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The 20 best guitar albums of 2021
Records that stoked creative fires and set the guitar world alight this year, as voted for by you
The 10 best guitar riffs of 2021
The riffs that induced the most involuntary – and voluntary – head-banging over the past 12 months, as voted for by you
Neural DSP teams up with John Petrucci for new Archetype: Petrucci plugin
The Dream Theater shredder's signature software includes four amps, tons of pedal and rack effects, a comprehensive cab sim module and, yes, a metronome
Foo Fighters, Mammoth WVH, AC/DC, Black Pumas, St. Vincent, H.E.R., Dream Theater nominated for Grammys
Chris Cornell, Deftones, Arlo Parks, Gojira, Mastodon, Weezer, Paul McCartney, Joe Bonamassa, Japanese Breakfast and Cedric Burnside were also among the nominees
John Petrucci: “When you solo, you’re the vocalist in the band... In that way, I’ve always been influenced by guys like David Gilmour, Neal Schon and Gary Moore”
Beard oil, bourbon, eight-string guitars and 20-minute songs – the Dream Theater virtuoso takes us inside his epic year
From awe-inspiring 8-string debuts to distorto-boogie: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
Close out October with high-powered guitar greatness from Sasami, Dream Theater, Spoon, Moon Tooth, Slash ft. Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators, and more
Hear John Petrucci play his new Ernie Ball 8-string Majesty for the first time on Dream Theater's none-more-prog new single, Awaken the Master
The progressive titans released their 15th studio album A View From the Top of the World on Friday
Dream Theater's John Myung teams up with Ashdown for new signature Double Drive pedal
The Double Drive features two distortions – one subtle and one that can be turned up to "face-melting" levels – that can be stacked for intense levels of gain
