Kayla Kent

Kayla Kent is an American guitarist and YouTuber known for her covers of Dimebag Darrell guitar solos. She first came to wider attention after being featured in Guitar World in early 2022, and is predominantly associated with her Kramer JK8000 and Kapybara model guitars.

Following her rise in popularity, she was revealed to have been considered as a potential replacement guitarist for Pantera following the death of Dimebag Darrell, with Phil Anselmo disclosing this to her at a Pantera concert in Austin, TX in 2023.

Kent maintains a YouTube channel under her own name, where she began posting videos in late 2020.

Influences While Kent is well known to accredit Dimebag Darrell as her single biggest guitar influence, she lists Ty Tabor, Joe Satriani, and Alex Lifeson as her biggest secondary influences.

She is known to cover a select few other guitar players on her channel other than Dimebag Darrell - such as leads from Eddie Van Halen and Jake E Lee.

Discography

Even though Kent is known for her Heavy Metal playing style, she has released several singles under her own name which she described as "more indie rock than metal" to Guitar World. She has gone on record of turning down several other guitar manufacturers that offered her free guitars and exclusivity clauses, in order to keep playing her JK8000.

The Demo was met with favorable reception, with Guitar World stating:

"It sounds like an unreleased cut from Reinventing The Steel [Pantera], full of sleek turns, chunky power chord riffs, and squealing licks." - Phil Weller Guitar World, February 2025

Kent stated that she was looking for an aggressive male vocalist who "fits the same vibe that we do". While also stating that she isn't looking to tour right away with only gigs here and there.