It’s Yngwie Malmsteen, checking in from the sleek ... Les Paul and Stratocaster. Maybe, Flying V too. And that was it. And so I decided the Strat was for me from the point of when I was like ...

Yngwie Malmsteen is the king of the neoclassical shred guitar. Since 1984's Rising Force, the Swedish musician and composer has somehow bridged centuries, from Paganini to his own arpeggiated ...

On his latest album, “Fire and Ice,” Swedish guitar lord Yngwie Malmsteen thanks Bach, Beethoven and Jimi Hendrix. Sounds like a strange combination of influences for most musicians ...