SEPULTURA Guitarist Schedules London Clinic

The Guitar Institute (part of London, England's Institute of Contemporary Music Performance) has announced that SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser will deliver an exclusive clinic during the Institute's Metal Hammer Weekender this summer.

This fantastic two-day weekend event, sponsored by Metal Hammer magazine, is the ultimate metal workout, building up the skills needed to tackle the most demanding elements of this style. It will take place August 18-19 and will be hosted by the Institute's resident metal gurus, Martin Goulding and Charlie Griffiths. Andreas will host his exclusive metal guitar clinic for students on Saturday, August 18.

And as if this weren't enough, Pin and Dan from SIKTH will also participate in the event and the weekend's top shredder will win a fantastic pro-guitar rig worth over £1,200, provided by Line 6 and Peavey.

To attend this clinic you must either be enrolled on the Metal Hammer course OR you must be a current or past student of the Institute. To sign up call 020 7328 0222.

About Andreas Kisser: Andreas was born in Brazil in 1968 and started playing acoustic guitar in 1981, learning the basic chords with popular Brazilian music. He later discovered KISS and QUEEN, and that changed his life. In his early years Andreas was hugely influenced by OZZY, BLACK SABBATH, IRON MAIDEN, TWISTED SISTER, WHITESNAKE, VENOM and METALLICA. He learnt a lot from all those guitarists, plus bands like PINK FLOYD and YES and guitarists such as Eric Clapton, John Williams, Romero Brothers, Leo Brower, Baden Powell, Villa Lobos, etc.

Andreas joined SEPULTURA in 1987 after meeting the band on a holiday. He recorded his first LP, "Schizophrenia", the same year. With that album SEPULTURA got a contract to release the next record worldwide.

Andreas is currently on the road with SEPULTURA, touring all over the world. He is also working on his first solo album, which he hopes to release in early 2008.