This video is bonus content related to the December 2011 issue of Guitar World. For full print reviews, lesson tabs and more, look for the December 2011 issue of Guitar World on newsstands now, or purchase this issue in our online store here.
In the following video, Iced Earth's Jon Schaffer shows you how to play the key riffs from the Iced Earth classic "Burning Times," off the band's 1998 album, Something Wicked This Way Comes.
Iced Earth recently released their latest studio album, Dystopia, their first to feature new lead singer Stu Block. We recently caught up with Jon Schaffer and fellow Iced Earth guitarist Troy Seele to talk about the new album, and you can check out that chat here.
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Josh Hart is a former web producer and staff writer for Guitar World and Guitar Aficionado magazines (2010–2012). He has since pursued writing fiction under various pseudonyms while exploring the technical underpinnings of journalism, now serving as a senior software engineer for The Seattle Times.
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