Scott Reeder: “I got a call: ‘Can you come over and jam with Tool?’” By Joel McIver published 21 October 22 Oh, OK. Scott Reeder, of Kyuss, Goatsnake and Fireball Ministry, on auditioning for Tool and playing with Metallica
Vernon Reid announces he’s joined forces with Laney Amps and talks through his playing past and present By Matt Parker published 21 October 22 The pairing's official announcement video is sliced up with sequences of Reid’s blistering and inimitable lead work
Kim Thayil set to appear alongside Stone Temple Pilots’ Robert and Dean DeLeo at next Rock ’N’ Roll Fantasy Camp By Matt Parker published 12 October 22 Rock Camp announces the lineup for March 2023's LA event
Watch Zakk Wylde and Andrew Watt join forces during Ozzy Osbourne's LA Rams halftime show By Matt Owen published 13 September 22 UPDATED: Pro-shot footage now available of Ozzy and co running through Crazy Train and the title track from Patient Number 9 for the first time ever
How Cliff Burton shaped Metallica's expansive thrash assault – and changed the sound of metal bass guitar forever By Joel McIver published 12 September 22 We celebrate Burton's career, and dig into his tones and talents with the help of Metallica’s incumbent bassist, Robert Trujillo
Hear Eric Clapton channel his Cream era with a wah-heavy solo on Ozzy Osbourne’s One of Those Days By Matt Owen published 9 September 22 Slowhand's cameo adds some pentatonic sleight of hand and a knockout solo that sits perfectly atop the song's heavier progression
Ozzy Osbourne hints at future tour: “If I have to go up there and die on the first song, I’ll still be back the next day” By Sam Roche published 30 August 22 The Prince of Darkness also mentions a possible solo album with his former Black Sabbath bandmate Tony Iommi
The 30 greatest rock guitar albums of 1972 By Greg Prato published 24 August 22 In '72, Alice Cooper and Bowie grew ever more theatrical while the riffs of Iommi, Blackmore and co got bigger. 50 years on, we celebrate the best from a banner year for rock
The greatest guitar albums of the ‘70s: Getting the Led out with Sabbath, the Who, Pink Floyd and more By Jenna Scaramanga published 19 August 22 Punk was a revolution, disco a global phenomenon, but the guitar music of the '70s was dominated by the giants of rock. Here are the decade's top 10 guitar albums, as chosen by you...
Tony Iommi explains why Geezer Butler didn’t join him and Ozzy at Commonwealth Games closing ceremony By Jonathan Horsley published 15 August 22 The Black Sabbath guitarist also reveals his reunion with Ozzy Osbourne was a last-minute deal that they had to keep secret
Rudy Sarzo on the rising star of Randy Rhoads: “The first time I saw Quiet Riot... I thought to myself, ‘That’s a rock star in the making right there’ By Nick Bowcott published 27 July 22 The legendary rock bassist discusses the evolution of his friend and sparring partner
Tony Iommi to perform at the 2022 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony By Matt Owen published 21 July 22 The Black Sabbath legend will share the roster with new wave icons Duran Duran for the show, which takes place in their home city of Birmingham, England – the birthplace of heavy metal
Hear Ozzy Osbourne and Night Ranger’s Brad Gillis tear it up live in newly surfaced audio from 1982 By Matt Owen published 6 July 22 Gillis was drafted in to replace Bernie Tormé four months prior to the show in Osaka, Japan, and went on to complete the Diary of a Madman tour before returning to Night Ranger
Randy Rhoads: Reflections of a Guitar Icon documentary to be released on DVD/Blu-ray in September By Jackson Maxwell published 5 July 22 The documentary contains never-before-seen footage, as well as interviews with Rhoads' contemporaries – like George Lynch and Eddie Van Halen – and some of the many guitar heroes he influenced
Ghost’s Tobias Forge: “I can proudly say ABBA are one of my favorite bands of all time... I’ll always feel like I’m in the shadow of their legacy” By Amit Sharma published 10 May 22 Inspired by ABBA and ’80s hair metal, the new Ghost album is a modern rock masterpiece. In this track-by-track interview, Forge reveals how he did it – and why he needed a better guitarist than himself for the solos...
Ernie Ball Music Man model played by Eddie Van Halen during a spontaneous Black Sabbath studio session hits the auction block By Matt Owen published 3 May 22 The axe had been borrowed from a music shop in England after Van Halen bumped into Sabbath’s Tony Iommi
Tony Iommi’s long-serving guitar tech, Mike Clement, is in an induced coma By Jonathan Horsley published 20 April 22 Clement, who has been the Black Sabbath guitarist’s right-hand man for over three decades, took a “serious tumble” at work
Watch Robb Flynn cover Black Sabbath onstage with a tribute band By Matt Parker published 28 March 22 The Machine Head man joined Back Stabbath at their show at Elbo Room Jack London in Oakland, CA
Slash thinks this is the heaviest riff of all time: "Not one band that I can think of has a riff that is as heavy" By Matt Owen published 28 February 22 "There's just nothing that's ever come out that's heavier" than this metal classic, says the Guns N' Roses guitar slinger
The 10 types of string bending, from blues and boomer bends to tweak and tap bends By Milton Mermikides published 25 February 22 Who could have imagined an everyday act of guitar technique would become so controversial? We take a deep dive into bending and see how it's changed over the ages