YngwieMalmsteen

yngwiemalmsteen.com The folks at Sharpie are honoring Swedish guitar maestro Yngwie Malmsteen in a unique way. The legendary shredder will have with his own line of personalized Sharpies (seen below). Sharpie president Ben J. Gadbois copped to being a massive fan of the guitarist, saying, "I have followed Yngwie since high school and am a huge fan...

It's been a long wait for American and Canadian fans, but come this October guitar legend Yngwie Malmsteen will make his triumphant return to North American stages with a Fall headlining tour. The shred maestro will be out supporting 'Relentless,' his latest studio album...

Down From Up may be unsigned, but the Knoxville band is still turning heads. They've worked with producer Nick Raskulinecz, who made his name via his efforts with Stone Sour and Foo Fighters, and are playing a handful of dates on the Hard Drive Tour alongside Saliva and Rev Theory...

Neo-classical metal shredder Yngwie Malmsteen is continuing to push the limits of classical guitar and modern metallic shred with his new album, 'Relentless,' the follow-up to 2008's 'Perpetual Flame.' Former Judas Priest and Iced Earth singer Tim "Ripper" Owens lends his pipes to 'Relentless,' which clocks in at over an hour of complex, Malmsteenian axe work...

Tim 'Ripper' Owens definitely knows how to shake his money maker. The vocalist of Charred Walls of the Damned, formerly of Judas Priest and Iced Earth, stays busy by working on his solo effort, Beyond Fear, and spending time with Yngwie Malmsteen and Hail, the covers outfit he fronts...

Since 1996, guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani has literally been surrounding himself with the competition. That was the year he launched the G3 Tour, featuring fellow shredders Steve Vai and Eric Johnson. Since then, the tour has continued semi-regularly, with Satriani the only original member...

"The last thing I wanted after leaving Journey was to say to the world, 'This is the kind of album I would have made with them,'" singer Jeff Scott Soto says of his career post-Journey. "I've always emulated Queen. They never had any boundaries, no walls between them...

Trans-Siberian Orchestra are a holiday tradition for many, including the band members themselves. "It has come to that point where it is tradition in most people's lives that they have to come to these shows, and it's definitely very interesting group to be a part of," singer Jeff Scott Soto tells Noisecreep...

"I have always said that I like everything from Marduk to Mozart, and this pretty much proves it," Megadeth drummer Shawn Drover tells Noisecreep in reference to his 'Your iPod Is Showing' submission. He's not kidding. Drover's iPod list starts with Vivaldi's 'The Four Seasons,' ends with Pat Travers' 'Gettin' Betta' and features a broad variety of classic rock, classic metal, neo-classi

Carrying to the tradition of classic heavy metal in the U.K., the London-based band Savage Messiah make their way stateside with their debut release on Candlelight Records this week. Resonant with classic thrash sounds and precision in their technical musicianship, this is a band to keep on the radar in the coming months...