Thrash Metal
Instructor: Gabriel Leopardi
Difficulty: 2-8 (of 10)
Focus: From Metallica to Sodom, this lesson series will teach you classic thrash metal rhythms by examining the styles of the most popular bands in the genre. You'll learn the scales, chord progressions and techniques - used to create legendary thrash metal.
Destruction Style
by Gabriel LeopardiThis lesson is based on one of the 3 kings of German Thrash Metal.
Tags: Teutonic, Thrash, Black Metal, Venom, Sodom, Kreator, German metal, Engl, Death Metal, E Phrygian, E minor, power chords, alternate picking, palm muting, spweed metal, riffing1Difficulty7
Kreator Style
by Gabriel LeopardiThis lesson is based on one of the 3 kings of German Thrash Metal - Kreator.
Tags: Destruction, Teutonic, Thrash, Black Metal, Venom, Sodom, German, Engl, Death Metal, E minor, E Phrygian, downpicking, alternate picking, palm muting, speed metal, riff, riffing, power chords2Difficulty6
Sodom Style
by Gabriel LeopardiThis lesson covers the style of the band Sodom.
Tags: German Thrash Metal, D minor, Sodom, Kreator, Germany, Thrash, Venom, Destruction, Extreme, Riffing, Rhythm, alternate picking, downpicking, palm muting, power chords, drop D, dropped D, alternate picking3Difficulty5
Metallica For Intermediates
by Gabriel LeopardiLesson suitable for beginners/intermediates covering the style of the band Metallica.
Tags: Kirk Hammet, James Hetfield, Seek and destroy, old school, Thrash, riff, blues scale, intermediate, Phrygian mode, Metal, black album, E minor, A minor, palm muting, power chords4Difficulty4
Annihilator Style
by Gabriel LeopardiIn this lesson I cover the rhythm style of this fantastic Canadian Thrash Metal band leaded by Jeff Waters called "Annihilator".
Tags: E minor, Jeff Waters, Downpicking, Palm muting, power chords, sliding chords, Canada, Rhythm, Riffing, Speed Metal, Groove Metal, Alice in hell, Never, Neverland, David Padden5Difficulty5
Sepultura Style
by Gabriel LeopardiLesson covering the style of biggest Latin-American metal band ever, the Brazilians Sepultura.
Tags: Brazilian metal, Metal, Latin, Rhythm, Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Roots bloody roots, Chaos AD, Andreas Kisser, Max Cavalera, Drop D, D minor, power chords, palm muting, alternate picking, strumming, downpicking6Difficulty3
Testament Style
by Gabriel LeopardiThrash Lesson covering the rhythm and solo style the legendary band from the US called "Testament".
Tags: Alex Skolnick, palm muting, riffing, Sweep Picking, Extreme, Death Metal, Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, E minor, E Phrygian, G Harmonic Minor, tapping, shredding7Difficulty8
Evile Style
by Gabriel LeopardiLesson covering the style of Evile, a British Metal band considered the responsible for the recent Thrash Metal revival.
Tags: E minor, E Phrygian Major, Metallica, Slayer, Power chord, riffing, Phrygian Major, Blues Scale, Locrian, Palm Muting, Metalcore, downpicking8Difficulty5
Exodus Style
by Gabriel LeopardiThrash Metal lesson covering the rhythm style of one of the most popular bands of the genre: Exodus.
Tags: D minor, Exodus, Thrash Metal, Metallica, Kirk Hammett, Gary Holt, Steve Souza, Rhythm, Metal riff, Speed Metal, Groove Metal, Megadeth, Slayer, Testament, Anthrax, Drop D, downpicking9Difficulty4
Anthrax Style
by Gabriel LeopardiIn this lesson I cover the old school Thrash Style of one of the Big Four, along with Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth - band called Anthrax.
Tags: E minor, Megadeth, Scot Ian, Metallica, Thrash Metal, Rhythm guitar, Riffing, Powerchord, Palm muting, only downstrokes, speed metal, power chords, the big four10Difficulty4
