Unprocessed reach for new genre-bending heights in latest single, Portrait By Matt Owen 03 December 2021 The quartet continue to lean towards a pop-inspired soundscape, though Manuel Gardner Fernandes is on hand to serve up a healthy dose of physics-defying guitar work
Slash ft. Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators debut new song Fill My World By Matt Parker 03 December 2021 Hear the second track from the forthcoming album 4, which is due February, 2022
Hear Tom Morello trade licks with Alex Lifeson and Kirk Hammett on new track I Have Seen the Way By Michael Astley-Brown 03 December 2021 The Rage Against the Machine firebrand’s collaboration with the Rush and Metallica guitarists appears on his second album of 2021, The Atlas Underground Flood
Steve Vai swaps Ibanez for Gretsch in new single Little Pretty, and reveals bonkers triple-neck Hydra guitar By Matt Owen 02 December 2021 Vai has unveiled all the details surrounding new album Inviolate, along with a beastly new steampunk triple-neck
Carlos Santana cancels Las Vegas residency following health scare and "unscheduled heart procedure" By Matt Owen 02 December 2021 The 74-year-old, who was set for an eight-show stint at Mandalay Bay's House of Blues, was taken to hospital after experiencing chest discomfort
Zakk Wylde and Dario Lorina team up to teach you Black Label Society’s Set You Free in this exclusive Guitar World lesson By Matt Owen 02 December 2021 Learn the thunderous riffs and scorching two-part solo of Set You Free, from Black Label Society's new album, Doom Crew Inc.
Steve Vai announces new album, Inviolate, reveals tracklisting and release date By Matt Owen 01 December 2021 The shred legend's nine-track effort – and 10th studio LP – will arrive January 28
Witness Paul Gilbert's "most manic guitar trill" in his madcap version of We Wish You a Merry Christmas By Matt Parker 30 November 2021 The shred hero has just released his first Christmas album and 17th studio effort
Dan Patlansky returns with new album Shelter of Bones By Matt Parker 30 November 2021 Hear the blues-rock titan's first single, Hounds Loose, ahead of the album release in February
Slash names the things guitarists overlook when trying to play like Eddie Van Halen By Matt Parker 30 November 2021 In a new interview, the Guns N' Roses icon has also revealed the first album that made him switch from bass to guitar
Watch fan footage of Yngwie Malmsteen's career-spanning setlist at recent Pennsylvania show By Sam Roche 25 November 2021 The shred legend blazed through Parabellum cuts including Wolves at the Door and Relentless Fury, older hits like Rising Force and Black Star, and Deep Purple's Smoke on the Water during his Nov 23 show at the Midtown Arts Center in Harrisburg
Watch Sammy Hagar, James Hetfield, John Mayer, Joe Satriani and Melissa Etheridge perform Piece of My Heart in new pro-shot footage from 2016 By Matt Owen 19 November 2021 The star-studded rendition, which took place during the Acoustic-4-A-Cure concert five years ago, also featured Tommy Lee, Melissa Etheridge, Pat Monahan and Kris Kristofferson
Vidami launches the Vidami Blue, a wireless Bluetooth looper pedal that can navigate YouTube videos, DAWs and more By Sam Roche 17 November 2021 The California company once again seeks to make modern guitar playing and learning less disruptive, and this time adds digital audio workstation compatibility and a tab scrolling mode
Tosin Abasi delivers a technical masterclass in fiery playthrough of Animals As Leaders’ Monomyth By Matt Owen 15 November 2021 Abasi demonstrates his elite technical prowess and precise prog-metal melodicism with a searing playthrough on his Abasi Concepts Master Series Larada 8-string
The Beatles rehearse I’ve Got A Feeling in first clip from Get Back documentary By Matt Owen 15 November 2021 Peter Jackson’s highly anticipated three-part film is set to arrive on Disney+ on November 25
Robert Cray says he‘s ended his friendship with Eric Clapton: “I’d just rather not associate with somebody who’s on the extreme and being so selfish” By Matt Parker 12 November 2021 The bluesman told The Washington Post that Clapton’s decision to sing lyrics comparing lockdowns to slavery was a significant factor
Watch Mdou Moctar play a stunning early morning set on the banks of the Niger River By Jackson Maxwell 11 November 2021 With his band in tow, Moctar runs through four standout cuts from Afrique Victime, as the sun rises behind him
Alex Skolnick debuts first-ever blues trio track, Florida Man Blues By Matt Owen 11 November 2021 The metal man reunites with his jazz trio and trades gargantuan gains for crystal cleans in his debut out-and-out blues effort
Carlos Santana is working with Eric Clapton and Derek Trucks on a spaghetti western-inspired instrumental album By Matt Owen 11 November 2021 The PRS-playing guitar powerhouse teased the trio’s prospective project will pay homage to Ennio Morricone, and be sonically comparable to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Billy Gibbons gives Jingle Bells a blues makeover in his cover of the Christmas classic By Sam Roche 10 November 2021 Jingle Bell Blues sees the bearded ZZ Top legend serve up some fiery fretboard antics in the hopes of earning a place on wreath-bedecked jukeboxes worldwide
