Our series of Avenged Sevenfold Unforgettable Moments continues with a look at shredder Synyster Gates. Syn has been hailed by many as one of the 21st century’s greatest guitarists and one of hard ...

The lucky winners -- all obviously huge Avenged fans -- were in awe as Gates took the stage and played an original composition written specifically for the class. The rest of the curriculum involved ...

Avenged Sevenfold have marked their explosive return to studio music by dropping Nobody – a six-minute electric guitar masterclass that previews the band’s upcoming eighth album, Life Is But A Dream… ...

Synyster Gates and Schecter have teamed up once again for a new signature guitar that extends the Avenged Sevenfold guitarist’s range to seven-strings and removes the head for those on-trend ...

Avenged Sevenfold's Synyster Gates and his father Brian Haner Sr.—or Papa Gates, a musician who has worked with the likes of Tower of Power, Frank Zappa and, of course, his son's band—want to teach ...

Are you ready to take your rock guitar skills to the next level? Avenged Sevenfold’s Synyster Gates is hoping so -- and he's even offering you a helping hand. Gates has teamed up with Schecter Guitar ...

In this special half episode of The MetalSucks Podcast, we get a quick chat with M. Shadows and Synyster Gates of Avenged Sevenfold! Co-host Sylvia Alvarado got them to sit in on her show at KOMP 92.3 ...

The annual NAMM convention in Anaheim, Calif. features the introduction of hundreds of new products each year. But the 2013 show featured something really special. Schecter Amplification proudly ...

Avenged Sevenfold had to cancel their show with Metallica on Friday due to the birth of guitarist Synyster Gates' son. Following the notice of a rescheduled make-up date, Gates is now talking about he ...

You guys really seemed to be into those Mike Portnoy and The Rev isolated drum tracks we posted a couple of weeks back, so here’s more in that vein: a collection of isolated guitar tracks from their ...

Synsyter Gates’ favorite memory of this tour is the time when he didn’t play one of the shows. It happened two months ago. Gates’ band, Avenged Sevenfold, has been on the road supporting Metallica on ...