Technical Death metal style

[Fiend]

I just recently started listening to some technical death metal, arsis, neuraxis, and gojira. I can't find any lessons on technical death metal, really any appreciate and help with finding any lessons on tech death

[BlutAusNerd]

Re: Technical Death metal style Not sure what you're asking for, lessons on how to play tech-death, or lessons regarding finding other bands in the genre? Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

[Fiend]

meant how to play tech-death sorry about the poor wording

[NTNR]

There's no official way to play tech death. You just need to practice all the craziest scales you can find, get a metronome and practice for about 8 hours a day. Everyday. That's pretty much the secret. Plus when you write you have to think outside the box. Atypical chords, structures, patterns, etc... Listen to old school death metal before you listen to the modern and sterile shit that's out now. There's no school like the old school.

[forge]

My hat's off to you if you can play that way. I sure can't.

[BlutAusNerd]

Re: Technical Death metal style

There's no official way to play tech death. You just need to practice all the craziest scales you can find' date=' get a metronome and practice for about 8 hours a day. Everyday. That's pretty much the secret. Plus when you write you have to think outside the box. Atypical chords, structures, patterns, etc... Listen to old school death metal before you listen to the modern and sterile shit that's out now. There's no school like the old school.[/quote'] Thinking outside the box is the biggest key afaic. Just because you can play like crazy, that doesn't mean that you can write a song. Especially in the field of tech-death, the best way to set yourself apart would be by writing memorable songs. Anybody can practice for hours on end and become a technical player, but if you can use that larger tool bag and expanded technique palette to communicate what is in your soul through music in a way that requires that level of precision, you have succeeded. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

[NTNR]

Thinking outside the box is the biggest key afaic. Just because you can play like crazy, that doesn't mean that you can write a song. Especially in the field of tech-death, the best way to set yourself apart would be by writing memorable songs. Anybody can practice for hours on end and become a technical player, but if you can use that larger tool bag and expanded technique palette to communicate what is in your soul through music in a way that requires that level of precision, you have succeeded. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

I just do what Trey and Chuck do/did. Make up your own scales and just try to play above your ability. What I mean by that is, write some crazy riff, complex alternating picking patterns, tapping and something arppegiated. Start off VERY slowly. Once you get the basic idea down, start speeding it up. The more you've practiced scales in general the easier it will be to accomplish this. Now, once you've got a decent riff, keep speeding it up until it's at a sufficient speed for you, then write the next riff and repeat. It's a lot of theory in practice. Old Morbid Angel, Monstrosity, Pestilence, Massacre, etc... they will show you the way.

[Iceni]

I'm a lousy guitar player, but I think I could offer some general tech-death advice since I really love the genre. I notice one thing hasn't been mentioned here that might bear stating: rhythm. Many tech-death bands have a tendency to get lost in their own complexity (Neuraxis, later Miseration, Decrepit Birth, Spawn of Possession) and end up writing exactly what BAN said: boring and unmemorable songs. Having a good sense of rhythm can work wonders - it's what helps set the jazzy bands apart in particular. Centaurus-A also have a very strong rhythm sense, which helps provide a good backing for the guitars.

[Fiend]

Greatly appreciate it