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Vince Wilquin and Hugo Florimond serve up a mind-bending playthrough of Fractal Universe's Interfering Spherical Scenes – with tab!

By Sam Roche

Try your hand at this odd time signature-written cut, taken from the French prog-metallers' third studio album, The Impassable Horizon

Watch Empty Trail spark a fuzz-heavy ’90s riff-rock revival with this guitar/bass playthrough of Transcend

By Michael Astley-Brown

Rick Lambert and Shane Wallin dial up the gain and drop the low E for the gnarly quarantine cut

Watch Michael Gilbert deliver a hard-thrashing playthrough of Flotsam and Jetsam's Brace For Impact

By Sam Roche

The palm-muted alternate-pick-a-thon is taken from the band's latest studio album, Blood in the Water

Alpha Wolf deliver a mind-bending, Whammy-heavy playthrough of Akudama

By Sam Roche

Guitarists Scottie Simpson and Sabian Lynch wield seven-strings for this pounding metalcore showcase

[L-R] Lee McKinney and Nick Rossi of Born Of Osiris

Born Of Osiris's Lee McKinney and Nick Rossi deliver a dizzying playthrough of White Nile

By Sam Roche

The tectonic cut is taken from the Illinois quintet's upcoming seventh album, Angel or Alien

Josh Rand delivers a no-holds-barred playthrough of The L.I.F.E Project's The Nothingness

By Sam Roche

The Stone Sour guitarist wields a pair of Ibanez electrics to tear through the debut track from his new side project

Laurens Houvast delivers a six-string thrash-metal onslaught with this playthrough of Cryptosis's Conjuring the Egoist

By Sam Roche

The relentless thrash masterclass comes from the Dutch metallers' debut album, Bionic Swarm

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