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MANDY LION Schedules Hollywood Date With DC4
Vocalist Mandy Lion (WWIII, WICKED ALLIANCE) will perform at the Key Club in Hollywood, California on February 21, 2009. Also scheduled to appear is DC4, the Los Angeles-based hard rock band featuring former DIO guitarist Rowan Robertson alongside brothers Jeff Duncan (ARMORED SAINT, ODIN) on lead v...December 2, 2008
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BATTLE RAM Confirmed For HEADBANGERS OPEN AIR Warm-Up Show
Italian power metallers BATTLE RAM will play a special cover set at the official Headbangers Open Air warm-up show on July 22, 2009 at Planet Alsen in Itzehoe, Germany. Headbangers Open Air festival will take place July 23-25, 2009 in in Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping...December 1, 2008
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HEAVEN AND HELL Drummer On New CD: Three Fourths Of Songs Have Been Recorded
HEAVEN AND HELL — the band featuring BLACK SABBATH members Ronnie James Dio (vocals),Tony Iommi (guitar),Geezer Butler (bass) and Vinny Appice (drums) — has entered Rockfield studios in Wales, U.K. to begin recording its new album, the group's first since SABBATH's "Dehumanizer" (which was also re...December 1, 2008
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SAXON: New Video Podcast Posted Online
British heavy metal legends SAXON have uploaded a new video podcast in which vocalist Biff Byford and guitarist Doug Scarratt offer more information about the band's recently launched "Riff King" competition. Check it out at this location. On November 28, the new SAXON video, "Live To Rock", will ha...November 30, 2008
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BILLY SHEEHAN Talks About His Bass Clinic Tour; Video Available
Japan's WeROCK City conducted an interview with legendary bassist Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG, DAVID LEE ROTH, TALAS) earlier this month when he held a bass clinic in Tokyo. Billy talks about his 19-country bass clinic tour and introduces his brand new bass, Yamaha BB series, designed by Billy himself an...November 30, 2008
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HEAVEN AND HELL Begins Recording New Album
HEAVEN AND HELL — the band featuring BLACK SABBATH members Ronnie James Dio (vocals),Tony Iommi (guitar),Geezer Butler (bass) and Vinny Appice (drums) — has entered Rockfield studios in Wales, U.K. to begin recording its new album, the group's first since SABBATH's "Dehumanizer" (which was also re...November 28, 2008
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RUDY SARZO and Kompoz.com Announce 'Off The Rails' Songwriting Competition
To celebrate his new book, "Off the Rails: Aboard the Crazy Train in the Blizzard of Ozz" — a first hand account of his friendship on and off the road with Randy Rhoads and Ozzy Osbourne — legendary rock bassist Rudy Sarzo (OZZY OSBOURNE, WHITESNAKE, QUIET RIOT, DIO, BLUE ÖYSTER CULT) is launching s...November 28, 2008
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JOHN CORABI To Guest On New BRUCE KULICK Solo Album
John Corabi (MÖTLEY CRÜE, UNION, RATT, ESP) is scheduled to make a guest appearance on the new solo album from former KISS and current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Bruce Kulick, tentatively titled "BK3". In a posting on his official web site, Kulick writes, "As you all know, I have been recording [...November 27, 2008
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RHINO BUCKET Frontman Discusses Upcoming Album
Sleaze Roxx recently conducted an interview with vocalist/guitarist Georg Dolivo of the Bon Scott-era AC/DC soundalike act RHINO BUCKET. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Sleaze Roxx: So you guys are working on a new album? Dolivo: Yeah, absolutely. We're in the final mixing stages right now....November 26, 2008
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'Metal Xmas And A Headbanging New Year': TV Commercial Available
On October 14, Armoury Records, distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment, released one mighty molten metal blast of good CD cheer: "We Wish You A Metal Xmas And A Headbanging New Year". A 30-second TV commercial for the collection can be viewed below. Check out an e-card at this location. It's an all...November 25, 2008
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DEATH ANGEL Frontman Comments On Bassist DENNIS PEPA's Departure
San Francisco photographer/writer Raymond Ahner of Ground Control Magazine conducted an interview with vocalist Mark Osegueda of the San Francisco Bay Area metal band DEATH ANGEL on October 28, 2008, prior to bassist Denis Papa's last show with the group. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow be...November 25, 2008
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TAROT, THUNDERSTONE, VIRTUOCITY Singers Compete On Finnish TV
This past Friday (November 21),Finnish singers Ari Koivunen, Tommi Salmela (TAROT),Pasi Rantanen (ex-THUNDERSTONE) and Peter James Goodman (VIRTUOCITY) took part in a Finnish TV show called "Tartu Mikkiin" where two teams, composed of two musicians each, compete against each other and have to figu...November 23, 2008
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MANITOU To Reactivate For Christmas Concert
Finnish traditional heavy metal band MANITOU, which features in its ranks members of OMNIUM GATHERUM, MALPRACTICE and KAIHORO, has issued the following update: "MANITOU will reactivate and do a one-off 'comeback' X-mas gig next month in Kotka, Kairo venue at Kesto-Klubi event on December 20. So be s...November 23, 2008
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RUDY SARZO, TONY MONTANA To Guest On KNAC.com's 'WildSide' Today
Rudy Sarzo (OZZY OSBOURNE, QUIET RIOT, WHITESNAKE, DIO) and Tony Montana (GREAT WHITE) will guest on Diana DeVille's KNAC.COM '80s hair metal specialty program "WildSide" today (Saturday, November 22) at 4:00 p.m. PST to discuss their involvement in the musical project known as Monster Circus, among...November 22, 2008
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DEE SNIDER, BRUCE KULICK, RUDY SARZO, JOHN CORABI To Take Part In 'Monster Circus' Concert
Dee Snider (TWISTED SISTER),Bruce Kulick (KISS) and Rudy Sarzo (OZZY OSBOURNE, QUIET RIOT, WHITESNAKE, DIO) are among the musicians who will take part in the first Monster Circus performance in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Masquerade Showroom at the Rio Suite Hotel Casino on December 9. The band will p...November 21, 2008
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