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I would say:

Pantera

Sepultura

As i lay dying

In flames

At the gates

All shall perish

and lots more.

I am into metalcore, deathcore , groove metal and stuff like that.

I also like classical music )

You should mess around with it and see how it goes, the inovators in guitar music did the same

You are right about the song incorporation into the practice routine.

I usually show some riffs that can help them master some techniques, being in a musical context helps them see mastering the riff more fun

The easiest way is to learn the circle of fifths, take a piece of paper and write it 4 times a day and soon you will start to know this effortlessly, by the number of flats and sharps it has

I think you need to learn the notes because by doing that all your musical studies will become much easier.

Take note that learning the musical notes is a process don't over do it.

I recommend that you apply the following exercises:

1.  Take a sheet of paper and write all the notes on all the strings:

a. 1 time without flats and sharps
b. 1 time with flats
c. 1 time with sharps.

Do it daily and you will see good results. It takes max 5-10 minutes a day.

2. After you have done the above exercise  take your guitar and choose a note, any note you want and search it on all the string back and forth.  I heard that steve vai used to practice like this.

Choose a maximum of 4 5 notes at least (you can use both notes with sharps or flats)

This again doesn't take more than 5 10 minutes. 

By doing this daily you will start to know where they are .

Hope that helped.  Good luck

I think the hardest thing was patience ).

The ability to take your time so that you can evolve altogether without having any gaps in your technique

Hey man if you are for free stuff, you should check out my 6 chapter and 57 pages ebook

http://www.guitarlearningtips.org/the-g … to-succes/

I designed it especially for beginners.

I even included some advice that you don't see in many so called books for beginners, and that are essential from my point of view.

Hehe, i started guitar at 17, because that's when is discovered it and my parents have nothing to do with music or playing an instrument.

MY advice would be to see if he likes the guitar, if he want to play with it and stuff like that .

Try to see if he is curious when you play something to him.

Anyway i think that teaching your son how to play will be a interesting challenge

i mean that when you have some experience a guitar playing you can figure out if somebody else knows how to play his instrument, by the way he holds it.

I like the way you see things instructor.

When i teached students i usually focused on their goals and all of them were interested in learning how to play tabs and stuff like that.

Personally i focused first on teaching them some relaxation exercises so they don't develop tension. I would show them technique exercises and teach them theory.  I believe that once you understand a concept you are really able to play it and use it.

I like to go after that saying: " Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day, teach him how to fish and you will feed him for a lifetime".

That's  how i teach i find it more logical that way.  I don't have instructors experience but that's why i am here to learn from someone who is better then me .