I've been a metal guitarist for almost two decades and not enough people talk about these incredible guitar-shredding albums

Symphony X mastermind Michael Romeo is an architect of the riff, sculpting melodic phrases with intricate picking patterns ...
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Heavy Metal’s Greatest Guitar Teams

With the exception of Black Sabbath, early heavy metal was built upon a foundation of two-guitar bands. Whether it was the sturdy rhythm/lead axis of Scorpions' Rudolf Schenker and Uli Jon Roth or ...
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THIS BLACK METAL GUITAR PEDAL MAKES YOU EVEN MORE GRIM

When it comes to black metal guitar pedals my first choice bar none is the Valnøtt, made famous by The Austerity Program’s Justin Foley. But MS Maniac Joseph Griesel sent us a link to the new ...
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14 songs that were heavy metal before it became a genre

A good riff is one of heavy metal basics and this punchy, raw and uncomplicated Ray Davies riff is one of the first of its kind in rock music that was at the time dominated by that clean twangy sounds ...