Peter Lindgren has stepped down from his guitar wielding duties after 16 years in Opeth. Below is an open letter from Peter addressing the issue:
"It is with sadness I announce that Opeth and I are going separate ways after almost 16 years. The decision has been the toughest I've ever made but it is the right one to make at this point in my life.
The reason behind this is that I feel that I simply have lost some of the enthusiasm and inspiration needed to participate in a band that has grown from a few guys playing the music we love to a world-wide industry. The love of music has always been, and still is, our motive, but I personally have lost something along the way. The massive amount of touring has taken its toll. Opeth has worked extremely hard to get where we are right now and in order to persist and maintain the quality of the music, it is necessary that we continue to work hard and always stay focused. But in doing so, it means that we nowadays spend 18 or 19 months on the road and I don't feel the same enthusiasm for the upcoming world tour that I have felt earlier. I have come to a point where I realize I won't be able to give the band 100%, and from both sides this will not be good enough for what Opeth stands for. I will always love playing, listening to, and living music, but I will do it differently from now on.
These years has easily been the best of my life and I will always cherish the memory of what we have experienced together. I would like to thank the band, our management, record label people, all the bands I've made friends with for everything. Most of all, I would like to thank the fans from the depth of my heart for the support throughout the years.
I wish Mikael, Martin, Per and Axe all the best and I am confident they will continue doing the greatest music in the world!!
they are replacing him with FREDRIK ÅKESSON I DOnt really care for him very much.

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Two new re-issues the V220m(marty friedman used backed in the day) and the ultraV. i can't wait to get my hands on the v220. maybe a red or black with flame maple. and its only cost 80 bucks to put an orig floyd on!
great guitar company, would reccomend to buy considering how cheap they are to other companys. they really do pay attention to details.

its a little different, i like it.
the site where you can listen to it
If I see you videotaping this movie
Satan will rain down your throat with hot acid
And saw your testicles
And turn your guts into snakes
This is a copyrighted movie for Time-Warner
If I found you sold it on eBay
I will break into your house and tear your wife in half
Dudes, the MPAA can't buy warnings like that.
some good lyrics

VHI Classic presents
Heaven and Hell
Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice Reunite For U.S. Tour Spotlighting Black Sabbath’s Dio Years
In Concert with Special Guests: Megadeth and Machine Head
Just Announced! Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice will reunite for the first time in 15 years as Heaven and Hell Live to cast a dark spell over spring as the quartet tours the U.S. Tickets will go on sale the weekend of March 9 for all 20 stops of the American leg (except Houston, on sale March 17), which is set to launch in Phoenix on April 22. There will also be a special fan presale for all dates beginning Wednesday, March 7 at 12 Noon EST. The tour will follow in the wake of the band’s highly anticipated Radio City Music Hall concert in New York City on March 30, which sold out in a matter of minutes.
Last year, the hard-rocking quartet convened to record three new songs for Rhino Records’ era-spanning collection, Black Sabbath: The Dio Years, due out April 3 on Rhino/Warner Bros. Records. One of the newly recorded tracks – “The Devil Cried” – is the first single. Bristling with the trademark Sabbath sound, the song is being well received by fans and critics alike.
The sessions for Black Sabbath: The Dio Years went so well that the band agreed to satisfy longstanding demands for a reunion tour. Set to launch in Canada on March 11, the Heaven And Hell World Tour will spotlight Dio’s tenure with Sabbath and will feature selections from all three of the group’s the studio albums, Heaven And Hell (1980), Mob Rules (1981) and Dehumanizer (1992), as well as the newly recorded tracks.
Multi-platinum recording artist Megadeth will join the tour and preview never before heard material from the group’s new CD, United Abominations, due out May 8 on Roadrunner Records. All dates will also feature Roadrunner labelmates Machine Head who are supporting their latest album, The Blackening, set for release on March 27.

ANY one else looking foward to this. i looking foward to hearing dio.

i would reccommend goiing out and buying it, i had some sweet articles on chuck(death) and duane allman, and a cool dime lesson. it also had jason becker tab, finally some good guitarists getting some cred. they were also 2 death tabs, and a dvd lesson of the crusade.
one of the better issues for them.