SCALE THE SUMMIT guitarist Chris Letchford has posted the first of many tour blog entries on the band's Offical Myspace. SCALE THE SUMMIT is currently on this summer's Progressive Nation Tour along side DREAM THEATER, ZAPPA MEETS ZAPPA, and BIGELF. Read along as Chris discusses meeting the members DREAM THEATER, gear, big tour food benefits and rehearsals.
Once upon a time LYE BY MISTAKE was alive and kicking. Three years have gone by since the release of their 2006 debut album 'Arrangement For Fulminating Vective.' After scrapping a demo and losing their singer the baby is finally kicking for their sophomore album tentatively called "Fea Jur". Read along to drummer Maxx Tempo's humorous LYE BY MISTAKE update below or check out Black Market Activies' Artist Entry.
With the release of our Mecha Organa compilation, it's fairly obvious artists are creating sweet, original tunes without the help of any professional music executive.
Norwegian avant-garde metallers RAM-ZET have inked a deal with Ascendance Records. The band's fourth album, "Neutralized", is scheduled for release this fall.
Montreal extreme metallers DESPISED ICON have started work on their new album, due later in the year via Century Media Records. The third in a series of webisodes documenting the sessions can be viewed below.
ISIS, the innovative Los Angeles-by-way-of-Boston-based band, will release its fifth full-length album, "Wavering Radiant", on May 5 via Ipecac Recordings. The CD, produced by Joe Baressi (TOOL, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE), will receive a limited-edition vinyl release on April 21. TOOL's Adam Jones contributed guitar to two songs from the LP.
FANGORIA MUSICK is conducting a new editorial column called FANGORIA MUSICK's LISTS OF DOOM in which they seek out their favorite musicians and ask what horror movies scares them the most and why. Launching this new column they have picked PSYOPUS guitarist Christopher "Arpmandude."Click here to see his picks.
Guitarist Joe Haley of Tasmanian tech-death masters PSYCROPTIC was recently interviewed for FPE-TV. In the 28-minute clip, which can be viewed below, he explains his technique, songwriting process, gear setup, and hybrid picking, among other things. The guitar-lesson segment starts around the nine-minute mark. Performances of songs from their Nuclear Blast debut, "Ob(Servant)", including the title track (19:40) and "Horde in Devolution" (23:03), are also featured.
