Amon Amarth - Cry Of The Black Birds Cover

[DeathlyCrusher]

The link of the Tab Please :D

[maganastris]

Dude you've got skills... Been wondering how to play that. Thanks for the post

[sgtkickin]

idc what theese turds say shit was spot on

[XxLinkinrapxX]

is your guitar tuned to standard b? reply please ^^

[DeathMetalManiac1988]

@XxLinkinrapxX they play it in B but you can play the lead part in E as well

[LaMbOfGoD8975]

Just learning this song thought it was gonna the hardest shit ever. It really isn't though

[tehgrim08]

tuning?

[BelialNefastus]

@tehgrim08

Standard B.

[AndreaLanzarini]

pall mute bourning......

[animeroks69]

I been playin 3 months and I just finished learning Pursuit of Vikings ;P No joke.

My friend who's been playing guitar for years says I caught on to the instrument extremely fast. What do y'all say?

[geelkapje64]

@animeroks69 i say you can learn to play a song.. but it takes real effort and time to perfect it.

[animeroks69]

@geelkapje64 thats what I ment xD I got even better since then too. I have jus finished perfecting valhall awaits :D

[bumbulika1]

@animeroks69 well i'm learning in 2-3 days so whos faster? :D

[TheDrapir]

@bumbulika1 half an hour :P :D

[animeroks69]

@bumbulika1 ain't no way in a frozen over hell you learned some amon amarth 3 days after pickin up the guitar. xD If so I give you props but that's just hard as fuck to believe o.o

[bumbulika1]

@animeroks69 well what can i say i just learn everything in few days if i want it badly :D

[animeroks69]

@bumbulika1 I'm sorry I just can't believe you ^-^ If what you say is true, shame on me, but it's hard as hell to believe you learn this in a couple days. thats bs xD but keep going you'll be able to play it eventually .-.

[bumbulika1]

@animeroks69 well i dont know how to play, and i have brought guitar yesterday :D i want to know how to tune it for that kind of sound :( i have no idea :D but i have learned some parts and as i said very fast :D but it sounds horrible so if you can help with tuning i'll be glad :D if you can somehow ofc

[bumbulika1]

@animeroks69 oh and i have no idea about my guitar's name but its written there, ROCKson , its blue color and very similar to this guitar.

[pryo360]

that is siiiiiiiiiiicccccckkkkkkkk, very clean good jod

[kewltricks]

I love how easy their songs are to play

[Lovemetal629]

@kewltricks maybe with their fingering, but after a while, all the speed picking is fucking killer on your arm lol

[kewltricks]

@Lovemetal629 Yeah i know... For some reason I have a real hard time playing this song.

[jinjanco23]

i made my own way of playing the intro, my way is way easy ,but sounds off.

[jinjanco23]

when u where playing the chorus it didn't flow, it was all blocky.. its awesome though.

[aleksawildchild]

awesome

[hovatervater]

very clean great tone

[rokashi1234]

I need help on one part. The part before the shredding part, the part thats like

12-14-17 12-14-16 12-14-14 12-14-16 12-14-17-16.

How is the picking doen for that? is it sweeping?

[DeathMetalManiac1988]

@rokashi1234 alternate picking would be the easiest way, you can play downstrokes as well

[rokashi1234]

@DeathMetalManiac1988 How exactly can you alternate pick if its all on a different string? Or am I talking about a different part? You know the part at 0:24? Or do you mean like pick the first string down, the next string up, then that last string down again? or the other way around?

[DeathMetalManiac1988]

@rokashi1234 of course I know what you mean, it´s down,up,down,up etc....

[rokashi1234]

@DeathMetalManiac1988 Ok, now I get this. Thx man,

[nazisucksass]

@rokashi1234 Try to pick upwards the higher strings and vice-versa.

[rokashi1234]

@nazisucksass Alright, thanks dude.

[nazisucksass]

@nazisucksass I actually misled you. You have to pick the higher strings downwards and the upper (lower) strings up in order to be faster.

[Dweller777]

@rokashi1234 You'll get better definition in your notes (that is, they'll sound more 'staccato') if you use all down strokes, and palm-mute the first two of each trio. Maybe an artifical harmonic on the third..

[MrGuitarassassin]

Good job keeping in time with that song. It's hard I know.

[Boardflippingurl]

Awesome cover!!! Amon Amarth are amazing, Is that an Ibanez rg5ex1 if it is I have that same guitar \m/

[JCastillo1001]

Where is the fucking head banging!?

[gheale]

dude you are my hero :| amon amarth is my fucking favorite band!!!!!

[thatguy5769]

Hey do you mind posting a lin for the tabs u used?

