Write HEAVIER Riffs with the Blues Riff Box | Doom Metal Guitar

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In this Doom Metal Guitar Fundamentals lesson, we discuss the blues scale, what I call the Blues Riff Box, and how it can be applied to doom metal, stoner rock, and sludge metal. I show you some practical stoner, doom, and sludge style examples and we discuss how they can be applied when writing your own doom metal riffs.
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  • @WhbTrue
    @WhbTrue6 ай бұрын

    Crazy how any blues scale melody you play in C I IMMEDIATELY start running Into The Void in my head.

  • @captDymov

    @captDymov

    5 ай бұрын

    I went to the comments just to find someone who already wrote it))

  • @JosephSmith-lm4ri

    @JosephSmith-lm4ri

    4 ай бұрын

    Damn. Into the void was the first thing in my head when this was being played.

  • @M4n1Acal1

    @M4n1Acal1

    13 күн бұрын

    Got the comment in here before me for sure. Dude.. Right?

  • @joenolan998
    @joenolan9986 ай бұрын

    I've never heard Into the Void almost played so many times in one vid

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Hahaha!!

  • @director2bob
    @director2bob4 ай бұрын

    Guitarists don't realize how easy it is to write the heaviest of riffs. All you need is a decent amp, good guitar tone, understand basic pentatonic box scales and some open tunings, learn how to properly pick a note and palm mute strings and you are ready to rock. I have been playing guitar for 45 years and I still come back to the very simple basics. Anyone can learn to play the heaviest heavy music. Who gives a flying fuck about Yngwie? Thanks for the great lessons.

  • @noesunyoutuber7680
    @noesunyoutuber76806 ай бұрын

    I love how just playing the scale from the open C string with that tone was immediately Stoner as hell.

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    🐪🐫🐪

  • @petercheney8316

    @petercheney8316

    6 ай бұрын

    Dromedary Bactrian Dromedary is my favorite chord progression @@DoesItDoom

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    @@petercheney8316 proceed...

  • @sinsofthemartyr

    @sinsofthemartyr

    6 ай бұрын

    rocket engines burning fuel so fast!

  • @byrdmanalb88
    @byrdmanalb886 ай бұрын

    Long Live Steve and Does it Doom

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Haha. Thanks, brother. ✨🧙🏻‍♂️✨

  • @squidwardshouse5431
    @squidwardshouse54315 ай бұрын

    Everyone comparing it to Black Sabbath but that tone sounds INCREDIBLY like Sleep.

  • @mikerauter1859
    @mikerauter18596 ай бұрын

    I'm sitting here like Kerry King in sunglasses as that guitar shine is so bright! Another awesome lesson Steve

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    😎

  • @clugokillscluco
    @clugokillscluco6 ай бұрын

    Great lesson! It's all about phrasing and remembering you don't have to go up and down the scale in order.

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Well put. Exactly right!

  • @Conehead919

    @Conehead919

    6 ай бұрын

    Is that aluminum? Is that what Jeff pinkus and buzz Osborne guitar

  • @wilhelmrifflord
    @wilhelmrifflord6 ай бұрын

    This totally rules. I tell a lot of my guitar buddies that scales are criminally overlooked as a riff writing tool

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Criminally overlooked!!

  • @SSPGwemlin
    @SSPGwemlin6 ай бұрын

    Not a strictly doom metal guitarist, I’m more Nu Metal than anything, but videos like this are very helpful for me as someone who’s trying to cram a bunch of other influences(such as doom metal)into their Nu Metal music. Thanks!

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching.

  • @t4ky0n

    @t4ky0n

    2 ай бұрын

    amazing idea bro

  • @SSPGwemlin

    @SSPGwemlin

    2 ай бұрын

    @@t4ky0n Thanks! Just imagine putting an Electric Wizard riff in a Korn song and that’s basically part of what I had in mind.

  • @texasviking1
    @texasviking16 ай бұрын

    For me it’s always been quite obvious that the DOOMS are forever connected to the Blues. 👍🏻👍🏻

  • @dirktucker77
    @dirktucker77Ай бұрын

    Thank you Steve! Very helpful. I'm thinking up some BB King doom riffs.

  • @rw100
    @rw1006 ай бұрын

    I love how practical this is; been playing around with it for a couple of days now (beginner/intermediate; about 18 months since I started playing), and it feels much easier to get a riff out of this than it does if I'm just using a normal scale box. I guess the same principle could be applied to other scales too.

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Yes, exactly. Take any scale, pick a key, and look at it up and down the neck rather than box shapes.

