Zimorog Band Hi, I'm a drummer and vocalist and I started playing in a band... for our proper works we chose to play a mix of black metal and beatdown/downtempo (not like those "blackened deathcore" bands that are coming, I think that they haven't much black in their music). Just to know, do you think it could be a thing? Without being "poser"(joking XD)
Davide Rosu i recently became the guitarist in a hardcore band and they've been asking me to write beatdown riffs for it, but im more into black metal so i'm integrating a slight blackened style woth it and they love it. look up Dark Sermon for blackened hardcore
I've been playing shitty amateur music for years and tonight I'm having my first rehearsal where I'll actually be playing guitar in an actual band. I've never taken a lesson in my life, so I'm glad you put this video up! Although it's a doom metal band so I'll probably just be playing one power chord every 4-5 seconds.
The only thing I also learned somewhere on Black Metal guitars are the interval chords where sometimes you use either strum around 2 or three strings depending on what the notes are.
Amazing Channel! The first exercises i start learning in my first guitar, after many months working for buy it, was your 5 exercises in this video.... By the way, before i choose my guitar i saw your video about how we choose a black metal guitar... if i didn´t watch your channel, probabably i didn´t learn anything at all about black metal and guitars... and it was a tragedy! I learn a lot with this video ! Thanks!
Do you have pretty stiff strings and a flexible pick? I find using regular slinkies with a stiffer pick can get mucky, tend to drag the string if I'm going faster. It's been a few years since I truly picked up my guitar but I'm hoping to maybe record some stuff. I'd probably use e drums, hopefully find a way to make it work, like say Planning for Burial on some tracks or what Have a Nice Life did with Deathconsciousness, but with the BM feel of say something like Këkht Aräkh/Minenwerfer/Begotten and hopefully rewire an old rotary phone for a mic for a warmer, fuzzy lofi sound. Sort of like Burzum with the old heli/plane mic (or was it just an old computer microphone?I don't remember now) but with a less screechy monotone sound. I've got zero recording equipment or programs though so who knows haha.
The chromatic scale is every note (12) in any octave. I've done the first example for years... first thing... it's a very helpful warm up. Just lacks a couple notes to be chromatic that's all.
i know what you mean. This is just a varitation more helpful for beginners. It's like i play a pentaonic scale and you say that real pentatonic scale is A major beause it's the most famous one hehe :P
I woudn't really put woy in prog black metal. I like some tunes but i'm not so much into them. I like band called Code in prog black metal. Not really that much for me but i don't have anything against that sub genre :)
Zimorog Band honestly I'm 100% new to black metal, aside from a few songs I really don't have any experience in that genre, so I apologize if me calling WOY prog black seemed like a childish mistake. and I asked because I always got the impression that many people into raw black metal had a general dislike for the more progressive scene
No need to apology because of that xD I am not a puritist. If you like something you should listen to it, no matter what anyone tells you. I'm into raw bm and i'm ok with it :)
loll I love your Intro honestly we have the same sense of humor ... When and I always say in all situations I always have a movie that starts in my head like your intro ... the problem is that I'm the only one to see it and the court of events things ... we need to come back to reality excuse me if it may be a bad english .car I'm Quebecois but ya such nuance in any language lol Thank you for video Jsuis an Artis autodidate your trick will be very Thank you Brothers!
Where you did the "Spider Chord" its actually notes from the F# Diminish scale. I dont think their is a chord name for it (atleast from what ive heard) but its definatley notes picked out of that scale. Great for Black Metal though!
man i like u...ur awesome about black metal i'm a fan of black and from long time i've wonder how they make it sounds soo cool...u are verry cool...i just start with guitar too soo i needed that thx a lot
You can make chords or a chord progression using all these techniques i tried it and shat my self it worked well, instead of making the generic lines shown in the exercises , 12:50 make a melody and chord structure using these it will blow your mind (not penis) Good Job
lol it's funny you question that because the vast majority of black metal bands play in standard tuning. lower tunings are usually reserved for genres like death metal
notquitemytempo I know, I use to play in drop C, so I though that due to the "heaviness, darkness and true evilness" of black metal I should play in a similar tone... I guess I need keep training my ears.
