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 ...

Fresh off celebrating the 40th anniversary of his groundbreaking debut Rising Force, Yngwie Malmsteen is once again unleashing the fury with a brand-new live album, Tokyo Live, that captures the ...

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.