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Pokémon Scarlet & Violet - Sada & Turo Battle Theme [METAL VERSION]

Hey everyone! Here's the FULL VIDEO for my metal cover of the Sada and Turo Battle theme from Pokemon Scarlet & Violet voted on by my voting council!

I've been wanting to absolutely slam this song since I first heard this theme! Getting to hear another theme from Toby Fox on a Pokemon game was an awesome bonus of Scarlet and Violet and I immediately knew it would be one that I wanted to cover once I heard it!

This whole arrangement came together so natura...

Pokemon Scarlet / Violet "Sada and Turo Battle Theme" - FINAL MASTER

Hey guys. Here's the FINAL MASTER for my metal cover of the Sada and Turo boss theme from Pokemon Scarlet and Violet!

I'm SO stoked on how this turned out. On my last cover I discovered a new feature for Reaper (my audio program) that changed the way I've mixed the levels of my parts and I think I kind of mastered it on this mix! I'm really happy with how everything turned out!

The leads were an absolute blast to record too! It was actually not as hard as I i...

Pokemon Scarlet / Violet "Sada and Turo Battle Theme" - WIP (Rhythms & Bass)

Hey everyone! Here is a BRAND NEW work in progress for this week's cover; the absolutely EPIC "Sada and Turo Boss Battle Theme" from Pokemon Scarlet and Violet requested by my Voting Council!

It feels AMAZING to do another Toby Fox battle theme! It brings me right back to covering Undertale and Deltarune themes which are some of my favorite themes to arrange. This one absolutely SHREDS with some huge riffs and really fun melodies to shred on. I'm going to try and make this on...

MechWarrior 2 - Arkham Bridge (Race Against Time) [METAL VERSION]

Hey guys! Here is the FULL VIDEO for my metal cover of RACE AGAINST TIME from MechWarrior 2 requested by Ninjaquick!

I had such a blast working on this insane theme. It has this really intense vibe to it that makes it perfect for a crushing metal arrangement. Alongside that though, it has some really musically interesting parts that build up a lot of tension and give you that "something's wrong" feeling. I had a lot of fun figuring out how that works out in this theme and app...

MechWarrior 2 "Race Against Time" - FINAL MASTER

Hey everyone! Here is the FINAL MASTER for my metal cover of Race Against Time from MechWarrior 2!

I had such a blast working on this theme! I actually found out just while working on this theme, I could incorporate some new features from Reaper (my audio software) to make mixing a little more efficient. This means that I was able to focus a ton more on the specific levels of every instrument for every part without doing it the older way that I have been which takes a little ...

MechWarrior 2 "Race Against Time" - WIP (Rhythms & Bass)

Hey everyone! Here is a brand new work in progress for this week's cover which is MechWarrior 2 "Race Against Time" requested by Ninjaquick!

I remember playing this game WAY back in the day and it's an awesome game for PC! It had a super ahead-of-it's-time soundtrack that was insanely epic. This theme is a perfect example of that! It had this brooding ominous orchestra section to it that I'm definitely going to keep in my arrangement as well. I hope you enjoy the wip so far! ...

Metroid Prime "Crashed Frigate" - Tabs, Backing Track & MIDI

Hey everyone! Here are the tabs, backing track and MIDI for my metal cover of Crashed Frigate from Metroid Prime!

Rhythms:

Style - big open chords, slow, heavy

Difficulty - 2/5

Our arrangement here is very slow and epic so this will be a great track for all skill levels to enjoy even newer players! We have some big open chords here however that will require some big stretches of the fretting hand!...

Metroid Prime "Magmoor Caverns" - Tabs, Backing Track & MIDI

Hey everyone! Here are the tabs, backing track and MIDI for Magmoor Caverns!

Rhythms:

Style - 7 string (doable on 6), alternate picking, palm muting

Difficulty - 1/5

I think our rhythms here are a blast and they're very straight forward! I recorded this track on my 7 string just to access the low note in the beginning of the song. but 99% of this theme is in C which means drop C on a six string wi...

Metroid Prime - Magmoor Caverns [METAL VERSION]

Hey everyone! Here is the FULL VIDEO for my metal cover of Magmoor Caverns from Metroid Prime!

