Fun guitar article posted over on Music.IGN.com about 6 guitar greats who’ve released albums recently.

Everything got cranked up about a thousand notches with the introduction of Eddie Van Halen a few years later. Van Halen single-handedly revolutionized the guitar—in all aspects of tone, to how it was played and even constructed. Spawning hordes of feverish finger-tapping disciples, the man added a myriad of possibilities to the equation. With other heavies like Randy Rhodes, Michael Schenker, Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, George Lynch, Paul Gilbert, Zakk Wylde and Joe Satriani in the mix, the guitar enjoyed a renaissance that was unprecedented.

A few of such axe-masters put out new albums this past year and reminded us of why they were (and still are) greats of the guitar.