Here’s a quick idea. Guitar is in drop-D, 146 bpm with a quarter-note echo. I tuned the base down there also. The canned drums are from Garage band.

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Seems like a verse to something.

I’ve been catching up on Metal lately, mostly due to my daughter’s interests in a few different bands, and to some extent, followng Mike Patton backwards to Faith No More. This effort has landed me in the early 90’s. When I was back there, I was listening to a lot of 80’s punk, though I had seen Jawbreaker live, and was moving on to a bit of Hardcore, and some of the NYC noise bands of the day, such as Live Skull.

As I remember it back then, Metal seemed like a dead end, and as a guitarist, I avoiding playing anything like it. In hindsight, there was a lot going on, with some bands adopting some of the aspects of Metal, while adding other influences and styles. As a result, I find myself catching up on what happened on that branch hat would lead to speed metal, death metal, and thrash, as well as popularizers like System of a Down, Korn, etc.

This look backwards has brought me to Helmet, and I’ve picked up their Unsung: The Best of Helmet 1991-1997 CD . Helmet is really a cross-over between more classic metal, hardcore, and punk. The guitars are often in drop tunings, yet have some of the disonant ringing of the NYC noise bands, Vocals can vary from punk, to Black Sabbath, to hardcore. The production is rougher and warmer than we’re used to hearing these days.

Here are a few examples:

Unsung
Bad Mood
Wilma’s Rainbow