The trick here is to make sure that you use alternate picking throughout the riff. This should be a reasonably steady pace during the eighth notes, but, of course, double speed for those rapid fire ...

Former Pantera vocalist Philip Anselmo said he wrote the main guitar riff in Pantera's "Mouth for War." His revelation came during a recent video chat looking back at the metal band's 1992 album, ...

This main riff starts after the high, delay-soaked intro chords and the short, fast fill that follows them. It's quite a challenging riff and you need to be on top of your game to play the part ...