I Declare War’s “I, tormentor” is a crushing deathcore song featuring slower paced picking techniques and rhythm work. Tuning – G# D# G# C# F# A# D#

Mark Michell laying down the smooth 6 string bass work for the Scale the Summit track “Whales”. Excellent tone, execution and song…watch his technique at work and hear how the results are just so good and jazzy. I love it!

Finishing up this week’s Fretboard post is Mike O’Hara playing through the Splattered Entrails song “Humans: Deprogrammed”. A song from last years Nauseate, this track is a great example of death metal and slam combining styles and speeds to create such a gnarly raw sound. His picking hand going back n forth with palm mutes and tremolo picking is something you can appreciate and respect.