Swedish extreme metallers SHINING have scheduled the following European dates: Mar.
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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Punknews welcomes Richard Verducci
We’ve been making a lot of changes over at Punknews HQ, and we are as excited about today’s announcement as we have been about any other over the past month. With Punknews continuing to grow, we realized we needed some more help. Thus, we turned to our good friend and longtime community member, Dante 3000, legally known as Richard Verducci. Rich will be coming on board as our new Interview Editor. Rich is an experienced interviewer through his long-running podcast Sound Scene Revolution. He’s got a great stable of writers who will continue to write insightful interviews with some great bands. In related news, I (Ben Conoley) will be taking up the new position of Managing Editor. You might not see my name on as many articles, but I’ll be kicking around.
As always, thanks for reading. Feel free to welcome Dante, er, Rich, in the comments section.
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KATAKLYSM: New Album Title Revealed
Canadian extreme metallers KATAKLYSM have set “Heaven’s Venom” as the title of the follow-up to 2008’s “Prevail”, tentatively due in October 2010 via Nuclear Blast Records.
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Ex-WHITESNAKE Guitarist VANDENBERG To Help Launch ARISTIDES INSTRUMENTS At NAMM
According to Premier Guitar, former WHITESNAKE guitarist Adrian Vandenberg will be on hand at the upcoming NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show in January 2010 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California to launch the new company Aristides Instruments.
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Video Guitar Lessons Featuring TESTAMENT’s ALEX SKOLNICK
Video footage of Rock House instructor Alex Skolnick of TESTAMENT teaching you how to map out a minor ii-V-i progression using arpeggios and modes, and how to play a ii-V-I progression in the key of Bb Major, can be viewed below.
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CAULDRON Interviewed In Montreal
HardTimes.ca conducted an interview with the Canadian traditional metal trio CAULDRON when the band performed in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on December 7, 2009.
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LAMB OF GOD Frontman Interviewed In Sydney
Christina Rowatt conducted an interview with vocalist Randy Blythe of Richmond, Virginia metallers LAMB OF GOD when the band played Sydney, Australia on December 12, 2009.
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SCALE THE SUMMIT’s CHRIS LETCHFORD To Release Guitar Instructional Book
Guitarist Chris Letchford of Houston progressive instrumentalists SCALE THE SUMMIT will release a guitar instructional book, “Chris Letchford’s Guitar Technique Book”, on January 2, 2010 via the band’s official web store.
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Former WARLORD UK/CEREBRAL FIX Drummer Dies
Drummer Neil Farrington of the reunited British punk/thrash crossover band CEREBRAL FIX and old-school death metallers WARLORD UK passed away on December 20.
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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist JEFF YOUNG On ‘Westlake And The Pig’ Show; Audio Available
Former MEGADETH lead guitarist Jeff Young responded to the recent accusations made by the band’s frontman, Dave Mustaine, during an appearance on JFL Radio’s “Westlake and The Pig” show on Saturday, December 26.
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BRUCE KULICK To Guest On New AVANTASIA Album
Former KISS and current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Brice Kulick has joined the list of guest musicians who will appear on the forthcoming release from EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet’s AVANTASIA project.
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D.A.M.N.: ‘Forbidden Anger’ To Receive Japanese Release In January
Braunschweig, Germany-based, female-fronted death metallers D.A.M.N.
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VILE, MONSTROSITY, RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER Members Interviewed On METAL RULES! RADIO
Mike Hrubovcak (MONSTROSITY, AZURE EMOTE, ABRAXAS, VILE, DIVINE RAPTURE, I.C.E., VisualDarkness.com) , J.J.
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