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OPETH Mainman Says Next Album Will Have 'More Sinister-Sounding Riffs'

This coming Friday, September 6, Swedish progressive metallers OPETH will set sail on Melloboat 2013, a two-day cruise between Stockholm, Sweden and Riga, Latvia featuring performances by a number of progressive cult bands and heavy hitters, including Morgan Ågren (featuring a guest appearance by De...

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Virtue & Vice

Tag-team collaborators Rick Ritzler and Paul Jones have been knocking duffs around the underground with a MOTORHEAD-meets-eighties power metal attack under the guise of ROBOT LORDS OF TOKYO. Primarily a two-man operation, Ritzler (drums and guitar) and Neil Fallon acolyte, Jones (vocals and guitar)...

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VINNY APPICE: Video Footage Of GoDpsMusic Drum Clinic

Video footage Vinny Appice's (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL, LAST IN LINE, KILL DEVIL HILL) August 30 drum clinic at GoDpsMusic in Newbury Park, California can be seen below. Vinny Appice has anchored the rhythm and power live and in the studio for the music of DIO, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN &am...

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VINNY APPICE On LAST IN LINE: 'We Are Looking Forward To Doing A Lot Of Touring'

Mark Dean of MyGlobalMind webzine recently conducted an interview with former DIO and current LAST IN LINE members Vinny Appice (drums) and Jimmy Bain (bass). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. MyGlobalMind: How did it feel to be performing [the early DIO] songs live again [with LAST I...

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Video: TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS, CHRIS CAFFERY Perform SAVATAGE Classics In Ohio

Singer Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, DIO DISCIPLES) joined guitarist Chris Caffery (SAVATAGE, TRANS-SBIERIAN ORCHESTRA) on stage on August 24 at Ripper's Rock House in Akron, Ohio to perform a couple of SAVATAGE classics: "Edge Of Thorns" and "Hall Of The Mountain K...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS: 'I'm Not Sure If LEMMY Will Ever Die'

J. Thorn recently conducted an interview with powerhouse vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (DIO DISCIPLES, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. J. Thorn: What's it like playing in DIO DISCIPLES? Owens: It's an honor. It's emotional every night. I fe...

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SCORPION CHILD: 'Polygon Of Eyes' Video Released

"Polygon Of Eyes", the new video from Austin, Texas-based classic rockers SCORPION CHILD, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's self-titled debut album, which sold around 900 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 26 on the Top New Artist A...

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BLACK SABBATH Guitarist's Health Comes Before Band

Nathan Carson of Willamette Week recently spoke to BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi about the making of the band's new album, "13" — the first in 35 years to feature Tony, singer Ozzy Osbourne and bassist Geezer Butler. Asked about how SABBATH decided to recruit RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE's Brad Wil...

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KILL DEVIL HILL Signs With CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS

KILL DEVIL HILL — the band featuring legendary drummer Vinny Appice (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL) alongside Rex Brown (PANTERA, DOWN) on bass, Mark Zavon (RATT, W.A.S.P., 40 CYCLE HUM) on guitar and Jason "Dewey" Bragg (PISSING RAZORS) on vocals — has inked a multi-album North American dea...

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Former DIO Guitarist TRACY G Featured In 'The Right To Rock' Podcast (Audio)

TheRightToRock.com has issued its latest podcast (episode #154),featuring an interview with former DIO guitarist Tracy "G" Grijalva. The chat lasts approximately 15 minutes and can be streamed using the audio player below. Grijalva is working on a book that will chronicle his time in DIO (from 1993...

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'Louder Than Hell' Book Authors Interviewed On 'Rock Book Show' (Video)

Veteran rock journalists Jon Wiederhorn and Katherine Turman recently spoke to the "Rock Book Show" about their recently published book, "Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History Of Metal". You can now watch the chat below. Emerging from the blues and psychedelic rock of the 1960s and '70s, hea...

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JUDAS PRIEST Gets Hell Bent For Vegas!

Hold your excitement, metal fans, here's the ultimate Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp specifically for you metalheads. Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp is proud to present JUDAS PRIEST bandmembers — including singer Rob Halford, bassist Ian Hill, drummer Scott Travis, and guitarist Richie Faulkner. (Please not...

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Video: ARMORED SAINT Performs At Benefit Concert For Former SOUND BARRIER Drummer

Fan-filmed video footage of ARMORED SAINT's August 16 performance at Paladino's in Reseda, California at a benefit show for drummer Dave Brown (ex-SOUND BARRIER, MASI, TOTAL ECLIPSE),who is battling cancer, can be seen below. Also scheduled to appear on the bill were DC4 (featuring Jeff Duncan of A...

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TESTAMENT Frontman Talks Songwriting, Influences

Greg Prato of Songfacts recently conducted an interview with vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Songfacts: Looking back at the early days of thrash metal, at what point did you realize that there was a movement going o...

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TONY IOMMI On His Cancer Battle: 'My Attitude Has Changed Toward Everything'

Jim Harrington of the San Jose Mercury News recently conducted an interview with the legendary BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On BLACK SABBATH's comeback album, "13", reaching No. 1 album on the U.S. chart earlier this year: Iommi: "We are very pleased...