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During a “VIP Experience” question-and-answer session at a recent W.A.S.P. concert, frontman Blackie Lawless spoke about going back and hearing some of the band’s earlier albums for the first time in years while digitizing the recordings. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I listened to…

Win a Schecter C-6 Brought to you by HITKOR!Ministry will sign the guitar at HITKOR studios to celebrate their “Industrial Strength” live stream event November 20th 2022.Learn more and buy tickets here: https://www.hitkor.com/shows/ministry-industrial-strengthSchecter C-6The C-6 Deluxe by Schechter is the first ‘entry level’ guitar to bear the Schechter Diamond Series name. It features the Schechter quality you have grown to depend upon, as well as an incredible value. C-6 Deluxe contains many features normally found on much more expensive guitars. A guitar that not only looks cool.. borrowing the new sleek contours from the A-6, but also combines professional quality, playability and tone to excite and inspire.Schecter C-6 Deluxe from Hitkor

GRETA VAN FLEET has postponed four more concerts in order to allow frontman Josh Kiszka more time to recover from a ruptured eardrum. The band has scrapped this month’s shows in El Paso, Tucson, Anaheim and Sacramento — just weeks after the rockers announced the postponements of concerts in Hollywoo…

There are many reasons why EPICA continue to be the discerning metalhead’s symphonic ensemble of choice, but the most important one is that the Dutch crew are measurably and joyously heavier than all their contemporaries. On “The Alchemy Project”, they reinforce the point with considerable gusto.
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When is an overdrive more than just an overdrive? That might be the question that led the engineers at DSM Humbolt when they came up with the Silver Linings preamp and overdrive. The Silver Linings’ three modes (normal, preamp, and mid boost) and three voicings or “styles” (soft, vintage, and hard) widen the field of possible tones considerably. And just a peek at the controls reveals there are plenty of tone combinations to explore.With a Fender HSS Stratocaster in front of a clean Revv D20, I was impressed with the range of available drive tones. At lower gain settings, for example, the pedal delivers overdrive reminiscent of a driven black-panel Deluxe. The pre boost and pre tone knob can dramatically alter conventional overdrive sounds considerably. The pre tone functions like a tilt EQ—allowing surgical adjustment of highs and lows to reshape drive sounds. The pre boost adds up to 30dB of gain at the input, which gives you extra, and extensive control, of the distortion profile. High gain sounds are a surprise. Cranking the gain and bass in the vintage-style mode generated a fuzzy tone that felt cool and compressed under my fingers. Using the Silver Linings as a preamp, meanwhile, is as easy as plugging the output into the return of the Revv’s effects loop. The results sounded and felt more direct and present, and this feature could be a lifesaver if you’re stuck with a subpar backline.DSM Humboldt Electronics Silver Linings Drive/Preamp Pedal

A pedal that provides a wide arsenal of tones and settings3 style switches: Soft, Vintage, and Hard3 mode formats: Normal, Preamp, and Mid BoostDual boost funcitonality with Pre and Master Boost levels to add extra gain and higher outputTone stack is a passive 3-band EQVariable gain bandwidth adds unprecedented versatility

THREE DAYS GRACE has shared the official music video for “I Am The Weapon”. The song is taken from the Canadian band’s latest album, “Explosions”, which arrived on May 6 via RCA Records.
THREE DAYS GRACE drummer and keyboardist Neil Sanderson told the Toronto Star the title of the album refers to th…

According to Dirt, MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx has bought a new home in Southern California. The 63-year-old musician and his wife Courtney $6.9 million for a property in Lake Sherwood, an unincorporated community in the Santa Monica Mountains, in Ventura County, overlooking Lake Sherwood reservo…

PANTERA has been confirmed for the 2023 edition of Norway’s Tons Of Rock festival, set to take place June 22-24 in Oslo. Joining them on the bill will be GHOST, GOJIRA, BEHEMOTH, CLUTCH, TNT, POWERWOLF, MAYHEM, STAGE DOLLS, HONNINGBARNA, THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE ZUGLY, AVATAR, SPIRITBOX, VOIVOD and…

Next month will mark 38 years since the life-altering accident suffered by DEF LEPPARD drummer Rick Allen in which he lost his left arm in an auto accident in England. Allen had to relearn how to play drums and drum manufacturer Simmons worked with him to build a kit. The band stuck with Allen throu…