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News

05/02/2012 - ROBBEN FORD: About Style – Exclusive Video Available Until June 1st
04/17/2012 - MIKE PORTNOY, BILLY SHEEHAN, TONY MACALPINE, DEREK SHERINIAN To Tour Europe And Asia
03/19/2012 - Guitar Icon ROBERT CRAY Working On New Studio Album To Be Released In September 2012
02/09/2012 - Listen To MESHUGGAH’s New Track From Upcoming Album KOLOSS (UPDATED – 2nd Track Added!)
02/08/2012 - KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Announce New Singer: JESSE LEACH
02/01/2012 - OPETH & MASTODON Announce Co-Headlining “HERITAGE HUNTER TOUR”
01/23/2012 - PAUL WARDINGHAM Announces Forthcoming Release THE HUMAN AFFLICTION
01/16/2012 - MESHUGGAH Announce New Album Title
01/14/2012 - T.R.A.M. To Release Debut Album on February 28th (Mars Volta, Animals As Leaders, Suicidal Tendencies)
12/14/2011 - EVER FORTHRIGHT Release Self-Titled Debut
12/12/2011 - NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL 14 Announces Lineup
11/16/2011 - PERIPHERY Part Ways With Bassist TOM MURPHY
11/09/2011 - Roadrunner Records Announces The Signing Of GOJIRA
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)
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
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

Interviews

02/29/2012 - Marc Okubo Interview – Veil Of Maya (2012)
11/18/2011 - Tony MacAlpine Interview
07/19/2011 - Devin Townsend Interview
06/23/2011 - Cliff Chase Interview (Fractal Audio)
05/13/2011 - Vinnie Moore Interview
04/23/2011 - Michael Romeo Interview – Symphony X (2011)
04/16/2011 - Lee McKinney & Jason Richardson Interview (Born Of Osiris)
04/02/2011 - Chris Letchford & Travis LeVrier Interview (Scale The Summit)
02/18/2011 - James Smith & Timothy McTague Interview (Underoath)
01/19/2011 - Pierre Bensusan Interview
01/11/2011 - Tommy Emmanuel Interview
11/20/2010 - Per Nilsson Interview (Scar Symmetry)
11/12/2010 - Marc Okubo (Veil Of Maya) & Misha Mansoor (Periphery) Interview
11/07/2010 - Eric Johnson Interview (2010)
11/05/2010 - Silenoz & Galder Interview (Dimmu Borgir)
10/28/2010 - Slash Interview
07/31/2010 - Tosin Abasi Interview (Animals As Leaders)
- Francesco Artusato Interview
07/16/2010 - Eric Krasno Interview
07/09/2010 - George Bellas Interview (2010)
04/24/2010 - Misha Mansoor Interview (Periphery)
02/27/2010 - Oz Noy Interview
02/04/2010 - Martin Henriksson & Niklas Sundin Interview (Dark Tranquillity)
01/29/2010 - Guthrie Govan Interview (2010)
10/21/2009 - Steve Morse Interview
09/27/2009 - John Wesley Interview (Porcupine Tree)
08/12/2009 - Joel Stroetzel Interview (Killswitch Engage)
- Matt Heafy Interview (Trivium)
07/24/2009 - John Petrucci Interview (2009)
06/03/2009 - Francesco Artusato & Roy Lev-Ari (Hiss of Atrocities)
01/18/2009 - Dave Martone Interview
01/17/2009 - Guthrie Govan Interview (2009)
12/16/2008 - Jason Becker Interview
10/18/2008 - Eric Johnson Interview
06/24/2008 - Richie Kotzen Interview
05/30/2008 - Mikael Åkerfeldt Interview (Opeth)
04/27/2008 - Mårten Hagström Interview (Meshuggah)
03/14/2008 - Marco Sfogli Interview
11/18/2007 - B.B. King Interview
11/16/2007 - Bobby Thompson & Ravi Bhadriraju Interview (Job For A Cowboy)
11/10/2007 - Joe Bonamassa Interview
11/09/2007 - Mark Tremonti Interview (Alter Bridge, Creed)
10/11/2007 - John Petrucci Interview (2007)
08/09/2007 - Michael Romeo Interview – Symphony X (2007)
05/01/2007 - Robert Cray Interview
04/18/2007 - Sasha Ostrovsky Interview
03/14/2007 - Ron Thal (Bumblefoot) Interview
02/12/2007 - Al Di Meola Interview
12/12/2006 - Adam Dutkiewicz Interview (Killswitch Engage)
11/26/2006 - James Byrd Interview
08/20/2006 - Zakk Wylde Interview
- Herman Li Interview (Dragonforce)
05/01/2006 - Joe Stump Interview
04/18/2006 - Paul Gilbert Interview
03/28/2006 - Joe Satriani Interview
03/13/2006 - George Bellas Interview 1
02/27/2006 - Greg Howe Interview
02/24/2006 - Yngwie Malmsteen Interview
02/13/2006 - Michael Angelo Batio Interview
12/02/2005 - Derek Trucks Interview