  • @rw100

    @rw100

    6 ай бұрын

    @@DoesItDoom thanks, will have some fun with that :-)

  • @DreRamirez92
    @DreRamirez926 ай бұрын

    Amazing 👏 never knew those songs were connected so beautifully like that. Thank you Steve once again!

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Hope it was useful!

  • @ZauTa
    @ZauTa6 ай бұрын

    in the middle of the vid I went and played one of the riffs I had written a few days ago only to find that its in this box lol, it's just a very comfy spot for riffing

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Ha. Awesome. No doubt a great spot to riff.

  • @danielkosmider8715
    @danielkosmider87156 ай бұрын

    Nice guitar Steve! Good lesson. Thanks.

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    I understand you might have played one of these Alumirite Warlords a time or two?! Thanks for watching, Dan.🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

  • @timetraveler8777
    @timetraveler87776 ай бұрын

    Great video as usual!

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks man!!

  • @MarshallStakk
    @MarshallStakk6 ай бұрын

    Your tone is brutal man 🤘🏼🔥😃🔥

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks brother.

  • @utterdark
    @utterdark6 ай бұрын

    Really needed this lesson, thank you 🙏🏻

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Glad it was helpful.

  • @joedeal8802
    @joedeal88026 ай бұрын

    New favorite channel. Ordered a Elder God super stoked for it!!😊

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching, dude! Can't wait for you to try the Elder God!

  • @nyogsothepwar1767
    @nyogsothepwar17676 ай бұрын

    Awesome! Cheers from Chile! Keep it Doom!

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Cheers!

  • @annihilation777
    @annihilation7776 ай бұрын

    These riffs also sound badass on bass 🤘🏽

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Most definitely. Prime bass riff territory.

  • @adamsnow8554
    @adamsnow85546 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the lesson Steve, I've been noodling too much recently and getting bored so this is a nice kick up the arse to try something different. Really appreciated seeing all the different examples for the pattern, looking forward to seeing what I can come up with when I finish work later 🤟

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Great man! Hope you have some fun with it.

  • @chriscurran1967
    @chriscurran19676 ай бұрын

    Great stuff Steve!!!🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks, Chris. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

  • @Dan-O-mite
    @Dan-O-mite6 ай бұрын

    Iommi using the box for the intro riff for into the void is so simple yet so fucking heavy. Great video Steve.

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Glad you liked it!

  • @BabylonSun
    @BabylonSun2 ай бұрын

    Oh man I can’t wait to get an Elder God back! killer lesson !!!

  • @brax2574
    @brax25746 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the pdf. I'm gonna practice these tonight!

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Awesome!

  • @j-day
    @j-day6 ай бұрын

    Awesome video, and more helpful than most guitar courses!

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Hey thanks man! Glad it was helpful.

  • @maurihrino8158
    @maurihrino81586 ай бұрын

    Alright! I'm in love with that guitar

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Same. 🤘🏻🤘🏻

  • @TheGoutMan1000
    @TheGoutMan10006 ай бұрын

    Hellyeah wicked world is one of my fav Sabbath songs ✅💯🔥

  • @Demiglitch
    @Demiglitch6 ай бұрын

    Warlord, good name.

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    ⚔️⚔️

  • @jibicusmaximus4827
    @jibicusmaximus48276 ай бұрын

    that guitar is sick mate..

  • @ToddSweeney341
    @ToddSweeney3416 ай бұрын

    Very cool stuff My friend 🙂🙂😊

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching!

  • @ToddSweeney341

    @ToddSweeney341

    6 ай бұрын

    @@DoesItDoom Np

  • @annedeoedipus7849
    @annedeoedipus78496 ай бұрын

    I so want that guitar. Great tone, fat riffs

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    It’s killer!

  • @aidananderson6043
    @aidananderson60436 ай бұрын

    So good and unlocks a ton of enjoyable dooming in the basement. Thanks Steve!

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Enjoy!

  • @rhompbus
    @rhompbus6 ай бұрын

    Needed this

  • @Spaghetti_policy
    @Spaghetti_policy6 ай бұрын

    Cheers bro. Thanks for the channel and all the work you do. Doom on. 🙏🕉️👽🛸

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching man. Much appreciated. Cheers.

  • @shaunleyden8368
    @shaunleyden83686 ай бұрын

    the doors have opened...thank you mate

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻thanks for watching.

