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“The first thing they’ll try and do is make one of the six-string guitar shapes work. It's a car crash!” Jacob Collier on how his 5-string signature Strandberg guitar is forcing guitarists to rethink their approach to playing

Collier sees his off-kilter five-string setup as a vehicle for guitarists to push beyond their limits

Guitar World

“It’s pretty messed up, chaotic. But it feels really human.” A Place To Bury Strangers announce new album Synthesizer, with circuit board packaging which fans can use to build their very own synth

A Place To Bury Strangers announce new album, share single Disgust, reveal UK and European tour plans

Louder

Taylor Swift's Latest Song Mashup Is Extremely Travis Kelce-Coded

Their life is a literal rom-com.

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“I’m not using conventional chord sequences but things that give me a fresh feeling and opportunities to improvise”: Steve Howe’s new solo album, Guitarscape, is a love letter to the instrument that has held his attention for so long

Guitarscape benefits from a fresh compositional outlook provided by writing on keyboards, and an instinctive songwriting partnership with his son, Dylan

Guitar World

“Music means everything to me, and this charity believes in sharing the power of music with everyone who needs it”: Mark Knopfler is giving away an extremely rare acoustic guitar to raise funds for charity

The guitar, of which only 24 were made, is the result of a collaboration between Knopfler and Boswell Guitars

Guitar World

“Completely melted the faces off of the entire continent of Europe”: 13 year-old Roman Morello proves his father right – he can shred circles around him

There’s certainly no need for a DNA test in this fresh clip showcasing Roman’s chops…

Guitar World

“When you’ve got a singer that is so eaten up with jealousy for the headliner, it never goes well”: Sharon Osbourne remembers pelting Iron Maiden with eggs, still doesn’t like Bruce Dickinson very much

Iron Maiden were egged by Sharon Osbourne and had their power cut during a co-headline set at Ozzfest 2005

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The new issue of Metal Hammer celebrates 40 years of Metallica’s Ride The Lightning and the year that thrash exploded

The cover features brand new, official Metallica artwork

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“People quickly realized my guitar was cheaper than a Mexican Strat and better made… I still don’t know how they make it at that price point”: Nick Johnston on how his signature Schecter conquered the world

The Canadian instrumental mastermind continues the quest for tension on his latest album, Child of Bliss, and proves once again that he is totally the sort of player to torch the rulebook

Guitar World

Every Sleater-Kinney album ranked from worst to best

The collected works of Olympia, Washington's finest band re-reviewed and ranked

Louder

“I said to Billy, ‘We should order one of these, and I’ll play it. It’ll be hilarious.’ Then it went viral. I hate playing that bass. Now I’ve got to play it every night”: Elwood Francis on why he regrets his 17-string bass becoming a ZZ Top staple

Elwood Francis reveals the origins of his preposterous 17-string bass – and why he’s disappointed it went viral

Guitar World

“Just like anyone who plays, you find your favourites and the others need to go!” Metallica legend Jason Newsted is selling 60 of his guitars and basses

Newsted’s instruments, including the bass that recorded classic Metallica track Until It Sleeps, will be available from July 24

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Police arrest suspected Taylor Swift stalker in Germany moments before concert

Police said that Wednesday evening’s concert, attended by about 60,000 people, went peacefully.

The Independent UK

"I don't listen to albums, I just listen to songs... do people care about tracklisting?": PinkPantheress on why the order of an album's tracks doesn't matter anymore

PinkPantheress says that she's more concerned with the strength of individual songs than how they come together as an overall body of work

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Megan Thee Stallion at The O2 review: a playful flex from an all-time great

The San Antonio rapper closed out her epic, Hot Girl Summer world tour in effortless style

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Lamb Of God go industrial rock! Hear Health’s official remix of classic Laid To Rest here

The clanging reinterpretation is taken from a 20th-anniversary reissue of Ashes Of The Wake, out next month

Louder

"I could have been paralyzed. I'm not exaggerating": Cherie Currie reveals how Rush almost ended her musical career

Former Runaways star Cherie Currie warms up for her upcoming European tour by dishing the dirt on her least favourite Canadians

Louder

"A perfect storm of obstacles and misfortunes": New England released one of the greatest AOR albums of all time, but their career was derailed by the Pope

With some top-drawer tunes, Paul Stanley producing and Kiss’s management behind them, New England seemed, and felt, poised for stardom. Cue bad luck and trouble

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"I had never heard anything that raw and heavy and fast in my life": Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy picks the 10 albums that changed his life

These aren't Mike Portnoy's favourite albums - they're much more important than that

Louder

The Black Crowes announce The Happiness Bastards Tour (The Reprise)

The new dates will kick off in September, filling gaps in the band's Aerosmith schedule

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Helmet announce US tour, plus UK and European dates celebrating the 30th anniversary of Betty

"We’re stoked to get back to Europe to perform the entire Betty album for the last time" says Page Hamilton

Louder

“We mixed and mastered it, and then we lost Taylor. It was actually very painful for me to pick up the guitar after that.” Jane's Addiction's Dave Navarro on the 'lost' album he recorded with Taylor Hawkins and a member of AC/DC

Dave Navarro mourns the loss of his dear friend Taylor Hawkins

Guitar World

“We set up Eric and Duane in the studio, so they were face-to-face about two feet apart. They could literally touch each other’s guitars if they wanted to”: The Albert Brothers on recording Hendrix, Clapton, the Allman Brothers – and that Layla session

Ron and Howard’s innovative recording techniques became synonymous with the ’70s – but the humble siblings say they were just lucky to get to work with the best

Guitar World

“It’s in a tuning that I call ‘Lazy Keith Richards’”: Melvins’ Dale Crover invents a new guitar tuning – and lands a Kim Thayil guest solo – for his new single

Thayil has consistently expressed his admiration for the Melvins, even crediting the band for introducing drop-D tuning to hard rock

The Independent UK

Charli XCX hints at plans to quit music in shock career change

‘I’m definitely thinking about it,’ the singer said

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