Before there was an Yngwie Malmsteen, players like Ritchie Blackmore, Brian May and Uli Jon Roth had been experimenting with classical-inspired ideas in the context of hard rock, although it’s safe to ...

I’ll be honest — I had more or less forgotten about Yngwie Malmsteen‘s existence until recently, while riding in a car with a Swedish metal type. “So where does Yngwie live?” he asked out of nowhere.

Hailed by countless fans and critics as the dawn of the shred guitar revolution, Yngwie Malmsteen’s Grammy-nominated solo debut Rising Force built on earlier flashes of genius (in Steeler and ...

Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting December 31st, 2006 - Buy Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force: Live in Japan '85 DVD ...