[SuperMikey777]

tht was very koll!

[Nevadatyler13]

I subscribed..I like your style dude keep up the good work

[chandlerbeckhoff]

whats ur setup? like what did u use to get the amon amarth sound?

[ChaosEmar]

nice play but what distortion panel did you used?

[MetalMaidenMX]

awesome man..

[finaldragon93]

great playing man awesome cover

[CorruptGods]

@CorruptGods ok So it wont let me post the link, but its the only 5 star rated TAB, use it and look at the comments to see the correction i posted. Ultimate-guitar(dot)com

[CorruptGods]

OK, it sounded pretty good, and i noticed when youre playing the chorus you did exactly what i was doing, and it sounds wrong, go to this link, click the comments at the top to see the comment i made on his tab, and then you'll see what i was talking about. The song sounds correct when played with the correction and for those of you who want to learn this song, i recommend this tab

[DeathMetalManiac1988]

@CorruptGods focus on playing just on the string you supposed to play and practice this slowly and try to alternate between the strings and mute them while plying:

A-----------------77777777----­------------55555555

E--00000000----------------333­33333-------------- something like this ;)

[unsuremcgee2]

nice bro

[laidtorest93]

fucking amazing cover man and by far one of amon amarths best songs

[HayerXz]

yo dewd, great cover. i need some help, im having problems on that shredding one string part (the chorus) when playing it standing, i heard that there are special strings for shredding or stuff like that, got any tip for me or should i just keep practicing? thanks a lot, keep up, cya

[DeathMetalManiac1988]

@HayerXz never heard of strings made for shredding lol, maybe you mean heavy gauge string like I have 0.13-0.56 :)

[HayerXz]

@DeathMetalManiac1988 yeah i had never heard of em also, thats why i was confused. so, the thing is to keep up practicing, right?

[DeathMetalManiac1988]

@HayerXz right, practice the alternate picking with a metronome slowly, that´s the best way to play fast stuff like this clean ;)

[HayerXz]

@DeathMetalManiac1988 thanks a lot man, really. :D

[mrroeland666]

nice dude!!!

[Brakkemand]

Kickass cover man! I am also playing that song on guitar, it is the best song in the world!! (or one of the best:) keep playing dude, you gonna be a Metal star someday! :D 5*

[Olsvik90]

nice cover man (y)

check out my uploade to...

[Diffle]

Sick cover dude, what kind of Ibanez is that?

[Mexikoolz71]

its looks kinda simple how is it to play

[ShadowBiker301]

Perfectly!

[Ilharess84]

More than great:D

[james93uk]

the tuning is high to low is B Gb D A E B u need at least a set of 12s

[archenemy2242]

@james93uk lol i have a set of 9s and it is really bad lol i knew i needed a heavier string but i just wanted to see what would happen. now i know

[anarchy552]

not a good cover its a great cover

[james93uk]

dude u can have a say wen u actuly upload of u playin, do u even play an instrument for all we know is ur a piece of shit little kid

good cover :)

[hejmdallr11]

I have the same guitar. good stuff these ibanez.

good performance there. keep up the good work

[0ooscar]

damn, u nailed the whole song. grats!

[Tiofaw]

congratulation

very good cover

[Matt591s]

good job kid :) btw i meant that in a good way =)

[Nicklesker]

Kick ass man, please tell me what you used to play this.

i have a Jackson WRMG Warrior Guitar just bought it, and want to know what to buy to sound like that ! XD

Thanks Man ! and AA FTW !

[DeathMetalManiac1988]

thanks, I use my Ibanez RG320EX and the toneport UX2, that´s it ;)

[fireweapon]

I have the same guitar too.very good cover

[CoolKevinRocks]

you got some serious posture.

[picturemeskating]

good job!

[LiamA212]

Nice cover, wat tuning and tabs do u use ?? I really wanna learn this song :)

Thanks

[GreenIcyTea]

yo which tab on ultimate-guitar did u use?

[heavymetalrocker101]

did you play this in standard?

[DeathMetalManiac1988]

yes...

[fabreco1984]

I´m sorry for my ignorance, but I want to record some vid´s of my own. I would like to know if you record the guitar separetedly from the vid and then joint the audio and video. And if so, how do you record the guitar? Using a mic or pluging it directly, somehow, in the pc? I try doing that once and failed miserably.

Once again, sorry for my ignorance!

P.S.: Great cover, by the way!

