With ear-splitting excess, flamboyant virtuosity and a talent for transgression, where classical music has led, metal has followed. Let’s hope the Philharmonia’s Metal Orchestrated concert turns it up ...

A 1980 metal hit was named among the greatest guitar riffs of all time in a recent column.

Van Halen stars Eddie Van Halen and Sammy Hagar were on the cover of the magazine that month. And inside that October 1987 issue of Guitar Player, a 19-year-old bassist named John Onder was featured ...

Everybody likes their heavy metal loud and hard – but, sometimes, unplugging the amplifier can prove just as effective. A great song should sound excellent whether it’s played on an electric or an ...

Without electric guitars and their iconic designs and trademark distorted riffage, there would be no such thing as heavy metal. Since its inception in the 1960s, heavy metal has steadily gained ...