What name do you go by. I like your lessons I've been playing BM since 85-86 l subscribed and naturally learned your lessons on my own. except your invention l play in an infamous band now and are connected with some heavy hitters. I like your down to earth attitude.
My favorite black metal band is burzum. Its actually one guy who recorded some defining albums of the genre. Look him up. Burzum only recorded, never played live. Burzum(vary) intentionally used the shittiest equipment he could find to record those classic albums. Some off brand guitar (later he got a peavey guitar) and a 10 watt Marshall amp. So basically it doesn't matter.
hey... i'm writing my own black metal song/album, the only problem is I don't have drums... u have any suggestions what program to use? \m/ hail from Slovenia \m/
Hails man, i use superior drummer and i'm happy with it. You can also check demos of ez drummer or addictive drums. When i started i used fruity loops drums, not so great but good for start :)
What's the difference with the way they play melodic death metal and black metal sounds almost similar. Maybe you can explain the difference in techniques ?
sorry man.. well it's hard to explain black metal.. but in few words: black metal leads more to simplistic sounds without much melody.. some of goals is that music is recorded more raw and technique is almost non existent. So that's opposite from melodic death
I'd say that there is more palm-muting in Melodic Death Metal riffs and it anchors to the base note (E or D, or whatever tuning you're in). Aside from that, there isn't really much difference at all. A good example of a melodic Death Metal riff would be Immortal's Mountains of Might (first riff), while the second riff is more traditionally Black Metal, transitioning back to Melodic Death with the third riff.
The difference is not so much in the technique, but more in the composition. Melodic death metal usually relies on power chords and consonant solo's/riffs, typically in a minor scale. Black metal on the other hand often uses more dissonances (for example diminished chords) and diatonic chord progressions. I wouldn't say black metal is more simple; from a theoretical point of view it isn't in most cases. Rhythm is also different. Most melodic death metal uses traditional metal rhythms (with some double bass added), while black metal tends to use more blast-beats and other punk-influenced rhythms. Hope that helps! It's a bit of a generalization, so this definitely doesn't work for all bands :)
Yep. Come on, you know that jazz takes more than just noodling random barre chords over your fretbord. It's a very structured language, of shapes, modes and progressions which you can hardly skip if you want to make any kind of quality improvement. My point is : your point on proposing the fourth exercise as a good exercise for jazz is hardly convincing. By the way, sorry for making such harsh comments. The truth is I was expecting a more consistent, diverse and more efficient video from you considering my interset for Zimorog's music. Interesting exercises anyway. Thank you and keep sharing with us please !
Isengard Vinterskugge: Side project of Fenriz, very folk influenced. Blood Revolt- Salvation at the Barrel of a Gun: Like war metal, but with clean vocals.
This might sound stupid or you might think i'm joking.. but i just played. Play anything, scales, learn songs, do exercises, learn new techniques. Just play :)
Hello guys,i would want a quick help from you,I'm about to start a duo project raw black metal i just need some lyrics.Reply to this comment if you have any piece of lyrics. Would appreciate this,thank you!
dressed in flesh... decorated with the bones of dead I adore, with clarity I have seen war I've seen raging fires with pillars of black smoke.. heard wailing mothers cry while they watched their children choke, clouds of black ,rain death from above,soaking the ground below with blood
This is a common guitar scale used as a warmup. Some call it a scale in style of a chromatic scale. or chromatic warmup. There is no actual names and i said we'll call it my way :P
Good teachings, though I never practice lol... that's why I'm the worst guitarist ever! I just saw one of your other videos where you mentioned punk black? I never new that existed... I guess I don't need to call my shit Nu Black Metal uh??
