INTRODUCING: Isbjörg

Over the years, rock and metal has taken on innumerable forms and spawned countless subgenres. The frenetic math rock of SLINT feels a far cry from the piano-led rock anthems…

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Keep Of Kalessin announce new album ‘Katharsis’

KEEP OF KALESSIN have announced a new album! Titled Katharsis, the upcoming album from the Norwegian melodic black/death metal band is the follow-up to 2015’s Epistemology, and is scheduled to be released in…

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Overkill announce new album ‘Scorched’

OVERKILL have announced a new album! Titled Scorched, the upcoming album from the American thrash metal band is the follow-up to 2019’s The Wings Of War, and is scheduled to be released in…

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Mark Tremonti recalls his experiences playing a Kemper onstage with Alter Bridge – and explains why he didn’t stick with it

The Kemper Profiler only lasted half a tour before Tremonti decided to switch back to his tried-and-trusted PRS MT 100

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Demonstealer releases new music video for ‘Monolith Of Hate’

DEMONSTEALER has released a new music video! The new music video, for the track Monolith Of Hate, is taken from the Indian death metal musician’s (real name Sahil Makhija) upcoming new album, The Propaganda…

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Denny Laine looks back on the breakthrough success and enduring legacy of Paul McCartney and Wings

1973 was the year Paul McCartney’s ragtag group, Wings, first scored Beatles-sized success. As guitarist Denny Laine recalls, they were no overnight success

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“Captain” Kirk Douglas on the link between technique and songwriting, and what made Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen different

The Tonight Show stalwart’s latest solo album is a little psychedelic, a little trippy, and always about the songs. Here, Douglas tells us how he gravitates towards “mind expansion”

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Viscera announce new album ‘Carcinogenesis’

VISCERA have announced a new album! Titled Carcinogenesis, the upcoming album from the UK deathcore band is the follow-up to 2020’s Obsidian, and is scheduled to be released in March this year,…

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Shakira's Swarovski crystal-encrusted, Super Bowl LIV halftime show Gibson Firebird to be exhibited at Grammy Museum

The guitar will be displayed, alongside some of Shakira’s other dazzling custom six-strings, as part of an exhibit dedicated to the Colombian pop superstar

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Watch Kayla Kent nail the solo to Ozzy Osbourne's Bark at the Moon – the first metal song she ever heard

Kent’s first experience with metal came thanks to a free Guitar Hero rip-off, but she wasn’t even allowed to listen to heavy guitar music until a certain age

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