by Zach Fehl | Sep 28, 2015 | News
Deafheaven guitarist Kerry McCoy has recently come under fire for his use of the word “faggot” as an insult on Twitter back in 2012. Since this revelation, there has been a petition created and “going around” to stop the band from playing any...
by Zach Fehl | Sep 21, 2015 | Events, Reviews
ProgPower USA is the premier US festival for progressive and power metal. It takes place every year in September at the Center Stage Theater in Atlanta, Georgia. The festival seeks to bring in bands that don’t necessarily have the fan base to tour the United States...
by Zach Fehl | Sep 21, 2015 | News, Touring
There are few guitarists with a career as comprehensive and extensive as Joe Satriani’s, and he plans to show it all off in his just announced 2016 tour. The tour, titled Surfing to Shockwave, is an interesting moniker as it refers to him playing songs from...
by Zach Fehl | Sep 21, 2015 | News
While the Swedish war-themed power metal band Sabaton will be traveling by way of tank to their next gig, their frontman Joakin Brodén will not be joining them in that luxury. According a the Norwegian site TRD.by, (in their WTF section I would like to point out) the...
by Zach Fehl | Sep 21, 2015 | News, Video
During a recent show in Philadelphia, PA, guitar legend Marty Friedman invited a fan from the crowd up on stage to take part in a back and forth shred fest. It turns out that this very lucky fan’s name is Christian and he spoke to Ultimate-Guitar about the...