Favorite guitarists?

[Soeru]

No, Dani Filth is a homo in every way shape and form.

Oh I had no idea that was CoF's guitarist. Still, even if he is gay, how does that affect the quality of music? Oh yeah, ignore the fact that it's Cradle of Filth.

Haha. That make-up in my avatar I wore for like 3 days only unfortunately. The new principal of my school threatened to suspend me. Like wtf. She said it frightened people and made them feel uncomfortable in this learning environment. That's bullshit right there because thats back when I used to cut and was only in school for the first 2 classes. The only people I could frighten are seniors like me. And you gotta be a pussy to be frightened from that.

Yea dude I play guitar. I've been playing for around a year and a half. I dont know anything about scales nor do I care. I don't solo either really unless its something like going apeshit on the fretboard Tom Warrior style. I do make and record my own black metal music but I haven't done anything new lately because I've been just too damn lazy. I really should because the stuff I have recorded right now is pretty mediocre compared to what I could do now.

As for Sarcofago... they were an old school black/thrash band from Brazil. Wagner "Antichrist" Lamounier actually WAS in Sepultura as the vocalist and guitarist until he had a fight with the band and was kicked out. When he got kicked out he formed Sarcofago and them and Sepultura have fighting for the next couple of years. Basically Max was spreading bullshit rumors about Sarcofago and blah blah blah. Bunch of immature crap really. Sepultura actually stole Sarcofago material as well. If you ever heard the song Antichrist its obviously written by Wagner "Antichrist" Lamounier.

Not really like Krisiun which is good because I find them extremelly boring. They're fast and br00tal but that's about it. Sepultura... their first 2 albums sound like Sarcofago...

Krisiun have many songs that sound alike but they're not THAT bad. I just pick out a couple of songs. I saw them live with Hate Eternal and Incantation, and I must say the pretty much kicked the ass of all the other bands playing that night. I'll check out Sarcofago, thanks for the info.

I've been playing just as long as you have. I know a little bit about scales and a few chords but no real music theory. I play a lot of technical stuff and my sweep-picking arpeggios(think of the solo in Vital Remains' "Dechristianize") is getting real good. I love going ape with some fast meaningless shredding, but I really need a whammy bar.

The kind of thing I'm looking for is to play political death/thrash/grind. In the vein of Terrorizer, Napalm Death(DM era), Dying Fetus, Kreator, Exodus, Rotten Sound, Sepultura, Vader, etc.

But I also play a lot of more technical, less straight-forward stuff like Decapitated(!), Morbid Angel(especially), Death, Suffocation, amongst other stuff.

As for BM, I only play Immortal and Bathory stuff, not much more than that. There's a couple of people I know interested in playing BM, but they're all into the National Socialistic/racist kind of BM, which I'm TOTALLY against.
If you're still interested in jamming do let me know. How old are you?

Edit: Lol nvm, I read your profile. I'm exactly 1 year and 1 day older than you. Checking out your Soundclick page right now.

[Tancred]

If you're going to check out Sarcofago stay away from their last album called The Worst. It's just what the name of it is. Their worst album. It became just 2 guys. Antichrist, bassist and a drum machine. It was like Machine Head/Pantera meets old school black metal. Imagine groove riffs recorded in old school black metal production with rasps. Not good.

I'm 17. I wouldn't mind jamming but I got shitty equipment because my parents are totally against my music goals. I got a crappy BC Rich Warlock and a 10 Watt amp. Got it all for 200 bucks. Transportation would be another problem. But hey, if you're in the mood for drinking some cheap but premium malt liquor, I know just the place

And I agree that NSBM is by far one of the most stupidest fucking things ever. You got all these new bands from Poland and my native Ukraine who suffered from Nazis in the past all the sudden switching sides. Ridiculous...

As for the soundclick thing... bah it ain't all that great. Apokalyptic Revelations and Only Death Is Real are mediocrly done old school black metal songs. Those are pretty damn old and I'm about to redo them soon enough. Mordoch is an extremelly sloppy and off time with the keyboards that I'm going to redo. Tancred (The Summoner) is overlong and I shortened it up quite a bit but I haven't posted the new version yet. From The Mountains is also overlong which I'm currently in the process of fixing up.

LOL this just shows how lazy I used to be. If it was average I considered the song done not caring about the sound, sloppyness, and other factors. Much of that has changed.

Soundclick doesn't accept covers but I recently did a cover of Bloed In De Sneeuw originally done by Countess which is by far the best thing I've recorded so far...

