Avant Garde Metal Artists & the Gear They Use

Stephen Carpenter

Guitarist · Deftones

Adam Jones

Guitarist, Keyboardist · Tool

Synyster Gates

Singer, Guitarist · Avenged Sevenfold

Daron Malakian

Singer, Guitarist · System of a Down

Justin Chancellor

Bassist · Tool

Buckethead

Guitarist, Bassist · Guns N' Roses

Steve Vai

Guitarist · Whitesnake

Chino Moreno

Singer, Guitarist · Deftones

Buzz Osborne (aka King Buzzo)

Singer, Guitarist · Melvins

Max Cavalera

Singer, Guitarist · Sepultura

Chi Cheng

Bassist · Deftones

Scott Ian

Guitarist · Anthrax

Andreas Kisser

Guitarist · Sepultura

Fredrik Thordendal

Guitarist · Meshuggah

Steve DiGiorgio

Bassist · Death (Metal Band)

Courtney Love

Guitarist, Singer · Faith No More

Zacky Vengeance

Guitarist · Avenged Sevenfold

Shavo Odadjian

Guitarist, Bassist · System of a Down

Misha Mansoor

Guitarist, Drummer · Periphery

The Rev

Singer, Drummer · Avenged Sevenfold

Stephen O'Malley

Guitarist · Sunn O)))

Devin Townsend

Singer, Guitarist · The Wildhearts

Danny Carey

Drummer, Music Producer · Tool

Tosin Abasi

Guitarist · Animals as Leaders

Zach Hill

Drummer · Death Grips

Adam Nolly Getgood

Guitarist, Bassist · Periphery

Mark Holcomb

Guitarist · Periphery

Billy Gould

Bassist · Faith No More

Sergio Vega

Bassist · Deftones

Mike Patton

Singer, Keyboardist · Faith No More

Dick Lövgren

Bassist · Meshuggah

Trevor Dunn

Bassist · Melvins

Paulo Jr.

Bassist · Sepultura

Johnny Christ

Bassist · Avenged Sevenfold

Trey Spruance

Guitarist, Keyboardist · Faith No More

Ihsahn

Singer, Guitarist · Emperor

Jay Noel Yuenger

Guitarist · White Zombie

Eloy Casagrande

Drummer · Slipknot

Thomas Gabriel Fischer

Singer, Guitarist · Celtic Frost

Mårten Hagström

Guitarist · Meshuggah

Maynard James Keenan

Singer, Music Producer · Tool

Igor Graziano Cavalera

Drummer · Sepultura

Jake Bowen

Guitarist · Periphery

Mike Portnoy

Drummer · Avenged Sevenfold

Paul D'Amour

Bassist, Composer · Tool

Sean Yseult

Bassist · The Cramps

Brooks Wackerman

Guitarist, Drummer · Korn

Bootsy Collins

Singer, Bassist · Funkadelic

Jim Martin

Guitarist · Faith No More

Oren Ambarchi

Guitarist · Sunn O)))

Greg Anderson

Guitarist · Sunn O)))

Fred Sablan

Bassist, Composer · Deftones

Frank Delgado

Keyboardist, Music Producer · Deftones

Abe Cunningham

Drummer · Deftones

Toshiya

Singer, Bassist · Dir En Grey

Per Nilsson

Guitarist, Composer · Meshuggah

Serj Tankian

Singer, Guitarist · System of a Down

Kaoru

Composer, Music Producer · Dir En Grey

Tomas Haake

Drummer · Meshuggah

Steve McDonald

Bassist · Melvins

Joe Preston

Bassist · Melvins

John Dolmayan

Drummer · System of a Down

Dave Lombardo

Drummer · Slayer

Gavin Harrison

Drummer · King Crimson

Die

Guitarist · Dir En Grey

Wes Hauch

Guitarist · The Faceless

Dan Swanö

Guitarist, Audio Engineer · Bloodbath

Matt Garstka

Drummer · Animals as Leaders

Chris Haskett

Guitarist · Tool

Sean Malone

Bassist · Porcupine Tree

Jared Warren

Bassist · Unwound

Greyson Nekrutman

Drummer · Sepultura

Javier Reyes

Guitarist, Composer · Animals as Leaders

Jon Hudson

Guitarist · Faith No More

Mick Barr

Guitarist · Krallice

Roddy Bottum

Guitarist, Keyboardist · Faith No More

Gylve Nagell

Singer, Guitarist · Darkthrone

Tor Oddmund Suhrke

Guitarist · Leprous

Kevin Moore

Keyboardist, Composer · Dream Theater

Galder

Guitarist · Old Man's Child

Dale Crover

Drummer · Nirvana

Michael Keene

Guitarist · The Faceless

Conner Green

Bassist · Haken

Bill Laswell

Bassist, Music Producer · Praxis

Richard Henshall

Guitarist, Keyboardist · Haken

Colin Marston

Guitarist, Bassist · Gorguts

Jeff Pinkus

Bassist · Melvins

Pharmakon

Singer, Composer

Matt Halpern

Drummer · Periphery

Kim Carlsson

Guitarist · Lifelover

M. Shadows

Singer · Avenged Sevenfold

Ulrich Wild

Music Producer, Audio Engineer · Deftones

Martin Eric Ain

Bassist · Celtic Frost

Jason Hale

Guitarist · Chiodos

Keith Merrow

Guitarist · Conquering Dystopia

Boris

Music Producer