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Meshuggah: What makes the new album different?

Meshuggah: What makes the new album different?

Tomas Haake – drummer with Meshuggah – has recently revealed in an interview for Metal Hammer what makes the band’s new album titled The Violent Sleep Of Reason differ from the previous records. It was recorded by the band all...
Historical facts: Alice In Chains

Historical facts: Alice In Chains

On August 21, 1990, Alice In Chains released the song Man In the Box as a single taken from the album Facelift. It was the first commercial hit of the grunge era, which was to be followed by Pearl Jam’s Alive and Nirvana’s Smells Like...
Sabian Sound Kit

Sabian Sound Kit

In case any of you, Drummers and Drummerettes, hasn’t come across this interesting product whilst surfing the most remote drumming web pages imaginable, we feel it is worth your while to read a bit about it now. The renowned Canadian cymbal...
WFL III Drums

WFL III Drums

Ludwig is a truly legendary brand name in the history of drum building, but also in the history of popular music. For the last 35 years, it has remained in the hands of the Conn-Selmer company after William F. Ludwig II sold the legendary business...
Hendrix John Blackwell Limited Signature Series Snare

Hendrix John Blackwell Limited Signature Series Snare

Hendrix Drums have released a snare drum built in cooperation with the long time drummer for Prince, John Blackwell. The instrument is called John Blackwell Limited Signature Series. The 14″ x 6″ shell is made of 1/4″ thin African...
Ringo Starr joined The Beatles 54 years ago

Ringo Starr joined The Beatles 54 years ago

This week marks a string of anniversaries relating to events in the Beatles’ history which turned out to be seminal not only for the band but also the face of pop music as we know it today. Exactly on this day in 1962, Ringo Starr played his...