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- Death Metal RiffsLEVEL 5Alternate Picking, Power chords and rhythmic challenges - improve your technique as well as your timing control!
- Brutal Death MetalLEVEL 5In the style of bands such as Nile and Aeon.
- Technical Death MetalLEVEL 7This time we'll see some aspects of this awesome style using some fast passages through out the lesson.
- Blackened Death MetalLEVEL 5A mix of rhythmic changes and various techniques . Also, you will find some tips and tricks for composing songs in the extreme style of Behemoth.
- Death Metal HarmoniesLEVEL 5Improve your alternate picking and timing with this death metal track!
- Death Metal Satch & VaiLEVEL 6An imaginary scenario where we use licks in the style of Joe Satriani and Steve Vai over some traditional death metal
- Riff Master IILEVEL 3As in the previous lesson from this series called Riff Master, we will focus on metal riffs from Metal sub-genres.
- Five Finger Death PunchLEVEL 3American Alternative Metal band.
- Modern Thrash Metal RiffsLEVEL 5Just hit the volume button and gain, and let it roar!
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Bogdan Radovic25th May 2015Love the lesson but I can't download the backing track; the link seems broken. :-|
Thanks for spotting the broken link metalriffer!
Here you can download the backing track for this lesson: download link
metalriffer24th May 2015Love the lesson but I can't download the backing track; the link seems broken. :-|
Tommy M26th October 2014The beginning reminds me so much of Strife, awesome riffs
Daniel Realpe8th May 2010pretty rocking man!
MiGueL210627th December 2008hehe yea toni i love all your lessons special arch enemy style please do one children of bodom style it will be awesome as Eet-Sleep-andJam say ^^
Toni Suominen22nd May 2008Thanks guys!
TreyDeschamp8th May 2008Wow
thats an awsome first lesson and arch enemy rules! there lead singers pretty cool to haha
Lian Gerbino30th April 2008yeahhhhh arch enemy well done!
Joe Kataldo15th April 2008Cool Lesson I missed this one until now ;D
- Toni Suominen20th March 2008
Thanks steiner!
steiner66620th March 2008Great trem picking and harmonizing. I love your lessons!
- Toni Suominen9th March 2008
thanks Carlos!
Carlos Carrillo9th March 2008excellent lesson!!!!!!
very creative!!!!!!!
thanks toni!!!!!- Toni Suominen8th February 2008
Thanks Martin, I will!
- Martin la guitarra8th February 2008
dude, u rock, plz, do us all a favor and do more videos
I REALLY LIKE UR PLAYING! - Toni Suominen20th January 2008
Thanks nsskid!
nsskid15th January 2008now that was sweet!! as honey!
( well, that sounded gay.) NVM about the honey ,,,,,, dude ~~~~ that was excelent!!!!
keep it up!!!- Toni Suominen4th January 2008
Thanks shellshock1911, I'll consider the COB-lesson!
shellshock19113rd January 2008Great lesson. I just discovered you today (January 3) and I found this lesson by your newer Melodic Death Metal lesson. Both are great, and I hope to see more from you. A Children of Bodom in-the-style-of would be nice, but dont feel pressured because I asked!
- Toni Suominen28th December 2007
Thanks Bizo!
Yeah, it's a cool guitar 
Bizo27th December 2007Sweet lesson! Ive been waiting for a death metal lesson i hope we get more from you!
And sweet guitar, I also have the ESP LTD EC-1000, except i got the black one.- Toni Suominen16th December 2007
Thanks guys! Manny, don't worry, I will
- crabman14th December 2007
Great lesson. Very Cool
SLASH9114th December 2007Makes complete sense. Thanks, dude
- Manny14th December 2007
Awesome!! i love the modern melodic sound.
Next time consider adding backing tracks at slower BPM for those of us who aren't that lightning fast. - Toni Suominen13th December 2007
It's a note that's held through a musical passage
For example, in this riff the pedal note is E, as we play the lowest E-string throughout the whole passage
E|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------5--------8-----7--|
E|--0--0-----0--0-----0-----|
I hope that makes some sense - SLASH9113th December 2007
You know, this is a really dumb question, but here it is anyways- what is a pedal note.
- Toni Suominen12th December 2007
Thanks Ben!
Ben N12th December 2007excellent 1st lesson
- Toni Suominen12th December 2007
Thanks a lot xSK8ANx!!
I'll think about that Necrophagist lesson! - xSK8ANx12th December 2007
Maybe you´re the man to make a "in the style of" Necrophagist?
ThanX aganin:) - xSK8ANx12th December 2007
Yes!! Finaly some death metal:) I´m looking forward to more of these:)
Great job Toni!! - Toni Suominen11th December 2007
Thanks Davidian!
Davidian11th December 2007Wow man that's cool, I was always playing thrash or heavy metal and now I can finally start working on death metal!! Thx man
- Toni Suominen11th December 2007
Thank you guys very much, more is coming, I promise you
Ivan Milenkovic11th December 2007Great lesson man, give us more
Iluha11th December 2007Great job man, not a big fan of death metal, but that was nice
daimeon11th December 2007Yeah really great lesson, can't wait to try this afternoon after work
Jerry Arcidiacono11th December 2007Yeah! Great sound here!
- Lynyrd Skynyrd lover11th December 2007
flippin amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Iced69611th December 2007Nice, can't wait to see more from you.
