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One of the world’s leading guitar brands has produced a documentary series on legendary guitarist Tony Iommi. The first ...

Sanae Takaichi, a fan of Iron Maiden, had an improbable rise to power. Like her mentor, Shinzo Abe, she is expected to lead Japan to the right. Sanae Takaichi acknowledging the applause after she was ...

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Those who know me well know that two things I love are the Supreme Court and heavy metal (not necessarily in that order). So this column asks the obvious question: What heavy metal band would each ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Few contemporary artists have shaped an entire genre the way ...

Randy Rhoads helped make Quiet Riot and much of Ozzy Osbourne’s early solo ventures as legendary as they are today. We lost him far too young at just 25 years old in 1982 in a tragic plane accident, ...

Here's nine of the best and most memorable nu-metal guitar solos and leads, chosen by Tetrarch's Diamond Rowe. Now, nu-metal may not be regarded as the subgenre with the flashiest, most nimble and ...

Replacing Dave Mustaine as Metallica’s lead guitarist in 1983, Kirk Hammett cut his teeth on Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin. So it’s unsurprising that he lists Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys and Zeppelin’s ...

Metallica's Kirk Hammett named one particular guitar riff that he believes "shifted heavy metal." "The first three Black Sabbath albums are like gospel. Everyone kind of universally agrees. They ...

In November, just after the election from hell, I became a metalhead. It was an accident, but it’s too late to reverse course now. Before saying more about that, I want to step back in time. By about ...