You're too technical for me. And yes, I've tweeted you to no avail. And do I care?? I could be your uncle bruv! So I don't give a damn. I don't even play bm, I play Nu Black Metal. You're doing well with your videos, now make real music!
My favourite exercises for Black Metal are Exercises in Futulity.
ahahah, that ones are the best :D
Zimorog Band Hi, I'm a drummer and vocalist and I started playing in a band... for our proper works we chose to play a mix of black metal and beatdown/downtempo (not like those "blackened deathcore" bands that are coming, I think that they haven't much black in their music). Just to know, do you think it could be a thing? Without being "poser"(joking XD)
if you really feel the music, go for it
Was not disappointed. This was the top comment.
Davide Rosu i recently became the guitarist in a hardcore band and they've been asking me to write beatdown riffs for it, but im more into black metal so i'm integrating a slight blackened style woth it and they love it. look up Dark Sermon for blackened hardcore
And the 6th exercise: try to play your favourite songs by ear
that's also good!
Mikołaj Piotr Piekarski I make that
That's how you do it bruv! I don't even know the names of the strings, nevermind the chords...
No more covers!
I've been playing shitty amateur music for years and tonight I'm having my first rehearsal where I'll actually be playing guitar in an actual band. I've never taken a lesson in my life, so I'm glad you put this video up!
Although it's a doom metal band so I'll probably just be playing one power chord every 4-5 seconds.
Ampulex Compressa well, how'd it go?
+Insite yeah man how did it go?
apparently so badly they killed him
What happened #2018
He fucking died
The only thing I also learned somewhere on Black Metal guitars are the interval chords where sometimes you use either strum around 2 or three strings depending on what the notes are.
That last excercise has Burzum written allover it
;D
my journey to the stars?
Ea, lord of the depths
Jegg Faller too
Jesus død
Amazing Channel! The first exercises i start learning in my first guitar, after many months working for buy it, was your 5 exercises in this video.... By the way, before i choose my guitar i saw your video about how we choose a black metal guitar... if i didn´t watch your channel, probabably i didn´t learn anything at all about black metal and guitars... and it was a tragedy! I learn a lot with this video ! Thanks!
I fell in love with the 5th excercise! Wow, I'm going to be a BM Wizard in no time! :)
;)
Wow! This is the most helpful tips I've ever seen for death metal. Fantastic, extremely helpful exercises! Thanks man
can you do some tutorial like burzum-dunkelheit or marduk-frontschwein please
11:42 Rammstein Mutter: Black Metal Tremolo Version
awesome video, nice tips and sympathic guy, definetly deserved that like
G string... Hmmm... :)
;)
Do you have pretty stiff strings and a flexible pick? I find using regular slinkies with a stiffer pick can get mucky, tend to drag the string if I'm going faster.
It's been a few years since I truly picked up my guitar but I'm hoping to maybe record some stuff. I'd probably use e drums, hopefully find a way to make it work, like say Planning for Burial on some tracks or what Have a Nice Life did with Deathconsciousness, but with the BM feel of say something like Këkht Aräkh/Minenwerfer/Begotten and hopefully rewire an old rotary phone for a mic for a warmer, fuzzy lofi sound. Sort of like Burzum with the old heli/plane mic (or was it just an old computer microphone?I don't remember now) but with a less screechy monotone sound. I've got zero recording equipment or programs though so who knows haha.
Never knew about the spider chords. I hear a lot of Dark Funeral in those chords. Thanks!
they use those indeed :)
The chromatic scale is every note (12) in any octave. I've done the first example for years... first thing... it's a very helpful warm up. Just lacks a couple notes to be chromatic that's all.
i know what you mean. This is just a varitation more helpful for beginners. It's like i play a pentaonic scale and you say that real pentatonic scale is A major beause it's the most famous one hehe :P
Dr.Sabbi What Video cut Programm you used for the intro ? greetings from Germany
greetings! i do all my vids in adobe premiere
Zimorog Band thx dude you are the best and don't forget to do tipps for playing live on stage how one guy down there suggested you to !
thanks a lot :) i'll do it, don't worry :)
I'm fuckin dying
"How to make Crispy Cornflakes"
Also that last exercise, oh man.
