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My pick of the best new guitar gear launched this week – and the new drops you might have missed

My personal highlights from a week filled with Fenders, Epiphones, pedals and more. Have a highlight of your own? Let us know in the comments

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“I was in my boxers and my mother caught me in this heightened creative moment. It was pretty embarrassing”: Inspired by Tool, Led Zeppelin and classic sci-fi, Coheed And Cambria turned a tumultuous break-up into Welcome Home

Thanks to its venomous lyrics and hard, screeching riff, the 2005 single became a Platinum-selling breakthrough moment

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“There was a point where My Chemical Romance were opening shows for us. Quite quickly, they weren’t anymore”: The story of the post-hardcore takeover that didn’t quite happen

As nu metal’s commercial power began to wane, major labels desperately signed a bunch of bands with hardcore backgrounds, from My Chemical Romance to Cave In. A lot of them didn’t work out.

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The 10 best progressive metal albums of 2025

Epic space operas, anticapitalist jazz odysseys, the return of Mike Portnoy – 2025 has been a brilliant year for progressive metal

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Thanks to its venomous lyrics and hard, screeching riff, Welcome Home became a Platinum-selling breakthrough moment

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“Welcome to this new version of your life. Before this, I was fine, and now I’m not”: Claudio Sanchez details the “heartbreak” that inspired Coheed And Cambria’s biggest track

From a traumatic break-up, Coheed’s frontman gained the inspiration to write a Platinum-selling breakthrough single

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“I've done so many things DIY with the Coheed comics and toys. Why should guitars be any different?” Coheed and Cambria on going it alone to make a signature guitar, channeling Joe Walsh –and the prospect of their swan song

The Father of Make Believe is another immersive long-form trip into the world of Coheed and Cambria’s fictional world. Claudio Sanchez and Travis Stever tell us what we're in for when we get there

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"The realisation that life is not for ever made me very sad": Coheed and Cambria's Claudio Sanchez on why songs become more personal with the passing of time

Self-described “slightly bizarre band“ Coheed & Cambria are currently on tour in the UK

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“I wish things had panned out differently. The lyrics were a message saying, ‘Meet us in the middle.’ It didn’t work out that way”: An armed robbery, a returning drummer and a new label brought this American band back from near oblivion

They hadn’t released an album in five years before turning things round with a heavily conceptual double release – and their struggles became part of their science-fiction saga

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“My first instinct was shock at how much like Pink Floyd it sounded. But I can’t deny how important that record is”: Radiohead, Yes, Can and Peter Gabriel feature in Rock Hall boss Jason Hanley’s record collection

The Hall of Fame’s director of education wore out his first copy of 90125, was blown away by OK Computer, devoured So and went on to discover Coheed And Cambria

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Coheed And Cambria announce October European and UK tour

UK prog rockers Haken will support Coheed at their five UK shows

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"I'd never experienced heartbreak before." How Coheed And Cambria's The Suffering helped Claudio Sanchez translate personal turmoil into a pop metal banger (via space operas and Ray Harryhausen)

Good Apollo Vol. One... might've reinvented Coheed And Cambria as prog metal stars, but The Suffering was pure power pop bliss

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“I saw my life flash by. I found myself as an orb of energy… I was out of my mind on a couch somewhere and somebody was afraid I was dying”: Claudio Sanchez reveals the truth behind some of Coheed And Cambria’s latest songs

Coheed And Cambria’s latest album The Father Of Make Believe brings completion of the Amory Wars saga within sight, and has leader Claudio Sanchez pondering his future along with his past

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“One time when I fell into the drums, I really tried to own the moment!”: The rock band whose fans “cherish” every onstage disaster

“It's not that embarrassing to me,” the singer says

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“Although it continues the ongoing Amory Wars saga, this is a starker, slicker, highly polished gem of a record”: Coheed And Cambria mix the personal and the cosmic on new album The Father Of Make Believe

Coheed And Cambria retain their sci-fi prog metal crown on The Father Of Make Believe

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The Father Of Make Believe is Coheed And Cambria's midlife crisis album. Luckily, it's also a layered, thoughtful and rich new entry in the Amory Wars Saga

Claudio Sanchez has suggested this album came from a musical midlife crisis. Luckily for us, he pushed through and the results were well worth it

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“I collaged it together on my phone, then said to my guitar tech, ‘Hey, you’re a luthier – could you make a prototype of this?’” How Coheed and Cambria’s Claudio Sanchez started his own guitar company, Evil Instruments

The Coheed and Cambria leader doesn’t worry too much about the specs of his new Jackhammer – that’s someone else’s problem – but he knows his creation feels right, and there might be a followup model soon

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“There’s a tape delay on one song - Van Halen used it on Eruption”: The weird old gear inside the new album by Coheed And Cambria

Claudio Sanchez reveals all!

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The 50 metal albums you need to hear in 2025

From Ghost to Babymetal, Halestorm to Sleep Token, these are the metal albums you should keep an eye out for in 2025

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Now Playing: 6 songs we've been listening to in the What Hi-Fi? test rooms

Our new monthly playlist includes fresh releases from The Weather Station and Coheed And Cambria, as well as go-to classics from the likes of Massive Attack and Macklemore.

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“In line with my creative spirit and DIY methodology, I've chosen to create one from the ground up”: Coheed and Cambria guitarist Claudio Sanchez has designed his own signature guitar – and launched his own brand to make it

The Evil Instruments Jackhammer is the latest wild creation from the mind behind Coheed and Cambria and The Armory Wars series – and he’s teamed-up with Dunable on the builds

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"When my son became aware of this Swifty classic we listened to it even more than when it was initially released." Coheed and Cambria's Claudio Sanchez shares cover of Taylor Swift's Welcome To New York

Coheed And Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez's new EP features covers of songs by Taylor Swift, The Cure, Smashing Pumpkins and more

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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Architects, Body Count and Spiritbox are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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Coheed And Cambria announce third Vaxis album The Father Of Make Believe

US prog rockers Coheed And Cambria will release their latest album The Father Of Make Believe in March

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4 brilliant new metal bands you need to hear this month

From The Gloom In The Corner's cinematic metalcore to Sgáile's mountain-inspired doom, industrial goth of Black Satellite and brutal Belgian post-metallers Divided, these are the brilliant new bands you need to hear in November 2024

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