Gorgoroth - Crushing The Scepter - Guitar Tab

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About Crushing The Scepter

Drop D tuning and 180 BPM put "Crushing The Scepter" firmly in demanding territory from the first bar. The lowered sixth string lets Gorgoroth hit those dark, heavy root notes with one-finger power chords, but at this tempo keeping them tight and even is the real challenge. Black Metal rhythm playing like this lives and dies on pick consistency: any unevenness in your alternate or downpicking gets brutally exposed when the tempo is this relentless. The riffs also shift between dense tremolo-picked passages and crushing chordal sections, so your fretting hand needs to switch modes quickly without losing momentum. Use the Practice Toolbar to isolate any transition that feels sloppy, loop it slowed down until the movement is automatic, then gradually bring the speed back up. Focus on keeping your picking hand anchored and relaxed, because tension at 180 BPM will cause fatigue and sloppy articulation faster than you expect.

• Drop D tuning is essential here, giving the low riffs extra weight and allowing quick one-finger power chords on the bottom two strings.
• At 180 BPM, consistent downpicking or tight alternate picking is the core technical demand, so build speed gradually with a metronome.
• The song combines tremolo-picked lines with heavier chordal riffs, so practise switching between those two techniques cleanly without losing tempo.