Guitar virtuoso Joe Stump (HOLYHELL, REIGN OF TERROR) has completed work on his new instructional DVD, entitled "Shred Guitar 101". He says, "I think it'll be very useful learning tool for players on many levels and it'll be released by the Shred Academy early next year." In other news, Stump has finished recording his new ...
Kick off the New Year with an official 2012 DEF LEPPARD calendar. This brand new calendar includes live shots from the "Mirror Ball" tour and new exclusive studio photos, plus all band member birthdays and other key calendar events. Click here to purchase. DEF LEPPARD's first coffee table book, "Def Leppard - The ...
SCORPIONS released "Comeblack" on November 4 via Sony. The CD features 13 tracks, seven of the band's biggest hits re-recorded, plus a half dozen cover versions of songs by some of the artists who inspired the legendary German rockers. "We started to work out the songs last year in January and February and we noticed ...
Bassist/vocalist Ian Fraser "Lemmy" Kilmister of MOTÖRHEAD recorded a short Christmas video message for the readers of Finland's Soundi magazine when the band performed at Pakkahuone in Tampere on December 17, 2011. You can now see it below. As previously reported, MOTÖRHEAD returned to the stage on November 12 at Hammersmith Apollo in London, U.K. ...
The fourth episode of the NIGHTWISH "Imaginaerum" online game can be found at this location. "Imaginaerum", the first album in four years from NIGHTWISH, entered the official chart in Finland at position No. 1. According to Rytmi.com, "Imaginaerum" sold 50,000 copies in Finland in its first two days of ...
"Worship Industrialized", the new video from French black metallers OTARGOS, can be seen below. This is the second clip from the band's new album, "No God No Satan", that was directed by Federico Anastasi (Undeci | Decimi). The video shows an avant-garde view of a post-apocalyptic world where ideas such as the stock market and ...
A cover version of the KISS song "Crazy, Crazy Nights", taken from the band's 14th studio album, "Crazy Nights", is featured in a new ad from Smirnoff, a brand of vodka owned and produced by the British company Diageo. The track was arranged by Big Foote — described as "a fun-loving, hard-working group of spot ...
Brazilian/American thrashers SEPULTURA will return to Indonesia for the first time in 20 years to perform in five cities in February 2012. The band will play in Medan, North Sumatra, on Feb. 3; Makassar, South Sulawesi, on Feb. 4; Jakarta on Feb. 9; Surabaya, East Java on Feb.11; and finally in Bali on Feb. 12 ...
Canadian label War On Music Records will issue several albums by Regina, Saskatchewan-based Canadian extreme progressive metallers INTO ETERNITY for the first time ever on vinyl. "Dead Or Dreaming" (2001), "Buried In Oblivion" (2004) and "Scattering Of The Ashes" (2006) will be made available, each as a limited LP release, starting in early spring 2012. ...
Legendary rock bands CRYER and QUARTZ reunited for a one-off appearance at The Asylum, in Hockley, Birmingham, England on Friday, December 16 to raise funds for research into encephalitis and teenage cancer. They replicated the night they played together at Digbeth Civic Hall on December 1, 1979, when QUARTZ recorded their live album. Fan-filmed video ...
