In 1986, Marty Friedman and Jason Becker started Cacophony – a relatively short-lived project that would be responsible for some of shred music’s most technical and celebrated compositions. Together, ...

The metallurgical Shred Fest package tour of North America just kicked off a few days ago, and heads to Conduit this week for the only Florida date. Featuring a gargantuan lineup of Obscura, Atheist, ...

Marty Friedman, the second best guitarist Megadeth ever had, will release his new album Wall Of Sound on August 4 via Prosthetic Records. You'd assume the whole album would be incredibly-written shred ...

The rise of alternative rock and the dichotomy between punk and heavy metal didn’t keep guitarists in the 1990s from shredding guitar solos.

Hello and welcome back to Bandcamp Buried Treasure, where I'll be hunting down Buy It Now/Free Download-payment option albums on Bandcamp by the best bands you've never heard! The goal is to introduce ...

Nate Franchesco curates a collection of progressive, shred-driven throwback demos into a unified EP, delivering a sonic snapshot of his metal-fusion roots. LOS ...

It should go without saying, but metal would likely be very different without Metal Blade Records. For four decades, the independent label has forged a path in metal that has not only given us some ...