[DeathMetalManiac1988]

yes I record them seperate and cut it together afterwards, the guitar is recorded with the toneport ux2 and sony vegas software :)

[SatanistHobo]

Need to let the strings ring out longer on the opening

[SemperFiguitarguy]

great cover

[heavymetalrocker101]

hes playing in standard tuning now, thats how i play it

[gogators432]

nice job man. i usually play the root note of whatever chord is being played during that chorus part in between the lead (the part where you pause)... just to fill it in.

not saying anything negative about your cover though. nice job :)

[manuelcastelan]

What kind of distortion do you use? pedal? built in? if its built in can you give me the knob settings and the brand your using? Beautiful job by the way.

[MALSIV]

is sounds weird without the rythm with it in the chorus. great job man!

[spindoktorr]

a few dud notes? but v good...

A big AA fan myself

seems a bit stilted cos only one guitar the second one missing, but thats fair enough....

I like that you show the relative simplicity of the tune and of the the fingering...Amon Amarth will never be Dragonforce - but all the stronger for it!

they have turned relatively ordinary guitar skills into a great strength, going for catchy interlinking riffs...their talent is in writing not the playing? the DRUMS tho dont seem easy to play!

[robinbrooke]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hahahahahahahahahahahah fucking hell what a laugh! i thought for a minute there that you were implying that dragonforce are good! hahahahahahahahahahahaha! if you really think that dragonforce are any good at all you should seriously consider suicide.

[gogators432]

i really hope you are joking with the Dragonforce comment... seeing as how Dragonforce is a joke.

[xxCiNNAMONx]

AMAZING cover. 5 stars

[deathflail]

perfect tuning, good stuff

[HookshotHero]

Is there tabs to play this without tuning your strings low? I searched up a tab on Ultimate-Guitar (not sure if it's yours) but it says to tune it lower.

[DeathMetalManiac1988]

the lead guitar can be played in e standard too,

[gogators432]

should be bottom 6 strings of a 7 string guitar

BEADGb

they might flatten the G string to shape it like a 6 string though..

BEADFb

[zeroboard11]

do you have tabs?

[rotorpivot]

Superb! Like all of your covers. Try something of Dismember.

[creiGnn]

Well, there's not many mistakes, maybe a few but.. I dont know, something is not right, it's like a machine playing the guitar.. I dont mean any insult or something, anyway, good job..

It may sound weird but guitar should be tuned in b i think :D. The song can be played at c but at be its easier to play..

[ThePariah13]

whats tha tuning?

[HeavyMetalDrummer16]

BAd ass cover, didnt notice any mistakes... But your 2 stiff

[kenshin2036]

It sounds like Clean/distortion but thats cause of the nice sounding palm mutes. But this is a great cover! It sounds very good. /clap /clap ! 10/10!!

[StephCheungg]

man... wonder if youll beat the oak who playin the guitar

[catsandgoats]

to clean?? wtf are u on troyextreme the cleaner the better u fucking idot

[trivium5510]

lmfao? your calling him an idiot when you cant even spell it properly you fucking faggot. get over it

[troyextreme]

I like it, but I think it's TOO clean. it sounds like a robot is playing, have more flow in your playing. you're definitely better than me though.

[adilghanty]

how can you play too clean?

[troyextreme]

I just think his playing needs more personality. I feel like his fingers are into the song, but nothing else. the way he plays gives off the impression that he's not really into what he's playing. I'm not trying to dis you, think of it as constructive criticism.

[IChewyBarI]

nice!

[1nSilence]

craftyy

[Chester3101]

where did you get the tab?

[metallica870621345]

You have an awesome sound going on.

What gear do you use ?

[BiGbUrDsBeArD]

that was mighty fine

props

[lmaiesfo]

nice cover!

[odens2]

nice!!

[tillindeman071]

excellente performance !

[arod850]

what kind of ibanez?

[rinegan11]

Good cover

men plz send mi the tab or tell me...

what its de afination

[TheyShallFeast]

how can it "look" like hes playing in standard?

[bbm187]

if you watch his hands and know the scale shapes and intervals you can tell.

[TheyShallFeast]

considering B is pretty much standard with a B on top thats why it "looks" like hes in standard

[DeathMetalManiac1988]

but he´s right, I´ve played this song in E standard because you don´t need the low B for the lead guitar parts :)

[heavymetalrocker101]

it kinda looks like he;s playing in standard

[TheyShallFeast]

next person that asks what tuning this is needs punched in the head until they die its

all AMON AMARTH is B.....

[heavymetalrocker101]

i know! i agree with you

[paullennonharrison]

i felt sometimes some notes were sharp, but overall a great cover!

[heavymetalrocker101]

this song is easy to play

[TheNeedled]

This songs tuning is normal e a d g b e I bet... cause it sound like that.

