Here’s a lesson on How to play James Hetfield’s Rhythm Guitar Part of “Fuel” by Metallica!

Here’s the lesson on How to play Rhythm Parts of “The Philosopher” by Death. One of the iconic songs from the “Individual Thought Patterns” Album. Very cool riffs along with some nice lead work by Chuck! Check it out!

This is a lesson on How to play rhythm guitar of “Children Of The Grave” by Black Sabbath! Cool heavy riffs in a Step and a half down tuning. One of the heaviest songs by BS! Check it out!

Here’s a lesson on How to play “Electric Funeral” by Black Sabbath. This song is great for beginners/advanced players and true Black Sabbath fans! The first couple of riffs are easy, the middle part and the short solo are a bit more advanced but overall it’s a great song with typical and distinctive sound of Tony Iommi’s guitar playing! Check it out!

Here’s the lesson on How to play Rhythm parts of “Holocaust” by Savatage. Pretty straight forward, cool riffs and a nice melody in the bridge section. Check it out!

Here’s a lesson on How to play “Countess Bathory” by Venom. Pretty easy song (good for slightly advanced beginners) with some cool riffs. Check it out!

This is a lesson on How to play Rhythm Guitar for “The Wizard” by Black Sabbath. Once again simple, yet very cool song consists of 3 main rhythm parts. Check it out!

This is a lesson on How to play Rhythm parts of “Black Magic” by Slayer. One of the first iconic songs from their debut album “Show No Mercy”. Really cool fast riffs with some memorable hook. Check it out!

Here’s a lesson on How to play “Redneck Stomp” by Obituary. We got 4 heavy riffs with classical Obituary twist. Check it out!

Here’s a lesson on How to play “Mutter” by Rammstein. Very simple song which is great for beginners and true Rammstein fans. Check it out!

Here’s a lesson on How to play “Evil Woman” covered by Black Sabbath. Very simple song but with a really nice Solo by Tony. Check it out!

This is a lesson on How to play Rhythm parts of “Symphony Of Destruction” by Megadeth. Simple but heavy Riff in the Intro/Verses, cool off-beat Riff in Pre-Chorus and nice chord progression in the Chorus. Check it out!

This is a lesson on How to play rhythm parts of “This Love” by Pantera. There is a clean guitar in the Intro and Verses and cool distorted riffs in Chorus, Breaks and Middle part. Check it out!

Here’s lesson #2 of Epic Riffs – I show you 5 Riffs of Black Sabbath in E standard tuning. The riffs are: “Symptom Of The Universe”, “N.I.B.”, “Sweet Leaf”, “Electric Funeral” and “Black Sabbath”. Check it out!

Here’s Lick #2 by Randy Rhoads (Ozzy Osbourne) from the song “Crazy Train”. A combination of minor/blues/pentatonic scales used in just 1 lick! The lesson on the FULL song can be found HERE

This is a lesson on How to play “Paranoid” by Black Sabbath. Very simple song (great for beginners) but a lot of fun to play. Solo included. Check it out!

This is a lesson on How to play “Sabbra Cadabra” by Black Sabbath. Very cool uptempo song with bluesy swing feel and pretty easy riffs. The tuning is Step and a Half down (C#). Check it out!

Here’s a lesson on How to play “Crystal Mountain” by Death. In this lesson I break down the rhythm parts of the song. Check it out!

This is a lesson on How to play the INTRO of “Diary Of A Madman” by Ozzy Osbourne/Randy Rhoads. I break down the acoustic Intro part of the song. The FULL lesson can be purchased HERE.

This is a lesson on How to play Rhythm guitar of “Leper Messiah” by Metallica. Check it out!

This is a lesson on How to play Rhythm part of “Under The Sun” by Black Sabbath. Very Stoner rock riffs and sound indeed. Great song for beginners. Check it out!

Here’s a lesson on How to play Rhythm parts of “Toxic Trace” by Kreator. Typical Thrash Metal Riffs with Harmonies and fast picking. Enjoy!

