6 Death Metal Guitar Riffs For Beginners

[@mschrage618]

This guy is great! I went from playing Smoke On The Water to Cenotaph in less than a week! Definitely subscribing.

[@cyrilmercer3925]

01:07 Bolt Thrower - Cenotaph (C# standard) 04:30 Carcass - Corporal Jigsaw Quandary (B standard) 07:56 Death - Living Monstrosity (D standard) 10:09 Obituary - Rotting Ways (D standard) 13:57 Gorefest - Reality When You Die (C standard) 16:27 Morbid Angel - Day of Suffering (D standard)

[@kirisutegomen12]

How do you do the different standards and drops? I'm a noob

[@Ivar-b5y]

@@kirisutegomen12 U should Google how

[@PenguinzFTW]

Honestly, when I first got interested in learning some cool Death Metal riffs, I started with Spirit Crusher by Death. Some pretty easy and cool riffs in that song

[@moonman6183]

Much appreciated Simon. I'm a total beginner and I find your videos very useful for learning!

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

👍

[@callez2402]

Mr Smith, best om the youtube. I watched your previous tutorials, and with very simple means they opened up a whole new metal universe for a beginner. Thanks!

[@ItzWraggy]

I’m going to watch some and see if he can teach me

[@kirisutegomen12]

Hello, I am a beginner and I am a little confused. In the first riff he is pressing the second string but picking the first string, how do you know what strings to pick?

[@lenol0315]

I’ve been a huge fan of death metal and always wanted to learn guitar since 2008 and I always put it off and did other things but I finally got one and the time has come to sit here start from level one and earn my skill

[@lukeduke798]

Thanks Simon! As a new guitar player I've had endless fun learning and mastering these riffs, i watch this video STILL, never gets old, you're the man! 🤘

[@MrSuperfuzz79]

Bolt Thrower really are perfect to learn this style , not over complicated but brutal with most of the fundamentals of the genre. Plus they have many great foot tapping, head nodding riffs to learn. 🤘

[@dievleisboom332]

Thanks for this video! I'm still new to guitar so I have to learn all the basic chords and techniques still and it gets quite boring so having something awesome that's easy enough for me to play is really motivating and helps break up the tedium of learning the basics.

[@lowfeelsblvd]

Pull The Plug by Death is amazing. The first death metal riff I learnt (THERE IS NO HOPE WHY DON'T YOU etc etc)

[@craigpaulson3503]

Still my all time favorite death song. The riff is brutal yet catchy, and the "why don't you" section just makes you want to punch something, or put the pedal to the floor while driving.

[@lowfeelsblvd]

@@craigpaulson3503 So simple too. It just goes to show that a good guitar tone and rhythm that you can headbang/tap your foot to is the key to an awesome riff.

[@Brutaltronics]

PULL THE PLUUUUGG

[@mw6-z1e]

Thanks for this lesson! I started learning guitar 2 weeks ago and this will make my practice sessions 100% better

[@umbra9408]

Thank you Simon … from Italy!

[@frigotv1]

I dont need anything elese, when i have your channel. EXCELLENT . All what I need , including theory. You are AMAZING TEACHER!!!! Thank you Sir!!!!

[@lordcrowlay]

You need to make one with thrash metal riffs

[@FutschasAnanas]

nice to see Gorefest here! Awesome as always mate!

[@suzannepratt2401]

God like technique man!

[@mojo-hand4539]

Really appreciate you doing this in Standard! And they still sound totally badass. Cheers, just subscribed.

[@Neednoreligion]

Thanks from germany Simon

[@iveliniliev568]

Great death metal riffs !

[@ronghin2961]

Thanks for your lesson.. Take love from Bangladesh💝

[@Ugc-ri4tw]

Love that tone

[@globaltrekkerexplorer]

Awesome lesson! Metal Mayhem in my garage hell yeah......

[@sarahbosser8370]

your guitar is AWESOME!! very beautiful ! Thanks for the tuto btw !

[@fretman09]

That first riff sounds a bit like symptom of the universe from Black Sabbath. Killer!

[@lucamengardo6942]

Or cenotaph by bolt thrower

[@adamjpd]

Perfect video for my first guitar lesson!! :) :)

[@connorcampbell144]

Wow your first lesson and going to go straight into death metal. ok. Mind you I've been playing for to years and I only learnt to chug two months ago. I wanted to play rock and that's what I do but then I got into metal as well.

[@AlcatraZJGroup]

This is really helpful for me! Thank you so much. I’ve started playing electric guitar and this lesson inspires me a lot.

[@riffsfromtheabyss666]

I'm primarily a Black Metal and Classical player. But this video will come in handy to add more Death in to my riffages. Cheers!

[@joshcollins8727]

Great stuff brother. Thank you for sharing

[@voronOsphere]

Great video, Simon! Great riffs to learn! Thanks! PS I appreciate the lesson being in E Standard Tuning. Makes learning easier for me.

[@seanwelsh3404]

I played these riffs everyday for six weeks and BAM! Crabs

[@arjunchakrabarti9491]

Love it mate! Cheers!

