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From Oceansize to Biffy Clyro and now Cardiacs, Mike Vennart is one of the UK’s greatest under-the-radar guitar talents
With a style somewhere between shred, Slayer and Pavement, Mike Vennart has headlined some of the world’s biggest festivals, played with Dave Lombardo, and now he’s fronting his all-time favorite band. He attempts to make sense of the many twists and turns in his career
Mike Vennart influenced a generation of prog guitarists – and he’s not ruling out an Oceansize reunion
The Empire State Bastard riff-meister and Biffy Clyro guitarist has produced some of his best work with his latest solo album, Forgiveness & The Grain. He breaks down his otherworldly tone secrets, and explains what made The Verve’s Nick McCabe a guitar Jedi – and why the Pro Co Rat is the only distortion pedal you need
“So much metal is gridded and sterile. We call it ‘CGI metal’. It isn’t real, and it just doesn’t sound heavy”: Simon Neil and Mike Vennart are making metal heavy again with Empire State Bastard
The Biffy Clyro bandmates take us inside the uncompromising sound of metal’s hottest supergroup, revealing how they got Slayer legend Dave Lombardo to play drums, and the gear they used to “f**k up songs that were already completely f**ked up”
Biffy Clyro's Simon Neil: “I swear to God I cannot get rid of the Boss Metal Zone. It’s the one thing that brings the Stratocaster into that real heavy world”
The Biffy frontman shares his fat Strat strategies, demystifies weird time signatures and tells us why the Scottish rockers’ latest album is all joy and togetherness
Biffy Clyro's Simon Neil and Gone Fishing Effects announce the Booooom/Blast 2.0
Boasting the same specs as last year's original, the new distortion/fuzz box is again limited to only 200 units worldwide
Scottish alt-rock heroes Biffy Clyro announce surprise new album The Myth of the Happily Ever After
Hear the first taste from the album, the alternately bracing and bruising new single Unknown Male 01
From radical, guitar-heavy remixes to moving country-blues: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
Dip your toes into some fantastic new songs from Machine Head, TORRES, KennyHoopla, Eric Bibb, Amythyst Kiah and many more
An Orange OR50 head signed by Biffy Clyro and gigged by touring guitarist Mike Vennart is up for auction
Proceeds from the sale will go towards Cancer Research UK
