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Scott LePage performs live on stage at the annual Rock Am Ring festival at Nuerburgring on June 09, 2024 in Nuerburg, Germany.
How a video game about a cult led by a lamb united 5 of today’s greatest metal players in a quest for brutality

By Phil Weller Published

Scott LePage, Javier Reyes, Matt Heafy, Sean Long and Josh Baines reflect on sharing a record with elite shredders, how new gear discoveries shaped its direction, and the joys of scoring video games

Guitarists
Matt Heafy of the American heavy metal band Trivium performs on stage at La Riviera on February 05, 2023 in Madrid, Spain
Why Matt Heafy had to delete and re-record all the guitar parts on a Trivium classic

By Janelle Borg Published

Turns out a guitar that's even slightly out-of-tune can ruin a whole record...

Guitarists
Matt Heafy of Trivium is feeling the power of the riff onstage as he performs with his signature Epiphone Les Paul Custom in Ebony.
Trivium’s Matt Heafy teaches three “neo-classical” riff ideas to elevate your metal rhythm game

By Guitar Techniques Published

Fleet-fingered modern metal maestro Matthew Kiichi Heafy combines lead techniques and neoclassical melodic ideas with fast-paced riffing in this lesson in his signature style

Artist Lessons
Manual Gardner Fernandes of Unprocessed playing guitar in the Thrash music video
“A moment for modern guitar playing” that reaches new technical heights and Spinal Tap’s antidote to the Barbie hype: this week’s essential guitar tracks

By Matt Owen Published

Hot new cuts courtesy of Unprocessed, Derek Smalls, Meet Me @ The Altar, Wargasm, While She Sleeps, Erja Lyytinen, Wilco, Big Thief and more

Music Releases
Matt Heafy and Sophie Lloyd
Sophie Lloyd recruits Matt Heafy for Fall of Man – the heavy-riffing second single from her first-ever studio album

By Matt Owen Published

Lloyd serves up bruising riffs and a suite of searing shred runs while the Trivium frontman delivers parts he wrote and recorded live on Twitch in the latest preview of Imposter Syndrome

Music Releases
Jared Dines shred collab poster
Jared Dines recruits Matt Heafy, Nita Strauss, Ichika Nito, Lari Basilio, Marcin and more for one of the most star-studded shred collabs ever

By Matt Owen Published

Michael Angelo Batio, Manuel Gardner Fernandes, Herman Li, Hedras, Sophie Burrell, Jason Richardson and many more also took part in the 70-strong, 37-minute shred-a-thon

Artists
Maya Delilah
From psychedelic blues explosions to electrifying all-star collaborations: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Matt Owen, Sam Roche Published

The days are getting shorter, unlike our list of top-notch new guitar-led tunes. Hear the best of the best from Maya Delilah, Yo La Tengo, Matt Heafy, Johnny Marr & Noel Gallagher, David Knudson and more

Music Releases
Matt Heafy and Anthony Vincent
Matt Heafy and YouTuber Anthony Vincent team up to reinvent Running Up That Hill in the style of Master of Puppets

By Matt Owen Published

The Stranger Things hysteria shows no sign of abating as the Trivium frontman brings his metal riffing A-game to reimagine the Kate Bush hit as a thrash anthem

Artists
Matthew Heafy performs live on stage with Trivium during a concert at the Kesselhaus on June 19, 2019 in Berlin, Germany
Trivium announce 2022 North American tour

By Jackson Maxwell Published

Between the Buried and Me, Whitechapel and Khemmis will serve as the openers on the trek, which is set to begin in early October

Concert, Gigs & Tours
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Matt Heafy hints at the possibility of Kramer and Steinberger signature models

By Sam Roche Published

“Because why not when Gibson owns the company who started the headless guitar!” the Trivium man exclaims

Guitars
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