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Cannibal Corpse’s Erik Rutan chugs, shreds and sweeps with violent aggression in this grinding Condemnation Contagion playthrough

By Richard Bienstock

The death-metal legends bring in new guitar blood for their 15th studio album, Violence Unimagined

Ricardo Amorim delivers a series of wailing solos in this killer playthrough of Moonspell's All or Nothing

By Sam Roche

The lead-heavy track is taken from the band's 13th studio album, Hermitage

Eminence deploy a clutch of future mosh-inducing riffs in this savage playthrough of Dark Echoes

By Sam Roche

The Brazilian heavy metallers are set to release their fifth album this year – see the title track's guitar lines in action

Abhiruk Patowary delivers a technically astounding playthrough of Flying Cupid's Into the Light

By Sam Roche

The Berklee-educated multi-instrumentalist wields a Strandberg Boden 6 for a dazzling performance of his new single

Post-rock giants God Is An Astronaut give First Day of Sun and Luminous Waves an acoustic reimagining in these exclusive playthroughs

By Sam Roche

Jamie Dean and Torsten Kinsella demonstrate the unplugged potential of two of their most emotive tracks

The L.A. Maybe deliver a scorching playthrough of AC/DC-inspired debut single, Mr. Danger

By Sam Roche

Guitarists Dallas Dwight and Drizzle Silvera crank the gain and unleash riffs worthy of the Aussie rock gods

Michael Leo Valeri delivers a spectacle of seismic riffs in this playthrough of Brand of Sacrifice's Animal

By Sam Roche

Valeri also enlists a Whammy pedal for some of the most inventive deathcore guitar lines we've heard in a while

Bert Vervoort and Jonathan Verstrepen of Carnation

Carnation tear through Malformed Regrowth in this blazing death-metal playthrough

By Sam Roche

Bert Vervoort and Jonathan Verstrepen wield sandblasted Mayones axes to deliver the track's unstoppable flurry of riffs

Nick Casasanto delivers a super-infectious playthrough of Knuckle Puck's Sidechain

By Sam Roche

The Fender Jazzmaster-wielding guitarist joins GW to bring a refreshing serving of optimistic pop-punk into your life

Watch Jeffrey Fisher of R O G U E deliver an unfathomably heavy playthrough of Archetype

By Sam Roche

Behold, an exhibition in tectonic riffwork, wizard-like two-handed tapping and all-round fretboard domination

Roy Ziv puts on a truly dazzling display of fretboard fireworks in this exclusive – and pretty darn scenic – playthrough

By Sam Roche

The virtuoso sets up his rig by the idyllic backdrop of Ontario's Lake Muskoka for a stellar performance of Distant Visions

Nick Steinhardt and Clayton Stevens of Touché Amoré

Touché Amoré show you how to play I'll Be Your Host with this post-hardcore playthrough

By Sam Roche

Nick Steinhardt and Clayton Stevens show you the six-string tricks behind this standout from the band's upcoming fifth studio album, Lament

DJ Temple rips through Without Mercy's the Disaster in this unrelenting playthrough

By Sam Roche

The earth-shaking track comes ahead of the band's new album, Seismic

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

By Matt Doria

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

Bobby Keller delivers an indomitable performance of Reign in Fire in this exclusive playthrough

By Sam Roche

Enjoy the first fruits of the virtuoso's solo project up close

Javier Reyes of Mestis and Animals as Leaders

Mestis, aka Javier Reyes, demonstrates the 8-string’s supreme versatility with this exclusive playthrough of Media Noche

By Michael Astley-Brown

The Animals As Leaders virtuoso also announces new Mestis live album

Watch this insane display of slap-bass thrash metal by The Erkonauts' Ales Campanelli

By Sam Roche

The super-talented four-stringer plays through the band's latest single, War Flamingoes

Red Method's Quinton Lucion serves up a plethora of tectonic riffs in this exclusive playthrough

By Sam Roche

Cycle Of Violence is taken from the band’s debut album, For the Sick

(L-R) Andy Thomas and Ethan McKenna of Black Crown Initiate

Black Crown Initiate deliver an ethereally brutal playthrough of Death Comes in Reverse

By Sam Roche

Guitarists Ethan McKenna and Andy Thomas wield 8-strings to navigate the track's vast sonicscape

(L-R) Wayne Dorman and Dave Garnett of Onslaught

Onslaught's Wayne Dorman & Dave Garnett deliver savage chromatic thrash in this exclusive playthrough

By Sam Roche

Religiousuicide is taken from the band's upcoming album, Generation Antichrist