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MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has once again said that there should be at least one more “Big Four” concert.
The so-called “Big Four” of 1980s thrash metal — METALLICA, MEGADETH, SLAYER and ANTHRAX — played together for the first time in history on June 16, 2010 in front of 81,000 fans at the Sonis…

Finnish hard rock monsters LORDI have inked a deal with Atomic Fire Records. The band recently completed recording a new album that will see the light of day in the spring of 2023.
LORDI comments: “We are damn proud to announce that LORDI are joining the impressive ranks of Atomic Fire Records! We’r…

In a brand new interview with Jon Weigell of Rolling Stone’s Twitch channel, GHOST leader Tobias Forge was asked if that is any music that he has been inspired by lately that he will try to incorporate into the upcoming follow-up to 2022’s “Impera” album. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH…

Woodie was born during lockdown when my Uncle Ed combined a number of very special woods into one guitar. I’d never thought about how a guitar was made before, so it was a real combination of my “guitarist ideas,” and Ed’s ingenuity and patience. That, combined with a worldwide pandemic and time to try something new.Ed gave me free rein to choose any design I wanted. This is a daunting proposition, so I did my research and decided on the “tone” that Ed kept talking about. All my other electric guitars have a whammy bar, so I thought it might be interesting to not have one. I knew I’d miss the dive bends and the portamento, but I’d been reading about Vivian Campbell’s vibrato, and I’d tried a Malmsteen Strat in a guitar shop. So, I asked Ed if he would go down the thicker tone route and scallop all the frets so I could still get lots of bend out of any note. I asked for a kill switch so I could try out some rhythmic things.The woods used in this build are a mixture of reclaimed tropical and locally sourced hardwoods. The most personal wood is from a chestnut tree that my father planted when I was born (it is full-size now). The neck is made from a holly tree from where I grew up in Ireland. Irish guitarist Pat McManus was an early inspiration as he lived close by. Ed made the body from a piece of mahogany that a friend gave him about 10 years ago. He knew it was from a significant building in Belfast but couldn’t remember where. Turns out, the mahogany came from the old reception desk in Belfast City Hospital … this was the hospital I was born in! There is also a little bit of rowan wood on the back: Rowan is Ed’s surname. Obviously, I named this guitar “Woodie.”The scalloped frets took a little time to get used to, especially when keeping barre chords in tune—you’ve got to keep a light touch. I’ve settled on Ernie Ball .010s and use thick picks made of wood or bone. My other guitars are D- and C-shaped necks, but Woodie could be described as a U-shaped neck—it’s seriously thick. It took some time, but my fingers became much stronger and there is so much tone.The hardware switches and electrical components were procured from various U.K. and Irish suppliers:• Tune-o-matic bridge and tailpiece• Kluson machine heads• Japanese nickel alloy fret wire• Double humbucker pickups• Logarithmic potentiometers (500k log pots)• Orange drop capacitors (.022 µF)• Tesi gold kill switch• 3-way pickup selector switch• Jack plug socket and cover• Double-action truss rod• Oversized brass strap buttons• Australian abalone shell fretboard side markers• Vintage braided cloth 22awg wiringTo thank him for his beautiful work, I bought Uncle Ed an Appalachian dulcimer and posh whiskey! PGSend your guitar story to submissions@premierguitar.com.

Today, progressive black metal crew Ashen Horde deliver “The Courtesan” from their latest record, Antimony, out January 23 via Transcending Obscurity and Decibel is stoked to fill your earholes with it.
The post Track Premiere: Ashen Horde – “The Courtesan” appeared first on Decibel Magazine.

Progressive music icons CYNIC will celebrate the 30th anniversary of their seminal debut album, “Focus”, by performing it in its entirety at two very special live performances in 2023. In addition, CYNIC will pay homage to late members Sean Reinert and Sean Malone as these are the band’s first live…

TYPE O NEGATIVE is one of the most immediately recognizable metal bands. Every band member was significant in their own right, but the undeniable focal point was always the late, great frontman Peter Steele, the imposing, charismatic vocalist and bassist who stood at 6′ 7″ and will forever be known…

Former ROB ZOMBIE and MARILYN MANSON guitarist John 5 has uploaded a video of him playing along to “Girls, Girls, Girls”, the title track of MÖTLEY CRÜE’s sixth album, which was originally released in 1987. The 52-year-old rocker captioned the clip: “It’s Motley Monday!”
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In a new interview with Greg Prato of Songfacts, MEGADETH leader Dave Mustaine was asked to elaborate on his recent comment that he would like to collaborate again with METALLICA frontman James Hetfield. Asked if he actually discussed that with James, Dave said: “The last time we talked it didn’t en…