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Leprous
GW CATCHES UP WITH TOR ODDMUND SUHRKE, A PROVEN PROG MASTER (WHO'S ALSO A PROFESSIONAL PHYSIOTHERAPIST)
Kirk Fletcher
THE NASHVILLE-BASED BLUES MASTER ISN’T AFRAID TO ADD SOME II’S, III’S AND VI’S TO THE TRIED-AND-TRUE I-IV-V
Still a Ball of Fire
U.K. STRAT LEGEND ROBIN TROWER TALKS NEW MUSIC, THE SECRETS TO STELLAR TONE AND WHY HE'LL ALWAYS HAVE A SOFT SPOT FOR AMERICAN FANS
Gore Obsessed, Old-School Death Metal
INTRIGUED? LET BLOODBATH GUITARIST TOMAS ÅKVIK FILL YOU IN
Z-One 4 Rock
REVEREND BILLY CORGAN SIGNATURE Z-ONE
Dark and Stormy
ESP GUITARS LTD DELUXE SN-1000HT FIRE BLAST
Sonic Reaction
LINE 6 CATALYST 100
ROLLING WITH the chaos
JIM ROOT AND MICK THOMSON DO A DEEP DIVE INTO THE MAKING OF THE END, SO FAR THE SETBACKS, THE DEPRESSION, THE WILD GEAR EXPERIMENTS, THE WHAMMY-BAR HIJINKS AND MORE
THE problem CHILD
WILLIE ADLER AND MARK MORTON, LAMB OF GOD'S YIN-AND-YANG GUITAR DUO, TAKE YOU BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE BAND'S "COMBATIVE," "CONFRONTATIONAL" (AND LIVE-IN-THE-STUDIO) NEW ALBUM
WELCOME TO THE machine
"YOU'RE NOT COMPETING AGAINST OTHER BANDS....YOU'RE COMPETING AGAINST YOUR GUITAR-PLAYING SKILLS FROM A YEAR AGO, OR 10 YEARS AGO" -ROBB FLYNN
A CHUNK OF change
MESHUGGAH'S MÅRTEN HAGSTRÖM TAKES YOU INSIDE THE MAKING OF THE SWEDISH DEATH METAL MASTERS' UNRELENTING NEW ALBUM, IMMUTABLE, HIS WEAKNESS FOR SIMON & GARFUNKEL AND THE RETURN OF CO-FOUNDING GUITARIST FREDRIK THORDENDAL
MXR DYNA COMP
POWER TOOLS
Lari Basilio
THE BRAZILIAN GUITAR ACE HELPS LISTENERS CUT THROUGH PANDEMIC-FUELED DEPRESSION WITH HOPEFUL TUNES AND HER CUSTOMARY KICKASS GUITAR PLAYING
S.G. Goodman
THIS KENTUCKIAN'S GUITAR-LADEN NEW ALBUM HAS PLENTY OF BITE — COURTESY OF HER UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE AND VINTAGE GUILDS
Billy Howerdel
THE A PERFECT CIRCLE GUITARIST UNVEILS HIS SOLO DEBUT, WHAT NORMAL WAS, WHICH TAKES HIS SYNTH ROCK AND SHOEGAZE INFLUENCES TO NEW LIMITS
Bartees Strange
THIS D.C. ARTIST’S LATEST ALBUM IS A CONVINCING REMINDER TO REMEMBER WHERE YOU CAME FROM — WHETHER IT’S THE MUSIC YOU WERE RAISED ON OR THE IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE
STARDUST MEMORIES
Hunky Dory and Ziggy Stardust producer (and Beatles engineer) KEN SCOTT recalls the making of two of DAVID BOWIE and MARK RONSON’s most iconic albums.
JOHNSON AND JOHNSON
The Texas guitar great has concocted not one, but two albums bursting with new material — plus a few extras. “It feels good to clear out the vaults and to get everything out there…”
The Meter Is Running Wild
MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST FAREES AND METERS GUITAR LEGEND LEO NOCENTELLI DISCUSS THEIR DEBUT COLLABORATION, “THE MELTING”
This Year’s Model
AFTER SERIOUSLY REINING THINGS IN ON THE LATEST OFFERING BY HIS MAIN BAND, FROST*, PROG-ROCK STALWART JOHN MITCHELL BRINGS HIS AX TO THE FORE ON THE NEW LONELY ROBOT ALBUM, A MODEL LIFE
Lindsay Ell
THE COUNTRY-POP STAR GEEKS OUT ON ANALOG GUITAR GEAR
Charlie Worsham
HOW THIS SESSION SLINGER AND SINGER-SONGWRITER SWITCHES NASHVILLE’S GUITAR SCENE INTO OVERDRIVE
Lexi Rose
THIS PROLIFIC POSTER HAS AMASSED 500,000 FANS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF SOME OF HER IDOLS. AND ALL IT TOOK WAS ONE KINGS OF LEON CONCERT
GWAR
PUSTULUS MAXIMUS and BALSAC THE JAWS OF DEATH discuss exactly what you’d expect super-powered outer-space al iens to talk about: old-school vs. new-school gear
PLAY BALL
Sixty years ago, a man named ERNIE BALL forever revolutionized the guitar string industry — and the rest, as they say, is history…
The Badass Ambassador
DAVE MUSTAINE DISCUSSES HIS “BRAND AMBASSADOR” RELATIONSHIP WITH GIBSON — AND LET’S NOT FORGET HIS TWO NEW SIGNATURE FLYING V’S!
LIFE & DEATH
THE STRENGTH. THE COURAGE. THE CRUSHING NEW ALBUM. IN THIS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, MEGADETH MAIN MAN DAVE MUSTAINE WITH AN ASSIST FROM GUITARIST KIKO LOUREIRO TAKES YOU DEEP INSIDE THE SICK, THE DYING... AND THE DEAD!
THE HOTTEST NEW GUITARISTS IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW
AS VOTED BY YOU
Kirk Hammett's Solo Debut
WHY THE METALLICA GUITARIST - BOLSTERED BY HIS BAND'S HEARTFELT BLESSING - SET OUT ALONE TO EXPLORE THE WILDS OF "AUDIO CINEMATIC" INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
RICHIE FAULKNER
On September 26, 2021, while onstage with Judas Priest in Louisville, 42-year-old guitarist Richie Faulkner came incredibly close to dying. Lucky for all of us, he's here to tell the tale- and what a tale it is...