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  1. Naren

    FS 2008 Ibanez RG7EXFX2 baritone seven-string guitar - $400 (LA/SoCal only)

    This is an Ibanez baritone seven-string model that was only produced in 2007 and 2008 and only sold in Japan. I bought it in 2008 in Tokyo (at the Ikebukuro Ishibashi Gakki) new for around $850 - 900. It's an excellent guitar that I've gigged with and recorded with a lot, but I'm moving and I've...
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    FS Ibanez J Custom RG8527Z

    So, while I used to play guitar about 15-20 hours a week, I now only play 1-2 hours a week and it seems like my J Custom is a bit wasted on me, so I've been thinking of selling it. Here are the details: Guitar: Ibanez J Custom RG8527Z Bought: May 2010 (at Ishibashi Gakki's Ikebukuro branch)...
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    Something for everybody: Eight metal genres in one song

    This idea got started at our gig last week where the promoter was playing a mix CD of deathcore and metalcore songs by tons of different bands that all pretty much followed the same formula (melodeath-esque riffs in the verses with hardcore style vocals, then a slow breakdown with low growls...
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    Recorded a metal version of Atma Weapon (from Final Fantasy VI)

    Yeah, I totally loved Final Fantasy VI (on the SNES) when I was a kid and it had some of the best music in video games (even to this day). One of my favorite themes was Atma Weapon (aka Ultima Weapon). Around 2000 and 2001 I learned a ton of songs from FF6 and FF7 on guitar after replaying...
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    The Dragon Age Song (A collaboration between me and Bioware)

    Yes... I may have a very weird sense of humor, but I was bored, so I threw this song together in about 3-4 hours (wrote and record it). Lyrics by our beloved friends Bioware. Everything else by me.
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    The best recordings we've ever done (blow-your-mind-amazing progressive death metal)

    Well, it's been over a year and a half since our last EP/demo/thingy-of-doom, so we decided to record a new one. And, while our last one sounded good, we had several things this time to make it sound better. These are our first recordings with triggered bass drums (although it's mainly the raw...
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    Psycho metal cover of Poker Face by Lady Gaga

    I was in a weird mood, feelin' kinda crazy and psychopathic, so I threw together a metal/hard rock/punk/ACDC/grunge-rap cover of Poker Face by Lady Gaga. And if you come here just to say "IT SUCKSSS!!!!!! YOU SUCK!!!!", it's okay... I already know. :cool: Muh muh muh...
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    I did another Japanese pop song death metal cover (with m' 8 string)

    WHO SAYS YOU CAN'T PLAY CHORDS ON THE LOW F# STRING!? :scream: Well... generally you can't... but I did... anyway. :lol: Some of you may remember that I recorded a death metal cover of pop singer Ai Otsuka's insanely super bubbly happy J-pop song "Sakuranbo" about 2 years ago and then made a...
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    Three videos from our show last night with the soft rock dudes

    Yesterday we had a show with a bunch of soft rock and alternative bands, so we decided to go all out and throw some brutal death metal, some progressive death metal, and some... I dunno, what the fuck you'd call the other song, but like last time, one of the girls there was kind enough to film...
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    Straight from the Pits of Hell (More Odd Time Signatures Than You Can Shake A Rat At)

    Most of the folks here seem to be into the odd time signature, polyrhythms, Satanic progressive creepy stuff from hell, and so on, so I thought I'd post this video... even though I had originally decided not to upload it, due to the fact that I kept forgetting the lyrics (evidenced by how I keep...
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    Fucking Awesome - My band's first pro-shot HD video (violent progressive death metal)

    So my band had this show in Western Tokyo last Saturday and we had the first song pro-shot and edited, mixed, etc. in HD. Ohhh yeah. It turned out looking pretty amazing (in my opinion). Features my Ibanez J. Custom and the other guitarist's Schecter Hellraiser. Our drummer is pretty...
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    Last night's show in downtown Tokyo (for fans of old school Scandinavian death metal)

    At our show last night, we played one of our older songs (from about 3 years ago), which is about the closest we ever got to playing "melodic death metal" (most of our stuff is more progressive/technical death metal). One of the staff there was kind enough to offer to film the show, so we took...
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    The djentiest song in the history of the universe

    Even surpasses Pharaoh Ramses the third's "Amun Ra se Thuul" album from 2302 BC, which held the record for 4312 years. 9 string guitars tuned down to drop X flat, holding the new record for the most complicated polyrhythm in history (surpassing high priest Mahadev's 1492 record): drums in 4/4...
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    The greatest song EVAR - no lie (grilled chicken content, Japanese subway content)

    For fans of Meshuggah, Faith No More, Satan, Gojira, Dillinger Escape Plan, 1970s funk, 1980s hair metal, and more. My experimental side-project, Punched... From Above, finally recorded a new song... about mother fucking SHOSUKE! This song will kick your ass so hard that you'll have to...
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    New evil crazy 7-string psychotic metal song I'm working on (Axe-FX, Reaper, RG8527!)

    Been working on a new song for my band, Exsanguination. Haven't written any lyrics for it or named it yet, but it's got a pretty solid foundation for evil going on (especially at the end). It was recorded with my Ibanez RG1527 (with Seymour Duncan Blackouts) and my Ibanez RG8527 through my...
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    Our live cover of Death's "Sacred Serenity"

    Haven't posted any live videos on here in almost a year, I'd say, but we had a pretty big show a few months back and, since most of my band members are pretty big Death fans and since Symbolic is my favorite Death album, we covered Sacred Serenity, which is one of my favorite Death songs. I...
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    Kinda Meshuggah/Cynic/Opeth/Backstreet Boys-esque Axe-FX test

    When I first got my Axe-FX, to test out its recording capabilities of doom, I tuned my RG7EXFX2 down to G and recorded this little ditty. Featuring random-sounding lead guitar (is it really random or on purpose?! You decide) and fake violin. It's been a month or so since I recorded it, but I...
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    HELP! Edge-Zero tremolo! Anyone have one?

    Hi. I just bought a guitar with an Edge-Zero tremolo, but the manual doesn't say anything on how it works. I've been searching all over the internet and I can't find ANY "how-to's," instructions, or explanations at all. If anyone knows of a guide, manual, or whatever online, please let me know...
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    Exsanguination new demo, free for download -- and "perverted" (real quote, I swear)

    Some of you may have wondered where I've been, as in "Where the fuck has that Naren dude been?" and, well, my band has been working on our demo/EP/I-dunno-what-to-call-it, "Visions of a Dying World" that we are giving away for free at our shows. It just got finished and, since folks outside of...
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    New hellish progressive death metal song "Numbers" (lotsa numbers in this one)

    I wrote this song this week and it's still missing a few elements, such as a solo section. The idea was basically that I wanted to write a song about the Avici hell with music and lyrics that fit the atmosphere (music in C augmented with tons of odd time signatures such as 11/8 and 7/4). My...


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