Amit Sharma

Ghost’s Impera is a feast of multi-layered guitars and big melodies, and Tobias Forge couldn’t do it alone – when he hired Åkesson, it made for one of the guitar records of the year

No lyrics, no problem. These are the instrumental guitar trailblazers you need to listen to now, and some of them were even good enough to share their advice...

From studio headphones and noise cancelling cans, to headphones that ARE the amp - these are the best headphones for guitarists, from Boss, Audio-Technica and others

Inspired by ABBA and ’80s hair metal, the new Ghost album is a modern rock masterpiece. In this track-by-track interview, Forge reveals how he did it – and why he needed a better guitarist than himself for the solos...

Ahead of the release of his band's new album, Order Out of Chaos, the guitarist discusses his unique picking method, balancing theory with freedom and how he adjusted his technique to forge his guitar path

Guitarists Harvey Geraghty and Itay Shachar wax lyrical on the stompboxes that fuel the tones on their self-produced and self-recorded debut, SongBook

The Northern Irish blues-rocker talks taking on one of rock's biggest gigs, shaking up his tones on new album The Fighter, and the one thing every guitarist needs to consider when writing guitar solos

Masters of the seven-string, architects of nu-metal, Korn return with Requiem, and guitarists Munky and Head are still finding new ways to play heavy...

The Behemoth frontman walks through the gear behind the necro tones on the Polish extremists' latest face-ripper, In Absentia Dei

He plays heavy with Black Label Society and Ozzy, but Zakk Wylde is inspired by the emotion in blues and “pentatonic insanity” of jazz fusion

With Bettencourt, Marty Friedman, Alex Skolnick and Cradle of Filth’s Richard Shaw onboard, Goodman went to town on one of the most cinematic and trippy guitar albums in recent years

We take a closer look at a shredder’s dozen from the Japanese guitar giant’s eye-catching 50th anniversary range

Senior Director of Product Development Mat Koehler recounts the guitar equivalent of “discovering King Tut’s tomb”, and reveals what's next for the model – as well as the “30 or 40 years’ worth of ideas” lurking in the Gibson archives

Funk master Cory Wong is all about the groove. But on his new album with Vulfpeck, he’s also rocking out. As he says: “I got to be a little more Eddie Van Halen!”

The Arch Enemy shredder on creating the “most metal” guitar possible, his creative relationship with co-guitarist Michael Amott and the trio of new records he's currently working on

One of the most gifted and innovative guitarists of the modern era explains how she developed her unique style – and how you can find yours

Mader on his reunion with Machine Head's original lineup, love of amp modelers, and recruiting Robb Flynn for a guest spot on Once Human's new album, Scar Weaver

The Sleep/High On Fire guitarist on his love of Les Pauls, and recruiting the likes of Brent Hinds, Todd Burdette and Jeff Matz for his debut solo album, Pike vs The Automaton

The progressive math-metaller on his love of Stevie Ray Vaughan, how he landed his first guitar – a Gibson SG Classic – for £100, and why playing “complete nonsense” laid the groundwork for new album, Where Myth Becomes Memory

The Milwaukee five-piece’s sweet delivery gives blues fans something to holler about

The Big F's EVP on guitar trends in 2022, what gear to expect from the brand this year, and why there's never been a better time to pick up the instrument

Matt Heafy and Corey Beaulieu on how they produced the band's shreddiest album to date, In The Court Of The Dragon

The Black Sabbath legend digs deep into his record collection to pay dues to his biggest inspirations

Nick Norton shares the incredible tale of how his bandmate's likeness to Vinnie Paul led to the pair playing with their idols at Damageplan's penultimate show

Schaffer takes us behind the scenes of the biggest hit-making machine of the '70s