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Matt Bellamy on Yngwie Malmsteen-inspired solos, recording with Jeff Buckley's Telecaster and his secret to beaming blues riffs into Muse’s space-age guitar sound
By Amit Sharma published
The Muse frontman takes us behind the most explosive guitar album of 2022, made with a mountain of gear and taking inspiration from Iron Maiden and Slipknot

Manson debuts two new space-age Matt Bellamy signature models, including a more affordable DeLorean replica
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The DL-2 and MB-2 are highly limited, UK-built guitars based on the Muse frontman’s iconic stage-played designs

Muse's Matt Bellamy is planning to release a signature fuzz pedal with Manson Guitar Works
By Jackson Maxwell published
Based on Bellamy's Supermassive Black Hole and Will Of The People fuzz tones, it could possibly see the light of day by the end of 2022

Hear Matt Bellamy’s Yngwie Malmsteen-inspired solo on the new Muse album
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The harmonic minor scale gets a major workout on an unlikely album track

Muse push the boundaries of their sound – and Matt Bellamy’s chops – on heavyweight new single Kill or Be Killed
By Matt Owen published
The uncompromising track is lifted from their upcoming studio album, Will of the People, and features a blazing solo from Bellamy

Muse’s Matt Bellamy on the genius of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon – “You get this feeling of floating around indefinitely when you’re listening to David Gilmour play”
By Amit Sharma published
The latter-day prog rock superstar tells us how he first came to hear the 1973 Pink Floyd classic, and what makes David Gilmour a player beyond compare

What is the greatest song Muse have ever recorded?
By Total Guitar editors published
Is it Plug In Baby? Supermassive Black Hole? Or even the new banger Will Of The People? You decide!

Matt Bellamy channels his inner Thanos with a wearable robot glove synth during Muse’s Isle of Wight headline set
By Sam Roche published
The set also saw the band perform snippets of Slipknot's Duality, Guns N' Roses Sweet Child O' Mine and AC/DC's Back in Black

Muse deliver huge riffs and rock-solid grooves in new single, Will of the People
By Sam Roche published
It's the third track to be taken from the band's upcoming ninth album of the same name

Manson and Matt Bellamy debut refreshed range of META Series MBM-2 signature models
By Matt Owen published
New P-90s, altered body contours, a fresh Meta-Blue model equipped with a Sustainiac Sustainer and range-first left-handed option head up the revised family of the Muse frontman's signatures
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