The last we heard from guitarist Paul Ortiz's Chimp Spanner was in 2012 with his phenomenal All Roads Lead Here EP, a solid blend of the usual instru-metal heaviness expected from the man with ...

Chimp Spanner, the one-man instrumental metal act from guitarist Paul Ortiz, made some pretty big waves about 10 years ago with his 2009 album At The Dream's Edge and subsequent EP All Roads Lead ...

MS reader Katie J. sent us a note saying that a track from the new Chimp Spanner album has “leaked.” Upon further investigation is turns out the track was included on a free sampler CD that comes with ...

Since Mr. Spanner (aka Paul Ortiz) is from the U.K., it’s possible a lot of North Americans aren’t hip to his shreddy ways yet (even though, ya know, the Internet). To bring us ‘Mericans and ‘Nadians ...