No comments

Death – 1000 Eyes | GUITAR COVER

  By , ,

Hey everyone! Hope you’re ready for some more metal, because we’re diving into another Death tune today! We’re ripping through 1000 Eyes in today’s video, a song that becomes more and more relevant as time goes on. We spend so much of our lives under the scrutinous lenses of social media perpetuating false notions of reality, portraying our concept of the perfect life for strangers to ogle over with mysterious intent. Countless hours are thrown… Continue reading

No comments

Dimmu Borgir – The Sacrilegious Scorn | GUITAR COVER

  By , ,

Hey everyone! We’re getting a little heavy today, with a bit of the old Symphonic Black Metal. That’s right, we’re ripping through some Dimmu Borgir, with their song The Sacrilegious Scorn. This album in particular I believe was my first foray into this band, and it definitely created a core memory so to speak. Hearing such brutal heavy music paired with such melodic orchestration interwoven changed my perception of just what metal could accomplish in… Continue reading

No comments

The Mars Volta – Goliath | GUITAR COVER

  By , ,

Hey everyone! Hope you’re not afraid of ghosts, because we’re jumping right into an album that’s considered haunted by its creators. That’s right, today we’re playing Goliath by The Mars Volta! If you don’t know the full history of this album, I’ll try to break it down quickly here, because it’s a hell of a story that reaches across a couple different groups: Rodriguez-Lopez discovered an old Ouija board looking thing in a curio shop… Continue reading

No comments

Turisas – Rasputin | GUITAR COVER

  By , ,

Hey everyone! Do you like disco? Because we’re doing a weird spin on a disco classic today, with the Turisas version of Rasputin! That’s right, vikings playing metal disco. Just, don’t worry about it, it’s great. Trust me. Now I’ve done a bit more with this cover than just what the guitars are playing in the original recording. Decided to also play some of the violin pieces, added an octave or two to the main… Continue reading

No comments

Mastodon – Megalodon | GUITAR COVER

  By , ,

Hey everyone! Hope you’re ready to take to the seas in search of terrors, because today we’re ripping through Megalodon by Mastodon! Excited to finally do a cover of this tune after so long. Actually had to learn this song ages ago for an old band, but never got the chance to play it live. So here we go! This song kind of has a weird way of being played. Kinda like how that previous… Continue reading

No comments

Frank Zappa – Watermelon In Easter Hay | GUITAR COVER

  By , ,

Hey everyone, and welcome back to the Utility Muffin Research Kitc– wait. No, that’s the wrong place. Let’s try that again. Hey everyone, and welcome back to Okzygen Studios, where we’re embarking on another journey through time as we embrace the wild madness of one Frank Zappa! Today we’re ripping through one of his signature tracks, Watermelon In Easter Hay, taken off the absolutely fantastic album Joe’s Garage. If you haven’t listen to this album… Continue reading

No comments

Death – Bite The Pain | GUITAR COVER

  By , ,

Hey everyone! We’re gonna go back to some metal today, with a bit of Death and their song Bite The Pain. Always a good day when you get to play some Death. Although this was not actually the plan for the video today. There was actually a whole other video all recorded and edited and ready to go, until YouTube informed me that because of the music I decided to cover the video was gonna… Continue reading

No comments

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Higher Ground | BASS COVER

  By , ,

Hey all you beautiful people! We’re jumping back onto the bass guitar today, for a funky cover of Higher Ground by a little band called Red Hot Chili Peppers. Now originally this song is done by Stevie Wonder, but I’m pretty sure the bass in the Peppers version is a tad more fun to play, so that’s the version we’re doing and you just have to deal with it. As expected with most anything Flea… Continue reading

No comments

Justin Strode – Run With It | GUITAR PLAYTHROUGH

  By , ,

Hey everyone! We’re back again for our Friday videos, and this time we’re doing an original tune. Run With It was (and I guess still is) a Bandcamp exclusive song I released back in 2017. It was somewhat inspired by the style of John Petrucci, even though the actual music takes more after Nine Inch Nails in terms of structure and tone. It’s got a bit of a slow burn vibe to it as after… Continue reading

No comments

In Flames – Artifacts Of The Black Rain | GUITAR COVER

  By , ,

Hey everyone! We’re back at Okzygen with our weekly video, this time doing some old school melodic death metal. This band was the one that introduced me to the more melodic sides of metal, back when I was still actually taking lessons on guitar and bass. Today, we’re ripping through Artifacts Of The Black Rain by In Flames. Now, the band has definitely changed their sound through the years (and their lineup, considering there are… Continue reading