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NEVERMORE Guitar-Lesson Videos Available
Music lesson web site PlayThisRiff.com is now featuring guitar-lesson videos featuring ex-NEVERMORE guitarist Jeff Loomis and the band's most recent touring axeman Attila Voros. At PlayThisRiff.com you will find the following lesson videos by Jeff Loomis and Attila Voros: * "Alternate Picking Exerci...April 22, 2011
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I.C.S. VORTEX Returns To BORKNAGAR
I.C.S Vortex has officially announced his return to BORKNAGAR. To mark this grand cooperation between Vintersorg and I.C.S. Vortex, the organizers of the Inferno festival have revealed that BORKNAGAR will headline the 2012 edition with both vocalists on stage. Over the past months, there has been a...April 22, 2011
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STATUS QUO: New Album Details Revealed
U.K. rock veterans STATUS QUO will release their new album, "Quid Pro Quo", in the U.K. on May 30 through Tesco Entertainment, and in the rest of the world on May 27 via earMUSIC/Edel. The CD contains 14 brand new tracks plus the 2010 version of "In The Army Now" and is packaged with a ...April 20, 2011
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DUFF MCKAGAN Slams 'Celebrity Rehab' Reality-TV Show
Duff McKagan is best known as the bassist and founding member of GUNS N' ROSES. He is also a founding member of VELVET REVOLVER. McKagan has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, won a Grammy and an American Music Award. In 1999 the musician formed LOADED, which saw him move front and center...April 19, 2011
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NIKKI SIXX: 'I Truly Feel That MÖTLEY CRÜE Have Some Of Our Best Days Ahead Of Us'
Lais Martins Waring of Spinner.com recently conducted an interview with MÖTLEY CRÜE/SIXX: A.M. bassist Nikki Sixx. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Spinner.com: How is the SIXX: A.M. project coming along? Sixx: I'm so lucky to be in a band with those guys. I can't believe I get to be...April 17, 2011
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ZAKK WYLDE Talks About BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's 'The Song Remains Not The Same' (Video)
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's new album, "The Song Remains Not The Same", will be released on May 10 via Entertainment One Music. The offering features unplugged versions of material from BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's latest album, "Order Of The Black", as well as additional material recorded during the "Order Of T...April 16, 2011
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SHADOWSIDE: 'Inner Monster Out' Studio Footage Posted Online
Brazilian female-fronted metallers SHADOWSIDE will release their third album, "Inner Monster Out", on June 7 via SHP Records. The CD was produced, mixed and mastered at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden by Fredrik Nordström, who has previously worked with AT THE GATES, IN FLAMES, DARK TRANQUILLIT...April 15, 2011
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PAGAN'S MIND: 'Heavenly Ecstasy' Details Revealed
Norwegian melodic power metallers PAGAN'S MIND will release their sixth album, "Heavenly Ecstasy", on May 20 in Germany, May 23 in the rest of Europe and on May 31 in USA/Canada via SPV/Steamhammer. The follow-up to 2007's "God's Equation" was mixed last fall by Stefan Glaumann at Toytown Studios (R...April 15, 2011
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'Jam With Black Sabbath' Guitar Tuition DVD Available
Further extending its metal collection, Lick Library unleashes "Jam With Black Sabbath" into the world. This double DVD and CD set features the nimble fingers of Danny Gill taking you through all the fine points of playing the guitar with that deep, heavy sound synonymous with Tony Iommi. One of the...April 14, 2011
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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY: 'The Song Remains Not The Same' Pushed Back A Week
The release date of BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's "The Song Remains Not The Same" has been pushed back to May 10 from the previously announced May 3 via Entertainment One Music. The offering features unplugged versions of material from BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's latest album, "Order Of The Black", as well as add...April 13, 2011
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Vocalist WADE BLACK Says He Is No Longer Involved With DAN SPITZ's DEUXMONKEY Project
Vocalist Wade Black (CRIMSON GLORY, SEVEN WITCHES, LEATHERWOLF) has left DEUXMONKEY, the project led by former ANTHRAX guitarist Dan Spitz. Wade says in a statement, "I've searched the world for musicians that possessed the talent and shared vision to bring you a band like no other. I have found it...April 12, 2011
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WHITESNAKE: More 'Forevermore' First-Week Chart Positions Revealed
WHITESNAKE's brand new album, "Forevermore" (Frontiers Records) made its worldwide debut, bowing in the Top 50 of several countries' official charts. In the United States, "Forevermore" came in at #49 on The Billboard 200 chart and landed even higher in a number of European countries. "Forevermore"...April 11, 2011
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RATT Frontman Interviewed On 'Speed Freaks' (Audio)
RATT frontman Stephen Pearcy was interviewed on this past weekend's edition of the nationally syndicated radio program "Speed Freaks". Pearcy talked about everything from his tattoos, to his BBQ sauce to his daughter's incredible voice to his legendary history in the rock music industry. The wildest...April 11, 2011
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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Frontman Sounds Off On Illegal Music Downloading
When asked by a music-business student in Belfast what his opinion is on online file-sharing and its effect on the music industry, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN frontman Greg Puciato offered the following lengthy response via his official web site: "I don't see file-sharing as an evil… it's silly to say...April 11, 2011
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DRACONIAN To Release New Album In June
Vocalist Anders Jacobsson of the Swedish gothic/doom metal band DRACONIAN has issued the following update: "We are sorry for keeping the lid on during the writing and recording process of this album. It has been a quite hard route, at least for me, to get things right and in order. I guess, most art...April 10, 2011
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