It's been over four decades since Yngwie Malmsteen burst onto the scene with his signature neoclassical approach to the electric guitar. In fact, this year marks the 40th anniversary of his second ...

A headline in The Onion some years ago announced that Yngwie Malmsteen had officially changed his middle name to "Fucking." But fans of the Swedish shredder, all of them in awe of his lightning ...

Yngwie Malmsteen filmed the music video for one of his most iconic tracks on the Conan The Barbarian set. Phil Weller. Fri, May 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM UTC. 3 min read.

Sweep picked arpeggios, diminished runs and legato phrases can be found in everything from Trilogy Suite Op 5 to Bite The Bullet. You may like Yngwie Malmsteen on classical epiphanies, modern art, and ...

Swedish guitar virtuoso Yngwie Malmsteen performs Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012 at Wembley Arena, in London. Malmsteen says The strat is literally a part of me.

Malmsteen will perform at 7 p.m. on Aug. 16 at the Hobart Art Theater at 230 Main St. in Hobart. "Yngwie is a guitar God. We are honored to have him return To Hobart," said promoter Paul Panicali ...

Yngwie Malmsteen is the king of the neoclassical shred guitar. Since 1984's Rising Force, the Swedish musician and composer has somehow bridged centuries, from Paganini to his own arpeggiated ...

Having first attempted this NSFW recording technique for 1986's Trilogy, he has finally perfected the technique. Elsewhere, fans might recognise a prog influence muscling its way into the composition.

Yngwie Malmsteen will unleash the fucking fury — and possibly the coronavirus — on Las Vegas later this month. The guitar virtuoso will play a show at AV Vegas on Saturday, March 20 “as both a live, ...

It’s been two years since Yngwie Malmsteen last played in San Antonio, but on Sunday night, the Swedish metal maestro unleashed an onslaught of fleet-fingered fury at the Tobin Center. The ...

Yngwie Malmsteen shreds Tel Aviv in no-holds-barred guitar spree Iconic Swedish heavy-metal musician thrills fans with lightning-fast finger work, a reworked ‘Hava Nagila’ and hundreds of picks ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Virtuoso rock-guitar gods don't come any more Swedish than Yngwie Malmsteen. Some would say the big-haired, leather-pants-wearing 43 ...