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HEAVEN AND HELL Presented With Gold Plaques For 'Live At Radio City Music Hall' DVD

HEAVEN AND HELL — the band featuring BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler, singer Ronnie James Dio, and drummer Vinny Appice (BLACK SABBATH, DIO) — played the final show of its U.S. tour with tour with ALICE COOPER and QUEENSRŸCHE Saturday night (October 6) at the Verizon Wir...

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'Global Metal' Documentary To Receive World Premier In Norway This Month

The organizers of the Bergen International Film Festival and Hole in the Sky have announced the world premier of the new documentary "Global Metal", on Thursday, October 18 at 19.00 at Bergen Kino in Norway. In "Global Metal", directors Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn — the makers of the acclaimed docume...

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HEAVEN AND HELL: Binghamton Concert Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of HEAVEN AND HELL performing the song "The Mob Rules" on September 5, 2007 in Binghamton, New York can be viewed below. As previously reported, HEAVEN AND HELL's Ronnie James Dio will be the featured guest on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline", hosted by Bob Co...

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'Israel Unleashed': The Best Rock And Metal From The Holy Land Due In November

The Jewish Music Group (JMG) will release the very best unsigned rock and metal bands from Israel on November 27 on one compilation CD called "Israel Unleashed: The Best Rock And Metal From The Holy Land". This project is being produced by JMG's Dean Schachtel, a long-time rock and heavy metal fan....

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RONNIE JAMES DIO On VIVIAN CAMPBELL: 'I Hope He F**king Dies'

A video clip of legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, HEAVEN AND HELL) apparently calling ex-DIO and current DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell "a fucking asshole" and saying that "I hope he fucking dies" in reference to his former bandmate can be viewed be...

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BLACK SABBATH's IOMMI To Appear On BBC 1's 'Inside Out'

Legendary heavy metal guitarist Tony Iommi (BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN AND HELL) will appear on the on the program "Inside Out" on BBC 1 on Wednesday, October 3 at 7:30 p.m. The show is a feature on Birmingham Town Hall. As previously reported, UK digital radio station Planet Rock will host a month of sh...

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RUDY SARZO To Guest On SMOKIN TUNZ RADIO This Monday

Bassist/author Rudy Sarzo (DIO, BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, QUIET RIOT, OZZY OSBOURNE, WHITESNAKE) will guest on Smokin Tunz Radio on Monday, October 1 at 9:30 p.m. EST / 6:30 p.m. PST. Rudy will discuss his book "Off the Rails", which he has written about his career and friendship with the late great guitari...

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'Metal: A Headbanger's Journey' Filmmaker Working On RUSH Documentary

According to RushIsABand.com, Sam Dunn — co-director of the acclaimed documentary "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey" — is currently working on a documentary on the legendary Canadian rock trio RUSH. Dunn was recently filming at RushCon — North America's international RUSH fan convention held in Toronto...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO To Guest On ALICE COOPER's Radio Show

Legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, DIO, HEAVEN AND HELL) will be Alice Cooper's special guest on Cooper's radio show "Nights with Alice Cooper" airing Tuesday, October 2. The program is a classic-rock format and is nationally syndicated on the United Stations Radi...

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BLACK SABBATH's TONY IOMMI: 'I Think Certainly What We're Doing Is Honest Music'

Kevin W. Smith of AZStarNet.com recently conducted a short interview with legendary heavy metal guitarist Tony Iommi (BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN AND HELL). Q: When you guys hired Dio to front BLACK SABBATH back in the late '70s, how big of an artistic risk did you feel you were taking? Iommi: "There wasn...

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BLACK SABBATH Honored With Month Of Radio Shows

Gigwise.com reports that UK digital radio station Planet Rock will host a month of shows dedicated to the legendary BLACK SABBATH. Throughout October, each member of the Birmingham, England-based outfit — Geezer Butler, Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi and Ozzy Osbourne — will be exclusively interviewed...

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PLEA FOR PURGING: New Song Posted Online

Nashville, Tennessee-based Christian metallers A PLEA FOR PURGING have released a new song from their upcoming album "A Critique of Mind and Thought". Check out "A Hymn of Praise" at this location. Formed in 2005 under such influences as DRAGONFORCE and IRON MAIDEN, A PLEA FOR PURGING banged out 200...

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BLACK SABBATH Bassist Discusses YouTube And 'Radio City Music Hall' DVD

The St. Louis River Front Times recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal bassist Geezer Butler (BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN AND HELL). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Q: The day after the Chicago show on the first leg of the HEAVEN AND HELL tour, there was bootlegged footage u...

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GEEZER BUTLER Says DIO-Era SABBATH Is 'More Musical' Than Band's Original Version

Michael Roberts of the Denver Westworld Blogs recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal bassist Geezer Butler (BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN AND HELL). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Westworld Blogs: Most SABBATH fans rank the classic lineup of you, Tony (Iommi),Bill (Ward) and...

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DIO Drummer SIMON WRIGHT Reveals His Musical Heroes

Get Ready To Roll! recently conducted an interview with DIO/ex-AC/DC drummer Simon Wright. An excerpt from the chat follows: Get Ready To Roll!: In the '90s you toured with UFO for the "Walk On Water" tour, and earlier this year you stood in for Andy Parker yet again, after Andy tried to walk ...