Welcome to a guitar-focused space by Leigh Fuge — guitarist, educator, and content creator from Swansea, UK — featuring ...

The future was written for Skindred's Mikey Demus with Back to the Future. In this episode of Gear Factor, the musician credits the 1985 Michael J. Fox film for not only inspiring his love of Chuck ...

If the flannelly, lo-fi nature of ’90s grunge killed the hairspray bravado of ’80s hair metal, then the 2000s definitely brought back some of its technicality and musicianship. The first decade of ...

One of the great things with Loudwire's Gear Factor is when artists go a little deeper in showing you how a song was constructed. Korpiklaani's Jonne Jarvela does exactly that, showcasing two songs ...

Grab your guitar–Tim McTague of the legendary Underoath stopped by the Alternative Press offices with his custom Erase Me green Fender Jaguar to show us how to play some of the band’s classic riffs.

Would this even be a list of iconic guitar riffs from the 1970s without including “Stairway To Heaven” by Led Zeppelin? We don’t think so. The song as a whole is an epic one, and it wouldn’t be too ...

Tony Iommi is the undisputed champion of the heavy metal riff. He earned that title in the early ’70s, as his memorable guitar riffs — short, repeated chord progressions that help form the rhythmic ...

It’s a slow month for noteworthy new metal, so we’re going to try something different this month. First up: a quick rundown of tracks from January’s handful of standout heavy releases. Then, we’ll ...

Tony Iommi is the undisputed champion of the heavy metal riff. He earned that title in the early ’70s, as his memorable guitar riffs — short, repeated chord progressions that help form the rhythmic ...