3. So You're Afraid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtjrxhaDVo8 Back to the solo album and a song that easily has one of the fastest, most over-the-top
FUN solos Tremonti has ever put together, seeing him Kirk Hammett'ing way through some high string shredding, with the results being ear-searingly enjoyable every time. Back to the riff though, and it's a crushing descending pattern that yes, is quite simple on paper, but is far harder to get to speed with the right amount of aggression Mark throws behind it. Aggression overall in metal players is something that can go a little overboard with guys like Zakk Wylde firing through scales like they're going out of fashion, but for Tremonti he's always had a perfect mix of strength and precision behind every note that really gives an otherwise basic riff a life of its own.