Mastodon played the first show of a spring tour on Thursday night (May 8th) during a headlining show at The Factory in Chesterfield, Missouri. The veteran metal band unveiled Nick Johnston as their latest touring […]
California thrash metal pioneers DARK ANGEL performed as a four-piece at the Bangers Open Air festival in São Paulo, Brazil on Saturday, May 3 after an alleged airline mishap forced guitarist Eric Meyer to miss […]
SABATON guitarist Thobbe Englund says that his rejoining the band a little over a year ago was a “no-brainer”. In early February 2024, the Swedish metallers announced that they had welcomed back Englund. This news […]
Photo Credit: Mike Mushok by Craig Noce / CC by 3.0 Staind guitarist Mike Mushok says he’s never received a royalty payment from Atlantic Records — but the band did receive “large advances.” Staind guitarist […]
We’re continuing the roll out of Consequence’s Guitar Week with a Crate Digging list of 10 albums that Metallica’s Kirk Hammett thinks every guitarist should own. See where Hammett lands on our 100 Best Guitarists […]
Al Barile, guitarist for pioneering Boston hardcore band SSD (aka SS Decontrol), has died at the age of 63 after a battle with cancer. Barile had been battling colon cancer and other related health issues […]
GODSMACK played the second show of its 2025 European tour Monday night (March 24) at Hala Laminor in Bucharest, Romania. As was the case with the Sofia, Bulgaria concert two nights earlier, filling in for […]
Long-running Swedish extreme metal act Katatonia have parted ways with founding guitarist Anders Nyström after 34 years. Singer-guitarist Jonas Renkse, the other founding member of Katatonia, announced the news via Instagram on Monday (March 17th), […]
Joey Molland, guitarist for the legendary Welsh rock band Badfinger, died at the age of 77 on Saturday (March 1st). While no cause of death was announced, the veteran musician had been battling a number […]
Former Eagles guitarist Don Felder was forced to exit the stage during a performance Thursday night due to a medical emergency. “Don experienced a medical episode last night during the show. He received medical attention and was […]
Founding Duran Duran member and guitarist Andy Taylor is fighting his stage 4 prostate cancer “as hard as he can,” according to his bandmates. The 63-year-old musician revealed his stage 4 prostate cancer diagnosis in November 2022, […]
The Eagles will fly a little different this year. Guitarist Steuart Smith has announced that he’s retiring from the rock band after 24 years due to his health. “It is with profound regret that, due […]
Guitarist John Sykes, who played with the rock bands Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy, has died at 65. He helped compose one of the defining power ballads of the late-1980s hair-metal scene in “Is This Love,” […]
Theofilos Xenidis, better known as Phil X, prolific studio guitarist, songwriter and renowned guitarist for Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductees BON JOVI, and his band THE DRILLS are back and ready to blow […]
John Sykes — guitarist for Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy, among other bands — has died at the age of 65 after a battle with cancer. The sad news was reported on the veteran musician’s official […]
ICONIC rockstar John Sykes has died aged 65. The Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake and Sykes guitarist passed away after a battle with cancer. 4 John Sykes performing live onstageCredit: Getty 4 Sykes played in bands including […]
DARK CHAPEL, the new band led by guitarist/singer/producer Dario Lorina, best-known as a longtime member of BLACK LABEL SOCIETY (2014 to present),has released its second single, “Hollow Smile”. An accompanying music video for the track, […]
Primus guitarist Larry “Ler” LaLonde has tragically lost his home to one of the Los Angeles wildfires, as reported by his bandmate, singer-bassist Les Claypool. LaLonde’s home is one of thousands destroyed by the raging […]
Fredrik Lindgren, the original guitarist for influential Swedish death metal band Unleashed, among other acts including Terra Firma and Harms Way, has died at the age of 53. Unleashed shared the news of their former […]
Bob “Slim” Dunlap, a guitarist for The Replacements, has died. He was 73. Dunlap’s family confirmed his passing in a statement to the Minnesota Star Tribune on Wednesday. “Bob passed at home today at 12:48 […]