OBSCURA | "Vortex Omnivium" - Official Guitar Playthrough by Steffen Kummerer & Christian Münzner

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    OBSCURA - "Vortex Omnivium", taken from the album 'Omnivium' (2011)
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  • @RealmOfObscura
    @RealmOfObscura  Před 4 lety +24

    Official tablature books available at Sheet Happens
    www.sheethappenspublishing.com/artists/obscura

  • @Yoursoulismine814
    @Yoursoulismine814 Před 3 lety +67

    "When I play, I don't think, well now I sweep, now I tap, etc. I look for the note I need to play and I find a way to play it." - Christian Muenzner
    Christian Muenzner changed the way I play guitar and made me a much better player. I've learned so much from him. Stefan Kummerer is amazing too. I love his vocals and lyrics. He's an incredible song writer and an amazing guitar player. I'm so excited this duo has reunited!

  • @maulcore
    @maulcore Před 11 lety +36

    I'm sick of people saying technical music has no soul because they don't do long bends and make emotional faces when they do vibrato. Just because you don't get a good feeling from it doesn't mean they didn't put feeling into it, or that the fans don't get one. These guys pour their hearts into their playing. Give them the respect they deserve.

    • @technicaldeathmetalhead
      @technicaldeathmetalhead Před 10 měsíci +5

      Exactly. I think it's because blues fanboys are musically close minded. The harmonic minor, phrygian and phrygian modes don't appeal to them and that's okay. But saying technical playing has no soul because they don't like it is ridiculous. They won't say that to Franz Liszt, Mozart and Bach, partially because they're dead and partially because they are universally studied and held in high regard. Metal, especially technical death metal is a relatively small niche so an outsider may not appreciate the nuance and passion and soul put into it.
      Imagine them saying a sitar player, shamisen player or Andalusian guitarist has "no soul" while they have zero love of different music genres.

    • @gilmarlandim9267
      @gilmarlandim9267 Před 7 měsíci

      Cheguei ligeiramente atrasado mas não posso deixar em branco... Belas palavras irmão. Falou bonito.

    • @Spoohkybooh666
      @Spoohkybooh666 Před 3 měsíci

      @@technicaldeathmetalhead

    • @Spoohkybooh666
      @Spoohkybooh666 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@technicaldeathmetalhead bravo this guys wont know how to appreciate some classical musicians ,im a yngwie , shrapnel ,greg howe ,satch , trash megadeth ,lover i can appreciate how much focus ,emotion goes into coming up with pieces ,mind boggles me what pieces bach vivaldi , paganini came up with 300 yrs ago n with absolute articulation , this ppl are just mainstream bruno mars , justin beiber ,elvis ,beatles Uk got talent types , takes time for them to understand a music player mate \m/ n in fact im born in 70's haha howsz that n i learn some of neo-classical stuffs but struggles with paul gilbert's super fast stuff lo

    • @preston2636
      @preston2636 Před měsícem

      ​@Spoohkybooh666 the ironic thing is yngwie had amazing vibrato, far greater than any of his haters. And what's funnier, if anybody is trying to put down your guitar skills, and you show them a video of you playing a yngwie solo the argument is over lol. Usually this situation happens if I called somebody over rated or call a bad performance a bad performance, people. You're not allowed to express your opinion on the internet about anything unless you're a pro, and thy can say what they want but they all have to respect his skills.

  • @AlexTechNicol
    @AlexTechNicol Před 8 lety +187

    Christian Münzner is amazing

    • @kchennessey8781
      @kchennessey8781 Před 4 lety +4

      @Anant Raman Yeah, he was.

    • @st.markkanen8796
      @st.markkanen8796 Před 4 lety +3

      Comeback 2020

    • @michaelz1387
      @michaelz1387 Před 4 lety +2

      Абсолютно!!!

    • @hjk3351
      @hjk3351 Před 3 lety +3

      @Anant Raman and was in Spawn Of Possession for their Incurso album. He also was a very early member of Defeated Sanity. If only Muhammet from Necrophagist allowed Christian creative freedom on Epitaph... that third album could have actually happened... either way Christian is extremely talented and creative. Omnivium was Obscura’s best album in my opinion, obviously Christian played a huge role here.

