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Bullet For My Valentine - Waking The Demon - Guitar Tab

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About Waking The Demon

Waking The Demon is a track by Welsh metalcore band Bullet For My Valentine. The song showcases the band's signature blend of heavy riffs, melodic passages, and intense vocal delivery, making it an excellent choice for electric guitar players looking to develop both rhythm and lead techniques in the metalcore genre.

  • Bullet For My Valentine are known for combining groove-oriented riffs with melodic harmonies.
  • The song demonstrates typical metalcore guitar techniques including palm muting and pinch harmonics.
  • Learning this track helps develop both downpicking precision and dynamic range control.

How to Play Waking The Demon

Tuning: Drop D · Key: C minor · Tempo: 200 BPM

The drop D tuning lets you fret the low power chords with a single finger, which is central to the heavier riffing here. At 200 bpm it moves fast, so the real test is building picking stamina and keeping every note clean at speed.

Loop the hardest passage and creep the speed up from around 70 percent until it holds at 200 BPM.

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