  • @Desmessed
    @Desmessed6 ай бұрын

    Ahh, thanks for this! 🤘

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @gimmenames9039
    @gimmenames90396 ай бұрын

    Killer lesson! Easy, accessible, immediate fun! Exactly why I come here. And while I'm at a it: please more Conan lessons!!!

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Glad to hear that!!

  • @stevewills735
    @stevewills7356 ай бұрын

    Love it! This is doom 101 cheers!

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    That’s the idea for sure. Glad you liked it.

  • @dannyspitzer1267
    @dannyspitzer12676 ай бұрын

    Good stuff 🤘

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks, Danny. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

  • @dannyspitzer1267

    @dannyspitzer1267

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@DoesItDoom thank you! I doomed my new guitar (c standard) and I luv it

  • @zachp7684
    @zachp76846 ай бұрын

    Steve, spreading the gospel. Thanks so much!!!

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Preaching doom. ✨🧙🏻‍♂️✨

  • @elelz6409
    @elelz64096 ай бұрын

    The knowledge you have taught me throu the years.....i think i shall refer to you as the electric wizard 🎉

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Glad it’s been helpful! ⚡️🧙🏻‍♂️

  • @thraft
    @thraft6 ай бұрын

    Love the tone, very early Sleep-esque

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @GothicXlightning
    @GothicXlightning6 ай бұрын

    man that is a MAGNETO LEVELS OF BEAUTY METAL SG FOR US DOOM LORDS loved my bro and again thank you for the badaass vids

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks, dude! ✨🧙🏻‍♂️✨

  • @youtubbeisshit
    @youtubbeisshit4 ай бұрын

    This silver guitar is amazing

  • @noahbeuthin1772
    @noahbeuthin17726 ай бұрын

    Love your videos on sleep and blues stuff, any chance you’d cover Some Grass off holy mountain? Been dying to learn that song or even see someone else play it

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Checkout Pike’s Patreon! He did a full play through and lesson with a complete explanation of the tuning, etc. I can’t do it better than that! www.patreon.com/posts/79560966?

  • @noahbeuthin1772

    @noahbeuthin1772

    6 ай бұрын

    @@DoesItDoom Oh that’s awesome man thanks I’ll check it out

  • @indianriffmaster
    @indianriffmaster4 ай бұрын

    It does Doom🔥💫

  • @BlackDogOriginal
    @BlackDogOriginal6 ай бұрын

    Just got a Walpurgis. Holy shit, it’s a great pedal.

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Welcome to planet Iommia. 🙏🏻🤘🏻

  • @cavanray5327
    @cavanray53272 ай бұрын

    Would you ever expand this channel into funeral doom, death doom, blackened doom, etc? I love stoner and what you and fuzzlord do for the community but I don't like how stoner seems to overshadow the rest of the genre.

  • @user-lk5ei6ik5w
    @user-lk5ei6ik5w5 ай бұрын

    Was your guitar inspired by Buzz Osbournes signature guitar?

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    5 ай бұрын

    Not specifically.

  • @TheDeepening718
    @TheDeepening7186 ай бұрын

    I bought a guitar just to play "the sun has turned to black" by electric/acoustic wizard. Can you help me out? All the tabs on google have you tuning the guitar down until the strings fall off.

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Your strings are too small. You need to go up on gauge to downtune for Electric Wizard. Checkout my tuning guide at doesitdoom.com/tuningguide

  • @milesowen81
    @milesowen816 ай бұрын

    Once the warlords are back, would I be able to get one shipped to the UK?

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    We ship them to the UK all the time. Have two killer B-stocks left at a $400 discount for our Black Friday sale. Https://doesitdoom.com/product/warlordbstock

  • @milesowen81

    @milesowen81

    6 ай бұрын

    @@DoesItDoom cheers for the quick reply man, was also wondering what the nut is made out of? I also noticed it doesn't come with a case, how would you guys ship it safely, or is there an option to buy a case to be shipped in. Cheers.

  • @stroopgamer5463
    @stroopgamer54635 ай бұрын

    Could u do a lesson for under a acid hoof by acid mammoth ?

  • @michaelschaub4267
    @michaelschaub42672 ай бұрын

    Anyone know how/where to score a hardshell case for these guitars? Sick of hauling around a $1400 guitar in a bag….

