Necrophagist | Advanced Corpse Tumor...with a Twist & TAB!

[@crestfallen5638]

Man. Remember showing the boys in my band all these Necrophagist albums whilst playing halo 3 split screen. Insane playthru.

[@Erock09291]

Best cover of this out, tempo change is crazy

[@KevinHeiderich]

Thanks :)

[@Randinator]

I've searched for a cover of this song off and on for many years and now you bless us with this. This is the first tech death song I ever heard, it's very sentimental to me.

[@KevinHeiderich]

Same here! A nostalgic tech death song for me and I was also always bummed about the lack of good covers and tab. Hell, there's not a single live video of that song, but I do think they played it at one time (think I saw a setlist somewhere with that song, but I could be wrong).

[@SkateSmokeAndDrum]

Tempo change is so brutal. Love your even faster Scorched cover

[@janiron1899]

My goodness, to nail that solo in its "normal" speed is already bananas, but to pull it off this clean, while also playing it faster, is truly something else. This is just astonishing, respect.

[@Knorv]

I enjoy reading your descriptions as much as I enjoy viewing and listening to your playing.

[@KevinHeiderich]

Well, that description was necessary. I actually would've needed another one for all the stuff I wanted to list from the tab. All the stuff that might be different from the record and all my thoughts about it. Because you might play from the tab and notice something sounding slightly different. But there's probably a reason why I tabbed it that way. Though all the single note stuff should be pretty accurate. It's just some of the palm muted chords where I couldn't decide 100% and the time signatures of the solo that still need fixing :)

[@SkateSmokeAndDrum]

Tuning and sound is always so on point, just insane. Dying to see some spawn of possession covers!!!! Would literally pay to see some lol

[@KevinHeiderich]

Thanks, the sound was actually the reason it took me so long to get this video out. I already recorded this over a week ago haha. I thought my recording tone was good enough with only minor tweaking necessary for the mix, but of course, I was wrong lol. Took me a lot of reamping to be satisfied with something and I wanted to come close to the original guitar tone, because that one is legendary for me :) Well, I still have that cover of Scorched on my channel ;-) Other than that, Eve of Contempt was always a song I wanted to record, but it's not really a priority for me right now. Next up are two classical pieces, actually one is from the baroque era and the other one from the romantic era. And another Gorod song, but for a technique demonstration and potential tutorial, because that song taught me that specific technique!

[@blankepitaph4407]

@@KevinHeiderich Gorod, sweet! Could that technique be something Mat uses in Programmers of Decline?

[@Anaklasis1]

@@KevinHeiderich I assume you're using the Axe fx for this tone? Any chance you could speak on the settings and whatnot you used to achieve this tone? Onset is indeed some of the most legendary dm guitar tone and I'd be curious to see how you achieved that so well (aside from the obviously amazing playing). Cheers

[@DG-qv8ge]

Truly an incredible composition, and an equally incredible playthrough!

[@zacharycavanagh6446]

I'm thankful your channel is back! From my end at least, (in the US) it looked like all your videos were removed, even social blade had the same thing. I was worried.

[@thatisxtc]

holy fuck dude. couldn't be more perfect than this. and you decided to speed it up. my jaw dropped completely. amazing man!

[@CyberLord5G]

Absolutely badass cover

[@lukasenberg3756]

I really think you played this to absolute perfection, damn dude this is impressive lml

[@alessandroxxo]

Free tab for this? Oh my, Kevin, I love you, in exhange I will support you everywhere on socials, I've been searching it for years, thank you

[@MCdouchbag]

Awesome playthrough. Can never get enough Necro, especially when played by you, Kevin. Next necro playthrough = symbiotic in theory? :)

[@Kvasus_]

What happened to your channel? Anyway, glad you are back!

[@Ryan_Sens]

Mind blown, your deserve more credit for this man, i thought the original version was nuts, but to speed up the solo and still get the whole song in one take! Well done 👏🤘

[@maxhermany]

Still can’t believe it’s possible to play that clean and consistent throughout the whole song. Perfect as always!

[@Kostein]

As I've said many times before, it's a joy to watch you play. Thank you sir for all the great content, I hope you keep it up 🤘

[@AlexAlexandrov]

This was so satisfying to watch, cheers Kevin

[@LorcanWard]

Awesome playing as always! Good to see you back making videos. I find transcribing is a struggle between what the guitarist played and what they meant to play.

