A Video Report filmed by the Guys from Metal Gods TV. Interviews with: Michael Angelo Batio Andy From Arthemis Axeman from Wolf Some Dudes from Norway!! Warning!! Contains drunken Metal Heads and Naughty language!!

Review By Mick (the beard) Staley of Metal Gods TV Is this the event of the year? It has to be up there, you would not get such a stellar line up at most festivals and all for 8 quid! This was my first time at the Dean Guitar owners’ party and I had been looking forward to it ever since I was asked to cover the event in March, when we did a Dean promo at Hammerfest. This has been a long running event in the US, but still only in its infancy over here, although its going to be an annual event from now on as Dean thought it was time to host one as the Dean owners in the UK are growing by the minute! This was a chance for all Dean guitarists to basically show off, and for Dean UK to show how proud they are of their product. I had the chance to meet old friends and also make new ones and a great night was had by all. It was certainly a mouth watering event as great bands were on the bill, which included, Wolf, Arthemis, Onslaught, Doug Scarett (Saxon), and the jaw dropping exploits of the great Michael Angelo Batio. This was no ordinary gig however, it was more like a gathering of friends, and although the audience consisted mainly of press and people in the business, the ones who did pay certainly got their moneys’ worth, rubbing shoulders with the best. Everywhere you turned you saw people having pictures taken with their heroes. Dean had also organized the best raffle ever with proceeds going to a children’s charity, with out of this world prizes, the best being a signed Dean guitar. Whilst all this was going on, bands and guest were strutting their stuff on stage. The show was opened by a new outfit called Population Four, a band from Preston, who gave it all they had and got everyone fired up for what was to follow. Guardians of Andromeda were up next; making their first live appearance with wizardry and magic really great stuff using references from The Lord of the Rings and various other mythical tales, but it really works well and the vocal talents of Phaelan are superb. You will definitely be hearing a lot about these guys soon. Arthemis drew the short straw having to follow such a fantastic inaugural performance, but with new material from their ‘Heroes’ album they shone through and singer, Fabio Dessi would go on to sing a rendition of ‘Holy Diver’ as a tribute to Dio with all the acts joining in. 101 Percent Pantera were on top form and really got the room rocking with Pantera favourites with lead guitarist Chris Jones, showing off the Dime signature guitar that can be bought anywhere. Michael Angelo Batio was next up and having heard lots about him but never seeing him, I was really looking forward to the man that first brought the art of the twin neck guitar. Michael Angelo had the guitar lovers eating out of his hand, playing tributes to, Led Zep, Deep Purple, Pantera and countless others. This was all made more remarkable as it was all instrumental, but the speed of his hands and his trickery around the neck of the guitar, just made your jaw drop and lap it up. I could have watched him all night and advise anyone who gets a chance, to go and see him, maybe a festival could snap him up, he would go down really well at somewhere like Hard Rock Hell. Wolf had to follow this maestro, but if anyone could it would be Wolf. They started with stuff from the ‘Ravenous’ album with stuff from ‘Black Flame’, but the highlight for us and for them, judging by the enormous grins on their faces, was the arrival of Doug Scarrat (Saxon), on stage. They went on to perform ‘Strangers in the night’ and ‘Princess of the night’ with Nik from Wolf losing his guitar and becoming front man. This is the sort of stuff you rarely get anywhere else, but all these guys are in the Dean ‘family’. Onslaught rounded off the night with yet another out of this world performance, giving us their unique brand of thrash metal and yet another fantastic vocal performance, this finished the night off with a bang. This was a great event that gave us not only awesome guitar performances, but some of the best vocals, collectively, that I’ve had the pleasure to witness in a long while. DOA UK is now an annual event and from little acorns, big things grow and if this gathers momentum, it can become one of the ‘must see’ events of the metal calendar.

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