This is a lesson on How to play RHYTHM guitar of “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” by Black Sabbath. Simple, yet very cool riffs played by Tony. Check it out!

Here’s a lesson on How to play “The Devil’s Bleeding Crown” by Volbeat. Cool song with lots of cool riffs in a swing feel, which is a little unusual for metal but it works! Short but sweet Solo is included as well. Check it out!

Here’s the lesson on How to play the Intro of “Crazy Train” by Ozzy Osbourne (Randy Rhoads on guitar). The Full Lesson is available in the Store/Songs section of the site. Enjoy!

Alright, here’s the lesson on How to play Solo from “Mandatory Suicide” by Slayer. Some pentatonic phrases mixed up with scale runs and chromatic tapping licks. It’s all there, check it out!

Here’s a lesson on How to play “Hand Of Doom” by Black Sabbath. The song is pretty easy to play but it’s a good example of usage of dynamics. Check it out!

This is a lesson on How to play “Slow Death” by Obituary. Very simple, but cool song. Good for beginners. Check it out!

This is a lesson on How to play “Country Girl” by Black Sabbath with Ronnie James Dio on vocals. Pretty cool main riff, beautiful middle part and a short solo. Tony Iommi – the King of heavy metal riffs did it again. Check it out!

Here’s a lesson on How to play the Solo from “I Don’t Know” by Ozzy Osbourne. This solo has typical Randy Rhoads licks and tricks – some pentatonic bluesy licks, tapping with the pick, dive bombs, double picking and chromatic lick. A lot to learn, so check it out!

This is a lesson on How to play rhythm part of “I Don’t Know” by Ozzy Osbourne (Randy Rhoads on guitar). Randy was absolute beast on guitar and his riffs always stood out. Quite busy rhythm part with lots of cool fills in between and a beautiful Middle part with clean guitars. Check it out!

This is a lesson on How to play “Tomorrow” by Ozzy Osbourne. A cool song with 3 guitar parts – Clean (w/effects), Heavy and a beautiful Solo section with some cool licks and tricks.Check it out!

This is a lesson on How to play “Out Of The Body” by Pestilence. In this lesson I break down both rhythm guitar parts and also the 1st (slow) Solo. Check it out!

Here’s a lesson on How to play “Supernaut” by Black Sabbath. The song is not too complicated as it has only 2 main riffs, but really cool ones. The Solo part is a bit demanding for the fretting hand as Tony uses lots of trills in this solo. All in all it’s a great song! Check it out!

This is a lesson on How to play rhythm parts of “Suicide Machine” by Death. From their “Human” album, one of the iconic songs. A MUST learn song!

This is a lesson on How to play “Snowblind” by Black Sabbath. The rhythm part consists only of 5 Riffs and the 2 Solos are taken from the live version from the “Reunion” album. Check it out!

Here’s a lesson on how to play rhythm parts to “Demonized” by Gruesome – a tribute band to old school Death metal. Check it out!

This is a lesson on How to play Rhythm guitar of “Vices” by Slayer. Killer song with heavy, brutal riffs. Check it out!

Here’s a lesson on the 2 Solos from song “Loner” by mighty Black Sabbath off their album 13. The solos are not hard at all, but it’s got typical Tony’s signature to them. He was also using a Flanger during the solos. Check it out!

Here’s the lesson on the Solo of “Doc Holliday” by Volbeat. Interesting scale choices, cool melodic lines, out of rhythm licks and fast picking patterns. There’s a lot to learn from this Solo. Check it out!

This is a lesson on rhythm guitar of Doc Holliday by Volbeat. Cool riffs in the style of Metallica but with their own twist. Lots of down picking requires sufficient amount of endurance.

This is a lesson on How to play the Solo from song Firm Hand by Carcass. Really beautiful, melodic solo with cool tasty licks that you can use in your own playing. Check it out!

