Hail to the queen: Sophie Lloyd takes on Avenged Sevenfold in a new shred guitar instrumental cover

Sophie Lloyd
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Sophie Lloyd really does make her instrumental 'shred' guitar covers of vintage and modern classic songs look easy – but we know how much work goes into them from speaking to her last year. Here she gives Avenged Sevenfold's Hail To The King her signature treatment. 

MusicRadar's best rock guitarist of 2022 readers' poll winner spent last year out on the road as part of Machine Gun Kelly's band but will soon be releasing another new solo track Fall Of Man on 24 February from her forthcoming debut album – and Trivium's Matt Heafy guesting on the song's vocals. 

Rob Laing
Reviews Editor, GuitarWorld.com and MusicRadar guitars

Rob is the Reviews Editor for GuitarWorld.com and MusicRadar guitars, so spends most of his waking hours (and beyond) thinking about and trying the latest gear while making sure our reviews team is giving you thorough and honest tests of it. He's worked for guitar mags and sites as a writer and editor for nearly 20 years but still winces at the thought of restringing anything with a Floyd Rose.