Hey everyone! Here's the FULL VIDEO for my metal cover of the Sada and Turo Battle theme from Pokemon Scarlet & Violet voted on by my voting council!
I've been wanting to absolutely slam this song since I first heard this theme! Getting to hear another theme from Toby Fox on a Pokemon game was an awesome bonus of Scarlet and Violet and I immediately knew it would be one tha...
2023-03-14 15:13:41 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys. Here's the FINAL MASTER for my metal cover of the Sada and Turo boss theme from Pokemon Scarlet and Violet!
I'm SO stoked on how this turned out. On my last cover I discovered a new feature for Reaper (my audio program) that changed the way I've mixed the levels of my parts and I think I kind of mastered it on this mix! I'm really happy with how everything turned out!...
2023-03-14 01:34:18 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here is a BRAND NEW work in progress for this week's cover; the absolutely EPIC "Sada and Turo Boss Battle Theme" from Pokemon Scarlet and Violet requested by my Voting Council!
It feels AMAZING to do another Toby Fox battle theme! It brings me right back to covering Undertale and Deltarune themes which are some of my favorite themes to arrange. This one absolutel...
2023-03-12 02:42:29 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys! Here is the FULL VIDEO for my metal cover of RACE AGAINST TIME from MechWarrior 2 requested by Ninjaquick!
I had such a blast working on this insane theme. It has this really intense vibe to it that makes it perfect for a crushing metal arrangement. Alongside that though, it has some really musically interesting parts that build up a lot of tension and give you that "...
2023-02-28 14:01:41 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here is the FINAL MASTER for my metal cover of Race Against Time from MechWarrior 2!
I had such a blast working on this theme! I actually found out just while working on this theme, I could incorporate some new features from Reaper (my audio software) to make mixing a little more efficient. This means that I was able to focus a ton more on the specific levels of e...
2023-02-28 02:36:22 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here is a brand new work in progress for this week's cover which is MechWarrior 2 "Race Against Time" requested by Ninjaquick!
I remember playing this game WAY back in the day and it's an awesome game for PC! It had a super ahead-of-it's-time soundtrack that was insanely epic. This theme is a perfect example of that! It had this brooding ominous orchestra section ...
2023-02-25 03:40:53 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here are the tabs, backing track and MIDI for my metal cover of Crashed Frigate from Metroid Prime!
Rhythms:
Style - big open chords, slow, heavy
Difficulty - 2/5
Our arrangement here is very slow and epic so this will be a great track for all skill levels to enjoy even newer players! ...
2023-02-19 10:07:51 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here are the tabs, backing track and MIDI for Magmoor Caverns!
Rhythms:
Style - 7 string (doable on 6), alternate picking, palm muting
Difficulty - 1/5
I think our rhythms here are a blast and they're very straight forward! I recorded this track on my 7 string just to access the low no...
2023-02-19 09:03:41 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here is the FULL VIDEO for my metal cover of Magmoor Caverns from Metroid Prime!
This arrangement is still one of my favorite arrangements that I've done! For those who didn't know, this is a remake of one of my oldest covers dating back to when I was first starting to get seriously into making my covers sound good. I'm still insanely proud of what I accomplished ...
2023-02-15 15:47:10 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here is the FINAL MASTER for my cover of MAGMOOR CAVERNS redone from my super old arrangement!
I wanted to go ALL IN on this mix so I did a ton of stuff! Basically the goal here was to be as brutal and crushingly heavy as possible so I went ahead and put some fresh strings on my 7 string and did the rhythms on that. and I tried to make the whole mix a lot more ope...
2023-02-15 01:35:11 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here's a brand new WIP for this week's cover which is a UPDATED VERSION of one of my oldest covers and one that I'm still very proud of!
I honestly wasn't expecting Metroid Prime to just drop on Switch and for me to relive that whole experience and it left me feeling insanely inspired to do this. I've already been wanting to remake this one but this is definitely ...
2023-02-12 00:53:16 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here are the tabs, backing track, and MIDI file for my metal cover of THE LEGENDARY AIR RIDE MACHINE from Kirby Air Ride!
Rhythms:
Style - big power chords, galloping
Difficulty - 2/5
Our riffs here are actually pretty straight forward and a ton of fun to play! The most challenging par...
2023-02-05 20:33:20 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here is the FULL VIDEO for my metal cover of The Legendary Air Ride Machine from Kirby Air Ride!
This is such an amazing theme and it was a blast to cover! It has this amazing minor neoclassical vibe which is something that wouldn't immediately expect when you think of a kirby theme. But it has those iconic memorable melodies from this series just as much here and...
2023-01-30 17:01:05 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here is the FINAL MASTER for my metal cover of "The Legendary Air Ride Machine" from Kirby Air ride!
This ended up being such a cool arrangement! It has a super heavy neo-classical shred element to it which let me absolutely pop off on some really fun lead parts. And I spent some extra time dialing in my tones for this one as well as dialing in the huge orchestra ...
2023-01-30 02:11:13 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here is a BRAND NEW WIP for this week's cover. We're taking on The Legendary Air Ride Machine from Kirby Air Ride voted on by my voting council!
This theme is insanely epic and has such a wide variety of tones throughout the piece. I'm having a blast putting together some riffs for it and embracing the neoclassical metal elements!
I hope you enjoy...
