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Slayer: Reign Date

Posted 10/06/2008 at 2:56pm | by Richard Bienstock

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As Slayer celebrates 25 thrashing years together, Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman sit down to talk about the group's new album, the Unholy Alliance tour, and the setbacks that delayed them.

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Six Feet Under... And Rising.

Posted 10/02/2008 at 4:37pm | by GuitarWorld Staff Member

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What's that distant rumble? It's the fast-approaching sound of the biggest, baddest, most-aggressive guitarists in underground metal. Lamb of God, Trivium, Mastadon and many more offer the dirt.

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Guitar Basics: How to Use Your Amp

Posted 10/02/2008 at 4:05pm | by The MusicRadar Team

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A tutorial on using your amp.

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What's Your Most Spinal Tap Moment?

Posted 10/01/2008 at 5:03pm | by Serge Simonart / IFA

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Ozzy Osbourne, Billy Gibbons, Angus Young and more share their most insane rock-and-roll stories ever!

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Paul Stanley: Some Kind of Minister

Posted 09/30/2008 at 12:56pm | by Alan Di Perna

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With his flashy new Washburn Preacher ax, Kiss axman Paul Stanley delivers a modern gospel on traditional guitar design.

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Daron Malakian: 21st Century Schizoid Man

Posted 09/29/2008 at 4:23pm | by Alan Di Perna

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Visionary songwriter. Mad lyricist. Genius guitarist. Obsessive shut-in. There are so many sides to System of a Down's prolific guitarist Daron Malakian that it took two albums to contain them.

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Slipknot: The Futility of Hope

Posted 09/29/2008 at 3:07pm | by Chris Gill

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As rivers rise and civilization falls, Slipknot guitarists Jim Root and Mick Thomson find a patch of dry land and talk about their group's apocalyptic new release, All Hope Is Gone.

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Kirk Hammet: And Justice For All

Posted 09/25/2008 at 4:48pm | by Alan Di Perna

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With his brand-new signature model Randall amplifier, Kirk Hammett makes the key amp tones from his career available to guitarists everywhere. In this GW exclusive, the Metallica axman tells how Randall’s engineers did right by his collection of vintage amps.

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Joe Satriani: The Human Touch

Posted 09/25/2008 at 12:30pm | by Joe Bosso

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Joe Satriani built his career on awe-inspiring supernatural talent for shredalicious guitar work. On the new Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock, he brings his humanity to the fore and shows the stuff of which real guitar heroes are made.

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