    • @adeptusmechanicus1029
      @adeptusmechanicus1029 Před 2 lety +5

      Absolute monster of a musician

  • @MrTheZatoichi
    @MrTheZatoichi Před 9 lety +80

    and steffen kummerer does vocals with THIS. holy fucking shit. i cannot play his parts without even thinking ffs.

    • @NecroComet
      @NecroComet Před 9 lety +1

      you need weed brah, jk, or am i?

    • @coledunham7760
      @coledunham7760 Před 9 lety +14

      NecroComet these guys write and perform all their material without the assistance of drugs or alchahol

    • @coledunham7760
      @coledunham7760 Před 9 lety +8

      NecroComet so if they can, everybody else can too.

    • @NecroComet
      @NecroComet Před 9 lety

      Cole Dunham Exactly.

    • @SASLEAD666
      @SASLEAD666 Před 9 lety +3

      NecroComet Don't smoke weed guise.

  • @dissonantoblivion
    @dissonantoblivion Před 9 lety +45

    The tapping solo with the whammy bar mesmerizes me every time. It's so beautiful.

  • @Himihan
    @Himihan Před 10 lety +34

    Now I can devote the rest of my life to learning half of this song.

    • @lordvampyr
      @lordvampyr Před 4 lety +10

      6 years later I still haven't learn passed the intro 🤣🤣

  • @karlravioli
    @karlravioli Před 10 lety +62

    i can't even believe how amazing christian is at guitar. it almost looks like he's not even playing the solo. his movements are so minimalistic

  • @PudWud1
    @PudWud1 Před 4 lety +10

    So happy Chris is back!!!

  • @nickhaas9185
    @nickhaas9185 Před 2 lety +5

    This playthrough inspired me as a 16 year old to learn this song, and now 9 years later (2 years after last playing regularly) has reinpassioned me to play this again.

  • @matthewws5694
    @matthewws5694 Před 4 lety +8

    This will always remain my favorite guitar playthrough.

  • @fabianmanua6744
    @fabianmanua6744 Před 9 lety +92

    One of the best technical DM bands

    • @Himihan
      @Himihan Před 9 lety +9

      fabian manua They also got their name from one of the best tech death bands.

    • @MrBorderlands123
      @MrBorderlands123 Před 9 lety +3

      Josh Schulz Their album

    • @Himihan
      @Himihan Před 9 lety +13

      Matthew Etter They got their name from the Obscura album, by American tech death pioneers, Gorguts.

    • @williamciluzzo5411
      @williamciluzzo5411 Před 8 lety +18

      +Josh Schulz
      Gorguts is actually from Canada (although most of the members of the band's current line-up are American). I'd say that not only is Gorguts one of the best tech death bands but also one of the best metal bands in general (right next to Death, Cynic and Agalloch).

    • @Himihan
      @Himihan Před 8 lety +2

      William Ciluzzo You're right, Gorguts is Canadian.

  • @kchennessey8781
    @kchennessey8781 Před 4 lety +6

    Omnivium was a masterpiece of an album

  • @sacredxgeometry
    @sacredxgeometry Před 8 lety +31

    The way Christian plays is so effortless. I am vastly intrigued by the way his left hand rests and moves and facilitates the very accuracy of his playing. His style on that hand is very different than what I've seen in this genre before...he uses his pinky a LOT more than I would expect a techdeath player to. It's almost as if he is doing so with purpose. Amazing.

    • @isaacfigueroavivanco1324
      @isaacfigueroavivanco1324 Před 8 lety +25

      Christian suffers focal dystonia in his left forearm, which leaves him unable to use his middle finger normally, that's why he uses his pinky a lot more and minimizes hand movement when playing

    • @sacredxgeometry
      @sacredxgeometry Před 8 lety +18

      Holy fuck, and he still DOES ALL THIS SHIT??? NO WAY

    • @FlyLikeAPgasus
      @FlyLikeAPgasus Před 7 lety +12

      +Lucas Jenkins Yeah he's a beast. I remember him saying on some interview that he's actually regained most of his control in his left hand but he still plays like that because he realised it sounds better.

