Your Treachery Will Die With You by Dying Fetus (Riff · Distorted) — Guitar Tone

The Your Treachery Will Die With You by Dying Fetus guitar tone is built on a Peavey 3120 120W Tube Guitar Amp Head, dialed in at gain 9/10, bass 6, mid 4.5, treble 7, presence 6.5 (community-researched baseline). Full breakdown below — then adapt every knob to your exact guitar and amp, free.

Amp settings (0–10)

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How these settings compare

Measured against the 284 metal tones in our researched catalog: Gain 9 sits above the metal average (7.3) — a hotter, more saturated take than most metal tones; mids at 4.5 are right around average (5.2).

Guitar controls

Original gear

Guitar: ESP LTD Viper-400 · Amp: Peavey 3120 120W Tube Guitar Amp Head

Studio recording for 'Descend Into Depravity' (2009); John Gallagher is seen with Mesa/Boogie 4x12 cabinets in the official music video. No evidence of live/touring substitutions for this specific recording.

Gear used on this tone

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Pickups

Bridge pickup

Signal chain

ESP LTD Viper-400 → Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor → Peavey 3120 120W Tube Guitar Amp Head

Effects

noise_gate

Tone character

tight and percussive, scooped mids, aggressive palm muting, high-gain saturation, articulate note separation, razor-sharp clarity, dense and modern, minimal ambience, percussive low end, fast, articulate attack

Recording context

studio

How it’s played

straight, fast tempo, aggressive dynamics · high-gain distortion. This shapes how hard the amp is pushed and where the EQ sits for the Your Treachery Will Die With You sound.

Difficulty

5/5 · Riff

The riff section requires expert-level speed, accuracy, and stamina, with relentless picking and complex rhythm patterns typical of technical death metal.

Worth knowing

• No direct amp knob settings found for the Peavey 3120 on this recording; settings estimated based on typical death metal tones and amp model.
• No explicit pedalboard or effects chain for the studio recording; pedal/effects info inferred from genre, era, and audio.
• Guitar model inferred from common usage by John Gallagher during this era; no explicit studio photo for this exact song.
• No evidence of time-based or modulation effects; noise gate inferred as standard for this genre and visible in some live setups.
• Settings are for studio recording (2009), not live.
• Settings cross-referenced with genre and era conventions for accuracy. Dying Fetus in this era used extreme gain for tight, percussive riffing, with a slightly scooped but not hollow midrange, tight bass to avoid mud, and boosted treble/presence for articulation. The tone is very dry and immediate, with no audible reverb, matching modern brutal death metal conventions.

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Sources

• Dying Fetus – Descend Into Depravity - Gear & Equipment Used on ...
• John Gallagher | Equipboard

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