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We sent ESP's artist relations/marketing representative Tony Rauser down to San Diego last week to see what was happening at Comic-Con 2016. The poor guy was forced to go see a sold-out Slayer show at House of Blues, and then...

Revocation: "Arbiters of the Apocalypse" (clip)

Revocation, the Boston, MA-based death metal band featuring ESP player Dan Gargiulo, has just released their new album Great Is Our Sin. The band will be touring all over the USA in August, and then moving on to Europe for...

ESP E-II Horizon FR-II Demo by Jamie Hunt

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UK-based guitarist Jamie Hunt takes the new ESP E-II Horizon FR-II out for a rollicking romp down the winding roads of rock, while giving you a very thorough look at its features. The E-II Horizon FR-II, like all of our E-II...

Kirk Hammett KH-Nosferatu Limited Edition Guitar

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Limited to only 300 guitars made available worldwide, the LTD KH-Nosferatu is a limited-edition Graphic Series guitar that combines two of Kirk Hammett's passions: classic horror and killer guitars! With a graphic finish...

Billy Graziadei (Biohazard) Interview

When Billy Graziadei isn't busy making music with Biohazard, he's busy running his Los Angeles-based recording studio. Either way, we were happy to see him at the NAMM Show ealier this year, where he stopped in to talk about...

Marcos Fischer Improvising with the B-206SM

We don't know much about Brazilian bass player Marcos Fischer, but we know mind-blowing bass chops when we hear them. He contacted us to let us know how much he enjoyed his LTD bass, and we decided you all might enjoy his...

Bill Kelliher (Mastodon) and the LTD BK-600

Bill Kelliher of Mastodon is the newest member of the ESP artist family. Bill tells us some of the thoughts behind the design of his new LTD Signature Series guitar, the BK-600, which will be available later this year....

Hail Sagan: "Dark Cloud"

Hail Sagan is a new Los Angeles-based band that features ESP player Nick Quijano of Powerman 5000 along with singer Sagan Amery. The video for "Dark Cloud" is certainly disturbing, but it tackles harsh topics including...

Raff Sangiorgio: "Quick Trigger"

Our ESP-playing friends in Italy have been throwing down the guantlet lately with some kick-ass guitar shredding. Here's guitarist Raff Sangiorgio in the studio doing a playthrough of his song "Quick Trigger" off his album...

Barry Sparks: "HyperSpace Man"

Barry Sparks has quite the resume, having played bass with such notables as Yngwie Malmsteen, Michael Shenker, UFO, Dokken, Ted Nugent, and others. Currently the touring bassist for Japanese rock group B'z, Barry has an ESP...

Gianluca Ferro: "A Djinns Illusion"

Italian ESP player Gianluca Ferro gets out an ESP E-II HRF NT-8B 8-string baritone for his song "A Djinns Illusion" from his band Breath Of Nibiru. Like all E-II models (formerly known as "ESP Standard"), the HRF NT-8B is...

Hellyeah: "Human"

Featuring ESP player Tom Maxwell and his gleaming Snow White Eclipse, Hellyeah is a metal supergroup that includes drummer Vinnie Paul among others. Here's "Human" from their upcoming fifth studio album Unden!able, which...

LTD H-401QM & B-206SM Demo

Here's another short and sweet demo video from our friends at Australian ESP distributor CMI. In this one, you get to hear two of our new models for 2016 together: the LTD H-401QM in Faded Sky Blue finish over its quilted...

Death Angel: "Lost"

Covering some timely topics like Muslim immigration, drug abuse, and bullying, the video for Death Angel's new song "Lost" is pretty heavy. But we're always glad to showcase the creativity of one of the most influential...

Unlocking the Truth: "Take Control"

Hailing from Brooklyn, NY, Unlocking the Truth is a metal band that was started in 2007 when ESP playing frontman Malcolm Brickhouse was just a young child. By the time he was 13, the band had already performed their thrashy...

Product Of Hate: "Kill. You. Now."

Hailing from the wholesome heartland of Kenosha, WI, Product Of Hate includes ESP players Cody Rathbone and Gene Rathbone, who are respectively rocking their LTD EC-1000 Silver Sunburst and LTD James Hetfield Snakebyte in...

Vanna "Pretty Grim" Playthrough

Here's Joel Pastuszak, guitarist for Boston-based hardcore band Vanna, using his LTD TE Series guitar on a playthrough of "Pretty Grim", a song from their upcoming LP All Hell, which comes out in July. Let us know what you...

Cole Rolland: "Equinox"

ESP player Cole Rolland is a guitarist and producer from Canada. Using his popular YouTube channel, Cole does both solo work and collaborations with other artists on both original and cover tunes. "Equinox" is Cole's first...

Restringing with a Floyd Rose

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For years, guitarists have asked our advice on the proper way to restring a guitar equipped with a Floyd Rose locking tremolo. In this detailed Tech Corner video, ESP's vice-president of product development and chief tech...

Josh Middleton: Hollowed-Out Planetoid

ESP player Josh Middleton, who is well known for his extremely technical playing chops in the UK metal band Sylosis, has just come out with his debut solo album Hollowed-Out Planetoid, and it's as good as you would imagine......

Wilson: "Windows Down!"

Are you ready to party? Because Wilson, the party rock band who party in Detroit like no partiers ever partied, definitely are. ESP players Kyle Landry and Jason Spencer are in Wilson, who are currently on tour. No dount...

Rob Caggiano (Volbeat) Interview: NAMM 2016

Rob Caggiano of Volbeat, one of the nicest guys in rock, sat down with ESP at the NAMM Show in January to talk about the creation of his signature model ESP Rob Caggiano and LTD RC-600 guitars, and also to tell us what...

LTD TL-4Z Bass Demo

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Bass player Stephen Lane of ESP's Australian distributor CMI serves up some super tasty playing on this demo of the LTD TL-4Z, the bass that represents our Thinline Series. LTD's Thinline offers some of the sonic vibe of an...

Whitechapel: "Mark of the Blade"

Guess who's back? It's the only group that includes four ESP endorsees with Signature Series models: Whitechapel, which includes guitarists Alex Wade (and his LTD AW-7B), Ben Savage (and his LTD BS-7B), and Zach Householder...

Beartooth: "Aggressive"

Here's "Aggressive", the title track from Beartooth's upcoming new album. The band, which hails from Columbus, OH, includes ESP player Kam Bradbury, who uses LTD EC and ESP Eclipse models to crank out his precise metalcore...

The Wretched End: "Primordial Freedom"

Samoth, the ESP-playing black metal master of Norway, formerly a member of Emperor, is now rocking hard with a new band called The Wretched End. Here's the video for their new release "Primordial Freedom", where Samoth's ESP...

Green Death: "Devil's Night"

Green Death, featuring ESP player Erich Tran, has premiered their new video for "Devil's Night". Note Erich's ESP M-II, on which he rocks quite appropriately. This thrash/death/horror metal band hails from Des Moines, IA, and...

LTD B-204FL Bass Demo

Stephen Lane of ESP's Australian distributor CMI created this video for Ampeg, but it's also a pretty awesome quick demo of the LTD B-204FL. Now available in a terrific Spalted Maple top, this fretless bass offers an amazing...

Deftones: "Prayers/Triangles" Live on Kimmel