Hi! I like this exercises, so I subscribed to your channel btw do you use any pedals or an specific amplifier for getting that sound?
thanks man! in this vid i used only my amp which is ibanez toneblaster
zimo-xhasthur old logo?
How do you set you're amp up to get that black metal tone ?
Gremlygunk everything on 10, lmao
which mics you have on ur beauty ? would you recommend dimarzio x2 n's for high output ? liked that wild sound of ur guitar ^^
i have the same pickups i had when i bought the guitar :P
what do you think of prog black metal? specifically woods of ypres?
I woudn't really put woy in prog black metal. I like some tunes but i'm not so much into them. I like band called Code in prog black metal. Not really that much for me but i don't have anything against that sub genre :)
Zimorog Band honestly I'm 100% new to black metal, aside from a few songs I really don't have any experience in that genre, so I apologize if me calling WOY prog black seemed like a childish mistake. and I asked because I always got the impression that many people into raw black metal had a general dislike for the more progressive scene
No need to apology because of that xD I am not a puritist. If you like something you should listen to it, no matter what anyone tells you. I'm into raw bm and i'm ok with it :)
nice demo :).....what do u think of blackened death metal like belpagor???
I'm not into belphegor that much but i like hate and behemoth
Zimorog Band thanks....i will have to check out hate
Me too!
loll I love your Intro
honestly we have the same sense of humor ... When and I always say in all situations I always have a movie that starts in my head like your intro ... the problem is that I'm the only one to see it and the court of events things ... we need to come back to reality excuse me if it may be a bad english .car I'm Quebecois but ya such nuance in any language lol Thank you for video Jsuis an Artis autodidate your trick will be very Thank you Brothers!
That was cool, specially the riif you played at the end of clip, sounded like Emperor.
And, can you do a tutorial/video on melodic black metal style?
What do you think about metalcore-style breakdowns in Black Metal? Yesterday I heard a Polish black metal band which had a very metalcore breakdown.
if it sounds good why not
Gonna save this video for later. Not sure if you remember me commenting a few days ago, but I'm finally getting my first guitar tomorrow!
nice ;) good luck!
thanks man it really helped alot ur great :D
What guitar should I pick for BM ? Not only BM, of course, I won't buy a guitar for each genre.
It's a really wide question. Pick a guitar you like and check the reviews or how it sounds like. If you like the tone, buy it
Heh, I was looking for some RGA Ibanez, but none available...
+Xelor Eye Go to a guitar store, go to pawnshops, play some guitars, and find one in your price range that plays and sounds good to you.
Where you did the "Spider Chord" its actually notes from the F# Diminish scale. I dont think their is a chord name for it (atleast from what ive heard) but its definatley notes picked out of that scale. Great for Black Metal though!
I forgot to also say, Its a movable shape
3:36 is said i don't know the exact name of the exercise :P
I know spider chord is a dave mustaine chord, but fuck him
Zimorog Band neither do i 😂 but yes fuck davie
what chords were you playing after the spider chords??
thank you for the video! Its very useful to know exercises to get better at black metal. Cheers!
Hello Dr. sablast ! Could you make a vídeo with tips to play at live? c: plx?!
Pancha Bogom nice idea, i'll do it :)
Pancha Bogom sacrifice goats when playing live
Great idea :D that´s necessary
muy bueno, me encanto! sabe mucho.
