“Melissa” by Mercyful Fate
the first guitar solo i ever learned
Tracks
“Hey Joe” by Jimi Hendrix
Daily Dosage of Metal DXXI
(back to the viking metal!)
A veil of mist, a foreign coast
The calm before their battle cry!
Steel drawn, the line of shields must hold
Through mist, the first arrow, it flies
Battle!
Hold firm the line in
Battle!
Shoulder by shoulder, brothers at side
We may stand victorious or fall
This fine day, A Fine Day to Die
We shall fight and may die by The Sword
Cutting through flesh and bone, your sword
My brother, our father taught you well!
But from behind the unseen blow
Mortally wounded, down you fell
Battle!
Hold firm the line in
Battle!
Shoulder by shoulder, brothers at side
Silent by my side you did fall
This was a fine day, A Fine Day to Die
Brother, I’ll keep your Broken Sword
Shoulder by shoulder, brothers at side
Silent by my side you did fall
This was a fine day, A Fine Day to Die
Brother, I’ll keep your Broken Sword
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Track Name
Hole in the Sky
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Album
Nativity in Black II
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Artist
Machine Head
this would be a perfect cover if…
- there were no breakdown
- Rob Flynn actually sang the whole song through
- there was a guitar solo
- it were in D, like this one, and not freaking C#
history of Vikingbard shredding
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Track Name
Guitar Solos (2010 - 2012)
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Album
Orchestrations of Blood
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Artist
Vikingbard
okay, so all has been quiet on the recording front, so I thought I’d give you something to gnaw on: almost all of the guitar solos that I’ve made as a prequel to the video that I shall soon post.
- the first solo is from my Valhalla demo, made in my bedroom and garage back in 2010/2011 in Tennessee. The attempt was to make something that sounded like it came from Metallica c.1997, and so I hooked up the wah pedal, tuned my guitar to Eb and played whatever came to mind. It has been de-tuned to D for the sake of this compilation (to this day, I have not been able to re-create the perfect control of the wah pedal that I had on this solo).
- the second solo appeared on the as-of-yet untitled track featured here. It was a one-attempt, and, as many of my solos to come, has direct influence from Tony Iommi. It starts off slow, then breaks into a pentatonic scale lash, a la Zakk Wylde.
- this solo has also been published on my Orchestrations of Doom EP as is available for viewing here. While most of the tracks on that album featured keyboard only, I felt that one song should be different, and so re-listened to Ulver’s Themes from William Blake’s Marriage of Heaven and Hell as inspiration and came up with a song featuring only drum and bass. During the keyboard mid-section, an avant-garde solo was played over droning notes.
- the “Bloody Mary” solo! This one was about two thirds planned and one third improvised. The slow part that breaks into the fast mid-section was planned, but then while the song was being made, it was revealed that I had more time to go, so I wrote a dual-guitar piece, using a rather familiar melody. At the end of that, I found that I needed even more, so I improv’d a fast part, ending with a fading, repeating slide similar to “Stargazer”
- Heaven and Hell’s song “After All (The Dead)” never had a clear guitar solo, so, for the Bloody Mary EP, I thought I’d cover that song, since the main song took so much inspiration from that. The drumming came out horrible, so the song will never be posted, but the solo at the end showed some major improvement, including a tapping portion that was heavily influenced by the solo from Candlemass’ “Solitude.”
- While little material has been in the works during the 2012 year, due to conflicts with college, some things have been set in stone. One such was this dual-solo, complete with a duo hammer-on section and an ending part that wasn’t exactly as planned
- During the making of “Bloody Mary”, when I knew that I would be doing a dual-guitar part, I decided to attempt over-dubbing two guitars playing a dual-guitar solo. This is that attempt, a very rough version of the last movement of “Creeping Death”, with the last part slowed down to a very crushing, doom tempo.
enjoy!
Daily Dosage of Metal CDXX
Solmärkets brådfång nu står
Vid storskog och rimhöljda snår
Kom Syster och broder från lid
Nu stundar en alvehögtid
En gåtfull släkt
I daggkåpa skrudad
Av skymningen väckt!
Ur mossan som dess hemvist täckt!
När Alver Sina Runor Sjungit
Från åsar, utöver fåld
Och på frostöm växtbädd sprungit
Med ödets härold
Skola ödemarken viska
Från trolldomskällans bröst
Såsom nordavindar friska
Med en sagoröst
Höstmoln flyr
I brådstörtad resa
Över kärrlagg och myr!
I, av trolltyg omstrålat äventyr!
När Alver Sina Runor Sjungit
Från åsar, utöver fåld
Och på frostöm växtbädd sprungit
Med ödets härold
Skola ödemarken viska
Från trolldomskällans bröst
Såsom nordavindar friska
Med en sagoröst
En rikesfamnande syn
Beskådad av stjärnblick från skyn
När Alver Sina Runor Sjungit
Från åsar, utöver fåld
Och på frostöm växtbädd sprungit
Med ödets härold
Skola ödemarken viska
Från trolldomskällans bröst
Såsom nordavindar friska
Med en sagoröst
Daily Dosage of Metal CCCLIII
Forgive me, Father, I have sinned
Darkness put her painted claws in me again!
