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MusiCare’s COVID-19 relief fund joins the foundation's list of beneficiaries.
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Napalm Death announce their latest album, Throes of Joy In The Jaws of Defeatism
Long-time guitarist Mitch Harris’ contributions to the record are uncertain.The Glou-Glou Steak lets you get weird with distortion
This dual-channel distortion packs deep modulation, fuzz, octaves and filtering talents.Balthazar launches the Cabaret 13, its smallest all-tube combo to date
Equipped with a 10-inch Celestion G10 Gold, bias tremolo and spring reverb.Metallica’s All Within My Hands announces second donation of $295,000 for COVID-19 relief
MusiCare’s COVID-19 relief fund joins the foundation's list of beneficiaries.
- Features
Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard’s Tom Rees talks rejecting pastiches, writing on a nylon-strung guitar and replicating T. Rex
The guitarist and frontman of one of Wales’ best new rock bands details the guitar parts on their hotly tipped forthcoming EP, The Non-Stop.“I picked up the guitar when I was really sick in the hospital”: Covet’s Yvette Young
The Californian band’s new LP fuses math-rock, post-rock, prog and jazz, with Yvette Young’s breathtaking technique always centre-stage. She tells us how the guitar saved her and sings praises of her new signature Ibanez Talman.Introducing… Madison Cunningham: the Jazzmaster-playing songwriter putting her stamp on modern Americana
The Californian songwriter's stunning major label debut has set her on the course for very big things.The Industry Interview: Orange Amps founder and CEO Cliff Cooper
From making waves in Swinging London to heading up a world-leading amplifier brand and winning awards along the way, Cliff Cooper looks back on more than 50 years in the business.
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