Thorns - Existence guitar cover

"Jesus, what a mindjob".
Long overdue cover of "Existence" by Thorns off their 2001 eponymous debut album.
Transcribed by ear.

[@JoshGreenburg]

"Jesus, what a mindjob, so you're here to save the world" -Cipher (the matrix 1999)

[@dougblack9638]

Nice job the ending riff is so good

[@kaliyuga4312]

This is an amazing cover of a really tricky song, Ruch doesn't make it easy to play his crazy style, excellent work mate!

[@charlesandhisworld]

Thank you dude! You're right...his riffs are really tricky esp for the picking hand! Needs lots of stamina...I'm looking forward to the next Thorns plus his playing on the new Slagmaur!!

[@HerrDagerman]

Awesome! The best cover of this song I've ever heard. You better call Snorre and ask him if he needs a second guitarist :P

[@KingDevil444]

You killed it man! Great to see someone covering Thorns. Very nicely done

[@charlesandhisworld]

Thank you very much! I hope to do another Thorns cover sometime in the future....been a long time since I did a cover video..

[@maggot9454]

Such an awesome song and incredible album. Nice cover. I might give it a whirl.

[@johnearlywine8407]

Flawless victory! 🤘

[@charlesandhisworld]

:D thank you man!

[@lvondas]

Very good cover of a classic song.

[@TheBeno221]

This is brilliant! Great job man :)

[@TheMayhem1234a]

Jesus, what a cover!!!!Great job man

[@HaeresiarchSr]

Very sweet.

[@Bodycage]

God this track owns. Good cover.

[@charlesandhisworld]

@lvondas Many thanks for your comment, I'm glad you enjoyed it ! :D

[@wolfslairDK]

DAAAAMN GOOD 🤘🏻😈🤘🏻

[@charlesandhisworld]

Hey thanks dude !

[@miken9553]

Nice!

[@charlesandhisworld]

@BurningBethlehem Thank you very much! The guitar in this video is an Ibanez GRG, plugged into a Line 6 Toneport UX2 audio interface which is connected into my laptop. I modded one of the stock amp sounds that came with the Toneport UX2 to get the Thorns tone. \m/

[@HerrDagerman]

I hope he is working on it too. I started liking Thorns since I heard their demo Grymyrk in 1996, waited for five years for their self titled album and have been waiting for twelve years now for the next one. That's persistance for you :P And... fuck, I'm getting old :/ //Greetings from Sweden

[@charlesandhisworld]

@HaeresiarchSr :D Thanks for your comment, very appreciated!!

[@charlesandhisworld]

@TheBeno221 I really appreciate that, thank you very much!!

[@charlesandhisworld]

@TheMayhem1234a \m/ Thank you for your compliments!

[@gimmedataids]

The right-hand speed is fucking killer. It is seriously difficult to pick this fast, let alone move strings

[@charlesandhisworld]

Wow what a comment, thank you! These days I could probably play it a lot cleaner...I hope Snorre is still working on the next Thorns album. If he ever needs a 2nd guitarist for recording/live I'll be sure to let him know ;)

[@charlesandhisworld]

@spitrabbit2 Thanks a lot man!

[@lovelygrey]

This is dope! You killed it! How long did it take you to master this song? Secondly, how long did it take you to master your technique? Also do you take requests?

[@charlesandhisworld]

Hey man, sorry for the really late reply! Thanks and glad you enjoyed the cover. Didn't take that long to learn the song playing-wise - it took a bit longer to figure out all the notes since there weren't any tabs for this. Don't really take requests but what did you have in mind?

[@lovelygrey]

charlesandhisworld I'd like so see a cover that hasn't been done before. Much like this thorns cover, which has amazed me. So I request that you cover Ulvers Capitel III: Graablick blev hun vaer. Sick of seeing hymn III covered a million times. Lets get some rarities up in here!

[@charlesandhisworld]

Hey, thanks! :D

[@charlesandhisworld]

@Noktorn Thanks Noktorn, and no I suck at SC!

[@charlesandhisworld]

@ichibanhahn Thanks man! ^__^

[@nexion2189]

Hello Charles. amazing Thorns cover. I could not have done it better. What got you into Thorns?

[@charlesandhisworld]

Hey thanks! :D Can't remember how I got into Thorns but they are an amazing band. I think I found their MySpace years ago when that was still a thing and was hooked. I wonder if that second album is still coming out.... Yourself?

[@nexion2189]

charlesandhisworld awesome man. It was around that time too. And when i found out that Satyr was going Vocals with Thorns and do a split with Emperor I had to take a listen. Love this music and lyrics. Very sophisticated.

[@NOCTURNE54G]

Tabs?????

[@gimmedataids]

There are no good tabs that I've found. The most popular one fucks up the main riff badly. I'd tab it out for you if I wasn't drunk and lazy. You can provably figure it out if you play it half (or quarter) speed, picking out each note. -7 Years Later Man

[@leetorry]

What tuning?

[@charlesandhisworld]

No tabs buddy, figured it out all by ear and didn't write anything down. Sorry!

[@charlesandhisworld]

@BurningBethlehem Hey man, sorry for the late reply..I was kind of away. I'll send you a PM containing a screenshot of my amp settings!