Lessons

12/23/2011 - Stepping Out: A Guide To Playing Outside (Part 1)
10/11/2011 - Metal Foundations Lesson 3: Intermediate Riff Concepts
09/28/2011 - Arbitrary Chromatics: The Bonehead Easy Way To Get A Jazzy Sound
06/21/2011 - Auditioning For Lady Gaga
06/08/2011 - Rehearsal Tips From The Stars
05/24/2011 - Tapping In Harmony
05/16/2011 - Future Metal Shred
05/07/2011 - Extended Range Composition
04/29/2011 - Creative Tapping Sequences
04/22/2011 - Sweeping Harmony
04/03/2011 - Metal Foundations Lesson 2: Riff Concepts
03/29/2011 - Fusion Licks That Rock
03/07/2011 - 20 Tips: How To Choose Your Next Record Producer
02/17/2011 - Putting Jazz In Metal With Ever Forthright
02/12/2011 - A Lesson On Tensions Part 2: Putting the Voicings Into Action
01/24/2011 - Metal Foundations Lesson 1: Rhythm Guitar Development
11/09/2010 - Buying Your First Guitar: Part 2
10/28/2010 - A Lesson On Tensions: Can You Paint With All the Colors of the Jazz Chord?
10/13/2010 - Buying Your First Guitar: Part 1
10/05/2010 - Basic Blues Substitutions
09/28/2010 - Ignition Part 1: Listening
09/19/2010 - 5 Tech Tools to Maximize Your Practice
09/07/2010 - The Almighty ii-V: Part 2 (Minor)
06/30/2010 - Tour Survival 101
06/14/2010 - Altered Dimensions: The Altered Dominant Chord
04/10/2010 - Create Marketing Tools
03/24/2010 - Guitar Tone: Body Woods
03/07/2010 - Red Light District
02/24/2010 - Harmonic Overlapping
02/23/2010 - No 800 Numbers
02/09/2010 - The Almighty ii-V: Part 1 (Major)
10/20/2009 - Steve Morse Bonus: Gear Gallery
03/01/2009 - How To Make A Kick-Ass Video
02/21/2009 - Diminished Possibilities: Part 2
12/02/2008 - Social Networking vs. Business Networking
09/25/2008 - Scott Henderson’s “Stella by Infra-Red High Particle Neutron Beam” Solo
09/18/2008 - Using a Metronome Effectively Part 4: Being One With the Tick
08/26/2008 - Team Players
05/30/2008 - Opeth: Bonus – Mikael Åkerfeldt’s Gear
05/22/2008 - 2-1-2 Arpeggio Permutations
02/21/2008 - Putting It Together: Playing Bass Lines & Guide Tones Simultaneously
01/28/2008 - Using a Metronome Effectively Part 3: Clocking Your Speed
01/20/2008 - Messiaen – Canteyodjaya [1949]
01/09/2008 - Diminished Possibilities: Part 1
01/04/2008 - Polyphonic Writing for Keyboard: Part 1
01/03/2008 - Down in the Basement: Constructing Bass Lines on Guitar
01/01/2008 - Advanced Tapping: Extended Arpeggios
10/28/2007 - Allan Holdsworth’s “Day of the Dead” Solo
10/18/2007 - Using a Metronome Effectively Part 2: Things Start to Click
10/17/2007 - Using a Metronome Effectively Part 1: Nervous Tick?
- The Octatonic Scale & Symphony of Psalms (Stravinsky)
10/16/2007 - Artist Management
- Minor Scale Harmony
10/15/2007 - Guide Tones: The Bare Essentials
- Major Scale Harmony
- Different Groupings & Finger Independence

