Just hit the volume button and gain, and let it roar!

I grew up listening to the bay area thrash, so I thought it will be a great idea to pay a tribute to the bay area riffing style of Slayer and Exodus.

A moderate-fast riffing selection, for those wanting to improve teir picking control and your timing - at 190 BPM!

A short riff-tastic lesson designed to get your hands moving like Megadeth mainman - Dave Mustaine.

We will approach a typical 80's thrash riff with a melodic approach. Other riffs similar to these riffs can be heard in the songs of early Testament, Exodus and Slayer.

When used in the song, a riff has to evolve according to the song moment. This lesson shows how to create a riff and do variations based on it, in order to change the song's momentum.

Learn some thrash solo tactics used by players such as Dave Mustaine and Kirk Hammett.

Metal series focused on rhythm guitar.

Inspired by bands like Slayer, Exodus, Pantera and old Metallica albums, we will work at very fast tempo with riffs that combine "only down-strokes" right hand technique with some fast alternate picking.