No. 1881978·heavy-metal·6 blocks
Beyond the Realms of Death
Beyond the Realms of Death is Judas Priest's great Stained Class ballad — a haunting clean, arpeggiated intro that erupts into one of Glenn Tipton's most emotional solos. The tone is a study in dynamics: a Gibson SG into non-master-volume Marshalls that stay glassy and clean when played softly, then bloom into singing lead sustain when a Dallas Rangemaster treble boost and an MXR Distortion+ shove the front end, with a Maestro Echoplex trailing the lead.
Stained ClassSignal path · input → output · 8 blocksLive values · Neural DSP Quad Cortex
Guitar
Gibson SG Special
Pickups
HH
Tuning
neck
Strings
standard
LA Compressor
Treble Boost
Yellow Drive
1959 SLP
4x12 Green 25
Tape Delay
Plate Reverb
LA Compressor
← Light compression for the clean intro
Threshold
-34dB
Ratio
2:1
Attack
8s
Release
250s
Mix
50
Level
0dB
Treble Boost
← Dallas Rangemaster treble booster (lead)
Drive
6
Tone
6.5
Level
7
Yellow Drive
← MXR Distortion+ (lead)
Drive
4
Tone
5.5
Level
7
1959 SLP
← Marshall Super Lead (non-master, EL34)
Gain
4.5
Bass
5
Mid
6
Treble
6
Presence
5
Master
7
Sag
5.5
4x12 Green 25
← Marshall 4x12 (Celestion Greenback)
LowCut90Hz
HighCut8000Hz
Level
0dB
Tape Delay
← Maestro Echoplex EP-3 (tape echo)
Time
320ms
Feedback
15
Mix
20
Level
0
Plate Reverb
← Studio plate (Utopia Studios ambience)
Decay
1.8s
Predelay
20ms
Mix
16
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 188
Beyond the Realms of Death is Judas Priest's great Stained Class ballad — a haunting clean, arpeggiated intro that erupts into one of Glenn Tipton's most emotional solos. The tone is a study in dynamics: a Gibson SG into non-master-volume Marshalls that stay glassy and clean when played softly, then bloom into singing lead sustain when a Dallas Rangemaster treble boost and an MXR Distortion+ shove the front end, with a Maestro Echoplex trailing the lead.
— Glenn Tipton
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