This arrangement is still one of my favorite arrangements that I've done! For those who didn't know, this is a remake of one of my oldest covers dating back to when I was first starting to get seriously into making my covers sound good. I'm still insanely proud of what I accomplished with the original version and I remember putting it on in my car being like "wow I achieved sonic gr...

Metroid Prime "Magmoor Caverns" - FINAL MASTER

Hey everyone! Here is the FINAL MASTER for my cover of MAGMOOR CAVERNS redone from my super old arrangement!

I wanted to go ALL IN on this mix so I did a ton of stuff! Basically the goal here was to be as brutal and crushingly heavy as possible so I went ahead and put some fresh strings on my 7 string and did the rhythms on that. and I tried to make the whole mix a lot more open and dynamic to let the bassiness come through. I'm curious how it sounds to you guys so let me kno...

Metroid Prime "Magmoor Caverns" 2023 WIP (Rhythms & Bass)

Hey everyone! Here's a brand new WIP for this week's cover which is a UPDATED VERSION of one of my oldest covers and one that I'm still very proud of!

I honestly wasn't expecting Metroid Prime to just drop on Switch and for me to relive that whole experience and it left me feeling insanely inspired to do this. I've already been wanting to remake this one but this is definitely the perfect time!

I'm hoping to capture that true atmospheric evilness of the area ...

Kirby Air Ride "The Legendary Air Ride Machine" - Tabs, Backing Track & MIDI

Hey everyone! Here are the tabs, backing track, and MIDI file for my metal cover of THE LEGENDARY AIR RIDE MACHINE from Kirby Air Ride!

Rhythms:

Style - big power chords, galloping

Difficulty - 2/5

Our riffs here are actually pretty straight forward and a ton of fun to play! The most challenging part I think would be the chorus section where it turns into more of a thrash riff with some faster alt...

Kirby Air Ride - The Legendary Air Ride Machine [METAL VERSION]

Hey everyone! Here is the FULL VIDEO for my metal cover of The Legendary Air Ride Machine from Kirby Air Ride!

This is such an amazing theme and it was a blast to cover! It has this amazing minor neoclassical vibe which is something that wouldn't immediately expect when you think of a kirby theme. But it has those iconic memorable melodies from this series just as much here and It was so fun to lay down these guitar parts!

I spent a ton of extra time working ...

Kirby Air Ride "The Legendary Air Ride Machine" - FINAL MASTER

Hey everyone! Here is the FINAL MASTER for my metal cover of "The Legendary Air Ride Machine" from Kirby Air ride!

This ended up being such a cool arrangement! It has a super heavy neo-classical shred element to it which let me absolutely pop off on some really fun lead parts. And I spent some extra time dialing in my tones for this one as well as dialing in the huge orchestra that's happening in the background. I think those things made it sound extra huge!

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Kirby Air Ride "The Legendary Air Ride Machine" - WIP (Rhythms & Bass)

Hey everyone! Here is a BRAND NEW WIP for this week's cover. We're taking on The Legendary Air Ride Machine from Kirby Air Ride voted on by my voting council!

This theme is insanely epic and has such a wide variety of tones throughout the piece. I'm having a blast putting together some riffs for it and embracing the neoclassical metal elements!

I hope you enjoy the WIP so far! Let me know what you think :D

~ Jack

Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia "An Empty Tome" - Tabs, Backing Track & MIDI

Hey everyone! Here are the tabs, backing track, and MIDI for my metal cover of AN EMPTY TOME from Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia

Rhythms:

Style - off-beat groove, neo-classical

Difficulty - 5/5

Our riffs here are certainly challenging! These castlevania themes always bring out some amazingly complex riffs to compliment the neo-classical lead parts. The main riff we'll be stretching our hand out qu...

Super Metroid "Brinstar Red Soil" - Tabs, Backing Track & MIDI

Hey everyone! Here are the tabs, backing track, and MIDI file for my metal cover of Brinstar Red Soil from Super Metroid.

