Howie Bentley

Howie Bentley is the author of Heavy Metal Guitar Scales. He has taught guitar lessons full-time since 1989. Most of that time was spent teaching in the Atlanta area where he graduated from Atlanta Institute of Music. During his time spent at AIM he attended masterclasses and took lessons from cutting-edge guitarists such as Paul Gilbert, Jason Becker, Greg Howe, and Jimmy Herring. Howie was also fortunate enough to study privately under former Megadeth guitarist, Marty Friedman. In 1994 Howie founded the power metal band, Cauldron Born, where he writes all the music, lyrics, vocal arrangements, and plays guitar. In 1997 Cauldron Born released their debut album Born of the Cauldron on the Italian record label, Underground Symphony. Several Cauldron Born albums followed. Cauldron Born still releases albums along with Howie’s doom metal band, Briton Rites, on his own label, Echoes of Crom Records. He currently teaches private guitar lessons via Skype.