Converge’s Kurt Ballou on mixing pedals with amp modelers, guitar recording hacks and reclaiming metal’s authenticity

Fifth album Love is Not Enough sees the producer-guitarist embracing modern gear while opposing modern music’s “data-entry” trends – and returning to a jam space filled with Christmas lights and Iron ...

Graze the Bell

Opener “Then a Valley” immediately distinguishes Graze a Bell from Bing & Ruth’s recordings. There, his piano was repetitive, the sturdy backbone around which everything else coalesced. Here, his ...
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Tree of Smoke break down each track on their debut album 'Enders'!

Ottawa-based shoegaze-infused punk rockers Tree of Smoke’s debut album Enders is a tour de force. The quartet dives deep into ...
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MXR's high-gain Eddie Van Halen collab headlines Jim Dunlop's fresh pedal drop – and there's an Iron Maiden Killers Cry Baby too

NAMM 2026: The MXR EVH Modern High Gain Pedal was co-designed with Eddie Van Halen in 2015 and is officially here, and it's joined by a special Way Huge fuzz and some cool Cry Babies When you purchase ...
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“Give the average guitar player the chance to own my live rig. My tone. The tone worth $100,000s”: Billy Corgan and Laney Amplification unveil the ultimate Smashing ...

NAMM 2026: The Supergrace is a two-hander between Laney and Brian Carstens, and Corgan gave it a trial by fire when playing with My Chemical Romance in front of 60,000 fans When you purchase through ...