[@deathmetalmvs5924]

To cover this song is a different level of talent

[@ajmatri]

Great stuff man! I really appreciate all of the insight you give in your descriptions. Glad to see another video. Keep up the great work🤘

[@maslonameki]

I was expecting this track from you. man, it's awesome!

[@jorgep.5400]

Sounds amazing bro, good job

[@maxwellholmes594]

One of the most underrated players in the game..

[@redcliffeshufflecore]

You make this look like s beginners song. You're slaying that shiiit!!

[@localizer3195]

flawless as always kev

[@ginodelavega752]

Thanks a lot ! ! ! My favorite track by Muhammed is now enhanced. Congratulations ! ! !

[@Nozomi357]

Amazing as always dude, the tempo change slaps, and the modified licks were great.

[@ampliquency1921]

Would love to see Fermented Offal Discharge someday! Great playthrough, as always!

[@bendovaplz5329]

omg dude, you ripped through that. amazing

[@dawe8613]

Once again your sound is so damn on the spot and does really well in the mix with the song. Great cover, I like that you played one half regular and the other half 20% faster. Thinking about your picking hand during the sped up solo makes me quite nervous...if I am not mistaken that speed should translate to pure 16th notes at 252 bpm...insane dude. Just insane what you are doing there.

[@Jordo619]

Insane as always. Nice tab too, I remember wanting to learn this back in the day but the tabs out there were garbage, now I can finally learn it so thanks for that.

[@robflores5172]

I look up to you a LOT. Beastly.

[@KevinHeiderich]

Well now you have a tab to learn ;-)

[@MalcolmPugh]

So sick, dude!

[@KevinHeiderich]

Thaaanks, do you want me to do an Inferi song? It's a pretty popular request on my channel :)

[@toysamurai6858]

epic bro good job best cover i seen of this song

[@mdarbi7927]

Back to the necro stuff. Sick stuff dude

[@UndeadBed]

My man looking like Joe Rogan lol! On a real note, thanks for your hard work and dedication, and of course for sharing with us! I first picked up guitar after listening to Necrophagist for the first time over 10 years ago and used to feel it was impossible to play their music without years and years of experience. Even experienced players could have trouble with this style of playing. Imagine my thoughts when I started seeing your covers not only spot on, note for note, but even sped up! Sheer ridiculousness, but a fantastic display of your hard work. I still play guitar off and on and periodically view your content for inspiration. I hope you are well and healthy and if dreams come true I would love to hear some original content! I remember a solo of your own and it was awesome, sounded unique and like the work of a mad scientist haha. Thanks again for sharing your work and being a source of inspiration for myself and others

[@KevinHeiderich]

Well, as long as you don't compare my opinions to Joe Rogans, everything is fine haha Hehe thanks, btw I am glad I didn't listen to Necrophagist yet when I started with the guitar. I see way too many guitarists these days trying to play those tech death songs way too soon. Build your regular metal chops first before starting with tech death. I mean, it's called technical for a reason. It builds upon the foundations of death metal, and that itself on the foundations of metal. So that should be the roadmap. Also on another note, I've noticed that tech death lost it's kind of forward thinking attitude, as well as the progressive component. If you listen to Blotted Science or Spawn Of Possession, they are not just hard to play. They also have a progressive structure and play with rhythms and odd time signatures. Nowadays tech death is just regular metal with a few flashy parts in it. (First Fragment is an exception of course!)

[@UndeadBed]

@@KevinHeiderich Couldn't agree more about building chops before attempting tech death, my problem was I'd only listen to tech death and had this elitist attitude that all other forms of music was inferior. I've since grown out of that mindset thankfully haha. Nowadays I like to try to learn some parts by ear and practice basic triads and their inversions to familiarize myself with the fretboard, trying to undo years of tab reliance... I also agree with the lack of progression in tech death, prime example for me is many bands on Artisan Era; to be clear I think many of those bands are talented and indeed play technically difficult music, but they seem boring or lack brutality that I got from Spawn of Possession, Beneath the Massacre, Origin, etc (definitely don't mean ALL of their bands, I personally like Dark Matter Secret and Aethereus). Maybe I'm just getting old and don't know where to look haha

[@Uzielsquibb]

Always amazed how well you make that Ibby sing.

[@KevinHeiderich]

Spent some time dialing in that tone ;-)

[@Metalton95]

Oh my fucking lord - THANK YOU for sharing your transcribtion with us!!! Also, fucking clean cover (as usual), so cool to finally have a proper video of this monster of a guitar song to share with my guitar friends who still aren't too into tech death!

