
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).
Latest articles by Amit Sharma

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!

Marty Friedman: Inferno
By Amit Sharma published
Former Megadeth axeman makes new alliances in madness

Marty Friedman: Inferno
By Amit Sharma published
Former Megadeth axeman makes new alliances in madness

Combichrist: We Love You
By Amit Sharma published
Norway’s industrial damagers up the aggro on album number six

Blogs Of War: Happy birthday Ace Frehley
By Amit Sharma published
Ace Frehley is 62 today. To celebrate, our Features Ed Amit Sharma explains how Ace changed his life

Bigelf: Into The Maelstrom
By Amit Sharma published
Psych-prog voyagers bring Mike Portnoy along for wild ride

Mantar talk debut album
By Amit Sharma published
German/Turkish duo give the lowdown on Death By Burning

Schammasch unveil Split My Tongue
By Amit Sharma published
Hear track from Swiss metallers' epic new album

The Great Old Ones preview next album
By Amit Sharma published
They take fearless flight of black metal into vast new territories

Castle release Temple Of The Lost video
By Amit Sharma published
Occult doomsters offer track from third album Under Siege

Black Label Society: Catacombs Of The Black Vatican
By Amit Sharma published
Zakk Wylde adds more strings to his bow

Animals As Leaders's The Joy Of Motion: an instrumental record that is actually as catchy as hell
By Amit Sharma published
Instrumental explorers prove less is more

Napalm Death members exclusive
By Amit Sharma published
Members of Napalm Death are among the names involved in a menacing, genre-hopping new project.

Volto!: Incitare
By Amit Sharma published
Tool’s percussion maestro dives deep into the world of widdly

Korn: The Paradigm Shift
By Amit Sharma published
Metal pioneers surge ahead of the pack once more

Anathema: Universal
By Amit Sharma published
Progressive post-metallers go live in suitably lush surroundings

Watain: The Wild Hunt album review
By Amit Sharma published
Black metal standard bearers strike out for new territories

Leprous: Coal
By Amit Sharma published
Progressive metallers step out of their mentor’s shadow

The Omega Experiment: The Omega Experiment
By Amit Sharma published
US tech-metallers begin life with a massive bounce
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