Metal is a genre that prides itself on its technicality – but sometimes a meaty guitar riff is all you need to serve a great song. Getting faces scrunched and heads banging is one of the best things a ...

Bowcott is utilizing a classic Eddie Van Halen guitar for this demonstration, telling the viewing audience, "The thing I love about Drop D is that one finger equals one chord." The guitarist serves up ...

You’ll also learn your first basic chords—like E minor and G major—so you can jump into easy songs without getting overwhelmed. Grab your pick, follow these steps, and you’ll be playing your first ...

SYNTH WEEK 2024: The invention of the synthesizer turned out to be the gateway drug for countless new music makers. Bored by guitars and rock conventions, annoyed by the necessity to learn and play, ...

When it came to his beginnings as a metal musician, it was Twisted Sister’s “I Wanna Rock” that really got Ihsahn excited. “Not much to it,” Ihsahn says about the track’s basic chord structure, “but ...

As with any other hobby or skill, every guitarist has to start somewhere. For most of us, it all started by playing air guitar along with some of our favorite songs and wishing we could play like our ...

In the segment, Iommi begins playing the famous “Paranoid” riff as he sits on a couch next to May. May then comments, “I’m going to commit sacrilege by joining in,” and proceeds to deliver some ...

Rock ‘n’ roll ain’t noise pollution. In fact, what makes so many legendary rock songs memorable is the guitar riff, whether it’s layered with heavy reverb or ear-crunching distortion. The first patent ...

After Metallica debuted their new single “Hardwired” and unleashed the song live, the band has now shared a behind-the-scenes look at the recording of the Hardwired… to Self-Destruct track. In the ...