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  • Playing the 8 Best Metal Songs with Acoustic Guitar (with Video Tutorials)

    Metal is the grittiest and heaviest of all the music genres, characterized by loud, massive guitars, twangy basslines, and, of course, heavily distorted guitars. However, numerous bands saw the opportunity to create unique atmospheres by adding a bit of contrast with acoustic guitar pieces with outstanding results. Today we’ve picked some of the best metal…

  • Learning 8 Easy Red Hot Chili Peppers Guitar Songs (with Video Tutorials)

    The Red Hot Chili Peppers are a world-class act, and it’s fairly safe to say that they’re famous in all four corners of the world. Their catalog is vast and versatile, but their most popular songs are relatively simple. Groovy, upbeat, and with a huge accent on party vibes, Red Hot Chili Peppers tunes are…

  • Scoping Out the 7 Best Drop D Songs (With Videos)

    The Drop D tuning is often associated with ‘core’ metal subgenres (metalcore, hardcore), but the fact is that plenty of bands, artists and super groups use it just because it’s much easier to play riffs with it. Drop D is a bit heavier than Standard E, but just like any dropped tuning, it provides the…

  • 7 Easy Metal Songs on Guitar (with Video Tutorials)

    Metal music is undeniably more complex and harder to play in comparison to most music genres, but that’s not necessarily the case for all bands and their tunes and records. If you’ve just started out as a musician and want to refine your chops before getting into heavy-hitter tracks, we’d like to share a few…

  • 7 Intermediate Rock Guitar Solos to Play (with Video Tutorials)

    The guitar solo is the heart of any rock song – it’s what makes the difference between an iconic, classic song and an easily forgettable one. Now, there’s a myriad of simple solo licks in the rock genre, but if you really want to impress your crowd, you may want to step up your game…

  • 7 Intermediate Metal Guitar Solos to Try Out (with Video Tutorials)

    Guitar solos are meant to tell a story that singers can’t put to words, drummers can’t shape with regular patterns, and bassists can’t carve out with vibes and grooves. Let’s say you’ve mastered the Pentatonic scale and nailed a couple of simple solos – you want to up your game, but where do you start?…

  • 7 Easy Megadeth Songs on Guitar (with Video Tutorials)

    Megadeth is one of the Big Four thrash metal bands that formed the scene as we know it. In all fairness, Megadeth songs could be described in many words, but ‘easy’ is not one of them. Even so, Mustaine did compose a handful of less complicated tunes, and we’re here to share some of those…