We've got some Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Pantera and Megadeth riffs on tap, but if you want to see who is playing what, check out the Gear Factor compilation below.

Our guest on this episode of Gear Factor is Three Days Grace guitarist Barry Stock, who plays his favorite riffs from when he ...

Tony Iommi is the undisputed champion of the heavy metal riff. He earned that title in the early ’70s, as his memorable guitar riffs — short, repeated chord progressions that help form the ...

During a recent interview with Consequence, Hammett discussed the band’s singular guitar riff that he believes changed heavy metal forever. And his answer may surprise you.

Shocking Revelations K.K. Downing Says JIMI HENDRIX Influenced JUDAS PRIEST's Riffs More Than BLACK SABBATH "As for the others, I wasn’t really a Zeppelin or a Black Sabbath fan.

A year later, they'd slimmed down, found a new name and invented heavy metal. Few bands are so inextricably linked with a musical genre, but Sabbath set the template for everyone from Motörhead and AC ...

Now comes album three and it seems Blackbraid have struck black gold once again, because this isn't just another knockout LP; ...

Black metal has cursed the music world with some of the most bone-chilling, brutal, and even beautiful guitar work. Today, we undertake the perilous task of honoring the genre’s greatest axemen ...

New Jersey native and pinch harmonic aficionado Zakk Wylde and his band Black Label Society are back on their bullshit after three years away with the release of their newest single “The Gallows.” ...

Kim played bass in Pixies because Joey Santiago had dibs on guitar, but a year after Frank Black killed the band via fax, she was ripping one of the most beloved guitar riffs of the ’90s onstage ...