Metal Reviews

Hey im new to these forums, but I was wondering what tuning deathspell omega is in? It doesnt sound bright, and it really doesnt sound E standard. Thanks. Kenose is a fucking masterpiece

Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice is better.

i agree!

okay erm back to topic, whats their tuning?

Try figuring it out by ear.

It's not that easy to do. They seem to use a lot of "reversed" chords, I don't recall the correct term for it; I mean those kind of chords which are built on the 3rd / 5th / etc. instead of the root. This can give a downtuned effect even when you use standard tuning (Galder of Old Man's Child / Dimmu Borgir uses this trick a lot).

You mean 1st Inversion and 2nd Inversion chords (1st Inversion being built upon the 3rd and the 2nd Inversion being built upon the 5th)?

Yeah, that's it; only, since we're mainly talking power chords here, it's usually the 5th which takes the lead position.

E.g.: this is how you can make a standard C power chord sound heavier, by using the 5th as the lowest note:

|------|
|------|
|------!
|---5--!
|---3--!
|---3--!

The tab kinda looks like shit, but you should get it.

Yeah, the guitars do sound like they use a lot of inverted power chords.

hey thanks guys. inverted chords such as 4-4-5, 4-4-6, 7-5, i get it. Maybe they are in standard E to begin with. I have been writing some good black metal compositions and Deathspell Omega, as well as Averse Sefira, Ildjarn, Emperor, and Taake, have been great influences. I hope to have maybe about 2 songs completed by the end of this month. Hails.

Heres some good tabbed chords (can be tremoloed)

e|---------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|--9---8--9-----------10-----------|
D|--7---7--7---9------ 7------------|
A|--5---5--5---7------ 5-------------|
E|--6--6---6/7-5------7-------------|
'' '' '' '' ''

i think i tabbed it incorrectly or they are just way different than how i play them. its an example, though, so dont pay too much attention to how its tabbed.

Just tried it on my classical guitar, it sounds weird but not bad at all!