This is a lesson on How to play Empty Promises by Black Label Society. Cool heavy metal song, the riffs are not too hard to play but the solo could be challenging. Zakk is known for his lighting fast pentatonic runs and he doesn’t miss a beat (no pun intended) in this one either. Great licks that you can take away from this solo!

This is a lesson on How to play Deny You by Obituary. Very cool song, awesome riffs and a bit challenging but great Solo. Check it out!

This is a lesson on How to play Into The Void by Black Sabbath. Awesome song with that heavy intro, killer main riff and brutal breaks. The Solo at the end just adds “icing on the cake”. The song is in C# tuning! Tony was one of the first guitarists to use dropped tuning. A must learn song!

Here’s a lesson on How to play Blood&Tears by Danzig. Nothing too complicated, this one is great for beginners and of course true Danzig fans. The Solo has a great feel and some cool licks. Enjoy!

This is a lesson on How to play Violence by Obituary. This kinda punk-metal song has only 2 simple riffs, so this song is great for beginners. Enjoy!

This is a lesson on How to play Rhythm parts of Visions In My Head by Obituary. As usual – simple, but awesome and heavy riffs in a typical Obituary style.

Here’s Part 2 of the lesson on How to play Voice Of The Soul by Death.

Alright, here’s Part 1 of the lesson on How to play Voice Of The Soul by Death. Chuck never stopped to amuse us with his versatility in death metal music and this instrumental is a prove of that. It has very beautiful melodies and harmonies, interesting patterns, licks, different techniques, acoustic and electric guitars. Lot’s to learn. Very nice, indeed.

This is a follow up lesson on How to play The Solos from Fairies Wear Boots by Black Sabbath. Enjoy!

This is a lesson on How to play rhythm parts of Jack The Stripper/Fairies Wear Boots by Black Sabbath. This song has some unusual but at the same time cool structure. Very interesting instrumental part in the beginning using some octaves, typical Tony’s riffs and cool verse riff with a swing feel. Awesome song!

Here’s the lesson on How to play the Solos from Iron Man by Black Sabbath. There are 2 Solos – The Main and the Outro Solo. Nothing too complicated. Using the pentatonics mostly. Enjoy!

Here we go with the classic tune from the Godfathers of Metal – Iron Man by Black Sabbath. The song is simple and it’s great for beginners. Also a must know if you are true Black Sabbath fan, of course. Check it out! 

Here’s a lesson on How to play the Solo from Spill The Blood by Slayer. I break down the crazy soloing style of Jeff Hanneman as best as I can. Enjoy!

Here’s a lesson on How to play Spirit Crusher by Death from the last album – Sound of Perseverance. Typical progressive death metal in it’s glory – heavy, complexed at times, fast and brutal. Awesome song!

This is a lesson on How to play rhythm part of I’m Broken by Pantera. Heavy, brutal riffs as always. Some time signature changes add a little challenge to keep the groove tight but nothing too complicated. All in all, an excellent song for head banging.

Here’s Part 2 of How to play rhythm guitar for Symbolic by Death.

Here’s Part 1 of the rhythm guitar on How to play Symbolic by Death. As with most of Death’s songs we have complex timing, very fast picking and heavy ass riffs. Check it out!

This is Part 2 of the lesson on How to play Postmortem by Slayer.

Here’s Part 1 of the lesson on How to play Postmortem by Slayer. Very cool, laid back, groovy song with awesome riffs. The twist in this song is the 12/8 time signature which gives a triplet feel to the whole song.Then changes to 4/4 in the second part. All in all it’s a great song to play.

This is a follow up lesson on the Solo from Davidian by Machine Head. This Solo has 2 parts, first being predominantly sounds (dive bombs, pinch harmonics, etc), while the second part is more melodic and uses a Phrygian Dominant scale and a minor Pentatonic as well. Check it out!

This is a lesson on How to play Mandatory Suicide by Slayer from their album South of Heaven. Real heavy, groovy song with cool riffs.

Here’s a rhythm guitar lesson on How to play Davidian by Machine Head. Back in the ’90s this song rocked (and it still does). Dropped B tuning, brutal riffs and one of the best breaks in the history of metal. Check it out!

