There's something for everyone on this week's list of the best free plug-ins. We've got a metal amp simulator, a unique snare buzz emulator and an FM synth. Here's Sigma, SnareBuxx and CX5M-V.
To mark the tenth anniversary of its arrival on the guitar market, Strandberg has just revealed 10th Anniversary silver and gold models for a highly limited edition run worldwide.
The new Dean USA Kerry King V Limited Edition boasts EMG and Sustainiac pickups and a Kahler KFK bridge. With only 50 guitars being made, you'd better be quick. And rich.
Thomann has a sweet deal on Jackson King V X-Series models whilst stocks last. Among these high-performance models going for less is a signature guitar for Corey Beaulieu of Trivium.
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Andy James and STL Tones have launched a new signature Revenant preamp and distortion pedal, aimed squarely at the modern metal market. Could it be the next must-have DAW front end for metalheads?
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Adam "Nolly" Getgood is one of the pioneers of Djent and this new software package captures his own amp collection and gives you all you need to make tight, clean modern metal guitar tones in one software ...
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You have until 13th July to download the new Grind Machine II Metal virtual amp plugin. Audio Assault are giving away this brutal modern amp setup for free for a limited time.
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Mercuriall Audio has just released a new free plugin based upon the best selling Boss Metal Zone MT 2 pedal. Add some modern day dirt to your DAW setup today!
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Yngwie couldn't break it - but now you can have a go! The Sandvik "Unbreakable" guitar is up for auction on Reverb, so you could own your very own 3D printed titanium Super-Axe of the Gods!
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Yngwie Malmsteen has smashed well over 100 guitars in his lifetime. Now Sandvik claims to have made the world’s first smash-proof guitar - watch the neo-classical guitarist try and destroy it!
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Trivium guitarist Matt Heafy has launched a double guitar strap, unfortunately someone chose April 1st to launch the product and now everyone thinks it was a massive joke.
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Joyo carries on its determined assault on the cheaper end of the pedal market with the O.M.B., a looper pedal for combining overdubs with drum patterns to create your own sounds and song ideas.
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Asterion is an upright wedge of large format modular synthesis. Bakelite knobs and an all-metal chassis lend it a vintage air while the 104 1/4" jack sockets offer some seriously chunky patching
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Equal parts nuts and awesome the AX-Edge is the coolest thing ever. Any normal person would feel ridiculous but in the hands of the right sort of extrovert this thing is gonna rock!
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Solar Guitars, the baby of YouTube Swedish guitarist Ola Englund, has just announced eight new models and we think you should really be checking them out.
The origins of Sweden's metal scene can be in many ways linked to a long forgotten, but now highly sought after Boss effects pedal that we all scorned back in the 1980s.