[@Monatharma]

Man this is so insane!!!!!

[@hrenuscazzius3494]

Wow! I can't believe. Great skill, fantastic !

[@Alex-yq2uy]

Perfect new year and Christmas present! Thanks, Kevin

[@KevinHeiderich]

I wish you a merry christmas and a happy new year too ;-)

[@hyramjackson]

My favorite Necrophagist song man!!

[@Aspartamebraintumor]

that riff at 2:02 is badass. this may be my favorite as well

[@Benteparle]

Thanks man, for everything.

wow what a cover! This is something i cant watch on yt everyday. Muhammed Suicmez would be proud of watching this.

[@dimagorgon]

Thank you for the tabs! Amazing cover!

[@bruhthe3rd436]

Amazing cover and im really happy you wrote tabs for it. Every tab online that ive looked at is very inaccurate, if you are to do another song please tab out "to breathe in a casket" it has my favourite necrophagist riffs of all time

[@KevinHeiderich]

Haha yeah the chorus riff of "To Breathe In a Casket" is a classic. The only issue I have with the song is its repetitiveness and that kind of sucks for a cover video. I still have a finished tab of "Mutilate The Stillborn" which I never shared. So that one might get a video some time.

[@Antarath]

@@KevinHeiderich Mutilate the Stillborn is a song I've played so much it's getting ridiculous. Onset of Putrefaction is pure diminished gold. I just dig every single riff on it and the neo-classical solos.

[@alexanderh.6252]

Knowing you, the twist was not that surprising;) see you next year on party san I hope!

[@mattwhitfield9850]

Fucking epic dude!!! Loved it so much, excellent playing and great explanation of the process!

[@gej300v]

You straight up make this stuff look EASY! I saw this video for the first time and really enjoyed it, and appreciated that you put out the tab and thought to myself "This doesn't seem like too tricky a necro song!". Naive I was. Thank you!

[@shredfactor7]

Hardest song on this album to play. Mind you pretty much all their songs are hard to play lol awesome job!

[@gobbledygook99]

Well done.

[@abdulghofur7144]

Excellent dude Serrana full cover please Jason Becker

[@theabsenceofi31]

Amazing as always man! The solo sounds better faster in my opinion. Maybe some SoP in the future? ;)

[@KevinHeiderich]

Thanks man! Yeah I also like the solo more this way. I never noticed how much the song actually slows down in the chorus before, and how "slow" that solo actually is :D Like I said in another comment, I always wanted to record Eve of Contempt and it will probably come some day, but it's not a priority. I have two other classical pieces still lined up, and another Gorod song for a technique demonstration/tutorial :)

[@maxeypad]

Holy fuck dude....that was fucking awesome

[@novalechuck7498]

Spawn of Possession - Dead and Grotesque next please

[@sertaysakizoglu5553]

wunderschön. und die Toanz waren fett!

[@XenoTravis]

My God damn head with the riff right after solo..... Dope shit

[@KevinHeiderich]

Yeah that's a banger!!!

[@splanchnologist3475]

Sehr geil!

[@fclushio]

immaculate

[@dimitarmarinski4838]

Soo nice !!!

[@JaxonYeOfficial]

good job👏👏👏

[@lobe562]

This solo and fermented as so fucked 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@amirerfani3260]

Tanx for tabs.. your amazing . Plz if you can solo part solaris

[@KevinHeiderich]

Sorry, I won't make a tab for Solaris, because there's an official tab book you can buy!

[@Egilutregaard]

You're a beast😊😊

[@georgenash1402]

oh god... finally!

[@campagnamatias]

Wow amazing! how many video takes you do aprox to get this final take???

[@KevinHeiderich]

This was a bit backwards. Most of the time the final take is one of the last ones I recorded. Here it was the other way around. I think I played through the song twice in front of the camera without actually recording and this was the first take with the camera running. I still spent an hour more trying to get a smoother one but was not really successful haha. If you're wondering why I have some practice runs in front of the camera without recording them: I always do that because I usually play in a different position than my recording position, and those camera "practice" runs really make a difference and it also saves some battery, because the first playthroughs usually suck anyway :D

[@PedroPaes2862]

Dude, plans to play some Brain Drill? I will love to see you play something from this band.

[@yourockero]

I'm learning to play guitar. Which song would help me develop my skills? Thank you man.

[@lucifer-ic9th]

Fuck now I'm always gonna hear her before the solo 😎

[@AussoOnePlus]

Kevin, how about Nasum - Wrath??

