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Lamb of God's Mark Morton and Willie Adler on creative kinship, staying power, and trading heavyweight riffs
One of the most formidable guitar tandems in metal unpack the story of their explosive new album, Lamb of God
This Black Dahlia Murder guitar playthrough showcases the very best of modern extreme metal
Guitarist Brandon Ellis shreds his way through the band's latest single, Verminous
How to tap like Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads and Reb Beach
Learn some tapping licks in the styles of three of the technique’s most celebrated practitioners
Randy Rhoads-Style Melodic Tapping Exercise Using Common Tones
Not only will this exercise get your fingers moving, but it will get your brain moving too.
Odd Couplings: More Approaches to Soloing in Odd Meters
There’s something very cool about a sudden shift in the music that throws the listener for a moment, followed by a return to the groove.
How to Reinvent a Modal Melody by Changing Only One Note
Learn a simple, effective way to take any Aeolian line and change and mutate its character.
More Open-String Lick Ideas from Metallica's Kirk Hammett
In this classic GW lesson, Kirk Hammett demonstrates some lead ideas that use open-string notes.
Mastering the Modes of G Major with Three Notes Per String
This approach offers an economical way to cover a lot of fretboard ground while broadening the availability of notes within a given position.
