled guitarists. I play a PRS Custom24 and me and my bassplaying friend have a project which lately have gone towards a mix of uhm.. katatonia, porcupine tree and...
Man.. Many Many metal bands don't use pedals. There are multichannel amps, which you switch between a footpedal.. Every channel is a separate preamp. In a two-channel amp they are often a clean channel and a distorted channel.
In the latest issue of Terrorizer Jonas states that Viva lyrically IS a concept. And that Omerta is about someone being poisoned to death and the sudden ending is just that. The death of the narrator as he puts it.