CHORD LIBRARY

Play along Crack of Doom, chord by chord.

Chords of: Crack of Doom by: Kvelertak. (C#, Amaj7, A6, A) are the main chords of the song. The chords are displayed instantly in real-time with a YouTube player, four synced views, instrument diagrams, loop practice and a built-in vocal-remover mixer.

About the chords of “Crack of Doom”

“Crack of Doom” by Kvelertak is in A Major and runs at about 159 BPM, giving it a fast, energetic pace. Our analysis found 43 different chords across 157 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are C#, Amaj7, A6, A.

A6 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 14% of the 3:50 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with C# → E → C#m7 → C#m → C# → C#6 → A6 → C#7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 8 main chords with 9 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — A Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
A60:3214%
C#0:2913%
Amaj70:2611%
A0:198%
C#/E#0:167%
F#maj70:136%
C#m0:125%
F#m0:115%

Chord progression, in order

C# – Ebm – E – Eb7/G – E – C# – F# – C# – Eb – E – E6 – F# – C#m7 – F#maj7 – C#m – F#m – C# – Abm7b5/Gb – A6 – C# – A6 – C# – B6 – C7/E – C# – A6 – C#7 – A6 – C#7 – Gmaj7 – C#6 – A6 – C#7 – B7 – C#7 – A6 – C# – A6 – C#/B – Bmaj7 – C# – Ebm – E – C#m – Emaj7 – C#m – F# – C# – …