Posted September 11, 2010 at 6:18 am | One comment
What do you get when you combine some of the top metal bands, booze, stage diving and partying outside on a broiling hot New Jersey summer day? Hell, it must be the Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival. This festival, like the Rockstar Mayhem Festival, has two stages of live music and plenty of the same drunken craziness.
Posted in: Concert Reviews, Metal, Reviews
Posted September 10, 2010 at 7:57 am | No comments
Four-time Grammy nominees Queensryche have signed a multi-album, worldwide deal with Roadrunner/Loud & Proud Records. The band’s label debut –their twelfth studio album overall- is tentatively scheduled for a Spring 2011 release. Singer and founder Geoff Tate remains the creative nucleus of the band, which continues to make relevant, against-the-grain hard rock that entices fans, both new and diehard.
Posted in: '80s Rock, Guitar News, Metal, Metal News
Posted July 29, 2010 at 8:00 am | No comments
“Heavy Mellow” is an intensely interesting and musically captivating album by the San Francisco based group Flametal.
Posted in: Classical Reviews, Metal, Metal Reviews, Reviews
Posted July 28, 2010 at 7:59 am | No comments
Into the Night is an intense, metal thrill-ride by Florida based melodic metal band Oblivious Signal.
Posted in: Metal, Metal Reviews, Reviews
Posted July 9, 2010 at 3:26 pm | No comments
Guitar International welcomes Nick Catanese, the “evil twin” guitarist with Black Label Society, as the first musician to help us promote GI Public Service Announcements.
Posted in: Guitar News, Metal, PSA
Posted March 23, 2010 at 10:25 am | No comments
This months lesson is based on using minor 11th, Maj 11, and minor 9 arpeggios.
Posted in: Guitar Lessons, Metal, shred guitar lessons
Posted February 25, 2010 at 6:38 pm | No comments
When not fulfilling his duties for Soulfly or Cavalera Conspiracy, guitarist Marc Rizzo was shuffling in and out of the recording studio to finish his latest solo effort Legionnaire. An eleven song guitar record that draws influences from metal, classical, flamenco, and South American music, with LegionnaireRizzo has created a solid instrumental record that fans of shred guitar and straight-up metal will appreciate.
Posted in: Instrumental Reviews, Metal, Metal Reviews, Reviews
Posted February 4, 2010 at 11:42 am | No comments
To open the lesson I have transcribed an example of a “practical” use for the tapping techniques discussed thus far. Here for your delight is my version of “Flight of the Bumblebee” using multiple finger tapping. Have fun with this example before moving on to the second sets of examples, “Bumblefoot.”
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Posted January 20, 2010 at 12:24 pm | No comments
Croatian guitarist Ivan Mihaljević officially hits the international guitar scene with the release of his CD Sandcastle. Joined by band mates Majkl Jagunic (bass) and Craig Devine (drums), Sandcastle is a solid collection of guitar rock that will send many guitarists back to the woodshed to reprioritize their practicing.
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Posted January 19, 2010 at 6:54 am | No comments
In this instalment I’ll present the five shapes required for the most extreme uses of the pentatonic scale. The lesson will provide you with the techniques you need to create long, flowing pentatonic lines in a fluid, legato fashion.
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