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    2 ай бұрын

    This is a great case for the Warlord. They sometimes go on sale for $125 or so: www.amazon.com/ProRockGear-RGM380TSA-Deluxe-Rectangular-Guitar/dp/B01MTV0J66

  • @Dwightpower88
    @Dwightpower882 ай бұрын

    Sabb and Zep were blues bands, Sabb a little less obvious but nevertheless, they were bluesy. The blues scale hits something in all of us. Well maybe not in India or other Asian countries, but actually Church of Misery is from Japan an they are blues all the way! Edit :sorry for the ramble, green leaf, got some new ones stuff at the dispensary

  • @cavanray5327

    @cavanray5327

    2 ай бұрын

    I saw Church of Misery here in Melbourne back in 2018. Local doom metal band Merchant was the opener. It was all heavy as fuck!!

  • @Dwightpower88

    @Dwightpower88

    2 ай бұрын

    @@cavanray5327 Lucky!

  • @cavanray5327

    @cavanray5327

    2 ай бұрын

    @@Dwightpower88 Merchant. Succumbing is my favourite song of theirs. They only ever released this ep and an album, but they were so good, and their farewell show was as good as any international band, just they packed out a small dive bar instead. But they had the crowd in the palms of their hands, and when they played Succumbing all hell broke loose. One of the best shows I've ever been to. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZJV5yLyyYMTdl8Y.html

  • @thakyou5005
    @thakyou50056 ай бұрын

    That guitar is fucken beuteefol ! Is it made out of aluminia?

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    All aluminum, yep. doesitdoom.com/product/alumiritewarlord

  • @thakyou5005

    @thakyou5005

    6 ай бұрын

    @@DoesItDoom f********k ! A truly metal guitar! Do you get less RF with it? Since you can basically ground the whole guitar...🤔

  • @Bluezbreakr2
    @Bluezbreakr26 ай бұрын

    What's that purple amp head?!

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    An 80’s Randall RG80-SC112 cut down into a head and retolexed purple.

  • @januszjankes6423
    @januszjankes64236 ай бұрын

    🤘👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹🤘 w 💯 ogień zajebiście dźwięki bracie przyjacielu super

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks brother!

  • @ElectraOmega
    @ElectraOmega6 ай бұрын

    🔥🔥🔥🎸🤘💀🤘🎸🔥🔥🔥

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    🙏🏻🙏🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

  • @robr2303
    @robr23033 ай бұрын

    What is this scale called?

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    3 ай бұрын

    Blues scale.

  • @user-qh4mj9wn6u
    @user-qh4mj9wn6u6 ай бұрын

    Does it doom hagstrum phantom men guitar

  • @tunelow
    @tunelow5 ай бұрын

    uh, so greasy sound, my favorite

  • @Chaseofmani
    @Chaseofmani6 ай бұрын

    Eyehategod has entered the chat

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    🐐🐐🐐

  • @gerrithaasler9980
    @gerrithaasler99805 ай бұрын

    In which band does Steve play? I was looking for a female fronted doom band, can't remember the name and thought it was Steve playing.

  • @fatmasglobal
    @fatmasglobal16 күн бұрын

    Soooo distorted!!!

  • @acidfebruary7693
    @acidfebruary76936 ай бұрын

    your guitar not in tune? The Druid sounds really weird because of that. Also why your guitar tone are so muddy? (not in a good way like classic doom/sludge)

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Accidentally had my guitar tone knob rolled off, and tuning definitely could have been better. Unfortunately, I only hear the guitar acoustically while the recording is in progress. Oh well, onto the next one lol!

  • @CC-fi3pp
    @CC-fi3pp5 ай бұрын

    That guitar sounds kind of awful.

  • @NEMESISISDEAD
    @NEMESISISDEAD6 ай бұрын

    hey man can i have your guitar😊

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    You can get your hands on the last one here: doesitdoom.com/product/alumiritewarlord

  • @NEMESISISDEAD

    @NEMESISISDEAD

    6 ай бұрын

    @@DoesItDoom aw man no lefties!

  • @MarkDaniels2787
    @MarkDaniels27876 ай бұрын

    🐌🧙‍♂️🤘😈🏜 this stuff really helps me alot

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    Glad to hear that, Mark.

  • @MarkDaniels2787

    @MarkDaniels2787

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@DoesItDoom I really think everyone should learn "blank" by E.H.G that song is alot of this but i also feel like it's all the fundamentals of doom all in one song.

  • @DoesItDoom

    @DoesItDoom

    6 ай бұрын

    @@MarkDaniels2787I agree! Here’s the full lesson I did for Blank a long while back for anyone interested in diving into some iconic sludge kzread.info/dash/bejne/emRnmrGPndDXc84.htmlsi=dQELgIjoAH6IEaCw