Author: jshadows
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Master Metal Guitar from the Ground Up
Metal guitar can sound intimidating from the outside. Fast hands. Loud amps. Walls of distortion. But at its core, metal guitar is built on the same fundamentals as any other style. What makes it different is how those basics are pushed, sharpened, and combined. This article walks through metal guitar from the ground up.…
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Epic Guitar Cover Guide for Iron Maiden – The Ides of March (Tips
A Guitar Cover Guide for Iron Maiden – The Ides of March Creating a guitar cover of The Ides of March is a strong way to pay tribute to early heavy metal while improving core rhythm guitar skills. Performed by Iron Maiden, this instrumental track opens the Killers album with a dark, marching intensity. Unlike…
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Post-Industrial Heavy Metal: Nihilism, Marxism, & Sonic Rebellion
By: Jack Shadows In the shadow of rusted factories and echoes of vanished labor, post-industrial heavy metal emerged—not just as music, but as a howl of cultural revolt. Forged from the collapse of working-class industry and infused with existential rage, it became the distorted voice of alienated youth, Marxist critique, and sonic defiance. Its distorted…
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Learn the Drop C# tuning used in Suicide Messiah by Zakk Wylde
Is Black Label Society’s song Suicide Messiah in Drop C# tuning? Yes. Suicide Messiah is built around a Drop C# tuning, and that choice plays a major role in the song’s weight and attitude. Combined with blues-based scale work, it gives the track its gritty, heavy groove. Drop C# tuning and the low-end punch…
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Iron Maiden Transylvania guitar cover – Tab, Tone & Playing Tips
Iron Maiden – Transylvania Guitar Cover & Lesson Transylvania is one of the most iconic instrumentals in heavy metal history. Released on Iron Maiden, the track showcases the band’s early twin-guitar precision, speed, and melodic control. In this Iron Maiden Transylvania guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play the key riffs and melodic passages that…
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Danzig – Bringer of Death | Jack Shadows Guitar Cover
Bringer of Death Tablature
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Guitar Playthrough w/ Tab: The Ripper by metal gods Judas Priest
The Ripper Returns – A Judas Priest Guitar Cover by Jack Shadows 🎸🩸 Get your free tablature here —> Judas Priest – The Ripper Steel meets shadow in my latest cover — “The Ripper” by Judas Priest — an unholy anthem sharpened by twin blades of vintage metal and darkness. This isn’t just a tribute.…
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Six Feet Under – This Graveyard Earth- Metal Guitar Lesson (w/Tabs)
Check out the guitar tablature for the song This Graveyard Earth by Six Feet Under Get it here: 👉👉👉 S.F.U. – This Graveyard Earth
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Obituary – Redneck Stomp – Guitar Playthrough (w/Tabs)
Obituary! Another death metal band that I absolutely love. Their compositions always sound tight and heavy. Just by listening to any of their live performances, you can see and hear they all feed off each other’s energies, and that in turn syncs the timing of their playing. It’s just awesome to see. The down…