    • @JohnDJonesIII
      @JohnDJonesIII Před 7 lety +8

      yes way. he's a very stubborn man... and thanks to that, he's inspired many other players with hand disorders such as focal dystonia and carpal tunnel;, myself included, to keep trying and never give up playing. He had to rewrite his solos on this album to accommodate the disorder as it flared up in earnest after writing the album but before hte recording process. I don't know what the original riffs/solos sounded like or looked like, but knowing him, they sounded exactly the same, just with less tapping. Of note, I was on the verge of selling all my equipment and giving up music, until I saw this video... I fig'd that if he could overcome losing use of a finger, and still play the most complex leads, I could get over my pins and needles in my left hand, make some adjustments and keep playing... of all the music I wrote up til my wrist failed, only two give me problems still to play, and one I can play once a day, the other wasn't a complete song anyways, and I wasn't really sold on it since it was a bit out of my usual style. But yea, these days Chris has better control of the focal dystonia and even manages to use the finger on some things, but it still curls up when he does some chords requiring fretting multiple strings with the index finger...

    • @sacredxgeometry
      @sacredxgeometry Před 7 lety +2

      Dude that's awesome.

  • @CTE-6000EagleVeryHeavyFighter

    Looks like Christian is back on the menu, boys!!!

  • @deliriumpath8864
    @deliriumpath8864 Před 4 lety +7

    Welcome back Christian

  • @burningempire666
    @burningempire666 Před 10 lety +6

    I have had the 3 LPs from them for a while, but I can't stop listening to them. For the past 2 months listening to music is synonomus with listening to Obscura

  • @biorythmicshifter
    @biorythmicshifter Před rokem +2

    And this is why these guys are at the top of the pile…absolutely stunning.

  • @adeptusmechanicus1029
    @adeptusmechanicus1029 Před 2 lety +1

    These guys have complete control over their arms and hands. And their minds.

  • @logos_motorider6274
    @logos_motorider6274 Před 4 lety +2

    Still the most beautiful Solo that I ever hear in my entire life. Thank you so much Chris.

  • @TiagoEliasu
    @TiagoEliasu Před 4 lety +1

    Christian Münzner master mind in the 2 best allbums of obscura ,,, living up to the name

    • @yankeerose7697
      @yankeerose7697 Před 3 lety +2

      actually not only him, but steffen, hannes and linus. these guys are insane and wrote music together. sadly, steffen has an enormious ego and claims others work sometimes :( . i don't mean that he is not doing anything - he does in fact, but just saying. suuuper hyped for new album by the way, chris is back :)

  • @avigyarana8348
    @avigyarana8348 Před 6 lety +6

    this song deserves a Grammy!

  • @MRGignac
    @MRGignac Před 11 lety +1

    met them at a show, they are some of the nicest, most polite i have ever met. plenty of emotion live.

  • @fredmachine
    @fredmachine Před 10 lety +6

    Just to answer those questions in one post:
    The guitars used in this video are:
    Münzner: Ibanez RGD 2127Z and Ibanez JEM 77 BFP.
    Kummerer: RAN Custom model (based on the 80's Hondo H1 Death Dagger).

  • @Havok474
    @Havok474 Před 8 lety +45

    The solo is something only Christian can pull off, at 2:10, he is using 4 finger pulloffs, i couldnt figure out the notes, but by seeing this playthrough i now understand, he has a super pinky.

    • @j.pabloquinche3283
      @j.pabloquinche3283 Před 2 lety

      He doesnt use the pinky

    • @thecrypticstench
      @thecrypticstench Před rokem

      @@j.pabloquinche3283 yea he does. At 2:11 during the diminished line, the last note on the D string and B string are tapped with his right hand pinky.

