Guitarist George Lynch (LYNCH MOB, SOULS OF WE, ex-DOKKEN) has launched a new official website. His webmaster has issued the following update:

"Welcome to the new site. We’ve taken this thing into overdrive (literally!) with all the new functionality. You guys, the fans, can sign up, comment on George’s news and blogs, there’s links to George’s Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, the whole ball of wax. We do apologize for abruptly switching. We know all you guys had been members over at the NING site, but NING as a company is changing and they’re completely revamping the way their sites work, so we chose to rebuild this bad boy in a whole new way on a more stable platform.

In short? This site is here to stay. Let us know what you like! Let us know what you don’t like. You can send all those rants and raves to webmob@lynchforum.com. And yes, we are still working on the music player. We should have an update on that shortly. There’s going to be tons more stuff added over the next week so keep checkin’ back!

Thanks everybody!"

Check out the new website here.

As previosuly reported, on May 4th, Cleopatra Records will release Lynch's new instrumental covers album, Orchestral Mayhem.

The official press release states: Rejoice!, ye fans of guitars that doth shred - axemaster George “Mr. Scary” Lynch presents his first ever instrumental album! Known as one of the most technically proficient guitarists of the metal genre yet never one to rest on his laurels, Lynch decided to take on some of the best known and most musically complex compositions ever written including classical works by Beethoven, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Orff and others. On this stellar album, not only does Lynch prove himself to be one of the greatest players of the six-string sword but also an astounding musical interpreter of these beloved classics. Enjoy!

Orchestral Mayhem contains the following 13 songs:

'Bittersweet Symphony' (VERVE)

'Für Elise' (Beethoven)

'Carmina Burana' (Orff)

'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, 1st Movement' (Mozart)

'Habanera' (Bizet from the opera Carmen)

'Venetian Boat Song' (Mendelssohn from Songs Without Words)

'Prelude In G Minor' (Rachmaninoff)

'William Tell Overture' (Rossini)

'The Waltz Of The Flowers' (Tchaikovsky from The Nutcracker)

'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, 4th Movement' (Mozart)

'Clair De Lune' (Debussy)

'Wizards In Winter' (TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA)

'Christmas Eve / Sarajevo 12/24' (TSO)