Here we are with the fourth demo for our next album. What can I tell you about this song?
Chorus
Riff brought back from the dead - :35-:50
The chorus was the first thing written for this song. An early version of it was actually used as a bridge in an old song that was never recorded or released. We played it live a few times and then dropped it from the set. You can hear it on YouTube, and the section I’m talking about plays from :35 – :50.
I always liked that part and so I brought it back, changed it up just a little, and wrote some new parts around it.
When I get tired of using power chords, I often mess around with chords made up of the root and the third. And I like using pedal tones, and inverted pedal tones (another Megadeth influence, as well as classical music obviously), so that’s where this chorus comes from.
Intro/Turnaround
The section that I used for the intro and turnaround was written next. And I don’t remember if I wrote it with the intention of using it for the already-written chorus, of if I matched them up later. But it also uses chords made up of the root and third, as well as an inverted pedal tone.
And for some reason, I was messing around with the idea of playing all the chords with upstrokes. I ended up playing all the chunking on the low E with downstrokes and all of the chords with upstrokes.
Verse
I wasn’t exactly sure where to go with the verse on this song. I played around with a slow variation of the intro/turnaround and liked where it was going. But I needed some modulation since everything was in E minor and based around only three chords (E, D and C).
So I wrote a variation of the intro/turnaround in B minor to add some contrast and movement.
The Demo
Here it is. Check it out!
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use more overdrive (distortion) with a slight hint of delay and add some reverb and compression after you find the sound. lose the crunchiness but always search for Panteras studio sound. That song needs to be played a step faster so you’ll keep the attention of people longer. The more you guys play together, the better it will be. What you can try for the main riff would be to use single notes with pedaltones instead of bar chords. Break down a dyad when you pick up a second guitar. One of you play the root and the other play the third. After the solo, add a mellow instrumental part before starting back to next verse and tell the drummer to quit cuttin’ it up so much, particularly towards the end. An aggresive beat will be good enough.