No. 1802006·sludge-metal·4 blocks
Colony of Birchmen
The chiming, harmonized main riff from Mastodon's Blood Mountain single. Bill Kelliher and Brent Hinds track dual guitars in D standard (D-G-C-F-A-D) — a whole step below concert — for the thick, ringing weight the riff hangs on. Kelliher's confirmed Blood Mountain amp was a Laney VH100R (later auctioned) driving an Orange 4x12, with a Tube Screamer tightening the front end; Hinds layers a Marshall JMP / Diezel side for width. Recorded by Matt Bayles at Studio Litho. The Marshall JCM800 Kerry King and Friedman signature heads came later — not this record.
Blood MountainSignal path · input → output · 8 blocksLive values · Fractal Axe-Fx
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Custom (Silverburst)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
D standard
Gate/Expander
Studio Comp
TS808 OD
Brit JM45
4x12 V30
Room
Filter Tilt
Gate/Expander
← FRFR gate (tightness)
Threshold
-50dB
Ratio
10:1
Attack
2s
Release
40s
Studio Comp
← Studio tracking compression
Threshold
-30dB
Ratio
3:1
Attack
6s
Release
200s
Mix
0.4
Level
0dB
TS808 OD
← Ibanez Tube Screamer
Drive
2
Tone
6
Level
7
Brit JM45
← Laney VH100R (British high-gain)
Drive
7
Bass
5
Mid
6
Treble
6
Presence
6
MV
6
Cut
4
4x12 V30
← Orange PPC412 (Celestion V30)
LowCut90Hz
HighCut9500Hz
Level
0dB
Room
← Studio ambience (dry mix)
Mix
0.1
Decay
0.3s
Predelay
0.0ms
Filter Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 180
The chiming, harmonized main riff from Mastodon's Blood Mountain single. Bill Kelliher and Brent Hinds track dual guitars in D standard (D-G-C-F-A-D) — a whole step below concert — for the thick, ringing weight the riff hangs on. Kelliher's confirmed Blood Mountain amp was a Laney VH100R (later auctioned) driving an Orange 4x12, with a Tube Screamer tightening the front end; Hinds layers a Marshall JMP / Diezel side for width. Recorded by Matt Bayles at Studio Litho. The Marshall JCM800 Kerry King and Friedman signature heads came later — not this record.
— Bill Kelliher
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