I already use a few of these in some of my own originals. Hitting the whammy bar to create a "warbling" effect, bending & vibrato whilst Tremolo picking, and the Flamenco strumming technique are the ones that I mostly use. My song Serenading The Storm has the latter two in it. The Chorus of another of my songs, still to be titled when I write lyrics for it, has the Trem Bar tap in it. ☺
As far as I can recall, Ihsahn still plays the same techniques and even improving most of them until today. Great play there, sir! Can't wait to see more videos from you.
Those were some kickass riffs man! Your vids are very refreshing and educational, love them! The two hits-per-string arpeggios are very common for Peste Noire, I love it!
I use that slow bend technique all the time. I love it cause you get to hear all those weird pitches in between notes. The harmonic and whammy bar techniques look very cool. Will have to remember those ones.
The biggest problem with EZ Drummer is basically the same problem Kvlt Drums has - it's used by people who just want to run it straight 'out of the box' (often using stock midi patterns, also) which makes it instantly recognizable and all too often 'inappropriate' sounding within mixes (and it's hard for me to tell if it's all down to personal taste or gross overexposure, but I can't fucking stand the sound of the original EZ Drummer snare out of the box, or most of the kit for that matter). Superior is, well, superior, but the biggest difference generally seems to be that it's used by people who are either more knowledgeable/skilled, more willing to put in some effort, or both.
I'm watching this thinking "man, I miss when Simon breaks out the humor in his videos" 2 seconds later *pulls out the rum* xD hahahaha you the man Simon!!!
Started playing Emperor yesterday and today I decided to get your ultimate black metal course - will be a good break from the reality of my thesis! Thanks! Awesome stuff!
Why? Dimmu, Arcturus, Enslaved and Borknagar sound so much better! First wave Black Metal is just unlisentable, Punk sounds like Classical Music in comparison. Alsp Isahn is so much better solo than in Emperor
I've been trying to tab that song out on gp5 some time ago, it's a real pain in the ass, especially the rythm guitar line, because it stays very much in the background (which I like in this song, it's not a bad thing). If anyone managed to tab it out, please feel free to share! I tabbed out Skin To Suffer In and uploaded it to ultimate-guitar, in case someone's interested: tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/advent-sorrow/skin-to-suffer-in-guitar-pro-2402245 You can also check out my other tabs (mostly Black Metal songs), my user name is Berserkergang.
Thanks Simon. My apologies for being a slow student of both your courses, which I highly recommend. Biggest takeaway: Don't take long breaks, makes it harder. At my age, I'm not out to set the world on fire, lol
The last one (flamenco ?? can you make flamenco based black metal Simon ???) I use it a lot, love that sound with distortion ! And please, why when I try to bend while trem picking it sounds horrible ??? why !!! (found that for first time on "Anthartica" of The Great Old Ones, if I correctly remember, love that shape but... can't make it... life is hard). And thanks for the demo ! (I love this f***** inlays on this neck, for sure, I will have one !)
Hello! i love your videos. The only "bad" thing is that in many you said that there is a link in the description to download a song or a pdf, but there are no links.
Browo Dear Master and my friend That was the lesson of ultimate thrash ... Oh the was beautiful of the best and Why your have not lessons Thrash METAL or if have you or your friend please Help me my dear... Your Lessons are very important and Great .. thankful
Simon what pedal(s) / plugin are you using here - that tone is awesome! (another beautiful guitar, i don't recall seeing that one before? i love Schecter). nice vid, thank you. i guess Varg is a big one for the flamenco technique?
