Billy Strings will appear on a death metal album later this year. Here are a few bands we want to see him work with in the future.

Tetrarch's Diamond Rowe shouts out some of the best and most memorable guitar solos and leads in nu-metal history.

If Iron Maiden ever had to resort to using backing tracks, Bruce Dickinson is making it known that it will never be a part of the band’s repertoire. The lead singer, 66, spoke to Classic Rock ...

Kendrick Lamar because WHO ELSE!? No other rapper performs on THAT level. Story-telling, no backing track, energy + charisma!" one person wrote on X. "This was dope, especially towards the end.

In an interview for the most recent issue of Classic Rock Magazine (also on Guitar.com), Dickinson doubled down on ... “The idea that you can turn it into the Disneyland MAIDEN by using backing tracks ...

That's just what Brighton-based riffers Slung have to offer on new single Fire To Burn, a track ... guitar solos add an air of theatricality and triumph that embodied the heavy metal of yore ...

“Immigrant Song” features one of the most recognizable guitar tracks of the 20th century. Unfortunately for many filmmakers, Led Zeppelin has historically been difficult to barter with for the ...

but that doesn't mean we can rest on our laurels as there's also plenty of excellent non-horror metal tracks to dive into. That in mind, here are the results of last week's poll! Grandeur was the ...

Gojira, a popular French band, became the first hard rock act to perform in an Olympic Games opening ceremony when it did a metal version ... included a track about the Amazon that warned, in ...

The lawsuit offers a glimpse at industry practices surrounding the use of uncleared backing tracks to privately "experiment" in the recording studio. By Bill Donahue Snoop Dogg is facing a ...

The debate over backing tracks rages on, and it seems like every metal musician is being asked in interviews ... We certainly wouldn’t cancel any shows based on that. We have 2 guitar players in the ...