Without electric guitars and their iconic designs and trademark distorted riffage, there would be no such thing as heavy metal. Since its inception in the 1960s, heavy metal has steadily gained ...

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 ...

Dokken had a rightful place among the hair/glam metal subgenre of heavy metal, and it certainly was not a "heavy" group by any standard. However, that should not take away from the brilliance of Lynch ...

Artist's depiction of Pete Townshend playing a Jackson guitar. Throughout his decades-long career, Pete Townshend has been associated with a handful of electric guitar templates. Over time, The Who ...

Heavy metal had been slowly growing in popularity for decades by the time it hit its commercial peak. The ’80s are considered mainly the heyday of heavy metal in its official definition. That being ...

Is it the "most heavy metal wedding ever"? That's what a "head-banging bride and groom" aimed for when they exchanged electric guitars instead of wedding rings at their nuptials, as the New York Post ...