Black Belt Eagle Scout on how the Ernie Ball Music Man St. Vincent model, Fender Princeton Reverbs and nature all inform her powerful, emotive guitar sound
Ahead of stellar new LP, The Land, The Water, The Sky, Katherine Paul reflects on her guitar journey so far – from her beginnings on a Guatemalan classical model to learning power chords from Nirvana VHS tapes
Read more » Andy Fairweather Low: “I got Fender to make me an Esquire tuned to A… a beast. I tried using that with Eric Clapton and he said, ‘Put that away! Play a proper guitar’”
Defiantly old-school in his approach to music-making, with a delightfully quirky taste in guitars to boot, everybody’s favourite sideman has a new solo album, Flang Dang
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PREMIERE: Polaris – Cellar Twins
We here at Distorted Sound are pleased to premiere the new music video from CELLAR TWINS! The new music video, for the track Polaris, is the brand new single from the Belgian alternative metal…
Read more » Existentialist release new music video for ‘Embers Upon Cavalry’
EXISTENTIALIST have released a new music video! The new music video, for the track Embers Upon Cavalry, is the brand new single from the Essex-based blackened deathcore band and provides a glimpse…
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Drummer PERRY STRICKLAND Quits VIO-LENCE
Original VIO-LENCE drummer Perry Strickland has officially left the influential San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal band.
Earlier today, Strickland took to his Instagram to share a video of him performing with VIO-LENCE, and he captioned it: “”I’ll Miss playing these songs !”
After one fan asked Per…
SCORPIONS' 'Wind Of Change' Video Surpasses One Billion Views On YouTube
SCORPIONS’ music video for “Wind Of Change” has surpassed one billion views on YouTube. The power ballad was originally uploaded to the platform in November of 2009.
SCORPIONS singer Klaus Meine and his bandmates wrote “Wind Of Change” after performing at 1989’s Moscow Music Peace Festival in Moscow…
GODSMACK's SULLY ERNA: How Becoming A Successful Touring Musician Distorts Your Reality
In a recent interview with Shannon Hernandez, a.k.a. The Shan Man, of 98KUPD, Arizona’s Real Rock radio station, GODSMACK frontman Sully Erna spoke about some of the important life lessons that he learned in the early days of the band’s major label success. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NE…
Read more » Those Damn Crows release new music video for ‘Takedown’
THOSE DAMN CROWS have released a new music video! The new music video, for the track Takedown, is taken from the Welsh hard rock band’s upcoming new album, Inhale/Exhale, which is scheduled to…
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ARCH ENEMY's ALISSA WHITE-GLUZ On Being Vegan: Using Animal Products Is 'Completely Unnecessary'
In October 2022, Black Velvet magazine editor Shari Black Velvet celebrated her 20th vegan anniversary. As a way to commemorate this milestone, she decided to chat to another vegan — one that’s been vegan even longer than her — Alissa White-Gluz. The inspiring vocalist of ARCH ENEMY chatted via Zoom…
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Sortilège release new song ‘Derrière les Portes de Babylone’
SORTILÈGE have released a brand new song! The new song, titled , is taken from the French heavy metal band’s upcoming new album, Apocalypso, which is scheduled to be released in March…
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