Friedman sat down to a video chat with American Songwriter from Japan and offered his thoughts on our four favorite tracks from his latest offering. While it would be easy to label this piano-infused ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Shrapnel Records Looking back on recording the scintillating Go Off! with Marty Friedman, ...

In 1986, Marty Friedman and Jason Becker started Cacophony – a relatively short-lived project that would be responsible for some of shred music’s most technical and celebrated compositions. Together, ...

As Coyle points out, guitar-driven music is enjoying a resurgence, particularly of the instrumental/shred variety. "I feel like this environment, especially for high-level, virtuosic instrumental type ...

Marty Friedman has just completed recording his upcoming solo album due out in 2024. According to Friedman in a post: "I just finished all the tracking for my new album. This time I did my normal ...

For the past 25 years, guitarist extraordinaire Marty Friedman has called Japan home. And while it may not be unusual for someone to pick up and move to another country, Friedman did this on the heels ...

Megadeth will welcome back a long-estranged figure from their past at their upcoming, first-ever gig at Tokyo’s famed Budokan: Marty Friedman. The guitarist played on some of the band’s best-selling ...

Fans in attendance for Megadeth's set at the Wacken Open Air festival in Germany today (Aug. 4) got a special surprise when Marty Friedman made a surprise guest appearing, joining the group onstage ...

"I'm trying to impress me with something that I've never done before." When you think you've heard enough of Friedman for the remainder of 2023, he's just confirmed that his upcoming album of solo ...

Guitar virtuoso Marty Friedman doesn’t practice. You might think, “Well, it must be second nature after forty-plus years of playing.” But the self-taught musician says he’s never sat down and ran ...

In his book, Friedman wrote, “Let’s just say he wasn’t even in the ballpark. Hell, he wasn’t even in the parking lot for the ballpark” and “The amount they offered was right around the first salary I ...

Ask any Metallica fan what they think was the first “pop” song the iconic thrash metal act ever wrote, and a good chunk will likely say either “Nothing Else Matters” or “Enter Sandman.” Two iconic ...