Martin IV hears a Martin guitar, whether it’s the timeworn piece Willie Nelson’s nearly strummed a hole through, or a ...

Here is the third part of our playlist of the essential 100 (or so) tunes to come out of Scotland. It marks eleventh year of this rundown of the best Scots tracks of the year.   As ever, in 2025, ...

Old Skin Wails of Ten Thousand Sludge, sludge, baby. Old Skin, the Fort Collins band that blares at the altar of resurrected ...

Billy Steele, Deputy Editor, Reviews I didn’t discover Bandsplain in 2025, but I definitely listened to it more than any ...

Death metal continues to thrive in 2025. With subgenres ranging from melodeath and technical death metal to deathcore, ...

From chart-toppers Ghost and Sleep Token to rising stars Lorna Shore and Spiritbox, 2025 has been a massive year for metal ...

While music styles continue to change, some formats, like the rock trio, endure. Like these great three-piece bands from the 1990s.

Prior to this, he cemented his name in the heavy metal music scene in the ‘80s as one of the founding members of the iconic ...

Huntington Beach resident Scott Friedland and former Guitar Center CEO Ron Japinga teamed up to launch Rocket Guitar Emporium, featuring boutique, hand-built guitars.

The gear retailer's end-of-year results make for interesting reading, and offers telling insight into players' buying habits ...