Metal

Brazilian Kiko Loureiro recently played a Masterclass at London's The Institute of Contemporary Music, and the Guitar Institute's master of ‘world guitar' Tolis Zavaliaris was on hand on 11^th March 2008 to ask a few pertinent questions to this exciting new guitar star. Kiko is a genuinely fresh new addition to the ranks of virtuoso metal based guitarists, bringing an eclectic mix of influences that reflect his South American heritage - and these combined with a world class command of the modern rock guitar idiom results in a genuinely cutting edge axeman.

Today's Elevenses Throws Eleven Quick Questions At 'Metal Master' Michael Amott!

Michael Amott is a British/Swedish guitarist, songwriter, founding member of the bands Arch Enemy, Spiritual Beggars and Carnage, as well as a member of the legendary death metal band Carcass, who will be doing some reunion shows this summer. Arch Enemy are about to tour the Far-East with Shadows Fall and will be in the UK in April with Opeth.

One of the most popular scales in the metal genre is the Harmonic Minor Scale but a common misconception is that this scale is used purley from its root note. However, it is more likely that you will find that most chordal backings for this scale centre around its 5th degree. This shift in the tonal centre results in it becoming a mode of the Harmonic Minor and this is known as the Phrygian Dominant Mode.

Let's look at the notes in an A Natural Minor Scale: