Evil/Dark Sounding

[LethalAe86TypeR]

How would i achieve this?

[crevis]

How do mean, like using exotic scales or having an evil tone or..??

[LethalAe86TypeR]

having a evil tone, like for example, Judas Priest- The Ripper, the chorus of the song.

[crevis]

If you want old school evil tone, then do things like put chorus's and effects to make a sotof eerie tone. Listen to the keyboards of old ozzy etc and some of deep purples stuff for some good ideas. It has more to do with how youre playing tho.

[LethalAe86TypeR]

thats what i was intending to say, how to achieve that sound with my playing.

[crevis]

I think phrygian mode just sounds aggressive but not evil, harmonic minors can sound evil but most of the really good evil stuff is very musically advanced.

My advice would be learn some opeth (the last album was in open Dminor but the rest is mostly standard), they have to be the evilest band on earth.

[LonePhantom]

Evilest band on Earth! Opeth rock, and their last album Ghost Reveries is a brilliant piece of work.

[C.Thep]

I can't believe I'm answering this question, Play something, then play it again a half-step lower. That's all what cradle of filth does.

[elcid]

Take a marker and write -cide after the logo on all your gear. If that doesnt work grow a beard.

[David McCarroll]

Teach your guitar how to pull the wings off flies and steal your kid sister's lunch money .......

[ZOMB13]

Originally Posted by elcid

Take a marker and write -cide after the logo on all your gear. If that doesnt work grow a beard.

lol
Marshallcide
Agilecide
Ibanezcide
BOSScide

[Big Red]

Play licks/riffs/melodies/chord progressions with semitones and tritones.


Cheers

[Lefty Robb]

one of the creepiest chord/arpeggio shapes, and one my fav's, the good ol' add9:

Eadd9

e--7--
B--8--
G--11--
D--9--
A--7--
E--x--

[john1880]

you'll need to sacrifice a virgin or something...
something evil sounding, hmmm...try going from a E(minor) to an A sharp. stuff like that. although the ripper is actually VERY melodic, it's just the way it was written, it's very dark sounding, but i think it's very dark more because of the vocals than the guitar progression.

[ZOMB13]

Originally Posted by Lefty Robb

one of the creepiest chord/arpeggio shapes, and one my fav's, the good ol' add9:

Eadd9

e--7--
B--8--
G--11--
D--9--
A--7--
E--x--

Wow, I tried this out, and it just blended with another riff I had made a long time ago, thanks Robb, I am making a song using this key and chord,