ADAM “NERGAL” DARSKI

When he’s not leading Polish extreme metallers Behemoth and agitating religious conservatives across the globe, he’s spinning eerie tales in his dark blues side project, Me and That Man. But what GW readers really want to know is... Interview by

TONGUE TWISTER

Three decades after its release, Steve Vai takes you inside the making of Whitesnake’s Slip of the Tongue, the album that sent the band into uncharted territory

John Paul & George's Guitar Revolution

Fifty years ago, amid the Beatles’ noxious breakup, John Lennon and Paul McCartney took six-string matters into their own hands just as George Harrison was reinventing himself as a slide guitar deity. Below, Guitar World drops in on 1970, a truly unique year in Beatles history.

MARCUS KING GOES SOLO

THE 23-YEAR-OLD “AMERICAN MUSICIAN” TOOK SOME TIME OFF FROM THE MARCUS KING BAND TO RECORD EL DORADO WITH THE BLACK KEYS’ DAN AUERBACH. BUT FEAR NOT — HIS TELETASTER AND ES-335 WERE ASKED TO TAG ALONG

Milwaukee's Best?

ON THEIR NEW ALBUM, TEN THOUSAND WATTS, THE ALTERED FIVE BLUES BAND’S JEFF SCHROEDL SERVES UP SOME OF MODERN BLUES’ MOST SATISFYING LICKS

Let There Be Darkness!

HOW DO YOU “DELIGHT, BEGUILE AND OFFEND” THOUSANDS OF ED SHEERAN FANS? JUST ASK JUSTIN AND DAN HAWKINS OF U.K. RIFF-MASTERS THE DARKNESS

SKY HIGH

WITH THEIR SIXTH STUDIO ALBUM, WALK THE SKY, ALTER BRIDGE CONTINUE REACHING NEW HEIGHTS AS ONE OF THE LEADING PURVEYORS OF AMERICAN ROCK. MARK TREMONTI AND MYLES KENNEDY GIVE GUITAR WORLD THE SCOOP ON WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE AT THE TOP OF THEIR GAME AFTER 16 YEARS TOGETHER

Nili Brosh: From Concept to Reality

HER NEW RECORD, SPECTRUM, IS A CONCEPT ALBUM THAT WORKS JUST AS WELL FORWARDS AS BACKWARDS, OR AT THE MERCY OF THE “SHUFFLE” BUTTON

DO THE MONKEY!

TONY IOMMI takes you inside his new signature guitar, an extremely limited replica of his classic-era BLACK SABBATH axe, a cherry red 1964 Gibson SG Special known as the THE MONKEY. The Godfather of Metal also discusses the horde of new riffs he’s stockpiling, the prospect of new music (with or without BRIAN MAY) — and a recent airport encounter with ROBERT PLANT

Cave In's Heartbreaker

SINGER/GUITARIST STEPHEN BRODSKY TAKES YOU INSIDE THE BOSTON ROCKERS’ BITTERSWEET MASTERPIECE, FINAL TRANSMISSION

Bumblefoot to the MMaXX

RON “BUMBLEFOOT” THAL EXPLAINS WHY SONS OF APOLLO’S NEW ALBUM — MMXX — LETS HIM TAP INTO HIS “INNER ALLAN HOLDSWORTH”

Tone Temple Pilots

We recently caught up with Stone Temple Pilots’ DEAN and ROBERT DeLEO — and their luthier extraordinaire, BRUCE NELSON — to dissect the venerable rockers’ tonal recipe

POP ART

LADY GAGA GUITARIST TIM STEWART — WHO’S ALSO PLIED HIS TRADE WITH RHIANNA, JENNIFER LOPEZ, JANET JACKSON, MARIAH CAREY, MILEY CYRUS, ADAM LAMBERT AND THE AMERICAN IDOL HOUSE BAND — DISCUSSES LIFE IN A HIGH-PROFILE BACKING BAND AND OFFERS SOME SOLID GIG-LANDING ADVICE BY JOE BOSSO, PHOTOS BY KYLE MURPHY

