Rafael Trujillo

Tabs

In the meanwhile I’m working on the tabs. It will be out on June 29.

Here is the pre-save link: https://listen.music-hub.com/f1msb7

Projects and upcoming lessons

• New Daath Album is in the recording process
• New Obsidious (2nd) is in the songwriting process
• My first release as a solo artist is on the 29th of June. All the tabs and extra lessons about the harmonies and the structure will be posted here
• More YouTube Video Lessons are on the way and you’ll get more of that content during this summer

As always, let me know if there is anything specific you wanna see.

Daath Guest Solo

I had the chance to play a solo on the new song of death metal band Daath! I'm really excited that it is finally out!

You can stream the song "No Rest No End" on all major platforms

Videoshoot

Today I had another great shooting day!

My new Kiesel Osiris 7x is amazing. Can't wait to show you the results. We filmed 2 Playthrough videos. 

We also filmed a video for the band Daath. They are releasing a new single and I'm playing a solo on it. The band also features my friend Krimh (drummer of Septic Flesh). 

More news are coming soon!

How I Develop Motives in Guitar Solos

My next video is online now! Tabs are attached.

Writing Melodic Guitar Solos

Next video is here!

Enjoy :)

Under Black Skies Solo Analysis

This is the transcript from my latest video.

I already started to do the next video so there is more to come!

First video of my lesson series is online

I'll post the transcript here on tuesday

I'll post the tab here as soon as it is out. Till then, let me know what you think and what kind of content you want to see next.

Thanks :)

Panzerballett feat Virgil Donati

This year has been starting in a great way!

I was asked to play with the german band Panzerballett.

They featured one of the greatest drummers in the world. Virgil Donati is a big influlence of mine. If you don't know him. Check out his solo records, Planet X and Icefish.

We also just started to do songwriting for another Obsidious album. I just started to record guitars for one of the songs yesterday.

My solo EP is still in the mixing process. It...

Gig Preparation

I’m currently preparing for a show with the death metal band “The Spirit” on 26th of November in Germany.

I’m always working with the app “Anytune” to slow tracks down or to change the key/tunings.

Iconic Playthrough

The playthrough is finally out. I filmed and recorded it during the summer 2021.

Hope you enjoy!

OBSIDIOUS RELEASE

Today is the release of our first album "ICONIC".

This is our latest video!

Thank you!

Obsidious' first show

We finally did it and played our first show at Euroblast festival! :)

New Obsidious Song

New Song is out now on all platforms!

Probably the straightest song we've ever wrote as a band.

I played a show with the band Serenity

They asked me to sub because their guitar player couldn't make it. So I spent the last 3 weeks learning all their songs.

It was a great experience playing with them!

New Single is out!!

A new Obsidious single is on YouTube and our album will be out on October 28th.

New Merch is available here: https://obsidious-band.com/

Pre-save the album on your streaming service here: https://orcd.co/obsidious-iconic

Thanks for your support!

Kallias Guestsolo

I was invited to do a guestsolo on a new track of the band Kallias.

It is not released yet, but it will be out on all platforms as soon as they are done with mixing the whole album.

Really excited for this!

Update

The first song (out of 5) of the EP is recorded! Here is a little solo part of it. I will also release tabs for it as soon as it is out.

My Obsidious "Bound By Fire" Playthrough will be released tomorrow 4pm CET through my YouTube channel. I'm really excited!! :)

By the end of the month we also release a new Obsidious Single as well. More news soon!!!

Thanks to you guys!

Solo EP

Finally I can tell you that I will release an EP with some of my Solo work. I'm really excited and can't wait when the whole recording and mixing process is over so I can show you more. I'm planning on releasing it in September incl videos and transcriptions.

Spotify Profile

I finally got a verified Spotify profile. So cool! :) 

Everything I release will be shown there in the future. I also added a playlist with a lot of music I was part of. Feel free to check that out.

https://open.spotify.com/artist/5gMcvKBtUMT7nED4jPCCUr?si=w5IavnSOSJqQOkOxP_Pfwg

Obsidious - Bound by Fire Playthrough

Hey everyone,

That's my newest playthrough. I don't have an official release date yet but I already wanted to show you the video because I think it looks awesome lol.

Hope you enjoy it :)

Riffhard Podcast

I was invited to the Riffhard Podcast with John Browne and Eyal Levi. So cool! I'm so excited! Check it out here:

https://www.riffhardpodcast.com/rafael-trujillo-obsidious/

Obsidious Live Shows

We are currently putting together all the gear in order to be able to rehearse.

Looking forward to our first show at the Metaldays festival in Slovenia!!

I’ll give you more insights about the gear as soon as we start rehearsing :)

Obscura Live 2019

This was the solo I played instead of the original one on the album. I just felt it like this.

Obscura Live 2019

I always enjoyed playing that mellow part of the song. I like the drum groove.

Obscura Live 2019

The Ending of the song Mortification of the Vulgar Sun was always a real challange to play.

Obscura Live 2019

This is a solo from Christian Münzner I basically covered when we played it live.

Obscura Live 2019

The Ending of Epilogue to Infinity. It was always our last song of the set.

Obscura - Anticosmis Overload Solo

This is the solo of a song we played on every single show.

Obscura Playthrough 2018

So many people asked for this. So I keep this as an unlisted video for now. I’m working on ways to reupload it but there will be new Playthroughs anyway :)