These lessons were from March 2006’s Guitar World CD and were accompanied by a tab in the magazine. I had not really heard much Lamb of God until this month when Mark Morton was on the cover of Guitar World and I decided to check them out. On first listen I wasn’t a very big fan, but I find that with a lot of music. A lot of the stuff I listen to now I was either indifferent to or hated the first time I heard it. Already I have grown a liking for the song For Your Malice, and I think thats going to be my gateway to loving Lamb of God.

For Your Malice Intro Lesson

This first video is just Mark Morton showing us how to play the intro riff to For Your Malice off of 2003’s As the Palaces Burn.

I can vouch for this tab below. It is correct. You will, have to practice the open Ds a bit to get the right rhythm though. The way that I got it was its d u d u dud u dud u dudu where down = d and up = u. If you listen to it a few times and commit the rhythm to memory and then try it it will be easier. Start out slow and build it up. Also, take note that this is played in drop-d tuning.

Dm/A
e---------------------------------------|
B--10-10-10-10--------------------------|
G--10-10-10-10--------------------------|
D--12-12-12-12--------------------------|
A--12-12-12-12--------------------------|
D--------------0-0-0-0-000-0-000-0-0000-|
---d--u--d--u--d u d u dud u dud u dudu 

E7/A
e-------------------------------------------|
B-10-10-10-10----------9--9--9--9-----------|
G-10-10-10-10----------9--9--9--9-----------|
D-12-12-12-12---------12-12-12-12-----------|
A-12-12-12-12---------12-12-12-12-----------|
D-------------0-0-0-0-------------0-0-0-0---| 

Bb
e--------------------------------------|
B-11-11-11-11--------------------------|
G-10-10-10-10--------------------------|
D-12-12-12-12--------------------------|
A-13-13-13-13--------------------------|
D-------------0-0-0-0-000-0-000-0-0000-|
--d--u--d--u--d-u-d-u-dud-u-dud-u-dudu 

e--------------------------------------------||
B-11-11-11-11---------11-11-11-11-----------o||
G-10-10-10-10---------10-10-10-10------------||
D-12-12-12-12---------12-12-12-12------------||
A-13-13-13-13---------13-13-13-13-----------o||
D-------------0-0-0-0-------------0-0-0-0----||

Lamb of God – Hourglass

This second video is Mark Morton and Will Adler showing us how to play all of Hourglass. I don’t have a tab or anything for this, so if anyone has a good one they would like to post that would be great. I havn’t tried to learn this one yet. If I ever try I’ll post mine too.

Lamb of God in the Studio

This final video that I leave you with isn’t really a lesson, but is more of just a “this is lamb of god’s sound” video. It is a 5 minute clip of them being interviewed while in the studio, and I like it. So check it out.

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