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Phil Demmel on the joys of "four dudes jamming covers" in BPMD
“I was a '70s kid, so these are all bands I loved and [that] really got me into heavy music," the former Machine Head guitarist says
Joe Goldman: “I use this piece-of-crap $25 guitar pedal that sounds like a rusted chisel for all the Code Orange stuff”
The hardcore metal bassist reveals the origins of one of the most intimidating tones ever conceived
Lamb of God's Mark Morton and Willie Adler on creative kinship, staying power, and trading heavyweight riffs
One of the most formidable guitar tandems in metal unpack the story of their explosive new album, Lamb of God
This Black Dahlia Murder guitar playthrough showcases the very best of modern extreme metal
Guitarist Brandon Ellis shreds his way through the band's latest single, Verminous
How to tap like Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads and Reb Beach
Learn some tapping licks in the styles of three of the technique’s most celebrated practitioners
Randy Rhoads-Style Melodic Tapping Exercise Using Common Tones
Not only will this exercise get your fingers moving, but it will get your brain moving too.
Odd Couplings: More Approaches to Soloing in Odd Meters
There’s something very cool about a sudden shift in the music that throws the listener for a moment, followed by a return to the groove.
How to Reinvent a Modal Melody by Changing Only One Note
Learn a simple, effective way to take any Aeolian line and change and mutate its character.
