Has black metal guitar just been evil surf rock all this time? By Sam Roche published 24 June 22 Wish they all could be True Norwegian? You'll be surfing to the sounds of Emperor and Satyricon after watching YouTuber Kevin Balke's revelatory video
Lari Basilio announces new album Your Love – watch the video for its breath-taking title track now By Jonathan Horsley published 24 June 22 Start the weekend right with GW's premiere of Lari Basilio's feel-good new single
Jen Majura “still in shock” after Evanescence firing, has already had offers from other bands By Sam Roche published 24 June 22 The guitarist admits it's too soon to join another band but reveals she has written a solo song with a bonkers concept that was inspired by Devin Townsend
Ozzy Osbourne shares epic new single Patient Number 9 featuring Jeff Beck By Jonathan Horsley published 24 June 22 And it is classic Ozzy, impeccably mounted Friday night metal with big hooks, an all-star lineup, and a guest turn from a guitar god...
Megadeth return in glorious form with new thrasher, We’ll Be Back By Jackson Maxwell published 23 June 22 The band also revealed that their long-awaited, highly-anticipated new album, The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!, will be released on September 2
Hear Marcus King's hard-riffing new song, Lie Lie Lie By Jackson Maxwell published 23 June 22 The third single from the South Carolina native's forthcoming solo effort, Young Blood, boasts an earworm of a riff and an explosive solo
Screamfeeder and Adalita: A match made in Australian rock heaven By Ellie Robinson published 7 June 22 Before they embark on their joint national tour, Australian Guitar catches up with Kelly Lloyd of Screamfeeder and the idiosyncratic Adalita
Slash: “I was always turned on by rock ’n’ roll bands that had that raw kind of spirit” By Matt Doria published 15 March 22 For his landmark fourth album with Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators (bluntly titled '4'), Slash took an ambitious leap into new territory
Matty Took of PLANET: “We just tried different things out and had fun” By Australian Guitar published 8 March 22 PLANET explain how they recorded their debut album as a clandestine operation, with a producer working remotely on the other side of the world
Cam Baines of Bodyjar: “We thought we had a good album, but we ended up scrapping about half of it” By Australian Guitar published 1 March 22 On their first album in almost a decade, the pop-punk mainstays explore belting new territory with a keen ear for the classic stuff
Josh Smith and Jon Deiley of Northlane: “We create trends" By Matt Doria published 22 February 22 If 2019’s Alien brought Northlane to their peak, its follow-up takes them far beyond the point of “overdrive”
Charlie Collins: “I wanted to keep the full version of myself intact on ‘Undone’” By Matt Doria published 15 February 22 Though its themes certainly reflect its title, Charlie Collins‘ second album is also viciously empowering, honest and heartfelt
Andy Golledge: “I don’t want to sound like a copy of my influences” By Matt Doria published 8 February 22 15 years in the making, the debut album by alt-country stalwart Andy Golledge is stacked from cover to cover with soon-to-be classics
Jake Webb, aka Methyl Ethel: “I try not to think about what the project has grown to represent” By Australian Guitar published 1 February 22 Methyl Ethel isn’t like most guitarists. So, naturally, his new album isn’t like most guitar albums.... It’s better
Dope Lemon: “I thought of ‘Rose Pink Cadillac’ as a way that I could give back” By Australian Guitar published 25 January 22 For his third album as Dope Lemon, indie-rock luminary Angus Stone took his hazy, honeyed flair to dizzying new heights
Spotlight: Will Wright of Choosing Sides By Matt Doria published 25 January 22 The new EP, All I Need, is out now
Spotlight: Mitch Parry of Loose End By Matt Doria published 12 January 22 The new single, 'Autopilot', is out now
Stuart MacLeod of Eskimo Joe: “The day we stop enjoying ourselves is the day we don’t make any more music” By Australian Guitar published 11 January 22 Eskimo Joe have given us more than our fair share of alt-rock anthems. Now, the Perthian powerhouse are bundling them all into one neat little package
Ian Moss and Troy Cassar-Daley: “It’s really good for us to have someone else to bounce off of” By Australian Guitar published 5 January 22 This March, two of Australia’s most iconic songwriters will hit the road for a sprawling acoustic tour, breathing new life into each other’s classic songs
Courtney Barnett: “I’ve started realising how many more options there are – the ideas are really endless” By Matt Doria published 4 January 22 Courtney Barnett unpacks the introspection and the scenic inspirations that led to her most restrained, but also most experimental album yet
Amyl And The Sniffers’ Dec Martens and Gus Romer: “If we’re eating the same foods and sharing the same bathroom, we end up making music naturally” By Matt Doria published 28 December 21 On their explosive second album, Amyl And The Sniffers expand on their raw ’n’ ravenous brand of distinctly Australian punk-rock
Dooms Children: “I had no interest in compartmentalising everything and smoothing out the edges” By Matt Doria published 21 December 21 Transitioning from hardcore punk to folky psychedelica, Wade MacNeil welcomes a new lease on life with Dooms Children
Hard-Ons’ Blackie and Tim Rogers: “it’s almost like ‘Hard-Ons Plus’ now” By Matt Doria published 14 December 21 On album #13, Aussie punk legends the Hard-Ons hit their fiercest and poppiest highs yet, thanks in no short part to newcoming frontman Tim Rogers
Justin Bernasconi: “I could see swirls of paint strokes and hear dissonant phrases on the guitar” By Matt Doria published 7 December 21 Justin Bernasconi walks us through his magical third album, 'Sleeping Like A Maniac'
Randy Rhoads’ greatest guitar solos according to Guitar World readers and an all-star panel featuring Zakk Wylde, Kirk Hammett, Nita Strauss and more By Nick Bowcott published 24 June 22 We asked you and a string of guitar superstars such as Tom Morello, Paul Gilbert and Dave Mustaine to pick Randy's finest lead guitar moments, and the results are in...
