Riff Tone
Through Blood and Dirt and Bone
Trivium
Guitarmetal2010s+
Original Gear
GuitarEpiphone Matt Heafy Les Paul Custom Origins 7-string
AmpPeavey 5150 (original block letter) into Mesa 4x12 cabinet
PickupsFishman Fluence Modern Humbuckers
Amp Settings
gain8
bass6
mid5
treble6.5
reverb0
presence6.5
Effects & Signal Chain
overdriveKHDK Electronics KHDK Electronics Ascendancy Overdrive
noise_gateISP ISP Decimator
eqMXR MXR M109S Six Band EQ
Notes
Studio recording for 'Vengeance Falls' (2013); confirmed by MusicRadar interview and typical for this era. Live rigs may use Kemper profiling, but original studio tone is 5150 into Mesa 4x12. Guitar is Heafy's 7-string Les Paul with Fishman Fluence Modern pickups.
Tone Character(10)
tight and percussiveaggressive palm mutinghigh-gain saturationarticulate low endmodern metal clarityfocused attackscooped but present midsminimal ambiencecontrolled feedbackcrisp pick attack
Difficulty
The riff requires fast, accurate alternate picking and tight palm muting on a 7-string guitar, demanding advanced right-hand technique and precise rhythm for a modern metal sound.
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Original Gear
GuitarEpiphone Matt Heafy Les Paul Custom Origins 7-string
AmpPeavey 5150 (original block letter) into Mesa 4x12 cabinet
PickupsFishman Fluence Modern Humbuckers
Amp Settings
gain8
bass6
mid5
treble6.5
reverb0
presence6.5
Effects & Signal Chain
overdriveKHDK Electronics KHDK Electronics Ascendancy Overdrive
noise_gateISP ISP Decimator
eqMXR MXR M109S Six Band EQ
Notes
Studio recording for 'Vengeance Falls' (2013); confirmed by MusicRadar interview and typical for this era. Live rigs may use Kemper profiling, but original studio tone is 5150 into Mesa 4x12. Guitar is Heafy's 7-string Les Paul with Fishman Fluence Modern pickups.
Tone Character(10)
tight and percussiveaggressive palm mutinghigh-gain saturationarticulate low endmodern metal clarityfocused attackscooped but present midsminimal ambiencecontrolled feedbackcrisp pick attack
Difficulty
The riff requires fast, accurate alternate picking and tight palm muting on a 7-string guitar, demanding advanced right-hand technique and precise rhythm for a modern metal sound.
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