Kristofer Dahl3rd January 2008Cool and interesting stuff - well done Toni!
Nobody3rd January 2008Love melodeath and this one sounds great!
Thanks!!
Marcus Lavendell3rd January 2008Wow! Awesome Toni! Love your tone as well
Toni Suominen3rd January 2008Thanks guys, Im glad you like it!!
Rom3rd January 2008Awesome ! I was waiting for that one! I love your lessons man keep them coming !
coffeeman3rd January 2008Nice lesson Toni, thanks.
Andrew Cockburn3rd January 2008Great Toni - first melodic Death Metal I have ever heard and I liked it
steve253rd January 2008Same i've been waiting for this, sounds pretty damn good we could do with more of these
- Toni Suominen3rd January 2008
Thanks for the nice comments guys!
steve25, maybe I will do some more of melodic death metal lessons in the future 
edguy3rd January 2008Oh man this lesson really rocks.
Hope you doing more death metal riffs because they are great. Maybe you could do something like in the style of killswitch engage.
Constie3rd January 2008melodic death metal !!!!
I love that, GMC needs more! =)- Toni Suominen3rd January 2008
Thanks edguy, I don't listen to Killswitch Engage that much, but I know some of their material and maybe I will do a lesson in their style
Muris Varajic3rd January 2008Machine run riffs,love it!!
- Toni Suominen3rd January 2008
Thanks Muris!
shellshock19113rd January 2008The arpeggios in the riff are so cool, never seen anyone do that till now.
- Toni Suominen3rd January 2008
Thanks shellshock1911
kyldeee3rd January 2008Excellent riffing mate
In Flames ,,/- Toni Suominen3rd January 2008
Thanks mate!
Davidian3rd January 2008Wow, there came a very big smile on my face when I read: New lesson: Melodic Death Metal ! This lesson just rocks!
- CyanideChris3rd January 2008
Very nice, we do need some heavier lessons around here.
How about a Necrophagist style lesson
? 
Pablo Vazquez3rd January 2008Wow!! That´s sounds awesome!! Well done Toni!!!
preownedguitar3rd January 2008Awesome lesson toni.
- Toni Suominen3rd January 2008
Thanks a lot guys for all the nice comments!!
The Uncreator3rd January 2008Just Awesome, Just fantastic!!
- Toni Suominen3rd January 2008
Thanks The Uncreator!
Owen3rd January 2008I love you mate.
Soilwork are one of my favourite bands so this is what I was looking for to help me get a similar style down.
Great sound, great work.
Dejan Farkas3rd January 2008Lot's of power inside
Well done Toni
shredmandan3rd January 2008Great Lesson!! Keep It Metal!
Tomy Jeon3rd January 2008Excellent lesson! Proves death metal can be melodic
- Toni Suominen3rd January 2008
Im so happy that you all liked it so much!
Thanks guys! 
Jakub Luptovec3rd January 2008Was on goddamned time guys:) This rocks:)
- Toni Suominen3rd January 2008
Thanks Jakub!
erik3rd January 2008cool!
at lights end3rd January 2008perfect! we need more of these!
- Toni Suominen3rd January 2008
Thanks guys, more is coming, I promise!
SLASH913rd January 2008This is so cool...It's in damn drop D though. I really need to buy guitar with a fixed bridge.
- Giacinto3rd January 2008
awesome lesson!
- Toni Suominen3rd January 2008
Glad you like it!
- Owen3rd January 2008
Quick question, what scale(s) did you use specifically for this?
- at lights end3rd January 2008
SLASH91: you could just buy a tremol-no. it's a lot cheaper!
- shellshock19113rd January 2008
What scale are you using for this lesson? Locrian? Dimished? Or something like that?
- Toni Suominen3rd January 2008
I think the scale I used mainly for this is D Dorian
- shellshock19113rd January 2008
are those pickups stock? because that tone is amazing! i thought they were Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates though... either way, could you tell me how to get that tone? because i have been looking for a new guitar/amp setup with a similar tone. great lesson dude, really sound like In Flames. great job
- Toni Suominen3rd January 2008
The pickups are stock, they are Duncan JB in the bridge and Duncan '59 in the neck!
botoxfox3rd January 2008Kivaa riffailua
Shredmaster3rd January 2008this is great, I love it!
- Toni Suominen3rd January 2008
Kiitti botoxfox!
Jerry Arcidiacono3rd January 2008m/
Great Toni!!- Toni Suominen3rd January 2008
Thanks Jerry very much!
krudtaa3rd January 2008Great stuff man! cool lesson.
