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White Reaper

From six-string chess matches to Christmas shred, Blues Lawyer and beyond: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

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

Beat the cold with searing, guitar-driven songs from White Reaper, George Lynch & Jeff Pilson, Paramore, Steel Panther, Zeal & Ardor, Day Wave, Obvurt, NOFX and more

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Zeal & Ardor’s Manuel Gagneux: “If I limited myself to Black music and black metal, I’d end up painting myself in a corner”

By Jon Wiederhorn published

The Swiss-American iconoclast on why he had to expand his sound beyond black metal and draw in influences from across underground music and beyond

Ibrahim Ag Alhabib (left) and Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni of Tinariwen perform on stage at The Roundhouse on November 16, 2014 in London

From psychedelic blues to relentless punk: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

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

Spice up your weekend playlist with new music from Fantastic Negrito, Petrol Girls, Spoon, Sabaton, Zeal & Ardor, Congotronics International, Matt Pike, and more

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Zeal & Ardor debut rage-fuelled new track Götterdämmerung

By Matt Parker published

Swiss experimental metallers unveil the fourth track from their forthcoming album – and it will put your eye out if you’re not careful

[L-R] Bill Kelliher of Mastodon and Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth

Mastodon and Opeth announce 15-date co-headline US tour for late 2021

By Sam Roche published

Swiss avant-garde metallers Zeal & Ardor are booked to support

Zeal & Ardor live

Zeal & Ardor announce self-titled third album, debut new song Bow, which sounds like a chain-gang death march

By Matt Parker published

“We have arrived at where I imagined this project should sound like,” says Manuel Gagneux

ZEAL & ARDOR, performing on June, 07, 2017, Zitadelle, Berlin, Germany

From classic soul to hellishly heavy extreme metal: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

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

Cool off with killer new songs from Cradle of Filth, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Jerry Cantrell, Zeal & Ardor, Grouper, Finneas, Meet Me @ The Altar and more