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Guitar tutorial + Q&A: Grenade Jumper amp up the adrenaline with new punk gem "The Power You Flaunted"

By Ellie Robinson Published

We learn how some unexpectedly heavy influences led to this all-out banger.

Guitar Amps
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Guitar playthrough + Q&A: Make Way For Man go balls-to-the-wall with the ripping "Rites"

By Ellie Robinson Published

See how guitarist Drew Shepherd tears through the Perth band's cataclysmic new single.

Artists
Intronaut's Sacha Dunable [left] and Dave Timnick; Dunable sports a Dunable Asteroid and Timnick holds a Dunable Yeti.
Sacha Dunable: “I don’t want to just be making clones – I want to be making guitars that are our own design”

By Adam Kovac Published

Sacha Dunable on balancing building guitars and building prog-metal worlds with Intronaut

Artists
Dave Mustaine, Matt Heafy, Mark Morton and Bjorn Gelotte
Dave Mustaine, Matt Heafy, Mark Morton and Bjorn Gelotte on metal's ultimate tour

By Richard Bienstock Published

In this GW exclusive, the Megadeth, Trivium, Lamb of God and In Flames guitarists reveal their guitar rig secrets, key influences, and how they keep their playing on the cutting-edge of metal

Guitarists
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Crown Lands' Kevin Comeau: "We were playing 20-minute instrumental songs about space whales at hardcore punk shows!"

By Brad Angle Published

Massive guitars, slide for days, Led Zep swagger and Sabbath riffs. Join Kevin Comeau on a trip into Crown Lands' sound...

Artists
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Konvent's Sara Nørregaard: "I like to keep everything raw; having too many effects detracts from the power"

By Mark McStea Published

From doom metal to Squier Jagmasters to realizing dreams, the guitarist unpacks the Konvent story so far...

Guitarists
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Phil Demmel on the joys of "four dudes jamming covers" in BPMD

By Gregory Adams Published

“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

Artists
Joe Goldman
Joe Goldman: “I use this piece-of-crap $25 guitar pedal that sounds like a rusted chisel for all the Code Orange stuff”

By Hywel Davies Published

The hardcore metal bassist reveals the origins of one of the most intimidating tones ever conceived

Effects & Pedals
Lamb of God
Lamb of God's Mark Morton and Willie Adler on creative kinship, staying power, and trading heavyweight riffs

By Jeff Kitts Published

One of the most formidable guitar tandems in metal unpack the story of their explosive new album, Lamb of God

Artists
Brandon Ellis of The Black Dahlia Murder
This Black Dahlia Murder guitar playthrough showcases the very best of modern extreme metal

By Sam Roche Published

Guitarist Brandon Ellis shreds his way through the band's latest single, Verminous

Electric Guitars
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