Adivinare, también vienes a aprender como hacer tu ep de black metal
man i like u...ur awesome about black metal i'm a fan of black and from long time i've wonder how they make it sounds soo cool...u are verry cool...i just start with guitar too soo i needed that thx a lot
thank you :)
You can make chords or a chord progression using all these techniques i tried it and shat my self it worked well, instead of making the generic lines shown in the exercises , 12:50 make a melody and chord structure using these it will blow your mind (not penis) Good Job
excellent video count Sablast! think about making some videos with lessons or advices for the very beginners! greetings from Greece (Hellas)!
ok man! and thank you!
Great exercises, I've been learning guitar for six months, but I was wondering if standard tuning is appropriate for Black Metal, what do you think?
I play on standard tuning for over 10 years :P
Zimorog Band that's great news :D thanks
lol it's funny you question that because the vast majority of black metal bands play in standard tuning. lower tunings are usually reserved for genres like death metal
notquitemytempo I know, I use to play in drop C, so I though that due to the "heaviness, darkness and true evilness" of black metal I should play in a similar tone... I guess I need keep training my ears.
Some BM bands tune to E standard.
What name do you go by. I like your lessons I've been playing BM since 85-86 l subscribed and naturally learned your lessons on my own. except your invention l play in an infamous band now and are connected with some heavy hitters. I like your down to earth attitude.
thanks man!
awesome video, keep it up my man :3
also what song is playing in the intro? its pretty dope
Thanks! Zimorog - Napad morskog psa
Yes boy, you get it!
What set up on a mid to low price range would you recommend for playing black metal riffs?
My favorite black metal band is burzum. Its actually one guy who recorded some defining albums of the genre. Look him up. Burzum only recorded, never played live. Burzum(vary) intentionally used the shittiest equipment he could find to record those classic albums. Some off brand guitar (later he got a peavey guitar) and a 10 watt Marshall amp. So basically it doesn't matter.
hey... i'm writing my own black metal song/album, the only problem is I don't have drums... u have any suggestions what program to use? \m/ hail from Slovenia \m/
Hails man, i use superior drummer and i'm happy with it. You can also check demos of ez drummer or addictive drums. When i started i used fruity loops drums, not so great but good for start :)
There is a free drum option.
powerdrumkit.com is great sounding kit. Not made for metal, but it's better than nufin
What's the difference with the way they play melodic death metal and black metal sounds almost similar. Maybe you can explain the difference in techniques ?
doesn't sound that similiar to me :P
Zimorog Band I was asking if you can explain it anyways. That's cool you don't have to.
sorry man.. well it's hard to explain black metal.. but in few words: black metal leads more to simplistic sounds without much melody.. some of goals is that music is recorded more raw and technique is almost non existent. So that's opposite from melodic death
I'd say that there is more palm-muting in Melodic Death Metal riffs and it anchors to the base note (E or D, or whatever tuning you're in). Aside from that, there isn't really much difference at all. A good example of a melodic Death Metal riff would be Immortal's Mountains of Might (first riff), while the second riff is more traditionally Black Metal, transitioning back to Melodic Death with the third riff.
The difference is not so much in the technique, but more in the composition. Melodic death metal usually relies on power chords and consonant solo's/riffs, typically in a minor scale. Black metal on the other hand often uses more dissonances (for example diminished chords) and diatonic chord progressions. I wouldn't say black metal is more simple; from a theoretical point of view it isn't in most cases.
Rhythm is also different. Most melodic death metal uses traditional metal rhythms (with some double bass added), while black metal tends to use more blast-beats and other punk-influenced rhythms.
Hope that helps! It's a bit of a generalization, so this definitely doesn't work for all bands :)
How do you get pictures below the guitars bridge?
in a chocolate bar
Gotta go practice that Sablast exercise
Now i'm proud :)
The 4th exercise ? Useful for jazz ? Was the joke intented or is it just relevant of how little you thought this lesson through ?
really?
Yep. Come on, you know that jazz takes more than just noodling random barre chords over your fretbord. It's a very structured language, of shapes, modes and progressions which you can hardly skip if you want to make any kind of quality improvement. My point is : your point on proposing the fourth exercise as a good exercise for jazz is hardly convincing.
