Yngwie Malmsteen
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Nita Strauss weighs in on the ‘shred stigma’ debate: "Yngwie Malmsteen’s three notes are no more or less valid than BB King’s"
By Matt Owen published
"They’re just three notes played differently, at different speeds, on different guitars, in different styles,” says the Alice Cooper guitarist

From rapid-fire nu-metal to neo-neo-soul: here are this week’s essential guitar tracks
By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Matt Owen, Sam Roche published
Close the week out with a bounty of guitar greatness from the likes of Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Naia Izumi, Dayglow, Mastodon, Sleater-Kinney, Yngwie Malmsteen and more

Yngwie Malmsteen unleashes the fury once again with new album, Parabellum
By Richard Bienstock published
Listen to intense shred-a-thon of a first single, Wolves at the Door, now

Watch Yngwie Malmsteen turn a vintage 1959 Gibson Les Paul into a shred machine
By Matt Owen published
The dormant, highly sought-after six-string was awoken by a blaze of high-gain glory, playing host to Malmsteen’s dizzying technical wizardry

Yngwie Malmsteen plays Jimmy Page Telecaster, still sounds exactly like Yngwie Malmsteen
By Richard Bienstock published
Watch the neoclassical shred legend unleash the fury on a Fender Dragon Tele

Yngwie Malmsteen announces “extreme” new album, Parabellum
By Richard Bienstock published
“I go faster than ever,” the neoclassical shred legend says of forthcoming solo effort

Yngwie Malmsteen announces virtual concert live from Las Vegas
By Sam Roche published
Yngwie Malmsteen: Fully Live! The Very Best Of will commence at 7:30PM PT, March 20

Yngwie Malmsteen pays tribute to Eddie Van Halen: “I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. I was so f**king blown away“
By Guitar World Staff published
The titan of neoclassical shred explains why it was fruitless to copy a style like Eddie's – just enjoy it
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