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About NO REMORSE

"No Remorse" is one of the longest and most demanding tracks on Metallica's 1983 debut, and it earns every minute of its runtime. The song moves through several distinct sections, so the first challenge is simply memorizing the arrangement: riff after riff shifts in feel and intensity, and getting them in the right order takes real time. The main riffs lean on tight, palm-muted downpicking in E minor, which puts serious strain on your picking forearm if your technique is not clean and relaxed. Precision matters more than pure speed here, because sloppy palm muting turns the chug into mud. There is also a mid-song breakdown that slows things down before the track kicks back into full aggression, and that transition is easy to fumble under pressure. Use the Practice Toolbar to isolate each section, loop it slowed down, and build it up to tempo before stitching the whole arrangement together.

  • The song relies heavily on palm-muted downpicking in E minor, so building right-hand stamina and consistency is the core technical challenge.
  • Multiple riff sections with contrasting feels make arrangement memorization just as important as nailing individual techniques.
  • The mid-song tempo shift into a slower breakdown is a good spot to loop slowed down until the feel and re-entry are locked in.

How to Play NO REMORSE

The song moves through: • Intro / Solo 1 / Intro, • The Riff / Verse 1, • Pré / Chorus 1, • The Riff / Verse 2, • Pré / Chorus 2, • Verse 3, • Pré / Chorus 3, • Speed / Vocal Speed / Final.

Key: Em minor · Tempo: 100 BPM

The arrangement runs through 8 distinct sections, and the solo is the steepest jump, so isolate it on its own.

Use the section loop to isolate a passage, drop the speed below 100%, and set the metronome to 100 BPM to build it up to tempo.

Gibson Les Paul Standard
Guitar

Gibson Les Paul Standard

Kirk Hammett's vintage 1959 'Greeny' Les Paul Standard delivers warmer, more dynamic PAF-style tones that contrast his EMG-equipped ESP guitars, adding organic sustain to his lead work. This guitar's traditional construction gives his solos a thicker, less compressed character than his signature models.

Gibson Les Paul Custom
Guitar

Gibson Les Paul Custom

While not Hammett's primary choice, the Les Paul Custom shares the Les Paul's warm PAF pickup character and thick body resonance, offering heavier players an alternative to Strat-style designs for achieving Metallica's crushing rhythm tones.

Gibson Explorer
Guitar

Gibson Explorer

James Hetfield's early Gibson Explorer established his signature angular shape and thick body tone, delivering the aggressive midrange attack essential to Metallica's crushing rhythm style before his ESP signature models became his primary tool.

Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier
Amp

Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier

Kirk Hammett's Dual Rectifier heads provide the high-gain, midrange-forward aggression that lets his solos cut through Hetfield's scooped rhythm tone, creating definition and clarity in Metallica's dense wall of distortion.

EMG 81
Pickup

EMG 81

Hetfield's bridge EMG 81 delivers the hot, compressed output with tight low-end that defines Metallica's palm-muted riffs, the ceramic magnet and active preamp cutting through heavy arrangements with focused, aggressive attack.

EMG 60
Pickup

EMG 60

Both guitarists use the neck EMG 60 for warmer, more articulate rhythm tones and smoother lead voicings, balancing the 81's aggression with clearer note definition across Metallica's dense arrangements.

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