Riff Tone

Beauty of Annihilation

Kevin Sherwood & Elena Siegman

Guitarmetal2000s

Original Gear

GuitarHalo Custom Guitars Octavia

AmpDemeter Amplification VTMP-2b Guitar Preamp (used as main preamp, likely into a power amp and cabinet; no evidence of a traditional guitar amp head)

PickupsLikely high-output humbuckers (exact model not specified, but typical for metal and Halo Octavia builds)

Amp Settings

gain8.5

bass6

mid5

treble7

reverb1.5

presence6.5

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording for 'Beauty of Annihilation' (2008, Call of Duty: World at War Zombies). Gear confirmed for Kevin Sherwood by Equipboard; no evidence of live performance rig for this song. No explicit mention of cabinet or power amp model. No evidence of additional pedals or effects used in the riff section.

Tone Character(10)

tight and percussiveaggressive palm mutingsaturated high-gainarticulate note separationfocused low endslightly scooped midscrisp high endminimal ambiencemodern metal claritypunchy attack

Difficulty

The riff requires fast, accurate alternate picking and tight palm muting at a high tempo, with complex rhythmic patterns typical of modern metal, making it challenging for most players.

Sources

Kevin Sherwood | Equipboard

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