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Crystal Mountain

by Viking Guitar

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about

Death is such a fucking amazing band. Every album of theirs shows evolution from the previous one. It would be amazing to see what Chuck Schuldiner would be creating now, twenty years later.

A few months back, I was chatting with a YouTube guitarist named Tbomb (www.youtube.com/c/TbombGuitar) about death metal guitar, and we decided it would be fun to cover Crystal Mountain. I was lucky enough to get Max Noel (twitter.com/MaxNoelBass) and Angel Hernandez (masikus.bandcamp.com) to join in, and had a killer lineup for this song.

Production wise, this was an interesting project. I wanted to retain a large part of the original sound, so the mixing process didn't focus on polishing things up as much as my other releases. I made a custom tempo map to match the original song, including all of the fluctuations inherent in non-click recordings. I also used some custom speaker cabinet impulse responses by JZIR Impulses (jzir.gumroad.com), which are amazingly well-crafted to match specific album tones (JZIR isn't sponsoring this, but their stuff is killer and I'm happy to give them a shout out.) No drum triggers were used.

Obviously, anyone covering a Death song has a big task in front of them. We're not claiming to match the original, but we hope you enjoy our take on the song. Stay heavy, and keep the world metal!

lyrics

Built from blind faith
Passed down from self-induced fantasy
Turn a page to justify
Conjuring power, it opens wide
On your seventh day
Is that how it's done?
Twisting your eyes to perceive all that you want
To assume from ignorance
Inflicting wounds with your cross-turned dagger

Inside crystal mountain
Evil takes its form
Inside crystal mountain
Commandments are reborn

All the traps are set to confine
All who get in the way of the divine
In sight and in mind of the hypocrite
A slave to the curse forever confined

Shatter the myth
Don't cut yourself
On your words against dreams
Made of steel
Stronger than any faith
That inflicts pain and fear
Is that how it's done?
Twisting your eyes to perceive all that you want
To assume from ignorance
Inflicting wounds with your cross-turned dagger

Inside crystal mountain
Evil takes its form
Inside crystal mountain
Commandments are reborn

credits

released February 15, 2022
Erik Peabody - Vocals, Guitars, Production
Tbomb - Guitars
Max Noel - Bass
Angel Hernandez - Drums

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Mixing and mastering engineer, composer, voice actor, and video game metal cover musician.

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