Soilwork - Valleys of Gloam (Guitar Solo Cover + TAB)

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Tuning: 6-string B Standard (B E A D F♯ B)
Some old-school pentatonic goodness, courtesy of the new Soilwork record, Övergivenheten! Really loving the songwriting on it, and Bjorn's vocals really stand out to me as well. As far as this solo, I like the restraint that was used; Soilwork's lead guitarist (Sylvain Coudret, I believe?) certainly can shred, but he kept this one pretty simple, chose his notes carefully. Mostly just standard minor pentatonic, but I enjoyed his brief foray into the parallel Dorian mode, and how he works in notes from the natural minor scale too.
Tab included since I've found this to be a great solo to go through with my students, and figured some of you might appreciate it as well! Tuning is B standard.
Enjoy, and for those of you who actually read what I write here, thanks as always.

[@guitar_begins_at_40]

Great work

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

Thanks!

[@colinm7676]

🔥💯

[@joshuabates861]

Saw this on Reddit. Awesome job!

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

Thanks man!

[@ehrnbornmusic]

Nice! 🔥🔥🔥

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

Thanks!

[@xlext4766]

Amazing bro any news on the aether realm tabs it would really help out 🔥🤘🏼

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

No updates, sorry man! I turned in my initial transcriptions to the guys back in 2020, been out of my hands since 😂

[@TheShinyShow]

Nice one, not listened to much Soilwork myself. Are those original pickups or did you swap them out at all?

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

Thanks. These are stock pickups in a $150 guitar, so definitely not great haha, but I like to think I get them sounding decent!

[@TheShinyShow]

@@ChrisJonesGuitarist Yeah I was surprised for such an affordable guitar they weren't changed but still sound like that.

[@jojo-fr6fj]

is it e standard tuning?

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

B standard!