Javier Reyes
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How a video game about a cult led by a lamb united 5 of today’s greatest metal players in a quest for brutality
By Phil Weller published
Scott LePage, Javier Reyes, Matt Heafy, Sean Long and Josh Baines reflect on sharing a record with elite shredders, how new gear discoveries shaped its direction, and the joys of scoring video games

NAMM 2023: ESP meets fan demand with James Hetfield Olympic White Vulture and debuts 12 LTD signature guitars, including Gary Holt’s “very pointy” GH-SV
By Matt Parker published
Bill Kelliher, Stephen Carpenter, Nergal, Lars Frederiksen and Javier Reyes all have at least one new guitar on the way from the LTD stable

Animals As Leaders’ Tosin Abasi and Javier Reyes on taking the maximalist “more is more” approach to their spectacular new album, Parrhesia
By Joe Bosso published
Returning to the studio with Misha Mansoor producing once more, Abasi and Reyes threw everything at a record that once more takes the electric guitar to new extremes

Tosin Abasi and Javier Reyes used a Gibson Les Paul on the new Animals As Leaders album
By Matt Owen published
The Abasi Concepts and ESP purveyors swapped their hot-rodded prog machines for a classic relic single-cut to record some Parrhesia solos

Animals As Leaders announce US tour in support of new album, Parrhesia
By Matt Owen published
Each show of the 19-date tour will feature two sets, one of which will see Tosin Abasi and co perform their forthcoming record in full

Javier Reyes teaches you his progressive fingerstyle approach with this exclusive track and video lesson
By Total Guitar editors published
Some Kind Of Way breaks the Animals As Leaders guitarist's technique into manageable pieces

Mestis, aka Javier Reyes, demonstrates the 8-string’s supreme versatility with this exclusive playthrough of Media Noche
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The Animals As Leaders virtuoso also announces new Mestis live album
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