[@DethRusso510]

Thanks for the video, I have been practicing some riffs for my band xD it is good to learn with references

[@misanthropiclethargy6669]

thank you soooo much for posting this

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

No probs

[@hendo8609]

Damn that shit still heavy in standard BOI

[@lucad6394]

thanks mate! what pick do you use?

[@luishernandez-dz9zw]

happy new year my brother thanks for all the videos and lessons exito

[@mvatas]

OMD Thank thank thank you please make more beginners death metal riffs lessons

[@JohnDoe-fz7hz]

If such lessons had existed in the 90s it would have been so much easier to figure out how some riffs are being played. All you got were Songbooks and the heaviest stuff you could get as Tabulature was Slayer. For everything else you have to sit down listen and try.

[@OcultisTenebris666]

Thanks🎉

[@camlong89]

Great videos. I really enjoy them. Have you thought about buying a digitech drop pedal? It would be great for videos like this.

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

I used to have one but sold it. Kept the EHX Pitchfork though, but wanted all of these to be in standard tuning so beginners didn't have to keep adjusting their tuning 🤘

[@DirkVerkain]

pretty cool

[@nickbrack9354]

Hello my friend. Very useful lesson. Great teacher.

[@carloschong2795]

Nice video! Hope you could do some Gorefest/Sinister lessons. Cheers from Perú.

[@shockafter7]

Man this awesome. Wish I decided to learn these riffs earlier when I first watch the video months ago but not sure what happened. Better late than ever tho

[@iklobus]

Everytime I think I could do a new Lesson on KZbin, I search and end up on your channel 😅👍 And that for many years now. So, thanks alot for the absoluetly great content 🙏👍🎉🎉😎

[@mang3139]

Hey thanks man, great video, glad I found you and subbed! I'm new to playing death metal and I know these originals are tuned down from standard but are they played the exact same way on the fret board as you are playing? TY

[@eerie_genetics8459]

and it goes like this

[@odanne29]

hope i can learn that, good video

[@GaZonk100]

vicious tone!

[@NickRiffs]

Obituary Redneck Stomp is a real easy song to learn and it’s nice and groovy

[@frantisektkakafrankt634]

Great stuff.

[@MiniulekJr]

Fantastic like always

[@thasmydjay]

Yo great video! I don’t even listen to metal at all but I love playing this stuff on guitar lol

[@joker71172]

Thanks for the lesson as always. I'm a Gibson man, but that PRS is a MUST have. Cheers Simon. 🙏👹🤘🎸

[@connorcampbell144]

I'm a Gibson guy too. Not that I've got one.

[@yanbona2448]

I love you . And thank you so much.

[@alistairgaladius1338]

So you play all these riffs in E standard it seems ? Happy new year good job !

[@SNAAAAAAAKE]

Holy shit how weird. I saw the title and then for some reason Reality When you Die popped into my head, was just about to write you a request for it, and then well I be fuckered, there it was!

[@Divine_R]

How fuckering

[@SNAAAAAAAKE]

@@Divine_R I'm from Dorset, please forgive my language wankery.

[@UnitBeerMonsta]

So glad I've come across you're channel!! So keen to practise this, jjst subbed! Be sick if you could make a deathcore/metalcore for beginners you haven't already (havent searched ya channel yet haha)

[@polashhossain6880]

What processors or Stomp u have used here?

[@givann666]

hi, i would like to know which pedal do you use for distortion, or which pedals give me that distinction? thanks greetings

[@michaelhart5087]

wow thanks i think im gonna trade in my acoustic for an electric guitar!

[@voronOsphere]

You'll love it!

[@maximomartinez6843]

something from Obituary ?

[@marcotavarone240]

Nice video for beginners... I can play all the riffs but I really enjoyed your teaching method... You should do more teaching videos of song and theory as well, keep rocking... Greetings from Italy (sorry for bad English)

[@cenotaph8627]

you should make guitar lesson for Bolt Thrower - Mercenary

[@cheesecake6639]

Could you do more stuff about Sepultura? Recently finished listening to their discography and I'm amazed by their albums: schizophrenia, arise, chaos a.d. and roots

[@Vinicius-gy8wk]

Schizophrenia have a sick guitar tone, so fucking hard to replicate

[@sebastianlacroix5871]

Easiest riff in the world is Roots Bloody Roots lol - just hammer on a B into a C and there you are, halfway to becoming Max Cavalera himself.

[@beastofman77]

Take out Roots and replace with Beneath the Remains and you got it

[@st9919]

Killer selection. More MA would be ace.

[@brutalmaniactv3870]

what prs series's that?

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

S2 Standard

[@brutalmaniactv3870]

@@SimonSmithGuitar thanks, my friend,, i subsribed,, 🤘

[@thunderwolf854]

I just bought my first guitar kit. But I’m 32 and my birthday is this month. I always see professional guitarist start off really young. So I was wondering, is it to late for me to start learning?

[@rec0v3r3dimpishmand1ble]

not at all. it's perfectly fine to pick up a hobby later in life, especially if you never had the will to beforehand, so just do what you can with what you have now

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

Definitely not too late! My oldest pupil was in his 70's

[@voronOsphere]

Not at all.

