Amit Sharma

Amit Sharma

Amit has been writing for titles like Total Guitar, MusicRadar and Guitar World for over a decade and counts Richie Kotzen, Guthrie Govan and Jeff Beck among his primary influences. He's interviewed everyone from Ozzy Osbourne and Lemmy to Slash and Jimmy Page, and once even traded solos with a member of Slayer on a track released internationally. As a session guitarist, he's played alongside members of Judas Priest and Uriah Heep in London ensemble Metalworks, as well as handling lead guitars for legends like Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols, The Faces) and Stu Hamm (Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, G3).

Articles by: Amit Sharma

Opeth posing for a phoograph in 2014

“It’s disarming being expected to do the whole ‘Oh yeah! Throw the horns, dude!’ thing. I couldn’t do it with a straight face”: Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt loves metal, but he doesn’t always take it seriously

By Amit Sharma published

Opeth released their classic 11th album Pale Communion on this day in 2014 – and Mikael Åkerfeldt didn’t care whether the gatekeepers liked it or not

Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen and Rick Nielsen

32 of the greatest onstage moments in the entire history of the rock guitar

By Amit Sharma, Polly Glass, Henry Yates, Ian Fortnam, Paul Henderson, Richard Bienstock, Joe Bosso, Andy Aledort, Damian Fanelli published

Celebrating the pioneering, the spectacular, the unexpected and the unrepeatable

Muse group portrait

Muse's Matt Bellamy: "We always had this love for eighties metal"

By Amit Sharma published

Matt Bellamy on how Muse's explosive Will Of The People album was created – with inspiration coming from Iron Maiden

Coheed

The story of Coheed & Cambria's The Afterman: Ascension

By Amit Sharma published

New York proggers Coheed And Cambria discuss the concept behind sixth studio album The Afterman: Ascension

Slash: 10 albums that changed my life

By Amit Sharma last updated

This is what it sounds like inside Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash‘s head

Philip Anselmo: the albums that changed my life

By Amit Sharma published

The former Pantera frontman on the music that made him the man he is

Katatonia: Last Fair Day Gone Night

By Amit Sharma published

Celebrating 20 years of melancholic mastery

Ozzy Osbourne: Memoirs Of A Madman

By Amit Sharma published

The Prince Of Darkness revisits his past, again

WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Decapitated – Blood Mantra album stream

By Amit Sharma published

Listen to the new album from Decapitated!

Richie Kotzen, live in London

By Amit Sharma published

Support: The Konincks

Escapethecult: All You Want

By Amit Sharma published

Progressive supergroup get stranded along the way

Electric Wizard: Time To Die

By Amit Sharma published

Dorset's lords of doom punch out your third eye

Jeremy Irons & The Ratgang Malibus: Spirit Knife

By Amit Sharma published

Puzzlingly-named Swedish psych mob bare their souls

Decapitated: Blood Mantra

By Amit Sharma published

Poland’s metal heroes make a righteous return

The Bluffer's Guide: Glam Metal

By Amit Sharma published

Your guide to all things glam and hair-sprayed

Joel O’Keeffe: Why I Love AC/DC

By Amit Sharma published

The Airbourne frontman fanboys out

Heavy Wait Champions: When Is The New Tool Album Coming?

By Amit Sharma published

Dying to hear the new Tool album? Don’t hold your breath...

Godsmack: 1000HP

By Amit Sharma published

US rock behemoths still not crossing any borders

John Petrucci: Why I Love Opeth

By Amit Sharma published

The Dream Theater guitarist talks Opeth

A Beginner's Guide To Opeth

By Amit Sharma published

Start your journey into Opeth now

What to expect from Down at Bloodstock

By Amit Sharma published

Get ready to get Down...

Ten Things We Learned From Our Opeth Cover Feature

By Amit Sharma published

Ten Things We Learned From Our Opeth Cover Feature

20 Years Since Kyuss – Welcome To Sky Valley

By Amit Sharma published

John Garcia on Welcome To Sky Valley

Draw Me An Elephant: Slash

By Amit Sharma published

Everyone's favourite guitar hero is put to the test

Slash Answers Your Questions

By Amit Sharma published

You sent in your questions and Slash answered them!