Her vision drowns like service wine
Whispered kisses so divine, I was blessed
But now I’ve come undone!
Storm clouds roll out overhead
Above their master
End of all Flesh, End of all Days
Love predicts disaster in her precious ways
I was burned, sacerdotal soul
By the demon queen of my dreams
Infatuation turned to total control
Her rose was sweet, but her thorns were barbarous!
Love me…and worship me
I’ll lavish you and ravage you
Fulfill all wishes and fetishes too
Many never want to see
Many never want to know
The truth behind their fantasies
Their deepest needs
Let alone be shown them
Forgive me, Father, I have sinned
Darkness put her painted claws in me again!
Her vision drowns like service wine
Whispered kisses so divine, I was blessed
But now I’ve come undone
Nothing left to do but run!
Sodom rolls out modern death
On casters ever faster
End of all Flesh, End of all Days
The stars predict disaster
In her bastard ways
Love me and worship me
I’ll nurture you and hurt you too
Fulfill all wishes for my sad Aladdin
She comes to me
Like a sandstorm in an hourglass
A whirlwind of desire!
I’m hypnotized
To think beyond the pale
Beyond heart stopping eyes
And sopping thighs
I’m wont to fail
A wicked spell cast over me
Addicted to her utterly
Despite the horrors that gestate
Beneath the beautiful!
I’ll grant you life beyond your ken
The envy of all other men
Whatever vice will make you spend Eternity with me
Satan’s concubine
She makes her crime scenes shine from Heaven!
Forgive me Father, I have sinned
Darkness put her painted claws in me again!
Her vision drowns like service wine
Whispered kisses so divine
I was blessed, but now I’ve come undone
But now I’ve come undone
Forgive me Father, I have sinned
Darkness put her painted claws in me again!
Her vision drowns like service wine
Whispered kisses so divine
I was blessed, but now I’ve come undone!
But now I’ve come undone…
Daily Dosage of Metal CCCXVII
(haven’t had a double-feature in a long while)
I’m not the one who’s so far away
When I feel the snake-bite enter my veins
Never did I wanna be here again
And I don’t remember why I came
Candles raise my desire
Why I’m so far away
No more meaning to my life
No more reason to stay
Freezing feeling
Breathe in, breathe in…
I’m coming back again…
I’m not the one who’s so far away
When I feel the snake-bite enter my veins
Never did I wanna be here again
And I don’t remember why I came
Hazing clouds rain on my head
Empty thoughts fill my ears
Find my shade by the moonlight
Why my thoughts aren’t so clear
Demons dreaming
Breathe in, breathe in…
I’m coming back again…
I’m not the one who’s so far away
When I feel the snake-bite enter my veins
Never did I wanna be here again
And I don’t remember why I came
I’m not the one who’s so far away
When I feel the snake-bite enter my veins
Never did I wanna be here again
And I don’t remember why I came
I’m not the one who’s so far away
When I feel the snake-bite enter my veins
Never did I wanna be here again
And I don’t remember why I came
I’m not the one who’s so far away
When I feel the snake-bite enter my veins
Never did I wanna be here again
And I don’t remember why I came
Voodoo, Voodoo
Voodoo, Voodoo
Voodoo, Voodoo
Voodoo, Voodoo…
So far away
I’m not the one who’s so far away
I’m not the one who’s so far away
I’m not the one who’s so far away…
Open your eyes, a chill passes you by
A premonition coming so strong
Rich with desire, superstition in disguise
Toss me in where I belong
Have you ever wondered why
In a dream you can touch the fallen sky?
Oh, fly to the heavens that watch over you
Telling me it’s all Voodoo, Voodoo Too!
In, still the body, so on with every breath
Dance to a vision so seductive
Rain down on me, it cleanses me with every drip
A send you promised for the nourishment that I’ve been gifted
Have you ever wondered why
In a dream you can touch the fallen sky?
Oh, fly to the heavens that watch over you
Telling me it’s all Voodoo…
Have you ever wondered why
In a dream you can touch the fallen sky?
Oh, fly to the heavens that watch over you
Telling me it’s all Voodoo, Voodoo Too!
Voodoo Too, it’s all Voodoo Too!
Have you ever wondered why
In a dream you can touch the fallen sky?
Oh, fly to the heavens that watch over you
Telling me it’s all Voodoo…
Have you ever wondered why
In a dream you can touch the fallen sky?
Oh, fly to the heavens that watch over you
Telling me it’s all Voodoo, Voodoo Too!
It’s just Voodoo Too, it’s all Voodoo Too, it’s just what you doo
Oh, that Voodoo…
“Heaven and Hell” by Heaven and Hell
(2 of 2)
