Ride the lightning

Chaos, blood, death, resurrection – Kerry King and Tom Araya look back on the tumultuous journey of the thrash icons who pushed metal to new extremes

The Back To The Beginning show features the greatest metal bill ever assembled. Over the next 12 pages, some of the musicians appearing share just what Ozzy and Black Sabbath mean to them

Amid the mayhem of his European tour, Joe takes time out to give us a guided tour around his 2025 live gear, delivers the lowdown on some of his more storied guitars, and tells us why his mighty multi-amp rig has to run at breaking point in order to make the earth move and those riffs resonate…

The song that rebuilt the band for the 21st century

With 28 albums’ worth of songs to choose from, “hopefully there will be some surprises”.

A monthly look at must-hear artists from all corners of the guitar world, from the roots of their sound to the tracks that matter most