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Official Headstone Ceremony For Late RIOT Guitarist To Be Held Saturday

The official headstone ceremony for late RIOT guitarist Mark Reale will be held this Saturday, August 11 at 10:00 a.m. at Holy Cross Cemetary (17501 Nacogdoches Rd.) in San Antonio, Texas (behind Rolling Oaks Mall). The event is open to the public. Reale died on January 25 in a San Antonio hospital...

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AUGUST BURNS RED: Christmas Album Detailed

After releasing an amped-up cover of a holiday classic in each of the past four years, Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based Christian metalcore quintet AUGUST BURNS RED will issue a full-length Christmas album, "August Burns Red Presents: Sleddin' Hill, A Holiday Album". The 13-track release features not o...

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ANVIL: New Re-Releases To Feature Liner Notes, Photos

On September 24, Steamhammer/SPV will re-release three albums from the legendary Canadian metal band ANVIL, all featuring new booklets containing new liner notes from guitarist/vocalist Steve "Lips" Kudlow and drummer Robb Reiner plus new photos. "Back To Basics" (2004) and "Still Going Strong" (200...

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DAVE MUSTAINE On President OBAMA: 'I'm Disgusted With This Guy'

Last month, MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine once again sat down with noted right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for a face-to-face interview for Infowars.com. The entire 43-minute chat has now been posted online and can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by...

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FOZZY Frontman: 'I Have Done The Best Singing Of My Career' On 'Sin And Bones'

Jason Price of Icon Vs. Icon recently conducted an interview with FOZZY frontman and WWE wrestling superstar Chris Jericho. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Icon Vs. Icon: It goes without saying you are a busy man with many irons in the fire at any given point. Is it safe ...

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DIO: 'The Singles Collection' Box Set Due Next Month

According to CDJapan.co.jp, Universal Music has set an August 31 European and September 3 Japanese release date for "The Singles Collection", a box set containing 48 songs from 14 of DIO's classic singles in replicas of the original release and a DVD featuring 12 music videos,. It comes with a repri...

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JSRG To Make Its Live Debut This Weekend?

JANETSHAREROXYGINA (a.k.a. JSRG),the newly formed group featuring three former members of the platinum-selling all-female '80s band VIXEN — singer Janet Gardner, drummer Roxy Petrucci and bassist Share Ross, along with guitarist Gina Stile, who was the guitarist on VIXEN's "Tangerine" album — "migh...

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DIO: 'The Very Beast Of Dio Vol. 2' Coming Soon

A new DIO compilation album, "The Very Beast Of Dio Vol. 2", will be released later in the year. The 17-song set will include three bonus tracks, two of which are new and have never been made available on a full DIO CD before. The cover artwork for the set was created by Marc Sasso, ...

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NILE Mainman: 'You Can Tell When You're Losing Your Audience' During A Live Concert

Mike Sloan of Blistering.com recently conducted an interview with Karl Sanders of South Carolina-based extreme technical death metallers NILE. A few excerpts from the chat follow below: Blistering.com: First of all, congrats on "At The Gate Of Sethu". It's a great album in typical NILE fashion. How...

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JAMES DURBIN Pays Tribute To RONNIE JAMES DIO (Video)

Video footage of "American Idol" finalist James Durbin and his solo band performing the DIO anthem "Rainbow In The Dark" on July 18 at Shooters Sports Bar in Texarkana, Arkansas can be seen below. During a February 2012 interview with Revolver magazine, Durbin spoke about his love for heavy metal an...

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HOLY GRAIL Completes Work On 'Ride The Void'

Los Angeles-based metallers HOLY GRAIL have finished recording their sophomore album, "Ride The Void", for a late fall release via Prosthetic Records. The follow-up to 2010's "Crisis In Utopia" was recorded with producer Matt Hyde (SLAYER, HATEBREED, CHILDREN OF BODOM) throughout the year, working a...

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ROB ZOMBIE: 'All The Classic Bands That Have Been Around Forever, They Came Up Gradually'

Kenny Herzog of Spin.com recently conducted an interview with Rob Zombie. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On listening to opinions of other people: Rob: "When you have too many people and you're trying to satisfy everybody's input, you usually end up with something so incredibly gen...

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PHANTOM-X: 'The Opera Of The Phantom' Track Listing Revealed

Dallas, Texas-based power metallers PHANTOM-X will release their new album, "The Opera Of The Phantom", on August 31 via Pure Steel Records. The track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. Storms Of Hell (Opera Chapter 1) 02. The Rise Of The Phantom (Opera Chapter 2) 03. Discovery (Opera Chapter 3)...

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DIO DISCIPLES: Video Footage Of Istanbul Performance

Fan-filmed video footage of DIO DISCIPLES' July 7 performance at Tuborg Goldfest in Parkorman, Istanbul, Turkey can be seen below. DIO DISCIPLES is the project featuring former DIO members Simon Wright (drums),Craig Goldy (guitar),Scott Warren (keyboards) and Rudy Sarzo alongside singers Tim "Ripp...

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BLACK MAJESTY: 'Stargazer' Audio Samples Available

Australian melodic power metallers BLACK MAJESTY will release their new album, "Stargazer", on July 20 via Limb Music. Dirk Illing (SCORPIONS, WIZARD) once again handled the album's artwork, which continues the theme of the band's past works. BLACK MAJESTY began recording drums back in October 2011...