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ROBBEN FORD: About Style – Exclusive Video Available Until June 1st
May 2nd, 2012
The above video is brought to you by the Robben Ford Guitar Dojo & Riff Time. It’s available exclusively at Guitar Messenger until June 1st, 2012. In this video presentation, Robben talks about the process of spontaneity and improvisation, which helped develop what he calls his “bizarre and eclectic style.” Blues, jazz, and rock have influenced Robben and provided the bedrock for a broad range of unique and identifiable progressions in style and technique. Hear Robben improvise a blues as he walks the talk…. Robben Ford Biography (See complete bio at RobbenFord.com). Robben... Read More →
MIKE PORTNOY, BILLY SHEEHAN, TONY MACALPINE, DEREK SHERINIAN To Tour Europe And Asia
April 17th, 2012
Mike Portnoy, Billy Sheehan, Derek Sherinian, Tony MacAlpine Drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD), bassist Billy Sheehan (STEVE VAI, DAVID LEE ROTH), guitarist Tony MacAlpine (neo classical-metal style, STEVE VAI) and keyboardist Derek Sherinian (DREAM THEATER, PLANET X, BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION) will join forces this fall, embarking on an extended tour of Europe and Asia. The virtuoso band will play an all-instrumental set consisting of material from each of their solo records and their previous collaborations as well as classic instrumental covers and extended solo spots. Portnoy... Read More →
Guitar Icon ROBERT CRAY Working On New Studio Album To Be Released In September 2012
March 19th, 2012
(New York, NY, March 14, 2012) Five-time Grammy award winning legend and Blues Hall of Fame Inductee Robert Cray heads into the studio this month to record a new album scheduled for release later this year. Producing for the multimillion selling Cray will be famed rock producer Kevin Shirley (Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Joe Bonamassa, Black Crowes, Rush). “I’m really enthusiastic about collaborating with Kevin, says Cray, “he’s done some amazing work in the past and I like the direction we’re taking for this album.” Adds Shirley, “What... Read More →
Listen To MESHUGGAH’s New Track From Upcoming Album KOLOSS (UPDATED – 2nd Track Added!)
February 9th, 2012
UPDATE 02/17/2012: Listen to “Do Not Look Down,” a second track off the upcoming new album KOLOSS here: 02/9/2012: A new track from Swedish masters of the extreme MESHUGGAH has been leaked via http://iamaleak.com. According to Got-Djent.com, an anonymous source noted that the leak is track 7 off the upcoming album ‘Koloss,’ titled “Break These Bones Whose Sinews Gave It Motion.” The file was uploaded by the band’s manager, along with the following message: the ophidian whispered those who seek shall be rewarded…. a sonic declaration of spIte And... Read More →
Archived News
2011
- 10/27/2011 - Acoustic Guitar Virtuoso JON GOMM Releases PASSIONFLOWER
- 10/24/2011 - EVILE Unleash New Album “FIVE SERPENT’S TEETH”
- 10/20/2011 - ANDY TIMMONS BAND Plays SGT. PEPPER To Be Released October 24
- 10/19/2011 - PERIPHERY Announces New Guitarist and Dream Theater Off Day Shows
- 10/18/2011 - Progressive Death Metallers ORDINANCE Release Debut Album INTERNAL MONOLOGUES
- 10/10/2011 - Electro-Harmonix Unveils The Ravish Sitar Pedal
- 09/27/2011 - GUTHRIE GOVAN’s Group THE ARISTOCRATS Release Album & Announce Tour Dates
- 08/01/2011 - DREAM THEATER Announce Tour Dates, Special Editions of ‘A Dramatic Turn of Events’
- 07/28/2011 - ALL SHALL PERISH Release New Album THIS IS WHERE IT ENDS
- 07/27/2011 - OPETH Premiere First Track From New Album HERITAGE: “The Devil’s Orchard”
- 07/06/2011 - ALL SHALL PERISH’S FRANCESCO ARTUSATO Releases New Album CHAOS AND THE PRIMORDIAL
- - Periphery Part Ways With Alex Bois
- 06/22/2011 - Tony MacAlpine Releases New Self-Titled Solo Album
- 06/16/2011 - PERIPHERY Announces Their First Ever North American Headlining Touring Package
- 06/10/2011 - [UPDATED] OPETH Announce New Album & Tour Dates
- 06/09/2011 - CHRISTIAN MUENZNER Releases Debut Solo Album TIMEWARP
