Randy Rhoads would play the final live shows in his all-too-brief life. At just 25 years old, he had already made an ...

Reid might not fit the mold of the traditional heavy metal guitarist, but he's certainly worthy of a spot on this list. An eclectic performer on the guitar, Reid gained mainstream notoriety during ...

Wahlquist, who for nearly 50 years led the heavy metal institution ... without choking up. Ragne’s guitar was his sword, and the Swedish metal musicians (and people from all over the world ...

Maya started playing a few notes and chords on an electric guitar before surprising the audience with a powerful cover of “Last Resort” by Papa Roach. The heavy metal girl impressed the crowd ...

These days it’s grown increasingly rarer to find metal bands that ... and those sound plenty heavy. Plus there are plenty of other qualities besides tuning that affect a song’s metalness: distortion, ...