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How Arve Isdal carved his own extreme metal path with Enslaved – and became Norway’s answer to Slash
By Amit Sharma published
The blues-schooled shredder shows off some unlikely examples in his guitar collection, explains why he quit an Iron Maiden icon’s band and shares the fate of his supergroup with Dani Filth, Rob Caggiano and John Tempesta

How Iron Maiden icon Janick Gers’ son Dylan went from late-starting guitarist to epic collabs with Thom Yorke’s son Noah
By Amit Sharma published
Dylan Gers compares the three six-stringers in his dad’s band, explains why his music harks back to the rock guitar hero era, and celebrates the fluke that tied him in with Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke’s son Noah

Iron Maiden remain one of most domineering forces in heavy metal – and bassist Steve Harris has led the charge
By Nick Wells published
Steve Harris has always pushed beyond the conventions of rock bass guitar, but in his mind, he’s no bass hero

Dave Murray says Iron Maiden stuck out from the pack because because they have a bassist as the lead songwriter
By Phil Weller published
The guitarist has opened up on Harris’ songwriting lead and why he’s happy taking a back seat in one of the biggest metal bands in the world

Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris on staying loyal to Fender, and the Gibson that sounded “horrible”
By Nick Wells published
In his quest for the perfect tone Steve Harris has tried virtually every make of bass there is, but always comes back to one

Adrian Smith reveals what convinced him to ditch Les Pauls for Jacksons
By Phil Weller published
The Iron Maiden guitarist is one of the luthier’s longest-serving artists – he explains how its founder’s diligence inspired him to make the jump

Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith and Primus guitarist Larry ‘Ler’ LaLonde among thousands who have lost homes in L.A. wildfires
By Janelle Borg published
Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan and Anthrax’s Scott Ian share their first-hand experience of the devastating impact of one of the biggest natural disasters in Los Angeles’ history

Adrian Smith on Iron Maiden’s pyramid schemes to go beyond epic with Powerslave
By Andrew Daly published
With Powerslave, Iron Maiden took their sound and supersized it – and Adrian Smith took a hungover guitar solo in front of Robert Palmer, and somehow totally nailed it

“I grow the nails on my right hand as long as I can”: Steve Harris on Iron Maiden’s Wrathchild
By Nick Wells published
Every would-be metalhead should learn from the best: Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris

“My being fired was premature… We’d wrapped pre-production on Killers but I never got the chance to record”: Meet Dennis Stratton, the man who brought harmony guitars to Iron Maiden
By Andrew Daly published
Armed with a Les Paul Custom copy and an obscenely heavy old combo amp, Stratton only discovered metal when he joined the future giants – and left them the legacy of harmony guitar attack
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