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This month, I’d like to explore some ideas that do not fall within the “normal” scope of metal soloing or riff writing.
I borrowed the name for this month’s column from an incredible album recorded by the band Apocrypha back in the late Eighties, a very creative metal band that constantly pushed the limits of the metal genre to new and unexplored territories.
If you are unfamiliar with them, be sure to check out this amazing album.
An effective way to create a powerful and memorable metal riff is to imagine a chord progression and then “describe” it with a single-note line, instead of playing any chords, as demonstrated in FIGURE 1.
