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Wes Hauch’s Tectonic Shifts
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Wes Hauch’s Tectonic Shifts

After relocating to Atlanta, retooling his sound, and rebuilding his band, Hauch releases Alluvial's second album, Sarcoma, pushing progressive death metal into new realms of technical ecstasy, while celebrating everything that's dark, extreme, and unremittingly heavy about the genre.

Plot Twist! Darkthrone Makes a Good, Old-Fashioned Metal Album
Guitarists

Plot Twist! Darkthrone Makes a Good, Old-Fashioned Metal Album

Using Metallica and ZZ Top as signposts, and moving from their condemned bomb shelter studio to a pro room, the wicked progenitors of Norwegian black metal give off major throwback vibes on their new Eternal Hails.

Cannibal Corpse’s Violence Unimagined—New Guitarist, Classic Sound
Guitarists

Cannibal Corpse’s Violence Unimagined—New Guitarist, Classic Sound

For their 15th album, the death metal pioneers double-down on their trademark bone-crunch and add longtime producer Erik Rutan on guitar.

Rig Rundown: Be Well’s Mike Schleibaum
Gear

Rig Rundown: Be Well’s Mike Schleibaum

Darkest Hour's cofounding guitarist details his brand-new signature ESP V and offers up sound secrets gleaned from producer/singer Brian McTernan.