FLOWER POWER

In this exclusive interview, STEVE VAI takes you inside his brand-new signature guitar, the Ibanez PIA

Highway Star

BLACK MOUNTAIN’S NEW ALBUM IS A STOMPBOX-OBLITERATING GEM CALLED DESTROYER; GUITARIST STEPHEN MCBEAN LETS US LOOK UNDER THE HOOD

Good Times, Rad Times

JOHN NOTTO TELLS THE STORY OF DIRTY HONEY, THE LITTLE BAND THAT COULD (BECOME THE FIRST UNSIGNED BAND-EVER-TO HIT NUMBER 1 ON BILLBOARD'S MAINSTREAM ROCK SONGS CHART)

Schrodinger's Shredder

INSTRUMENTAL MASTER NICK JOHNSTON SHEDS SOME LIGHT ON HIS GEAR, HIS SONGWRITING AND HIS MAJESTIC NEW ALBUM, WIDE EYES IN THE DARK

A Garage Rock Hit

YOU MIGHT NEVER WANT TO LEAVE THE GARAGE, THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME’S NEWEST INTERACTIVE EXHIBIT

Golden ‘Grams - The Rise (And Shine) Of Instagram Guitarists

Regardless of how you feel about the ever-increasing (and often distracting) role social media plays in modern life, Instagram has inarguably been a massive boon to guitar culture over its near-decade in existence.

Punk In Theory

PUP’S STEFAN BABCOCK AND STEVE SLADKOWSKI TALK BIZARRE TIME SIGNATURES AND MORBID STUFF, ONE OF 2019’S BEST PUNK ALBUMS

Perpetual Motion Machine

MOTIONLESS IN WHITE REMAIN A FORCE FOR THE DISENFRANCHISED DESPITE A NEW DISGUISE

Orchestral Manoeuvres

While You’re Hanging Your Stockings By The Chimney With Care, Trans-Siberian Orchestra Are Criss-crossing The Country With Their Deluxe Yuletide-themed, Prog-rock Extravaganza. In This Exclusive Interview, Guitarists (And Musical Directors) Chris Caffery And Al Pitrelli Talk Tso And Touring Christmas Eve And Other Stories

Shifting Gear

FROM AVANT-GARDE ELECTRICS TO AFFORDABLE ACOUSTICS, MINI AMPS TO MIGHTY APPS, COATED STRINGS TO BRILLIANT BRACINGS AND BEYOND, GUITAR WORLD REVISITS A DECADE OF UNBRIDLED INNOVATION.

Sleater - Kinney

In the wake of drummer Janet Weiss’ surprise departure, guitarists Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein discuss gear, songwriting and their latest album, the St. Vincent produced The Center Won’t Hold.

Michael Schenker's Revelations

WHETHER HE’S TALKING ABOUT THE SCORPIONS, UFO, HIS NEW ALBUM OR THE “DISTORTION OF HIS IMAGE,” THE GERMAN GUITAR LEGEND IS AS CANDID AS EVER.

Instrumental Values

Fishman Tripleplay Connect

Class Acts

A Rundown Of The Explosive Playing Styles Of Our Top-four Cover Stars — Mark Tremonti, Tosin Abasi, Gary Clark Jr. And Nita Strauss.

10'll Getcha 20: The Guitarist Of The Decade

Guitar World’s Readers And Writers Band Together To Pinpoint Guitardom’s Most Vital Players Of The Past 10 Years.

War Machine

Celebrating 20 years of Sabaton, the mighty power-metal band from Sweden who built a thriving career singing about World War II bombing campaigns, decorated snipers, legendary battleships, the battle of Thermopylae, and just about all things war

Guthrie Govan

He of the mad, mad skills talks dinosaurs, blind alleys and the aristocrats’ quirkyas-hell new album, you know what...?