Bass Week: Playing bass guitar in a metal band is easy. You carefully copy whatever riff the guitarist plays, wave horn signs at the leather-clad crowd and then go home. There's little room for ...

Iconic Heavy Metal Bassist Dead at 68 After Private Health Battle originally appeared on Parade. Kevin Riddles, an iconic heavy metal bassist for Angel Witch, Baphomet and Tytan, is dead at 68 after a ...

A major change within Belgian death metal outfit Aborted was announced earlier today, as their long-time bassist Stefano Franceschini announced that he was stepping away to pursue higher learning. Now ...

Kevin Riddles was the original bassist for Angel Witch, one of the earliest bands of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal that influenced countless modern metal bands. He was also a founding member of ...

"One day I just said, 'What if I play bass guitar while we're looking for a bass player?' And so I hit the bass right away." For Shavo Odadjian, the choice wasn't just metal – it was about finding the ...

Judas Priest bassist Ian Hill has named his all-time bass idol and the album he says is "probably" his No. 1 desert island album all in the same breath. Hill, the lone remaining original member of the ...

Kevin Riddles, an iconic heavy metal bassist for Angel Witch, Baphomet and Tytan, is dead at 68 after a private health battle. On July 7, Kevin Heybourne, the last surviving founding member of Angel ...