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Guitarist ADRIAN GALYSH Comments On 'Uli Jon Roth And Friends' Concerts

Los Angeles-based guitarist Adrian Galysh was one of a number of special guests who performed with legendary guitarist Uli Jon Roth (SCORPIONS, ELECTRIC SUN) at this year's Sky Academy concerts, which was held August 22-26 at Musician's Institute in Los Angeles. The concept of Sky Academy was concei...

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Report: Heavy Metal Is Sweet Music To Guitar Makers

ABCmoney.co.uk reports: Fueled by a resurgence in heavy metal music, and its numerous dark sub-genres, Halo Custom Guitars, Inc. makes and sells evil looking instruments with bodies carved to resemble rotting flesh, distended eyeballs and bone. The demonically-themed guitars primarily find their way...

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BAD BRAINS: West Coast Dates Announced

BAD BRAINS have scheduled the following West Coast dates: Sep. 22 - Street Scene (Coors Amphitheatre),San Diego CA Sep. 24 - Slim's, San Francisco CA Sep. 25 - House Of Blues, Anaheim CA Sep. 26 - House Of Blues, Los Angeles CA The first video off the new BAD BRAINS album, "Build a Nation", ...

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Former MR. BIG Singer Preparing For Upcoming Tour

Former MR. BIG singer Eric Martin has posted a lengthy update on his official blog. An excerpt follows: "I have been doing a lot of projects over the last year: benefits around the country, writing the never-ending solo album (I've always needed a good kick in the ass to get going),SCRAP METAL gigs...

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Behold the Lion

I was expecting a tired metalcore album and ended up with a modern death and thrash metal monster on "Behold the Lion" from Chillicothe, Ohio's WOE OF TYRANTS. Call it deathcore if you must, but the boys have got far more in common with bands like BENEATH THE MASSACRE than your typical metalcore act...

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Sudden Departure...

When a band or its representatives begin throwing around names like the MC5, BLACK FLAG, and THE STOOGES as reference points to said act's own retro-influenced sound, it damn well better be at least somewhat accurate. We're talking about trailblazers and icons of American hard rock and hardcore here...

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Ex-NIGHTWISH Singer TARJA TURUNEN Films 'I Walk Alone' Video

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen has finished filming a video for her new solo single, "I Walk Alone", in Berlin, Germany with director Jörn Heitmann, who previously worked with NIGHTWISH on the "Sleeping Sun" clip in 2005. The single will be released mid-October Universal Music, to be followed...

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JEFF SCOTT SOTO Performs With ULI JON ROTH At SKY ACADEMY Concerts

Singer Jeff Scott Soto (JOURNEY, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, TALISMAN) was one of a number of special guests who performed with legendary guitarist Uli Jon Roth (SCORPIONS, ELECTRIC SUN) at this year's Sky Academy concerts, which are being held August 22-26 at Musician's Institute in Los Angeles. The concept...

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ALICE IN CHAINS Singer's Legacy Lives On Through Music

Tom Scanlon of the Seattle Times reports: As a teen, he was known to his friends as Layne Elmer, as he took his stepfather's last name in high school. He went back to his birth name of Staley when he started a rock career that rocketed him far beyond Lynnwood. In 2006, Nancy ...

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ELECTRIC WIZARD Completes Work On 'Witchcult Today'

British doom veterans ELECTRIC WIZARD have completed work on their new album, entitled "Witchcult Today". According to the band, the CD contains "eight tracks of mind-melting occult rock." The album will feature an "awesome chrome gatefold cover with full-color inserts exposing the sinister world of...

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PAUL STANLEY's Entire WASHBURN Guitar Series Now Available

According to KissAsylum.com, the entire series of the new Paul Stanley (KISS) Washburn guitars is now available at KissMuseum.com: two acoustic and five electric guitars with Paul Stanley graphics on both the guitar and gig bags. Some models even include signature guitar straps, Paul guitar picks an...

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THRASHER: 'Burning At The Speed Of Light' 1985 Album To Receive CD Release

Metal Mind Productions will present the first-ever CD release of the 1985 album "Burning at the Speed of Light" by THRASHER — one of the most intriguing musical projects ever to emerge on the '80s metal scene. Gathering musicians from a whole catalogue of rock and metal genres, this one-album collab...

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AC/DC's Ultimate Career-Spanning DVD Box Set 'Plug Me In' Due In October

Columbia Records will release "Plug Me In" — the ultimate career-spanning DVD box set of live performances, interviews and more from AC/DC, the world's most electrifying rock and roll band — on Tuesday, October 16. The first AC/DC release since the band came to Columbia Records earlier this year, th...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist Jamming With RODRIGO Y GABRIELA On MTV; Video Available

Video footage of TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick jamming with the guitar duo RODRIGO Y GABRIELA is airing this entire week on MTV as part of the channel's "52/52" campaign (with RODRIGO Y GABRIELA as the featured artist). Original performances, interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage, including...

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Swedish 'Supergroup' ROAD TO RUIN To Release Debut In October

ROAD TO RUIN, the new Swedish four-piece featuring guitarist Lars Chriss (LION'S SHARE),bassist/ keyboard player Sampo Axelsson (LION'S SHARE, GLENN HUGHES),drummer Thomas Broman (HUGHES/ TURNER, JOHN NORUM, ELECTRIC BOYS) and vocalist Matti Alfonzetti (SKINTRADE, JAGGED EDGE),will release its se...