https://youtu.be/e7C3573Z3y0 Rock and metal in the 2000s was very different than what came before it and became very iconic for those who grew up listening to it. Many bands such as Breaking Benjamin, Rise Against, Papa Roach, Skillet, Sum 41, Paramore, Linkin Park, Three Days Grace, Killswitch Engage, All That Remains and many more all began gainin …
https://youtu.be/8ubdmKn8Qmg Going through the interlude of Arch Enemy’s Vultures and discussing how they use the blues scale (or major and minor together) to get a brutal sound. …
https://youtu.be/BSLlmd1ai9M Breaking Benjamin is a band that I’ve been into for a very long time and one that I’ve had the privilege of seeing no less than three times live. The first time I saw them was in Corpus Christi, Texas. As my first time actually seeing Ben and his band In the Flesh it, was an absolutely amazing experience. The …
https://youtu.be/X5W5YTDLCBw Arch enemy uses the melodic minor scale heavily in the chorus of Vultures. Basically, it gives the chorus a little burst of tension and breaks up some of the pure melody that would be heard otherwise. That being said, despite the melodic minor being non-diatonic, there is still a sense of melody and empowerment to the ch …
https://youtu.be/YuBTZDe-538 Buckethead is an amazing guitarist with work dating all the way back to the 1990s. My exposure to Buckethead started sometime around the mid-2000s when Guitar Hero II was popular. Jordan was the big difficult song in that game and everyone was talking about it being the song that, if you could beat, you knew your shit wi …
https://youtu.be/djeNKWR1wBA Today we’re back on with Arch Enemy’s song Vultures from their album Rise of the Tyrant. This time we’re going to be discussing how Arch Enemy uses the harmonic minor as well as various key changes in order to get a very dark, brutal, and intense sound. The Main riff of this song has a very cool harmonized pu …
https://youtu.be/mUp5wdlnJ5o Today we are talking about the Finnish Melodic death metal band Kalmah. These guys have released a series of aggressive, powerful, and strong albums dating all the way back to the year 2000. The range of their sound includes the very raw stylings of, They Will Return, Swamplord, and Swampsongs. Their sound evolved furthe …
Today we’ll be covering Arch Enemy’s powerful song vultures off of their album Rise of the Tyrant. This episode of How to Write Melodic Death Metal will focus entirely on the intro for the song and give us the opportunity to discuss tapping and the harmonic minor scale. The tapping technique used here allows Arch Enemy to play through the chord ton …
Today we’re finishing up the discussion on Ego’s music theory with an in depth look at the solo. https://youtu.be/pXMWI7KKtxU
Today were looking at a super upbeat and fun melodic death metal song. Its Ego by Omnium Gatherum! https://youtu.be/CIpaFvDlfL0
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Today we’re talking about one of the most “beautiful” metal songs I’ve heard in my life, its When Darkness Falls by Killswitch Engage. https://youtu.be/d-oM06uEdjc …
