 Jerry Cantrell 's guitar style combines " pummeling riffs and expansive guitar textures " to create " slow , brooding minor @-@ key grinds " . He is also recognized for his natural ability to blend acoustic and electric guitars . While down @-@ tuned , distorted guitars mixed with Staley 's distinctive " snarl @-@ to @-@ a @-@ scream " vocals appealed to heavy metal fans , the band also had " a sense of melody that was undeniable " , which introduced Alice in Chains to a much wider audience outside of the heavy metal underground . 
 Jerry Cantrell <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>guitar style <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>combines</mark></a> " pummeling riffs and expansive guitar textures " to create " slow , brooding minor @-@ key grinds " . He is also recognized for his natural ability to blend acoustic and electric guitars . While down @-@ tuned , distorted guitars mixed with Staley <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>distinctive " snarl @-@ to @-@ a @-@ scream " vocals appealed to heavy metal fans , the band also had " a sense of melody <a href='null_relcl' title='4'><mark>that</mark></a>was undeniable " , which introduced Alice in Chains to a much wider audience outside of the heavy metal underground . 
Jerry Cantrell  guitar style combine " pummeling riffs and expansive guitar textures " to create " slow , brooding minor @-@ key grinds " . He is also recognized fa his natural ability to blend acoustic and electric guitars . While downn @-@ tuned , distorted guitars mixed with Staley  distinctive " snarl @-@ to @-@ a @-@ scream " vocals appealed to heavy metal fans , the band also had " a sense of melody was undeniable " , which introduced Alice in Chains to a much wider audience outside of the heavy metal underground .