[@stephanelosardo3579]

Oh my God thanks🤩

[@jak9990]

Lol still today Necrophagist is a Benchmark for guitar. Muhamed is an exelent Player. Kevin also is insane 😅😇

[@opethmike]

Sad that Muhammed quit the music business and no longer plays guitar.

[@jak9990]

@@opethmike what the Heck... realy??

[@KevinHeiderich]

@@jak9990 Ja hast du denn in den letzten 10 Jahren irgendwas neues von Necrophagist gesehen oder gehört? :D

[@jak9990]

@@KevinHeiderich leider nein 10.000 Euro für den der mir sie Studioversion von Dawn and Demise besorgt ^^ Aber heißt dass, das die Jungs gar nix mehr machen? Krass. Also gar keine Musik mehr ? Viele namhaften klampfen sehen Muhamed als große Inspiration.

[@opethmike]

@@jak9990 Yes. He's an engineer for BMW now.

[@napulen]

Any tip on getting that incredibly clean alternate picking (e.g., in the solo)?

[@vipersb1]

You make it look so easy. Stop it! 😜

[@doktor1466]

What guitar is that? Beautiful playing

[@KevinHeiderich]

Ibanez RG350

[@Shiznoz222]

godly

[@rus4225]

Wow 😯👍

[@enduroexperience]

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooomy god!!!! Thanx!

[@mattdowds8505]

I didn't know Karl Pilkington could shred

[@TheJTK123]

Now imagine trying to sing at the same time

[@obsidianmind5527]

Damn !

[@JohanHanif666]

2:22

[@jorge0358]

Amazing Cover man! \m/ Btw, i am currently working on a full band transcription of Dawn And Demise, and was wondering if you’d want to have a look at it and maybe try it out and maybe help out a bit with getting it polished:)

[@selimalp5038]

I was thinking about how hard is this song to play then you started to play it 1.5x faster or smth 😔

[@CodyGudmundsen]

You're like the Extreme Metal Karl Pilkington.

[@mtdgcs]

Unfortunately there is no really good cover of this song on youtube. Only you could handle it. But i wish it was regularly with all parts.

[@pieflies]

I’m curious as to what it is that you want to get out of watching a person cover a song? If you just want to listen to the regular song you could listen to the actual album. If you want something that assists in learning the song I think this is great regardless of tempo. If you want to see someone else’s interpretation of a song, personalised in some way to their own style of playing, then this is exactly that.

[@KevinHeiderich]

I'm sorry! Though I do play through all the parts on regular tempo once because the second half of the song is basically just the first half repeated, so there are no new parts in the faster half. I already covered the solo years ago which is still on my channel, and that's why I decided to do it this way, starting at the solo section. To be honest, some of the early Necrophagist songwriting is a bit drawn out and this makes playing through it a bit more interesting for me. Also, according to the KZbin analytics, most people only watch half a song and/or the solo most of the time, so this might engage them more, and if not then nothings lost anyway (current average of this song is just 2:17 minutes). I think it's a good compromise, you get the regular half and another half which bumps up the technique, since it's technical death metal after all. A lot of my viewers are interested in demonstrations of advanced techniques and this definitely features some of them. Anyway, I do understand your issue with it, and it's something I'm always thinking about when I prepare a song for KZbin. On one hand I also like pure playthroughs and videos, with no fluff or distractions, on the other hand, it can be quite boring, depending on the song. My KZbin channel was always more of a "songs that challenge me" kind of thing and not a "new cover every week". The footage was actually meant for auditions because that's what I wanted to do, play for bands. That's how I usually select songs, based on difficulty and to show "hey, that's what I can do, in case you want me to play in your band". I did record some "regular" songs that were just fun to play, but I don't really see the point in me doing that constantly here on KZbin. And the last reason: I wanted to finish the tab and I only recorded a video to share the tab here :)

[@Ahtriuz]

WHY fast up the solo?

[@codexnecro]

Nice tempo change.

[@-ritual-5939]

it's very easy to play over the original song, because mistakes and bad execution are not noticed. There are several notes that are taping and you don't play them, because the original backing music plays and makes your cover sound decent. I recorded a cover without music behind, maybe that would be a good job. bye

[@manuelwerner6013]

Why didn’t you upload it then?

[@blackhatch46]

Sped up it sounds like spawn of possession ahahaha

[@bastianmaoro8278]

fk up the solo, my opinion just.

[@Aspartamebraintumor]

Unpopular opinion: Onset is better than Epitaph and this one of the tracks that prove it