Down have premiered a new song, "We Knew Him Well," and you can check it out below. The track is from their upcoming EP, Down IV Part Two, which will be released May 12 via Roadrunner Records.

This past Friday night, a custom-made, $10,000 Pelham Blue Bullseye Gibson Les Paul Custom was stolen from Zakk Wylde's tour bus outside the Chicago Theatre. Wylde, the Black Label Society frontman, was in town as part of the Experience Hendrix Tour, which also features Buddy Guy, Jonny Lang and more.

Earlier today, the band posted a photo, which you can check out below, to their Facebook page, along with the caption: “Working out the kinks in the new song that we’ll be debuting in South America in a couple days.”

GuitaWorld.com is revisiting Steve Vai's classic mag column, "The Ultra Zone," for this crash course in ear training. As I mentioned last time, a valuable method of training your ear is to practice singing the notes that you play on the guitar. I’d like to elaborate on this fun approach and offer you some specific advice on how to go about doing this on your own.