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In the Loudwire clip below, Judas Priest / Elegant Weapons guitarist Richie Faulkner takes us through his history of playing guitar, from what first inspired him as a child through today.
He also plays his favorite Judas Priest riffs, including classic ones and ones he wrote, as well as some riffs off Elegant Weapons' new album, Horns For Halos, which is out now.
Hurricane is an American heavy metal band formed in 1983, originally featuring current Foreigner lead vocalist Kelly Hansen (vocals / rhythm guitar), Robert Sarzo (guitar), Tony Cavazo (bass), and Jay Schellen (drums) currently with Yes.
Cavazo and Sarzo are the brothers of Quiet Riot's Carlos Cavazo and Rudy Sarzo.
Today marks the official release of The Hallowed, the brand new studio album by US legends, Jag Panzer (Atomic Fire Records).
In celebration of the record’s release, guitarist Mark Briody has created yet another lyric video, this time for a track “Dark Descent”.
Heavy metal quintet U.D.O. - fronted by legendary singer Udo Dirkschneider and officially completed by former Accept bassist Peter Baltes in April - recently announced their new studio album, Touchdown, due out on August 25 via Atomic Fire Records.
It features 13 tracks which cement the fact that the group surely belongs to the all-star team of the scene.
Power metal entity Dragonheart announce the release of The Dragonheart's Tale, their fifth studio album, on August 25th via Rockshots Records.
Marking the return of the band's original vocalist Eduardo Marquesm, it also features guest vocals from Henning Basse on "Ghost Of The Storm" and was mixed and mastered by Fredrik Nordström along with the cover artwork by Andreas Marschall.
In a new interview with Rock History Music, THE SWEET guitarist Andy Scott confirmed that Ronnie James Dio was in consideration to join the band after original lead singer Brian Connolly left THE SWEET in 1979. Andy said: "People have said to me, that moment when Brian had left the band and we were starting to pick the bones out of the record that he should have been on, the 'Cut Above The Rest' album where we ended up being a three-piece band…
It’s the melodic grandeur, that clearly marks the foreground of Winterstorm, reflected in heavily catchy choruses and colossal, polyphonic vocals.
Striking elements of different metal styles merge with each other and get a completely new impression, that Winterstorm’s forthcoming record may be their most versatile and powerful album to date; one that does not have to hide behind proven genre colleagues such as Blind Guardian or Rhapsody Of Fire.
On June 17th, German power metallers Powerwolf performed at the Hellfest in Clisson, France. Pro-shot video of the entire show courtesy of ARTE Concert can be viewed below.
There is no way around the most successful German band in modern heavy metal. Only a few days before the release of the special album Interludium on April 7, and shortly after the overwhelming first North American tour in the band's history
German heavy metal band, Turbokill, have released a video for their new single, "Time To Wake", featured on the band's forthcoming debut album, Vice World.
In an enlightened world, it must be allowed to ask how the musical succession to metal legends like Judas Priest or Iron Maiden is to be realized. Or is the change of guards already under way? Following in the footsteps of the metal giants of our era will by no means be an easy feat.