Latest articles by Jamie Hunt
Mastering confident upstrokes can take your playing to the next level, whatever style you play
Downpicking is a fundamental and powerful pick stroke, and one of the mainstay techniques in metal and punk
Queensrÿche's high-concept metal still feels cult even though the Washington band are bona-fide platinum-selling stars. DeGarmo and Wilton's approach can be applied across all metal subgenres, too
If you've got the time, this lesson'll whip your metal rhythm chops into shape. You might even call it a mosh pit-starter
We unpack the rhythmically complex metal style of Tool’s polymath guitarist, improving your timing and legato in the process
We examine the different approaches Petrucci takes for world-building with metal riffs – playing in different time signatures and executing them with on-point precision
Hell awaits in this lesson in the era-defining riffing style of thrash metal's most dynamic duo
It's time to toss some melodic motifs into the meat grinder for a high-gain rhythm assault in the style of the late Pantera firebrand and Guitar World Columnist, Dimebag Darrell
This Greg Howe and Joe Satriani-favored technique will whip your hammer-ons, pull-offs, tapping, and muting into shape
Fall to your knees and repent if you please, it’s time to dial it back to Priest’s glory days with a lesson that’ll whip your eighth and 16th-note rhythm playing into shape
In this metal rhythm lesson, we take the art form back to the source, the Black Sabbath guitarist who launched a thousand riffs
Learn the legendary Metallica riff that found a new lease of life on Stranger Things
