Top 10 Modern Metal Guitar Techniques
If you're after that modern metal guitar sound, you're in the right place. Veteran Groove3 instructor Gary Hiebner will teach you the 10 most important guitar techniques you'll need in the modern metal style, along with plenty of excellent examples demonstrating each. Whether you're an intermediate player or a beginner, these techniques are crucial in the metal guitar style, and you'll have a blast learning them all here. Designed for players that are new to the modern metal style, these tutorials will have you sounding authentic in no time!
Videos
• Intro (00:18) - Gary gives a preview of the course.
• Chugs (01:33) - In this video course, we'll look at the top 10 techniques that are used in modern metal guitar. First up is the classic palm mute chug.
• Artificial Harmonics (01:05) - Artificial harmonics are different than natural harmonics, and these can be used to create interesting flavors in your riffs.
• Pinch Harmonics (00:57) - The pinch harmonic is also a staple classic metal technique that's still used heavily in modern metal. Learn how it's done in this video and how you can incorporate it into your modern metal riffs.
• Dissonant Chords (01:37) - Dissonant chords are a great way to add tension into your metal arrangements, and in this video you see some different types of dissonant chords that are popular in the genre.
• Harmonics Sweeps/Pick Scrapes (01:10) - Harmonic sweeps (also known as pick scrapes) have gained a lot of popularity in modern metal, and you'll see how to perform this simple technique in this video.
• Tapping (00:59) - Fret tapping has always been a part of virtuoso-style metal playing, but here we'll see how to use tapping in a more riff-based approach, which is very popular in modern metal.
• Djent Bends & Quick Palm Mutes (01:20) - "Djent" is an onomatopoeia name explaining the very short staccato muted sound that's used heavily in today's metal. Learn how to achieve this rhythmic technique in your playing.
• Octave String Skipping (01:25) - Octave string skipping is a very popular technique, especially with low-tuned metal. See how it's done here.
• Tremolo Picking (01:41) - Popularized in more aggressive metal styles, you can apply tremolo picking across different types of metal sub-genres, and it's a very fun technique to try.
• THALL Bends (01:27) - We finish off showing you how to do THALL Bends. These are very fast bends used with a riff and were popularized by some Swedish metal bands.