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“The last thing we wanted to do was say, ‘Hey, let’s do another Rebel Yell’”: Steve Stevens on the new Billy Idol album
"I’m always looking to embellish the melody of the vocal," the guitarist says
The Fortin Meshuggah head is the amp every metal player wants – now you can get its crushing tones in a pedal
Designed by Mike Fortin, US-made, featuring an active 3-band EQ and noise gate, the Meshuggah preamp/distortion pedal could be the gain monster you need to destroy, erase, improve your tone
“They didn’t like his bikini underwear”: Prince’s support sets for the The Rolling Stones remembered
“Prince got freaked and cut the set short. The rock stations reported that we got booed off the stage, but that wasn’t true,” he says
“I feel like that song had everything we needed to come back with”: Bring Me The Horizon’s Lee Malia on Shadow Moses, its riff and the secrets behind its tone, and why it was the right anthem at the right time
How Terry Date, a killer riff and a videogame helped bring BMTH's major label debut into focus with a track that officially opened a new chapter – and the pit – for the Sheffield metal frontiersmen
![PRS Archon Classic and Mark Tremonti MT 15 v2: the newly redesigned tube amps offer a host of new features and tones, with the Alter Bridge guitarist's new lunchbox head [right] featuring the Overdrive channel from his MT 100 head, and there's a half-power switch, too.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FD37q5pRLCQDhCpT8y94Zi-840-80.jpg.webp)
PRS refreshes tube amp range with the reworked Mark Tremonti MT 15 head and Archon Classic
One of the best low-wattage high-gain amps around just got an upgrade while the Archon Classic offers hot-rodded vintage tone
Jackson gives Misha Mansoor’s Juggernaut a new lick of paint and upgrades to stainless steel frets
Mansoor's arch-top Superstrat has never looked so good, and while it might be designed for crushing downtuned riffs but that five-way switching yields a lot of tones from the signature MM1 humbucker pairing
“For some reason, the post office shipped your guitar to Jim Root of Slipknot”: Sweetwater mailed a metal fan's Jackson guitar to a metal legend
He received a flight case but no guitar
“Every note counts and fits perfectly”: Kirk Hammett names his best Metallica solo
The field is strong but Hammett's personal favourite is from the controversial Load-era
Yngwie Malmsteen on classical epiphanies, modern art, and why you should embrace the cliff edge
Having celebrated 40 years as a solo artist who planted the neoclassical flag atop rock's mountain, Mr Malmsteen reflects on his evolution, tastes in art, and encourages all to take a creative risk
