Skinny Viking
¯\(°_o)/¯ How do Lydian?
I'm in a vintage thrash tribute band .. mostly older Metallica & Slayer but we do more than enough tunes from other bands / releases from the "golden age" of thrash. Anyway, I'm constantly having to learn new tunes for this band (somewhere near 50 songs right now) and if you're looking for songs that are not only fun & cool to play but also force you to improve technique I would suggest these to start with:
1. Metallica - Master of Puppets (do ALL the heavy shit with downpicking only)
2. Anthrax - In My World (easy tune to learn, fucking brutal on the downpicking)
these two alone will bring your downpicking and "chug" control up several levels
now for more technique and fluidity (fluidity? is that a word? If not it should be) in your rhythms ...
1. Megadeth - Holy Wars (I don't like Megadeth too much but this song is fucking sexy to play)
2. Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name
3. Anthrax - Be All End All (pretty tough at 1st with the downpicking, but lots of parts that go all over)
4. Metallica - Battery (same as above with some quirky changes at high speed)
5. Metallica - Dyers Eve (same as above but kinda like the advanced level)
for building up speed and endurance in your cross pickin and maybe some extra flavor in your technique...
1. Slayer - Angel of Death
2. Slayer - Postmortem / Raining Blood
3. Cyclone Temple - Why
4. Sabbat - Clerical Conspiracy (ja ja ja, I'm a fuckin fanboy ... but Sneap really was a huge influence on my playing before he was Yoda)
5. Testament - Over The Wall
Ok I know its all older stuff but as Tommy Gun had mentioned, its so much better to start at the roots of it all. And seriously I know there are some great players on here, but keep in mind what he was asking in the 1st place. He's looking for a good starting base of playing to build from
Of course if you're REALLY looking for something cool to play, learn some of my songs
Seriously, we need another guitarist so learn them! Good luck
Cheers!
www.myspace.com/shadowdancemusic
1. Metallica - Master of Puppets (do ALL the heavy shit with downpicking only)
2. Anthrax - In My World (easy tune to learn, fucking brutal on the downpicking)
these two alone will bring your downpicking and "chug" control up several levels
now for more technique and fluidity (fluidity? is that a word? If not it should be) in your rhythms ...
1. Megadeth - Holy Wars (I don't like Megadeth too much but this song is fucking sexy to play)
2. Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name
3. Anthrax - Be All End All (pretty tough at 1st with the downpicking, but lots of parts that go all over)
4. Metallica - Battery (same as above with some quirky changes at high speed)
5. Metallica - Dyers Eve (same as above but kinda like the advanced level)
for building up speed and endurance in your cross pickin and maybe some extra flavor in your technique...
1. Slayer - Angel of Death
2. Slayer - Postmortem / Raining Blood
3. Cyclone Temple - Why
4. Sabbat - Clerical Conspiracy (ja ja ja, I'm a fuckin fanboy ... but Sneap really was a huge influence on my playing before he was Yoda)
5. Testament - Over The Wall
Ok I know its all older stuff but as Tommy Gun had mentioned, its so much better to start at the roots of it all. And seriously I know there are some great players on here, but keep in mind what he was asking in the 1st place. He's looking for a good starting base of playing to build from
Of course if you're REALLY looking for something cool to play, learn some of my songs
Seriously, we need another guitarist so learn them! Good luckCheers!
www.myspace.com/shadowdancemusic
