Latest articles by Gregory Adams
The Houston-based pedal pushers put on an immersive tone clinic on their latest release, Moments of Clarity, and it's giving us all heavy '90s vibes
Kamelot have made a spectacular return with The Awakening, reestablishing the Sunshine State veterans as champions of guitar-forward, progressive power metal
The beloved indie trio's guitar-slinger reveals how he's gradually warmed up to plugins, the magic of "old and rickety" DigiTech PDS pedals, and the fan-made drive unit that now occupies pride of place on his pedalboard
Sky Void of Stars might find Nyström taking a backseat on the writing, but he explains how the performance and recording leaves his imprint all over the Swedish metal stalwarts' sound
Guitarists Hank Shermann and Mike Wead join iconic frontman King Diamond to discuss the reanimation and macabre theater of a legendary heavy metal institution
Ahead of their explosive new album, One Day, the ever-ambitious Canadian hardcore band's guitarist ruminates on his shrinking pedalboard, trusty Fender DeVilles, and eschewing chords in favor of "groovy one-note melodies"
The Toronto rock outfit's lead guitarist talks gear secrets, the origins of some of their biggest tracks and their expansive new album, Steady
The Pennsylvania hard rockers’ latest record is a celebration of straight-up, fat-free riffery and songs about the noble art of rocking
The frontman on why a bassist's job in a punk-rock band is to make everyone else sound good, and why a track he wrote for Blink-182 is the “worst song” on NOFX's upcoming record, Double Album
Carstairs amps up the aggression for Empyrean – a fierce, uncompromising album which taps into the spirit of “an excited 17-year-old who knows how to play guitar”
The hardcore punk supergroup's sophomore album is a typically punishing riff fest with Michael Crain and Justin Pearson's guitars using Dave Lombardo's inhuman rhythms as a launchpad for audio violence
The prolific metal content creator talks blending trap and metal with his new solo project, NIK NXK, how reaction videos became the bread and butter of his online presence, and the one amp modeler he uses for “literally everything”
As a new compilation album assembles some of the era's deepest cuts, Jaded Lady guitarist Danelle Kern and Romeo and Hellion alum Chet Thompson recall their fondest memories from the epicenter of shred guitar
The Canadian supernova of creativity checks in to discuss the twists and turns in his predictably unpredictable 21st solo album, Lightwork – and a Nile Rodgers collaboration that may yet see the light of day
The virtuosic guitar ace dives deep on II, his blistering new full-length with drummer Luke Holland, taking inspiration from Nintendo and horror blockbuster It
The Norwegian prog frontiersmen's new album, Aphelion, is a study in big musical ideas, articulated with restraint, with crowdsourced input as to where they take its finale
Tomas Akvik had never used the whammy on a Floyd before, but for Survival of the Sickest, the Swedeath institution unleashed all the tools of the trade in search of audio extremity
Flynn discusses the making of Machine Head's epic new album, Of Kingdom and Crown, the magic of the Roland Cube, and why Wacław “Vogg” Kiełtyka is the perfect foil on guitar
The NYC garage-punk institution are back on grand, sweeping form with Cool It Down, their first album in nearly a decade – although their guitarist is still keeping his metal chops up with a thrash side-project or two…
BalSac the Jaws of Death and Pustulus Maximus check in on Toilet Earth to discuss The New Dark Ages, tube amps vs modelers and the evolution of metal's most outrageous band
After seriously reining things in on the latest offering by his main band, Frost*, prog-rock stalwart John Mitchell brings his axe to the fore on the new Lonely Robot album, A Model Life
One of thrash metal's most bankable rhythm players recalls how Randy Rhoads first drew him to the storied US brand and explains why he's digging the company's newly launched American Series Soloist
The Minus the Bear effects wizard opens up on his evolving relationship with the riff, his newfound studio production abilities and why you shouldn't hold your breath for a Botch reunion
Pinnick and Tabor open up on the magic that makes King's X, talk aging and songwriting, while Tabor explains why solid-state amps work so much better for his sound
The longtime Saga guitarist lets his inner shredder off the leash with Six by Six, and no one will be asking him where the guitar is when they hear this
