BEYOND FALLEN guitarist Butch Frable (picture below) has been tapped to perform on THE RODS drummer Carl Canedy’s forthcoming solo album. More details will be…
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Legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen will donate his guitar to the city of Bologna during the inauguration of Music Italy Show ?Italy’s most important trade fair featuring musical instruments, publishing, backstage equipment, DJ and discography ? on Saturday, May 15 at 11:30 a.m.
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According to HardDrive Radio, Southern California’s AVENGED SEVENFOLD has set “Nightmare” as the title of its fifth album, due this summer on Warner Bros.
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Part 2 of Metallus Maximus’ recent interview with OVERKILL frontman Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth is now online. An excerpt is available below: Ellsworth quickly asserts that OverKill…
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Toronto rocker DANKO JONES is featured in a new interview with The Toronto Sun for his new album, Below The Belt. An excerpt is available…
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LILLIAN AXE’s Derrick LeFevre (vocals), Steve Blaze (guitar), Sam Poitevent (guitar), Eric Morris (bass) and Ken Koudelka (drums) will be inducted as the first hard rock band in the Louisiana Music Hall Of Fame.
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PLACE OF SKULLS have updated their live schedule, which now includes a show in Knoxville, Tennessee on June 19th at the Longbranch Saloon (1848 Cumberland…
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“The Internal Dialogue”, the second album from the Melbourne, Australia trio CONTRIVE, will be released on July 2.
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The Sofia Echo reports that Anglo-Australian hard rockers AC/DC will shake Sofia to its very foundations with a historic show tonight (Friday, May 14), their first gig ever in Bulgaria.
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Suraj Mani, singer for India’s prog rock sensation MOTHERJANE, is featured in a new interview with BW&BK scribe Carl Begai. An excerpt is available below: Motherjane…
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Star photographer Marc Theis accompanied the SCORPIONS on their world tour between 2007 and 2009 and his photos are featured in the new book “Scorpions – Rock N’ Roll Forever”.
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Rock House, the leader in music instruction, announced today the release of “Jazz Guitar: Breaking The Traditional Barriers”, a new three-DVD set featuring TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick.
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Rock House, the leader in music instruction, announced today the release of “Jazz Guitar: Breaking The Traditional Barriers”, a new three-DVD set featuring TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick.
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