They were only 16 years old...DECAPITATED | WINDS OF CREATION | GUITAR COVER

Well, not quite, the vocalist Sauron was already 18, Vogg was 17, but their bassist Rygiel was 16 and Vitek even only 15, according to Wikipedia, so yeah, quite young, especially for a technical record like this!

This is actually another recommendation! I played this song a lot when I still had my friday evening "6 beers and random songs from ultimate-guitar" jams. (Yes, those were a thing...)

If you stick to strict sixtuplets for the tremolo picking, it's a great practice song and chop builder. And quite exhausting too! The string changes and the skipping parts are also harder than in Necrophagist, if you play them tight.

I actually went the safe route for this video, so I don't play nearly as hard as I'd like to. It's also a great visual presentation of "it looks relaxing, but it actually isn't". The song is hard on your stamina, so for me, there's always a bit of fatigue near the end of the song. (Which again, is a great thing to practice too). I spent another hour trying to get a tighter and harder take, but couldn't get one out, that I liked, so you get the safe one haha

The only downside to this song as a practice piece are the constant tempo changes in the original recording. It's a bit hard keeping up with it, so keep that in mind

The video also features a brief moment of something I'm currently working on: TIGHT CONSTANT UPSTROKES!!

There's actually a reason I made this video. I started working with a drummer who needs guitar stems from time to time, so I'm going to help him and record them. For that I bought the tab book and re-learned Winds Of Creation as a sort of warm-up. He actually chose a different song!