From the album A Celebration Of Guilt, released in 2005, comes this technical melodic deathmetal masterpiece. Take note that James is known for improvising. Consequently, the rendition of the song in this lesson might not match exactly what you hear on the record. To play along with this lesson, de-tune each of your guitar strings a full step. Also take special note that James refers to notes on the fretboard as if the guitar were in standard tuning.
Taught by James Malone in Arsis Songs With James Malone seriesLength: 29:12Difficulty: 2.5 of 5

Learn Arsis songs from frontman James Malone
Lesson 1
Learn this song by the death metal band Arsis, written by frontman James Malone.
Length: 18:05 Difficulty: 3.5 Members OnlyLesson 2
Lead singer and guitarist James Malone from the band Arsis teaches this song from A Celebration Of Guilt.
Length: 29:12 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 3
From The Celebration Of Guilt comes this tap arpeggio riff monster!
Length: 28:36 Difficulty: 3.0 FREELesson 4
James Malone teaches this song from the EP of the same name.
Length: 25:35 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
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James Malone is in a band called Arsis. Arsis is an American death metal band from Virginia Beach, Virginia, formed in 2000. The band is currently signed to Nuclear Blast. He has a pretty loyal following of guitar players and has decided to share is knowledge with JamPlay.com.
He has put together one hell of a series for all you metal heads out there. You'll learn everything from basic techniques to how to sing (growl?) and play at the same time.
Furthermore, he's taken the time to record some kickass licks for our lick & riff library. He has also taught a handful of Arsis songs for you to learn.
James is a great addition to the JamPlay metal instructor army!
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Great lesson, James Malone is awesome! The only thing that would have made it better would have been if he went into a bit more detail with the thought process behind the harmonies for the main/intro riff. Its kind of a staple of Arsis's sound and is alot more than just harmonizing with thirds, not many other bands have 2 guitars playing off each other quite like that at all so it would be great if he talked abit about it.
I agree. I think those different guitar parts really add alot to the song. James did a lesson on writing so look for that to be up in the next few weeks.
Hey one thing I was wondering is would it be possible to release just the drum tracks for songs like this put up on the site? It would be great to jam along to just the backing like that, or does this lead to potential copyright problems? Thanks.
I will see what I can do.
Thanks man, having just the drum track to jam to would be really really great!
The backing tracks are up for this lesson.
You officially just became my favourite person ever! Thank you very very much, thats some outstanding community support right there :).
Haha actually it is my job but you are welcome! :-)
Thanks alot dude, cant wait!
Awesome song. I loved this album!