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Alien-shred, Brit-rock royalty, one blues icon and a hardcore superstar: here are Guitar World's Guitarists of the Year 2025

All the players who rocked our world, in the year of Oasis reunions, Black Sabbath farewells, and guitarists keeping their shoulder to the evolutionary wheel of guitar playing

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“The director said, ‘I’m looking for a young, hip rock ‘n’ roll band like Greta Van Fleet.’ And the producer’s like, ‘Well, I know someone…’” How Greta Van Fleet ended up in the new Bruce Springsteen biopic

You may spot two Kiszka brothers alongside Jeremy Allen White in Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere

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“Apparently it had been modded by Dumble. I plugged it into one of my single 12 cabs, put a mic on it, and it just sounded incredible”: How Robert Jon & the Wreck were living the dream – sleeping at the studio, firing up Holy Grail amps, and chasing tone

Heartbreaks & Last Goodbyes is an old-school joint. Robert Jon Burrison and HenryJames Schneekluth were holed up at Dave Cobb's studio, full immersion, and the results are clear to hear

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"Are they gonna think I'm Beelzebub taking their precious baby away, breaking their hearts and defiling him?": What happened when Greta Van Fleet's guitarist got himself a new band

When the worlds of Greta Van Fleet’s Jake Kiszka and alt.folkie Chris Turpin collided, it was musical love at first sight. After a whirlwind romance, new project Mirador was born

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“The scrutiny we were under lent itself to the atmosphere of the record. We really had to come out swinging”: Jake Kiszka and Chris Turpin on conjuring old-school guitar magic for Mirador’s debut – and the difference between US and UK guitar players

The Greta Van Fleet x Ida Mae collab is a 21st-century exercise in rock classicism, bringing the ancient and the modern together, using high volume to bind, and to relieve some of the pressure, too

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“Our producer had a Marshall Lead that had been modded by Dumble. He paid him with a Nutribullet”: When Dave Cobb traded a blender for the services of a legendary amp modder, he found the sound for Mirador’s blockbuster debut

According to Chris Turpin – who used the amp on his new album with Jake Kiszka – Cobb acquired the mod in exchange for a $80 kitchen gadget

Guitar World

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now

Featuring Orianthi, Buckcherry, Steve Perry and five other representatives of rock'n'roll revelry

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Hear Halestorm return with rousing single Darkness Always Wins

The Pennsylvania hard rockers promise their new song isn’t as pessimistic as its title makes it sound

Metal Hammer

“All these men were like, ‘Lose your brother, lose the band, lose your buddies – you should be in pop’”: Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale reveals industry pressure to start a solo career

Halestorm’s singer/guitarist says that a number of businessmen tried to pull her away from being in a heavy metal band during her teens

Metal Hammer

Mumford & Sons stick to the same format on their latest album, Rushmere

3/5 On their first album in seven years, the British band keep to familiar territories of Ye Olde England and the dusty Americana that suits their holy-rolling emotional tone

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Halestorm's Lzzy Hale dumped guy for falling asleep at Tool concert

Lzzy Hale was left fuming after a date dozed off during a Tool concert.

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“This record is about unapologetically accepting that you are the sum of all of your parts”: Halestorm discuss their next album, inspired by Motörhead, country and Skid Row

Produced by country connoisseur Dave Cobb, Halestorm’s sixth album will be sometimes eclectic, always energetic

Metal Hammer

"If the world was a fair place, everyone's Greta Van Fleet records would spontaneously turn into Great Western Valkyrie": Rival Sons' fourth album finds them on top of their game

After turning heads with Pressure & Time in 2011, Rival Sons returned to the studio with a new bassist and a fistful of big ideas

Louder

Lzzy Hale says new Halestorm album will be “weightier”, “heavier” and “different”

The US hard rockers are currently working on the followup to 2022’s Back From The Dead

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“Dave Cobb had just done the last Slash record with walls of Marshall stacks, which got ungodly loud – I don’t think we used anything bigger than an 8” speaker!” Blackberry Smoke’s Charlie Starr on why downsizing his backline made for bigger tones

Blackberry Smoke’s frontman, guitarist and compulsive gearhead explains why using little amps “creates a whole different experience”

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"We walked into the control room to listen to the first track, and everybody was grinning, like: 'Okay, this will work'": Charlie Starr on music, life, and two decades of Blackberry Smoke

Album number eight Be Right Here is a rebirth for the southern country rock family of Blackberry Smoke as they reflect on almost a quarter of a century of keeping their dream alive

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Appalachian Singer Oliver Anthony Announces Debut Album Produced By Dave Cobb

Appalachian singer Oliver Anthony's debut album release and benefit concert to connect with fans and support community.

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Zayn Malik Announces New Album 'Room Under The Stairs'

Zayn Malik's fourth studio album 'Room Under the Stairs' promises a new sound and personal touch, offering fans a unique and intimate musical journey.

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Zayn Malik Teases Raw, Personal New Album With Grammy Producer

Zayn Malik announces return with a new album, promising emotional depth and personal insights for fans.

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Zayn Malik To Release New Album With Grammy-Winning Producer

Zayn Malik's upcoming album, co-produced by Dave Cobb, promises a new sound and personal storytelling, reflecting his emotions and experiences.

Guitar World

“We have dreamt about expanding our storytelling into full-length feature films and this is only the beginning”: Gibson Films launches with hour-long Slash documentary

Gibson's new venture sets out to "capture musical moments of cultural impact and explore the stories of iconic and emerging music legends" with the making of Slash's first live-recorded album first up

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Spur-of-the-moment’ vibe propels Greta Van Fleet’s ‘Starcatcher’

The album’s lyrics have a familial aspect but also go beyond, into spiritual and cosmic realms.

Louder

Blackberry Smoke announce new album Be Right Here, launch Dig A Hole single

Southern rock lynchpins Blackberry Smoke will release their eighth album Be Right Here next year

Evening Standard

Greta Van Fleet on their new album and why they don’t care about critics: ‘People say we’re ridiculous’

‘Tolkien was building a new world when he wrote Lord of The Rings. It’s not dissimilar to what we’re trying to do.’

Guitar World

Rival Sons’ Scott Holiday: “I don’t need to play all the notes at a very high speed. I can appreciate that in players, but I’m looking for texture and color”

As the Californian rockers return with Darkfighter, Holiday invites us into his guitar room to talk mad-scientist fuzz pedals, his adventurous new doubleneck, and why he mods no more

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