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Charly
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February 19th sees the release of "Naked Thoughts From A
Silent Chaos", the debut album from French guitarist Charly
Sahona. On a break from his main band Venturia, Charly
has delivered a superb solo debut with great songs and great
musicianship all packed into a killer metal punch. We
caught up with the guitarist to discuss his debut lead
vocals on album, the making of the album and much more. |
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Dushan
Petrossi of Iron Mask |
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Back after
a 4.5 year absence, the melodic neo-classical metal outfit
Iron Mask have pulled out all the stops for their cracking
third album "Shadow Of The Red Baron". We caught up with
main composer and guitarist Dushan Petrossi to get into the
making of the album, get the low down on a couple of new
band members and find out what is in store for the rest of
2010. |
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GIANT -
PROMISE LAND |
 Giant,
the AOR band that should have been gigantic are back, albeit
minus Dan Huff. Virtuosity One ponders over the
new band line-up as it where, and delves into the album to
see if AOR fans are getting value for money from a band
looking to make a new beginning minus its most prized asset
of old. |
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KEEL - RIGHT
TO ROCK 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION |
 For some reason, Keel never made the big time back in the
80s. Was it Ron Keel’s voice? Was it the fact their albums were
rather hard to find? It sure wasn’t the music, because The Right
To Rock, the band’s most popular album, is a top notch slab of 80s
metal. |
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BRIAN HOWE -
CIRCUS LIFE |
 Brian
Howe… You may remember him as the poor sod who took on the
impossible task of replacing Paul Rodgers in Bad Company.
Maybe you know him from his work on Ted Nugent’s Penetrator,
not exactly the jewel in Ted’s crown…
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CHARLY SAHONA
- NAKED THOUGHTS FROM A SILENT CHAOS |
 A
streamlined album built around heavy riffs, catchy vocals
and Sahona’s trademark solos with a sound similar to a
fusion of Dream Theater and Muse. Fans of either band
should be able to latch on this rather easily, yet at the
same time it has its own sound going on. |
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MARTY FRIEDMAN
- TOKYO JUKEBOX |
 When one of the worlds’ best metal
lead guitarists decides to release an album in the J-Pop style
(that’s Japanese Pop for those not in the know) then you are right
to feel a little trepidation. So former Megadeth fret blisterer
Marty Friedman has not only moved to Japan to fully embrace
its culture but decided to get himself a piece of J-pop
action. |
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The Murder Of
My Sweet |
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Having been
involved with numerous bands and projects over the last few
years it seems the members of The Murder Of My Sweet have
found a vehicle that may well bring about worldwide
commercial success. We caught up with guitarist Daniel
Palmqvist to get the background info on the band, the making
of their debut album 'Divanity' and what the future holds
for the band. |
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Borislav Mitic |
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Borislav
Mitic is a guitarist who first rose to prominence at the
turn of the 21st century with a self titled instrumental
offering through Shrapnel Records, the album won worldwide
acclaim and also bore the distinction of being the first
guitar hero to emerge on a national platform from Serbia.
Now after almost a decade's absence and being a fully
fledged Canadian citizen, Borislav has just released his
third solo album "The Absolute" on Lion Music. Mike
Blackburn caught up with Borislav to get this superb
in-depth interview on all facets of his work and life.
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