Articles by Premier Guitar
Riff Rundown: Russian Circles' "Arluck"
May 26, 2019
The guitar architect demonstrates how to play the first single off the instrumental-metal band's forthcoming album, Blood Year.
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Russian Circles' Mike Sullivan: How I Create Live Loops
May 12, 2019
The instrumental-metal shaman demonstrates how he builds the bulldozing tones for "Mladek" onstage.
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Riff Rundown: Russian Circles' "Harper Lewis"
March 10, 2019
The instrumental guitar wizard demonstrates how he uses a simple fretting-hand pattern and tapping technique to create a difficult-sounding passage from Station.
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NAMM '19 Coverage
January 24, 2019
Enjoy all of our show coverage—including demo videos, photo galleries, and gear news!
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Riff Rundown: A Perfect Circle's "Judith"
December 23, 2018
Guitarist Billy Howerdel provides some tuning tips (spoiler: it's in standard) and goes through all the phases of the Mer De Noms smash hit.
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Riff Rundown: Alter Bridge's "In Loving Memory"
December 2, 2018
The popular song (and unusual fingerpicking pattern) off the band's 2004 debut, One Day Remains, is simplified by creator Mark Tremonti.
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Riff Rundown: A Perfect Circle's "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish"
November 18, 2018
The APC guitarist builds the 6-string parts that form the feedback-rich single from 2018's Eat the Elephant.
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Riff Rundown: Tremonti's "Unable to See"
October 28, 2018
The Alter Bridge guitar star breaks down the fingerpicking pattern used on his solo single from Dust.
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Riff Rundown: Melvins' "Edgar the Elephant"
August 12, 2018
Buzz Osborne, Jeff Pinkus, and Steven McDonald break down their individual parts before combining powers for a thunderous performance of the A Walk with Love & Death track.
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Riff Rundown: Mastodon's "Roots Remain"
August 5, 2018
Bill Kelliher elaborates on how he uses open notes, bends, and hammer-ons for this Emperor of Sand track.
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Riff Rundown: Between the Buried and Me's "Telos"
July 22, 2018
Dustie Waring challenges your picking-hand efficiency with this ripping speed-metal number off The Parallax II: Future Sequence.
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Riff Rundown: Tommy Emmanuel's "One Mint Julep"
June 10, 2018
The Certified Guitar Player confesses to some "petty theft" and demostrates tricks he's taken from Chet Atkins and Robert Johnson and applies it to the classic Clovers song.
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Riff Rundown: Mastodon's "Sultan's Curse"
May 27, 2018
Guitarist Bill Kelliher slows down and articulates the nuances to the band's Grammy-winning single from 2017's Emperor of Sand.
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Riff Rundown: Between the Buried and Me's "The Coma Machine"
May 13, 2018
You may need a neck adjustment after BTBAM axeman Paul Waggoner shows off the main riffer from 2015's Coma Ecliptic.
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Riff Rundown - Killswitch Engage's "My Last Serenade"
May 6, 2018
Soft-spoken metal hero Joel Stroetzel slows down a sick pattern that only sounds difficult.
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Riff Rundown: Peter Frampton's "Breaking All the Rules"
April 29, 2018
Watch the British guitar hero play the main lick off the self-titled track from his 1981 album, Breaking All the Rules.
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Riff Rundown: Tommy Emmanuel's "Saturday Night Shuffle"
April 22, 2018
The Aussie fingerstyle wiz details how he adds a little Scott Joplin flair to cover the Merle Travis classic that's featured on his 2018 album, Accomplice One.
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Riff Rundown: Cave In's "Moral Eclipse"
April 15, 2018
The Mutoid Man riff leader showcases a headbanger that helped bridge the gap between hardcore and metal.
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Riff Rundown: Between the Buried and Me's "Blot"
April 8, 2018
Guitarist Paul Waggoner provides the fretting-hand recipe to nail the lead single off BTBAM's new album, Automata I.
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Riff Rundown: Killswitch Engage's "Self Revolution"
April 1, 2018
Joel Stroetzel provides the tips on how to properly nail the main part to a ripping song off of Alive or Just Breathing.
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