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Videos from the NAMM 2010 Show Floor

Posted 01/22/2010 at 5:38pm | by Guitar World Staff

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Check out Guitar World's video round-up of the NAMM 2010 show, featuring new products from Ibanez, Eminence, Dunlop, ESP and much more!

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Dino Cazares: Double Treble

Posted 01/20/2010 at 12:03pm | by Mikael Wood, Photo By Kevin Scanlon

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Dino Cazares keeps Divine Heresy alive while reuniting with Fear Factory.

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Behemoth: Devil in the Details

Posted 01/19/2010 at 5:57pm | by Michael Wood, Photo By Jay Blakesberg

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Behemoth's Nergal tells how the finer points of guitar technique and songwriting helped make Evangelion one hell of an extreme metal album.

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Shadows Fall: Life Lessons

Posted 01/19/2010 at 4:14pm | by Jon Wiederhorn, Photo By Justin Borucki

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After their major-label release Threads of Life tanked, Shadows Fall got smart and dropped out of the corporate music machine. On Retribution, they reclaim their independence with a fury.

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Posted 01/15/2010 at 2:27pm | by GuitarWorld Staff Member

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Watch this behind-the-scenes footage of NAMM 2010 at the Anaheim Convention Center in California.

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Posted 01/15/2010 at 2:23pm | by GuitarWorld Staff Member

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Check out all the latest and greatest gear coming out of the NAMM show in Oakland!

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Posted 01/08/2010 at 3:28pm | by Charles M. Young, Photo By Jimmy Hubbard

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In 1969, Jimi Hendrix slugged Richard Lloyd. Forty years after, Lloyd punches back with a hard-hitting tribute album to Mr. Purple Haze himself. Writer Charles M. Young traces the television cofounder's connection—and devotion—to the world's most legendary guitarist.

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Posted 01/07/2010 at 1:54pm | by Brad Angle, Photo By Jimmy Hubbard, Illustration By Seldon Hunt

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They may make the densest-sounding tones in the universe, but Sunn O))) manage to fit orchestral instruments, choirs and a whole lot more into Monoliths & Dimensions, their latest adventure into music’s darkest territory.

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