Dimebag Darrell Riffer Madness instructional guitar DVD to be released

Alfred Music Publishing, the world’s largest educational music publisher, releases Dimebag Darrell: Riffer Madness, an instructional DVD teaching the signature riffs and patterns of late guitar hero DIMEBAG DARRELL. As the founding member of PANTERA and DAMAGEPLAN, Dimebag is recognized as one of the most influential guitarist in metal music.

Dime's good friend and protégé, metal maestro Nick Bowcott, helps pass Dime's torch to the next generation in this much-anticipated DVD. Nick takes 97 of Dime's critical riffs and patterns and uses them as a jumping-off point to help guitarists play their favorite guitar parts - and more importantly - understand the creativity, attitude, feeling, and intention underlying each pattern. Topics include: killer rhythm guitar, power grooves, pick squeals, psychotic syncopation, holes of silence, chromatics, diabolical dyads, and much more.

Picture-in-picture fret and pick action footage depict every performance nuance in a clear and player-friendly tutorial setting. The Dimebag Darrell: Riffer Madness DVD also includes a 28-page printable booklet with TAB of all 97 riff and pattern examples. Additional special features include: Two extensive “Lost Lessons” taught by Dime himself, an interview with Dime’s wife Rita Haney, a “Dime Tribute” performance featuring Nick Bowcott, and much more.

Dimebag Darrell: Riffer Madness DVD is now available for $24.99 at music retail stores and at this location. Also available is the Guitar World Presents Dimebag Darrell's Riffer Madness book and CD set, sold separately.

HellYeah Confirmed Asian Dates

HellYeah the USA band featuring members from Pantera, Mudvayne and Damageplan has just confirmed more asian dates:

April:
30 - Manilla, Philippines - Pulp Summer Slam Festival

May
2 - Bangkok, Thailand - Thunder Dome (with ANTHRAX and DEATH ANGEL)
5 May Tokyo, Japan - O-East *
6 May Tokyo, Japan O-East *
7 May Naka-ku, Nagoya-Aichi, JAPAN Diamond Hall *
9 May Osaka, Japan Big Cat *

* with Anthrax

Vinnie Paul speaks out on a possible Pantera reunion

Kerrang.com recently interviewed HellYeah/Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul. When asked about the possibility of Pantera reforming with a new guitarist, Vinnie responded with this:

"Dime was such a huge part of it that it would be just completely asinine to even consider that. He left an amazing legacy and it's going to be left untouched, it's beautiful, it's pristine and I want to leave it that way."

"I think it's pretty disrespectful from people to even suggest [reforming]," he added.

Dimebag was shot and killed on stage in Columbus, Ohio in December 2004 while performing with his and his brother's post Pantera outfit DamagePlan.