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Walter Schreifels

Quicksand’s Walter Schreifels: “I use the tricks I have to the most effect that I can. And I think that’s the trick of my playing”

By Jim Beaugez published

The innovative six-stringer reflects on a life of hardcore, splitting – and then reuniting with – Quicksand, and chasing progression as a guitar player

Ayron Jones performs onstage at The Wiltern on January 28, 2022 in Los Angeles, California

From Future Metal to the new Seattle sound: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Sam Roche, Matt Owen published

Kick off the month in style with hard-charging, guitar-heavy new songs from Ayron Jones, Nita Strauss, Quicksand, Frankie Cosmos, Devin Townsend, Hedras, State Champs, Cleopatrick and more

Sergio Vega

Sergio Vega on his exit from Deftones and new "revolving-door" project

By Amit Sharma published

The Quicksand bassist reveals why his time with the alt-metal titans had run its course, and details his plans to work with guest musicians including Every Time I Die's Keith Buckley

Sergio Vega

Deftones bassist Sergio Vega opens up Reverb Shop for studio- and tour-played gear

By Matt Owen published

The Deftones and Quicksand bass player will be selling a range of guitars, basses and other gear that saw use throughout his illustrious career

Quicksand

Quicksand’s Walter Schreifels: “I felt more comfortable on this record than I did on ‘Interiors’, because I had gained more confidence from playing as a three-piece”

By Ellie Robinson published

On their second album post-comeback, Quicksand embrace the modern age as icons of the ‘90s. But what does that mean?

Walter Schreifels

Quicksand's Walter Schreifels: "I love playing expensive things, but I'm also totally down for street-level garbage!"

By Gregory Adams published

The post-hardcore vet on his love of Fender offsets, switching up his playing for new album Distant Populations, and why he named a song after the MXR Phase 90

Guitarist Bill Steer of Carcass performs at The Warfield on March 23, 2016 in San Francisco, California.

From extreme-metal riff fests to A-list acoustic collabs: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

By Matt Owen, Michael Astley-Brown, Sam Roche published

Get weekend-ready with this week's latest and greatest guitar tracks from Journey, Gang of Youths, Carcass, Bullet For My Valentine, Mike Dawes and Tommy Emmanuel, and more…