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Close out the week in style with exciting guitar-led tracks from Sylosis, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Amon Amarth, Revocation, Walter Trout, Pale Waves, The Black Angels and more

“It’s almost like the equivalent of using a string pad. That guitar sound has just become part of the texture of the music,” he says, arguing that cleans can sound heavier in the right context

The new pedal joins the company's existing silicon-equipped Fuzzrite and boasts a dual-mode Vintage/Modern toggle switch for added beef if required

First announced in January, the new 40th Anniversary Collection pays homage to five classic Fender designs, each with Gold and Vintage Editions

The Big F’s online guitar learning platform reports a massive spike in demand for tutorials on Jailhouse Rock, Heartbreak Hotel, Burning Love and more

Available on Sabre, Cutlass and StingRay guitars, the tech offers increased output and dynamic range, and promises to “outperform normal spec pickups with extra touch sensitivity”

Lewis's 41-year-old son has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder

YouTuber Tchiks Guitars has constructed a six-string using wood from his daughter's old crib, a chopping board, door handles and more

The Black Sabbath pair joined forces once more in their hometown of Birmingham, England to perform Paranoid and a trimmed version of Iron Man

The audio captures Led Zep at the peak of their powers during a storming 10-song set on the final night of their Japanese tour

“Half our crew lost all their belongings in the fire, including luggage, computers and passports. But it could’ve been much worse,” says guitarist Kevin “Noodles” Wasserman

Start the month off on the right foot with hot new songs from Alter Bridge, Bullet For My Valentine, Chat Pile, Winter, The 1975, Cecil Alexander, Boris, Black Anvil and more

Yen finds the Iowa metal juggernaut in less frenzied, more expansive form than on previous singles The Chapeltown Rag and The Dying Song (Time to Sing)

The Grammy-nominated South Carolina guitar hero says the track is about a difficult time when he was processing grief and “coasting through life like a zombie”

The band's 12th album, Totem, is out today via Nuclear Blast, and if it sounds angry then that's because it is

Select lines from Sad Motherf**kin' Parade – from the pair's recent collaborative album 18 – mirror those of a poem recited by an incarcerated man in the '60s known as Slim Wilson

An album teaser on Smith's Instagram suggests a return to the pop-punk sound of Lately I Feel EVERYTHING. New single Hover Like a Goddess drops today (August 4) at 9PM PST

The cabbie who took Vai to the venue in Barcelona showed him a video of his son playing guitar. Vai later saw the boy in the audience, and decided to make his entire life

The pedal emulation is based on a classic 1972 Mu-Tron Automatic Wah, and if you have AmpliTube 5, you can download it for free right now

“If and when Blink has any announcement about anything, you will hear it from the official Blink-182 outlets,” the bassist writes

The drop comprises two left-handed and two right-handed models, both with a choice of Filter'Tron or Broad'Tron pickups

The Breeders also join a bill that will see Walsh get the James Gang back together for “One Last Ride”

Clues on the guitarist’s Instagram page suggest a reunion of Blink's classic lineup might imminently be on the cards

The Perry Farrell-led alt-rock outfit brought out the Smashing Pumpkins leader towards the climax of their July 31 set

Gibson describes the court's verdict as a victory for fans, artists and dealers, and “for all of the iconic American brands that have invested in meaningful innovation”