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If Head Down were Rival Sons' debut album and not their third release, we'd be heralding the unexpected arrival of a bright new talent, and possibly even an important one, a group that manages to take ...

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When it comes to 21st century metal, no band has done it better than Mastodon. In the great metal songwriting tradition, Mastodon have embraced the power of the riff, writing some of the most powerful ...

Metallica's Kirk Hammett named one particular guitar riff that he believes "shifted heavy metal." "The first three Black Sabbath albums are like gospel. Everyone kind of universally agrees. They ...

Tyrel Choat’s fingertips surged with power when he first pulled a riff out of an electric guitar. His older brother taught him the monstrous riff from Black Sabbath’s “Sweet Leaf,” and when he figured ...