[heavymetalrocker101]

the tuning is accutaly supposed to be a seven string BEADGBe but six string its BEADF#B

[Dvdingham]

It's not seven. Look up the video, the tabs and whatever else you want, but they always play six string. I've seen them play it live, and it's 6. I've heard the same about Asator, but trust me, it's six strings.

[metalkeith73]

Nice job, but what is up with all of the tuning shit?

They play in B standard, and it should be common knowledge to anyone that is an Amon Amarth fan. Its probably cause most of the people that love this song don't really like AA, just this song. I think its a great song, but overrated, and not even close to their top 5 songs.

Sorry for the rant, but there haven't (to my knowledge) been this many tuning related questions on any of your other covers, and I don't think it is a coincidence.

[DeathMetalManiac1988]

hehe, yeah I´ve noticed that ,too. :)

[IsraeliMetalhead]

Dude as a crazy Amon Amarth fan I say this song is the best I listen to their discography over and over I can play more than 10 songs by them and still after a year and a half even more it's the only song of them I known since the first time I recognized them that I listened to endless times and I still enjoy listening to it and playing it..

[metalkeith73]

It is a really good song, but imo the guitar part of this song is not as good as everyone makes it out to be.

Not to be a one-upper but, I can play almost 20 AA songs off the top of my head (30 if I relearn what I have forgotten) and I have been listening to Amon Amarth for over 5 years. ;)

[IsraeliMetalhead]

Hey you listen to them for 5 years I listen to them less than 2 years.

I know already 10 songs who knows what I will play by them in one year :P

Anyway I noticed you are a big Amon Amarth fan.

Now...

Cry of the blackbirds the riff is simple,simple to understand but not simple to play I believe it's a legendery riff for melodic Death metal like Aces high riff for heavy metal.

It's a riff that it's hard to perform perfectley all the time especcially while standing

[iiSodaPopii]

@metalkeith73 Really? I usually play in CGCFAD and it sounds pretty fine to me. I'll try tuning to B though, thanks.

[my1name2]

thats fucking awesome

[Bodommaniac97]

Great cover, Tabs??

[xXxMaRcOrExXx]

great

[WarriorSacrifice777]

Dude do u have tabs for this song and if so could u plz send them to me plz???

[DeathMetalManiac1988]

is this a joke? what for is this huge annotation at  0:14 ????

[SaturdaysSorrow]

nice playing i wish i could tune my guitar to drop b but then i have to get action and intonation set up again.

[Casper739]

my friend asked them on there myspace and they said they play in b standered.

[DeathMetalManiac1988]

yeah it´s true....

[Casper739]

no offence but how do you know lol or you just took a random guess for there tuning.

[DeathMetalManiac1988]

they said in one of those studio diaries as twilight was recorded, also which pics, guitars and strings they use :)

[Casper739]

......that is awsome.

[Casper739]

,,,,thats badass!!

[Casper739]

do you know whats the tuning for this band?

[warsquirrel7]

drop b

[DeathMetalManiac1988]

no way, it´ standard B not drop B......

[warsquirrel7]

well i play it drop b and it sounds fine.

[MagnusBruce]

Well played. I take it you're using standard A tuning or something?

I play this in standard E (learnt from ear so probably not 100% correct) and that bit where you have to stretch about 5 frets killed mine left hand :P

Looks easier if you're doing how you are though, less stretch because you're on higher frets.

[BrettTheMetalhead666]

question...are you playing an ibanez?

[DeathMetalManiac1988]

yep, Ibanez RGR320EX......

[BrettTheMetalhead666]

Epic...Odin would be proud xD

[J1Bish2]

wow, u make it look easy. well done. this is one of my all time favorite songs.

[hauntedreaper666]

witrh 2 monts of experience is low but how about almost 2 years and play songs like COB and System Of a Down?

[Tryfing94]

again, freakin' sweet, keep it up man! you inspire me =)

[ajaxfan34]

lol...

I didn't see it.

[dadyshake]

amazig keep it up man \m/

[ricardillosk8]

hey man what kind of strings do u use?

[DeathMetalManiac1988]

0.13-0.56....

[negitivezero7]

Did you reset the bridge your self?

[RADIOACTIVEBUNY]

/headbang

[DeathMetalManiac1988]

yes it is .....

[DjKaczor]

Its look like for 5 steps down? xD

[Breton224]

beatuiful job, whats the tuning in?

[saggybellend]

absolute fuckin sick cover mate keep it up. im gunna take a look at som of ur ova covers an maybe subscribe yer do u have a band? coz i havent seen 1 amon amarth band cover on utube yet

[DeathMetalManiac1988]

thanks, no I don´t have a band yet....