How to tell if you’re a beginner, intermediate or advanced guitar player
How many of us know exactly where we’re at with the instrument? Renowned six-string educator Justin Sandercoe explains all
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ALBUM REVIEW: Outsider – Night Demon
With galloping riffs, anthemic choruses and searing guitar solos, traditional heavy metal, NWOBHM-inspired metal, call it what you will, always delivers when executed to a high standard. Many bands come…
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EP REVIEW: ‘Til The Anarchy’s Restored – Flogging Molly
Fresh off the release of their seventh album Anthem, Celtic punks FLOGGING MOLLY have decided to throw out a quick little treat for fans just in time for St Patrick’s…
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The Awakening
The role of vocals in KAMELOT — whether handled by Roy Khan and now Tommy Karevik — hasn’t required the heavy lifting associated with melodic metal bands of a similar thread, i.e., early HELLOWEEN, RHAPSODY OF FIRE and STRATOVARIUS. The heavily orchestrated quality of KAMELOT’s music meant Khan and…
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JEFF SCOTT SOTO 'Would Rather Retire' Than Lip Sync His Way Through A Concert
Acclaimed hard rock vocalist Jeff Scott Soto says that he doesn’t see anything wrong with artists enhancing their show by using backing tracks during their concerts but he draws the line at singers lip syncing their entire performances.
In recent years, more and more artists have been given a pass f…
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Announces May 2023 U.S. Tour Dates
Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE have announced a handful of U.S. dates in May, following their Canadian run of shows as the support act for MEGADETH.
With FROM ASHES TO NEW:
May 18 – Daytona Beach, FL – Welcome To Rockville
May 19 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore Charlotte (no FROM ASHES TO NE…
SIX FEET UNDER Is 'Just About Done' Writing Next Studio Album
Vocalist Chris Barnes and guitarist Jack Owen of death metal veterans SIX FEET UNDER are “just about done” writing the band’s next studio album. According to Barnes, the material is shaping up to be “incredibly fucking heavy.”
SIX FEET UNDER’s 17th full-length album, “Nightmares Of The Decomposed”,…
Poison Ruïn release new song ‘Resurrection II’
POISON RUÏN have released a brand new song! The new song, titled Resurrection II, is taken from the Philadelphia-based post-punk/hardcore band’s upcoming new album, Härvest, which is scheduled to be released in April…
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MORGAN LANDER: 'It's The Perfect Time' For New KITTIE Music
In a new interview with Anne Erickson of Audio Ink Radio, Morgan Lander of Canadian metallers KITTIE spoke about the band’s plans for the coming months. She said: “There’s a lot of plans coming up. Not too much that I can share, but definitely more shows are in the works. I don’t think that it’s eve…
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