Thrash Intensity
"Thrash metal like Master of Puppets in Em"
Listen to the backing track
Want to play along? Slow it down, loop a section, change key →
Practice this track in the app
Free, no sign-up. The demo opens without using an AI generation and waits for you to press Play. Pick where to start:
Practice this in the app →- Slow it down → Speed trainer from about 75% tempo
- Loop the turnaround → Repeats the last bars of the form
- Play it in another key → Opens with the transpose controls
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Play along with this arrangement
- Key
- E minor
- Tempo
- 165 BPM
- Form
- 8 bars
Chord progression
Count four beats per bar. Each card shows when a chord starts and how many beats to hold it.
- Bar 1 Em5 4 beats
- Bar 2 Em5 4 beats
- Bar 3 G5 4 beats
- Bar 4 F#5 4 beats
- Bar 5 Em5 4 beats
- Bar 6 Em5 4 beats
- Bar 7 D5 4 beats
- Bar 8 Em5 4 beats
Chord chart for this demo arrangement. The inspiration prompt is a style reference, not a transcription of the original song.
Why practice with metal?
Develop Speed
Metal pushes your alternate picking, sweeping, and legato to the limit. There's no hiding sloppy technique at high tempo.
Build Precision
Tight palm mutes, clean string skipping, and locked-in rhythms. Metal demands and develops technical precision.
Explore Dark Harmony
Harmonic minor, Phrygian, Locrian - metal uses scales other genres ignore. Expand your harmonic vocabulary.
Practice tips
- Palm muting is essential - practice your muted downstrokes for tight rhythm
- The harmonic minor scale gives you that neoclassical metal sound
- Practice with a metronome - metal demands precision