Lead guitar to Metal - how

fastonebaz

I haven't really listened to much "proper" metal.  I'm much more of a rock kind of guy.  But i got involved in a collab project with a metal band who asked me to play lead over one of their tracks. I've not yet heard back from them about it!  I quite enjoyed doing it but during my composing, I felt like I had no background to pull ideas from and so what came out was just partly what I thought went well and partly me trying to impress them.

Anyway, I wondered if there are any regular metallers on the forum who'd give a bit of feedback about whether what I came up with was fitting/in-keeping-with metal songs or whether it's a classic case of a rocker guitarist playing rock over metal.  cheers

https://youtu.be/knkZE81WjCc

bloodandtears

Listen to early Metallica for ideas...lots of ascending fast patterns...   a great start for many...
...or Slayer/Pantera for that atonal carefree randomness..

Vibetronic

fastonebaz said:

I haven't really listened to much "proper" metal.  I'm much more of a rock kind of guy.  But i got involved in a collab project with a metal band who asked me to play lead over one of their tracks. I've not yet heard back from them about it!  I quite enjoyed doing it but during my composing, I felt like I had no background to pull ideas from and so what came out was just partly what I thought went well and partly me trying to impress them.

Anyway, I wondered if there are any regular metallers on the forum who'd give a bit of feedback about whether what I came up with was fitting/in-keeping-with metal songs or whether it's a classic case of a rocker guitarist playing rock over metal.  cheers

https://youtu.be/knkZE81WjCc

sounds like you did a great job, that's really good! Nice and melodic with some flashy stuff, nothing wrong with that at all...and also coming at it from a different musical background is no bad thing 

bingefeller

It sounds good, quite rock orientated, but not that metal.  

Depending on what the chords are, I would add in a few diminished patterns or harmonic minor runs.  

fastonebaz

Ok good feedback thanks all.  

I have zero musical training or theory knowledge so I'm gonna have to google what "
diminished patterns or harmonic minor runs" are!

Maynehead

You have got the style and techniques pretty spot on, so just concentrate on the scales that you choose. It could be slightly edgier, as already mentioned.

Here's an example of a great metal harmonic minor solo (fast forward to 3:54)

fastonebaz

They pluck way too fast for me