Dejan Farkas11th December 2007Great first lesson
I was a metal fan at the end of 80's, moves me back a bit
You already got comments for the right hand on video so I won't mention it
Hisham Al-Sanea10th December 2007well done toni and welcome to GMC
- Toni Suominen10th December 2007
Thanks Hemlok!!
Hemlok10th December 2007SUPER!
Thanks Toni- Toni Suominen10th December 2007
Thanks a lot Bogdan, I will!
- Bogdan Radovic10th December 2007
Wow this is a awesome !! Great first lesson ! Keep them coming !
- Toni Suominen10th December 2007
Thanks a lot Muris!
Muris Varajic10th December 2007Great first lesson Toni,well done!!
- Toni Suominen10th December 2007
Thanks guys!
Ayen, it's an LTD EC-1000 
Smikey200610th December 2007Yea wicked lession m/
- Ayen10th December 2007
Excellent job Toni! Sounds great, and its fun to play!
Sexy guitar too
- Toni Suominen10th December 2007
Wow, thank you all very much, Im so happy that you all liked it!
shredmandan10th December 2007great to see something new on here
Pablo Vazquez10th December 2007Hello Toni and WOOOOOOOWWWWW!!! Fantastic!!
David Wallimann10th December 2007Wow!
That's some serious alternate piucking here! Great job man!
Rom10th December 2007This is awesome ! I'm a huge fan of metal and I really love that kind of lesson !
Good job- SLASH9110th December 2007
Awesome lesson, man! This is definitely one of GMC's best riffs
- Toni Suominen10th December 2007
Thanks very much guys, I really appreciate all the comments
Unleash-The-Shred10th December 2007Great job Toni.
Nick32510th December 2007awsome toni
Rvddps10th December 2007
Ye, as you said, the only thing i can criticize is the no right hand, but other than that, thats a great lesson
- Toni Suominen10th December 2007
Thanks Tuubsu!!
Asuskelen täällä Raumalla 
Tuubsu10th December 2007ääääähhhhh! How do you get a winking smiley at this comment thing?
- Tuubsu10th December 2007
This is excellent!
MIstäs päin suomee se Toni muuten soittelee? et kato tietää saattaako kaveriin vaikka törmätä joskus - Toni Suominen10th December 2007
Thanks freebird and lavendell!!
Marcus Lavendell10th December 2007Wow!! Fantastic first lesson Toni!
Freebird10th December 2007You've been around for a while
I dind't know you were an instructor!!
Good job you nailed the style very well!- Toni Suominen10th December 2007
Thanks Juan, so happy that you liked it!!
Juan M. Valero10th December 2007Allriiiiight !!!! love this lesson
I love Death Metal rythms !! (BTW I don't like too much vocals )- Toni Suominen10th December 2007
Thanks very much for the kind words!
- dreamtheaterfreak10th December 2007
great leason i kind of felt a little killswitch engage in there
The Uncreator10th December 2007Awesome Lesson, already a GMC Best!!!!
botoxfox10th December 2007Cool stuff man...
- Toni Suominen10th December 2007
Thanks everybody!! Yeah Eet-Sleep-andJam, maybe I will do an Alexi Laiho lesson sometime!
Eat-Sleep-andJam10th December 2007Sweet Lesson Toni ! I love your tone, would you be up to doing a Alexi Laiho style lesson? I think your the man for it ! Thanks ! -John
Davide10th December 2007WOW awesome, that´s great:-)
Gabriel Leopardi10th December 2007Hi Toni! I really enjoyed this song. Very good work!
Gabriel.-
Bedlam10th December 2007Great lesson. It's good to see a death metal lesson on here!
- Toni Suominen10th December 2007
Thanks nickmarx!
nickmarx1234567810th December 2007OOOO very good I like this one
- Toni Suominen10th December 2007
Thanks guys for the great comments!! thanks purple hayes, I will remember that in my future lessons
Kiitos Teemu, kiva olla täällä 
kyldeee10th December 2007Great Lesson man
, love death metal. Keep 'em comin'
Hienoa saada tänne GMC:een suomalainen opettaja. =)
-Teemu
purple hayes10th December 2007The production value of the recording was great. In future lessons, it would be nice if you could include your pick hand in the shot, too.
superize10th December 2007Great stuff toni i love death metal riffs:D:D
Keep it up
DeepRoots10th December 2007Wow- this has some real balls to it! Very heavy, very agressive! I love it!
Thanks- This is an awesome first lesson!
krudtaa10th December 2007Welcome. Great lesson man....thanks.
Kristofer Dahl10th December 2007Weoclome to GMC Toni.
This is a monstruous theme!
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Hi all you GMC people! I'm Toni Suominen from Finland and this is my first GMC lesson! The lesson is influenced by modern death metal groups like Arch Enemy.
The lesson will improve your use of octaves, your use of fast tremolo rhythm patterns, and pedal note rhythms. Back when I started guitar playing, this kind of pedal note riffs on the low E and A strings really helped me develop my rhythm chops. You also will learn better how to harmonize riffs in thirds. This can really give the song new dimensions.
The lesson is in E minor but I used the E locrian scale for this lesson. The song is in 4/4 time and 200bpm. The guitars are tuned to standard E.
Hope you like it!
-Toni
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