Community

07/01/2008 - Joe Bonamassa Guitar Give-Away Contest (Closed)

Reviews

04/17/2012 - Veil Of Maya – Eclipse (Featuring Track-By-Track Commentary From Marc Okubo)
03/30/2012 - Meshuggah – Koloss
01/23/2012 - Gary Moore – Live At Montreux Jazz Festival 2010
11/06/2011 - Andy Timmons Band Plays Sgt. Pepper
10/27/2011 - Mastodon – The Hunter
10/03/2011 - Opeth – Heritage
08/04/2011 - The Human Abstract – Digital Veil
07/06/2011 - Unexpect – Fables Of The Sleepless Empire
05/13/2011 - UFO @ B.B. King’s Blues Club – New York, NY
04/12/2011 - Between the Buried and Me – The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues
04/11/2011 - Turisas – Stand Up And Fight
03/01/2011 - Falkenbach – Tiurida
02/25/2011 - Motörhead – The Wörld is Yours
02/09/2011 - Agalloch – Marrow Of The Spirit
12/31/2010 - Soulive @ The Paradise – Boston, MA
12/30/2010 - Kylesa – Spiral Shadow
11/21/2010 - Blind Guardian @ The Palladium – Worcester, MA
11/05/2010 - Dimmu Borgir with Enslaved @ The Palladium – Worcester, MA
11/04/2010 - The Orb Featuring David Gilmour – Metallic Spheres
10/29/2010 - Devin Townsend Project with TesseracT @ The Palladium – Worcester, MA
10/19/2010 - Black Label Society @ House Of Blues – Boston, MA
10/18/2010 - Iron Maiden – The Final Frontier
10/08/2010 - Richie Kotzen @ The Viper Room – West Hollywood, CA
09/15/2010 - Slash @ House Of Blues – Boston, MA
08/23/2010 - The Robert Cray Band – Cookin’ In Mobile
08/10/2010 - Steve Morse & Sarah Spencer – Angelfire
05/16/2010 - Dark Tranquillity @ Harper’s Ferry – Allston, MA
03/18/2010 - Finntroll – Nifelvind
02/13/2010 - God of War III: Blood & Metal EP
02/04/2010 - Dark Tranquillity @ House Of Blues – Boston, MA
01/14/2010 - Katatonia – Night Is The New Day
11/10/2009 - Richie Kotzen – Peace Sign
04/13/2009 - Jeff Beck @ House Of Blues – Boston, MA
03/18/2009 - Eric Johnson – Anaheim DVD
01/10/2009 - Framus Dragon Head & Cabinet
07/16/2008 - Opeth – Watershed
06/23/2008 - Liquid Tension Experiment @ B.B. King’s Blues Club – New York, NY
05/30/2008 - Progressive Nation 2008 @ Fillmore – Miami Beach, FL
05/19/2008 - Richie Kotzen – Go Faster
05/01/2008 - Vanna @ Harper’s Ferry – Boston, MA
04/12/2008 - Eddie Jelley and Cold Shot (SRV Tribute) @ Palace Theater – Waterbury, CT
04/10/2008 - Joe Satriani – Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock
02/20/2008 - Meshuggah – obZen
02/19/2008 - Hate Eternal – Fury And Flames
01/07/2008 - Ayreon – 01011001
11/16/2007 - Trans-Siberian Orchestra @ Civic Center – Hartford, CT
12/01/2006 - Blind Guardian @ The Palladium – Worcester, MA

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