    • @j.pabloquinche3283
      @j.pabloquinche3283 Před rokem

      @@thecrypticstench He doesnt, you can watch in live versions and the playability of the official tabs

    • @thecrypticstench
      @thecrypticstench Před rokem

      @@j.pabloquinche3283 nah man, the OP is referring to the diminished line which Christian exclusively uses his left index and pinky as well as his right middle and pinky to tap the line. Slow the clip and you’ll see what I mean.

    • @b33rbashjawnsonttv64
      @b33rbashjawnsonttv64 Před 19 dny

      @@thecrypticstench i wonder if in modern times Christian Muenzner changed up his fingerings for some of this stuff. He had to quit Obscura for a bit to lower his workload because he started developing focal dystonia in his left hand which affected his ability to use his pinky

  • @DrumMachine1992
    @DrumMachine1992 Před 15 dny

    До сих пор пересматриваю, настоящее удовольствие от такого чистого и мелодичного звука,было же время)

  • @kchennessey8781
    @kchennessey8781 Před 4 lety +3

    I love Christian's solo in this song, both technical and soulful. It reminds me of Uli Jon Roth.

  • @mikhailo.6768
    @mikhailo.6768 Před 8 lety +92

    The complexity of the song is just ridiculous

  • @MrTheZatoichi
    @MrTheZatoichi Před 9 lety +85

    its so frustrating that they are playing this song like it is just nothing. mad skills

    • @Ghostowl_09
      @Ghostowl_09 Před 5 lety +1

      Yeah, The song has crazy riffs

    • @tanchokdewan9020
      @tanchokdewan9020 Před 3 lety

      30 years of experience in guitar...and a real hardworking and passionate

    • @lashedandscorned
      @lashedandscorned Před 3 lety

      @@tanchokdewan9020 i want their clean af alt picking technique

    • @lashedandscorned
      @lashedandscorned Před 3 lety

      @juna wood i will
      so that i can finally do the alt picked string skips in the main riff in septuagint instead of downpicking them
      good practice makes perfect

    • @j.pabloquinche3283
      @j.pabloquinche3283 Před 2 lety +1

      @@lashedandscorned Low gain and a lot of compression will help

  • @MrAntihumanism
    @MrAntihumanism Před 10 lety +5

    These guys are releasing an album sometime next year, I am absolutely waiting to hear it.

  • @Gui_britto
    @Gui_britto Před 11 lety +2

    2:49... my mind just blew...
    That's just marvelous, thanks for uploading this, seriously, watching this makes me feel so good that there is still real musicians making real music.

  • @DanIbarcena
    @DanIbarcena Před 11 lety +1

    OMG.. This is amazing, guys!! This is the best performance of death metal guitarists that I've ever seen on youtube!

  • @RBdestroyer3321
    @RBdestroyer3321 Před 7 lety +17

    This solo is a true accomplishment to learn

  • @TeddyJohnson
    @TeddyJohnson Před 11 lety

    That was incredible! Thank you for uploading this

  • @philghost0332
    @philghost0332 Před 11 lety +2

    I think this just shows how good steffen kummerer is, he plays all THIS and sings at the same time

  • @BeatMyMeatSkeetSkeet
    @BeatMyMeatSkeetSkeet Před 9 lety +48

    Vocalist looks like he's going to a fancy supper after this.

    • @vzoryan1769
      @vzoryan1769 Před 9 lety +4

      DergDergonBern no i think he accidentally made it his profile pic

    • @woot672
      @woot672 Před 9 lety

      DergTheDergon why don't you thank your social environment? I mean they've taught you the arachophobia

    • @Saudyization
      @Saudyization Před 9 lety

      Captain StankyPants ahahahahah! u made me laugh hard XD it true, altho i don't know which one, firstime visiting here

    • @vzoryan1769
      @vzoryan1769 Před 9 lety

      Ֆαυ∂y ϑιѕιgσтнιc dude on the right

    • @Saudyization
      @Saudyization Před 9 lety

      ok :) cute!

  • @helggreh4451
    @helggreh4451 Před 3 lety +1

    So beautiful!

  • @mayanksagar
    @mayanksagar Před 10 lety +1

    This is amazing!!

