Good metal scale

MY friends and I started a band and we are playing metal. I was wondering what are some of the best scales for metal?
Thanks

Any scale is good for metal. It all depends on what context you use the scales in. I know that isn't what you wanted to hear so here you go: Aeolian, Locrian, Dorian, Harmonic Minor, Hungarian Minor, Dominant 7th or Double Harmonic.

Don't forget good ole pentatonics and Blues Scale.

True what Guitarslinger said. It all depends on the context.

D harmonic minors pretty cool for metal...i also like e ionian..
Or you could learn what scales songs by your fav bands are in?

Guitarslinger pretty much covered it i think

Harmonic Minor and Diminished

Definately dorian. you can also try hungarian.

Cheers.
Empirism

Lydian as it allows for a really smooth and intresting interplay between a major an minor sound especially if you use instead of power chords 1st and 5th you play 3rds instead 1st and maj3rd or 1st and minor 3rd

half whole.... for br00tal diminished sounds n stuff

The hypochondriac scale is by far the best for metal soloing, but failing that some tasteful application of the Lydian Obsidian works pretty well too.

Hope that helps!

Afro

ive never even heard of that scale!

hahahahahah

@Afro: HAHA!!

Oh and for Metal,if it sounds Good,ITS GOOD (Think that applies to every genre..) so yeah,if youve got some heavy dissonant chords,just use whatever hears good,aplying some of the scales mentiones before

@Afro

HAR!

..actually I've always been partial to :

Hyperbolic Major
Onanistic Major
and
Ginandtonic Minor

but my fav , by far, has to be
Hexadecimal-Stenographic add13




RAWK!
Cs

carlsnow, everyone knows that the Hyperbolic Major only exists in theory; seeing as it's based on a retrograde Lydian overtone series from the parallel Neopolitan Sixth it's hardly a practical scale is it, especially in a heavy metal context.

I'll be honest, my experience with Onanistic Major is very limited, is that the one with an augmented 15th? Or am I just being completely stupid and thinking of something totally different?

Ginandtonic Minor I'm not even going into, because it can only exist in the context of an AlcoVom key signature (which again is entirely theoretical, and there are no grounds to prove its existence considering it has NO diatonic qualities whatsoever.)

I'll hand it to you for the Hexadecimal fusion scale though - good shout my friend! However, not so sure about the add13 extension - wouldn't it clash badly with the double augmented 12th?

Afro

LOL it sounds like you guys are making things up rofl. when i saw that stuff i had a huge smile on my face the whole time

what the heck is that?!

a joke

I feel sorry for anyone who doesn't know theory that looks through here...

Edit: This is from 2009? Zombie thread!!!!!

haha i the gin-an-tonic minor.

You can use a minor scale...

...or...

a spanish gypsy scale:
http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/guitar_scales.php?qqq=FULL&scch=C&scchnam=Spanish+Gypsy&get2=Get&t=0&choice=1

I love the spanish gypsy scales.

You can use a minor scale...

...or...

a spanish gypsy scale:
http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/guitar_scales.php?qqq=FULL&scch=C&scchnam=Spanish+Gypsy&get2=Get&t=0&choice=1

Hmm... Double post. Thats wierd.

My computer gliched

or pentatonics!

call me old fashioned if you must.

I thought metal guitarists and shredders just played every note on the neck randomly. ;~}

^^^ HEY! sometimes we know what were playing...sometimes/:

lol, Shred.

xp

I like the lizard scale, fish scale, bathroom scale.....OH! and the truck scale is a "heavy metal" scale.

^^^Literally.