Guitar World Lessons: 20 Essential Metal Guitar Licks

Master the essential metal techniques used by artists like Metallica, Pantera, Slayer, Dream Theater, Iron Maiden and many others. In this extensive eBook, you’ll learn the essentials of metal guitar playing, including two-note harmonies and power chords, alternate picking and hammer-on accents, pentatonic wide-stretch lead, string-skipping arpeggios, fast alternate picking, legato arpeggios with string skipping, and much more! You’ll also be treated to artist-specific licks, including thrash melodies à la Metallica and Testament, Dimebag Darrell–style picking techniques, Slayer-inspired thrash and many others!
Your instructor, Metal Mike Chlasciak, is a longtime contributor to Guitar World magazine with his “Metal for Life” instructional column and plays guitar for Halford and with his own solo band. His latest releases are The Metalworker and This Is War, available from metalmike.net.