[@voronOsphere]

Recommendation: Begin to memorize the A Minor/C Major Scale (same scale: A,B,C,D,E,F,G,A) all over the neck. Then, when you learn a new chord, trick, or technique, see how it would fit into the A Minor/C Major Scale, in addition to the original versions you learned. There's no hurry to learn it all at once. You can take a year or two, learning it, or even longer. As you learn that scale, it will become easier to learn other Minor/Major Scales like E Minor/G Major, B Minor/D Major, and D Minor/F Major. Also remember that you don't have to learn everything! Just start learning. I started late, too (as a drummer shifting to guitar).

[@kensmith2822]

Don't even own a guitar anymore and I watched the whole thing, I miss my guitar

[@SoggySandwich80]

Why’d you get rid of it

[@kensmith2822]

@@SoggySandwich80 just had a baby, lived in apartment and couldn't really play it with any volume, not to mention I'm not very good

[@SoggySandwich80]

@@kensmith2822 you could use headphones dude.

[@diwastheboss]

Me too I gave up playing. It's been 5 years. Wanna dig right in again after some ups and downs in my life.

[@sweeneyTodd-de4by]

I came across your has I've just bought a jackson to learn metal,im really thinking about doing the beginners course has l dont know a thing

[@rjc7289]

That first riff reminded me of "Symptom Of The Universe" by Black Sabbath.

[@walterbentodearantesjunior1443]

wow good please part 2

[@xRawSidex]

I wish I could ever play guitar like that🥺

[@cristianniebla8349]

Gorefest 🤘🏻

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

🤘

[@howdy9231]

What distortion pedal do you use on these riffs?

[@akllhayvan2988]

Thank you 🤘

[@grimmseti]

Hey @Simon Smith, that's a sweet guitar you're playing on! What guitar is it?

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

Thanks. It's a PRS S2 Standard 22

[@grimmseti]

@@SimonSmithGuitar Awesome! Thanks dude!

[@blacklotus3205]

The second riff is a metal version of misirlou

[@Djent7779]

are all these riffs in E?

[@contrarymargemarge9538]

Thanks this rocks I just got a guitar for Christmas and don't know how to play anything- but so adore black metal and think its really such beautiful music to learn. LOve this series can you also do a hair metal list with songs like Talk Dirty to me by POSION and maybe something from RATT. Lol at least My dogs and bird seem to like it!

[@IMilja]

6:18

[@nooralamgir3703]

Thanks man!

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

🤘

[@perceptiontwin9890]

Man I love your guitar what is it ?

[@Mike-xj6pi]

Liking I grew up with these songs

[@GR8Iam]

Congrats! speaking of the devil mr. Smith, any thoughts about the boss hm-2? greetings from Mexico!

[@ydjda.2634]

thanks icon

[@brwler1]

I am super confused about the type of gear to use. What type of guitar and what type of amp, or sound rig to use for death metal? Made an uneducated purchase of single coil strat and later realised it wont play metal.

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

It can be a bit of a minefield. Get a local tech to put a Little 59 in the bridge and it'll transform it

[@mattiascloverleaf2076]

Sick watch on your left arm Simon, what is it?

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

Fitbit Charge 3 buddy

[@MarcusBlueWolf]

I thought guitar teachers would tell you off for having a watch on your arms?

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

Good tips. How come you don't use a real Mesa Boogie Mark V amp? Also what tunings are you using on these riffs?

[@jackritter4805]

What guitar you using

[@Alphatraz8piano]

GREAT!

[@MagpieR6]

what do i need to start playing? i have a guitar and amp but it doesnt sound the same. complete beginner

[@nick9821]

in order to get started in metal, i'd suggest picking up a distortion pedal. the ProCo Rat is a good cheaper option.

[@primusdude87]

The Corporal Jigsore Quandary riff is played incorrectly here. I believe Bill Steer goes from Ab-G, then to C (transpose for B tuning), as opposed to what you've done.

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

You may be correct!

[@primusdude87]

Simon Smith In your defense, it’s probably easier for a beginner to play the riff as demonstrated here.

[@zona4862]

Naice I like

[@austinreed6759]

Here's the levels Level 1: Smoke on The Water- Drop D (rhythm) Level 2: Smells Like Teen Spirit (rhythm) Level 3: Walk Pantera (rhythm) Level 4: Shadow Moses- BMTH Level 5: War Ensemble- Slayer (rhythm) Level 6: Fit For an Autopsy-Black Mammoth Level 7: Pareidolia-Elena Siegmann Level 8: Pray for Plagues- BMTH Level 9: Drone Corpse Aviator- Archspire

[@noel_s_visuals]

Nice one. Right on!

[@StealthPlatypus1]

Rusted Nail intro by In Flames is a good one too

[@retromobs6018]

hi, i would like to know which pedal do you use for distortion, or which pedals give me that distinction? thanks greetings (Question from @Giovanni G)

[@arielpanteon2538]

Excellent Simon!!! 🤘😎

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

🤘

[@agemadrid835]

Can you do a tutorial for corp jigsore if you haven’t already? It’s soooo good!