Nicely explained Mitch. You have really packed a lot of great ideas into this vid. Well done.

cool looking guitar dude .. normally i dont like those but this one is an exception .. The wood on the balde does the job to make it look very awesome ..

Nice. I'm pretty sure every Deicide riff ever is based on--and a variation of--a Slayer riff. (I love Deicide btw).

Mitch, thank you, man you dude I’ve been looking for thanks for the lesson. That was great tips 🤘🏻

great video! really helped me :)

Cool video! I’m definitely more into writing deathcore than thrashier stuff, but I can totally use these tips. Especially since you can see the influences from older metal. Thanks!

solid vid

This was great because you can try something new right away. Thanks man!

Awesome video! 🥰🥰🥰

don't forget 4 string inverted power chord. the Crowbar chord

Great advice! Thanks! Subbed!

Great video and advice, however I have some thoughts about the tone: for videos like this it would be better to leave more mids (instead of scooping them) and adding some bass or taming the treble a bit. Second move would be to add a TS-type booster before the amp (only to increase the tightness or "chug", not for more gain).

Great video but where the video fails for me is the inspiration part I don't know the song you are referencing so I don't know what you did in this section Maybe on screen tabs would have worked Would be interesting to see you transform from First Fragment Riffs

I thought about using some metal in a future video of mine.. but everyone tells me it’s not a good idea lol. 🤷‍♂️ new subscriber here 🤘🏻

Can you please do a video on how to write metal riffs in drop tunings

is your guitar a variation of a bc rich stealth looks sick. ive been wanting a chuck schuldiner stealth so bad

Think you pretty much covered all the bases here. I've used everything you mentioned at some point or another. Anytime the well's dry, I just shift my focus to learning a new song, solo, exercise, etc. It's mostly futile trying to force yourself to write, and will likely leave you feeling uninspired and frustrated. Most of my best stuff comes spontaneously when I'm trying to practice something else or exploring a new plug-in/fx pedal. The trick (at least for me) is to avoid "trying" to write altogether - just erase that concept from your mind, and let it come when it comes. Inspiration isn't something you command, it's more random and unplanned. Anyways, the vid has a lot of great insight for anyone unfamiliar or less-advanced. Only thing I would've added is fiddling with diminished and augmented shapes, another practically-required metal trope for that classic "devilish" vibe. 🤘

hey mitch love the guitar, although i'm wondering witch amp you're using 😏

my question is if you take a riff say down with the sickness and you change it won't other bands know if you used it ?