By Darren Murph Mar 9th 2010
We’ll just come right out and say it: Guitar Hero and Rock Band should watch their back, ’cause there’s a better-than-decent chance that Power Gig will be all the rage this holiday season. Seven45 Studios is a heretofore unheard of upstart with roots in First Act, and unlike the vast [...]
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J. TECH - Aug - 13th
By Bob Tourtellotte Aug 13, 2009
Legendary guitarist and inventor Les Paul, who pioneered the design of solid body Gibson electric guitars that bore his name, died Thursday at a New York hospital of complications from pneumonia. He was 94. The rock ‘n’ roll icon was playing regular gigs at a New York City nightclub as recently [...]
J. TECH - May - 30th
Ozzy Osbourne has filed a lawsuit against his BLACK SABBATH bandmate Tony Iommi, claiming that Iommi illegally took sole ownership of the band’s name in a filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Osbourne is suing Iommi for a 50 percent interest in the "Black Sabbath" trademark, along with a portion of Iommi’s profits from [...]
J. TECH - Apr - 30th
Download all the tracks from Dawn of War II, completely free of charge.
By GameSpy Staff | Apr 30, 2009
THQ and Relic have released the Dawn of War II soundtrack for free. Available on the game’s official site, folks can either download all 20 tracks in one file or stream them individually. They’ve also included a [...]
J. TECH - Apr - 27th
America’s first-ever hard rock and heavy metal music award show will be broadcast on MTV2 as a one-hour special debuting Saturday, May 2. The ultimate evening of heavy music featured performances from MEGADETH, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, HATEBREED, ALL THAT REMAINS and SUICIDE SILENCE, along with a very special DJ set from SLIPKNOT’s Corey Taylor to kick [...]
J. TECH - Apr - 27th
Rob Halford known in the Metal world as a multi-gold and platinum producer, songwriter, vocalist which has graced the world’s largest stages for decades leading with his solo acts HALFORD and FIGHT, as well as the legendary JUDAS PRIEST has now ventured into the apparel business. With an eye on defining consumer-fashions for today’s rock [...]
J. TECH - Nov - 21st
By Blabbermouth.net Nov. 20, 2008
Anthony Chowanec of All Metal Music conducted an interview earlier today (Thursday, November 20) with frontman Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer of German thrash metal veterans DESTRUCTION.
DESTRUCTION recently uploaded the song "Urge – The Greed Of Gain" featuring solos from Gary Holt (EXODUS) and Jeff Waters (ANNIHILATOR) alongside that of DESTRUCTION’s own [...]
J. TECH - Nov - 12th
By Blabbermouth.net Nov. 12, 2008
Paul Friswold of the Riverfront Times recently conducted an interview with METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett. On the criticism that METALLICA’s new album, "Death Magentic", is over-compressed: The music lacks dynamic range, and is marred further by harsh digital clipping, an undesirable noise introduced during mastering:
"Well, it’s like this: There are people [...]
J. TECH - Apr - 28th
by soulxtc April 28, 2008
New interview says that they’ve been "observing Radiohead and Trent Reznor," and that for its next album fans can expect "everything in terms of possibilities with the Internet."
It was back in 2000 that Metallica discovered a demo of its song "I Disappear," which was supposed to be released in combination with [...]
J. TECH - Mar - 21st
By Reuters, Mar 21, 2008
Gibson Guitar said on Friday that it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Viacom Inc’s MTV networks and Harmonix as well as Electronic Arts relating to the wildly popular "Guitar Hero" video games. The lawsuit, filed in Federal District Court in Tennessee, relates to the same patent involved in another suit [...]