Rohan Hayes deploys fearsome baritone riffs and mariachi strums in this monstrous playthrough of Twelve Foot Ninja's Culture War By Sam Roche published 9 November 21 Hayes calls the track the “chaos child” of the avant-garde Aussie metallers' latest LP, Vengeance
Adrian Thessenvitz showcases his two-hand tapping chops and slide guitar prowess in this playthrough of Ad Infinitum's Inferno By Sam Roche published 3 November 21 The track is taken from the band's latest album, Chapter II – Legacy
Crypta's Fernanda Lira serves up a searing bass guitar playthrough of the impossibly heavy Dark Night of the Soul By Sam Roche published 15 October 21 The track is taken from the Brazilian/Dutch death metallers' debut album, Echoes of the Soul
Spencer Hazard plays through Full of Hell's brutal Reeking Tunnels – using a Fender American Professional Jazzmaster By Sam Roche published 7 October 21 “In the back of my mind I thought a Jazzmaster couldn't be used for what we need, but once I overcame that mental hump, I realized they're great guitars for any type of music”
Lasse Revsbech and Svend Karlsson serve up “disgusting” death metal riffs in this playthrough of Baest's Purification Through Mutilation By Sam Roche published 6 October 21 The track – which features crushing riffs, squealing pinch harmonics and thunderous rhythms – appears on the Danish outfit's new album, Necro Sapiens
Sammy Boller delivers a two-handed-tapping masterclass in this playthrough of Dark Night of the Soul By Sam Roche published 17 August 21 The Detroit guitarist wields a Gibson Les Paul Axcess to navigate through the impressive Kingdom of the Sun cut
Vince Wilquin and Hugo Florimond serve up a mind-bending playthrough of Fractal Universe's Interfering Spherical Scenes – with tab! By Sam Roche published 7 July 21 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 published 7 July 21 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 published 16 June 21 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 published 25 May 21 Guitarists Scottie Simpson and Sabian Lynch wield seven-strings for this pounding metalcore showcase
Born Of Osiris's Lee McKinney and Nick Rossi deliver a dizzying playthrough of White Nile By Sam Roche published 20 May 21 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 published 17 May 21 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 published 20 April 21 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 published 7 April 21 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 published 17 March 21 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 published 12 March 21 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 published 8 March 21 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 published 2 March 21 Jamie Dean and Torsten Kinsella demonstrate the unplugged potential of two of their most emotive tracks
Michael Leo Valeri delivers a spectacle of seismic riffs in this playthrough of Brand of Sacrifice's Animal By Sam Roche published 28 January 21 Valeri also enlists a Whammy pedal for some of the most inventive deathcore guitar lines we've heard in a while
Carnation tear through Malformed Regrowth in this blazing death-metal playthrough By Sam Roche published 24 November 20 Bert Vervoort and Jonathan Verstrepen wield sandblasted Mayones axes to deliver the track's unstoppable flurry of riffs