Rhythms:

Style - big chords, palm muting

Difficulty - 2/5

Our riffs on this song are a blast to play and I think overall it's pretty chill for all skill levels due to the slower speed of the song. However, there will be some challenging big chords that will utilize your pinky a...

Pokemon TCG - Grandmaster's Theme [METAL VERSION]

Hey guys! Here is the FULL VIDEO for my metal cover of the GRANDMASTERS THEME From Pokemon TCG requested by Exia Novus.

This theme was such a BLAST to make. The original has that bluesy bassline that occurs throughout the entire theme that made me instantly want to incorporate that funky element into my metal arrangement. I instantly reached for some samples of organs and clavinets and other various instruments like that to lay down that same riff over my guitar parts and it ...

Pokemon TCG "Grandmasters Theme" - FINAL MASTER

Hey everyone! Here is the FINAL MASTER for my metal cover of the GRANDMASTERS THEME from Pokemon TCG requested by Exia Novus.

I'm so stoked on how this turned out! I did so many wild things on this arrangement. One major thing was I used a different guitar for my rhythms; my 7 string!! This was because I felt like the rhythm guitars on this piece were all about being crushingly heavy above everything else, and my 7 string is definitely the go-to guitar for that kind of tone! ...

Pokemon TCG "Grandmasters Theme" - WIP (Rhythms & Bass)

Hey everyone! Here is a brand new WIP for this week's cover which is the GRANDMASTERS THEME from Pokemon TCG requested by Exia Novus.

This theme is GROOVY. I wasn't expecting to make a full blown funk metal track with this but that accidentally started happening and I am very stoked on it! We went with some badass clavinet organs to play that iconic pokemon bassline and with the leads being there later on, it's gonna sound amazingly epic.

I hope you guys enjo...

Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia - An Empty Tome [METAL VERSION]

Hey everyone. Happy New YEAR!!!! Here 's the the first official metal cover of 2023 for me which is the absolute banger known as AN EMPTY TOME from Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia!

I wanted to go into the new year doing something insanely epic, so I realized that we haven't voted on a kick-ass Castlevania theme since we started the voting council. This felt like the perfect time to do that and I'm very happy with this banger of a theme being chosen to cover!

T...

Castlevania Order of Ecclesia - An Empty Tome - FINAL MASTER

Hey everyone! Here is the FINAL MASTER for my cover of An Empty Tome from Castlevania Order of Ecclesia!

I'm super happy with how this turned out! I went as hard as I can on the neo-classical death metal vibes here with some super chunky guitars and I gave some extra TLC to the Bass guitar on this one trying to give it this huge beefy low end to try and thicken it out. Castlevania themes seem to fall right into my passion for melodic and heavy riffs that work perfectly with i...

Castlevania Order of Ecclesia - An Empty Tome - WIP (Rhythms & Bass)

Hey everyone! Here is a BRAND NEW WIP For this week's cover which is AN EMPTY TOME from Castlevania Order of Ecclesia voted on by you guys in my voting council!

This theme absolutely rules! I love how it has this nasty off-beat groove throughout the whole thing. That's something you don't see a lot in metal which usually hits on the down-beat super hard. Combining that element of this theme with metal riffs was such a fun challenge and I think it's turning out sick so far.&nb...

Super Mario 64 "Bowser's Theme" - Tabs, Backing Track & MIDI

Hey everyone! Here are the tabs, backing track & MIDI for my metal cover of BOWSERS THEME from Super Mario 64.

Rhythms:

Style - palm muting, melodic chords

Difficulty - 1/5

This is one of the best songs to learn for all skill levels! I think everyone no matter what skill level will have a blast with these riffs. It's very focused on the big power chords but it also incorperates some wacky chor...

Mega Man Battle Network 5 "Vs. Nebula Gray" - Tabs, Backing Track & MIDI

Hey everyone! Here are the tabs, backing track, and MIDI file for my metal cover of NEBULA GRAY from MMBN5

Rhythms:

Style - thrashy, melodic death metally

Difficulty - 4/5

This theme is fast! so by nature our riffs here are pretty crazy! Most of the intensity is on the picking hand just alternate picking a lot of palm mutes. 

Leads:

Style - stri...