Some metal players prefer the traditional high-performance brands. Others favor medieval shapes. Not Root. The Slipknot ...

For decades, having a signature guitar was reserved for classic rock legends — the Claptons, the Hendrixes, the Pages, the SRVs and EVHs. But that’s no longer the case. From pop-punk to heavy metal, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. As it relates to who should be considered heavy metal’s ...

An eclectic performer on the guitar, Reid gained mainstream notoriety during the late 1980s while shredding with avant-garde, progressively alterna`tive, funk-metal favorites Living Colour — while ...

Something in the guitar world is stirring. Perhaps it’s the inevitable result of the great post-streaming genre-blur, or someone left a portal to the Upside Down open – but metal guitars have been ...

There are many ways to play the guitar, and certainly many Legendary Guitarists, such as Chet Atkins, Joni Mitchell, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, among countless others. While these are all stylistically ...

“Motorbikes and heavy metal just go together,” says Adam Tovell-Soundy who makes guitars as art pieces out of old motorcycle spares. “I’ve always made small scrap metal art from anything as a hobby,” ...

A Brooklyn band is breathing fresh air into the heavy metal genre, combining a Metallica-inspired sound with high-tech post-production. The Unbroken uses down-tuned instruments and slick technology to ...

While celebrating the new line of Jackson guitars, Suicide Silence shredder Mark Heylmun shares a word of advice to metal fans -- especially those flocking to the genre due to 'Stranger Things.' “My ...