Viking-Folk Metal Concepts Part 1 Lesson

- Kuba Szafran4th December 2008
  Great lesson mate, love the backing track !
- Emir Hot4th December 2008
  Very cool, I really like this one
- P.H4th December 2008
  Please let my christmas-wish come true and built a Viking-Metal Band Lian! This is great.
- kaznie_NL4th December 2008
  sounds very medievil , atleast the intro
- Piotr Kaczor4th December 2008
  I love it! Great lesson Lian!!
- Red Tie4th December 2008
  very nice
- Bogdan Radovic4th December 2008
  Excellent ! I love the song you made to go with this lesson! Great stuff Lian!
- Skalde4th December 2008
  The end of your lessons reminds me of the end of Blind Guardian's "And then there was silence"
  that's cool
- Nazgul4th December 2008
  This is awesome, I really like this music for chill-out.
- Lian Gerbino4th December 2008
  thanks everyone
  
  QUOTE (P.H @ Dec 4 2008, 11:42 AM)
  Please let my christmas-wish come true and built a Viking-Metal Band Lian! This is great.
  
  well... we´ll see my friend... we´ll see
  
  QUOTE (kaznie @ Dec 4 2008, 11:42 AM)
  sounds very medievil , atleast the intro
  
  QUOTE (Skalde @ Dec 4 2008, 12:16 PM)
  The end of your lessons reminds me of the end of Blind Guardian's "And then there was silence"
  that's cool
  
  that´s why BG is one of my biggest influences!!! I cant escape from them
  
  QUOTE (Nazgul @ Dec 4 2008, 01:11 PM)
  This is awesome, I really like this music for chill-out.
  
  glad you like it Nazgul
- Wilska4th December 2008
  Sorry I just have to say it again: this is scary weird. Love it, I listen to all the bands you listed haha.
  
  Thanks for everything
- Fran4th December 2008
  Amazing backing & riffing Lian, so epic.
- mhskeide4th December 2008
  Awsome as always Lian, you`re one hell of a metalcomposer:D
- Sinisa Cekic4th December 2008
  Playing and BT are Top notch ! bravo Lian !
- Hisham Al-Sanea4th December 2008
  good job lian.nice lesson
- Lian Gerbino4th December 2008
  QUOTE (Wilska @ Dec 4 2008, 02:21 PM)
  Sorry I just have to say it again: this is scary weird. Love it, I listen to all the bands you listed haha.
  
  Thanks for everything
  
  you´re welcome!!!
  
  QUOTE (Fran @ Dec 4 2008, 03:00 PM)
  Amazing backing & riffing Lian, so epic.
  
  thanks a lot fran
  
  QUOTE (mhskeide @ Dec 4 2008, 03:09 PM)
  Awsome as always Lian, you`re one hell of a metalcomposer:D
  
  well man! thanks.!
  
  QUOTE (Sinisa Cekic @ Dec 4 2008, 04:32 PM)
  Playing and BT are Top notch ! bravo Lian !
  
  thanks you Sinisa
- Toni Suominen4th December 2008
  Great one Lian!
- Ivan Milenkovic4th December 2008
  Sounds great Lian, love the backing and playing, cool lesson mate
- superize4th December 2008
  Great Lesson man sounds great and easy to learn......
- IceBurner5th December 2008
  hahaha, cool that you do a lessons on that less known style.
  
  Korpiklaani is one of my best band in that style.
- naule5th December 2008
  hey Lian! great lesson. I think that the first part is like ensiferum , in folk stile, but love the fast part with the drums ... its so epic!! xD
  Well done man.
  
  Edited for language by rokchik
- fkalich5th December 2008
  you're a creative fellow Lian. I listen to your lessons for more than just technique, you have great sounds, unique to my ears. Maybe for part II you can dress the part, like how David does sometimes, wear a viking helmet. I would do that. Then again, I am a goof ball.
- AlexLion5th December 2008
  This is just epic! I`m gonna practice until i learn it all:)
- Gerardo Siere5th December 2008
  Very good one Lian!
- Carlos Carrillo5th December 2008
  Just WOW LIAN!! WOW!!jajaja!cool backing & riffing Lian!!
- Lian Gerbino5th December 2008
  thanks everybody!
  
