These famous guitar riffs built up blues rock as a genre during its formative years, and they still inspire guitarists today.

The blues scale is one of the most important guitar scales to learn, whether in rock, metal or – naturally – blues. This scale is a hexatonic scale, which means it has six notes. Essentially, it’s a ...

It’s fair to say that we guitarists like to take solos, but while this is undoubtedly a hugely enjoyable and fulfilling pursuit, in actuality this aspect of our playing is really the icing on a much ...

Link Wray, Chuck Berry, and Muddy Waters forever changed rock history with these iconic guitar riffs from the 1950s.

A common theme of blues music is that of the second chance. Be it jilted lovers or unemployed derelicts, many blues songs tell the tale of a narrator lamenting loss and seeking redemption. In that ...

It’s a slow month for noteworthy new metal, so we’re going to try something different this month. First up: a quick rundown of tracks from January’s handful of standout heavy releases. Then, we’ll ...