I want to talk to you a bit about thrash metal
rhythm guitar.
You know when metal started it wasn't all
fast, some of it was very slow and driving.
Groups like Black Sabbath and Judas Priest
who were pioneers for this style really laid
the groundwork, but it was later on in the
80's groups like Motor Head, early Metallica,
Megadeath, Slayer, and many more.
They doubled the tempos, they doubled the
picking speed, so whereas a standard heavy
metal rhythm in the 70's might have been something
like.
When that became thrash it became more like.
All right.
But a thrash rhythm is not just about picking
a low E string as fast as you can.
It's a matter of alternating it with certain
chords.
For example you can alternate it with power
cords.
Alright, so there I'm just throwing in simple
power chords sometimes I'm sliding from one
power chord to another.
You can also alternate between single note
patterns.
Here's a rhythm incorporating the low E string
with single note patterns.
So, there's really a combination of low chugging,
power chords, and single notes.
Learn as many rhythms as you can and try to
do your own variations.
Hope you've enjoyed this lesson on thrash
metal rhythm guitar.
