Today, GuitarWorld.com presents an exclusive video by the Aristocrats, an instrumental rock/fusion trio featuring guitarist Guthrie Govan, bassist Bryan Beller and drummer Marco Minnemann. Their new album, Culture Clash, will be released July 16 via BOING Music.

A new book from Hal Leonard, Nirvana: Note for Note Transcriptions, offers new, note-for-note transcriptions (with guitar and bass tab) for all the instruments on all 14 songs from Nirvana's 2002 best-of compilation.

GuitaWorld.com is revisiting Steve Vai's classic mag column, "The Ultra Zone," for this crash course in ear training. As I mentioned last time, a valuable method of training your ear is to practice singing the notes that you play on the guitar. I’d like to elaborate on this fun approach and offer you some specific advice on how to go about doing this on your own.

Even though Black Sabbath's new album, 13, isn't even out yet, Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler has already dropped a hint that this latest effort might not be the band's last. "Well, I guess you should never say never," Butler told Billboard. "It could be, though. We'll see how this album goes, see what happens."