  QUOTE (IceBurner @ Dec 4 2008, 08:09 PM)
  hahaha, cool that you do a lessons on that less known style.
  
  Korpiklaani is one of my best band in that style.
  
  yes, there´re a lot of metal sub-styles I want to share with you guys
  btw, Korpiklaani is one of my favs too!
  
  QUOTE (naule @ Dec 4 2008, 08:56 PM)
  hey Lian! great lesson. I think that the first part is like ensiferum , in folk stile, but love the fast part with the drums ... its so f***ing epic!! xD
  Well done man.
  
  thanks a lot Naule!
  
  QUOTE (fkalich @ Dec 5 2008, 05:32 AM)
  you're a creative fellow Lian. I listen to your lessons for more than just technique, you have great sounds, unique to my ears. Maybe for part II you can dress the part, like how David does sometimes, wear a viking helmet. I would do that. Then again, I am a goof ball.
  
  mmm.. I will
  
  QUOTE (AlexLion @ Dec 5 2008, 06:47 AM)
  This is just epic! I`m gonna practice until i learn it all:)
  
  glad you like it AlexLion
- Dejan Farkas5th December 2008
  Cool, all these instrument sounds great together, well done
- Nemanja Filipovic6th December 2008
  Wow,this is so original.Great lesson Lian.
- Lian Gerbino6th December 2008
  thanks Dejan & Nemanja
- Sergio Dorado8th December 2008
  Epic song! Amazing!
- Marcus Siepen9th December 2008
  great lesson mate, got to listen to my Ensiferum albums now
- Lian Gerbino9th December 2008
  QUOTE (Marcus Siepen @ Dec 9 2008, 12:35 PM)
  great lesson mate, got to listen to my Ensiferum albums now
- Christophe3rd November 2009
  I watch this lesson many times but I didn't left any comments on it, so now I do it : This is so cool Lian, love the chords and the effect you put in
- Lian Gerbino3rd November 2009
  thank you Christophe!
- Leee15th September 2010
  lian, ein windir !
- Lian Gerbino16th September 2010

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- Tags: Viking-Folk Metal, Finntroll, Ensiferum, Turisas, Amon Amarth, Falkenbach, Summoning, Heidevolk, Vintersorg
Hi and welcome to the first part of this Viking-Folk Metal concepts ;) We will work on full songs. Rhythms, riffes, verses, choruses, all we need to create really powerful Metal songs. Here I´ve used a lot of instruments not-too-common in a standard metal band. I´ve included Accordion, tin whistle, flutes and violins.

As some of you know, there´s a lot of bands in those styles, but every band sounds different . Why? Well, there´re some bands who plays Black Metal, others who plays Death Metal, even Epic and Power, what they have in common are Lyrics and folk vestiges from their ancestral zones, in other cases adding Folk instruments the band.

so we´ll see how all those bands compose their songs.

Some of the bands I am including to create the whole concept are:
Finntroll, Ensiferum, Turisas, Amon Amarth, Falkenbach, Summoning, Heidevolk, Vintersorg.

Take this lesson step by step and have fun!

Chords: included in every video.
Used scales: D minor, C minor, Mostly.
Bar: 4/4
Notes: Eighth. Sixteenth triplet.
Tune Down: 1/2 step
TEMPO: 130 bpm

As some of you know, I use POD xt to rec all my lessons. In my board you´ll find my presets ;)
On the other hand, here´re the settings for people who want them.

Amp model: based on Soldano Slo-100
Drive 9
Bass 4.9
Middle 5
Treble 6.8
Presence 7

Small room Reverb:
Predelay 0%
Decay 42 %
Tone 50%
Mix 43%

Remember: Same settings in another gear will produce a different sound, but, as we´ve talked at the forum, this could be cool for some members, so enjoy!

If you have any problems let me know. Take care.
See you all around.
Lian Gerbino

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