- 06/08/2011 - DREAM THEATER Announce New Album Name, Tracks & Release Date
- 05/24/2011 - UNEARTH Premieres New Track ‘Ruination Of The Lost’ Through MetalSucks
- 05/22/2011 - BEHOLD OBLIVION Releases New Song ‘The Desert’s Curse’
- 05/20/2011 - SYMPHONY X Offers Behind-The-Scenes Interview & Releases New Song For Sale (UPDATED)
- 05/18/2011 - Australia’s DEAD LETTER CIRCUS Signs With Sumerian Records For North American Release
- 05/14/2011 - Norwegian Guitar Virtuoso JARLE H. OLSEN Releases QUADRASONIC
- 05/12/2011 - DAVID GILMOUR Joins ROGER WATERS Onstage At O2 Arena
- 05/11/2011 - TONY MACALPINE To Release New Self-Titled Solo Album
- 05/09/2011 - VEIL OF MAYA Prepares For European Tour & Demos New Tracks With PERIPHERY’S MISHA MANSOOR
- - Fractal Audio Systems Unveils The AXE-FX II
- 05/02/2011 - THE KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BAND Announces New Album HOW I GO
- 04/28/2011 - UNDEROATH & TIMES OF GRACE Embark On Illuminato[u]r
- 04/27/2011 - ALL SHALL PERISH Announces Album Title & Release Date
- 04/20/2011 - STRYPER Return To Their Roots With THE COVERING
- - DREAM THEATER Offer An Exclusive Look Into Their Search For A New Drummer
- 04/19/2011 - PERIPHERY Releases ICARUS EP, Posts Webisode & Announces Drum Performance
- 04/14/2011 - SCAR SYMMETRY Post Album Trailers And 2 Songs From THE UNSEEN EMPIRE
- 04/01/2011 - DDM Releases Debut Album LUCIDITY
- 03/24/2011 - PERIPHERY Streams New Track ‘Frak The Gods’
- 03/21/2011 - JOHN WESLEY Releases THE LILYPAD SUITE And Prepares To Tour The Northeast
- 03/18/2011 - ALL SHALL PERISH Studio Update #4
- 03/17/2011 - TEXTURES Studio Report (Part One)
- 03/11/2011 - BLACK STONE CHERRY Announces New Record Due May 31
- 03/10/2011 - SOILWORK Forced To Cancel Upcoming North American Tour
- 03/09/2011 - Mike Starr (ALICE IN CHAINS) Dies
- 03/08/2011 - T.R.A.M. (Featuring Tosin Abasi) Signs With Sumerian Records
- 03/04/2011 - PERIPHERY Launches North American Tour With Extended Set For All Headlining Shows This Week
- 03/02/2011 - DRAGONFORCE Reveals New Singer
- 03/01/2011 - BETWEEN THE BURED AND ME To Release THE PARALLAX: HYPERSLEEP DIALOGUES
- 02/28/2011 - SCAR SYMMETRY Reveals Album Cover + Details For THE UNSEEN EMPIRE
- 02/07/2011 - Guitar Legend STEVE VAI and BERKLEE Attempt World Record For Largest Online Guitar Lesson
- 02/06/2011 - Irish Guitar Luminary GARY MOORE Dies At 58
- 01/31/2011 - HAUNTED SHORES Releases ‘Terra Firma’ With Vocals
- 01/26/2011 - PERIPHERY Announces New ICARUS LIVES EP Details And Tour Info
- 01/25/2011 - TIMES OF GRACE Announces Touring Lineup
- 01/22/2011 - HD Trailer Released For New JASON BECKER Documentary PERPETUAL BURN
- 01/21/2011 - EVER FORTHRIGHT Releases ‘Dispose Of Your Optimism’ & Prepares To Unveil Debut EP (UPDATED)
2010
- 12/15/2010 - TIMES OF GRACE Announces First-Ever Tour
- 12/14/2010 - JOHN PETRUCCI Demonstrates His MESA/BOOGIE Mark V Amp Settings
- 12/13/2010 - BEN LEVIN GROUP Releases PULSE OF A NATION
- 12/08/2010 - THIS TIME IT’S WAR Releases TERROR PLOTS
- 12/07/2010 - TIMES OF GRACE Releases Their First Video: THE HYMN OF A BROKEN MAN
- 12/06/2010 - OPETH To Record Their Tenth Album In January; STEVEN WILSON To Mix
- 12/02/2010 - BTBAM Vocalist TOMMY ROGERS To Release Debut Solo Album ‘PULSE’
- 12/01/2010 - GUTHRIE GOVAN CONTEST and CONCERT At Berklee – Winner PLAYS WITH GUTHRIE At The Show! (UPDATED)
- 11/24/2010 - SOILWORK Releases 6 Parts Of Tour Documentary (UPDATED)
- 11/16/2010 - HAUNTED SHORES Releases ‘Passenger’ and ‘My The Man’, Announce Partial Lineup Of Vocalists (UPDATED)
- 11/09/2010 - SYMPHONY X Announces Headlining North American Tour (UPDATED)
- 10/28/2010 - SLASH Debuts New Music Video Featuring FERGIE
- 10/26/2010 - VEIL OF MAYA Prepares For North American Fall Tour With DARKEST HOUR and PERIPHERY
- 10/25/2010 - ERIC JOHNSON Releases Expansive New Album & Joins EXPERIENCE HENDRIX Tour
- 10/14/2010 - SLASH Signs On For OZZY OSBOURNE Tour
- 10/13/2010 - Hardcore Heavyweights THE EMPIRE SHALL FALL Release Debut Album ‘AWAKEN’ To Major Retailers