Best pedals for blues 2022: overdrives, reverbs and more, primed for blues By Alex Lynham published 24 June 22 Assembling a pedalboard for a blues gig? Start here with our picks from Ibanez, Analogman, Boss and more...
I Built the Sky’s Rohan Stevenson on breaking out of the shred-metal box for an acoustic guitar album that makes space for banjo, xylophone and more By Gregory Adams published 24 June 22 Stevenson is a prog-metal player who lights up the fretboard, but for The Quiet Place Away, he follows the inspiration of Tommy Emmanuel for an intimate, all-acoustic album
Brazilian bass titan Junior Groovador on his bombastic playing, rocking Rio with Jack Black and channeling Rocky Balboa By Filipa Lobo Gaspar published 23 June 22 He is the ferocious bassist you’ve seen all over YouTube, possibly playing with Jack Black. No one knows his story outside Brazil, though – until now...
JD Simo unpacks the legacy of Elvis Presley and reveals how he nailed Scotty Moore’s guitar tone for Baz Luhrmann’s new biopic By Alison Richter published 23 June 22 As sole guitar player on Elvis, JD Simo left no stone unturned in search of the gear to bring rock ’n’ roll history to life, but as he explains, it was a gig he had been waiting his whole life for
Bleed From Within’s Craig ‘Goonzi’ Gowans and Steven Jones talk sick riffs, fierce grooves, and how Neural DSP revolutionized their sound By Amit Sharma published 22 June 22 The Scottish bruisers' new album, Shrine, is a vulgar display of pyrotechnic metal guitar, all recorded with plugins. Here the twin-guitar tag team pick us off the canvas and explain why
Best acoustic guitars 2022: 12 top options for guitarists of all ages and abilities By Chris Corfield published 24 May 22 Guitar World’s pick of the best acoustic guitars from Fender, Gibson, Martin, Taylor, Epiphone and more
Best electric guitar strings 2022: the best guitar strings for every budget By Chris Corfield published 9 May 22 Breathe some new life into your guitar with a set of the best electric guitar strings
Best acoustic guitar strings 2022: outfit your acoustic with the strings it deserves By Chris Corfield published 6 May 22 Our pick of the best acoustic guitar string sets, and everything you need to know about them
Best pedalboards 2022: 10 budget-spanning picks to help organize your guitar effects By Jonathan Horsley published 3 May 22 Get the best from your effects with these 'boards from Voodoo Labs, Boss, Friedman and more
Best acoustic guitars under $500 2022: our top picks, including acoustic-electric models By Chris Bird published 27 April 22 These sub-$500 acoustic guitars are ideal for everything from folk and indie guitar to blues and country
Best reverb pedals 2022: 15 great options for your pedalboard By Michael Astley-Brown published 23 March 22 Take a deep dive into the cavernous world of 'verb and explore the best reverb pedals for every budget
Fender Player Plus Active Meteora Bass By Joel McIver published 23 June 22 Meet the Fender offset for bassists looking for a radical alternative to P and J archetypes, and for some oomph from the active Fireball humbucker pairing
JustinGuitar review 2022 By Simon Fellows published 23 June 22 A fantastic online guitar tutorial site that costs nothing. Fair dinkum!
Peavey HP 2 review By Chris Gill published 20 June 22 Compared to the O.G. Wolfgang that Peavey developed with Eddie Van Halen in 1995, the HP 2 is a chip off the old block, but this is a beast with some tricks of its own
SviSound CockedZoid review By Paul Riario published 14 June 22 A handwritten manual from Tracii Guns? Well, the CockedZoid is his signature boost/preamp/distortion pedal after all, and it is pretty darn awesome
Jet Guitars JS-800 review By Dave Burrluck published 13 June 22 There’s no let-up to the tsunami of Fender-inspired clones out there. Here’s another from Jet Guitars – but this one has an unusual hot-rod and relic'd style
Source Audio ZIO Analog Front End + Boost review By Trevor Curwen published 10 June 22 This formidable new boost offers up a choice of preamp flavors and is just the sort of super-practical tone sweetener you'd want to superglue to your pedalboard