- SLASH913rd January 2008
At lights end: just checked it out, and it looks pretty cool. thanks, man
nickmarx123456784th January 2008Thats sounds like a whole lot of fun! Good job!
jonasrolf4th January 2008It's just great. hope that we won't have to wait long for the next lesson
- JOhn4th January 2008
Great job cant wait for more!!
- Toni Suominen4th January 2008
Thanks guys, there's more coming!!
Gerardo Siere4th January 2008Very powerfull and melodic lesson
- Toni Suominen4th January 2008
Thanks Gerardo!!
mattacuk4th January 2008Fantastic Tony, you are a very skilled guitarist !
- Toni Suominen4th January 2008
Thanks mattacuk!!
David Wallimann4th January 2008Great right hand technique!
Thanks for this one Toni. :-)- Toni Suominen4th January 2008
Thanks David!
- at lights end4th January 2008
SLASH91: anytime
- Owen4th January 2008
Also, is that an Opeth t-shirt your wearing?
Could you pretty please do a heavy in the style of Opeth lesson!
- Toni Suominen4th January 2008
Yes, it is a Opeth t-shirt
the best shirt ever!
Yeah, I've been thinking about doing a lesson in the style of Opeth, so I probably will do one in the near future! 
Hisham Al-Sanea4th January 2008powerfull man ,great death metall
- Toni Suominen4th January 2008
Thanks Hisham!
- Ayen5th January 2008
Wow! Great job Toni, this lesson is awesome! I have to learn this, I can't wait!!
- Toni Suominen5th January 2008
Thanks Ayen!!
Bogdan Radovic5th January 2008Great melodies you got there , and a nice tune also !! Good job man!
- Toni Suominen5th January 2008
Thanks Bogdan!!
- ¤ME¤6th January 2008
great man, loved it:D
can you do Children of Bodom - like lesson ? that would be awesome;) - RobM6th January 2008
Great job, this lesson just blew me away. More please
- Toni Suominen6th January 2008
Thanks guys, more is coming!
Smikey200610th January 2008m/
- Victafor22nd January 2008
wow this is soo fun to play
- Toni Suominen23rd January 2008
Thanks Victafor, Im glad you like it!
- reflux8229th January 2008
great Job Toni! I love it!
greetz from Austria - Toni Suominen29th January 2008
Thanks a lot reflux82!
- SLASH9129th January 2008
Do you think that you could do a lesson in the style of Children of Bodom or Opeth?
- steve2530th January 2008
I'm trying to do this but i can't seem to play it to a metronome, i'm not sure what note values to use
- Toni Suominen30th January 2008
steve25, when I recorded this lesson I just put my click track to 4/4 and 190bpm, these riffs include many different note values
- steve2530th January 2008
ok i guess i'll just practice it without a metronome until i can play up to speed i could mainly play along with you when you do the slower parts. It's a great lesson though i especially like the end of this
- Toni Suominen31st January 2008
Im glad that you like it steve25! Have fun learning it!
Danilo Capezzuto27th February 2008Heavy riff
- Toni Suominen27th February 2008
Thanks!
Enucleation14th March 2008Hey Toni, I was wondering, you think you could do some Chuck Schuldiner style lessons sometime?
Don't mean to be a bother
Awesome stuff by the way- Toni Suominen14th March 2008
Thanks Enucleation!
I'll see what I can do about the Chuck Schuldiner lesson, would be definitely cool to do that! 
Carlos Carrillo12th April 2008excellent lesson Toni!!!!!!!
Young Guitarist17th April 2008Sounds Cool !
- karsten malmquist19th May 2008
great! it sounds cool and i just like death metal
MigeZ28th March 2009Siistejä riffejä aivan pakko treenaa
Kiva nähä GMC:ssä suomalaista edustusta 
- Karl-ss20th August 2009
I LOVE THIS LESSON! It helps my alternate picking so much! You have to do a In flames lesson ^^
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Hey GMC! Welcome to another Death Metal lesson! This time it's more in the the style of Melodical Death Metal, and is influenced by bands like In Flames and Soilwork.
This lesson is another good rhythm excercise, it's in dropped D tuning and contains these techniques:
-Only downstroke picking
-Alternate picking
-Arpeggios
-Pedal note rhythms
You will also get to know how to use thirds as chords.
Equipment that I used for this lesson was an LTD EC-1000 through a PodXt connected to my computers line input. If anyone want's the preset, just PM me or put a request on the forums :)
I also added a slower drum backing so you can practise these riffs slowly at first :)
Hope you like it!
Key: Dm
Tempo: 190
Tuning: Dropped D
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