Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss Guitar Lesson

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In this Seasons In The Abyss guitar lesson video, I will show you how to play this incredible metal classic by Slayer in its entirety.

The tuning is Eb standard tuning. That means that every string on a standard tuned guitar is tuned down one half-step. That will be, starting from the 6th string, Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb. Or if your tuner reads chromatic notes as sharps instead of flats, you will tune to D# G# C# F# A# D#.

There are quite a number of absolutely epic riffs in "Seasons In The Abyss". I will cover all of them in the order that each appears on the original recording.

The intro involves 3 separate guitar parts, so you will have to decide which ones to play if you are in a two guitar band. Just watching some live Slayer clips will show you how they played it live.

I will also cover Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman's guitar solos. They are tough to get exactly note-for-note due to the nature of how they were performed, but we can still get pretty close.

I hope you guys enjoy learning this metal classic! Carl...

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[jamisonc]

1:46 1st line intro riff
3:46 2nd line intro riff
4:46 3rd line intro riff
6:33 Clean riff
9:35 Chords under clean riff
11:49 Main riff
14:15 Main riff ending
14:51 Verse riff
18:20 1st chorus
20:14 2nd chorus
21:35 Riff under Kerry’s solo
24:40 Kerry’s solo
31:23 Jeff’s solo (over chorus riff)
37:48 Ending

This metal marathon keeps getting better and better! This song’s gotta have Slayer’s best guitar work and the slow burn is beautifully torturous. Can’t wait to get to this hellish masterpiece 😈

[Katomklysm]

3 years into my guitar journey at 54 years young, this song was one of the beauties we listened to while partying in the fields as teenagers(over and I've been working on learning this for a while and now I get to make sure I'm playing i correctly! You are killing it with some great metal, like the others have said! Thanks Carl, you have helped me immensely in my journey so far and I'm LOVING it!

[CC-qbsm]

Both the South of Heaven and Seasons in the Abyss albums are just filled with memorable riffs. Lessons from these two epic albums are always welcome and appreciated. The 2023 hot streak continues and you’re making it terribly difficult not to tip Mr. Brown 😉. Maybe time for more Queensrÿche or “Bloodstone” by Judas Priest? Have a great weekend. I have had to take a brief hiatus from guitar playing, but it’s great to know that there will be so many great lessons to catch up on when my guitar journey resumes soon!

[retrodaze]

Ive played this song for 30+ years snd I still learned something from this video i was playing wrong... (Although when i first learned it, there was no youtube to teach me, it was just trial and error)... Thank you, brother.... 🤘

[tonymcnamara]

What a song, one of Slayers best!
Saw them on Tour for this sounds so damn heavy!!
That B flat really makes it sound dark!!

[sheldonmacdonald]

This man has made me into the guitar player I am today.

[capsuleinc-rjqq]

YESS IVE WAITED SO LONG THANK YOU SO MUCH YOURE THE BEST TEACHER EVER

[arden]

Another Slayer Thank you Carl for giving a lesson on this classic thrash Metal.
Can't wait for your next upload . Keep it coming

[oxrjbizzley]

Thanks so much Carl, I think we were all hoping to get this lesson eventually. Gary Holt is the guitar player who replaced Jeff Hanneman (RIP), he really is a badass guitar player in his own right!

[jollyvoqar]

I love that this song is done on this channel. And this is such a fun song to play. That main riff is so glorious when it finally arrives.

[danielolson]

Thank you for all your work man you are literally teaching me how to play guitar

[klirre]

Thanks a lot Carl! Been working on this song the last couple of days, your timing couldn't be more perfect!
Slayer!

[salvatorevitale]

Love that you're doing more Slayer!!

[Spaceman-jomz]

Totally addicted to this song the first time I heard it when it first came out. Back when the world was a different place.
Thanks for the great lesson

[TheRealEricMitchell]

I swear I was just thinking about how awesome a lesson for this song would be!!!! Awesome Carl!!!

[ronalddulac]

Thanks Carl for another great Slayer song! Like the dark sounding riffs in this one; can't wait to learn it. Join Carl's Academy and learn all these techniques, including alternate, economy, sweep, etc picking used in these pieces - and much more!!

[rychier]

Hell yes! You are the greatest Carl, thanks so much for getting to some Slayer lately, Slayers so fun to play and amazing songs. Greatest metal band of all time! 🤘🤘🤘🤘

[Godisnotmyshepherd]

I love you carl! Thanks for everything, started out 4 years ago with your and martys videos and now im playing in a band recording songs and playing gigs. I started in my late 20‘s and thought i‘m never getting anywhere but yeah with your videos and dedication i got somewhere! Thank you so much 🙏🏽😊

[maxbeale]

You are on fire with the Slayer lessons Carl, please do “Angel of Death” next 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[palprotien]

Holy crap, I was just looking at tutorials for this song when I saw your video. You're a saint man thanks