You’re probably reading this list of the Top 20 Hair Metal Guitar Solos for one of two reasons. You might be an ’80s hard rock aficionado and guitar fanatic eager to see which of the era’s solos we ...

Leaving behind an incredibly slender body of work – his far-too-brief career curtailed in a plane crash in 1982 at the age of 25 – the precision, melody and eye-popping technique Randy Rhoads brought ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Guitar music is a ubiquitous feature of popular music, ...

Last year, Tetrach’s Diamond Rowe made history as the first female guitar player in the history of Jackson with a signature guitar. She also became only the second Black female artist to be honored ...

Black metal has cursed the music world with some of the most bone-chilling, brutal, and even beautiful guitar work. Today, we undertake the perilous task of honoring the genre’s greatest axemen!

Write off our list of The Best Ballad From 11 Big Hair Metal Bands at your own risk — there's way more substance here than haters would lead you to believe. Hair metal — glam metal, pop-metal, ...

Gina Gleason, the formidable guitarist of Baroness, recently revealed her musical tastes extend far beyond the realm of heavy riffs and blazing solos. In an exclusive interview with Ultimate Guitar, ...

For decades now, ex-Megadeth guitarist and American breakfast cereal truther Marty Friedman has been regarded as an absolute shredder. Dave Mustaine considers him the best he’s ever worked with and he ...