  • @itz.sudipto
    @itz.sudipto Před rokem

    Incredible!

  • @Shad0wz69
    @Shad0wz69 Před 8 lety +11

    would definitely prefer this guitar mix over the original album mix

  • @Obeyyful
    @Obeyyful Před 10 lety

    Probably the best sinature i ever seen !

  • @AlexRamosDrTaz
    @AlexRamosDrTaz Před 10 lety +8

    To those that say they don't use the 7th string, they do on several songs in Omnivium. It's on Ocean Gateways, Euclidean Elements, Velocity, A Transcendental Serenade, and Aevum. That's more than half the album, then eh?

  • @TrelosLikos
    @TrelosLikos Před 11 lety

    This is beautiful! Post more of these please :)

  • @waratthewarfield
    @waratthewarfield Před 11 lety +1

    that RAN guitar...awesome, amazing musicians too of course!

  • @iocrow1
    @iocrow1 Před 10 lety +1

    some really really clean playing

  • @Reflexoptics
    @Reflexoptics Před 9 lety +2

    Masterpiece!

  • @cornemarais3965
    @cornemarais3965 Před 11 lety

    I agree with you. This is at least the thousandth time I've watched this video and I feel very good inside

  • @GussOrdaz
    @GussOrdaz Před 10 lety

    this is way beyond of awesome!!!!!! nice!

  • @sathanashelvetios3514
    @sathanashelvetios3514 Před 4 lety +1

    one of the Best !!!!!!

  • @fatkraken3140
    @fatkraken3140 Před 5 měsíci

    the dynamic duo of our generation

  • @ivischaver
    @ivischaver Před 11 lety

    Remarkably incredible! It's Amazing what they do... Congratulations!!\,,/

  • @Surgicalshred
    @Surgicalshred Před 9 lety +70

    String skipping 101.

    • @DoggoWillink
      @DoggoWillink Před 8 lety +27

      More like String Skipping Honors IV

  • @adrianabarragan6037
    @adrianabarragan6037 Před 11 lety

    thnxxx for your time and for the valuable info!!!

  • @chuax77
    @chuax77 Před 8 lety +1

    Perfecto!!!

  • @perpetualburn9048
    @perpetualburn9048 Před 7 lety

    AMAZING!!

  • @JorgeLeitner
    @JorgeLeitner Před 11 lety

    Awesome!

  • @sebastianangel3515
    @sebastianangel3515 Před 6 lety

    Insane skills!

  • @Lewis---
    @Lewis--- Před 11 lety

    loving that obscura inlay on the fretboard

  • @Deviliumrei
    @Deviliumrei Před 11 lety

    You guys are so sick!

  • @user-ui8yi8zy1m
    @user-ui8yi8zy1m Před 5 lety +4

    The guitar solo is awesome¡

    • @sakemmat
      @sakemmat Před 4 lety

      The whole song is amazing!

  • @TheC4alien
    @TheC4alien Před 11 lety

    You guys rule!
    Thanks for the vid!

  • @artemorbid
    @artemorbid Před 10 lety

    incredible -

  • @PolloBarria
    @PolloBarria Před 11 lety

    i'm in love ... with a video

  • @rolflukario
    @rolflukario Před 11 lety

    holy Shit!!!! Amazing!!! Stefen and Christian are incredible!!!

  • @DangerousDrummerDado
    @DangerousDrummerDado Před 11 lety +1

    Wow those riffs and melodies are more complex that I could imagine. Hate to say this but who needs a new Necrophagist album anyway when we have these guys?

  • @JesusMetalCastaneda
    @JesusMetalCastaneda Před 10 lety

    Awesome

  • @CaptnShred
    @CaptnShred Před 3 lety +1

    Chris is back!!

  • @sudharsanpaskaran
    @sudharsanpaskaran Před 6 lety

    Amazing

  • @JohnDJonesIII
    @JohnDJonesIII Před 8 lety +19

    I bet it pisses Steffen off everytime someone mentions how awesome Christian Muenzner is in this video. I mean it's true, Chris is awesome, and I dgaf who get's mad :D

    • @BringerOfBloood
      @BringerOfBloood Před 7 lety +10

      The worst thing about it is that Steffen's rhythm lines are actually harder throughout most of the song IMO. I started learning it and mostly stuck to Christian's track for that reason.