2023-01-25 23:15:33 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here are the tabs, backing track, and MIDI for my metal cover of AN EMPTY TOME from Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
Rhythms:
Style - off-beat groove, neo-classical
Difficulty - 5/5
Our riffs here are certainly challenging! These castlevania themes always bring out some amazingly complex...
2023-01-18 21:10:28 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here are the tabs, backing track, and MIDI file for my metal cover of Brinstar Red Soil from Super Metroid.
Rhythms:
Style - big chords, palm muting
Difficulty - 2/5
Our riffs on this song are a blast to play and I think overall it's pretty chill for all skill levels due to the slower ...
2023-01-18 20:24:46 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys! Here is the FULL VIDEO for my metal cover of the GRANDMASTERS THEME From Pokemon TCG requested by Exia Novus.
This theme was such a BLAST to make. The original has that bluesy bassline that occurs throughout the entire theme that made me instantly want to incorporate that funky element into my metal arrangement. I instantly reached for some samples of organs and clavi...
2023-01-17 16:32:44 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here is the FINAL MASTER for my metal cover of the GRANDMASTERS THEME from Pokemon TCG requested by Exia Novus.
I'm so stoked on how this turned out! I did so many wild things on this arrangement. One major thing was I used a different guitar for my rhythms; my 7 string!! This was because I felt like the rhythm guitars on this piece were all about being crushingly...
2023-01-16 03:56:04 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here is a brand new WIP for this week's cover which is the GRANDMASTERS THEME from Pokemon TCG requested by Exia Novus.
This theme is GROOVY. I wasn't expecting to make a full blown funk metal track with this but that accidentally started happening and I am very stoked on it! We went with some badass clavinet organs to play that iconic pokemon bassline and with th...
2023-01-14 01:30:59 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone. Happy New YEAR!!!! Here 's the the first official metal cover of 2023 for me which is the absolute banger known as AN EMPTY TOME from Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia!
I wanted to go into the new year doing something insanely epic, so I realized that we haven't voted on a kick-ass Castlevania theme since we started the voting council. This felt like the perfect time...
2023-01-07 17:50:36 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here is the FINAL MASTER for my cover of An Empty Tome from Castlevania Order of Ecclesia!
I'm super happy with how this turned out! I went as hard as I can on the neo-classical death metal vibes here with some super chunky guitars and I gave some extra TLC to the Bass guitar on this one trying to give it this huge beefy low end to try and thicken it out. Castleva...
2023-01-07 04:55:30 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here is a BRAND NEW WIP For this week's cover which is AN EMPTY TOME from Castlevania Order of Ecclesia voted on by you guys in my voting council!
This theme absolutely rules! I love how it has this nasty off-beat groove throughout the whole thing. That's something you don't see a lot in metal which usually hits on the down-beat super hard. Combining that element ...
2023-01-05 01:03:17 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here are the tabs, backing track & MIDI for my metal cover of BOWSERS THEME from Super Mario 64.
Rhythms:
Style - palm muting, melodic chords
Difficulty - 1/5
This is one of the best songs to learn for all skill levels! I think everyone no matter what skill level will have a blast ...
2023-01-01 02:36:21 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here are the tabs, backing track, and MIDI file for my metal cover of NEBULA GRAY from MMBN5
Rhythms:
Style - thrashy, melodic death metally
Difficulty - 4/5
This theme is fast! so by nature our riffs here are pretty crazy! Most of the intensity is on the picking hand just alternate pi...
2023-01-01 02:30:22 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here is the FULL VIDEO for my METAL COVER of Vs. Nebula Gray from Mega Man Battle Network 5 requested by Binkledurg!
What an amazing theme to end off 2022. This theme goes SO insanely hard and it was such a blast to do a metal arrangement for. The lead guitars on this track in particular are absolutely INSANE! Luckily for me, I knew what I was getting into as that...
2022-12-30 18:47:32 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here is the FINAL MASTER for my metal cover of the absolutely INSANE Nebula Gray theme from MMBN 5 requested by Binkledurg.
This theme rules! This was actually one of the hardest mixing sessions that I've ever done which I was NOT expecting. I tried really hard to level up my sound here with some huge lively drums to get that extra energy in. And we also have laye...
2022-12-30 01:45:18 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here is a brand new WIP for this week's cover which is the aboslutely INSANE Mega Man Battle Network 5 "Vs. Nebula Gray" theme requested by Binkledurg.
That's right we're doing 2 mega man themes in a row!! This theme is definitely a different vibe than last week's cover though! This one is definitely in the Battle Network series where the melodies on this piece ar...
2022-12-22 03:23:20 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here are the tabs, backing track, and MIDI file for my metal cover of the SKYRIM theme!
Rhythms:
Style - melodic, technical, speedy
Difficulty - 4/5
Our riffs here can be pretty challenging mainly during the main riff. And it gets pretty crazy actually towards the middle as well ...
2022-12-19 06:35:12 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here are the tabs, backing track, and MIDI for my metal cover of Neo Arcadia from Mega Man Zero!
Rhythms:
Style - alternate picking, technical palm muting riffs
Difficulty - 3/5
Our riffs here start off on the easier side but I think they gradually get harder as the song progresses. It really starts to kick things off in the 2nd half o...
2022-12-19 06:30:09 +0000 UTC
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