Episodes

We're joined by Ricky Armellino (Ice Nine Kills, Hawk) and Chris Kelly (Ex Ice Nine Kills touring guitarist, Alustrium) to discuss the reality of living your dreams, eating eyeballs, and their brand new band Hillhaven. Chapte...

Jon Deiley of Northlane joins us to talk about why he uses Ableton, his writing process, what guitarists should focus on, programming insane light shows, and more. Chapters: 00:01:42 - The Cutthroat Mindset in Songwriting 00:...

Alyssa Day returns to the Riffhard Podcast to talk about making her puppy-filled video for "Trundle," how she recovered from a debilitating arm injury, and more. Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Introduction and Exploration of Puppy Lo...

Wes Hauch of Alluvial joins Eyal Levi and guest co-host Spiro Dussias. 00:00:00 - Introduction to the Riffhard Podcast with guest Wes Hauch 00:03:14 - Cultivating Consistency in Technique Development 00:07:05 - Mastering the ...

Tank The Tech is a popular YouTuber by night and guitar tech/tour manager by day. His YouTube channel has grown very fast because of how much truth he spits about reality in the music industry. Chapters: 00:02:06 - The Import...

Nizar Osmani is a frequent Riffhard collaborator, mastermind guitarist, and ER doctor. Chapters: 00:11:00 - Getting More Done in Less Time 00:27:34 - the Value of Music and Art Education 00:33:42 - Music Theory and Language L...

Dave Ellefson (Ex-Megadeth) and Guilherme Miranda (Ex-Entombed A.D.) play guitar and bass for Dieth. Chapters: 00:03:28 - The Organic Story of Their Band 00:07:36 - The Beginnings of the Collaboration 00:13:18 - The Writing P...

Doc Coyle (Bad Wolves, God Forbid) and Miles Dimitri Baker (Interloper) discuss playing for Ice Nine Kills during their Metallica Stadium Tour. Chapters: 00:03:42 - Learning Ice Nine Kills Songs Under Pressure 00:07:06 - Burn...

Justin McKinney, guitarist for The Zenith Passage joins us to talk about the the tech death guitar life. Chapters: 00:02:37 - Communication in music production 00:09:44 - Overcoming Demoitis 00:19:25 - Hot Take: Shorter Album...

John Nolan is the guitarist and a vocalist for Taking Back Sunday. Chapters: 00:00:00 - John Nolan's Songwriter's Journey 00:04:36 - Crafting the Perfect Tune 00:07:02 - Overthinking vs. Subconscious Flow 00:13:53 - Writing W...

Alyssa Day is a trailblazing guitarist/composer who is in our top 10 guitarists to watch list. Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Alyssa Day 00:02:48 - The Drive for Self-Improvement 00:15:31 - The Power of Visualization in...

Acle Kahney is the guitarist, writer, and producer for Tesseract. Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:02:27 - Recording at Middle Farm with Peter Miles 00:04:57 - Working with a Producer 00:09:45 - Mastering and CD Delivery ...

Cory Arford and Neal Teimann are the guitarists for Carnifex. Their new album, “Necromanteum” comes out October 6th, 2023. Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:02:36 - The Same Problems at Every Level 00:08:06 - The Importanc...

Josh Middleton is a guitarist/producer best known for his band Sylosis and former band, Architects. Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:02:25 - Manifestation and Serendipity in Career Paths 00:04:39 - Second Wind for Thrash ...

Rob Barrett is a guitarist for the legendary Cannibal Corpse. Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:02:59 - How Rob writes for Cannibal Corpse 00:06:46 - Burning out from touring 00:08:40 - Explosive creativity during quaranti...

Misha Mansoor, Jake Bowen, and Mark Holcomb joined us to discuss why Periphery nuked their own album, how video game addiction is good, and the terror of playing huge shows naked. Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:04:44 - ...

Erik Rutan is a legendary guitarist and producer best known for his work with/in Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel, and Hate Eternal. Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to the Riffhard podcast with Erik Rutan 00:03:14 - Seeking I...

Stephen Taranto is an innovative guitar virtuoso from Australia. Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Stephen Taranto and his Guitar Skills 00:05:01 - Leaning into Your Strengths 00:10:06 - Deciding What to Focus On in Guitar...

Keyan Houshmand is a guitarist who has made a name for himself with his in-depth YouTube and quick-fire Instagram and TikTok videos.

Logan Young is a musician, songwriter, and content creator who is known best for his guitar acrobatics on TikTok and Youtube. Logan's current projects are Dal Av and Scarlet Rot and he has worked with bands such as Reflections and …

Dan Sugarman is a guitarist in Ice Nine Kills.

Ian Waye is the guitarist in Soreption. Spiro Dussias is a guitarist, engineer, and teacher.

Chris Wiseman is the guitarist for Currents and Shadow of Intent.

Devin Shidaker is a guitar player and songwriter best known for his work with The Acacia Strain and previously Oceano.