[Soeru]

If you're going to check out Sarcofago stay away from their last album called The Worst. It's just what the name of it is. Their worst album. It became just 2 guys. Antichrist, bassist and a drum machine. It was like Machine Head/Pantera meets old school black metal. Imagine groove riffs recorded in old school black metal production with rasps. Not good.

I'm 17. I wouldn't mind jamming but I got shitty equipment because my parents are totally against my music goals. I got a crappy BC Rich Warlock and a 10 Watt amp. Got it all for 200 bucks. Transportation would be another problem. But hey, if you're in the mood for drinking some cheap but premium malt liquor, I know just the place

And I agree that NSBM is by far one of the most stupidest fucking things ever. You got all these new bands from Poland and my native Ukraine who suffered from Nazis in the past all the sudden switching sides. Ridiculous...

As for the soundclick thing... bah it ain't all that great. Apokalyptic Revelations and Only Death Is Real are mediocrly done old school black metal songs. Those are pretty damn old and I'm about to redo them soon enough. Mordoch is an extremelly sloppy and off time with the keyboards that I'm going to redo. Tancred (The Summoner) is overlong and I shortened it up quite a bit but I haven't posted the new version yet. From The Mountains is also overlong which I'm currently in the process of fixing up.

LOL this just shows how lazy I used to be. If it was average I considered the song done not caring about the sound, sloppyness, and other factors. Much of that has changed.

Soundclick doesn't accept covers but I recently did a cover of Bloed In De Sneeuw originally done by Countess which is by far the best thing I've recorded so far...

I could probably get to Brooklyn by bus/train without too much trouble. Some other time if you'd like I'd give you my phone or something.

Your recordings are better than any recordings I've done actually. I was trying to record a video of me playing some Nile yesterday but I kept screwing up.

My equipment isn't anything near pro gear, but it's quite decent. I play a Jackson Kelly and I have an unusually powerful 30W amp. I barely have to pass the volume dial a centimeter to get the neighbors complaining about me playing some brutal chuggy Suffocation-style riffs.

Well anyway, speaking of guitars: I just bought a new set of strings(my current set us too brutal and thick for D tuning, it would fuck up my guitar's neck), a string winder, and I'm bidding on a guitar cable so I can record directly to my comp rather than having to mic my amp at 3 in the morning.

[Frozen Sky]

Bill Steer - I love this guy
Chuck Schuldiner - oh god he is fcvking ace

They are loads more but i'm too lazy to add them all...

[Elwynn]

Listen some Steve Ray Vaughn. Then you'll know what is a good guitarist. Don't say here that the other are not worthy, but this dude sure know how to play. Eric Clapton is also one of my best guitarist.

[artist088]

this doesn't really determine what my favorite bands are just guitarist. no special order as well so let's see....

Jade Puget (AFI)- diverse playing from metal to punk. creative style that i think is very original

Omar Rodriquez Lopez (The Mars Volta, At The Drive-In)- very unique style. prog rock gutiarists are also always way into effects and really seeing what they can do with a guitar

Mike Einziger (Incubus)- again a very unique style with many different effects thrown in.

Jack White (The White Stripes)- plays simple, but how can you not love that tone. vintage guitars with vintage amps, there is truly no better combinations. simple licks played with full power

Brian May (Queen)- amazing stuido magician. who else can put 6 different guitar parts for a line in a song and make it work?

Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)- amazing tone. some crazy solos, some simple. all rock my balls off.

[Obi_Wan122]

two of my favorite gutatists are:
Emppu Vourinen (Nightwish)- some of his riffs are nuts like on Slaying the Dreamer & the Siren
Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom)- as above his riffs are crazy an really hard to play on guitar

[Soeru]

I've been listening to a lot of Steve Vai and Joe Satriani recently... and I MUST say... these guys are much more creative than shredders like Yngvie Malmsteen or Alexi Laiho. Such emotion and soul in their playing(especially Vai)... and Joe creates really atmospheric sounds with his songs.

Look for a Vai video on video.google.com, search for Steve Vai. It's like the 2nd one or something, I'm not sure, the song is brilliant. Joe and Steve don't play metal at all but if you like guitarists that make guitars sound like something else, you'll enjoy em.

[brit]

Ben Gibbard and John Frusciante.

[thx4allthefish]

george harrison (the beatles),I love his slide solos,they're kinda simple,but they
work and fit with the songs,I can't imagine those songs with other melodies in the solos.
I respect satriani and that kind of guitarists,but I don't understand their music,
it's just nonsense noise to me (no offense,I'm just talking about my taste),
I like solos that have a melody you can remember,that fit in the song they
belong to and that you listen to them and like them "by heart" and you don't
need to analize the technique just to force yourself to like it in a rational way
because of the "wooow,this guy plays really fast!" factor.
for my old-school taste it's as simple as "I like it" or "I don't",and I don't care about
skills or the technique used to play it.

rusty anderson (paul mccartney's current band). he plays strong distorted guitar
in songs that used to be with clean guitar,it brought a new strenght and power
to the songs and I love it,I think that's the way the beatles would be probably sounding like today.

ps: biased?,who,me?

