Death - Empty Words [bass cover]

Bass cover of Death's "Empty Words" from Symbolic [1995] album.
I've already made this cover several months ago, but I wanted to do another version of it with my other 4-string bass and with bit different sound settings. This one's also not exact playthrough of the original bass track but my interpretation with some additional parts and few guitar melodies played on bass
Here's the link for the old video: • Death - Empty Words [b...
Cort B4 Plus AS-RM | GK PLEX | MXR M80 | EHX Battalion | Valeton Coral MDR | Behringer UM2 | Canon M100 I two hands and several fingers
Tuning: D-standard (DGCF)
I don't own rights to this music.
#basscover #deathbasscover #chuckschuldiner

[@ZZfranchise]

I love the original song and the sick prominent bass just makes it sound that much better.

[@TomMarello]

Thanks!

[@matefarkas5604]

Wow, amazing! I was listening to it while training, then I looked, and I was like "Holy shit, are you only using two fingers?" Blazing fast. Congrats!

[@TomMarello]

Thanks! It requires a lot of training as well :-)

[@billypetrovich]

Beautiful 🤩
Great, very great cover, man! Greetings from Belgrade, Serbia, heavy metal brothers 🤘

[@TomMarello]

Hvala! 😎

[@Tegardener666]

What a great cover, absolutely love this Death song. Actually a goal of mine to jam this one day, a bit beyond my present skill level though 🤘

[@TomMarello]

Thanks! Actually, I've stolen few guitar parts and blended them with bass parts to make it more interesting

[@TomMarello]

Also, don't discourage yourself because of that, cause noone is born with full set of skills, they have to be developed. Keep positively challenging yourself and you'll reach it sooner or later...key is that you'll progress as long as you find it fun to do. If it becomes a burden, you most likely won't, no matter how hard you push yourself. In my case, i find interest in re-adjusting the genuine bass tracks with some personal ideas which are often more melodic, note-wise complex and have additional technical approaches to playing like slapping, tapping etc.

[@Jorbey]

😩

[@TomMarello]

You don't like it?

[@Jorbey]

@@TomMarello Thats the complete opposite 🔥

[@fauzalfadhil]

Lit af 🔥

[@TomMarello]

Thanks!

[@SiluCartoon]

Nice!!!

[@TomMarello]

Thanks!

[@SelmiAzhar]

tight tight tight!

[@TomMarello]

Thanks!

[@brianna2127]

dude!! this sounds sick. cant wait to hear more from you

[@TomMarello]

Thanks!

[@alessandropieroni9051]

Great cover!

[@TomMarello]

Thanks! 🙃

[@prashanthpadmarajan]

Excellent work as usual Tom! Was just planning on recording this song one of these days. The intro sounds pretty cool on the bass too ha XD

[@TomMarello]

Thanks! Yes, I simply could't let it pass unplayed 😎🙂

[@juanthegood]

One of my favorite songs on this album!! Well played man thanks for the video. IF you ever do any songs off of Spiritual Healing I’d love to see Within the Mind

[@TomMarello]

Thanks! 🙂 I'm not sure about that yet. In a week or so I'll upload another one from Symbolic which I've already prepared so stay tuned 🙂 (you're free to guess which one, there aren't many left un-covered 😅) and that will probably be it about Death from me for some time...I need to refresh my cover playlist a bit

[@andrescadenas9217]

🔥🔥🔥🦈

[@MrFrezer22]

Killer right hand! How long have you been playing?

[@TomMarello]

Thanks! I've started playing in 2003 I think, maybe even in 2002, and played until 2010 (but mostly with a pick back then). Then I paused it due to some personal reasons until mid-2019 when I've started again, this time fingerstyle exclusively

[@metalmilitia7114]

Gotta get bass tabs for that intro

[@TomMarello]

It's actually a guitar part I played on bass

[@metalmilitia7114]

@@TomMarello Ik that lol but a bass tab to play the into would be sick I’ve always wanted to play it on a bass

[@martillochanilao666]

Podrias dejarle el tab pra aprender

[@TomMarello]

Unfortunately for you, currently I don't have enough time to create tabs for my covers, but you can slow the video down and take a deeper look into which frets were pressed

[@vargazharfe]

What string gauge are you using?

[@TomMarello]

45-105