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April 2024 Guitar World editors' picks
From fast-rising indie rock acts and heavy playing pioneers to Beyoncé and beyond – here are our standout guitar tracks from the past 30 days
Joe Satriani and Slash team up for anthemic riffs and “intense” solos on rock concept epic
Escape from the Machines – the latest single from Bear McCreary’s upcoming record, The Singularity – has been released as a Guitar World-exclusive premiere
Deep Purple share Portable Door – their first single with new guitarist Simon McBride
Portable Door marks the first new material from the rock institution since the departure of Steve Morse in 2022
Mark Knopfler and Jeff Beck were planning a collaborative album before Beck died
Beck's last-ever recording featured on Knopfler's recent all-star charity single
Adrian Smith on Iron Maiden’s pyramid schemes to go beyond epic with Powerslave
With Powerslave, Iron Maiden took their sound and supersized it – and Adrian Smith took a hungover guitar solo in front of Robert Palmer, and somehow totally nailed it
20 of the greatest guitar moments in video games
Essential item. Soundtrack weapon. Physical controller. The guitar has played a surprisingly important role in a wide range of video games – and here are some of the best six-string video game crossovers
“I didn’t see myself as a professional instrumental guitarist”: Steve Vai on game-changing debut Flex-Able
Flex-Able was the sound of a young Steve Vai following his musical obsessions. That it changed everything for guitar – and Vai's career – was just a happy accident
Mötley Crüe share their first new single with John 5 – and as promised, it marks a heavy return
Headlined by a blistering solo from John 5, Dogs of War is the band's first new single since 2019, and the first to be released since their split with former guitarist Mick Mars
