Metal Mike Chlasciak is a recording and touring artist, writer, blogger, enterpreneur and an expert heavy metal guitar coach.

He is most commonly known as a long standing guitarist to Grammy recipient Rob Halford - the vocalist of platinum selling Heavy Metal legends Judas Priest.

Mike has recorded and toured the world several times over with Heavy Metal’s elite and has appeared on albums totaling over a million sold.

Mike is also known as the world's leading heavy metal guitar coach. His unique talent is as a “Chaos Made Simple” expert who dispels the complicated and provides his students timeless, proven principles in simple actionable steps for proven results. His system helps musicians all over the globe get extraordinary results quickly.

Metal Mike has taught hundreds of thousands of people internationally via his Guitar World column, DVDs, books, guitar seminars, music camps and workshops. He has written music for FUSE and Major League Soccer.

Mike also owns Metal Heroes Music Academy - a teaching outlet dedicated to teaching, motivating and inspiring metal musicians of today. Metal Heroes Music Academy provides one-on-one and group guitar lessons, workshops, themed Summer camps and guitar retreats.

Mike has performed live or recorded with Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden), Axl Rose (Guns N' Roses), Geoff Tate (Queensryche), Testament, Sebastian Bach (Skid Row) and SNL alumni Jim Breuer. Mike has also toured the world sharing bills with Ozzy Osbourne, Motley Crue, Iron Maiden and Guns N' Roses.

In 2018, Metal Mike has been inducted into the Hall of Heavy Metal History along side Lzzy Hale (Halestorm), Bill Ward (Black Sabbath), Billy Sheehan (Mr. Big, Talas, David Lee Roth), Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater) and other iconic metal musicians and industry influencers.
Metal Mike leads his own solo band that has shared stages and tours with Halford, Testament, Amon Amarth, Dokken, Yngwie Malmsteen, Sebastian Bach, Deep Purple’s Steve Morse and many others.

Metal Mike has been voted top 10 metal guitarist by Europe's leading magazine Thrash 'Em All.