From stunning acoustic reinventions to shred-heavy melodic death-metal: here are this week's essential guitar tracks By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Sam Roche Fresh, guitar-heavy cuts from Tom Morello x Pussy Riot, Billie Eilish, Modest Mouse, At the Gates and more await
At the Gates release shredding new single, Spectre of Extinction, featuring King Diamond's Andy LaRocque By Richard Bienstock The Swedish melodic death-metal pioneers' new album, The Nightmare of Being, is out in July
Solar Guitars launches two new signature models in collaboration with At The Gates By Sam Roche The all-new A1.6ATG and A1.6ATG Baritone boast alder bodies, three-piece maple necks and locking tuners – perfect for metal
Sick Riffs: Kevin Dye teaches you the inventive, effects-heavy solo of Gates’ Shiver By Michael Astley-Brown Set your pitch-shifter to work with this synth-like lead line
