Battle Beast release new music video for ‘Angel Of Midnight’
BATTLE BEAST have released a brand new music video! The new music video, for the track Angel Of Midnight, is taken from the Finnish power metal band’s upcoming album, Steelbound,…
Read more » Frayle release new music video for ‘Heretic’
FRAYLE have released a brand new music video! The new music video, for the track Heretic, is taken from the Cleveland, Ohio-based doom metal band’s upcoming third album, Heretics &…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Earthkeeper – Pinkshift
Whilst on tour in 2023, PINKSHIFT found a fallen redwood tree whilst pausing at a pit stop between shows. The trio lay down on the trunk and stared at the leaves above…
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Excide announce new album ‘Bastard Hymns’
EXCIDE have announced a brand new album! The upcoming album, titled Bastard Hymns, is the second full-length from the American post-hardcore band and the follow-up to 2022’s Deliberate Revolver. It…
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“It evokes a cool old Jazz Bass that’s picked up some useful mods over its life”: Squier Classic Vibe Active ‘70s Jazz Bass review
Is it a ’70s-inspired Jazz Bass? Is it a modernised active bass? Yes to both…
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ALBUM REVIEW: No One Was Driving The Car – La Dispute
No One Was Driving The Car finds LA DISPUTE staring down existential dread with disillusionment at the modern world. The tumultuous aspects of modern society and the fear of losing…
Read more » “We did a trade, but he owed some money. The guy whose guitar it was had the cops pull me off stage to get it back”: Phil Demmel’s new Jackson Polka Dot signature King V pays homage to his first Randy Rhoads Jackson model – and the guitar god himself
The Rhoads-honoring model serves as a full-circle moment for Demmel, who acquired his first Jackson – also a Randy Rhoads V – under some sketchy circumstances
Read more » “I’d just hit the bass really hard and overdrive it with my hand. There’s no need to have any finesse if you’re a bass player”: Nikki Sixx recalls his decadent early days with Mötley Crüe
The legendary glam-metal bassist looks back on the crazy times he enjoyed with one of the most notorious bands ever
Read more » “Jeff Ament said, ‘Could you imagine tuning the guitar to all Es? Wouldn’t that be crazy? That’d be dumb’”: Kim Thayil on the time Chris Cornell tuned all his guitar strings to E – and the Soundgarden song that came from it
Thayil and Cornell’s penchant for alternate tunings is no secret, and Soundgarden’s repertoire continuously pushed the envelope of what tunings are even possible
Read more » “Back then, I was pretty much a nobody, so Gibson sold it to me at cost!” Slash’s 5 most iconic guitars, in his own words
Slash talks through his most significant guitars in his own words – plus we tell you how to nail his iconic tone at home at various price points
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