Sick Riffs: Nicklas Thomsen reveals the destructive riffwork behind Ghost Iris's Final Tale By Sam Roche published 31 July 20 Dig out your seven-string and crank the gain to 11
Sick Riffs: Matt 'Real Bad' Rogers teaches you the powerchord chug-fest of Deez Nuts' You Gotta Feel Me By Sam Roche published 30 July 20 The track is taken from the band's 2019 album, You Got Me Fucked Up
Sick Riffs: Heinrich Arnold and Donny Burbage teach you the whammy-laden lead lines of Aether Realm's Slave to the Riff By Sam Roche published 29 July 20 Learn this melodic metal scorcher - with tab!
Sick Riffs: Kohhei Matsuda and Yuki Tsujii teach you the avant-garde six-string psychedelia of Bo Ningen's Koroshitai Kimochi By Sam Roche published 28 July 20 Learn the off-kilter riffs behind the Japanese noise-rockers' debut single
Sick Riffs: Chris "The Doctor" Black plays through the carnival-themed riffs of Raven Black's Darkest Pit By Sam Roche published 27 July 20 Featuring a particularly striking glow-in-the-dark Mayones guitar...
Sick Riffs: Steve Dadaian teaches you the jaw-dropping tapping lines and godly alternate picking of Red River By Sam Roche published 23 July 20 The six-string master has even included a tracking tab so you can follow along
Sick Riffs: Jane Getter teaches you the gnarly fusion rock of Inversion Layer By Sam Roche published 22 July 20 Try not to get tripped up by the time signature...
Sick Riffs: Daniel Miller of They Might Be Giants teaches you a pull-off technique that might just change your songwriting By Sam Roche published 21 July 20 The eye-opening approach is employed live in Damn Good Times and Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Sick Riffs: Mike Taylor teaches you the finger-stretching intro to Rabid Flesh Eaters' Vengeance (Of Nightmares) By Sam Roche published 20 July 20 Get your thrash on with this rapid-fire alternate picker
Sick Riffs: Rishi Dhir teaches you the Phrygian drone lick of Elephant Stone's Land of Dead By Sam Roche published 17 July 20 Learn the main riff of this raga-fied pop-rocker
Sick Riffs: Caroline Jones teaches you the slide-tastic main lick of Tough Guys (Remix) By Sam Roche published 16 July 20 The attitude-driven country track is taken from the singer-songwriter's latest EP, Chasin' Me
Sick Riffs: Alex Wilson teaches you the odd-time swagger of sleepmakeswaves' pyramids By Sam Roche published 15 July 20 With alternating time signatures - and altered tuning - this riff derives musical ideas from outside the norm
Sick Riffs: Conjurer's Dan Nightingale delivers double chug in this ruthless playthrough of Hollow By Sam Roche published 14 July 20 The savage track is taken from the band's 2018 album, Mire
Sick Riffs: Mass Worship deliver a full playthrough and lesson of the unfathomably heavy Spiritual Destitution By Sam Roche published 10 July 20 Drummer Fred Forsberg and guitarist Gustav Eriksson showcase the track's brutal array of riffs
Sick Riffs: Charles Elliott teaches you the blistering death-metal riffage of Abysmal Dawn's Coerced Evolution - with tab! By Sam Roche published 9 July 20 The riff-slinging frontman sheds light on the track's dextrous guitar lines
Sick Riffs: Kevin Dye teaches you the inventive, effects-heavy solo of Gates’ Shiver By Michael Astley-Brown published 7 July 20 Set your pitch-shifter to work with this synth-like lead line
Sick Riffs: Adam Bell and Ross McLennan teach you the fiendishly brutal verse riff of Viscera's Obsidian - with tab! By Sam Roche published 6 July 20 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 published 3 July 20 Drop A# tuning and attitude required
Sick Riffs: Piotr Turek teaches you the palm-muted sludge onslaught of Telepathy's Pariah By Sam Roche published 2 July 20 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 published 1 July 20 Dig out your seven-string - it's about to get technical