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CATAMENIA Announces New Singer

Finnish melodic black metallers CATAMENIA have announced the addition of vocalist Juha-Matti Perttunen (pictured below; ALL AGAINST) to the group's ranks. The band states, "There was a damn tight fight between the last three candidates [which included Ash from AGATHODAIMON and Olli-Jukka Mustonen],...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Interviewed On KSHE 95 (Audio)

Guy Favazz of the St. Louis, Missouri radio station KSHE-95 Real Rock Radio recently conducted an interview with legendary BLACK SABBATH singer Ozzy Osbourne. You can now listen to the chat in two parts below. Interview Part 1 (audio):

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GIRLSCHOOL Re-Recording Classic 'Hit And Run' Album

Veteran British female hard rockers GIRLSCHOOL are currently in the studio re-recording their classic 1981 album "Hit And Run". The new version of the LP will be released in 2011 to celebrate the album's 30th anniversary. "Hit And Run" was originally made available in March 1981, followed a short ti...

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Reunited 'Thundersteel' Lineup Of RIOT Continuing Work On New Material

Guitarist Mark Reale of U.S. metal veterans RIOT recently fell down and twisted his leg bad enough to where he had to be bed-ridden for an extended period of time. After allowing time for his leg to heal, Mark flew down to San Antonio and went to work with the rest of the reunited "Thundersteel" ...

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TONY IOMMI Recording Second Song For Armenian Fundraising Efforts

BLACK SABBATH/HEAVEN & HELL's Tony Iommi is currently laying down guitar on a second track to raise money to rebuild a music school in Armenia. He says, "I'm really excited with what we have produced." In an early 2010 interview, Iommi stated about his Armenian fundraising efforts, "We did an al...

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PRIMEVIL: Four Complete Tracks Available For Streaming

PRIMEVIL — the new band featuring former VENOM members Jeff "Mantas" Dunn (guitar),Antony "Antton" Lant (drums; brother of VENOM frontman Conrad "Cronos" Lant) and Tony "The Demolition Man" Dolan (bass, vocals) — is streaming four tracks in full via its official MySpace page: * Wake Up Dead * The 8...

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GEEZER BUTLER Says BLACK SABBATH Reunion With OZZY Won't Happen Before 2012

AOL's Noisecreep recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal bassist Geezer Butler (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Noisecreep: The show [for HEAVEN & HELL's "Neon Nights" DVD] was filmed on July 30, 2009. How long after that did...

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CHICKENFOOT's CHAD SMITH Considers Himself 'Lucky, Fortunate And Grateful'

Amy Kelly of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with drummer Chad Smith (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, CHICKENFOOT, CHAD SMITH'S BOMBASTIC MEATBATS). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Ultimate-Guitar.com: There was a rumor that you weren't going to continue with CHICKENFOOT....

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Neon Nights: 30 Years of Heaven & Hell

It has been thirty years since the release of BLACK SABBATH's landmark album "Heaven and Hell", the first with vocalist Ronnie James Dio (RAINBOW, ELF, DIO) and a turning point in both the band's career and the direction that heavy metal would take in the '80s. The equally brilliant, heavier/darker...

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Victims of the Modern Age

How about giving it up for Arjen Lucassen? The versatile, multi-talented musician hit the target dead center with "Victims of the Modern Age" by assembling a star-studded cast and making an album that flirts with the progressive in all the right places, but always stays rooted in the fundamentals of...

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AURORA BOREALIS: More Video Footage From The Studio Posted Online

Maryland-based death/black metallers AURORA BOREALIS recently entered Nightsky Studios to begin recording their sixth album, "Timeline: The Beginning And End Of Everything", for a tentative early 2011 release. The CD, which is being produced by the band's guitarist/vocalist Ron Vento, will mark the...

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JASON BONHAM Interviewed By 'Classic Rock Revisited' (Audio)

Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with drummer Jason Bonham about JASON BONHAM'S LED ZEPPELIN EXPERIENCE — which celebrates the life and music of Jason's father, the legendary LED ZEPPELIN drummer John Bonham. You can now listen to the chat in three parts below. Pa...

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VINNY APPICE Interviewed On CHOM-FM's 'The Metal File' (Audio)

Legendary drummer Vinny Appice (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, DIO) was interviewed for on the latest edition of "The Metal File" podcast from Montreal's CHOM-FM. You can stream the show using the audio player below. Appice told "Metal Shop"'s Ralph Cartel in a recent new interview that he has la...

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WHIPLASH Rejoined By Drummer TONY SCAGLIONE

New Jersey thrashers WHIPLASH have announced the return of the group's original drummer, Tony Scaglione, after an amicable split with Joe Cangelosi (KREATOR),who played on the group's "Ticket To Mayhem" (1987),"Insult To Injury" (1990) and "Unborn Again" (2009) albums. WHIPLASH is a three-piece po...

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VINNY APPICE, RUDY SARZO, JIMMY BAIN Featured On WILL WALLNER/VIVIEN VAIN Debut

Los Angeles-based hard rock artists Will Wallner (guitar) and Vivien Vain (vocals) are putting the finishing touches on their debut album featuring an all-star lineup of guest musicians. The duo have written and recorded several songs and are in the process of recording the final tracks for their de...