Battle of the bands

The month’s best guitar music – a hand-picked selection of the finest fretwork on wax

Wendy Rigg is planning a summer of festival fun – but what is it about nostalgic music that makes us feel so good?

Catton Hall, Derbyshire

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

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

Close harmonies, smooth grooves, infighting and ‘the bag’: making an album on stage