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Megadeth shares new single ahead of farewell record – and it’s a shred guitar celebration
By Matt Owen published
Let There Be Shred finds Teemu Mäntysaari playing like a man possessed – and Dave Mustaine doing karate in the music video

Guns N’ Roses share 2 new singles ahead of 2026 world tour – could the long-awaited studio album be next?
By Matt Owen published
Atlas and Nothin’ mark the band’s first new material since 2023

“The perfect marriage of Aerosmith and the Cult. An Aerocult, if you will”: November 2025 Guitar World Editors’ Picks
By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Matt Owen, Matt Parker, Janelle Borg published
The new guitar music that GW editors have been obsessed with this month: fresh names, old hands and trailblazing players

October 2025 Guitar World Editors' Picks
By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Matt Owen, Matt Parker published
Liven up your Halloween with six-string (and five-string) sorcery from Alter Bridge, Mei Semones, Whitney, Karma Sheen, Jacob Collier, Unprocessed, and many more

Mateus Asato left Bruno Mars and Jessie J to begin his solo career – and now his debut single is finally here
By Phil Weller published
Cryin’ is the first taste of Asato’s eagerly anticipated debut album

September 2025 Guitar World Editors' Picks
By Jackson Maxwell published
With amazing guitar work from the likes of Seera, SPRINTS, Mammoth, Mei Semones, Jay Som, Walter Trout, Jacob Collier, and many more, we were spoiled for choice this month

After causing a stir at the VMAs, Yungblud and Aerosmith are officially releasing an EP together
By Phil Weller published
The inter-generational EP is the result of a “cosmic connection” between the two artists, Steven Tyler says

Jacob Collier’s new album is a love letter to the guitar – and alternate tunings
By Jonathan Horsley published
When tuned to DAEAD, the songs just fall out of the guitar for the musical super-genius – and his new album The Light For Days is a vehicle for showing what the instrument can do

Steve Morse has announced his first new album since leaving Deep Purple – and it’s set to feature Eric Johnson and John Petrucci
By Phil Weller published
Triangulation also features Morse's son on a tribute to the guitarist’s late wife

August 2025 Guitar World Editors' Picks
By Michael Astley-Brown, Janelle Borg, Jackson Maxwell, Matt Owen, Matt Parker published
With killer cuts from Deftones, Lorna Shore, Big Thief, Young Dervish, Paco Peña, and many more, there was plenty of guitar greatness to pick from this month
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