Author: Chris Alfano

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Chris Alfano has written about music and toured in bands since print magazines and mp3.com were popular. Once in high-school he hacked a friend's QBasic stick figure fighting game to add a chiptune metal soundtrack. Random attractive people still give him high-fives about that.

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The tools of the trade for cutting through a wall of sound with each drum strike.

And the band's guitarist Brad Marr will show you the notes "One by One" as well. Never has a song been so aptly named.

Drummer Mauro Mercurio parts the "Anoxic Waters."

It continues the trend of EHX pedals that combine two to three of their units into one box.

Remember when people used to write out their charts on actual paper? They may have even used pencils. Can you even buy pencils anymore?

Some insane drum cam footage for you, with a bonus cymbal setup chart courtesy of Meinl.

A second Rigged on Empress AD, because one is never enough.

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