By Joe Bosso, Photo by Neil Zlozower

He helped usher in an era of speed-obsessed ax wranglers. But Joe Satriani can’t run from the “shred guitarist” tag fast enough.

Satriani digs deep into personal tragedy and comes up with an album of uncharacteristic and deeply felt songs: 'Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards.'

Nuno Bettencourt riffs on Take Us Alive, the group’s new CD and DVD release.

Zakk Wylde puts the finishing touches on the latest Black Label Society album, recorded in his new home studio.