Replacing Dave Mustaine as Metallica’s lead guitarist in 1983, Kirk Hammett cut his teeth on Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin. So it’s unsurprising that he lists Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys and Zeppelin’s ...

Metallica's Kirk Hammett named one particular guitar riff that he believes "shifted heavy metal." "The first three Black Sabbath albums are like gospel. Everyone kind of universally agrees. They ...

Nita Strauss has picked out the five guitar riffs that changed her life, which includes a Randy Rhoads classic and some more obscure heavy metal gems. The guitarist rose to fame as a hired gun, ...

Music has always been a space where influence and inspiration blur the lines between homage and unintentional borrowing. But when similarities between two songs are too striking to ignore, the ...