I Am The Storm
After five epic and acclaimed albums with Ray Alder in the vocalist role (and one with Rick Mythiasin), REDEMPTION made the task of choosing his replacement look (and sound) like the easiest, most natural next move in the world. A close friend of founder Nick van Dyk, EVERGREY’s Tom S. Englund…
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GUNS N' ROSES, TOOL, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, KORN, GODSMACK, PANTERA, Others Confirmed For 2023 AFTERSHOCK Festival
The West Coast’s Biggest Rock Festival, Aftershock, grows even more in 2023 with its most packed lineup yet offering 95-plus bands over four full days, led by headliners GUNS N’ ROSES, TOOL, AVENGED SEVENFOLD and KORN. The destination event, held at Discovery Park in Sacramento, California on Octobe…
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Blast Worship: Convulsions
Preview five new crushers from the new LP from Spanish blasters Convulsions, Grindcore, Not War.
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MACHINE HEAD Announces Spring 2023 U.S. Tour, BLABBERMOUTH.NET Presale
San Francisco have MACHINE HEAD will embark on spring 2023 U.S. tour. The 18-date “The Electric Happy Hour (Live)” trek will kick off on May 15 in Ventura, California and will make its way to Des Moines, Fort Wayne, and Detroit before ending in Los Angeles on June 9.
Says MACHINE HEAD founder Robb F…
Seymour Duncan and Lari Basilio may have just launched the most versatile HSS pickup set on the market
The virtuoso’s signature pickups span Strat, Tele and humbucker tones thanks to a cunningly disguised middle single coil
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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Announces 'Life Is But a Dream…' Album, Shares 'Nobody' Music Video
AVENGED SEVENFOLD has released “Nobody”, the band’s first new single since 2016. The triumphant track and its accompanying stop-motion video offer the first taste of the Huntington Beach, California band’s forthcoming eighth album, “Life Is But a Dream…” , which drops June 2. Watch the “Nobody” vi…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Street Sermons – Daddy Long Legs
Riding on a wave of punk rock rhythm and blues comes DADDY LONG LEGS‘ fourth studio album Street Sermons. Full of power and emotion, it sees the New York band…
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CLUTCH Announces North American Tour With DINOSAUR JR. And RED FANG; BLABBERMOUTH.NET Presale
Maryland rock veterans CLUTCH have announced a North American headlining tour with support from DINOSAUR JR. and RED FANG. The 12-date trek will kick off on July 21 in Washington, D.C. and include stops in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Toronto, Chicago, Nashville and Wichita before concluding on August…
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Watch: AXL ROSE Joins CARRIE UNDERWOOD At Los Angeles Concert To Sing GUNS N' ROSES' 'Welcome To The Jungle'
Axl Rose joined country-pop superstar Carrie Underwood on stage last night (Monday, March 13) at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California to perform the GUNS N’ ROSES classic “Welcome To The Jungle”. Fan-filmed video of his appearance can be seen below.
Underwood previously brought out Rose t…
DIY: How to Choose Your Bass Strings
Veteran bassist and longtime PG contributor Steve Cook provides a no-nonsense guide to finding the best strings to fit your bass and playing style. He works with varied types of bass strings, all by D’Addario, with flavors from snappy and bright to mellow and subdued. Along the way he investigates materials, coatings, and gauges. (Medium strings are probably what your bass wore when it left the factory.) Steve plays the same licks throughout the video, to be sure the focus is on the strings exclusively. And before launching into the experiment with his slightly modded Fender Precision Deluxe, he advises to always let you own ears make the judgement about what sounds right for you. (Did you hear that?) First up: XL high-carbon steel-core strings with nickel-plated wrap wire. Then, it is warmer and fatter sounding Pro Steels, with a high-carbon steel core and stainless steel wrap wire. Those are followed by XL Chromes, with a high-carbon steel core, and a stainless steel-flattened ribbon wrap. The NYXLs that now arrive have a steel core and nickel-plated steel wrap wire. The XT Nickels on his bass have D’Addario’s XT coating and a steel core, with nickel-plated steel wrap wire. Following that, it’s XL half-rounds with a high-carbon steel core and pure nickel wrap wire, trailed by Nylon Tapewounds with a high-carbon steel core and a flattened black nylon wrap. And the next XLs, regular Nickels, have a high-carbon steel core and nickel-steel-plated wrap wire. Steve finally shifts to a second riff, to display the sounds of a slightly different approach. And then he starts snapping and popping, for the funkateers out there, followed by a walking bass line. And yes, he plays with a pick as well as his fingers. By the time Steve’s finished, you hear all these string sets with a compendium of approaches. And then it’s your turn.
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