Interview: Subterranean Dissonance Promoter Discusses Fest’s Inaugural Year

Decibel spoke to promoter Graham Noel to get the details on how Subterranean Dissonance came together and what to expect.
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At The Heart Of Wintervale

From the very start, TWILIGHT FORCE made it plain that their ambition knew no limits. On the surface, the Swedes were another symphonically inclined power metal band with a hard-on for the exploration of wild, fantasy realms, with additional LARP-ing possibilities for the truly devoted. Even on thei…

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Chapman ML1 Workshop Series X review

Chapman is the latest brand to take advantage of York-based UK Guitar Builders’ manufacturing facility to produce its new flagship model. We plug in the first batch

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Someone has stuck an iPad into an electric guitar – and it might just be the six-string of the future

Devil & Sons’ entry into 2022’s Great Guitar Build Off merges 21st technology with conventional guitar design, and its possible applications for aesthetics and sound manipulation are almost endless

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PAUL STANLEY On KISS's Final Tour: 'Before We Have No Choice, I'd Like To End It'

In a new interview with American Songwriter, KISS frontman Paul Stanley spoke about the band’s “End Of The Road” farewell tour, which is expected to conclude at the end of this year, five decades after KISS’s formation.
“Being on tour is pretty much three hours of elation, and 21 hours of being away…

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Steve Vai reunited with Yankee Rose “Swiss Cheese” guitar after 36 years

Vai played the mighty unusual guitar during the video shoot for the 1986 David Lee Roth single, but it was stolen during tour rehearsals shortly afterwards

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RICK RUBIN Reflects On His Work On SLAYER's 'Reign In Blood': I Wanted To Hear 'The Precise Tightness' Of The Music

In a new interview with Channel 4 News, producer Rick Rubin reflected on his work on SLAYER’s classic third album, “Reign In Blood”. Released in October 1986 through Def Jam Recordings, the LP was the band’s first collaboration with Rubin, whose input helped the band’s sound evolve. Kerrang! magazin…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Supraliminal – Nothingness

Today’s word of the day is Supraliminal. It means ‘existing above the threshold of consciousness’, and is the chosen title for the sophomore full-length from Minneapolis death metallers NOTHINGNESS. Admittedly,…

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IN FLAMES Shares Music Video For New Single 'Meet Your Maker'

Swedish/American metallers IN FLAMES have released the official music video for “Meet Your Maker”. The song is taken from the band’s fourteenth studio album, “Foregone”, which will arrive on February 10 via Nuclear Blast. Like a raw nerve exposed, the song speaks of the desperation and frustration b…

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Dipped in Gristle with Greg Koch

Blues-rock guitarist and gearhead Greg Koch steps into Rhett and Zach’s virtual studio to talk all things tone, including part of his personal amp journey—from solid-state to the Fender Super Reverb—the makeup of his current rig, and the power of the Strat middle pickup.Dipped in Gristle with Greg KochThanks to Sweetwater for sponsoring this episode. Head to sweetwater.com/dippedintone today!Rig Rundown: Greg KochThe king of gristle shares the signature gear he uses to unleash waves of unabashed sonic mayhem.

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