GUNS N’ ROSES Joined By PRETENDERS’ CHRISSIE HYNDE For ‘Bad Obsession’ Performance In Boston

PRETENDERS singer Chrissie Hynde joined GUNS N’ ROSES on stage Monday night (August 21) at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts to add harmonica to the Axl Rose-fronted band’s song “Bad Obsession”. Fan-filmed video of her appearance can be seen below.
PRETENDERS have served as the support act for ma…

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“It suddenly made me feel so mature. I remember getting the shivers! It was not death metal”: How Jimmy Page, Stevie Wonder, Grand Theft Auto III and Steven Wilson helped Opeth become modern-day prog icons

20 years on, Mikael Åkerfeldt looks back at Opeth’s evolution from death metal heavyweights to prog mainstays on landmark 2003 album Damnation

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Blast Worship: Chiens

Hear French blasters Chiens deliver a bit of the ol’ grindviolence.
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GEOFF TATE Looks Back On His Guest Appearance On HEAR ‘N AID’s ‘Stars’: ‘I Was Absolutely Petrified’

In a recent interview with Meltdown of Detroit’s WRIF radio station, former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate looked back on his involvement with “Stars”, the 1985 charity single for famine relief released under the HEAR ‘N AID banner.
On May 20 and May 21, 1985, 40 artists from the metal community gath…

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“We had a lot of adrenaline. Sometimes we didn’t remember what we did until the day after”: Inside the psych-surf sound of Teke::Teke – a riptide of antique drive pedals, improvisatory freakouts and needle nose pliers

It’s surf rock but influenced by Japanese folk, off-the-wall pedalboard choices and Sei Nakauchi Pelletier and Hidetaka Yoneyama’s widescreen vision for guitar sound

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“The latest discovery is unbelievable”: Gibson recovers entire lost archive of pre-’70s guitar amp and effects pedal blueprints – after finding them on eBay

The guitar giant says it has recovered “the entire Gibson Brands amplifier and effects archive from 1936-1969”

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DISTURBED Once Again Gets Doused With Water After Pyro Display Sets Off Sprinkler System In Camden, New Jersey

DISTURBED once again got drenched when a pyro display during the closing song, “Inside The Fire”, during the band’s set at Freedom Mortgage Pavilion in Camden, New Jersey Monday night (August 21) set off the venue’s emergency sprinkler system, pouring water all over the stage and the four members of…

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IN THIS MOMENT Shares Visualizer For Title Track Of Upcoming ‘Godmode’ Album

IN THIS MOMENT has shared the official visualizer for “Godmode”, the title track of the band’s upcoming eighth studio album, which will be released on October 27 via BMG. Check it out below.
IN THIS MOMENT guitarist Chris Howorth recently told Meltdown of the Detroit radio station WRIF about “Godmo…

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EMPIRE STATE BASTARD Feat. DAVE LOMBARDO: ‘Moi?’ Visualizer Released

The official visualizer for the song “Moi?” from EMPIRE STATE BASTARD, the extreme metal band founded by Simon Neil (BIFFY CLYRO) and Mike Vennart (BIFFY CLYRO live guitarist and solo artist, ex-OCEANSIZE), can be seen below. The track is taken from EMPIRE STATE BASTARD’s debut album, “Rivers Of Her…

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Kramer Dave Mustaine Vanguard review – if shredding is your business… then business is good

The Megadeth main man’s signature Kramer V might just be the most metal MegaDave model yet

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