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DIO Confirms TONY IOMMI Collaboration, Shoots Down RAINBOW Reunion Rumors

Legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (DIO, RAINBOW, BLACK SABBATH) has confirmed to Greg Prato of Billboard.com that he is collaborating once more with BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi. "There's a box set that's going to be released, called 'Black Sabbath: The Dio Years'," he said. "The...

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Lebanese Metallers OATH TO VANQUISH Sign With GRINDETHIC RECORDS

U.K.-based label Grindethic Records has announced the signing of Lebanese extreme metallers OATH TO VANQUISH. The group's debut album, "Applied Schizophrenic Science", was mastered by Colin Davis (VILE) at Imperial Mastering and is tentatively set for a June release. According to a press release, OA...

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LORDI Frontman Defends His Band's Inclusion In EUROVISION Song Contest

Dan Bilefsky of the International Herald Tribune recently spoke to LORDI singer and namesake about the uproar crated in their home country after the band was chosen to represent Finland at Eurovision, the European song competition that launched ABBA and CELINE DION. First, Finnish religious leaders...

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Promoter: DESTRUCTION Are To Blame For Ecuadorian Concert Disaster

The organizer of the ill-fated DESTRUCTION concert in Ecuador is claiming that the band are responsible for the damages caused by unruly fans after it was announced that the group would not play the show due to insufficient lighting inside Quito's Miami Rock Concert venue. According to a report publ...

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VELVET REVOLVER's MCKAGAN And WEILAND To Appear As Guest Judges on 'Nashville Star'

VELVET REVOLVER's Duff McKagan and Scott Weiland are set to appear as guest judges on the Tuesday, April 25 episode of "Nashville Star" airing live from the Acuff Theater in Nashville, TN at 10:00 p.m. EST/9:00 p.m. CST on the USA network. "Nashville Star" (web site) is a joint effort between RCA Re...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO Has No Plans To Rejoin BLACK SABBATH

Legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio's (BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW) official web site has been updated with the following message: "Just to put the BLACK SABBATH reunion rumors to rest, here is the inside scoop from Wendy Dio [Ronnie's wife/manager]: Ronnie was in the U.K. to do promo for the...

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VELVET REVOLVER Bassist Says Collaboration With Producer PHARRELL Will Be 'Amazing'

VELVET REVOLVER bassist Duff McKagan confirmed to MTV.com on Tuesday (April 11) that Pharrell Williams will be a producer on the band's follow-up to 2004's double-platinum-certified "Contraband", but he won't be the only one — Lenny Kravitz is also a contender. McKagan also laid to rest rumors that...

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ARCH ENEMY Guitarist Checks In From U.S. Tour; 'My Apocalypse' Video Posted Online

ARCH ENEMY made their triumphant return to the U.S. last week on a massive Jägermeister-sponsored co-headlining bill with CHIMAIRA and HATE ETERNAL. The trek, which also now features labelmates GOD FORBID (who joined the package nine dates into the tour) replacing NEVERMORE (who were on select shows...

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GLENN DANZIG/DOYLE, MY RUIN Video Interviews Posted Online

San Antonio's longest standing metal institution and STUF-TV cable show "Robb's MetalWorks" has posted their March 2006 episode online at this location. The episode, which features a joint interview with Glenn Danzig and Doyle Von Frankenstein from 2005's "Blackest of the Black" tour, covers Glenn's...

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LIZZY BORDEN: Former VICIOUS RUMORS Guitarist Joins The Fold

Reactivated Eighties heavy metal band LIZZY BORDEN have announced the addition of guitarist Ira Black (METAL CHURCH, VICIOUS RUMORS) to the group's ranks. Commented the group's frontman and namesake Lizzy Borden: "Ira came in, turned up and started shredding up the place, I can't wait for everyone t...

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WEILAND Sings GUNS N' ROSES Classic With METAL SKOOL?

The New York Post's "Page Six" column published the following item in its April 11, 2006 edition: "Scott Weiland 'stumbled' into the Key Club in Hollywood last week, according to a witness — but a flack denies the claim. The supposedly sober VELVET REVOLVER frontman, who's been in and out of rehab f...

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Original EXTREME To Reunite For New England Dates In June

Boston radio station WAAF has announced that original EXTREME members Gary Cherone (vocals, ex-VAN HALEN),Nuno Bettencourt (guitar),Paul Geary (drums),and Pat Badger (bass) will be reuniting for a show at the Bank of America Pavilion (formerly Fleet Pavilion) in Boston on Friday, June 30. Tickets...

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DAWN OF AZAZEL To Open For KORN In New Zealand

New Zealand-based death/grind outfit DAWN OF AZAZEL will be opening for KORN on May 1 at SuperTop in Auckland, New Zealand. The band will also be embarking on a U.S. tour with VITAL REMAINS, INCANTATION and SIN OF ANGELS beginning on May 31. The dates are as follows (venue details to be confirmed):...

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VICIOUS ART: Video For 'Weed The Wild' Remix Posted Online

VICIOUS ART, the Swedish death/thrash metal band featuring former DARK FUNERAL members Matias Mäkelä and Robert Lundin, along with Jörgen Sandström (THE PROJECT HATE, ex-ENTOMBED, GRAVE) on bass, have upoaded a video for the remix of their song "Weed the Wild", created by underground techo/video pro...

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H.I.M. Frontman: 'I Was Sleeping An Hour A Night For Eight Weeks'

Kerrang! magazine (web site) recently spoke to H.I.M. frontman Ville Valo about some of the dark rumors that have surrounded him of late. In February he spent a night in a Helsinki jail after allegedly threatening to kill his neighbor. Prior to that he was drugged and robbed in a Minneapolis bar, ra...