When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Vox Realis/Instagram A 12-year-old heavy metal prodigy named Vox Realis is making waves ...

When Eddie Van Halen called Tony Iommi the master of riffs, he wasn’t just whistling “Dixie.” Master riffmeister Iommi’s back story, rise to legendary status, and his influence on the New Wave of ...

Dokken had a rightful place among the hair/glam metal subgenre of heavy metal, and it certainly was not a "heavy" group by any standard. However, that should not take away from the brilliance of Lynch ...

Replacing Dave Mustaine as Metallica’s lead guitarist in 1983, Kirk Hammett cut his teeth on Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin. So it’s unsurprising that he lists Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys and Zeppelin’s ...

PITTSBURGH ― Metal god Kenneth (K.K.) Downing returns to the U.S. this March, ready to enthrall those who worship the sounds of exceptionally played, hard-rocking guitar. The tour finds Downing's band ...

Everyone loves to talk about guitarists like Eddie Van Halen, Dave Mustaine, Dimebag Darrell, etc. We get it. But what about the unsung heroes, especially in metal and metalcore? There are far too ...

Metallica has had its fair share of musicians enter and depart the lineup over the years, but while the likes of Cliff Burton ...

Jason Newsted is arguably Metallica’s most beloved ex-bassist, so it’s always exciting when he announces a new band. Case in point: the fact that he’s been “auditioning guitar players for a heavy ...

5 October 2024 is not a date Tetrarch guitarist Diamond Rowe will be forgetting in a hurry. Ever since she was 12 years old, she had the dream of having her own line of signature guitars and handing ...