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"There had to be some sort of telepathy going on”: The genius of Eric Clapton's controversial masterpiece, Layla
By Neil Crossley published

Linkin Park reveal secret weapon behind their From Zero guitar tone
By Jonathan Horsley published
Do you even have a nü-metal 2.0 pedalboard if it doesn’t have a Ball Buster?

Carlos Santana cancels second show “out of an abundance of caution”
By Will Simpson published
Guitar legend collapsed at soundcheck in San Antonio on Tuesday

Blood Incantation on cosmic sounds, a near studio meltdown and the making of Absolute Elsewhere
By Jonathan Horsley last updated
Paul Riedl and Morris Kolontyrsky takes us back to “the craziest summer ever“, when the cosmic expansion of their sound yielded a landmark of prog death and an air con outage near destroyed it all

Serj Tankian and Gibson team up for limited edition Foundations Les Paul Modern Sublimation
By Jonathan Horsley published
They're only making 25 of these, each of them signed, and they come with a signed LP, signed art print, a copy of Tankian's memoir, plus VIP tickets to an upcoming System Of A Down show

“The last thing we wanted to do was say, ‘Hey, let’s do another Rebel Yell’”: Steve Stevens on the new Billy Idol album
By Andrew Daly published
"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
By Jonathan Horsley published
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
By Ben Rogerson last updated
“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
By Jonathan Horsley published
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
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