Your votes have been counted and the editors have had their say. Yes, GW’s best riffs of 2023 have been determined – and what does this tell us about rhythm guitar in the 21st century? Well, the riff ...

Deftones have long been dubbed the ‘ Metal Radiohead ’, thanks in a large part to their 2000 album White Pony - a record that ...

Whether it sounds ugly or beautiful, metal is meant to make you feel good. However, for this list, we’ve put together some of the most joyful metal riffs that make fans want to get up and dance or ...

You know the riffs, but for this edition of Loudwire's Gear Factor we have some of your favorite guitarists playing the metal riffs that inspired them. "I didn't realize how big of a signature vibrato ...

The riff. It's everything to metal. You can strip away pretty much any other element that has come to define the genre over the years - haunting atmospherics, scorching wails and guttural screams, ...

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 ...

Defining the best metal album is a point of contention, but Corey Taylor and countless others stand by Metallica's 'Master of ...

A good riff is one of heavy metal basics and this punchy, raw and uncomplicated Ray Davies riff is one of the first of its ...

You know, it’s awesome that we get to live in a world where we’ve got all the sick up-and-coming bands out there but can still fall back and witness the legends to their thing. With things like ...