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Manuel Gagneux on why you shouldn’t sweat the technique – and expanding Zeal & Ardor’s radical sound
By Jon Wiederhorn published
Unorthodox, avant-garde, progressive and totally unique, Gagneux is taking black metal out of its total necro comfort zone. Dare you follow him?

How Zeal & Ardor are adding light and shade to black metal with plastic guitars, chunky strings and unlikely tube amps
By Phil Weller published
By taking black metal into a more avant-garde plane, Manuel Gagneux and Tiziano Volante are stretching the definition of heavy. They reveal the tones and tunings behind their evolution

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

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

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

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
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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 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

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
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