Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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Playing metal guitar looks (and sounds) complicated. And some many metal riffs are indeed challenging to play.

But the basics of metal guitar are actually easy to learn. And once you learn them, you can easily expand beyond that and play those killer metal riffs that you love so much.

Everything riff, no matter how complicated, ties back to these basic metal guitar methods.

These 3 methods are:

- Power chords
- Palm muting
- Picking technique

***This video goes into detail and gives you demonstrations of each method for playing metal guitar.

These methods are the foundation of playing heavy metal guitar.

If you're a beginner or if you're getting back to playing metal guitar after a long break, spend the majority of your practice time nailing down these 3 guitar methods.

If you're ready to get serious and jump start your progress, take a look at our online course Metal Guitar Apprentice: metalmastermind.com/metal-guitar-apprentice

This course has helped countless metal guitar players quickly go from beginner to intermediate.

It's also helped those who had gotten back into playing guitar after taking a long break.

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