Duncan Nazgul and Sentient vid

[Edgecrusher]

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And between death metal and black metal, there is a difference in playing genre to my ears. I still consider Dissection - The Somberlain to be a pretty definitive album for black metal while Death - Spiritual Healing or Sepultura - Arise are pretty defininitive death metal (not to be confused with progressive death metal, melodic death metal, or metalcore). I will admit that both genres share a lot and are easily blurred. Really though, to my ears, the first solo (the one on the Nazgul bridge pickup) sounded straight up black metal to me.

Hair splitting aside... its still not Djent, which is the claim that started all this

[King IzzO)))]

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the first solo (the one on the Nazgul bridge pickup) sounded straight up black metal to me.

That and the typical BM chords are all over this. Super polished, but I like it.

[LeOtherGuy]

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Black metal, death metal, blackened death metal... whatever. Still a good demo, and not djent. Though I'm sure this pickup would be perfect for that job.

[B2D]

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How many metalheads does it take to change a light bulb?

Three. One changes the bulb and the other two argue about what kind of light bulb it is.

[DrNewcenstein]

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Well it's not like we're discussing Country vs Rock here, which is relatively straightforward to separate. We're splitting hairs over the amount of Diminished vs Augmented 2 and 3-finger chords, string guage, tuning, and whether someone's making more use of Locrian or Ionian, yet trying to make it sound like Swedish vs Australian vs Swahili.

[King IzzO)))]

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The point was that it's not what the kids call djent, I don't think anyone was debating anything else.

[DrNewcenstein]

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Since the guy from Meshugga is credited with coming up with the word, specifically in reference to a similar style of music as to what Meshugga play, I'd say his definition is the one that matters. From what I've heard in that style, the slight oscillation of a hard-hit open string of a chord which is then tightly palm-muted is about the only difference between the various other mentioned musical styles. The rest is still the same.

[Grindspine]

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Heh, just to keep the pointlessness going. I still think Djent should have this definition.

It is one of many words of the compete fictitional languages created by the Professor..Elvish, in this case. Many of his creations have their their origins in other european mythology, most notably Norse/Asgardian mythos,, but this is not one of them.

Of course, yes, I have heard it used to describe Meshuggah - percussive, downtuned, etc...

Anyhow, the Nazgul sounds pretty damn good for metal to me, be it black, death, blackened death, grindcore, doom, metalcore, pneu metahl, etc.

The solo with the Sentient does not totally vibe the way I was hoping though.

[Glyph]

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Death/Black/Doom is defined by lyrical content, not playing style. Djent is the style of playing, not lyrical content.

So did they change the Pegasus to Nazgul?

No, as far as I know they are still 2 separate beasts. the SD website shows both models listed.

[guitfiddle]

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It is one of many words of the compete fictitional languages created by the Professor..Elvish, in this case. Many of his creations have their their origins in other european mythology, most notably Norse/Asgardian mythos,, but this is not one of them.

*LOTR Geek Alert*

Actually, the word comes from Orkish...with "Nazg" being "ring" and "Ul" being "wraith"

/ Geek Out

[Despised]

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So I've seen on Mr. Keith Merrow's Facebook that these new models are being released this week... What I want to know is:

*Is the Duncan Distortion 7's with the black metal covers and the black poles among those being released this week also???
*Can anybody from SD that veiws and participates on these boards confirm this, and provide MAP pricing for us???

After seeing the black metal covered pickups has given me a change of mind about getting a set of Duncans, and I'd like to order a set of these ASAP and get my ESP AW-7 back together and playing it again...

[chris effect]

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I'm ready to see tone chart specs on the new models. bass/mid/treble dc resistance etc. especially the nazgul.

I'm having a hard time deciding whether to go with a set a duncan distortion 7's or wait for the nazgul-sentient combo...

[King IzzO)))]

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Make these in six string versions pls

[chris effect]

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Make these in six string versions pls

They might eventually. However, these are the first designed specifically for 7 and 8 strings. It might be a while. The Black Winter is a 6'er though. will be nice when it comes to america!