Shit Present release new song ‘What Still Gets Me’

SHIT PRESENT have released a brand new song! Titled What Still Gets Me, it is the title track from the Bristol-based emo power pop band’s upcoming debut full-length, which is scheduled…

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Browne Amplification The Fixer and The Carbon review

Two pedals that exemplify Browne’s excellence: The Carbon is a Bluesbreaker-inspired drive based on the Protein pedal’s “Blue” channel, the Fixer a super-useful buffer/boost

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ALICE COOPER's 'School's Out' And 'Killer' Deluxe Editions Due In June

Alice Cooper was unstoppable during the 1970s when the band released four consecutive platinum albums and five Top 40 hits like “I’m Eighteen”, “School’s Out”, “No More Mr. Nice Guy” and “Elected”. Rhino will reissue two of those platinum albums — “Killer” (1971) and “School’s Out” (1972) — with new…

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Sting will play a guitar made from migrant boat wood – and built by inmates – at an Italian jail housing mafia bosses

The Police songwriter is set to perform at a Naples prison and has said he’ll use an instrument that has been built by prisoners, using wood salvaged from a migrant craft

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Paul Gilbert explains why 21-fret guitars can actually deliver higher notes than 24-fret models

The Mr. Big virtuoso revealed how a 1983 Ibanez Roadstar II helped him tap into Ronnie James Dio’s vocal tones – and hit notes higher than a modern-day 24-fret would allow

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Full Album Stream: VADIAT – Spear of Creation

Listen to an exclusive stream of Vadiat’s debut full-length album now. Pick up a copy of the album from Redefining Darkness Records ahead of the album’s release this Friday. 
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New MR. BIG Touring Drummer NICK D'VIRGILIO Explains How He Landed Gig

In an interview with Border City Rock Talk, Nick D’Virgilio spoke about how he landed the gig as MR. BIG’s new touring drummer, five years after the passing of the band’s co-founder, Pat Torpey. The 54-year-old Nick, who has spent the last nine years working for the Indiana-based online retailer of…

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Al Di Meola on Gibson Les Pauls: “My 1971 Custom is obscenely heavy and growls like nothing else”

The maestro of jazz-rock discusses his relationship with the iconic Gibson single-cut, and the man who designed it

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5 ways to improve your sweep picking technique

Sweep picking is a technique that stumps many, infuriates others, but is unmatched for delivering fluid arpeggio runs. This lesson follows in the pick sweeps of Synyster Gates, Frank Gambale et al

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ALBUM REVIEW: Arcane Paths To Resurrection – Decipher

DECIPHER may have only formed back in 2017 but this Greek act have very quickly risen to be one of the most impressive new acts within Greece’s magnificent black metal…

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