TuxGuitar, an open source tablature editor, is an music composer and player. The editor can be used to compose music using score and could be played back as midi file. The editor has multitrack display for different instruments, fret board view and matrix editor for percussion instruments. The editor has autoscroll feature for simulaneous playback. The editor has standard music notations as well as various effects like bend, slide, vibrato, hammer on/pull-off, time signature and tempo management. The editor can import and export gp3,gp4 and gp5 files. The music can be exported in Lilypond, MusicXML formats to name a few.

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The album features the following eight songs:

• Metric Of Hate
• Beating Heart
• Dollar Plague
• The Lake
• Edge Of Design
• Take The Test
• War
• Enslaved By Pain

Written, performed, recorded and produced entirely by Jono Bacon (Community lead for Ubuntu), the album touches a range of political and social topics, driven by a brutal, thundering style with pounding double bass drumming, grinding guitars and guttural vocals. The album was recorded in Jono’s home studio in central England and combines a range of styles. Pre-release listening sessions has resulted in comparisons to Metallica, Cannibal Corpse, Slayer, Pantera, Decapitated and Hatebreed.

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Listen to ‘The Day That Never Comes’ here

LiveMetallica.com has offering many of the thrash legends, Metallica, live tracks as free downloads (1982 – 2003) legally. Head over to LiveMetallica.com to download the entire tracks. You will need to create a free login in order to download the tracks.

Download tracks here.

Blabbermouth reports:

Five German bands have recorded cover versions of classic METALLICA songs for the first-ever “German Tribute to Metallica”. Between now and August 18, a new track from the tribute will be made available for free download each Tuesday and Friday via www.tribute-to-metallica.de.

To download the first song — KILLIANS‘ version of “Hero of the Day” — go to this location (free registration required).

Metalkult, Guitarworld’s blog, is streaming Brazilian death metal Gods, Krisiun’s latest album, Southern Storm, online on their website. Tracklisting of the album is :

1. Slaying Steel (4:11)
2. Sentenced Morning (3:59)
3. Twisting Sights (4:05)
4. Minotaur (3:51)
5. Combustion Inferno (4:23)
6. Massacre Under The Sun (4:43)
7. Bleeding Offers (3:24)
8. Refuse / Resist (SEPULTURA cover) (3:00)
9. Origin Of Terror (4:05)
10. Contradictions Of Decay (4:08)
11. Sons Of Pest (4:47)
12. Black Wind (0:48)
13. Whore Of The Unlight (4:23)

Listen to Southern Storm here.

Brother Cesare, a 62 year old monk from Milan hinterland, has a heart of metal and is the lead singer in a heavy metal band. The monk fell in love with metal some 15 years ago when he attended a Metallica concert. Brother Cesare, also known as Brother Metal, started playing and recording cassettes, firstly with “lighter” metal
music, but gradually he realised that what really moved him was the
hard core.

“Five minutes after meeting Brother Cesare I decided to go ahead,
because he manages to convey so much energy, that other musicians and
youngsters often don’t manage to express,” lead guitarist, Cesare
Zanotti, told Reuters.

Brother Metal recently appeared in the Gods of Metal festival in Italy,
along with giants such as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and Slayer, playing
to a crowd of leather-clad hard-core metal fans.
Brother Metal always wears his tradition brown robe and sandals.

Recently, Brother Metal has released his second album called ‘Misteri’ (Mysteries). The songs lyrics deal with real world issues like alcohol, drugs and about religion.