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RONNIE JAMES DIO Has Received BLABBERMOUTH.NET's 'Kind Words' Of Support

Earlier this week, DIO — the band fronted by legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW) — cancelled its European tour after Ronnie was taken ill. An update on Ronnie's official web site reads as follows: "Wendy Dio [Ronnie's wife/manager] would like t...

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ROB HALFORD Is Not Ashamed to Get Into The Christmas Spirit

Keith Carman of Exclaim.ca recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. One recording a Christmas album with the HALFORD band: "Just by association, I think that when everybody heard that the Metal God was doing a Christmas...

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Death Metal Singer Marries JIM CARREY's Daughter

According to People.com, Alex Santana, the singer of the Los Angeles-based death metal band BLOOD MONEY, married actor Jim Carrey's rock musician daughter Jane Carrey in a ceremony this past weekend. "It was a beautiful day. Simple and sweet," Jim Carrey told People.com in a statement. "I wish them...

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BRUCE KULICK To Release 'BK3' In February

If you ever play Six Degrees of Bruce Kulick, the former KISS/current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist's résumé will keep you happily busy for hours. Having been tapped by artists as diverse as Meat Loaf and Kanye West, the veteran axeman's boundless creative energy permeates his third solo LP, "BK3"....

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KORN Rumored To Headline Next Year's ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL

KORN drummer Ray Luzier told Unwired TV in a recent interview (see video below) that the band might headline next year's edition of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival tour. Also rumored to take part in the trek are Connecticut hardcore/metal masters HATEBREED, whose frontman, Jamey Jasta, tol...

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SHADOWS FALL Announces Annual Hometown Holiday Concert

Massachusetts metallers SHADOWS FALL have announced their annual hometown holiday concert for December 26, 2009. It will take place in Northampton, Massachusetts at Pearl Street. Tickets are on sale now and you can purchase yours at this location. SHADOWS FALL is the "HD Artist Of The Month" for Nov...

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SLAYER, MEGADETH, TESTAMENT: First 'American Carnage' Dates Released

As BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported on November 6 (before it was falsely denied by MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover),SLAYER, MEGADETH and TESTAMENT will team up for a U.S. tour, dubbed "American Carnage", in January/February 2010. So far the following dates have been released: Jan. 21 - Cow Palace - Da...

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SLAYER, MEGADETH: New 'Canadian Carnage' Dates Announced

Canadian concert promoters Gillett Entertainment Group (Groupe Spectacles Gillett) have announced the new dates for the "Canadian Carnage" tour featuring SLAYER and MEGADETH. The trek, which was originally due to begin on November 8, was called off after SLAYER frontman Tom Araya was ordered to unde...

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MEGADETH Kicks Off U.S. Headlining Tour; Setlist Revealed

MEGADETH's 2009 U.S. leg of the "Endgame" world tour kicked off last night (Saturday, November 14) at a sold-out Orbit Room in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Support on the trek is coming from MACHINE HEAD, SUICIDE SILENCE, ARCANIUM, and WARBRINGER replacing MACHINE HEAD beginning December 5. MEGADETH's se...

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CRASHDIET To Headline Next Year's REST IN SLEAZE Festival

Swedish glam-rock band CRASHDIET will headline next year's edition of the Rest In Sleaze festival, set to take place February 6, 2010 at Fryshuset in Stockholm, Sweden. Rest In Sleaze was launched in 2007 as a tribute to former CRASHDIET singer David Hellman (a.k.a. Dave Lepard),who committed suici...

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SACRED REICH: Rescheduled Mexico City Date Announced

Reactivated Arizona thrashers SACRED REICH will perform at Circo Volador in Mexico City on March 6, 2010. SACRED REICH was originally supposed to play in Mexico (Monterrey and Mexico City) in September but was forced to cancel the dates after the band's guitar player, Wiley Arnett, came down with th...

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Former ANTHRAX Singer NEIL TURBIN Interviewed On 'Heavy Metal Mayhem'

DEATHRIDERS/ex-ANTHRAX vocalist Neil Turbin was the featured guest on the November 8, 2009 edition of the "Heavy Metal Mayhem" radio show with Mike "The Big Cheese". You can now listen to the chat using the player below. DEATHRIDERS last year posted a rough-mix version of a new song, "Riders Of The...

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Artist Behind DIMEBAG 'Assassination' Painting Responds To Heavy Metal Detractors

Tom Sanford, the New York-based artist behind the controversial 2005 painting "The Assassination of Dimebag Darrell", has posted a lengthy update on his official web site addressing the criticism of his work by metal fans who found the painting to be in poor taste. His message is re-published below...

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SPV Entering New Dimensions With A New Team

Following its insolvency on May 27, 2009, SPV GmbH, Hannover, is realigning itself with a new repertoire strategy, building on the reputation which it has gained in over 25 years in the recorded music market with artists such as WHITESNAKE, MOTÖRHEAD, XAVIER NAIDOO, SIMPLY RED and ALICE COOPER. "SPV...

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THEM CROOKED VULTURES Schedule 'Rockline' Appearance

THEM CROOKED VULTURES — which consists of FOO FIGHTERS frontman Dave Grohl on drums, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE singer/guitarist Josh Homme and LED ZEPPELIN bass player John Paul Jones — will guest on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline" with host Bob Coburn on Monday, November 23 at 8:30 p....