Iron Maiden have established themselves as one of the biggest metal bands in the world over a half-century career. Here are their 10 best songs.

So when Thomson recorded some solos for Slipknot, they were omitted. "I actually had some solos in songs, but they all got cut out,” the guitarist recalled to Guitar World. “Because between Ross ...

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Ellefson, who currently plays in multiple bands such as Kings of Thrash alongside ex- Megadeth guitarist Jeff Young and Metal Allegiance with other prominent metal musicians, also touched on his early ...

Yasmin Williams has managed to wander from the experimental underground and land under a bright spotlight. The Northern Virginia-based artist became interested in rock and metal after playing Guitar ...

As big beasts like Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple dominated the era, players such as Steve Howe and Brian May transformed the ...

The singer-guitarist MJ Lenderman has been hailed as his genre’s next big thing. Does it matter if he’s offering more of the same?

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Slipknot dropped a debut album that changed the face of heavy metal – but one of the guitarists who helped write it had his solos completely removed ...

Like the known universe, the death-metal breadth of Blood Incantation is infinitely expanding. Even as you read this, both ...

Many guitarists have passed through Thin Lizzy’s ranks, from Eric Bell and Snowy White to Gary Moore and John Sykes. But as ...