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THE RODS To Headline BINGHAMTON AREA METALFEST

The original lineup of THE RODS — the classic '80s metal band led by Ronnie James Dio's (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL) cousin, guitarist David "Rock" Feinstein — will headline the first annual BAM! (Binghamton Area Metalfest),set to take place September 12 at The Country Pines (Summer Stag...

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HEAVEN & HELL's DIO Interviewed by ROCKALARM TV

Legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, DIO) was interviewed by Rockalarm TV prior to HEAVEN & HELL's appearance at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which is being held July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. Watch the two-and-a-half-...

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THE 11TH HOUR Issues Album Update

THE 11TH HOUR, the doom metal collaboration between Ed Warby (drums, guitar, bass, vocals, programming; GOREFEST, DEMIURG, HAIL OF BULLETS) and Rogga Johansson (vocals, additional guitar; RIBSPREADER, PAGANIZER, DEMIURG),is continuing work on its debut album for a fall 2009 release via Napalm Recor...

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DIO Vs. DIO

The management for legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, DIO) has released the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "It has come to [our] attention that a band calling themselves DIO are advertised in Pollstar under Ronnie James Dio as playin...

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DEATHRIDERS, VICIOUS RUMORS, WILD DOGS Singers To Guest On Tonight's 'Metal On Metal'

Singers Neil Turbin (DEATHRIDERS, ex-ANTHRAX),Matt McCourt (WILD DOGS) and Ronnie Stixx (VICIOUS RUMORS) will guest on Bill Peters' long-running "Metal on Metal" radio show on University Heights, Ohio's WJCU 88.7 FM tonight (Friday, July 17) at 7:30 p.m. EST. To listen to "Metal On Metal" live via...

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HEAVEN & HELL Selects Next Single

HEAVEN & HELL — the band featuring BLACK SABBATH members Tony Iommi (guitar),Ronnie James Dio (vocals),Geezer Butler (bass) and Vinny Appice (drums) — has selected "Follow The Tears" as the next single from the group's new album, "The Devil You Know". HEAVEN & HELL's June 16, 2009 concert...

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SLASH Issues Update On Solo Record

VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash has issued the following update: "It has been a pretty productive summer so far. My [solo] record should be done next month and the recording has gone smoothly and sounds fucking great. "Steven Adler [ex-GUNS N' ROSES drummer] played on the first of t...

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Former DRIVE Singer DAVID TAYLOR Dead At 44

According to TheMusicsOver.com, David Taylor, the former lead vocalist for '80s hard rock band DRIVE, was killed in a road accident late last month. While driving along a San Antonio interstate on June 25, Taylor lost control of his vehicle after a tire blew out, causing him to crash. He was airlift...

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MARCO HIETALA's BLACK SABBATH Tribute Band To Play In Poland

SAPATTIVUOSI, a band that performs BLACK SABBATH covers in Finnish, will play three shows in Poland in November: Nov. 26 - Poznan, Poland - Eskulap Nov. 27 - Krakow, Poland - Studio Nov. 28 - Warsaw, Poland - Progresja SAPATTIVUOSI played a show at Tavastia in Helsinki on April 17, 2009. Watch fan-f...

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HEAVEN & HELL: Video Interview Posted Online

Germany's Rockhaus TV recently conducted interviews with HEAVEN & HELL members Tony Iommi, Ronnie James Dio and Vinny Appice. Watch the footage at this location. It can also be seen below. (Note: The first part of the Tony Iommi interview was released earlier in the month.) HEAVEN & HELL was...

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HEAVEN & HELL's METALWAY Cancelation: Video Footage Of DIO's Speech Available

Video footage of HEAVEN & HELL frontman Ronnie James Dio explaining to the audience at last night's (Sunday, June 21) Metalway Festival in Zaragoza, Spain that the band would not be able to perform because guitarist Tony Iommi was "very, very ill" can be viewed below. Sergi Ramos of The Metal Ci...

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HEAVEN & HELL Guitarist's 'Back Pain' Forces METALWAY Cancelation

According to Sergi Ramos of The Metal Circus, HEAVEN & HELL was forced to cancel its appearance Sunday night (June 21) at the Metalway Festival in Zaragoza, Spain due to back pain suffered by guitarist Tony Iommi. Ramos tells BLABBERMOUTH.NET, "The stage was already set with all [HEAVEN & HE...

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DIO's 'Killing The Dragon' Reissued On Limited-Edition Vinyl

DIO's "Killing The Dragon" album from 2002 is being released this month on limited-edition vinyl with a gatefold pop-up cover via Night Of The Vinyl Dead. Only 500 hand-numbered copies are being manufactured. "Killing The Dragon" was originally released by Spitfire Records. The track listing is as f...

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HEAVEN & HELL: Zurich Photos Available

Andreas Feuerstein from MineMusig has uploaded high-quality photos of HEAVEN & HELL's June 17, 2009 concert at Volkshaus in Zurich, Switzerland. Check out the slideshow at this location. HEAVEN & HELL's June 16, 2009 concert at Museumsmeile in Bonn, Germany was professionally filmed by WDR's...

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Former MEGADETH Bassist Issues Post-TIM ' RIPPER' OWENS Tour Update

Former MEGADETH and current F5 bassist David Ellefson has issued the following update: "I just arrived back in the USA from the Tim 'Ripper' Owens [JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR] tour of Europe. Ripper and I have worked on a lot of things lately, including our band HAIL!, h...