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VH1 CLASSIC's 'That Metal Show': Guest Details Revealed

The sixth season of the distinguished "That Metal Show", the one and ONLY place on television to celebrate all things hard rock and heavy metal, is back and ready to rock out starting on Saturday, October 16 at 11 p.m. According to a press release, the sixth season of "That Metal Show" is bigger and...

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TONY IOMMI: 'I've Gone Mad, Writing Loads Of Riffs Again'

BLACK SABBATH/HEAVEN & HELL guitartist Tony Iommi has revealed to U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine that he has begun work on new material with the hopes of launching the "next phase" of his career alongside longtime SABBATH bandmate/bassist Geezer Butler. Whether or not this will be part of a BLACK...

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Swedish RONNIE JAMES DIO Tribute Concert: More Footage Available, Details Revealed

Some of Sweden's finest heavy metal musicians gathered to pay tribute to Ronnie James Dio during this fall's edition of the Sweden Rock Cruise, which sailed on October 7 from Stockholm, Sweden for Åbo, Finland and returned the following day. There was a long tribute concert with a number of guest mu...

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JORN LANDE: 'I Will Forever Be Honored And Grateful For Being A Part' Of DIO Tribute Concert

Norwegian vocalist Jorn Lande, who sings for power metallers MASTERPLAN and recently released a tribute album to Ronnie James Dio, has issued the following update: "The last few months have been filled with work and new impressions, and I'm slowly getting back on track with future plans . "The HEAVE...

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DORO PESCH Performs 'Egypt' Cover As Tribute To RONNIE JAMES DIO (Video)

Fan-filmed video footage of German metal queen Doro Pesch performing a cover of the DIO classic "Egypt (The Chains Are On)" as a tribute to Ronnie James Dio on October 3, 2010 at the Crazy Donkey in Farmingdale, New York can be viewed below. In a May 2010 statement, Doro Pesch had the following to ....

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Swedish Heavy Metal Musicians Pay Tribute To DIO On SWEDEN ROCK CRUISE (Video)

Some of Sweden's finest heavy metal musicians gathered to pay tribute to Ronnie James Dio during this fall's edition of the Sweden Rock Cruise, which sailed on October 7, 2010 from Stockholm, Sweden for Åbo, Finland and returned the following day. There was a long tribute concert with a number of gu...

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OZZY OSBOURNE 'Disgusted' By WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH's Use Of 'Crazy Train'

"I am sickened and disgusted by the use of 'Crazy Train' to promote messages of hate and evil by a 'church,'" singer Ozzy Osbourne said in response to news that Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church used lyrics from his song at events surrounding Tuesday's (October 6) Snyder v. Phelps Supreme Court h...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO's Final Resting Place (Video)

Legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio was laid to rest at the Hall Of Liberty at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles after public and private memorials and was entombed in the erstwhile Jackson Three Children sarcophagus in the Courts of Remembrance. Nearby notable crypts include Sand...

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OPERATIKA's Cover Of DIO's 'We Rock' Released

New Jersey-based symphonic/power metallers OPERATIKA have released their cover version of the DIO classic "We Rock" via MySpace page. According to the band, the cover was originally planned as a bonus track for their upcoming album, but due to the untimely passing of the great Ronnie James Dio, the...

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WHITE WIZZARD Pays Tribute To RONNIE JAMES DIO With New Single

"Shooting Star", a brand new song from Los Angeles traditional metallers WHITE WIZZARD, is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The track, which was written as a tribute to Ronnie James Dio, is the first recording to feature new WHITE WIZZARD vocalist Peter Ellis. A new WHITE WIZZARD...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS: Footage Of Bratislava RONNIE JAMES DIO Tribute Available

Fan-filmed video footage of Tim "Ripper" Owens' (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) performing a cover version of the BLACK SABBATH classic "Children Of The Sea" as a tribute to Ronnie James Dio on September 22, 2010 at club Randal in Bratislava, Slovakia can be viewed below...

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Ex-DIO Guitarist ROWAN ROBERTSON To Be Featured On VH1 CLASSIC's 'That Metal Show'

Former DIO and current DC4 guitarist Rowan Robertson will be featured in a "Where Are They Now?" segment on an upcoming episode of VH1 Classic's "That Metal Show". The sixth season of "That Metal Show", the one and only place on television to celebrate all things hard rock and heavy metal, is being...

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Y&T Bassist Receives 'Sizeable Donation' From RONNIE JAMES DIO 'STAND UP AND SHOUT' CANCER FUND

According to a posting on Y&T's official web site, the band's original bassist Phil Kennemore, who is currently metastatic cancer, recently received a "sizeable donation" from the Ronnie James Dio "Stand Up And Shout" Cancer Fund. Created by Ronnie James Dio's wife/manager Wendy, the Ronnie Jame...

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MIKE TRAMP's RONNIE JAMES DIO Tribute Song Released

WHITE LION frontman Mike Tramp and his ROCK'N'ROLL CIRCUZ band have recorded a tribute song to the legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio — best known for his work with BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW and his own band DIO. According to a press release, the track, "clocking in at almost nine minutes,...

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GEEZER BUTLER Talks To 'The Metal File' About 40th Anniversary Of 'Paranoid', Future Plans

BLACK SABBATH bassist Geezer Butler was interviewed for this week's "The Metal File" podcast from Montreal's CHOM-FM. You can stream the show using the audio player below. Due on November 15, "The Ozzy Years - Complete Albums Box Set (Limited Collectors Edition)" contains all the Ozzy-era BLACK SABB...