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Riff Tone
Silent Night, Bodom Night
Children of Bodom
Guitarmetal1990s
Original Gear
GuitarESP Alexi Laiho Signature (likely ESP Alexi-600 or custom shop variant, 24-fret, Floyd Rose, single bridge humbucker)
AmpPeavey 5150 (original block letter, likely studio head)
Amp Settings
gain9
bass6
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Notes
Studio recording, 1998 album 'Something Wild'. Gear confirmed for era and album by multiple rig rundowns and interviews; pedalboard details from Premier Guitar. No evidence of live rig or alternate guitars for this song's riff section.
Tone Character(10)
tight and percussivescooped midsaggressive palm mutingrazor-sharp attackhigh-gain saturationarticulate note separationslight room ambiencecrisp treblefocused low endmodern melodic death metal rhythm tone
Difficulty
The riff requires fast, accurate alternate picking and tight palm muting at high speed, with challenging string skipping and position shifts typical of melodic death metal rhythm guitar.
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Original Gear
GuitarESP Alexi Laiho Signature (likely ESP Alexi-600 or custom shop variant, 24-fret, Floyd Rose, single bridge humbucker)
AmpPeavey 5150 (original block letter, likely studio head)
Amp Settings
gain9
bass6
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Notes
Studio recording, 1998 album 'Something Wild'. Gear confirmed for era and album by multiple rig rundowns and interviews; pedalboard details from Premier Guitar. No evidence of live rig or alternate guitars for this song's riff section.
Tone Character(10)
tight and percussivescooped midsaggressive palm mutingrazor-sharp attackhigh-gain saturationarticulate note separationslight room ambiencecrisp treblefocused low endmodern melodic death metal rhythm tone
Difficulty
The riff requires fast, accurate alternate picking and tight palm muting at high speed, with challenging string skipping and position shifts typical of melodic death metal rhythm guitar.