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Rob Halford (left) and Glenn Tipton of Judas Priest perform at O2 Academy Brixton on December 1, 2015 in London

Glenn Tipton will play on the next Judas Priest album, Rob Halford confirms

By Jackson Maxwell

"He's still a fighter, he never lets anything stop him," Halford said of Tipton. "He's a great force for people that are living their lives actively and productively with Parkinson's"

Kim Gordon performs at Marc Jacobs, Sofia Coppola & Katie Grand Celebrate The Marc Jacobs Redux Grunge Collection And The Opening Of Marc Jacobs Madison at Marc Jacobs Madison on December 3, 2018 in New York City

Kim Gordon perfectly blends dissonance and classic rock riffage on new single, Grass Jeans

By Jackson Maxwell

All proceeds raised by the song's purchase this month will be donated to Fund Texas Choice, a non-profit organization that pays for Texans’ travel to abortion clinics

Tim Ohrstrom performs with Avatar at USF Verftet in Bergen, Norway on March 7, 2019

From bubblegrunge to Steve Vai's hollowbody dalliance: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

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

Usher in the year's final month with great new guitar-driven tunes from Bloc Party, Avatar, Failure, Ovlov, Honne, Imminence and more

Harley Benton

Harley Benton unveils four new high-performance Fusion-III electric guitars

By Sam Roche

The lineup includes one double-humbucker model, and three HSH guitars with coil-splittable humbuckers for a massive variety of tones

Steve Vai

Steve Vai swaps Ibanez for Gretsch in new single Little Pretty, and reveals bonkers triple-neck Hydra guitar

By Matt Owen

Vai has unveiled all the details surrounding new album Inviolate, along with a beastly new steampunk triple-neck

Sammy Hagar, Nancy Wilson and Jerry Cantrell

Watch Nancy Wilson, Jerry Cantrell and Sammy Hagar perform Alice In Chains' Brother and more in 10-minute jam session

By Matt Owen

The newly formed trio also performed a quasi-improvised rendition of Wilson's The Dragon, which, at the time of recording, had not been released

MXR Power 50 Overdrive

MXR crams Tom Morello’s iconic amp tones into a new signature pedal, the Power 50 Overdrive

By Michael Astley-Brown

The all-star stompbox captures the Rage Against the Machine guitarist’s Marshall JCM800 and Peavey cab characteristics, complete with an onboard effects loop

Eddie Vedder

Eddie Vedder announces February 2022 US tour with backing band The Earthlings, featuring Andrew Watt, Josh Klinghoffer, Chris Chaney and Chad Smith

By Sam Roche

The star-studded lineup will commence the trek in New York, and wrap up with two back-to-back shows in Seattle

Carlos Santana

Carlos Santana cancels Las Vegas residency following health scare and "unscheduled heart procedure"

By Matt Owen

The 74-year-old, who was set for an eight-show stint at Mandalay Bay's House of Blues, was taken to hospital after experiencing chest discomfort

[L-R] Joe Duplantier and Jake Kiszka

Joe Duplantier says Greta Van Fleet's latest album gave him “more faith in humanity”

By Sam Roche

The Gojira frontman explains why The Battle at Garden's Gate blew his mind, and says it “doesn't matter” to him that people compare GVF to Led Zeppelin

Dario Lorina and Zakk Wylde

Zakk Wylde and Dario Lorina team up to teach you Black Label Society’s Set You Free in this exclusive Guitar World lesson

By Matt Owen

Learn the thunderous riffs and scorching two-part solo of Set You Free, from Black Label Society's new album, Doom Crew Inc.

Electro-Harmonix Nano Q-Tron

Electro-Harmonix unveils the Nano Q-Tron, a downsized version of John Mayer’s favorite envelope filter

By Michael Astley-Brown

The long-running funk filter family has launched a Nano quack attack

Michael Starr (left) and Satchel of Steel Panther perform at The Fillmore Detroit on December 2, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan

Steel Panther are still searching for a new bassist – and they need your help to narrow the field of candidates

By Jackson Maxwell

The band have created a 'March Madness'-style bracket through which fans can participate in the selection process

Boris W

Hear Drowning By Numbers, the new single from Japanese experimental supremos Boris

By Matt Parker

New album W, their first on new label Sacred Bones, lands in January

Sheeran By Lowden = Edition

Ed Sheeran debuts limited-run '= Edition' Lowden signature model

By Matt Parker

New record, new guitar: the songwriter has once again teamed up with the Irish acoustic guitar brand to produce a new Sheeran By Lowden model to celebrate the release of '='

The Linda Lindas

The Linda Lindas share rapid-fire power-punk effort, Nino

By Matt Owen

The super-short, under-two-minutes track is lifted from the LA quartet's upcoming studio album, which is due for a 2022 release

Peter Dinklage, Aaron and Bryce Dessner

Watch Peter Dinklage and the Dessner brothers perform Your Name from the Oscar-tipped Cyrano

By Matt Parker

The actor teamed up with The National musicians for a Firebird-heavy appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

Supro Royale

Meet Supro’s first ‘loud clean amp’, the Royale

By Matt Parker

The 50W 1x12 combo offers a choice of Class A and AB power, alongside EQ, tube-buffered effects loop and a footswitchable boost

Bleed From Within

Craig "Goonzi" Gowans and Steven Jones deliver crushing riffs and soaring melodies in this monstrous playthrough of Bleed From Within's Night Crossing

By Sam Roche

The track – which features a solo from Trivium main man Matt Heafy – appears on the group's latest full-length, Fracture

Kim Thayil of Soundgarden performs on stage at Sleep Country Amphitheater on August 29, 2014 in Ridgefield, Washington.

Kim Thayil channeled the loss of Chris Cornell in his solo on the new Mastodon album

By Michael Astley-Brown

Bill Kelliher details how he and the Soundgarden guitarist approached the recording of Hushed and Grim’s Had It All