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TONY IOMMI On The Future Of HEAVEN & HELL And BLACK SABBATH

Paul Cole of the Sunday Mercury recently conducted an interview with the legendary BLACK SABBATH/HEAVEN & HELL guitarist Tony Iommi. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On late HEAVEN & HELL/BLACK SABBATH singer Ronnie James Dio: "I first met Ronnie at a party in Los Angeles, and we g...
July 11, 2010
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Former MASTERPLAN/RIOT Singer To Perform With ALICE IN CHAINS Tribute Band

Former MASTERPLAN/RIOT frontman Mike DiMeo will perform with the ALICE IN CHAINS tribute band JAR OF FLIES on Thursday, July 22 at New York City's Don Hills. He will be joined by members of Chris Caffery's solo band, ZANDELLE and V.O.X. The one-off show begins at 8:45 p.m. CREATION'S END, the new po...
July 9, 2010
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ACCEPT Interviewed At Romania's SONISPHERE Festival; Video Available

Metalhead.ro conducted an interview with reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT on June 25, 2010 at the Sonisphere festival in Bucharest, Romania. Watch the 10-minute chat below. "Blood Of The Nations", the new studio album from ACCEPT — which will not be released in Europe until the end of August — re...
July 8, 2010
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TONY IOMMI Says Upcoming RONNIE JAMES DIO Tribute Concert Will Be A One-Off

Surviving HEAVEN & HELL members Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice will play a very special tribute to their fallen bandmate, Ronnie James Dio, at this year's High Voltage festival on July 24 at Victoria Park in London, England. The musicians will be joined by legendary former DEEP PURPL...
July 8, 2010
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GLENN HUGHES Talks About Upcoming RONNIE JAMES DIO Tribute Concert

Surviving HEAVEN & HELL members Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice will play a very special tribute to their fallen bandmate, Ronnie James Dio, at this year's High Voltage festival on July 24 at Victoria Park in London, England. The musicians will be joined by legendary former DEEP PURPL...
July 7, 2010
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ACCEPT's 'Blood Of The Nations' Lands On Germany's 'Metal Rock Club' Chart

"Blood Of The Nations", the new studio album from reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT — which will not be released in Europe until the end of August — has entered the German Metal Rock Club chart (MRC 30) at No. 28. The MRC chart is based solely on the votes from DJs around Germany who ...
July 6, 2010
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JORN LANDE Says He's Not Cashing In On RONNIE JAMES DIO's Recent Passing

Norwegian powerhouse vocalist Jorn Lande (MASTERPLAN, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ARK, THE SNAKES) spoke to U.K.'s Classic Rock magazine about criticism that his Ronnie James Dio tribute album has only been released now to cash in on the legendary HEAVEN & HELL/BLACK SABBATH/RAINBOW singer's recent death....
July 6, 2010
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NIGHTMARE Pays Tribute To RONNIE JAMES DIO At France's F**KING ROCK'N'ROLL FEST

Fan-filmed video footage of French power metallers NIGHTMARE performing a cover version of the DIO classic "Holy Diver" as a tribute to Ronnie James Dio at the Fucking Rock'n'Roll Fest on July 2, 2010 at La Maroquinerie in Paris, France can be viewed below. "Insurrection", the seventh album from NIG...
July 3, 2010
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Previously Unreleased Music From CIRCLE II CIRCLE, ROSS THE BOSS Featured On 'Metallic Dawning'

AFM Records has announced plans to release a double CD compilation titled "Metallic Dawning" featuring some of the hottest true, power and heavy metal tracks recorded during the last few years. The album will be sold at a special price, and will include cover artwork by Dimitar Nikolov as well as th...
June 24, 2010
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DIO's Wife/Manager Slams 'Tribute' Projects That Are Profiting From Her Husband's Death

Wendy Dio, wife/manager of late singer Ronnie James Dio (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, DIO, ELF),has released the following statement via Ronnie's official web site: "Dear friends and fans of Ronnie, I have seen lately on BLABBERMOUTH.NET a lot of announcements of bands releasing 'so-c...
June 17, 2010
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JORN LANDE Talks About His Influences, Future Plans

More-Metal.com conducted an interview with Norwegian powerhouse vocalist Jorn Lande (MASTERPLAN, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ARK, THE SNAKES) at the Sweden Rock Festival, which was held June 9-12 in Sölvesborg in southern Sweden. Watch the chat below. Lande will perform with the surviving HEAVEN & HELL me...
June 17, 2010
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MASTERPLAN To Film 'Time To Be King' Video

German/Norwegian melodic metallers MASTERPLAN will film a video for the title track of their new album, "Time To Be King", next week in Hamburg, Germany. "Time To Be King" has registered the following first-week chart positions: Germany: #31 Sweden: #15 Switzerland: #45 "Time To Be King" was release...
June 16, 2010
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HEAVEN & HELL Drummer To Appear At Cystic Fibrosis Trackside Bar-B-Q Fundraiser & Cacklefest

Vinny Appice, powerhouse drummer for BLACK SABBATH, DIO and HEAVEN & HELL, will be on hand to support the Cystic Fibrosis Trackside Bar-B-Q Fundraiser & Cacklefest at Barona Drag Strip in Lakeside, California on Friday, June 25 between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. For more information, visit www.speed...
June 15, 2010
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TONY IOMMI Talks About Upcoming RONNIE JAMES DIO Tribute Concert; Video Available

Surviving HEAVEN & HELL members Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice will play a very special tribute to their fallen bandmate, Ronnie James Dio, at this year's High Voltage festival on July 24 at Victoria Park in London, England. The musicians will be joined by legendary former DEEP PURPL...
June 15, 2010
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GLENN HUGHES, JORN LANDE To Front HEAVEN & HELL At RONNIE JAMES DIO Tribute Concert

On May 16, Ronnie James Dio passed away and the world of music mourned the loss of the greatest voice of heavy metal. Dio was a truly iconic figure in music, whose work with ELF, RAINBOW, BLACK SABBATH, DIO and most recently, HEAVEN & HELL defined a genre. HEAVEN & HELL was set to be ...
June 15, 2010