The 1970s was an interesting time for heavy metal. Black Sabbath helped birth the genre at the very beginning of the decade, and a host of other legendary bands followed suit. Along with Black Sabbath ...

The king of metal riffs in the 1990s was the iconic Dimebag Darrell Abbott. Throughout Pantera’s dominance in the ‘90s, Dimebag compiled one of the strongest catalogues of riffs in metal history.

The riff. It's everything to metal. You can strip away pretty much any other element that has come to define the genre over the years - haunting atmospherics, scorching wails and guttural screams, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photos of Sylosis, Metallica, Slayer and Machine Head Metal is a genre that prides itself on its technicality – but sometimes a ...

Speaking of the devil, the “devil horns,” or “horns,” remains the universal symbol of rock and heavy metal. It’s like saying something you like is “sick,” or, speaking of the 80s, “bad.” So here are ...

From galloping rhythms to intricate harmonics, mastering metal guitar riffs is about more than speed — it’s about precision, tone, and creativity. Experienced players and educators share their proven ...

Remember that first time you squashed into an audience of a few thousand after months of preparatory song-learning, not knowing what you were about to hear but praying it would be the one you ...

Forty years ago this month, five simple notes played on a guitar irrevocably changed the course of popular music. Those simple five notes gave us, in no particular order: Ozzy biting the head off a ...

“I think that heavy metal music in Cuba will always be a style of music with lots of attitude, rebelliousness and a lot of strong words. Heavy metal here reflects the situations we live in every day.

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