Israeli guitarist Aviv Hadari wondered why there wasn’t a CrossFit program for guitarists in LA. No songs, no solos — just seasoned guitarists stretching their hands, doing drills up and down the ...

It often feels like pop-punk is treated as if it’s the irritating youngest sibling of the rock world — a genre whose music is criticized for being juvenile and rarely breaking new ground. So it's not ...

Rod Wess is a metalhead to his core. The Denver native and shred guitarist recalls his first concert in the 1990s, at the historic Aztlan Theatre, where he saw Cannibal Corpse with its original lead ...

Steven Wilson, the lead vocalist and guitarist behind reunited prog-rockers Porcupine Tree, recently explained that he's "not a fan of the whole guitar shredder phenomenon." That's what the musician ...

As a metal guitarist, it pains me to say that on some days, I don’t even want to look at my guitar, let alone play it. There are moments when I feel so devoid of inspiration that I question why I ever ...

The year 1986 was a really good one for heavy metal. Slayer’s Reign in Blood, Metallica’s Master of Puppets, Megadeth’s Peace Sells … but Who’s Buying?, and Dark Angel’s Darkness Descends were all ...