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- YOUNG GUITAR (Young Guitar) July 2025 Magazine – June 10, 2025
- Edited by Young Guitar Editorial Department
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- Publisher: Shinko Music (June 10, 2025)
- Release Date: June 10, 2025
- Language: Japanese
- Magazine: 176 pages
- Dimensions: 0.8 x 21 x 25.7 cm
- Young Guitar's July 2025 issue features BABYMETAL!
- BABYMETAL appears on the cover. Their latest and greatest fourth album, "METAL FORTH," is complete!! This special feature explores a new dimension and looks beyond METAL!
- The opening features a lengthy interview with SU-METAL, MOAMETAL, and MOMOMETAL, discussing the album's production and tracklist. This issue unravels the full story of the "METAL FORTH" album with an album commentary introducing the new tracklist and collaborating artists, a special interview with "Team BABYMETAL" commander KOBAMETAL, and an analysis of "METAL FORTH" guitar playing. The guitar score includes two selected tracks: the smash-hit pre-release singles "RATATATA (BABYMETAL x Electric Callboy)" and "META-RI!! (feat. Tom Morello)." Additionally, it features individual interviews with Luke Takamura and Jail Ohashi, members of the Seikima-II guitar team, who will be releasing their new album, "Season II." Commemorating the release of the live album from last year's Japan tour and the 40th anniversary of the release of "MARCHING OUT," Yngwie Malmsteen delves into the "soul of a champion" through a new interview and performance analysis of every track on the album. The full score for the popular number "I'll See the Light, Tonight" is included. Be sure to check out the detailed explanation of the equipment used during Eric Clapton's 24th Japan tour, as well as a two-shot interview with new guitarist Shuya Kameyama and Takeshi Ito, the only current founding member of T-SQUARE, who will be releasing the album "TURN THE PAGE!" with their new lineup.
- Speaking of equipment, keep an eye out for the "METAL-1 Grand Prix 2025," a comprehensive test run featuring eight metallic distortion pedals. Yusuke Hiraga will be providing a demo performance in a YouTube video. And, a three-month test run of Marshall's "Overdrive Series" pedals, which have been garnering attention since their release, has begun, with SAKI appearing in the first installment this month.
- [Contents]
- [SPECIAL COVER EDITION] The latest and greatest 4th album, "METAL FORTH," is complete!!
- BABYMETAL
- ~Entering a new dimension, beyond METAL...!!~
- [LATEST LONG INTERVIEW] Three members discuss the behind-the-scenes story and tracklist of "METAL FORTH"!!
- SU-METAL, MOAMETAL & MOMOMETAL
- [4TH ALBUM] Introducing the new album's tracks and collaborating artists
- "METAL FORTH" album commentary
- [SPECIAL INTERVIEW] Interview with the "Team BABYMETAL" leader!!
- KOBAMETAL
- (Producer & Messenger of the Fox God)
- [PLAYING ANALYSIS] A thorough explanation of the guitar playing on the new album!!
- "METAL FORTH" guitar playing analysis
- Commentary: ISAO, Leda
- [GUITAR SCORE] Scores of two of the new album's smash-hit pre-release singles!!
- RATATATA (BABYMETAL x Electric Callboy) / BABYMETAL
- Metari!! (feat. Tom Morello) / BABYMETAL
- [INTERVIEW] Legendary Japanese group releases album with new lineup!!
- T-SQUARE
- feat. Shuya Kameyama & Takeshi Ito
- [LATEST INTERVIEW] New album, "Season II," released!!
- Seikima-II
- ~The beginning of a new season...!!~
- [INTERVIEW 01] Staff Officer Luke Takamura
- [INTERVIEW 02] Jail Ohashi Magistrate
- [INTERVIEW] Talking about the latest live album and their second album celebrating their 40th anniversary!
- Yngwie Malmsteen
- ~The "spirit of a champion" that continues to inspire people~
- [PLAYING ANALYSIS] Revisiting the early champion's playing style that dominated the '80s rock guitar scene
- "MARCHING OUT" playing style analysis
- [GUITAR SCORE] Take on the album's leader track!!
- "I'll See the Light, Tonight" / Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force
- [GEAR ANALYSIS] Explaining the equipment used during his 24th Japan tour!
- Eric Clapton
- ~The diverse guitar tones that reverberated throughout the Budokan Hall~
- [SPECIAL HARDWARE EDITION] METAL! METAL! METAL! Which is the most brutal distortion pedal?!
- METAL-1 Grand Prix 2025
- ~The fiercest pedal showdown! ~
- (YouTube video link)
- [SPECIAL HARDWARE EDITION] Three-Month Marshall "Overdrive Pedal" Series Test Drive Project
- Marshall Overdrive Pedal Series x SAKI
- ~A professional guitarist breaks down the hottest overdrive pedals!~
- [Latest Musical Instrument Information] A thorough test drive of the hottest gear recommended by our editorial team!
- YG Product Review 2025