This is a follow up lesson on How to play Solos from South Of Heaven by Slayer. Two Solos with cool licks and tricks played in a typical Slayer fashion. Some licks sound messy but it’s rather the overall feeling that you should go for rather than playing every note perfect. Check it out!

Raining Blood is probably the most known song by Slayer and rightfully so. The Intro is just brutal and powerful like no other. The crazy fast riff that blows you away and the EPIC bridge are all in one song. That song is the epitome of thrash metal. And it’s not an easy one at all…. I go in full detail, explaining riff by riff, with examples and Tabs.

Here’s a lesson on How to play Slowly We Rot by Obituary. Great song to learn if you are just getting into Metal or if you are just a fan of Obituary and just want to learn this great song. It’s from their first album – Slowly We Rot and one of their most recognisable songs

Here’s a lesson on How to play Pull The Plug by Death from their album Leprosy. Cool riffing, heavy sounds and fast picking – it’s all here, in this song. Enjoy!

 Here’s the second part of a lesson on the Solo section from the song Territory by Sepultura. Enjoy!

This is a lesson on How to play the Solo from Seasons In The Abyss by Slayer. The solo consists of two parts, first Kerry King’s and then Jeff Hanneman’s respectively. Tabs are on screen, watch in HD! Enjoy!

Ok, here’s a lesson on How to play A New Level by Pantera. Plain and simple kick ass song. Dime was a Riff Master. Enjoy!

This is a lesson on probably the most known song by Slayer – South Of Heaven. Epic opening riff and some heavy riffs. Both rhythm guitar parts are transcribed. Have fun!

Here’s a lesson on how to play the solo from song Domination by Pantera. All the parts are explained with examples and TABS. Check it out!

Hey guys, here’s a lesson on How to play Domination by Pantera, another kick ass song from their “Cowboys From Hell” album. Check it out!

This is a lesson on how to play Troops Of Doom by Sepultura from their Schizophrenia album. Short but epic old school thrash metal song. Check it out!

Here’s a lesson on How to play Seasons In The Abyss by Slayer. This is sort of a “mellow” song from their discography, but none the less is still heavy and metal. Both guitar parts are explained along with TABS

Despite the fact that this is a very cool song, there’s a lot to learn from it – very fast picking, use of sextuplets, alternate picking, slides and awesome rhythm patterns. It’s not for beginners, but it’s good for practicing all these techniques. Check it out!

Here’s a lesson on How to play Dead Skin Mask by Slayer on guitar with TABS. One of their melodic songs, none the less still heavy and brutal

R.I.P Jeff Hanneman….. I pay a little tribute to the man, he passed away on May 2, 2013. Some of the best Slayer riffs were written by him. He’ll always be remembered!

This is a lesson on How to play Slave New World by Sepultura from their Chaos A.D. album. The solo part is also transcribed. TABS on screen

An introductory exercise to the Alternate Picking technique. Great for developing speed and synchronization between hands as well. The technique is widely used in many styles, so check it out

Really cool and easy pattern for the minor 7 arpeggios. It covers a lot of fretboard as well – 3 octaves! The example is taken from Slayer’s “Seasons In The Abyss” second solo by Jeff Hanneman

This is a lesson on How to play rhythm part of “Territory” by Sepultura. One of the most known songs with typical heavy and brutal riffs. A MUST learn song!

This is a lesson on How to play rhythm part of “Mouth For War” by Pantera. This is a mix between Metal and Punk type a song with cool opening riff, awesome groove during the verses and chorus and a fast paced riff in the end of the song. A MUST learn song!

Here’s 3 exercises for developing the picking hand for metal players. I’m using riffs from Sepultura and Slayer.

This is a lesson on How to play rhythm part for “Cause Of Death” by Obituary. One of the most iconic songs from their catalog. It’s got everything –  heavy riffs, brutal tone, slow and fast parts. A MUST learn song!