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Rig Rundown: Sunn O)))
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Thomas V Jäger—Monolord’s Dark Prince of the V
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Thomas V Jäger—Monolord’s Dark Prince of the V

Melodies, hooks, clean tones, and no guitar solos. Are we sure this Elliott Smith fan fronts a doom-metal band? (We’re sure!)

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Zakk Wylde: “Yeah, I Got That Riff at the Tony Iommi Swap Meet”

After his longest touring break in 20 years, the Black Label Society mastermind talks about the evolution of Doom Crew Inc.—the band’s first-ever studio album to feature a second guitarist.

Rig Rundown: All Them Witches [2021]
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Rig Rundown: All Them Witches [2021]

Stoner metal, desert rock, trippy psychedelia, and swampy blues swirl with just three guitars, a bastardized Rick, and custom-built, beastly stacks.

Rig Rundown: The Sword [2021]
Rig Rundown

Rig Rundown: The Sword [2021]

See how these bad hombres bridge Texas boogie and mystic Birmingham vibes with stylish, striking 6-strings—including a signature Reverend goldtop—and boisterous British behemoths.

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

Rig Rundown: Årabrot's Kjetil Nernes
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Rig Rundown: Årabrot's Kjetil Nernes

Fiery Hiwatts (literally), an aluminum bari, and a common drive forge the tonal backbone for the Norwegian Grammy-winning metal mystic brewing sounds somewhere between Melvins' metallic chug, Neurosis' pulsing grind, and Swans' celestial moods.

Emma Ruth Rundle: My Naked-at-School Nightmare Is Showing up with No Effects
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Emma Ruth Rundle: My Naked-at-School Nightmare Is Showing up with No Effects

The sonic sorceress grabs her baritone Fender and leaps into the maelstrom with sludgemasters Thou for a pair of heavy, effects-laden collaborations: May Our Chambers Be Full and The Helm of Sorrow.

Boris Wields the Hammer of Doom
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Boris Wields the Hammer of Doom

Wata and Takeshi take a Jackson Pollock approach to jamming—via a legion of amps and effects—to create the new soundtrack for the apocalypse, NO.

Riff Rundown: Pallbearer's "Forgotten Days"
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Riff Rundown: Pallbearer's "Forgotten Days"