Sick Sounds Explains the use of Cross Rhythms

Cross-rhythms are an increasingly common way of twisting the listeners ear and blurring the meter, so that anyone wishing to tap their foot along to the music will require several years of formal music training and a degree in applied mathematics. Our exclusive lessions from Sick Sounds 9 talk you through these... more »

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Sick Sounds 6 takes on Michael Amott and a brace of quirky reviews

Bands that focus entirely on dissonance can often begin to sound less brutal, as there are no contrasting sections to make the heavy riffs sound heavier. more »

Sick Sounds Videos now online: riff like Ihsahn, Thrashing with Ol Drake and whammy bar abuse (and gurning)

Ol Drake's Shred SchoolOn pages 38 and 39 of Sick Sounds issue 2 you will find the music to accompany Ol's lesson below.   Anaal Nathrakh's Unruly Interview VIDEO EXCLUSIVE!!!Mick Kenney talks about his approach to guitar playing and producti… more »

What are your favourite riffs, the coolest riffs of all time?

At the moment in the Sick Sounds forum, Jonathan Horsley is asking: What are your favourite riffs, the coolest riffs of all time? Best/most articulate posts will (probably) go in the magazine.Feel free to be obscure. more »

Sick Sounds 2 (the difficult second issue) to hit the shelves Thursday!

  I have never encountered a band as tired as Mastodon. When we hooked up with them they were totally zapped, crushed against the windshield of their remorseless calendar, wearied by the globe-spanning stretch of air-miles they’ve clocked up in support… more »

Issue 1 Videos online now - Cannibal Corpse's Alex Webster plus lessons on how to play Blackened Sabbath, Morbid Angel and Celtic Frost

Here is the video footage to go with the lessons in the very first issue of Sick Sounds. To get your hands on a copy of this incredible magazine and the music to go with these videos, Click Here.(EXCLUSIVE) ALEX WEBSTER INTERVIEW/LESSONThe Cannib… more »

Nergal from behemoth speaks to Sick Sounds magazine!

Fear Of A Black Metal PlanetAfter a long, steady ascent, 2009 saw Adam ‘Nergal’ Darski reach metal’s Olympus as a true musical behe-moth. Jonathan Horsley talks ‘Evangelion’, riffs and Shakira with the man himself.‘Evangelion’ is the sort of box office l… more »

Orange Amps launches the all-in-one computer amplifier speaker – The OPC

Orange Amplifiers, the British based company specialising in guitar amplifiers, have announced the launch of their all-in-one computer amplifier speaker – The OPC. The project has been several years in the making and as a pioneering force in guitar ampli… more »

Full feature from Sick Sounds #1 - BLUE CHEER – Baroness’s JOHN DYER BAIZLEY speaks with Sick Sound's Jonathan Horsley

(First published in Sick Sounds #1, available here)Flourishing in the sonic fault lines that run between Mastodon riff largesse and Thin Lizzy wor-ship, Baroness have been a band that have blossomed in the shadows. The critical acclaim of ‘Blue Record’ h… more »

Shreducation for the Wicked - Sick Sounds Magazine is launched!

SHREDUCATION FOR THE WICKED:SICK SOUNDS MAGAZINE IS HERE From the makers of Terrorizer comes the first and last word in Extreme Metal.Sick Sounds is the world's first ever magazine for extreme metal musiciansIt is the sister magazine of Terrorizer,… more »