While some metal icons are celebrated for their groundbreaking influence and unmistakable timbre rather than purely technical ...

Even talked soccer with Ritchie Blackmore as he lies on a table in a black leather trench coat, looking like Burt Reynolds? Shred king Yngwie Malmsteen has ...

He explains why his guitars are numbered, not named, his warts-and-all approach to studio work – and why his “I won’t conform ...