Monthly Archives: December 2011

Last week in our continuing search for brutal tone, we talked with Suffocation’s bass player Derek Boyer. In this weeks edition, we turn to Guy Marchais, the brutally fast guitarist for Suffocation. How did you get started playing guitar? “I started playing guitar when I was 16, so about 27 years ago. I was always…

We would like to welcome our new artists for November who have joined the quest for perfect tone. Brandon Ellis (guitar): Arsis Eddie Heedles (guitar), Eric Morgan (bass): A Pale Horse Named Death Rob Espinosa (guitar): It’s a Beautiful Day

Recently the legendary Appetite for Destruction guitar visited Seymour Duncan as Slash was experiencing increasing problems with microphonic feedback. The video below chronicles the process of Seymour personally examining Slash’s guitar and working his magic on the pickups. This guitar was the Les Paul clone used to record Appetite for Destruction. After receiving the guitar back, Slash…

On our continuing search for brutal and heavy tone we turn to Emil Alstermark of October Tide to find out how he achieves his expansively dark tone. Tell us about your band October Tide. “Well, the band history is a story to be told by Fred since he’s the only original member of October Tide,…

Jarrell Guitars has just announced a line of Monte Pittman Signature guitars that are designed for maximum versatility. Monte Pittman is the guitarist for both Madonna and Prong – which speaks volumes to Monte’s need to have a guitar that allows him to go quickly from one style to another. Through his colloboration with Phillip…

Guitarist, singer, and songwriter Alastair Greene has been a mainstay of the Southern California music scene for over 2 decades. Alastair was born April 18th, 1971 in Santa Barbara, CA. Best known for his blues-based, soulful, and melodic guitar playing (as well as one of a rare-breed to play slide guitar), Alastair can be heard…

We are currently hosting a contest on our Facebook page to win an Amplitube StealthPlug and a 3 pack of Dunlop medium gauge strings. Click here to enter. You can download the Amplitube Custom Shop for free by clicking here. You can also purchase the digital models of the Shape Shifter & Power Grid at…

Each week, we go on a search for some of the hardest hitting and brutalest heavy metal we can find. In this weeks edition of Voices of Metal, we turn away from the guitar and turn towards the brutal stylings of Suffocation’s bass player Derek Boyer. From Long Island, New York – Suffocation has defined…