- 09/27/2010 - YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Prepares To Release ‘RELENTLESS’
- 09/24/2010 - KING’S X Kick Off Co-Headlining Tour With ACCEPT
- 09/23/2010 - NEVERMORE Prepares For Massive Headlining North American Tour
- 09/22/2010 - STONE SOUR Debuts Top 10 With ‘AUDIO SECRECY’
- 09/21/2010 - HALFORD Confirms North American OZZY OSBOURNE Tour Dates
- 09/20/2010 - THREAT SIGNAL Seek New Drummer
- 09/19/2010 - TESSERACT Release New Samples From THE CONCEALING FATE EP
- 09/18/2010 - FIREWIND Announce Four Special North American Headlining Shows This Fall
- 09/17/2010 - TEXTURES Announces New Keyboard Player
- 09/16/2010 - ‘DIO At Donington UK’ Coming This November
- 09/15/2010 - Where The Wild Things Are DOUBLE VINYL
- 09/14/2010 - In The Wake Of Portnoy’s Departure
- 09/08/2010 - BLIND GUARDIAN Announce North American Tour Dates
- - Mike Portnoy LEAVES Dream Theater
- 09/07/2010 - MESHUGGAH’s “Bleed” now available on the RockBand Network
- 09/03/2010 - DIMMU BORGIR Announce North American Tour
- 09/02/2010 - TEXTURES Guitarist Launches “Inside The Songs” Online Video Series
- 09/01/2010 - TESSERACT Announce THE CONCEALING FATE EP Details; Prepare For Devin Townsend North American Tour
- 08/31/2010 - BEHEMOTH’s Nergal responds to overwhelming fan support
- 08/26/2010 - ERIC JOHNSON and others unite for an acoustic guitar masters tour
- 08/16/2010 - Friend For A Foe Release Debut Song!
- 07/29/2010 - Century Media announces worldwide signing of TESSERACT
- 07/22/2010 - Dream Theater’s JAMES LABRIE Unveils His New Static Impulse Solo Release
- 07/20/2010 - Electro-Harmonix Release The Freeze Sound Retainer & Headphone Amp
- - Soilwork Kick Off North American Tour
- 07/13/2010 - Francesco Artusato joins All Shall Perish & Unveils Details of a New Solo Effort
- 06/28/2010 - Steve Vai Presents: Western Vacation
- 06/09/2010 - Electro-Harmonix releases the Germanium 4 Big Muff Pi & 44 Magnum Power Amp
- 06/03/2010 - George Bellas – The Dawn of Time
- 05/28/2010 - Guitar Virtuoso Month at Lion Music
- 05/16/2010 - Legendary Heavy Metal Vocalist RONNIE JAMES DIO Dies
- 05/14/2010 - Peter Wichers Comments on Producing New SOILWORK Record
- 04/15/2010 - Periphery debuts ‘Icarus Lives’ Video
- 04/13/2010 - Guitar Legend Steve Vai to Release “Where The Other Wild Things Are”
- 03/30/2010 - KORN sign to Roadrunner Records – Album Due Summer 2010
- 03/25/2010 - TEXTURES Announce New Front Man
- 03/04/2010 - DREAM THEATER to support IRON MAIDEN on Summer Tour
- 03/03/2010 - Workshop Featuring Pat Metheny, Larry Carlton, Alex De Grassi, Scott Tennant
- 02/25/2010 - DARK TRANQUILLITY Vocalist Checks In From Killswitch Engage Tour
- 02/05/2010 - Guitar Scale Magnets Inc. Launches New Products for Learning and Playing Scales
- 01/23/2010 - TEXTURES Singer Leaves Band
- 01/20/2010 - Guthrie Govan announces clinics and performances in Massachusetts with Jon Finn Group
- - Periphery: New Singer & New Album Teaser
- 01/06/2010 - New George Bellas Album – The Dawn Of Time
- 01/04/2010 - Soundgarden to reunite in 2010
2009
- 12/29/2009 - Avenged Sevenfold drummer dies at 28
- 12/11/2009 - Killswitch Engage announce winter headline tour with The Devil Wears Prada & Dark Tranquillity
- 12/04/2009 - DREAM THEATER Updates
- 12/03/2009 - More LION MUSIC artists speak out on THE MURDER OF MUSIC
- 12/02/2009 - Exclusive clip of Yngwie Malmsteen’s cover of BEAT IT
- 12/01/2009 - Opeth Announce 20th Anniversary Shows
- 11/24/2009 - BORISLAV MITIC Discusses the Murder of Music
- 11/17/2009 - Symphony X: “Working hard on the new CD”
- 11/06/2009 - Yngwie Malmsteen new album details revealed
- 10/16/2009 - OPETH members involved in auto crash
- 10/07/2009 - SCAR SYMMETRY – Video Introduction of New Singers Posted!
- 09/16/2009 - Coldplay’s Joe Satriani lawsuit dismissed from court
- 08/31/2009 - Norway’s DIMMU BORGIR part ways with 2 members
- 08/29/2009 - OASIS Split After Backstage Brawl
- 08/21/2009 - BEHEMOTH’s “Evangelion” debuts in the Billboard Charts!
- 08/20/2009 - Rotosound launch British Steel strings
- 08/19/2009 - KILLSWITCH ENGAGE announce 2 special one off shows
