For those who prefer heavier sound, we have picked some of the easiest heavy metal songs to play on guitar. As for metal music, nowadays there are many genres and sub-genres, since it has been always ...

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 ...

Back in the 1980s, heavy metal and New Wave music never mixed. No, never. If you wore a mullet or rocked a Mohawk, you may have shared a type of hair spray, but never a mix tape. Nostalgia, though, ...

I’ve been campaigning for more slide guitar in metal for years — what would some nasty pedal steel licks sound like amidst wicked slams?? — and my wish has finally been granted by Velocihamster, the ...

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 ...

This coming Monday, March 16, is the one-year anniversary of "Misirlou" icon Dick Dale's death, so Sean Williamson and his project Velocihamster will honor the musician by releasing his version of the ...

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 ...

The ’80s were rock’s ultimate guitar decade. The shredding, fingerboard-tapping, dive-bombs and epic power-ballad solos. And most importantly, gargantuan riffs fans could air-guitar to. Many top ’80s ...