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Nuno Bettencourt solos while ‘ice skating’ – as he shreds guitar and shaves ice in new Extreme music video
By Phil Weller published
Is there anything the man can’t do?

Alissa White-Gluz leaves Arch Enemy – and launches her solo career with the help of Michael Amott’s signature guitar
By Phil Weller published
The singer-guitarist will release a solo album in 2026, but there's no news on her Arch Enemy replacement yet

Soloing next to Misha Mansoor and Marty Friedman, Heriot are next-gen metal guitar heroes-in-the-making
By Phil Weller published
British metallers Debbie Gough and Erhan Alman discuss showcasing guitar chops with some the best metal players in the world, and the cheap guitar they'll play to death

Ritchie Blackmore’s band cancels all remaining tour dates, citing medical reasons
By Janelle Borg published
Earlier this year, Candice Night, one of the co-founders of Blackmore's Night and the guitarist's wife, revealed that Blackmore was battling a series of health issues

Kiss honor Ace Frehley with candlelit tribute at their first show in nearly 2 years
By Phil Weller published
The band honored their founding guitarist at a fan event in Las Vegas

Paul McCartney was meant to be the Beatles’ lead guitarist – then stage fright led him to George Harrison
By The Beatles published
McCartney explains how Harrison became the band’s primary soloist in this exclusive extract from The Beatles Anthology

Sub Pop-backed alt-rockers SPRINTS on guitar trolls, nylon-string fuzz wars – and the tonal benefits of olive oil
By Matt Parker published
Second record All That Is Over sees the Irish group adding new sounds, avoiding scales, and continuing to confuse sound techs with their eccentric approach to gear

Halestorm reveal the song they were originally set to play at Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath's final show
By Janelle Borg published
The band ended up putting their own spin on Perry Mason, from Ozzy’s 1995 record, Ozzmosis

Conjurer just dropped a modern sludge-metal classic – and they made it using custom guitars with satanic scale lengths
By Dan Bradley published
The UK progressive sludge-metallers are one of UK heavy music’s most potent forces. Dani Nightingale and Brady Deeprose break down their Carillion and Mozer guitars, and why they write material using Guitar Pro – then send the tabs to their fans

Deftones' White Pony was one of the first metal masterpieces of the new millennium. Its creation was anything but smooth sailing
By Helen Dalley published
Resident riffmaster Stephen Carpenter minced no words in this 2000 interview, rolling his eyes at “our friends” Korn, and even – before walking it back – calling his bandmate's guitar-work “awful.” Still, though, he was proud of the band's “really awesome record”
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