Jason Richardson is one of our epoch’s pre-eminent shred dudes. I remember seeing him come up the metal ranks via the djent acts Born Of Osiris and Chelsea Grin. He then crowdfunded his way to a successful solo career, and currently does double duty for the metalcore monster truck All That Remains.
It would be fair to say that Richardson’s ample skill as a player has really helped codify many guitar tropes found at the nexus of extreme and progressive metal. He is fond of the chuggy pit-riff, yet from the beginning of his career his fleet-fingered leads – reminiscent of past virtuosos like Malmsteen and Vai – have lent
