July 23rd, 2008

SOILENT GREEN Riff Lesson, Part 1 of 2

Posted in Guitar Lessons, Videos

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After witnessing the six-string destruction laid down by Soilent Green guitarist Brian Patton when his Louisiana death grind crew played BB Kings back in April, we knew we had to catch up with the guitarist to get to the bottom of his unique technique.

Our chance came on June 25, 2008, when Soilent Green came back to New York City to play the Nokia Theatre (with Dethklok and Chimaira) in support of their latest album, Inevitable Collapse In the Presence of Conviction (Metal Blade).

In part one of our two-part lesson below, the EYEHATEGOD/Soilent Green guitarist weighs in on his role in creating the NOLA metal sound, the roots of Soilent’s riffs, his use of chord sliding and how to build a song out of many different, non-repeating sections.

When you’re done, check out the second half of the lesson here.

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  1. Way Too Loud! > Soilent Green Riff Lessons Posted said,
    on July 23rd, 2008 at 4:01 pm

    [...] showcased some of the bands songs and his playing style in a riff lesson over at Metal Kult at this location and this [...]

  2. Sylvester said,
    on July 24th, 2008 at 12:00 am

    Fuckin killer!!
    One of the most underrated guitarists in death metal!

  3. bill dollar said,
    on July 24th, 2008 at 6:21 pm

    last i checked brian was still in eyehategod and not an ex member….either way soilent green kicks ass!!!

  4. PPriess said,
    on July 25th, 2008 at 6:44 pm

    Hmm fineally Soilent Green got my attention! Interesting that he playes with a Parker guitar, not common in metal…Thanks MetalKult!

  5. thatmandolindude said,
    on July 31st, 2008 at 10:49 pm

    Yeah, that parker is awsome
    Trent Reznor uses his in NIN and they sound pretty frickin’ awsome, suprising theyre not very popular

  6. firebaugh said,
    on August 9th, 2008 at 2:01 am

    Brian IS NOT ex-EYEHATEGOD. He is an active member of both bands.

  7. kharis Jaujali said,
    on September 9th, 2008 at 3:13 am

    rock and roll

  8. SPARROW said,
    on September 10th, 2008 at 9:14 pm

    Hey ,how’z it going / Saw You Guyz @ the Conservatory (Goatwhore) In Oklahoma City !
    Met Ben in perzon. Think You Guyz are Wonderful ! Looking 4ward 2 seeing Soilent Green=
    October !!!

  9. mauricio pacheco said,
    on July 2nd, 2009 at 8:31 pm

    hufffff, great guitarrist, i love soilent green.

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