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Andy La Rocque on why he is no longer a 120mph soloist – and we can expect from the long-awaited King Diamond album
La Rocque has been the King's six-string courtier for 40 years now. Here he tells us how it all began, how his style has evolved, and yes, the new stuff is coming...
Glen Drover grew up idolizing Megadeth and King Diamond’s guitar heroes – then he had to step into their shoes
Inspired by Yngwie Malmsteen but weaned on Black Sabbath, the Canadian guitarist discusses the new gear and new skills he’s racking up as his own band Withering Scorn takes flight
“People think I play super-fast – it’s what you’d expect from a metal guitarist. But I would remind people that I’m very melodic”: King Diamond’s Andy LaRocque on how the Floyd Rose became his calling card – and why Death pushed his abilities to the limit
Inspired by British glam rock, Andy LaRocque’s distinctive guitar approach means he’s in demand for guest solos – but recording for Chuck Schuldiner and co took his playing to the edge
Inside the long-awaited return of Mercyful Fate: metal guitar’s most unholy band
Guitarists Hank Shermann and Mike Wead join iconic frontman King Diamond to discuss the reanimation and macabre theater of a legendary heavy metal institution
At the Gates release shredding new single, Spectre of Extinction, featuring King Diamond's Andy LaRocque
The Swedish melodic death-metal pioneers' new album, The Nightmare of Being, is out in July
King Diamond Share Trailer for 'Songs for the Dead Live' DVD
The release captures the band onstage in 2015 and 2016.
Metallica Joined by Mercyful Fate, Anthrax, Armored Saint Members for Second 30th Anniversary Show
The guest lineups for Metallica's first two 30th anniversary shows should have many of us slapping our foreheads for not being a member of Met Club and not being in San Francisco right now.
