Uploaded December 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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A cover of "He Was A Good Stalker" from the video game S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl.
This was a pick from Noble (who also laid down the nice bass track in this one), as truthfully I have never played S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and never heard about it until he suggested this piece. Absolutely loved this track instantly with all it's interesting chords!
The original piece is performed as a solo guitar piece and it's all chords, and no real melody. This made it tricky to arrange my own cover of it, as I felt that wouldn't be appropriate to turn into a metal cover, and I wanted to come up something different to the original. We ended up still keeping it fairly simple, by adding bass, mandolin, balalaika and keyboards to it, but still sticking to chords in order to not add to much and change it completely. Hopefully this turned out interesting enough compared to the original while still capturing how beautiful the original is, and also hope you enjoy the video!

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Acoustic guitar, keys, mandolin, balalaika and mixing: Sumask
Bass: Noble
Composed by: Vladimir "MoozE" Frey

Instruments Used:
Acoustic Guitar: Some crappy Chord one
Keytar: Roland AX-Edge
Balalaika: No idea
Mandolin: Rocket MAB01
Bass: Dingwall NG3
Microphone: Focusrite Scarlett CM25

Interface: Focusrite Scarlett 2i2
Audio Software: Cubase 8
Video Software: Lightworks
Video Camera: Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge

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