Thrashing the string

[RuSSkiE]

Well....errmmm....how is it done? I want to be able to play "Reign in Blood" by Slayer, but I dont really know the technique. Is it like the vibrato picking?

[cyberfret]

You may be thinking of tremolo picking. Below is a lesson to check out.

http://www.cyberfret.com/techniques/tremolo-picking/index.htm

--Shawn

[Sandman_96707]

thrash is the style of early metal popularized by Metallica and Megadeth. It's basically the guitars with the crunch sound through loud powerful tube amps and palm muting whenever the open E string is used.