Polyphia and Steve Vai deliver a guitar collab for the ages in mesmerizing new single, Ego Death By Matt Owen published 28 September 22 It's the fourth single from the pioneering prog outfit's highly anticipated new album, Remember That You Will Die, due October 28
Tim Henson showcases the dizzying complexity of Polyphia’s new single in ABC riff playthrough By Matt Owen published 9 September 22 But, with a slowed-down performance as well, it might just be your best chance at cracking the impossible-sounding sonic code
Polyphia's upcoming album Remember That You Will Die will feature Steve Vai and Deftones' Chino Moreno By Matt Owen published 1 September 22 The hip-hop-meets-shred heroes' fourth studio effort – now revealed to be arriving October 28 via Rise Records – has been previewed with its latest mind-bending single, ABC
Tim Henson: “Between every album, I think: how can I level my s**t up?” By Ellie Rogers published 30 August 22 The Polyphia virtuoso on going unplugged with a new nylon-string Ibanez signature, taking lessons from Tosin Abasi, and the never-ending search for new ways to augment guitar music
Polyphia celebrate Dimebag Darrell's birthday with live cover of Pantera's Domination By Sam Roche published 23 August 22 Watch the Texas prog powerhouse pay tribute to the Pantera guitar legend at their August 20 show at Boise's Knitting Factory
Tim Henson: “When you compose something, it should sound good in its most bare state. Once it sounds good, you can add whatever you want” By Sam Roche published 17 August 22 The Polyphia guitarist breaks down his newfound love of nylon-string acoustic guitar
Polyphia’s staggering guitar genius is front and center in this full-band playthrough of Neurotica By Matt Owen published 5 August 22 Tim Henson, Scott LePage, Clay Gober and Clay Aeschliman showcase their chemistry in an exemplary performance featuring a brace of eye-catching Ibanez guitars
Watch Tim Henson’s masterful unplugged rendition of Polyphia’s Neurotica By Matt Owen published 28 July 22 Henson delivers a knockout performance of Polyphia's wild, rage beat-inspired track on his custom Ibanez nylon-string guitar
Polyphia rock radical custom-finish electrics in rage beat-inspired new single, Neurotica By Matt Owen published 18 July 22 The frontiersman of instrumental guitar have also announced the title of their forthcoming album, Remember That You Will Die, which is both a cheery thought and available to preorder now
Watch Tim Henson’s flawless unplugged performance of Polyphia’s Playing God By Matt Parker published 27 May 22 The guitarist takes a seat for this astonishing run-through of Polyphia’s flamenco-influenced new single
From flamenco trap-shred to glitch-guitar stabs: here are this week's essential tracks By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Sam Roche published 13 May 22 Usher in the weekend with great guitar-heavy tunes from Polyphia, My Chemical Romance, Nova Twins, Death Cab for Cutie, Black Midi, Charlie Griffiths and more
Digging the new Polyphia? Here are 10 trap and lo-fi beat-loving guitar players you need to check out By Michael Astley-Brown published 12 May 22 10 production-savvy guitarists breathing fresh life into guitar playing with hip-hop inspired arrangements and dizzying chops
Polyphia go acoustic on their first new song in three years, Playing God By Matt Owen published 10 May 22 Tim Henson and Scott LePage are on devastating form, and serve up their usual six-string pyrotechnics while wielding custom Ibanez Talman nylon-strings
The 10 types of string bending, from blues and boomer bends to tweak and tap bends By Milton Mermikides published 25 February 22 Who could have imagined an everyday act of guitar technique would become so controversial? We take a deep dive into bending and see how it's changed over the ages
We need to talk about boomer bends: why the backlash to Tim Henson's technique preference represents more than just a generational divide By Matt Parker published 12 November 21 The Polyphia guitarist’s comments about avoiding "boomer-ish" bends sparked a reaction that speaks to larger issues for us guitar players, and how our treatment of the past shapes the future of the instrument
“No-one said you couldn’t bend!”: Polyphia's Tim Henson addresses “boomer bends” controversy By Matt Parker published 22 October 21 Henson catches up with Rick Beato to discuss the fallout from a throwaway comment about “boomer-ish” guitar bends
Tim Henson reveals he's never heard Metallica's Black Album – much to the amazement of Tosin Abasi and Misha Mansoor By Michael Astley-Brown published 26 August 21 Rick Beato hosts a modern guitar summit, complete with a number of surprise revelations from the Polyphia, Animals as Leaders and Periphery guitar heroes
Dual-bass prog trio The Omnific recruit Polyphia's Clay Gober for epic new single, Antecedent By Matt Owen published 25 June 21 Three basses are better than two in this four-minute masterclass, which offers up a dizzying array of picking-slap-hybrid exchanges and melodic percussive passages
Watch Tim Henson improvise with Herman Li using Jason Becker’s original prototype Peavey Numbers guitar By Matt Owen published 17 June 21 The pair teamed up to trade licks in the latest installment of the Jason Becker fundraiser livestream event, which has raised nearly $250,000 so far
Is the guitar solo dead in the 21st century? By Jonny Scaramanga published 24 March 21 Opinion: With guitar solos absent from the charts, Green Day championing the anti-solo and Eddie Van Halen gone, is it the end for the fret-melting guitar hero?