A year later, they'd slimmed down, found a new name and invented heavy metal. Few bands are so inextricably linked with a ...

These metal bands took the sound Black Sabbath created and ran with it, creating a subgenre filled with heavy riffs and dark lyrics.

To celebrate Osbourne's life and legacy, we've selected just a few songs that made the man, from timeless tunes to a few left-of-center selections.

Along with “Blizzard of Ozz,” the album that bore this title track is Osbourne’s best seller. The single, meanwhile, is ushered in with a gripping bass line and an undercurrent of keyboards until ...

By Timothy Aeppel FARMINGDALE, NY (Reuters) -Once a week, executives of D’Addario & Company, a maker of strings and drumsticks for the world's top musicians, gather at the company’s headquarters about ...

Michigan bluegrass aficionado Billy Strings has showcased his diverse tastes and genre-shifting proficiency as part of a new ...

Billy Strings announced real-time audio and time-delayed video streams of his Australia run... oh and, he's hanging with King ...

Billy Strings will appear on a death metal album later this year. Here are a few bands we want to see him work with in the future.

Acoustic guitars are typically strung with steel or other metal strings, which are brighter and more resonant than those of the classical. Plucking The different materials used for classical and ...

If you're a guitarist, our list of Top 20 Hair Metal Guitar Solos will give you quite a challenge. If you're just a fan, they'll give you pure joy.

The artist Larry Bell has amassed a vast collection of acoustic instruments, carefully stored in a climate-controlled room.

How Billy Strings Built a Big Tent for Bluegrass Fans, Phish-Heads and Heavy-Metal Lovers Alike The guitar hero proves you don’t need tons of pyrotechnics to sell out arenas—in this case, a ...