https://www.altomusic.com/blogs/news/20-years-of-meteora-by-linkin-park 2023-10-18T16:55:31-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0750/9049/3723/articles/linkinpark-meteora-1300x550.jpg?v=1697652078 20 Years of Meteora by Linkin Park https://www.altomusic.com/blogs/news/essential-elements-of-essential-classics-tool-undertow-1993 2023-10-24T17:50:24-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0750/9049/3723/articles/tool-undertow.png?v=1697647039 Essential Elements of Essential Classics: Tool "Undertow” (1993) https://www.altomusic.com/blogs/news/essential-elements-of-essential-classics-soundgarden-superunknown 2023-10-18T14:06:56-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0750/9049/3723/articles/soundgarden-superunknown-1300x550.jpg?v=1697652416 Essential Elements of Essential Classics: Soundgarden "Superunknown" https://www.altomusic.com/blogs/news/taylor-guitars-the-new-traditionalists 2025-01-28T19:06:20-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0750/9049/3723/articles/Taylor-The-New-Traditionalists_e6084724-bfc6-4d89-ab11-632090166220.png?v=1738109180 Taylor Guitars: The New Traditionalists https://www.altomusic.com/blogs/news/essential-elements-of-essential-classics-carcass-heartwork-1993 2023-10-18T14:03:18-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0750/9049/3723/articles/carcass-heartwork-1300x550_d735a6dd-6101-4df0-b7f0-9464465b8d40.jpg?v=1697652198 Essential Elements of Essential Classics: Carcass "Heartwork” (1993) https://www.altomusic.com/blogs/news/essential-elements-of-essential-classics-queen-a-night-at-the-opera-1975 2026-01-09T11:58:37-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0750/9049/3723/articles/NightAtTheOperaBlogHeader.png?v=1767977917 Blast From The Past: 50 Years of "A Night At The Opera" https://www.altomusic.com/blogs/news/j-rockett-audio-designs-archer-select 2023-10-24T17:48:22-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0750/9049/3723/articles/archerselect_smoke.jpg?v=1697661364 J Rockett Audio Designs Archer Select https://www.altomusic.com/blogs/news/essential-elements-of-essential-classics-fear-factory-demanufacture-1995 2023-10-31T12:08:07-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0750/9049/3723/articles/fear-factory.jpg?v=1698420948 Essential Elements of Essential Classics: Fear Factory "Demanufacture" 1995 https://www.altomusic.com/blogs/news/essential-elements-of-essential-classics-sepulturas-chaos-a-d-1993 2023-10-24T17:46:14-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0750/9049/3723/articles/sepultura-chaosad-2500x1057.png?v=1697735062 Essential Elements of Essential Classics: Sepultura's “Chaos A.D.” (1993) https://www.altomusic.com/blogs/news/alto-picks-terrifically-terrifying-music-that-haunted-our-youth 2023-10-24T16:46:15-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0750/9049/3723/articles/altopicks-terrifyingmusic-2500x1057.jpg?v=1697745369 ALTO PICKS: Terrifically Terrifying Music That Haunted Our Youth https://www.altomusic.com/blogs/news/20th-anniversary-of-evanescences-fallen-album 2023-10-23T14:17:28-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0750/9049/3723/articles/fallen-album-featured-image.jpg?v=1698084516 20th Anniversary of Evanescence's "Fallen" Album https://www.altomusic.com/blogs/news/the-roland-legacy 2023-10-24T16:43:05-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0750/9049/3723/articles/roland-2500x1057.png?v=1698087830 The Roland Legacy https://www.altomusic.com/blogs/news/the-synyster-sound-of-schecter 2023-10-24T16:14:08-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0750/9049/3723/articles/schecter.jpg?v=1698177119 The Synyster Sound of Schecter https://www.altomusic.com/blogs/news/essential-elements-of-essential-classics-type-o-negative-bloody-kisses 2023-11-02T13:54:02-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0750/9049/3723/articles/bloody-kisses-featured.jpg?v=1698946885 Essential Elements of Essential Classics: Type O Negative "Bloody Kisses" https://www.altomusic.com/blogs/news/the-return-of-the-m-49-a-legendary-neumann-reborn 2023-11-02T15:10:49-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0750/9049/3723/articles/neumann.jpg?v=1698949575 The Return of the M 49. 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