Though he may not play with the fury of his bandmates (more to come about one of them), Murray is one of the best melodic guitar players in the metal genre. Murray and bassist/band founder Steve ...

Exodus and Slayer's Gary Holt credits a metal legend with teaching him how to play guitar — Kirk Hammett. Of course, both musicians have ties to Exodus and Hammett, at that time, wasn't the legend he ...

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 ...

Metallica‘s Kirk Hammett named one particular guitar riff that he believes “shifted heavy metal.” In anew feature with Consequence, the Metallica guitarist chose 11 albums that he thinks every ...

Heavy metal guitarist John 5 is set to perform in Southampton.

Although Keith Richards was never the biggest heavy metal fan, he felt that some of the greatest artists were heavier than ...