50,000 before W:O:A 2009!

  • As a new login system we use the Wacken.ID. To link your current account in the Wacken Forum with the Wacken.ID, please click on the link and enter your e-mail address, which you also use in the forum. A user with your username and email address will be created automatically. You will then receive an email and will need to confirm your Wacken.ID.

    If you have any problems, please send us an email.

    Click here to migrate your account to a Wacken.ID.
808Metal

808Metal

W:O:A Metalmaster
Nov 30, 2007
46,286
0
81
Oahu, Hawaii
starscream said:
yeah i'm with ya on that one, it would take us to tour with someone who is well known but still wild heavy like Dying Fetus (would be right up my street!)
nice to meet you too Adam, glad ya like the tunes!
guitar is all about perseverance, with the right encouragement it doesn't matter how old or young you are, I have friends who far outshadow my playing but have only been at it a few years! what really matters though is the ability to write a good riff, someone could be as technical as could be but that doesn't matter if they write nothing memorable.
Click to expand...

I agree 100% technicality is great, I respect a highly skilled player, but riifs are what it's all about.. A good riff is the building block of a good metal song, the foundation.
 
starscream

starscream

Member
Apr 18, 2008
49
0
51
36
Belfast, Northern Ireland...shithole capital of th
www.myspace.com
808Metal said:
I agree 100% technicality is great, I respect a highly skilled player, but riifs are what it's all about.. A good riff is the building block of a good metal song, the foundation.
Click to expand...

yeah, the way i see it is that guitar players like Dime or Willie Adler (Lamb of God) come in way higher than players like Vai or Satriani because as good as they are, they aren't the most riff friendly. a lot of people misunderstand technicality for good playing, fretboard wankery does not bang heads!!!
 
808Metal

808Metal

W:O:A Metalmaster
Nov 30, 2007
46,286
0
81
Oahu, Hawaii
starscream said:
yeah, the way i see it is that guitar players like Dime or Willie Adler (Lamb of God) come in way higher than players like Vai or Satriani because as good as they are, they aren't the most riff friendly. a lot of people misunderstand technicality for good playing, fretboard wankery does not bang heads!!!
Click to expand...

Agreed! 100%

Then there's guys like Alexi Laiho who writes and plays great riffs and can shred among the best of them.
 
S

simwells

W:O:A Metalhead
Mar 13, 2008
392
0
61
England
starscream said:
yeah man alexi has just recently became one of my new guitar heros, the dude can write riffs like Needled 24/7 and then shred for days WHILE writing catchy solos, its all very classical music inspired too which is a nice touch!
Click to expand...

Yeah personally the new stuff is pretty damn disapointing though.
 
808Metal

808Metal

W:O:A Metalmaster
Nov 30, 2007
46,286
0
81
Oahu, Hawaii
simwells said:
Plus there's Sonata Arctica with Pagans Mind on tuesday and Defenders of the Faith (Opeth, Arch Enemy, Devildriver and 3 Inches of Blood) friday. Twill be a good week.
Click to expand...

sounds like a great week! i'd love to see Pagan's Mind. I met Nils and Steinar at WOA in 2003. Very cool guys.
 
808Metal

808Metal

W:O:A Metalmaster
Nov 30, 2007
46,286
0
81
Oahu, Hawaii
starscream said:
yeah man alexi has just recently became one of my new guitar heros, the dude can write riffs like Needled 24/7 and then shred for days WHILE writing catchy solos, its all very classical music inspired too which is a nice touch!
Click to expand...

hell yes that's what I think as well. Another well rounded shredder is Jeff Loomis!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom