Sick Riffs: Mass Worship deliver a full playthrough and lesson of the unfathomably heavy Spiritual Destitution By Sam Roche Drummer Fred Forsberg and guitarist Gustav Eriksson showcase the track's brutal array of riffs
Accelerate your rhythmic understanding with this lesson on eighth-note syncopations By Jimmy Brown We break down a widely used rhythmic tool, and how bands like Black Sabbath, AC/DC and Deep Purple use the concept in their riffs
Sick Riffs: Charles Elliott teaches you the blistering death-metal riffage of Abysmal Dawn's Coerced Evolution - with tab! By Sam Roche The riff-slinging frontman sheds light on the track's dextrous guitar lines
Sick Riffs: Liam Beeson teaches you the technical onslaught of Brand of Sacrifice's Casca By Sam Roche Behold: a masterclass in irregular time signatures and pinpoint accuracy
Give your solos a sinister edge with the diminished scale By Charlie Griffiths Explore the scale beloved of Fredrik Thordendal and Allan Holdsworth with symmetrical fretboard shapes, Dim7 chords and a fresh perspective on major triads
Sick Riffs: Adam Bell and Ross McLennan teach you the fiendishly brutal verse riff of Viscera's Obsidian - with tab! By Sam Roche Grab your seven-string - extreme metal calls...
Sick Riffs: Brandon Ashley teaches you the grunge-meets-hard-rock main riff of The Dark's Where's Your God By Sam Roche Drop A# tuning and attitude required
Get to know a staple of gypsy jazz: the A harmonic minor scale By Stéphane Wrembel Thoroughly learning all positions of the scale will enable you to traverse the fretboard with total fluency
Sick Riffs: Piotr Turek teaches you the palm-muted sludge onslaught of Telepathy's Pariah By Sam Roche Fan of unusual tunings? You'll love this one
Sick Riffs: Jay Tarantino teaches the sweeptastic lead lines of Etherius's The Rivers of Sand and Blood By Sam Roche Dig out your seven-string - it's about to get technical
Cory Wong shows you how to sharpen up your rhythmic precision in this exclusive lesson By Adrian Clark The Vulfpeck funk maestro reveals how a solid grasp of rhythm and timing enhances every aspect of your playing, including leads
Sick Riffs: Raff Sangiorgio of Devil's Mist teaches you a truly astounding 20-second guitar solo By Sam Roche This stunning passage uses just about every six-string technique available
Sick Riffs: Kieran Shudall teaches you the upbeat pull-off-driven riff of Circa Waves' Jacqueline By Sam Roche Learn the feel-good opener of the band's latest album, Sad happy
Whitesnake's Joel Hoekstra: how to solo over a ballad By Joel Hoekstra The hard-rock virtuoso walks you through the essentials of power ballad soloing, where melody is always king
Sick Riffs: Becca Stevens teaches you the enrapturing acoustic lines of Heather's Letters to Her Mother By Sam Roche Learn to play the closing track from the singer/songwriter's latest album, WONDERBLOOM - in full!
Supercharge your pentatonic solos with the six-note major hexatonic scale By Andy Aledort Adding one scale degree to major pentatonic can yield a plethora of exciting new lead-writing opportunities
Learn to play slide guitar like George Harrison By Harrison Marsh We break down the Beatle's unique take on this technique in this easy-to-follow lesson
Sick Riffs: Jesse Dayton teaches you swampy foot-stomper Hurtin' Behind the Pine Curtain By Sam Roche Learn to play this attitude-driven blues-rocker
Sick Riffs: Erik Paulson teaches you the captivating clean opening riff of Remo Drive's Star Worship - with tab! By Sam Roche The track is taken from the duo's upcoming album, A Portrait Of An Ugly Man
Beginner guitar: how to play chord tone solos By Total Guitar editors Ditch scale shapes and use chord tones for a creative approach to your first guitar solos
