However, Willie Dixon’s striding blues shuffle is essentially played straight but ... because Deep Purple weren’t anywhere ...

One of the earliest true heavy metal bands, Cardiff’s Budgie took the blues rock and prog of the 1960s and gave it some extra ...

What began as late-60s experiments with guitar distortion among blues-rock bands has now become one of the most diverse ...

2024 has continued that trend in majestic form, with some of heavy music’s boldest bands making big moves that have pricked ...

Does anyone remember Blues Saraceno? He was part of that whole early-90s Joe Satriani/Steve Vai-wannabe boom (See: everyone who has ever been signed to Shrapnel Records, ever.). He released some ...

“I wish to go back to the starting point and face up to our niche readers, precisely because heavy metal has become a niche genre again.” Hard rock, born in the 1960s, is based on blues music ...