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Eddie Van Halen used it, Jimmy Page loved it, and all of your heavy metal heroes have tried it – drop D made drop-dead simple

Many guitarists have favored drop D to add thickness to their riffs. The list would include Eddie Van Halen, Jimmy Page, Kurt Cobain, Kim Thayil, Jerry Cantrell, Dimebag Darrell, Tom Morello, Adam ...
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Meet Gore. guitarist Alex Reyes – the modeler-melting Texan metal player summoning djent riffs from six-strings

It’s taken 10 months for Texas’ white-hot metal trio Gore. [period intentional] to follow up their beautifully savage debut single, Pray, with an EP, A Bud That Never Blooms. In the intervening months ...
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P.O.D. Got Randy Blythe to Guest on Their New Single “Drop”

Christian nu metal act P.O.D. just put out a new single called “Drop” and it’s… kinda cool? I mean, there are slow parts with clean vocals by Sonny Sandoval that really don’t do much for me, but that ...
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Eddie Van Halen used it, Jimmy Page loved it, and all of your heavy metal heroes have tried it – drop D made drop-dead simple

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images "Heavy metal and drop D is a match made in heaven," Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil ...