ALBUM REVIEW: Return To Dust – Return To Dust
There’s always a lot of pressure with a debut LP and it’s got to more or less capture what the band is all about and the sound they’re going for,…
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Johnny Cash is one of the all-time songwriting greats, but his ‘boom-chick’ acoustic style is worthy of more attention – as is his ‘train on the tracks’ string-muting trick
Learn the pick and strum style of the legendary Johnny Cash, and make the big-bodied acoustic in your life really sing
Read more » “I can’t play without looking at the dots”: Soul guitar icon Steve Cropper explains why he still looks at the fretboard after nearly 70 years of playing – and reveals he’s tapped Brian May and Billy Gibbons for his new album
The Booker T. & The M.G.’s founder has opened up on his reliance on inlays, and name-dropped two huge guest stars for his upcoming as-yet-unannounced instrumental record
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See LACUNA COIL Perform New Single ‘In The Mean Time’ Live For First Time
Italian goth metal veterans LACUNA COIL performed their new single, “In The Mean Time”, live for the first time during their April 27 concert at the Summer Breeze festival at Memorial Da América Latina in São Paulo, Brazil. Fan-filmed video of the performance can be seen below.
The studio version of…
PREMIERE: Secret Youth – Oh Hiroshima
We here at Distorted Sound are please to premiere a brand new music video from OH HIROSHIMA! The new music video, for the track Secret Youth, is taken from the Swedish post-rock band’s upcoming…
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MÖTLEY CRÜE Shares Official Lyric Video For ‘Dogs Of War’
MÖTLEY CRÜE has released the official lyric video for the band’s new single, “Dogs Of War”. The track was made available last Friday, April 26 via MÖTLEY CRÜE’s new deal with Nashville’s Big Machine Records.
“It’s always great getting back in the studio with the guys in the band,” CRÜE bassist Nikki…
KINGS OF THRASH Feat. DAVID ELLEFSON And JEFF YOUNG: October/November 2024 U.K. Tour Announced
KINGS OF THRASH, the band featuring former MEGADETH members David Ellefson (bass) and Jeff Young (guitar), has announced the “Anarchy In The UK” tour with special guests ANDRY and HELLGRIMM. The trek will kick off October 24, 2024 and run through November 2, 2024.
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BRUCE DICKINSON Tour Promoters Release Official Statement Regarding ‘Noxious Fumes’ At Brasília Concert
The promoters of the Brazilian leg of Bruce Dickinson’s ongoing solo tour have issued a statement in response to a video which emerged online over the weekend in which the IRON MAIDEN singer admonished a fan for allegedly using cannabis and pepper spray during one of Bruce’s solo concerts.
Dickinson…
“He opens the case. I see the guitar. He says, ’This is John Lennon’s guitar from ‘Help’“: LA-based guitar repairer Ryan Schuermann on how he landed the guitar repair gig of a lifetime
The guitar repairer restored John Lennon’s 12-string Framus Hootenanny acoustic guitar to its former glory, after it was lost for over 50 years
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SYSTEM OF A DOWN’s SERJ TANKIAN To Release ‘Foundations’ Solo EP In September
SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian has told Metal Hammer magazine that he will release a new solo EP called “Foundations” in September. The 56-year-old Lebanese-born Armenian-American musician and songwriter, who is currently promoting his upcoming autobiography “Down With The System”, said abou…
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