Author: Chris Alfano

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Chris Alfano has written about music and toured in bands since print magazines and mp3.com were popular. Once in high-school he hacked a friend's QBasic stick figure fighting game to add a chiptune metal soundtrack. Random attractive people still give him high-fives about that.

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Our ability to "fix" modern recordings is in fact ruining said recordings.

That headline almost reads like a sentence, doesn't it? Or a command: "Hey bassist, land that fill! You fell behind the beat the last time through the song."

I have a friend who always refers to Dimmu Borgir as "Dimmu Burger," and it makes me hungry every time.

As long as that help involves the drums in general, and hitting drums with sticks in particular.

ESP is releasing very limited runs of guitars commemorating the life of Jeff Hanneman, and the 30th anniversary of Metallica's Ride the Lightning.

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