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juannaman · **Joined:** Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:53 pm **Posts:** 360

i was wondering wether extreme metal can exist without loads of open string runs and and non stop power chord riffing not to say that i don't enjoy it but i was just wonrdering

Lucifer's Son · **Joined:** Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:52 pm **Posts:** 2016

Black metal can. Thrash and Death cannot.

juannaman · **Joined:** Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:53 pm **Posts:** 360

no but i'm not an expert on black metal riffing but it sounds like there is a hell of alot of tremolo picking so i was guessing they must be reliant on the low e

Metalhead_Bastard · **Posted:** Tue Apr 28, 2009 12:51 pm

Well in theory it could, so I voted yes-but in reality probably not.

Lucifer's Son · **Joined:** Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:52 pm **Posts:** 2016

Ambient BM doesn't rely on power chords, don't you agree?

Cú Chulainn · **Posted:** Tue Apr 28, 2009 12:54 pm

Doesn't anything rock/blues based rely on power chords?

juannaman · **Joined:** Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:53 pm **Posts:** 360

i do agree because mainly because the guitar is pushed to the side and there are a few modes and scales that give very nice ambient effects

juannaman · **Joined:** Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:53 pm **Posts:** 360

frigid symohony i beleive you are right but many blues/rock artists rarely rely on power chords

noodles · **Posted:** Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:58 am

i saw Iskra live and dude didn't use power chords iirc

Skiggath · **Joined:** Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:00 pm **Posts:** 478

I have only recently been teaching myself black metal guitar and most of it is speed picking single notes and power chords.

Legacy Of The Night · **Posted:** Sun May 03, 2009 3:41 pm

I would love to hear a Thrash Metal song written without using a single power chord or open string run.

juannaman · **Joined:** Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:53 pm **Posts:** 360

dude that is what i would truly call progressive thrash metal
i mean there are few minor chords and scales that would make it work

Rhys · **Posted:** Mon May 04, 2009 7:45 am

Skiggath wrote:

I have only recently been teaching myself black metal guitar and most of it is speed picking single notes and power chords.

A lot of black metal relies on simple two-note "chords", besides power chords to make simple phrases. (Also sounds good if you play certain intervals with extreme amounts of distortion)

noodles · **Posted:** Mon May 04, 2009 7:02 pm

I tried to make some brakk metal sounding stuff on my guitar but I couldn't get the tone right.

Legacy Of The Night · **Posted:** Mon May 04, 2009 7:24 pm

Lows and Highs all the way up
Mids all the way down
???
Black Metal!

noodles · **Posted:** Mon May 04, 2009 7:37 pm

That does work! My guitar sounds like I'm doing cruel things to it, especially when I play the major 7th instead of the octave on a power chord :3

Legacy Of The Night · **Posted:** Mon May 04, 2009 8:01 pm

Major 7ths aren't really Black Metal, though. :(

I like the 1-3-7 voicing better myself, especially for the bass.

noodles · **Posted:** Mon May 04, 2009 8:16 pm

I'm having trouble playing stuff that sounds repetitive and droney; too used to playing with some kind of groove.

juannaman · **Joined:** Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:53 pm **Posts:** 360

i was thinking would simple chords like Em and Am make a pretty brutal sound because i can't tell with the current state of my amp

noodles · **Posted:** Mon May 04, 2009 9:44 pm

Em makes me think of post-rock and whenever I play it, I feel the urge to play it quietly and then slowly get louder.

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