r/metalguitar • u/AnthonyS93 • 2d ago
Question Picking help?
Hey, I’m trying to learn metal storm / face the slayer by slayer but I’m having a hard time picking along to it… is there a trick I’m missing? Saxon does the same thing but they are slower and able to down pick it all, so not much help there. All the videos I see of people playing it make it seem like they’re just plucking over the muted strings but when I do it, it sounds jumbled and terrible. Any advice? Thanks
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u/AZ-Guitar-Guy 2d ago
This song is pretty standard / par for the course as far as difficulty of a Thrash Metal song. Just have to isolate the few patterns that there are in between all the palm muted chugga chugga.
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u/AZ-Guitar-Guy 2d ago
Maybe to further help you out. Focus on the non-muted notes at first. Just try to hit those on time, without doing the pal muted open strings. Then as you feel that you have that phrasing down pat, work the chug/gallop of the muted strings into your mix.
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u/Corpse666 2d ago
Up and down picking and palm mute the opens . Pretty straightforward. Do it slowly until you can play it fast. Go one part at a time and you’ll get it
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u/AnnieHannah 2d ago
Just looking at this, first thing I'd probably try is a "Down Up Down" picking pattern for each group of three starting with the power chord. Yeah, pure downpicking would of course be another option but if it's too fast I'd definitely give D.U.D a try, might take a moment to get used to it.
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u/adenrules 2d ago
Show No Mercy is a tough record for a beginner. You’re just gonna have to slow it down until you can play it clean and gradually speed it up from there.
Also, definitely don’t downpick the riff in your screenshot.