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MARTY FRIEDMAN Has Nothing Against 'Flashy' Guitar Playing: 'I Just Wanna Be Excited By What I Hear' In a new interview with Bradley Hall, Marty Friedman explained why he isn’t too keen on listening to guitarists who play fast just for the sake of ...

SNOT Recruits Ex-GODSMACK Drummer SHANNON LARKIN For WELCOME TO ROCKVILLE Performance Reactivated Santa Barbara-based metal/punk rock hybrid SNOT has recruited former GODSMACK drummer Shannon Larkin to sit behind the kit for the band’s performance this coming Sunday, ...

I PREVAIL Announces Departure Of Vocalist BRIAN BURKHEISER Platinum-certified and twice Grammy-nominated Michigan rockers I PREVAIL have parted ways with vocalist Brian Burkheiser. Burkheiser had handled the clean vocals in I PREVAIL since the band’s formation but was ...

DUFF MCKAGAN: 'The First Few Dates' Of The 2025 GUNS N' ROSES Tour 'Have Been Awesome' GUNS N’ ROSES bassist Duff McKagan has shared the first video update from the band’s 2025 world tour, which kicked off on May 1 at Incheon, South ...

DORO PESCH On Performing Live: 'I Treat Every Single Concert Like It Could Be The Last' In a new interview with Gastão Moreira of Brazil’s KazaGastão, German metal queen Doro Pesch spoke about her love of performing live for her fans. She said (as transcribed

ALICE IN CHAINS' SEAN KINNEY Offers Update On His Health: 'I'm Going To Be Fine And I'm Going To Live' ALICE IN CHAINS drummer Sean Kinney has shared an update on his health, less than a week after the band canceled all of its previously announced ...

Watch: GEORGE LYNCH Holds Guitar Clinic At Ritchie's Music Center In Rockaway, New Jersey Video of George Lynch’s April 27 guitar clinic at Ritchie’s Music Center in Rockaway, New Jersey can be seen in two parts below. This in-person clinic was a unique ...

RATT Shares Music Video For Previously Unreleased Song 'Reach For The Sky' From 'Out Of The Cellar' 40th-Anniversary Edition The official music video for “Reach For The Sky”, a previously unreleased track recorded during the sessions for ...

BUCKCHERRY's JOSH TODD Says He Meditates And Exercises Every Day For His Mental Health In a new interview with Neeka Rogers of Metal Nation, BUCKCHERRY frontman Josh Todd was asked If there are some things that he does for his mental health, for balance, for his ...

FUGITIVE, Featuring POWER TRIP's BLAKE IBANEZ and SETH GILMORE, Shares New Song 'Spheres Of Virulence' Hailing from Forth Worth, Texas, FUGITIVE features guitarist and bandleader Blake Ibanez and vocalist Seth Gilmore, who have been pulling double duty by ...