NorthTale: "Bring Down the Mountain" Playthrough

NorthTale: "Bring Down the Mountain" Playthrough

Formed in 2017, the Swedish-American metal band NorthTale have just released their debut album Welcome to Paradise, and ESP shredder Bill Hudson is the driving force behind the song "Bring Down the Mountain". In this...
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Freedom Call: "M.E.T.A.L."

Freedom Call: "M.E.T.A.L."

German band Freedom Call has been cranking out the power metal anthems since they got started in 1998, and with the title track off their upcoming new album, they leave little doubt that the influence of early '80s hard rock...
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Megahurtz30: "Harvester of Sorrow" (Cover)

Megahurtz30: "Harvester of Sorrow" (Cover)

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! As many of us who have performed in bands know, there's nothing like getting together with other musicians and making music. That's what All Access member Megahurtz30 did while...
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KXM: "Lightning"

KXM: "Lightning"

KXM is the band comprised of bassist/vocalist Dug Pinnick (King's X), drummer Ray Luzier (Korn), and ESP-playing guitar icon George Lynch. Their brand new song "Lightning" is from their upcoming new album Circle of Dolls,...
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Sifting: "Stop Calling Me Liberty"

Sifting: "Stop Calling Me Liberty"

Sifting, the Los Angeles-based Venezuelan-American progressive metal band, are scheduled to release their new album The Infinite Loop (Eclipse Records) on September 27. By the sound of the song "Stop Calling Me Liberty", we...
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 Ada Kaczanowska: "5 Minutes Alone" (Cover)

Ada Kaczanowska: "5 Minutes Alone" (Cover)

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! We've featured All Access member Ada Kaczanowska before, and we probably will again. She goes out of her way to achieve to the tones and playing styles of the bands she covers, and...
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Monte Pittman: "Changing Of The Guard"

Monte Pittman: "Changing Of The Guard"

Few musicians on the ESP roster offer the level of genre variety that Monte PIttman does. A longtime ESP rocker, Monte's latest album Between The Space (Metal Blade) shows this prodigious guitarist's abilities in the hard...
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Recap: "Rock the House" event with ESP and Seymour Duncan

Recap: "Rock the House" event with ESP and Seymour Duncan

On Saturday July 27, ESP got together with our friends at Seymour Duncan and held an open house-style party at ESP headquarters in North Hollywood, CA. Admission was free, and the good times were in high gear as we hosted...
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ESP Interviews Josh Middleton (Architects/Sylosis) at Hellfest 2019

ESP Interviews Josh Middleton (Architects/Sylosis) at Hellfest 2019

ESP's director of artist relations Tony Rauser sits down with one of the most exciting and acclaimed modern guitar heroes, ESP player Josh Middleton of Architects and Sylosis, to talk about what makes his ESP and LTD guitars...
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Robert Uludag: "Deutschland" (Cover)

Robert Uludag: "Deutschland" (Cover)

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! For those of you who keep track of such things: yes, this is the second week in a row that we chose a Rammstein cover for our ESP All Access spotlight. But member Robert Uludag did...
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E-II M-II 7 NT Demo by Jamie Hunt

E-II M-II 7 NT Demo by Jamie Hunt

UK-based shredder Jamie Hunt picks up the E-II M-II 7 NT and does a playthrough of his song "Edge of Tomorrow" with excellent results. Available in Purple Natural Fade finish, the E-II M-II 7 NT is a 7-string guitar that...
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Behemoth: "Sabbath Mater"

Behemoth: "Sabbath Mater"

Warning: possible disturbing imagery in this video. Behemoth is the Polish extreme metal band who is constantly ready to push the boundaries, and the video for "Sabbath Maters" is no exception. Featuring ESP players...
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The Tone King talks ESP USA at Chuck Levin's

The Tone King talks ESP USA at Chuck Levin's

Our friend Louis is better known to the YouTube community as The Tone King, a guy who just loves everything about guitar, and goes around making videos to help give insight and details to the guitar community about a wide...
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Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus: "Old Town Road" on the BET Awards

Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus: "Old Town Road" on the BET Awards

Held on June 23, 2019 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, the BET Awards took an unexpected turn this year with a live performance of the song that's been #1 on the Billboard charts for over 15 weeks... "Old Town Road" by Lil...
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Böse Fuchs: "Puppe" (Cover)

Böse Fuchs: "Puppe" (Cover)

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! We hadn't been aware of German guitarist and ESP All Access community member Böse Fuchs until recently, but as they say, better late than never. In this video, she's doing a live...
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Ken Susi (Unearth) on the KS M-6 EverTune

Ken Susi (Unearth) on the KS M-6 EverTune

Unearth guitarist Ken Susi gets into the deeper details of his most recent LTD Signature Series guitar, the KS M-6 EverTune. This 6-string version of Ken's well-known 7-string model was brought to you by popular demand from...
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LTD Deluxe EC-1001T CTM Demo by Luis Kalil

LTD Deluxe EC-1001T CTM Demo by Luis Kalil

Luís Kalil became one of the youngest guitar endorsees in history when he joined the ESP artist roster at age 13. He just keeps getting better and better, as evidenced by this playthrough section of his song "Ghost in...
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Danny Cole: "Symphony of Destruction" Solo

Danny Cole: "Symphony of Destruction" Solo

ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! We first heard community member Danny Cole earlier this year when he posted a video of himself doing a note-for-note rendition of the classic solo from Eagles' "Hotel California" on...
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Sworn Enemy: "Seeds of Hate"

Sworn Enemy: "Seeds of Hate"

Vocalist Sal Lococo first formed heavy hardcore group Sworn Enemy in the late '90s in New York City, and they've remained as intense and aggressive as ever throughout the years. The song "Seeds of Hate" is from their latest...
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Riffi Raffi (Hevisaurus) Warms Up

Riffi Raffi (Hevisaurus) Warms Up

Kids who grow up in the USA might have learned cute songs from a dinosaur named Barney, but in Finland, they start appreciating more heavy styles of music from an early age thanks to Hevisaurus, the metal band aimed at...
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Sacred Reich: "Awakening"

Sacred Reich: "Awakening"

One of the most longterm and loyal members of the ESP artist family, Wiley Arnett of the hugely influential Phoenix, AZ-based thrash metal band Sacred Reich started playing ESP in 1987 and has never looked back. "Awakenings"...
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