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Monte Pittman has one of the most versatile careers in rock and pop music. Known for his long connection to the "Queen of Pop" Madonna as her touring and studio guitarist, Monte has also received accolades on the metal side...

Here's something we've been wanting to happen for a long, long, long time. It's the classic lineup of metal legends Dokken -- drummer Mick Brown, bassist Jeff Pilson, singer Don Dokken, and ESP guitar icon George Lynch --...

Meka Nism is the band of longtime ESP player Bobby Keller, and March 1 is the official release date of their debut single "The War Inside". Based in Orlando, FL , the band has been rocking the local area for a few years, and...

ESP player Doc Coyle is a member of Bad Wolves, whose debut album is slated for release later this spring. In a rather tragic note, this cover of "Zombie" by the Cranberries was supposed to feature the guest vocals of Dolores...

It's been over seven years since the last album by Norwegian symphonic death metal band Dimmu Borgir, but they just released the first song off their highly-anticipated upcoming album Eonian. "Interdimensional Summit"...

Here's "I'd Rather Burn", a new single by Los Angeles-based rock/metal band Tempting Fate. The band features ESP player Shane Beecher on guitar, who rocks an ESP E-II TE Series. Tempting Fate is hitting the road with We Came...

Perhaps the most beloved death metal band to come out of Maryland, Dying Fetus includes two ESP players who can both throw down riffs with extraordinary brutality. Guitarist/vocalist and founding member John Gallagher has...

Hailing from São Paulo, Brazil, Project46 is a metal band to whom you should be paying attention. Including ESP players Jean Patton and Vinicius Castellari, the band started out as a tribute band for Slipknot, but soon began...

You're probably thinking to yourself, "Self, I need to get some more nomadic folk metal into my life." Well, your search for musical inspiration is over, because Tengger Cavalry, the New York-based band of ESP-playing...

Hail Sagan, the LA-based hard rock band featuring vocalist Sagan Amery and ESP player Nick Quijano (who you may recall as "Sci55ors" from Powerman 5000), has a new song and a new video to go with it. Enjoy "Doors Will Open",...

Brazil-born, New York-based guitarist Gus Sinaro and his namesake band are ripping it up on their song "Break the Paradigm". Gus is playing his rare LTD MH-2015, a limited-edition guitar we made to celebrate ESP's 40th...

Here's a welcome sound for your ears... new music from Corrosion of Conformity, with the return of Pepper Keenan on vocals! The band, which was founded in 1982 in Raleigh, NC, will be releasing their eleventh studio album No...

Here's the title track from the upcoming album Sign Of The Dragonhead by German-Norwegian symphonic metal band Leaves' Eyes, featuring ESP players Thorsten Bauer and Pete Streit playing their respective ESP E-II Eclipse and M...

Brazilian-born guitar shredder Luís Kalil was only 15 when he became one of the youngest endorsed artists in ESP history. This prodigy is getting ready to release a new EP later this month called Boulevard, and here's the...

Performing live in Antwerp, Belgium on November 3, 2017, Metallica pulls out "Dream No More" one of the heavier songs among many from last year's excellent Hardwired... to Self-Destruct album. James Hetfield is using one of...

In Hearts Wake is an Australian metalcore band out of Byron Bay. The band features three ESP players: guitarists Ben Nairne and Eaven Dall, and bass player Kyle Erich. You'll see Ben using his ESP E-II Eclipse, while Eaven...

Amon Amarth, the Swedish melodic death metal band featuring ESP player Johan Söderberg, performs their song "Guardians of Asgaard" at the 2017 Bloodstock Open Air Metal Festival. The studio version of the song was released on...

Featuring ESP artist Brian Eschbach (along with a blistering solo by ESP player Brandon Ellis), The Black Dahlia Murder has debuted the video for the title track off their upcoming album Nightbringers, which you can pre-order...

Septicflesh, the influential Greek extreme metal band that's been pushing the boundaries of music since 1990, have just released their new album Codex Omega, featuring the song "Portrait of a Headless Man" shown here....

The mighty guru of guitar, George Lynch, is back in a big way with the forthcoming album The Brotherhood from his band Lynch Mob. Featuring the lineup of George along with Oni Logan, Sean McNabb, and Jimmy D'Anda, things get...

Led by ESP-playing frontman Lars Frederiksen (perhaps better known as a member of Rancid), The Old Firm Casuals are a street punk/Oi! band from San Francisco, CA. In this video, they do their song "Never Say Die" which has...

Lynch Mob, the namesake band of legendary ESP rock virtuoso George Lynch, has a new album called The Brotherhood coming soon. While we all anxiously await its release, check out the new video for "Main Offender" with George...

We have no idea how this escaped our attention when it came out back in 2012, but in the "better late than never" file, here's Lord, the metal band out of Wollongong, NSW, Australia with "Because We Can". This video start...

Rage is the German metal trio that includes ESP players and founding member Peavy Wagner (bass/vocals) and Marcos Rodriguez (guitar). Established in 1984, Rage has been credited as being one of the pioneers of power metal,...

Featuring ESP player Nick Quijano, Hail Sagan is fronted by the "purple princess", Sagan Amery. This is a band with a mission; much of their music is designed to raise awareness and act philanthropically toward a number of...

Based in Dubai, UAE, Jay Wud is the band and the name of its ESP-playing frontman. In this new video for "Shine Your Light", Jay is completely shredding on his ESP E-II Eclipse. The band was founded in 2010 and is gaining...

Shattered Sun is a metal band out of Alice, TX that features three ESP players: guitarists Daniel Trejo and Jessie Santos, and bass player Joseph Guajardo. You can see them all rocking their respective ESPs in the video...

Korn, the widely popular nu-metal/alt-metal band featuring ESP player Brian "Head" Welch, just released a video for "Black Is the Soul" from their most recent album The Serenity of Suffering. You can see Brian playing an LTD...

Rammstein, the German Neue Deutsche Härte band famous for their completely spectacular stage shows, has a new live video out for their classic 1997 song "Du Hast". We can't imagine what it must be like to stand on a stage and...

Rancid, the legendary punk rock band, is about to come out with Trouble Maker, their first new album in three years. In the new video for the instant classic East Bay homage "Telegraph Avenue", you'll see ESP player Lars...