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In his Myspace, Yngwie wrote:

A standalone disc of 20 metal tracks is headed for retailers on October 13

It's been rumored for a while now, but Harmonix officially announced that another Rock Band Track Pack will be coming to retailers this year -- this time around, it'll be focused on the metal genre. For a suggested price of $29.99, the Rock Band Metal Track Pack will feature a total of 20 songs that can either be played on the standalone disc or imported into your other RockBand games.

Rock Band Metal Track Pack, like all Rock Band software, is compatible with all Rock Band instrument controllers, as well as most Guitar Hero® and other third party music video game peripherals and microphones.

Complete Track List:

1. All That Remains - Two Weeks
2. At the Gates - Blinded By Fear
3. Black Tide - ShockWave
4. Blue Öyster Cult - Transmaniacon MC*
5. Bullet For My Valentine -Waking the Demon
6. Children of Bodom - Are You Dead Yet
7. Evile -Thrasher
8. Godsmack - I Stand Alone
9. The Haunted - D.O.A.
10. Hawkwind - Master Of The Universe*
11. I Mother Earth - Levitate*
12. In This Moment - Forever
13. Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
14. Lacuna Coil - Closer
15. Lamb of God - Laid to Rest
16. Motörhead - Killed by Death*
17. Nazareth - Hair of the Dog*
18. Queens of the Stone Age - 3’s & 7’s
19. Rage Against The Machine - Bulls On Parade*
20. Yngwie Malmsteen -Red Devil

More news at here.

Steve Vai will be making an appearance at National Guitar Workshop's Rock Summit on July 20. This will be Steve’s first time appearing at the main National Guitar Workshop campus, he will discuss his guitar techniques and take part in question and answer session.

Steve Vai who is in the middle of tour to support his highly acclaimed Alien Guitar Secrets Master Class will tour Europe this June and please note that his appearance at NGW is not an Alien Guitar Secrets Master Class.

The National Guitar Workshop is also generously offering Steve's fans a special discount on tuition for NGW: Simply visit their website or call 800-234-6479 and quote the code: VAI062609. This will entitle a discount of $100 of tuition. Valid from 6/5/09 and ends: 6/26/09. This special offer cannot be combined with any other offer. Only valid for students not currently registered with NGW.

Steve Vai's European Tour Dates

June 18: Lisbon, PORTUGAL - Tickets
June 19: Madrid, SPAIN - Tickets
June 20: Tiel, NETHERLANDS - Tickets
June 21: Roermond, NETHERLANDS - Tickets
June 23: Aarburg, SWITZERLAND - Tickets
June 27: Neustadt A.d. Aisch, GERMANY - Tickets

Visit Steve Vai's Official Website for more news.

Joe Satriani

Background information
Also known as	Satch, Saint Joe
Born	July 15, 1956 (1956-07-15) (age 53) Westbury, New York, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Guitarist
Years active	1978 - present
	Sony, Epic Records
Associated acts	Mick Jagger, Deep Purple, Steve Vai, G3, Sammy Hagar

I'm sure most of the shredders out there are already know Joe Satriani. He is a well known great guitarist and songwriter. He also a teacher of other great guitarists, to mention some such as Steve Vai (ex-Frank Zappa, ex-David Lee Roth, Vai), Marty Friedman (ex-Cacophony,ex-Megadeath), Kirk Hammet (Metallica).
The best show he had ever produced is the G3 concert tour which featured a power trio consisting of three instrumental rock guitarists, as a founder of this tour, he is the only permanent line-up and featuring differing second and third members.The first G3 concert was held in 1996 where Satriani, Vai and Eric Johnson as the frist line-up. Other guitarists who have performed in G3 are Yngwie Malmsteen, Paul Gilbert of Racer X, Uli Jon Roth, John Petrucci of Dream Theater etc.
He is already 53 but still rocks! Someone said to me if you are getting older you should listen to songs that more spiritual and forget the rest. I want to make my stand here that the opinion is totally wrong and nonsense, you can't just give up your favorite genre. Music is our soul. Rock and metal forever!

Another ultimate guitar legend who owned the name Steve Vai. While other guitar players easily fit with their own genre and stail, Steve Vai's music remains un-categorized.His guitar sounds are extremely unique, and whenever I heard his song, my head automatically imagined an alien figure. I don't know why but that really happened, so weird!
I'm always wondering about how did he invented that kind of sound, for those who never heard of Steve Vai's music, I think you probably should.I love his 'Tender Surrender' song, insane technique!

Steve Vai
Steve Vai in 2007
Background information
Birth name	Steven Siro Vai
Born	June 6, 1960 (1960-06-06) (age 48) Carle Place, New York
Genre(s)	Instrumental rock, Hard rock, Experimental rock, Heavy metal, Progressive rock
Instrument(s)	Guitar, vocals
Years active	1980 - present
Associated acts	David Lee Roth, Whitesnake, Alcatrazz, Frank Zappa, G3, Billy Sheehan, Ozzy Osbourne

Tender Surrender

Crossroads Guitar Duel

Further information:
Wikipedia
Steve Vai's website
Youtube

He is one of my favorite guitarist, really like his composition like Scarified, Technical Difficulties, Get Out of My Yard,..........oh man,the list goes on. Back in 2004, my friend played Paul Gilbert 's song on his computer, I still remember the title of the song is Technical Difficulties.That's the day when I fall in love with Paul Gilbert's composition. I wish I could have his guitar, the fake f hole is awesome.

I was shocked like a freakin' baboon 2 years ago when I discovered the Ibanez guitars hanging at the music shop have Paul Gilbert's signature on it, not one but two. The guitars was wrapped with plastic and labeled as "Not For Sell". Until now I'm still wondering are they fake or what? How did the guitars arrived here? Or may be the shop owner had an opportunities to get Paul Gilbert's sign when he was touring Malaysia in 2002? So many questions huh, why don't I just go and ask the shop owner where the hell did he got the guitar?I guest next time when I visiting the shop again I'll definitely ask him and force him to sell them to me.haha.

For further information:
(a) Wikipedia
(b) Paul Gilbert Official Website

Scarified