Hmm..Ok I'll give you something to work with since I too went through a phrase where I wanted to play nothing but "hard" as hell sh^t. Just an idea, but you can defintely play some heavy evil sounding stuff like this. First detune your guitar down 3 steps (C# F# B E G# C#). Now write a stardard song in the key of B minor (the dark black key). If you know your theory, C# is a diminshed chord in B minor. So when you play the low C# don't play a power-chord, play a tri-tone. Here's what it looks like.


C#:-----
G#:-----
E:---0-- <~optional
B:---2--
F#:--1--
C#:--0--


Even try playing it as a half-diminished chord (C#7b5). So now that you've seen what that does, when you come to chord progressions. The diminished chord is what I think your looking for. Like the chord above. It's dark and it's heavy. Dominant chord are also good too. Try this chord progression with the chord I showed you above. Bm7 - Gm7b5 - C#m7b5 - F#7. That should be dark and heavy enough, and hopefully you dig it and it helps. :)

[Edited by noticingthemistake on 06-25-2003 at 11:06 PM]