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Jamie is a regular contributor to Guitar Techniques and Total Guitar magazines. He is also a Principal Lecturer in guitar and live performance at BIMM Bristol. Alongside this, he shares seven string guitar duties with Steve Smyth (ex-Testament, ex-Nevermore, Forbidden), in the modern thrash metal band One Machine. Additionally, Jamie is the UK brand ambassador for ESP guitars, where he creates product demos and delivers clinics across the UK and throughout the Scandinavian countries. More recently, he co-created the ESP School of Metal Guitar, where a team of versatile metal guitarists break down all things heavy.

Articles by: Jamie Hunt

The red goateed Dimebag Darrell shreds on his Tobacco Sunburst Dean ML

Dimebag Darrell wrote the book on the art of shredding – but his rhythm style took metal riffing to a new level

By Jamie Hunt published 17 July 24

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

James Hetfield live onstage at Twickenham, England, in 2019

James Hetfield is the undisputed master of metal rhythm guitar – and his downpicking will seriously test your abilities

By Jamie Hunt published 17 May 24

Get to grips with the Metallica frontman’s punishing palm-muting and chugging rhythms

‘Hammer-ons from nowhere’ can blow your guitar playing wide open – and help you craft silky smooth, effortlessly fast and highly impressive solos

By Jamie Hunt published 6 May 24

This Greg Howe and Joe Satriani-favored technique will whip your hammer-ons, pull-offs, tapping, and muting into shape

Iron Maiden live onstage at Ozzfest 2005

Gallop guitar is the metal equivalent of riding to war on horseback – and Iron Maiden are masters of the craft

By Jamie Hunt published 24 April 24

This action-packed metal lesson will hone your palm-muting and cram Maiden’s triple-guitar approach into one all-action rhythm part

Judas Priest's K.K. Downing and Glenn Tipton onstage in 1986

K.K. Downing and Glenn Tipton brought British steel to the world with Judas Priest – learn the secrets behind the metal gods’ seminal rhythm style

By Jamie Hunt published 18 March 24

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

Tony Iommi gave birth to heavy metal – and learning his techniques will make you a better riff writer

By Jamie Hunt published 5 February 24

In this metal rhythm lesson, we take the art form back to the source, the Black Sabbath guitarist who launched a thousand riffs

Red Hot Chili Peppers survived 5 guitarist swaps, and each one shook up their sound. Here’s how the band’s guitar style evolved with each personnel shift – and what you can learn from them, too

By Jamie Hunt published 22 September 23

From Hillel Slovak to the second coming of John Frusciante, we trace the RHCP funk-rock sound through five guitarists

How to play Master of Puppets on guitar

By Jamie Hunt published 20 January 23

Learn the legendary Metallica riff that found a new lease of life on Stranger Things

10 essential Elvis Presley guitar tracks

By Neville Marten, Jamie Hunt published 31 August 22

Plus! Learn how to play three classic Elvis riffs with video lessons on Jailhouse Rock, Mystery Train and Suspicious Minds

How to play three classic Red Hot Chili Peppers riffs

By Jamie Hunt published 1 June 22

Learn to play the riffs to Can't Stop, Scar Tissue and Black Summer with these easy-to-follow video lessons

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