YouTube sensation Rob Scallon has written countless tracks over the years showcasing interesting guitar challenges presented to him by his readership, but it's finally time for a Rob Scallon album. The album is called The Scene Is Dead and will be out on January 30. The album will feature solos from Jeff Loomis (Arch Enemy) and Ola Englund (The Haunted) among others, and plenty of wacky Rob Scallon riffs.
Here's what Scallon had to say about "Gas Mask Catalogue," and the album itself.
The tracks on this album are named after no longer with us metal bands from the Chicago suburbs. The album is dedicated to them and all the other local bands that made up our local metal scene growing up.
The album was made with extended range guitars. 4 tracks of which featuring the 9 string tuned to C# or double drop B. This song was written with the goal of sparingly using the extended low range for particular accents and leaving most of the riffing to regular guitar territory. And if I was able to shred well enough to play Pete's solo it would include all the strings…
Pre-order physical copies here, and a digital copy here.
