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Juho Ranta-Maunus playing guitar in the music video for The Drift

A Young Guitarist of the Year returns and Toto’s Africa meets extreme metal: This week’s essential guitar tracks

By Matt Owen published

Fresh new tunes you need to check out this week, from Juho Ranta-Maunus and Marnie Stern to U2 and Bernie Marsden

Sasami performs at Meadowbrook Music Theatre on May 25, 2022 in Rochester, Michigan

From tightly choreographed blues-soul blowouts to jagged alt-rock collaborations: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

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

Spice up your summer playlist with scorching new tunes from Sasami and J Mascis, Jack & Owane, Lamb of God, Parkway Drive, Dre DiMura, The Mountain Goats, Blues Pills, and more

Guitarist Erik Rutan Of Cannibal Corpse performs at The Regency Ballroom on February 23, 2019 in San Francisco, California.

From spaghetti Western atmospherics to unrelenting, demonic death metal: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

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

Tuck into the latest and greatest six-string sonic offerings from Weezer, Wolf Alice, Illuminati Hotties, Cannibal Corpse, Aziya, and many more