#64: Why Your Riffs Sound Boring & How To Change That! | Metal Music Theory #1

Time for metal music theory - episode one! This is one of the topics the Gold and Platinum members voted for and I'm happy to hear about the interest in music theory :) That's something that is very often neglected in rock and metal music.

For the first episode we will check out how to work with cadences in metal riffs. I'm borrowing and changing some notes to come up with a cool riff in E minor - hopefully my thought process here will inspire you to come up with interesting riffs yourself!

Not all riffs have to be written that way but sometimes it's very helpful to have that harmonic structure to rely on. Know the feeling of searching for that one chord you have in your mind for that nice chorus riff? You will probably find it on a certain scale degree.

I will feature metal music theory in the monthly votings from now on, let me know if you want episode 2 next month :)