Tag: Toska

Documentary: Get Yourself an Authentic Nirvana Sound!

Truth be told, Kurt Cobain smashed up a hell of a lot of gear during Nirvana shows. Whether he was looking for that shock factor or just being his interpretation of ‘punk rock‘, it happened. So Toska guitarist Rabea and Matt join forces to create a gig worthy rig to play Nirvana songs for a

Documentary: Toska studio diary part #2!

Part #2 of a studio diary that sees Progressive Instrumental Trio Toska at Brighton Electric recording a new single possibly entitled “Leave No Meat On The Bones” has surfaced. While the first part saw the band tracking drums, this part sees them playing riffs and dissecting parts with producer Mark Roberts. They’ll be on the

NEWS: Toska April Shows!

While they are currently recording new material, Brighton Progressive Instrumental trio Toska have announced a run of April shows before their appearance at Radar Festival in Guildford in July. So there could be a new song or two in the sets though drummer Ben Minal will only be appearing in Brighton and London so Ben

Documentary: Drum Tracking with Toska!

As the critically acclaimed “Fire By The Silos” from Progressive Instrumental trio Toska has now past its 1st Anniversary, the band have gone back into the studio with Mark Roberts. This time out the studio is Brighton Electric and in this first part of a documentary series filmed by John Hollingsworth, they’re tracking the drums…

Review: “Shape Without Form” by Ghost Toast

Hungarian experimental progressive rock band Ghost Toast first came to our attention with opening single “Frankenstein’s” which turned heads as Guitarist Rózsavölgyi Bence commented: “Frankenstein’s is mainly inspired by movie scores. The seemingly different, theatrical piano intro and the heavier, odd time signature part are sewn together at the end. This time we wanted to make a music

Vs Tuesday: Two Bands! One Song! Who Wins? FIGHT. Bring The Noise!

Originally “Bring The Noise” saw Big Four Thrashers Anthrax take on a track by hip-hop act Public Enemy, the first song on the group’s 1988 album “It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back“. Anthrax wanted to do a version of the track after doing similarly vocal styling on “I’m The Man” and

Vs Tuesday: Two Bands! One Song! Who Wins? FIGHT! Paint It Black #2!

As some point in ancient history we put the resurgent The Agony Scene head to head against Melodic Death Metallers The Black Dahlia Murder with their respective versions of “Paint It Black” by The Rolling Stones. The original appeared as a single in advance of the bands 1966 album “Aftermath” and it’s fair to say

Documentary: How to get Guitar tones like Gojira!

In probably the longest running saga since ‘The Walking Dead‘ Rabea Massaad of Toska fame is joined by Matt from Andertons Music to get together a rig to sound like Gojira without any form of budgetary concerns. As NASA watch on with envy, the pair take on the roles of Christian Andreu and Joe Duplaintier

Documentary: Building a Bass Guitar with Frog Leap Studios!

We’ve seen a few custom guitar building videos in our time, let’s face, who hasn’t?! But for some reason, Norwegian Multi Instrumentalist Leo Moracchioli does it better. Perhaps it’s because he’s a skilled film maker and musician first and a in instrument builder second, who knows. In this latest episode, he creates a brand new

Documentary: Sound like Linkin Park?

The Andertons TV long playing series sees Rabea Massaad of Toska fame show you how you can achieve the tones of the iconic Linkin Park album “Hybrid Theory” nearly two decades on… without busting the bank! It’s an album that influenced a generation so if you’re interested in playing their songs then this is the