By the way, sorry for making such harsh comments. The truth is I was expecting a more consistent, diverse and more efficient video from you considering my interset for Zimorog's music.
Interesting exercises anyway. Thank you and keep sharing with us please !
i know its impossible but "clean vocal black metal"?
nothing is impossible in black metal :) and there are bands which do clean vocals
Zimorog Band really? i didn't know it
+alvaro andres allende matus Isengard and Blood Revolt are two good examples.
Gooby Pls but song example?
Isengard Vinterskugge: Side project of Fenriz, very folk influenced.
Blood Revolt- Salvation at the Barrel of a Gun: Like war metal, but with clean vocals.
What tunning i have to use for my guitar ?
D# c# and 1/4 e standard are great for black metal
What is the intro song?
zimorog - napad morskog psa
Great tips man
How did you learn to play guitar?
This might sound stupid or you might think i'm joking.. but i just played. Play anything, scales, learn songs, do exercises, learn new techniques. Just play :)
Thanks bro I needed to see that !
I believe in this exercise
Nice lession, I'll try... :) Thanx
Chord is when you have 3 different note. This first "spider" chord should be spider interval
Am I the only one that thinks the spider chords sound badass :D They could totally be used for a very staccato breakdown
i think you meant muscle memory, right?
exactly! :D
thank's, very useful video!) we will work with this)
where are you from?
Croatia
Thank you
Hello guys,i would want a quick help from you,I'm about to start a duo project raw black metal i just need some lyrics.Reply to this comment if you have any piece of lyrics. Would appreciate this,thank you!
Goge go you can't just ask for lyrics like that man, you gotta wrote your own
Black metal was never so gay. Good job.
dressed in flesh... decorated with the bones of dead I adore, with clarity I have seen war
I've seen raging fires with pillars of black smoke..
heard wailing mothers cry while they watched their children choke, clouds of black ,rain death from above,soaking the ground below with blood
thank you man
I find the spider crawling way easier than the spider.
A+
Now I have to go wash the shames off of me.
Traduce en español porfavor bro.
2 is just diminished chord
You forgot the most important exercise! Church burning!
YOU'RE SO FUCKING CHARISMATIC DUDE! HAHAHAHAHA
HAIL FROM BRAZIL.
hey bro! thanks a lot thats reallly helpfull you are great
thanks bro!
I love "Bluck Metale"
you were skipping over notes in the true chromatic scale. i.e. you skipped playing the A note. and D, etc
ty
4:15
more pickups needed
In your very first exercise you dont play the chromatic Scale, because you dont play every of the 12 notes.
This is a common guitar scale used as a warmup. Some call it a scale in style of a chromatic scale. or chromatic warmup. There is no actual names and i said we'll call it my way :P
Good teachings, though I never practice lol... that's why I'm the worst guitarist ever! I just saw one of your other videos where you mentioned punk black? I never new that existed... I guess I don't need to call my shit Nu Black Metal uh??
only exercise i like to do is 5
N.5 "every black metal song"* :D
rule number #1 yous can nots plays blacks metalss in xmas sweater
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Chaosgate666 lol?
Wtf?
Williams oh no it’s the super KKK D: May the power of Black Metal Compel You!
Акцент***
Good stuff!!!
εισαι Ελληνας;
theMassacreCAT είναι α πότη Κροατία νομίζω.
thanx
nisam znao da si iz hrvatske haha :P
eto ;D
Zimorog Band ides na mayhem u zg?
da je subota bi išao ali radim od nedjelje
какой-то русский акцент у тебя
Николай Харитонов Nope, hes from Croatia
You're too technical for me. And yes, I've tweeted you to no avail. And do I care?? I could be your uncle bruv! So I don't give a damn. I don't even play bm, I play Nu Black Metal. You're doing well with your videos, now make real music!
doing that right now
Excercises in Futility
great video