The 1970s was an interesting time for heavy metal. Black Sabbath helped birth the genre at the very beginning of the decade, and a host of other legendary bands followed suit. Along with Black Sabbath ...

The king of metal riffs in the 1990s was the iconic Dimebag Darrell Abbott. Throughout Pantera’s dominance in the ‘90s, Dimebag compiled one of the strongest catalogues of riffs in metal history.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photos of Sylosis, Metallica, Slayer and Machine Head Metal is a genre that prides itself on its technicality – but sometimes a ...

A 1978 metal hit was named among the greatest guitar riffs of all time and it still stands up today.

A 1992 heavy metal hit was named among the greatest guitar riffs of all time and the man who created the sound was murdered.

Speaking of the devil, the “devil horns,” or “horns,” remains the universal symbol of rock and heavy metal. It’s like saying something you like is “sick,” or, speaking of the 80s, “bad.” So here are ...

Forty years ago this month, five simple notes played on a guitar irrevocably changed the course of popular music. Those simple five notes gave us, in no particular order: Ozzy biting the head off a ...

Musicians arrive at their signature sounds through all sorts of influences. For jazz pianist Tigran Hamaysan, that collection of sounds comes from far afield — he's a fan of progressive metal bands ...