The rise of grunge was explosive and brief, and these guitar riffs marked some of the hardest songs to come out of the genre.

There's a reason certain guitar riffs stop you cold the moment they hit. They don't just open songs - they carry whole worlds ...

John Sykes passed away in December at the age of 65, to the shock and dismay of many. He first came to prominence in the early 80s with NWOBHM act Tygers Of Pan Tang, though within a few short years ...

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 ...

One of the great things about Gear Factor is rockers taking us back to their beginnings, and in this episode, HammerFall's Oscar Dronjak not only takes us back to the songs that inspired him in his ...