    • @varyingdegrees1130
      @varyingdegrees1130 Před 5 lety +5

      Okay yeah the solo is crazy, but imagine doing that shit and vocals at the same time, id say its at least even lmao

  • @renatoarthuraraujodejesus620

    Solo e música transcendental, além do tempo e espaço

  • @MrPanicoescenico
    @MrPanicoescenico Před 11 lety

    increible!!1

  • @xembient
    @xembient Před 4 lety +2

    I can’t believe that Christian is suffering from forcal dystonia. Too awesome.

  • @JorgeMarioRinconCardona

    Perfecto para estos días de locura.

  • @dungokunyet
    @dungokunyet Před 9 lety +1

    \m/ love this song.

  • @xxczerxx
    @xxczerxx Před 10 lety +1

    That fucking solo is something else.... wow.

  • @PHIllip324
    @PHIllip324 Před 11 lety

    I once listened to this on acid. Greatest transcendental experience of my life.

  • @gatorgrip3
    @gatorgrip3 Před 11 lety

    This is so cool...I wouldn't get off my chair 'till I get this track....and Euclidean Elements

  • @Alpha6059
    @Alpha6059 Před 11 lety

    Awesome! \m/

  • @TheEyzavaricela
    @TheEyzavaricela Před 11 lety

    Wow!!!

  • @meneocuskill3371
    @meneocuskill3371 Před 7 lety

    NICE!

  • @azamatrsymbetov6363
    @azamatrsymbetov6363 Před 3 lety +2

    3:05 - 3:29 my favourite part

  • @petepachio
    @petepachio Před 11 lety

    EPIC

  • @johnhernandez4630
    @johnhernandez4630 Před 11 lety

    lo maximo eh muy buenos guitarristas y tovia stan con la mejor marca d guitarra IBANEZ!!

  • @LorcanWard
    @LorcanWard Před 11 lety

    Damn that was tight

  • @DougBusenius
    @DougBusenius Před 11 lety

    Epic.

  • @ImTheMetalGuy
    @ImTheMetalGuy Před 11 lety

    pretty epic shit right here

  • @homelessathome
    @homelessathome Před 11 lety

    badass

  • @MrAntihumanism
    @MrAntihumanism Před 11 lety

    this is fucking amazing

  • @pacoaraujovazquez475
    @pacoaraujovazquez475 Před 3 lety +1

    Maestros

  • @ProgrammerForever
    @ProgrammerForever Před 10 lety

    Шикарно

  • @PHIllip324
    @PHIllip324 Před 11 lety

    Steffen is using his own Ran Guitars custom he had built for him. Christian is using an Ibanez RGD2127z for the rhythms and an Ibanez JEM-77 BFP for the lead part.

  • @icarofreitas6168
    @icarofreitas6168 Před rokem +1

    My logo I did for Marcus to Obscura keep the beautyness nowdays...

  • @RectoMassacre
    @RectoMassacre Před 11 lety

    God damn!

  • @PHIllip324
    @PHIllip324 Před 11 lety

    Steffen is playing a Ran guitars custom he got built for him. Christian is using an Ibanez RGD2127z for the rhythm and an Ibanez JEM-777 BFP for the solo.

  • @vitalys3423
    @vitalys3423 Před rokem

    Круто 🤘

  •  Před 11 lety

    Great...\m/

  • @zain234
    @zain234 Před 11 lety

    Emotions are for the stage, sir.

  • @morganmorgan1751
    @morganmorgan1751 Před 6 lety +3

    Terrifying! I'm scared of the tab for this song. I wanna learn it but every time I look at it my mind recoils in horror.

  • @xenovvolf
    @xenovvolf Před 6 lety

    Christian Müenzner my fav

  •  Před 11 lety

    1:22 Wotsefak! Best part in as song ever! KUDOS!