Revisit four songs from the late '70s, which all have iconic guitar riffs that more or less helped define heavy metal as we know it.

Heavy metal certainly had its origins prior to Black Sabbath's 1970 debut album – and more specifically, the intro riff to the opening song "Black Sabbath" – but the genre certainly came into form at ...

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.” In anew feature with Consequence, the Metallica guitarist chose 11 albums that he thinks every ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Ned Wakeman Saxon frontman Biff Byford has been belting his heart out over heavy metal ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. While there’s not much debate regarding which lineup of Black ...