[Soeru]

george harrison (the beatles),I love his slide solos,they're kinda simple,but they
work and fit with the songs,I can't imagine those songs with other melodies in the solos.
I respect satriani and that kind of guitarists,but I don't understand their music,
it's just nonsense noise to me (no offense,I'm just talking about my taste),
I like solos that have a melody you can remember,that fit in the song they
belong to and that you listen to them and like them "by heart" and you don't
need to analize the technique just to force yourself to like it in a rational way
because of the "wooow,this guy plays really fast!" factor.
for my old-school taste it's as simple as "I like it" or "I don't",and I don't care about
skills or the technique used to play it.

rusty anderson (paul mccartney's current band). he plays strong distorted guitar
in songs that used to be with clean guitar,it brought a new strenght and power
to the songs and I love it,I think that's the way the beatles would be probably sounding like today.

ps: biased?,who,me?

Satriani=noise? My god, what have you listened to? Go get his "Crystal Planet" CD.

I prefer guitarists that play by heart rather than skill, hence why I don't like guys like Malmsteen or Laiho.

Steve Vai's playing -although a bit flashy in his past- is pure soul.

I kind of get annoyed when people hear a fast solo and say "meh he's just showing off", it's not always true. If you have a certain level of skill, why not use that tool to make your music sound better? For some people I think it's just a lame excuse to not improve their skill. Some people get too obsessed with skill however, so they forget how to create music, and then you have amazing shredders that can't write a memorable song.

[thx4allthefish]

an example: satriani's song "circles" starts great,but after a minute,the "noise" comes in.
it would have been great that fast and strong part but with the same melody of the
slow part,but instead of what he plays.
it sounds like "nonsense noise" to me,it has nothing to do with the melody of the song,
it's like if he's playing random notes like "gee,I play very fast,see?,see how fast I
move my fingers?. what? a melody that makes sense? what are you talking about?".
it started as a good song,but that part in the middle just doesn't fit imo.
using skills to improve a song is ok,when it fits,but the fact that something can
be done (playing fast "crazy" solos) it doesn't mean it HAS to be done.
anyway,I'm from the old-school-classic-rock-and-roll-that's-just-songs-with-verse,chorus,verse,chorus,solo.verse,chorus,chorus ,end-structure
universe,so I can't appreciate stuff from other different universes.

edit: I like bryan may's work in the song "you don't fool me" by queen,
that's a good example of using the skills to improve the song,the solo and
the riffs fit great with the mood of the song

[Soeru]

an example: satriani's song "circles" starts great,but after a minute,the "noise" comes in.
it would have been great that fast and strong part but with the same melody of the
slow part,but instead of what he plays.
it sounds like "nonsense noise" to me,it has nothing to do with the melody of the song,
it's like if he's playing random notes like "gee,I play very fast,see?,see how fast I
move my fingers?. what? a melody that makes sense? what are you talking about?".
it started as a good song,but that part in the middle just doesn't fit imo.
using skills to improve a song is ok,when it fits,but the fact that something can
be done (playing fast "crazy" solos) it doesn't mean it HAS to be done.
anyway,I'm from the old-school-classic-rock-and-roll-that's-just-songs-with-verse,chorus,verse,chorus,solo.verse,chorus,chorus ,end-structure
universe,so I can't appreciate stuff from other different universes.

edit: I like bryan may's work in the song "you don't fool me" by queen,
that's a good example of using the skills to improve the song,the solo and
the riffs fit great with the mood of the song

Listen to Pearl Jam, pure rock. Yet they ignore traditional song structuring and the use of a chorus very often. Sometimes straightforward songwriting gets old.

I haven't heard that Satriani song. In some of the live videos he's doing just pure shred, but seriously listen to "Crystal Planet"... there's absolutely no wankery there. The album is completely geared by the guitar lead, incredible.

Marty Friedman of Megadeth played fast at times but always with a lot of meaning, he was all about feeling but that never stopped him from building some impressive music theory to add complexity to his leads and making them integrate better with the music. He definately never did any boring-ass pentatonic fiddling(typical rock and metal solos, think Kirk Hammet, Slash, or Angus Young, not to say they're boring just typical). I refuse to call two or three power licks a solo.

[Stoned Stoner]

Slash

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[Goblin]

Mines Buckethead.