Dunlop Artist Metal Mike‘s “10 Essential Metal Riffs”, an exclusive feature found in the holiday 2010 issue of Guitar World Magazine can now be found via the magazine’s site.

Dubbed “10 licks that any metal guitarist should have in their bag of tricks,” the 10-part lesson features Mike demonstrating licks across several styles incorporating many aspects of current and classic metal guitar techniques.

Lesson Contents:

Lick #01 – Late ’80s Bay Area Thrash
Lick #02 – Classical-Style Arpeggios
Lick #03 – Melodic Theme
Lick #04 – Combining Two Pentatonic Scale Positions
Lick #05 – Phrygian Dominant Lick
Lick #06 – Speed Metal
Lick #07 – Two-Note Power Chord Riff
Lick #08 – Dimebag/Pantera Style
Lick #09 – Odd Time Arpeggios
Lick #10 – Jake E. Lee Style

What does Metal Mike use to achieve his sound and playing style? One important part is his Tortex Jazz pick.

“My Dunlop H3 Tortex guitar picks are incredibly important to my guitar sound and playing style. Its the most intimate piece of gear. They are perfect – they are able to offer precision and clean sound. I am known to use the same pick day after day. In 100% honesty, I can not imagine using anything else” – Metal Mike Chlasciak

Metal Mike pens his own guitar column for Guitar World magazine called “Metal For Life” and has over the years released five solo-based albums. He is currently playing guitar for Halford, led by Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford.