Hey, I got a guitar for Christmas roughly 3 years ago in the 6th grade, and haven't used it much until I fell in love with the idea of playing hard metal music a few weeks ago. So I'm new but I'm progressing very well -- I can almost play the the full song of Blow me Away by Breaking Benjamin, and it's been only a few weeks!

So I'm new and all and I have a few questions.

Firstly, I'm going to be buying the Boss MT-2 Metalzone Pedal within the next week to get the "hardcore metal" sound. What's your opinion on it? Go to Youtube and search in Boss MetalZone MT-2 Demo, by NoRelent27. That's someone playing it (I love the beginning).

Secondly, how important is it to music theory along with actually being able to play? It seems to me that I could go on and play great songs without knowing advanced music theory due to tabs and all, so how important is it?

Thanks.

- Sean.