Devin Townsend was already an inescapable polymath by 2007: between his solo work and Strapping Young Lad, he was releasing albums like greyhounds out of a starting gate. So, when the maverick ...

The turn of a new year is the perfect time to not only reflect on the last 12 months, but also to look forward at the months ...

The genre and world of metal is constantly evolving, continuously being reshaped emerging new artists and evolving sounds ...

Heavy, raw, and more intense than anything he did with Skid Row (yes, even Subhuman Race). Many critics, pundits and personalities within the current-day hard rock/metal community have praised Child ...

The pursuit of a solo career is a hit-and-miss endeavour. For every artist that proves their worth by doing it, exploring amazing new soundscapes outside their core band, there’s another that only ...

It's time to drum up some applause for your favorite metal drummers as we showcase their talents in this Loudwire collection of mind-boggling metal drum solos. In this collection, we show you the wide ...

Tony Iommi fans, it’s time to get excited. The iconic Black Sabbath guitarist revealed that he’s cooking up a “really good” solo album in the studio. The 76-year-old – known as the riff godfather – ...

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 ...

Heavy Metal, the debut solo project of Geese vocalist Cameron Winter, is just as mystifying and impenetrable as the probable origin stories that its creator has spun for it. Was the album recorded in ...

Guitarist Kerry King’s father gave him three choices when he was growing up. “Playing guitar was one, and I think karate was one,” Kerry King, 60, says via phone from his New York home where he was ...

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 ...