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Articles by: Adam Rees

Zach Myers

Zach Myers: 10 albums that changed my life – “I wanted to play like Stevie Ray Vaughan and Freddie King, but I wanted to be Garth Brooks”

By Adam Rees

The Shinedown guitarist on inspirations, his Smith & Myers acoustic project, and that time he met Robert Plant in the toilet

Willie Adler

“Stuff like Nick Drake definitely shows through in how we write: the movements, how we approach our instruments, how we approach creating a song" – Lamb Of God's Willie Adler talks 10 albums that changed his life

By Adam Rees

The cult folk hero lines up alongside Stanley Clarke, Beastie Boys, Metallica and Slayer as influences

Matt Heafy

Matt Heafy interview: "I practice to be as good as Bruce Dickinson, Freddie Mercury and John Petrucci, knowing it won’t happen, and work to be in the biggest band in the world knowing it might not happen"

By Adam Rees

Trivium's chief talks training and Twitch

Danile Tompkins

"That was the moment I knew I wanted to be a singer" – Tesseract's Daniel Tompkins on the 10 albums that changed his life

By Adam Rees

As the vocalist releases new solo album Ruins, he looks back with us on key inspirations including Deftones and Tool

My top 10 concept albums – by The Ocean's Robin Staps

By Adam Rees

The German progressive metallers' founder picks some underrated classics from NIN and Thrice to The Ventures

Haken guitarist Richard Henshall: the 10 prog albums that changed my life

By Adam Rees

On the eve of new album Virus's release, the UK progressive rock musician chooses landmark listens

Paradise Lost guitarist Greg Mackintosh: My 8 favourite goth albums

By Adam Rees

The British metal axeman delves into his love of the dark sounds of the 1980s that inspired him

The playlist: Mayday Parade's Alex Garcia

By Adam Rees

British rock aplenty among the pop-punk guitarist's fave tracks

The playlist: Ryan Roxie

By Adam Rees

Deep cuts and classic rock from Alice Cooper's axeman

5 minutes alone - Lamb Of God's Willie Adler: "A great riff is the memorable moment, not the crazy noodling you did"

By Adam Rees

The metal maestro on early gear, covers and quitting the drink

The playlist: Machine Head's Robb Flynn

By Adam Rees

Inspirations, challenges and musical memories from the metal maestro

Scott Stapp on joining supergroup Art Of Anarchy, Scott Weiland's legacy and creating The Madness

By Adam Rees

Creed vocalist opens up on his new role and the closure of a troubled chapter

Adam D and Joel Stroetzel: how Killswitch Engage evolved to create Incarnate

By Adam Rees

Guitarists talk moving beyond metal