i think i am going to start tuning my guitars to G

[Baliset]

all this talk of Nile's heaviness tuned to A has made me want to push the heaviness envelope even furthur and make all those other "heavy" bands sound like pussies.

 

[azal]

 

[azal]

you should get one of those gregorrz.

 

[Baliset]

ok well then i will tune to fucking F. i don't care. i will make it my life's work from this day forward to make every band who is known for their heaviness look like pussies.

 

[avi]

you should get a baritone guitar and downtune that sucka. I'm actually surprised no metal bands I've seen use them.

 

[xfer]

my new sig:

i will make it my life's work from this day forward to make every band who is known for their heaviness look like pussies.

 

[mindspell]

you should get a baritone guitar and downtune that sucka. I'm actually surprised no metal bands I've seen use them.

All the nu-metal kids uses them:

http://www.espguitars.com/html/baritones.html

 

[avi]

oh weird, I'm surprised I hadn't seen any before. I guess I'm just used to only seeing country-style ones.

 

[TheNewChupe]

larry from november's doom uses one- he originally borrowed one from shaun from Soil, and liked it for tuning down better than the explorer he used to use

 

[mindspell]

Apparently the ESP Baritones stay in tune extremely well, even tuned down to an A, which I believe (correct me if I am wrong I am no guitarist) is not the case with normal guitars.

 

[ChromeLife]

you should get a baritone guitar and downtune that sucka. I'm actually surprised no metal bands I've seen use them.

I use a baritone... most of the time I leave it in B though. As far as tuning to G and F go... your guitar sounds like a freaking lawnmower. Im sure someone can make it sound ok but I cant.

 

[Baliset]

chromelife well it wouldn't be my life's work if i didn't have to actually work on it to make it sound good right?

 

[azal]

does anyone here listen to Meshuggah?



geez...Nothing is like the greatest metal album recorded in decades.

 

[AndICried]

Might as well tune down an entire octave .

 

[mindspell]

I like Chaosphere a lot more than Nothing. More focused, more complex and overall a lot more mind blowing than Nothing...

 

[ChromeLife]

I like Chaosphere a lot more than Nothing. More focused, more complex and overall a lot more mind blowing than Nothing...

werd

 

[capeda]

I'm gonna have to agree that Chaosphere > Nothing. I'm really interested in hearing that new EP they're putting out next year, too (just one 20 minute track!).

Nothing probably does have the absolute heaviest guitar I've heard, btw.

 

[Steve]

I'm going to play rhythm guitar with a bass in my band becasue I don't want to bother to get a good guitar/baritone too.

 

[capeda]

Steve, you're stealing my idea! I was gonna do some recordings with my fender p-bass as the lead instrument (tuned up to C with supersoft strings) and my Musicman Stingray fretless tuned down to C. I think it could definitely have a neat sound!

 

[azal]

I don't know...I think people tend to find Nothing to be less complex because it's significantly slower and focuses more on groove and bending riffs than really fast right hand cutting stuff like earlier Meshuggah.


To me Nothing is perfect...dense, brutal, and with a really sinister groove...Closed Eye Visual is the sickest song they've ever recorded IMO. Nothing is a very tough listen....I can hardly get through the whole album in one sitting...it's quite draining, but worth it.

The interesting thing about Chaosphere is that it was extremely rushed and Haake said that the drumming is the bare minimum...that if they had time it would have ben ten times more complex and chaotic..which is quite frightening.

either way....<3 Meshuggah

totally my favorite band on the planet.